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Table of contents: October 7, 2012

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

The Demonic Sliding Scale Strategy

OK...let's review the Battle Plan for
all you who are being assigned  new 
targets after a well-deserved break... 
most of you were successful in guiding
your previous assignment to their fiery 
destination...others - a relatively small 
percentage - not so much but a valiant 
effort nonetheless....circumstances keep 
changing so we'll begin by reviewing 
some basic facts on the human's nature as 
well as our assessment of their present day 
Culture through which your targets must 
navigate and hopefully 'crash and burn' as 
the humans say...first of all...you'll recall 
the human's fallen nature with all those 
delicious characteristics at our disposal of 
which you must take full advantage if you 
are to succeed in your diabolical mission - 
officially termed "Concupiscence" which 
simply means a proclivity to sin from 
disordered emotions as well as a darkened 
intellect and hence easily deceived as well 
aa a weakened will prone to being manipulated 
by said feelings - a 'pre-packaged meal' that 
simply needs to be 'heated up' to consume 
especially if your target becomes a Dedicated 
Follower of the Enemy...the next aspect is their 
Culture / World which is created by the elite 
fallen humans who are - for the most part -
under our control and we can use to create toxic 
environments detrimental to the Enemy's goals - 
eg education...media...entertainment...politics...
where we can literally pressure / harass / inculcate / 
force our values on top of the Enemy's Values... so..
that leads us to today's topic what I call our 
'Sliding Scale Strategy' for waging  Spiritual War 
against the Created Humans of our - unfortunately- 
Superior Foe...ready? it goes like this...the farther 
the target is from the Enemy...the less we have to 
do to gain a dark victory...but on the other hand...
the closer they are to the Enemy the more intense 
and devious must be our efforts - simply meaning 
eg. if the target has virtually no interest in the Enemy
or is seeped in habitual sin - in other words 'enslaved' - 
your main concern is simply 'maintenance'- ie. keeping 
them preoccupied / obsessed with themselves and their 
proclivities - especially the 'deadly ones' - as well as 
taking precautions to keep the Enemy's devotees away 
from the target - here Culture has a vital role to play..
more about that in a bit...then there's the class of 
semi-devotees who are somewhat / now and then / 
very-distracted-by-the-World Church attendees 
who have nothing really life-changing going on - 
the Enemy calls them the 'lukewarm' - which BTW 
is a pretty good description - for these targets there's 
a little more work involved to continually make sure 
they don't go deeper into things like 'repentance' /
'commitment' / 'daily prayer life' / 'personal relationship'...
for them I'd say keep distracting and deceiving eg. 
getting them to call 'good evil and evil good' or what 
is 'true false and false true'....really,,, if you can't get 
them 'cold' then just keep them 'warm' and not get 'hot'....
so put a stop to anything the Enemy tries to do to get 
them to whole-heartedly follow Him like 'resurrecting' -
pardon the pun - no offense - past wounds / sinful habits 
etc as well as stirring-up their involvement in Cultural 
matters which I will elaborate in a minute....and lastly 
there's the 'Devoted Disciples'... ones who have resolutely 
taken up their Cross to Emulate the Enemy...now those 
you really have to harass everyday in everyway you 
can think of...whatever it takes to get them distracted 
and hunkered down in their 'family foxholes' - so use 
the Culture to go after them - and here I will elaborate - 
where wombs are dangerous...darkness masquerades 
as light...schools promote preposterous pronoun propaganda 
for kiddies desperate for affirmation...a Culture where
power controls speech / behavior...lovely innocence is
Groomed and sensuality is the epitome of happiness - 
and then...if we can Terrorize the Enemy's Leaders 
into betrayal by submission - sometimes by simply 
keeping silent - we win... for as you know fear is 
our go-to weapon so therefore seek to restrict their 
influence to their Church Buildings and out of the 
Culture...fear...fear...fear...- basically Persecution or 
as they now say 'Being Cancelled' that'll give us the 
cover we need....remember...you can lose a battle but 
wining the war is the key - that's your goal: Eternal Fire!...
and, lastly, a good rule of thumb is the 'more me than 
Thee' principle...get them to daily concentrate on their 
own needs / worldly goals like 'success'...'happiness'...
'fulfillment'...or just plain ol' problems...but whatever 
the case...always make it 'me...me...me... and not Thee...
Thee...Thee'...ie the Enemy....that's always a great 'open 
door' to go down the 'rabbit hole' of self and can lead to 
a plethora of  possibilities. - 'Temptations' as the Enemy 
calls them but 'Opportunities' for us - actually the same 
ones we use for the 'lukewarm' but with a lot more 'Intense 
Imagination'...remember though...you have their files to 
research their weaknesses and histories so...keep poking 
them and don't let up especially when they get discouraged
because then it's either...persevere or give up - and we 
know what WE want! then lastly - and this applies to 
everyone on the Scale - constantly make them believe 
that they 'have a lot of time left' so they're in no rush 
to change because then...Surprise!!...Time's up!! Got ya!!
so...there you have it...the 'Sliding Scale Strategy'...not 
perfect but it works...a lot...but again...be Careful...the 
Enemy is Infinitely Stronger / more Powerful /Smarter / 
and knows the humans better than we do and - most of all -.
Loves them - especially Communing with them daily - so 
therefore never gives up offering that 'Grace' stuff...but...
still...we've got a lot going for us...so...come up and receive 
your new assignments then...GO GET'M!!

Reflection / Discussion:
-Describe in your own words the 'Sliding Scale Strategy'.
-What is the 'Human Condition'?
-Where do you fit into the 'Sliding Scale'?
-How does one become a 'resolute' follower of Jesus?
-What are you doing to grow in your relationship to Jesus?
-How are you reaching out to others on the 'Sliding Scale'?
-What changes is the Spirit leading you to make in your Spiritual Life?