ATTACKING

SATANISM
A warfare over satanic
doctrines and theories
By ev.charles GG

COMFORT INTERNATIONAL MINISTRY ;WE WERE BORN FOR MISSION

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 PREFACE
This book has been written not to threaten you but to give you
strength especially on how you can overcome the erronous
doctrines of Satan .dear reader make sure you read the whole
content of this book in order to get full understanding on the
matter concerning this war which begun in heaven and finally it
is going to be ended on earth as arena of this long lasting war
for about more than four thousand years, ye shall not be left
empty after taking your time to pass through this work “This is
the LORLD’S WAR no need of worry victory is His
characteristics” Pr.charles GG

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 Table of Contents

1 Meaning of Satanism.....................................................

2 Why a war on Satanism...............................................

3 Demonic Doctrines in Christianity......................

4 Satan’s plans to diminish the Seventh-Day Adventists Church.....

5 Victory over satanism and it’s aftermath..........

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 MEANING OF SATANISM

Satanism is a group of ideological and philosophical beliefs based on Satan. Although several
historical precedents exist, the contemporary religious practice of Satanism began with the
founding of the atheistic Church of Satan by Anton LaVey in the United States in 1966. Prior to
that time, Satanism existed primarily as the subject of accusations by various Christian groups
toward perceived ideological opponents rather than a self-identity or expressed religious belief.
Satanism, and the concept of Satan, has also been used by artists and entertainers for symbolic
expression.
Accusations that various groups have been practicing Satanism (in a 'Devil-worship'
interpretation) have been made throughout much of Christian history. During the Middle Ages,
the Inquisition led by the Catholic Church alleged that various heretical Christian sects and
groups, such as the Knights Templar and the Cathars, performed secret Satanic rituals. In the
subsequent Early Modern period, belief in a widespread Satanic conspiracy of witches resulted
in mass trials of alleged witches across Europe and the North American colonies. Accusations
that Satanic conspiracies were active, and behind events such as the development
of Protestantism (and conversely, the Protestant claim that the Pope was the Antichrist) and
the French Revolution continued to be made in Christendom between the 18th and 20th
centuries.

The idea of a vast Satanic conspiracy reached new heights with the influential Taxil hoax of
France in the 1890s, which claimed that Freemasonry worshipped Satan, Lucifer,
and/or Baphomet in their rituals. In the 1980s and 1990s, the Satanic ritual abuse hysteria
spread through the United States and the United Kingdom amid fears that groups of Satanists
were regularly sexually abusing and murdering children in their rites. In most of these cases,
there was no corroborating evidence that any of those accused of Satanism were either
practitioners of a Satanic religion or guilty of the allegations leveled at them.
Since the 19th century, various small religious groups have emerged that identify as Satanist or
use Satanic iconography. The Satanist groups that appeared after the 1960s are widely diverse
but can be divided into theistic Satanism and atheistic Satanism.[1] Those venerating Satan as a
supernatural deity view him not as omnipotent but rather as a patriarch. Atheistic Satanists
regard Satan as a symbol of certain human traits but not ontologically real.[2] Since its founding
in 2012, The Satanic Temple has attracted hundreds of thousands of nontheistic members
worldwide.[3]
Contemporary religious Satanism is predominantly an American phenomenon; the ideas
spreading elsewhere is an effect of globalization and the Internet.[4] The internet has allowed for
intra-group communication and is also the main forum for Satanist disputes.[4] Satanism started
to reach Central and Eastern Europe in the 1990s—in time with the fall of the Communist Block
—and most noticeably in Poland and Lithuania, predominantly Roman Catholic countries.[5][6]

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 The destruction caused by this religion of Satan is unaccountable for according to his five
wishes as outlined in the holy bible in the book of Isaiah 14;13-14 his ambitions (devil)were to
be worshiped as God this self exaltation lead him to deceive other angels who also joined in his
rebellions. According to the holy bible Satan took advantage of the Honor which he was given
from God as not equal to that of his son Jesus Christ thus he started a conflict that ended by his
casting out from the heavenly places.

