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Why Cant Satan Work Against By Working With

A big question I always have had about the Plan of Salvation is this: Satan is in opposition to God and all that God is, and his continual objective is to thwart the plan of God by opposing it. Than would not his ultimate arsenal be to just back out of the Plan? To leave God's children alone so that they do not spiritually progress thus obliterating free-will?
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With Working By Work Satan Why

That is an excellent question. I know of some people (fundamentalists) who believe that Satan is filling an office, so to speak, that is necessary for our exaltation. They seem to think that Satan had fulfilled his 2nd Estate before sacrificing himself.

I really don't have any opinion on this matter one way or another.

Why Cant Satan Work Against By Working With Studies Doctrine Mormon

Satan wants to see those who did not choose to follow him in the pre-mortal existence suffer - it is his 'joy' if you will - to be miserable just as he is. By not choosing to tempt he is not making himself any happier and thus it is going against his inherent thirst for revenge. Christ pointed this out when the scribes accused him of casting out devils in the name of Satan.

In addition to above, men are of themselves naturally subscribed to evil and most times do not need the 'assistance' of the dark side to urge them on to do evil. I believe the world is dark enough now, that men could probably carry on all the evil on their own without any 'input'.

With Working By Work Satan Why

That's an interesting question that I haven't thought of before. Here's a thought; since the beginning, Satan's great desire has been to receive the power and glory unto himself. It was the partly the selfishness of his plan that made it so evil. By leaving God's children alone, he doesn't play a part in their ruin. His goal is not only to oppose God and His plan, but also to gather souls unto himself and to be the master of all those who choose to follow him. He wants to become God, he wants to take Gods place, and so must induce man to worship him through deception and deceit. By leaving Gods children alone, he cannot receive them unto himself.

With Working By Work Satan Why

In giving this more thought I could see one possibility of this working... Satan would need to reverse the effects of the fall and NOT tell Eve about the properties or should I say 'benefits' of knowing good from evil - this would frustrate, but for how long?

Keeping in mind that we do not know how long they were in the garden before the fall all or one party must get 'bored' at some point?