Satan, the father of lies, tries to get us to blame God and accuse Him of being unfair and unjust 514 - 4 - 5

Lucifer in his pride articulated his infamous five I will:

I will ascend into heaven

I will exalt my throne above the stars of God

I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north:

I will ascend above the heights of the clouds

I will be like the most High.

Lucifer started his campaign in the garden by attempting to destroy God’s creation, the human race. Lucifer started his subtle campaign by causing Eve to question the word of God.

Genesis 3:1, “Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?”

Then Lucifer appealed to Eve’s pride by claiming that taking that fateful bite she would not die, rather her eyes would be opened and she would be as God.

Genesis 3:4-5, “And the serpent said unto the woman, Ye shall not surely die:  For God doth know that in the day ye eat thereof, then your eyes shall be opened, and ye shall be as gods, knowing good and evil.”

The lie of Lucifer that humans can be as God bore great fruit with Joseph Smith who wrote as a follow-up to the Book of Mormon, “As man is God once was, as God is man can become.” This also seems to be part of the doctrine of the high priestess of the New Age, Oprah Winfrey.

Lucifer has done his best throughout the centuries to undermine God by convincing people that God is a vengeful and cruel God rather than is being a righteous God. That said, many have bought into the lie that all roads lead to God. This is a repudiation of Jesus as the Way, the truth and the life. Then there is the lie that good works will earn our salvation.

Peter said it well in 1 Peter 5:8, “Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:”

Isaiah ended the above five I will of Lucifer with the following, Isaiah 14:15, “Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit.” In these last days it seems that Satan truly is in overdrive trying to assure plenty of company in hell.