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We are your host, Kristen Walker-Smith and Callie Black.

Hey, it's Callie Black here with today's thought. Let's open up to Moses chapter 5, verse 31.

Secret combinations are mentioned all throughout scripture as a major tactic that Satan uses to draw people in.

Have you ever noticed that? I've always wondered what these secret oaths and combinations are

really about, since they seem to have been so effective at separating people from the Lord.

Kane, the first person to commit murder, perfectly summarizes the gist of all of these

oaths and combinations that the adversary uses. Kane says this in Moses chapter 5, verse 31. Truly,

I am Mahan, the master of this great secret that I may murder and get gain. Do you see that false promise that Satan convinced

Kane of? Satan teaches people that they can commit any sin and it will work for their gain.

Sometimes it's in dramatic ways, like Kane believing that murdering his brother would

give him his brother's flocks, but other times he does it subtly by convincing us that

not keeping a covenant we've made will be better for our life. Or choosing to bend the commandments

a little bit will bring so much more joy. But here's the

real secret. It's not true. Satan has not discovered some secret loophole for gain, and we can

push back on any temptations that we feel that tell us otherwise. So the takeaway of the day,

in five words or less, sin will never bring gain.

Thank you so much for being here today and for coming closer to Christ with me, one minute at a time.

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