Moses 4:10 And the serpent said unto the awoman: Ye shall not surely die;
As I read that, the words "Ye shall not surely die" jumped out at me. He's telling Eve that God lied to her. Of course, faith in God is dependent on the knowledge that we can trust Him at all times.
Later, after they had been cast out of the Garden, Adam and Eve taught their children to believe in God. But Satan again called God a liar:
Moses 5: 13 bBelieve it not; and they believed it not, and they cloved Satan more than God. And men began from that time forth to be dcarnal, sensual, and devilish.
Whenever we're tempted to doubt the things that the Lord is telling us, we need to remember that the doubt is a tool of Satan's. Whether we're doubting that things will really turn out to bless our lives, or that Christ has truly atoned for our sins, or that we can be exalted with Him someday, Satan would have us believe that God lies. He whispers, "God doesn't care about you and what happens to you. You can't do everything that's required of you, so why try? It's just too hard, and the standards are too high. The Terrestrial Kingdom is good enough and you don't have to work so hard to get there."
But the Lord won't leave us alone with Satan when we call on Him for help. In Moses we read that immediately after Satan had told his lies,
14 And the Lord God called upon men by the aHoly Ghost everywhere and commanded them that they should repent;
15 And as many as abelieved in the Son, and repented of their sins, should be bsaved; and as many as believed not and repented not, should be cdamned; and the words went forth out of the mouth of God in a firm decree; wherefore they must be fulfilled.
He will help us, if we just call on Him and believe in him and repent. We don't need to believe the lies of Satan.
He will help us, if we just call on Him and believe in him and repent. We don't need to believe the lies of Satan.
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