“And there was war in heaven;Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and the dragon
fought and his angels.And prevailed not;neither was their place found any more in heaven and
the dragon was cast out that old serpent called the devil and satan which decieveth the whole
world:he was cast out into the earth and his angels were cast out with him”
Rev.12;7-9

Satan’s failure in his heavenly war led him to move all his effort to the inhabitants of the earth
so that he can atleast avenge his once lost position. …..Woe to the habitants of the earth
and of the sea for the devil is come down unto you having great wrath because he know that
he has but a short time. Rev. 12 ;12

And when the dragon saw that he was cast out unto the earth he persecuted the woman which
brought forth the man child .Rev .12;13

We are told that there was a voice of woe that is a voice of warning to all who inhabit the
earth thus there should be taken immediate steps to face the war that Has been launched by
Satan. The major target of the devil is The WOMAN who give birth to the man child .The
woman here is been used to represent the Christian church which bear the testimony of Jesus
and has a firm stand on the holy law of God Rev 12;17

THE REASON FOR THE RISE OF THE WAR ON SATANISM

One can have the diversity of views concerning the cause of our reactions towards an attack
that Satan has attempted to us but in fact we have the clear reasons ,the will ,and the power
for our attack on the existence of this satanic doctrines that have poisoned the earth and it’s
inhabitants . These are

 To restore the authority and power of the word of God; As Satan’s effort is to make
sure that the authority and power of the word of God are placed only on human
dogma instead of God Himself . This has been shown during the dark ages where no
lay person was allowed to read the word of God himself only the church leaders were
able to read the part of it and within them they introduce a human based theology
rather than that pertain to God .

 To exalt Jesus as the author and sustainer of the world and it’s constituents; We attack
satanic doctrines in order to exalt Jesus as our own creator and sustainer of our lives
He is the one who is worth of adorations , praises and worship . Exodus 20;10-11
Rev 14;6-7

 To lead our fellow men into full understanding of the word of God as how it can be
used not only to reveal God’s love to us but also a complete story of redemption as

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 how it is explained in the word of God ,also to lead men and women in full
understanding of the soon coming of Jesus to redeem the fallen humanity and the
punishment to the lawbreakers who did not adhere to the divine requirements and
only followed the example of Cain at Eden. Gen 4;1-5

 To expose the snares of Satan which he has been using for number of years in order to
help people to be aware not to be deceived by his agents.

 To expose Satan’s plans for men and to show them away to the cross as the only way
for them to overcome Satan’s traps

 To encourage one another for the assurance of victory over sins with the help of Jesus
the author of our lives and the one who is with us always for this controversy.He is the
one who started a war and He will end it with victory and become crowned as KINGS
OF KINGS and LORDS of LORDS Rev.19;11-16

What should we do concerning this controversy?

“God has promised us victory over this war and our only way to win it is to put our total
dependence upon the lamb of God who was slain before the foundation of the world were
established And they overcame him by the blood of the lamb and by the world of their
testimony and they loved not their lives into death .Rev 12 ;11”

From the holy word of God as we have seen shows that Satan now is waging a war with the
humanity by commencing with our first parents in their beautiful environment of Eden guided
them to disregard God’s holy law and thus became the part of captives of Satan. but God laid
early a plan of redemption for the fallen humanity.

The war we are waging is not a physical war enough to use the deadly weapons like nuclear
weapons or other kinds of weapons that the most day war fighters are using but the falling are
weapons to use in waging this spiritual war .

