Operation Screwtape by Andrew Farley

Author:Andrew Farley
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw
Tags: Spiritual Warfare, Religion, Christian Life
ISBN: 1441240551
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 2013-01-01T02:16:18+00:00

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Kill Holiness

Amazingly, humans seem to have no issue with mild or even major discrepancies between what the Enemy says about them and what they feel is true in their own experience. Many of these stupid saints prefer to determine their spiritual condition through the lens of their own natural senses, lending more authority to them than to the Book itself, whenever the two appear to contradict. This phenomenon of favoring their own mental perceptions is particularly evident when it comes to their identity. While the Book itself calls them “holy ones” dozens of times, you can still ensure they never personalize the identity, taking it to heart. How do you prevent this? Here we suggest two ways.

Reducing Sainthood First, suggest to them that it is only proper to think of masses of converts as “saints.” Make certain they remain uneasy about the notion that they individually are literally and actually a holy saint. Don’t let them shake the sinner label; it is a tool we cannot lose.

Even if you find patients adopting the “saint” label, our records indicate we can still convince them of a twofold identity. They will regard themselves as simultaneously sinner and saint, and many will believe it is more humble and educated to do so. Of course, we know that true humility means seeing themselves in the same way the Enemy does, no more and no less. We convince them, though, that for them to take on his view in any real, tangible sense is arrogance in its most despicable and heretical form.

Tell them their hearts are desperately wicked and it is only godly honesty to admit it. They should believe it is humble and accurate to call themselves “chief of sinners” just as our vile nemesis Paul once did. In adopting Paul’s statement for themselves, they will fail to see he was merely describing his former life as persecutor of the Body.

If we convince patients they are sinners by nature, dirty at their core, they will not live like holy offspring of the Enemy. They will don their former label of sinner, and this inevitably carries all kind of pleasant consequences for us. After all, what is the most natural thing for a sinner to do? Sin, of course! So make them believe they want to sin. Tell them that their sworn duty is to resist their own desire to sin. This will only excite the flesh and put human effort into motion. It will also subtly suggest to them that their faith is essentially an invitation to be fake as they combat their own nature, attempting to act differently than the sin-loving hypocrites they really are!

We find that many of their hymns and songs can be used to bolster the case against them. If the person who selects their songs lacks the discernment to distinguish between the old life and the redeemed one, he inevitably tutors his followers in the very error we seek to perpetuate. Through these suggestive tunes, children of the Enemy

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