Helaman Chapter 6

            I have always learned in Sunday school that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever (a concept I fully believe), but I had never thought the same sentence was applicable for Satan. Satan is the same yesterday, today, and forever— and that’s a scary thought. I say this in the sense that since the fall of Adam and Eve, Satan has sought our destruction, and he will continue to seek our destruction until the judgment day. In chapter 6 Helaman says that secret oaths and covenants of the Gadianton robbers did not come from their own minds, but from “that same being who did entice our first parents.” The Gadianton’s Satan is the same Satan as Cain’s, who is the same Satan that tempted the building of the tower of Babel, who is the same Satan who tempts us today. As 2 Nephi 2:11 says, “there must needs be opposition in all things,” so as long as God is the same forever, you better bet that Satan is just as unchanging. But the good news is that since Satan’s temptation is constant in our lives, we can quickly understand his tricks and protect ourselves against them. We know that Satan will always try and tempt us, but we also know what happens if we give in, and the misery that lies in sin. So, as we go throughout our lives, I have learned that we can meet Satan’s pestering with Helaman’s question: Why should we give in to him who is seeking to “hurl away [our] souls down to everlasting misery and endless wo?”