 The word of God

 The truth of the word of God

 Righteousness

 Readyness /preparation

 The shield of faith

 Helmet of salvation

 Prayers

The satanic religion has invaded in approximately all aspects of life as follows

 Social areas of life

 Education

 Science

 Economy

 Religion

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An attack should take place as follows

Satanism that teach the fallacy concerning the origin of the earth .An attack should be made
possible to counteract this doctrine of the devil as it teaches people that the universe and all its
components occurred by the nebular theory .This is also accompanied by false religions like
Buddhism that are supporting this evil doctrine his theory takes away the authority of God as a
creator of all things thus must be abolished in the mind of people this can also be attempted
through revolution our school curriculum as our children are being feed with this doctrine, in
order to set the biblical truth concerning the matter. The earth and it’s constituents were
created by God Genesis 1 ;1-31 and Hebrews 11;3

The demonic doctrine of the origin of man .Among the worst doctrine of the devil that the
agents of Satan like Charles Darwin In 1842-1859 attempted to teach our youths in the school
curriculum that “ Man in his nature originated from ape like creatures” this doctrine is
contrary to the bible truth and is false it must be overthrown through the teachings of the holy
bible that clearly and understandable manner teach that man was created by God . Gen.1;26-
28

Uprooting the doctrine of spiritualism in it's own meaning refers to the beliefs tha explain the
nature of the existence of relationship between the dead and the living one. This is
fundamental doctrine of Plato established by Satan at Eden God said to Adam that for in the
day that thou shall eat of the tree which I forbade you not to eat fruits from it you shall surely
die but Satan thought to change the commandment of God told Eve that ye shall not surely die
Gen 2;17 3;4 Satan through his mind designed a fallacy that gives sinners the ability of living
the sinful life forever .This theory was adopted by the pagan philosopher by the name Plato
who invented this doctrine of the immortality of the soul and this doctrine has infiltrated the
Christianity world. This demonic doctrine contradict the bible truth concerning the state of the
dead. Spiritualism has caused the arise of the various satanic rituals and occults practices in the
society. The bible clearly teach that the dead person is not aware of what is taking place on the
earth Ecc 9;5-6 The word of God prohibit the practice of spiritualism in the
following words "And
“when they shall say unto you seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto wizards that
peep and that mutter ;should not a people seek unto their God? for the living to the dead?
Isaiah 8;19.”

The doctrines of celebrating pagans festivals. Christmas Easter and others which are related to
them have pagan origin and have got no connection with Christian faith .Christmas is the pagan
festival that was on the past centuries celebrated by pagans for the birth of the Sun .During the
church during the period of spiritual darkness of the church (Pergamo) where there were the
increase of pagans conversion within Christian church their conversion was not real but they
intend to bring in their pagans practice and worship styles within the Christian church.

False Sabbath; The roman catholic church through it’s leadership claimed her as infalliable to
the extent of changing the law of the Almighty God that is involving the transferrance of the
holiness of the seventh day Sabbath to the first day of the week .Sunday is being observed by a

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large number of Christians as the Sabbath instituted by Jesus but this is FALSE and have nothing
to do with Christianity or the Bible as the inspired scriptures. We give warning to the world to
be aware of this popery Sabbath Pope Sylvester officially named Sunday "the Lord's Day," and
in A.D. 338, Eusebius, the court bishop of Constantine, wrote, "All things whatsoever that it was
the duty to do on the Sabbath (the seventh day of the week) we (Constantine, Eusebius, and
other bishops) have transferred to the Lord's Day (the first day ... the Catechism of the
Council of Trent,

The Church of God has thought it well to transfer the celebration and observance of the
Sabbath to Sunday!
- p 402, second revised edition (English), 1937. (First published in 1566)
Sunday was not ,is not and will not be the Sabbath of the Lord. The bible is clear to this point
and not .

