Satan's Plan

Admin Wed 06 Jul 2016, 11:38 am

. Satan's Plan
A minister was planning to preach on the text, "Behold,
now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of
salvation." While in his study meditating upon the
subject he fell asleep and dreamed that he saw Satan
and the fallen angels gathered for the purpose of
devising ways and means by which they might effectively
damn souls. He said that in the dreams he saw an
infernal spirit arise and say, "I will go and tell the
people there is no God." But Satan said, "That will not
do, for only fools deny that fact."
Then another fiend, of unusual intelligence, arose and
said, "I will go and tell them that there is nothing to
religion; that it is all a farce."
But Satan replied, "That will never do, for multitudes
have seen saints die, in sight of heaven, declaring
that salvation was real."
One after another arose making suggestions, but Satan
refused them all. Finally the most subtle of all arose
and said, "I will go and tell them that there is a God;
that the Bible is true; that salvation is real, but
that there is plenty of time."
The minister said that in the dream he could see all
were jubilant and Satan said, "Go! that is the plan."
And the meeting disbanded.
-- By William Moses Tidwell,
"Effective Illustrations."