Re: [TruthTalk] Fwd: Not enough time nor patience

[Blainerb473]

Blainer:  You have hit on the right issue, alright.   There is a teaching in the LDS church that Satan for all practical purposes is the god of this world, ie., Lord of the spiritual wickedness that is "of the world," and not of God.  In other words, Satan has a lot of power to work through the influence of men and women who allow themselves to be overcome spiritually by the worldly powers.  Just for instance, I remember watching TV one evening, and there was this beautiful young woman who felt  sooo complimented and honored because she had been chosen to be a Playboy Playmate, and was allowed to ride in Hugh Hefner's limosine.  She thought she had really "arrived."  :>)  She really was at the top of the ladder, I suppose, its just that she had her ladder leaning against the wrong wall in the first place.  There is Satan's wall, and then there is God's wall.  We have to be careful to lean our ladders against the right wall.  As your scriptures indicate, the god of this "world" (of wickedness)  is definitely Satan.     In a message dated 6/16/2005 12:27:44 PM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Different Spirits Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the spirit which is of God   Difference between God & a god But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/16/2005 11:56:00 AM Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It was a part of their teachings back then that Temple marriages played a role in the new world you would receive   Still the teachings of the Church. Blaine:  True.  But about the "god of this world" stuff, I would probably offer some difference of opinion.  It was a little unclear what was being referred to, however.  __________________________________________________