The false doctrine of purgatory and eternal torment ;Roman catholic church has designed a
false doctrine of purgatory and the eternal torment of the wicked, where it is said that
purgatory is a place where the spirits of a person goes after he/she dies and that it stay there
before it’s ascension. Purgatory (Lat., "purgare", to make clean, to purify) in accordance
with Catholic teaching is a place or condition of temporal punishment for those who, departing this
life in God's grace, are, not entirely free from venial faults, or have not fully paid the satisfaction due
to their transgressions. “Whereas the Catholic Church, instructed by the Holy Ghost, has from
the Sacred Scriptures and the ancient tradition of the fathers taught in Councils and very recently in
this Ecumenical synod (Sess. VI, cap. XXX; Sess. XXII cap.ii, iii) that there is a purgatory, and that
the souls therein are helped by the suffrages of the faithful, but principally by the acceptable Sacrifice
of the Altar; the Holy Synod enjoins on the Bishops that they diligently endeavor to have the
sound doctrine of the Fathers in Councils regarding purgatory everywhere taught and preached, held
and believed by the faithful" (Denzinger, "Enchiridon", 983).

This doctrine is false and must be placed plain to the front of the world so that
people should understand the clear mistake of this church (Roman catholic ) in
setting this doctrine .also the eternal torment of the wicked people in what called
the everlasting fire this is contrary to the bible truth. God is not pleased to the
death and sufferings of the wicked ones.
False doctrine of salvation through works;This doctrine is prominent in roman catholic church
and is taught to her members that a person is saved through his good deeds as much
somebody does a good acts the more he /she is ensuring his salvation but this is not true.

Pentecostal doctrine of salvation by grace alone and leaving behind the obedience to the law
of God.this doctrine is not true it is false as it contradict the bible truth concerning the
relationship between The law, grace and salvation .Jesus told his desciples that they will show
their love towards him through keeping his commandments .John 15;10 1 John 5;1-3.

Worst doctrine of Invocation of Saints ;Asking the saints for assistance in temporal or spiritual need.
Its basis is the intimate communion that exists between the blessed in heaven and the faithful on earth.
The saints are invoked in order to obtain their intercession before the throne of God, and this
corresponds to the familiar practice on earth of asking people to pray for us. Since the more holy a
person is, the more effective his prayers, the saints in heaven are extraordinarily powerful intercessors
with God. It is a matter of divine faith, implicit in Sacred Scripture and explicit in Catholic tradition, that
the faithful may profitably invoke the saints in heaven. According to the Second Vatican Council, "It is
not merely by the title of example that we cherish the memory of those in heaven . . . It is most fitting
that we love those friends and co-heirs of Jesus Christ who are also our brothers and outstanding
benefactors, and that we give due thanks to God for them, humbly invoking them, and having recourse
to their prayers, their aid and help in obtaining from God through His Son, Jesus Christ, Our Lord, our

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only Redeemer and Savior, the benefits we need" (Constitution on the Church, VII, 50). This is how
Catholicism teach this doctrine is contrary to the The scriptures

Prayers for the dead The Catechism of the Catholic Church also has something to say about prayers for
the dead, stating: “All who die in God’s grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed
assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the
holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven” (1030). This doctrine is false as no one who can prayers
for the one who is dead for his salvation as there is no second chance for a person after his or her death

THE DOCTRINE OF COMMUNISM-THE ABSENCE OF GOD this is also a form of

policy initiated by the agents of Satan during the progresss of eastern church
orthodox in Russia

“Within the philosophical system of Marx and Lenin, and at the heart of
their psychology, hatred of God is the principal driving force, more
fundamental than all their political and economic pretensions. Militant
atheism is not merely incidental or marginal to Communist policy; it is
not a side effect, but the central pivot. To achieve its diabolical ends,
Communism needs to control a population devoid of religious and
national feeling, and this entails the destruction of faith and
nationhood. Communists proclaim both of these objectives openly, and
just as openly go about carrying them out.”
Alexsandr Solzhenitsyn1

