Deceive Me Not
Get thee hence, Satan; deceive me not; for God said unto me: Thou art after the similitude of mine Only Begotten. Moses 1:16 As we close the semester, I have been pondering my identity. I have been thinking about who I truly am. Cameron tells me all the time that I am too hard on myself, but I haven't quite believed him until this week. I was reading in Moses when I came across the scripture listed above. Satan is trying so hard to convince Moses that he is not a Son of God. Satan wants Moses to believe the lies about himself, not the truth. But I love Moses' example here. When he finally comes to a knowledge of the truth, despite what Satan is trying to tell him, he boldly demands that Satan leave. And not only that, but he also says "Deceive me not". It was this phrase that stood out the most to me. The principle I learned was that Satan will try to convince us of lies about ourselves. He will try to tell us that we are not loved by God, that w...
