The Satanists Among Us!

OK, the headline reads like a B movie title, but you'll see what I'm getting at shortly. Most of us don't normally observe anything manifestly satanic, excepting fans of certain genres of rock music. But there is a real Satan who commands hordes of real demons out there. His triumphant exclamation--which might seem like a sigh of despair--is, "Nobody believes in me anymore!" In most of North America and Europe, that is. The devil's strategy here is to convince us that everything is material: there is no spirit, no soul, no purpose for your life; you are no better than polypeptides, protozoans, and protoplasms. In much of Asia, Latin America, and Africa, folks are very aware of the supernatural, but here, science apparently has an explanation for everything.

How can Satanists be so "among us", then? The average Jane or Joe on the street is not consciously devoted to any religion. He or she might say, "I don't follow prophets or priests. I do whatever I want." Uh-oh. That's a religious creed. Anton Szandor LaVey, author of The Satanic Bible, wrote therein, "Do as thou wilt; this shall be the whole of the law." Your self-will is Satan's trophy.

Satan probably does not prowl around in red long johns or cling to a trident. He becomes whatever it takes to deceive you into thinking there's no spiritual world; hence, no God. Thankfully, those who learn the truth and humbly submit to Jesus Christ are given authority over demonic power. And one day Jesus will return to end the reign of sin and death on this world.

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