The Marxist-Leninist View of Religion

Most Americans believe in God, and a majority observe some form of
religion or spiritual practice. 2 Communism—theoretically, ideologically,
and historically—opposes God and all forms of religion. From the time of
Karl Marx to today, communism is based on the abolition of religion. In
1844, Marx wrote, “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the
heart of a heartless world, and the soul of soulless conditions. It is the
opium of the people.” 3 He compared religion with opium because he
believed that religion, like a drug, provides at best temporary relief from
pain and suffering. For Marx, man created religion to survive life’s
hardships. This famous quote is more than a summary of Marx’s views of
religion and God. Marx was an avowed atheist, and he denied the
existence of a divine being or God . This denial stands as a major
cornerstone of Marx’s outlook, in which religion is a symptom of the evil
bourgeois society. 4 He predicted that communism would eliminate
the need for religion: once freed from capitalist oppression, people
would no longer need the illusory relief they sought in artificial faith. In its
place, Marx believed that ‘human self-consciousness’ would, through the

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abolition of the capitalist society, remove the causes for alienation and
suffering. 5

Vladimir Lenin agreed with Marx: “ ’Religion is the opium of the

people’— this dictum by Marx is the corner-stone of the whole Marxist
outlook on religion.” 6 Lenin then expanded upon Marxism with the
argument that all religion is a tool used by the bourgeois to repress the
working class. 7 The Marxist-Leninist outlook drove the decision to formally
institute anti-religious policy at the Russian Communist Party’s Eighth
congress in 1920. Here, the Bolsheviks decided, “As far as religion is
concerned, the RCP [Russian Communist Party] will not be
satisfied by the decreed separation of Church and State .” 8 Rather
than wait for the creation of a communist society to make religion
unnecessary (as Marx believed), Lenin would actively seek to destroy it.
This policy has served as the foundation for decades of religious
persecution in the Soviet Union and the rest of the communist world.

The Soviet Union And Religion

From the Bolshevik Revolution onward, religious persecution was a key
feature of the Soviet regime. Lenin characterized religion as “one of the
forms of spiritual oppression which everywhere weighs down heavily
upon the masses of the people.” 9 At the same time, Lenin presented
communism as a liberating doctrine that would free those shackled by
the restrictions of religious belief. Both a militant atheist and communist
revolutionary, he worked to eliminate religion in general and to overthrow
the Church-backed monarchy in Russia in particular, with violence, if
necessary. 10 While he worked to cement the power of the Bolsheviks, Lenin
primarily focused on attacking religion as an institution, pushing religion
out of public life. 11 Stalin and later generations of Soviet rulers would
advance Lenin’s atheism and attack religion even in private life . 12

Prior to the Bolshevik Revolution, the Orthodox Church was a vital aspect
of Imperial Russian society. Lenin’s approach required the destruction of
an essential and ingrained part of Russian culture. Lenin’s actions against
the Orthodox Church included seizing land, taking away various privileges
and legal roles from the church, and removing all signs of religion from
government practices. 13 Bolsheviks and later communists filled journals
and newspapers with propaganda directed against all believers. They
created atheist museums in former churches, and used education
programs specifically designed to eliminate religious customs and
beliefs . 14 At the local level, authorities violently implemented Lenin’s

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policies of religious eradication, executing Orthodox and Catholic bishops
and priests, imprisoning or exiling others, closing churches by force, and
desecrating objects of religious veneration. 15 By the end of the attacks, 28
bishops, 1,200 priests, and over 20,000 parishioners had been killed or
executed. The communists had also stolen 940 pounds of gold and 550
tons of silver from the Church to fund the government. In the end, Lenin
and the Bolsheviks achieved another communist goal and destroyed the
last element of traditional Russian civilization. 16

Although the Orthodox Church was the largest religious denomination in

Russia, other religious groups were persecuted just as violently. For
example, in 1930 one Soviet official reported that “87 percent of Muslim
religious centers have closed down, as have more than 10,000 of 12,000
mosques.” 17 Stalin utilized the League of Militant Godless (a group
established by the communists in 1925 to promote atheism and socialism)
to crush all religious influences in the Soviet Union. In 1932, the League
issued a Five-Year Plan of Atheism that aimed to leave not a single house
of prayer in the USSR by 1937. 18 By the end of 1937, Russian authorities
arrested almost 140,000 Orthodox clergymen, 85,300 of which were
shot. 19 The Five-Year Plan of Atheism, which paralleled Stalin’s Great
Terror (1936-1938), had a dramatic impact on religious life in Soviet Russia
and beyond. While Stalin would briefly ease persecution of religion and try
to use it under state control during World War II, Khrushchev’s de-
Stalinization marked a return to more militant atheism. 20

