[PastorBob]

This is a topic often discussed, and insisted upon with my congregation.

Let us turn to 2nd Corinthians:

13 For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ.

14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.

15 Therefore it is no great thing if his ministers also be transformed as the ministers of righteousness; whose end shall be according to their works.

In traditionalist satanism, to obtain the second degree, the satanist must have obtained a good reputation as a pious Christian, and for their third, they must have obtained a position of leadership. It does not matter which church it is especially; they prefer the most common one in the area. Only the teenage dabblers actually act rebellious, and show according behavior - the true satanist is invariably well groomed, community respected, and makes a point of his good works being known - a pretty face is their obession, and their weakness to ensure all around them see them as a good person. See Jesus's words about whitened seplechures, which are clean without, but filthy within.

They use deceit to guide those around them in the same way the serpent in the garden of Eden did, first, by teaching them to eat of the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil (conscience) then putting on a fig leaf apron (ego), which is the common man's way of entering into a pact. The outer rite is different, but the result is quite identical, the larger the ego adopted to fend off conscience, the more material rewards, position, a good wife, a good reputation, yet the same afterlife as one who ceremonially entered into a pact with the devil, like David Bowie, or Gene Simmons.

Their key to their survival and secrecy is hypocrisy, pushed to the furthest extent. They make it a point to know the scriptures better than their enemies, the servants of Christ, and to try and outdo them at acts of charity, etc, so that they are never suspected if their crimes are uncovered.

If you read verse 15 of 2nd Corinthians, you will note that their end shall be according to their works; over the past 20 years, I have noticed that cancer and/or an accident is common.

It is perfectly impossible to commit sin without the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil - the evil man's conscience tells him that he is weak, that he has been tricked, that he has not stolen enough, raped enough, hurt enough, rebelled enough. And the good man is tormented by his telling him that he has not done enough, helped enough, been humble enough, etc. If we look at the root words from which conscience is derived, co (dual), and science, we get the science of duality, or voice of satan, which was derived from the latin "diable," or devil. One must by-and-by replace it with compassion as our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ taught us, or spit out the fruit of the knowledge of good and evil, to partake of the tree of life, or unity.

The church of satan aims at making someone fight with the branches of evil while totally ignoring the root cause, and of course, it turns into a life-long battle that cannot be won, because they are ignoring the root from which the evil is really springing. It is like treating a symptom and ignoring the disease.

They like to get you to attempt to suppress things, so that they gather strength and overwhelm you with a problem.

We tend to be distracted by worldly issues and try and pretend that the church of satan does not exist, but it most assuredly does, and must be avoided.

Proverbs 14:12 There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.

Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.