In a world with so many voices trying to infuence me, how do i know which one to listen to?
[Yeah thats right, i just threw down a thesis statement!]
That's a serious question for alot of people. It can be hard to listen to that one voice telling you to do the right thing, when there's a ton of other voices telling you to do the wrong thing. Let us turn to the worlds most well-knows answer book for a little clarity on this subject: The Bible.
So the Book of Revelation gives us the answer as to why there's so many influences on us:
"And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and did cast them to the earth...
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 great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world: he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him..."
From this scripture [and others like unto it] we learn that there was a war in heaven before earth was even made. Where Lucifer [Satan], in attempt to overthrow God, led 1/3 of all our spirit brothers and sisters and revolted against the plan that was presented. Well this didn't turn out to well for 'ol Luci. He and all his followers we cast out, never to receive bodies. Needless to say they were quite vexed. So now all they do is float around earth trying to get us to mess up so we'll be as miserable as they are.
Now I'm no mathematician [I'm not even a little good at math], but we're gonna make a rough estimate as to just how many spirits were cast out, so we know how many bad guys we're dealing with here. Google tells us that there is roughly 7 billion people on the earth today. The 1/3 includes all the people who have ever lived and will live too, so I'm gonna make a bold assertion and say that the full number of spirits is 568 billion [give or take a couple three bill.]. 1/3 of that is 189 billion evil spirits constantly hanging around Earth. Now there's if there's only 7 billion people on earth right now, we're pretty our numbered. In fact we're outnumbered 27 to 1. [Thanks Texas instruments ;D]
But there is hope! Although you may have 27 bad guys ganging up on you, all you need is one sidekick to defeat them all. His name is "The Holy Ghost".
"So you're telling me there's a chance... *YEAH!*"
~Lloyd Christmas
He's the the one good voice we try so hard to listen to and follow. He's the one all the other voices are trying to drown out. He's the one who is gonna win when the end comes, following his guidance drafts us on his team. The Holy Ghost will always prompt us to do good and follow Cod's commandments. And I know that that is how we are suppose to live our lives. Listening to the bad guys may make us happy for a little, but no more than that. Listening to the good guys makes us happy now, and forever [Mosiah 2:41]. The End.
To learn about the Holy Ghost, and how to receive it, follow the "Holy Ghost" link above.
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