False doctrine of Marry the mother of Jesus become the intercessor for the fallen
humanity after she ascended to heaven; Roman catholic church teach that marry
the mother of Jesus was taken by God to act as intercessor of the whole humanity
and all Catholics according to tradition believe that she is desired to be worshiped
as how God is worshiped since according to them she is the mother of God this
doctrine is false and this is contrary to the scriptures concerning who is to be
worshiped .God only and alone is to be worshiped, Revelation 14;6-7, 22;9

Roman catholic church promote and practice the worship of graven image of
saints ;this system of idol worship is implemented through their cathedrals almost
over the whole world graven image of marry the mother of Jesus , and statutes of
saints like Peter ,and Jesus himself are being worshiped as God himself .this is
also a doctrine of demons of worshiping idols and graven images that are
prohibited by God in His word .Nobody is allowed to make an image in the
likeness of things in the heavenly hosts and pay to it attributes of God .Also
Catholicism promote the use of ROSARY in prayers and worship. This is false and

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is among of Doctrine of Satan that must be attacked giving the world the pure
doctrine of God concerning this idol worship Exodus 20;4-6

 The false doctrine of the supremacy of the popery/papacy the catholic

leadership claim that the pope is superior than other bishops on the earth. They
go far to the extent of claiming that pope is the vicar of God on earth. Also the
catholic priests claim to have the ability of forgiving sins the authority that is only
of God only this has been shown by lay Catholics who go to confess their wrong

doings to their fellow men who act as priests.

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 When God sends to men warnings so important that they are
represented as proclaimed by holy angels flying in the midst of heaven, He
requires every person endowed with reasoning powers to heed the
message. The fearful judgments denounced against the worship of the
beast and his image (Revelation 14:9-11), should lead all to a diligent study
of the prophecies to learn what the mark of the beast is, and how they are
to avoid receiving it. But the masses of the people turn away their ears
from hearing the truth and are turned unto fables. The apostle Paul
declared, looking down to the last days: “The time will come when they will
not endure sound doctrine.” 2 Timothy 4:3. That time has fully come. The
multitudes do not want Bible truth, because it interferes with the desires of
the sinful, world-loving heart; and Satan supplies the deceptions which they
love. GC 594.2
But God will have a people upon the earth to maintain the Bible, and the
Bible only, as the standard of all doctrines and the basis of all reforms. The
opinions of learned men, the deductions of science, the creeds or decisions
of ecclesiastical councils, as numerous and discordant as are the churches
which they represent, the voice of the majority—not one nor all of these
should be regarded as evidence for or against any point of religious faith.
Before accepting any doctrine or precept, we should demand a plain “Thus
saith the Lord” in its support. GC 595.1
Satan is constantly endeavoring to attract attention to man in the place of
God. He leads the people to look to bishops, to pastors, to professors of
theology, as their guides, instead of searching the Scriptures to learn their
duty for themselves. Then, by controlling the minds of these leaders, he
can influence the multitudes according to his will. GC 595.2
When Christ came

The Snares of Satan Revealed

To be forewarned is to be forearmed.

As the people of God approach the perils of the last days, Satan holds earnest consultation with
his angels as to the most successful plan of overthrowing their faith. He sees that the popular
churches are already lulled to sleep by his deceptive power. By pleasing sophistry and lying
wonders he can continue to hold them under his control. . . ..

