MEN AND WOMEN WHO TRANSFORM THEMSELVES
AND  MASQUERADE  AS  "AGENTS  OF  GOOD".

"satan himself masquerades as an angel of light. It is therefore a simple thing for his agents to masquerade as agents of good. But they will meet the end their deeds deserve."  (2 Cor 11:14,15 NEB).

"And no wonder, for satan himself keeps transforming himself into an angel of light. It  is therefore nothing great if his ministers also keep transforming themselves into ministers of righteousness.  But their end shall be according to their works."  (2 Cor 11:14,15 NWT).

Much of what Augustine has taught is ill-conceived. But let us now read from one of his well thought out passages showing a measure of spiritual understanding: 'The demons, for their part, seek to ensure that they will be so enticed by men; and they do this by first misleading human beings by their subtle cleverness, either by breathing a secret poison into their hearts, or even by appearing to them in the deceptive guise of friends, making a few of them disciples of their own, and teachers of very many others. For it would be impossible for men to discover, without previous instruction from the demons themselves, the different likes and aversions of the various demons, the names by which they are to be invoked or compelled to do man's will. Hence comes the first appearance of the magic arts and their practitioners. But their most effective hold upon the hearts of mortals (and  it is in the possession  of  them  that  they  especially  glory) is gained when they transform themselves into angels of light.'  (From'City Of God'. Bk. XXI. Ch.6).

While the expression "angel of light" may at first appear to imply the kind of spiritual light which The Christ preached for our salvation, people turning to God must be aware of the need to test their friends and associates to reveal whether they have been recipients of the breath of 'secret poison into their hearts' from demon "angels of light" through human agents. They should also consider whether they are being prepared to receive further indoctrination of satan's design. When demon "angels of light" administer satan's design through the hearts and minds of human agents, to persuade them and develop new converts, satan's design may seem plausible to unenlightened ones.

Firstly, we give thanks to Jehovah our God for the unchangeable light of His Holy Word of Truth with which to test these agents. Secondly, we know that evil demon "angels of light" and their human agents need many new converts  for their work to continue on a worldwide basis. Thirdly, that by appearing to transform themselves into "angels of light" demon spirits have made subtle but gradual changes to the "times and Law" of God in the hearts and minds of apostate agents and converts to their apostasy to set up the throne of glory satan cunningly works at establishing for himself.  (2 Thess 2:3,4.  Dan 7:25).

A clear example of this was the change that human agents of satan made to the interpretation of a law of God for Christ's congregations. (1 Cor 14:33-38). Apostates could not change the already established law written in millions of Bibles, so these human agents made subtle changes in their interpretation of it instead. By this means they even gave women permission to teach men inside and outside the congregation! But what satan and his demons have unintentionally provided, is a way by which God may separate unfaithful ones with apostate dispositions from those holding on to the unchangeable truth of the Holy Word of God because they love it. By this means His servants prove they love the ways of God and His Christ.  (1 John 2:4,5).

5/8/90.
 

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