From your position on the road
of life, you young men have many miles to go and many
choices to make as you seek to return to our Heavenly Father. Along the road, there are
many signs that beckon. Satan is the author of some
of these invitations. He seeks to confuse and deceive
us, to get us on a low road that leads away from
our eternal destination. In the beginning, when a
powerful spirit was cast down for rebellion, "he
became Satan, ... the devil, the father of all
lies, to deceive and to blind men, and to lead them captive
at his will." He and the spirits who follow him are still
deceiving the world. Modern revelation declares that
"Satan hath sought to deceive you, that he might
overthrow you." Satan's methods of deception are
enticing: music, movies and other media, and the glitter
of a good time. When Satan's lies succeed in
deceiving us, we become vulnerable to his power.