Satan’s Plan

Says the great deceiver: “We must watch those who are calling the attention of the people to
the Sabbath of Jehovah; they will lead many to see the claims of the law of God; and the same
light which reveals the true Sabbath reveals also the ministration of Christ in the heavenly
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sanctuary, and shows that the last work for man’s salvation is now going forward. Hold the
minds of the people in darkness till that work is ended, and we shall secure the world and the
church also.

“The Sabbath is the great question which is to decide the destiny of souls. We must exalt the
Sabbath of our creating. We have caused it to be accepted by both Worldliness and church
members; now the church must be led to unite with the world in its support. We must work by
signs and wonders to blind their eyes to the truth, and lead them to lay aside reason and the
fear of God and follow custom and tradition.

“I will influence popular ministers to turn the attention of their hearers from the
commandments of God. That which the Scriptures declare to be a perfect law of liberty shall be
represented as a yoke of bondage. The people accept their minister’s explanations of Scripture
and do not investigate for themselves. . . .

“But our principal concern is to silence this sect of Sabbath keepers. We must excite popular
indignation against them. We will enlist great men and worldly-wise men upon our side, and
induce those in authority to carry out our purposes. Then the Sabbath which I have set up shall
be enforced by laws the most severe and exacting. Those who disregard them shall be driven
out from the cities and villages, and made to suffer hunger and privation.

“When once we have the power, we will show what we can do with those who will not swerve
from their allegiance to God. We led the Roman church to inflict imprisonment, torture, and
death upon those who refused to yield to her decrees; and now that we are bringing the
Protestant churches and the world into harmony with this right arm of our strength, we will
finally have a law to exterminate all who will not submit to our authority. . . . .

The Lures of Satan

“But before proceeding to these extreme measures, we must exert all our wisdom and subtlety
to deceive and ensnare those who honor the true Sabbath. We can separate many from Christ
by worldliness, lust, and pride. They may think themselves safe because they believe the truth,
but indulgence of appetite or the lower passions, which will confuse judgment and destroy
discrimination, will cause their fall.

“Go, make the possessors of lands and money drunk with the cares of this life. Present the
world before them in its most attractive light, that they may lay up their treasure here and fix
their affections upon earthly things. We must do our utmost to prevent those who labor in
God’s cause from obtaining means to use against us. Keep the money in our own ranks. The
more means they obtain, the more they will injure our kingdom by taking from us our
subjects. Make them care more for money than for the upbuilding of Christ’s kingdom and the
spread of the truths we hate, and we need not fear their influence; for we know that every
selfish, covetous person will fall under our power, and will finally be separated from God’s
people.

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“Through those that have a form of godliness but know not the power, we can gain many who
would otherwise do us harm. Lovers of pleasure more than lovers of God will be our most
effective helpers. Those of this class who are apt and intelligent will serve as decoys to draw
others into our snares. Many will not fear their influence, because they profess the same faith.

“We will thus lead them to conclude that the requirements of Christ are less strict than they
once believed, and that by conformity to the world they would exert a greater influence with
worldlings. Thus they will separate from Christ; then they will have no strength to resist our
power, . . .

Truth and Falsehood

“Until the great decisive blow shall be struck, our efforts against commandment keepers must
be untiring. We must be present at all their gatherings. In their large meetings especially our
cause will suffer much, and we must exercise great vigilance, and employ all our seductive arts
to prevent souls from hearing the truth and becoming impressed by it.

“I will have upon the ground, as my agents, men holding false doctrines mingled with just
enough truth to deceive souls. I will also have unbelieving ones present who will express doubts
in regard to the Lord’s messages of warning to His church. Should the people read and believe
these admonitions, we could have little hope of overcoming them. But if we can divert their
attention from these warnings, they will remain ignorant of our power and cunning, and we
shall secure them in our ranks at last. . . .

“We must cause distraction and division. We must destroy their anxiety for their own souls,
and lead them to criticize, to judge, and to accuse and condemn one another, and to cherish
selfishness and enmity. For these sins, God banished us from His presence; and all who follow
our example will meet a similar fate.”

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