Wednesday, March 8, 2000

Moroni 7:12-14

"Wherefore, all things which are good cometh of God; and that which is evil cometh of the devil; for the devil is an enemy unto God, and fighteth against him continually, and inviteth and enticeth to sin, and to do that which is evil continually.
But behold, that which is of God inviteth and enticeth to do good continually; wherefore, every thing which inviteth and enticeth to do good, and to love God, and to serve him, is inspired of God.
Wherefore, take heed, my beloved brethren, that ye do not judge that which is evil to be of God, or that which is good and of God to be of the devil."
Moroni 7:12-14


This whole chapter is amazing, but we'll have to save some of it for later. :)  I think this scripture is interesting because it says there is a clear distinction between good and bad, right and wrong... the theme of the whole chapter really... and that even though we are invited and enticed to choose one way or the other, we can tell what is good and bad by the end result... what path it leads to.  whether it is inspiring us to love and serve and help, or not.  And that we need to be careful not to be led away by Satan’s lies.  he tries to pretend that there is light and truth in his messages, but it's all illusion, leading us into the darkness.  Satan dresses up a pig as a princess and tries to get the prince to rescue it while the real princess is chained in the tower... we're in the audience and we yell to him "it's a pig, don't be fooled" ... but he is drawn in by the fine clothing, and he believes.  sometimes when we are living our stories, we need to take a step back and try to see it from the audience's perspective (and no, this is NOT about worrying what "people" think... by audience I just mean perspective, not letting others evaluate our lives)... or the *author's* perspective... and see the pig for what it is.  We're in this earth life to take a test, except some scary TA has come in and added a lot of surreal answers to the multiple choice section... and if we can read the question a couple of times and not be drawn in by the deception because we are trying to hurry on to the essay questions... :)  then we will be okay.  Pigs are not princesses.  Or princes, for that matter.

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