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The Devil’s Meeting



The devil sat down to have a meeting with his top advisors. He said to them, “America has been known as a Christian nation for far too long. We need to employee a new strategy against them to bring   them down and make them repulsive in the eyes of God.”

One of his advisors spoke up saying, “We could flood America with great temptations for immorality. Once they start going after the lusts of the flesh, they will surely be downgraded before the world and repulsive to God.”

The devil responded, “We have tried this. America has been on a moral decline for decades. Homes have been broken, they do not trust one another, and their love for God has been greatly reduced. Despite this, there are still far too many Christians. We need a new approach.”

Another spoke up and said, “We could convince them that God does not exist. We’ll make up some other explanation for the origin of the earth. Once, they are convinced of this, we will make them believe that they are their own gods.”

The devil again responded, “Darwin has served us well. He has convinced many that they were not created, but rather they have evolved. Many have turned their backs on God. However, there are still too many that have kept their faith in God. What else can we do?”

A third advisor said, “I know what to do. Let us give them a progressive new knowledge. No longer will human beings be limited by their biology. No, my friends, we will cause them to believe that they can change anything about their bodies, simply by changing their perception.”

Another said, “That is sheer nonsense! Christians will defeat that just by speaking against it.”

“We will silence those Christians easily. When they speak against homosexuality and transgenders, we will label them as ‘haters’ and we will call their arguments, ‘hate speech’.

So, let us convince them that they have been living under the sleepy delusion of God’s commandments. Let us help them to see that the bible is not only outdated, but destructive to the intellectual growth of human beings. Let us help them to realize that they are the ones with their eyes now opened. We will own their souls for we will have them convinced that they are now ‘Woke’.”

9 The coming of the lawless one is according to the working of Satan, with all power, signs, and lying wonders, 10 and with all unrighteous deception among those who perish, because they did not receive the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11 And for this reason God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie, 12 that they all may be condemned who did not believe the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness. 2 Thessalonians 2:9-12

God Bless each of you,

Eric Hicks

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