"With the froward, Thou wilt show Thyself unsavory."
—2 Samuel 22:27
Readers are advised to remember: the devil is a liar. Not everything that Screwtape says should be assumed to be true even from his own angle.
—C.S. Lewis
My dear Lucius,
I could feel you ogling over my last request. It seems once again I made the right choice in handpicking you as my correspondent. How are your cousins?
In your last letter you mentioned your cousin Softsoap was upset I never mentioned him personally and that Wormwood was suspicious about my signatory Torque.
You fools! Don't you know I go by many names? It is CERTAINLY NOT because I lost my license as that fiendish cousin of yours insists. Any more word from him on this and I'd personally descale that maggot! Do you not remember it was signing by my first name Skewtape, that enabled your uncle Screw take all the credit? Of course I'm a screw and at times I go by Skew. But never forget, whether Torque, Twist or Skew, I can be whoever I want, anytime I want to. I'm itchy from all your nagging but time is against us. Here are 10 preparatory steps to start you on your journey:
Step 1: Make them tasty!
You've done well in loading our meat with the sugar they so greatly love but deny; trinket gods of cravings, pleasure, fame and dear mammon. Let them think they’re doing it for Him (The Nazarene). Speaking of which I hate hate hate His flavors! Boring endless variations of tastelessness as if one was attempting to drink water from a clear spring. (Brrr... May no daemon ever attempt such!).
As for their cravings, teach them the anthem of the grave, “give me, give me, give me” and for emphasis sake,
Step 2: Keep them tasty!
You must keep them from Communion, and I mean the abiding life, not the transactional or routine kind they do. (In fact we encourage such forms of communion). Do not prevent them from the act of doing except it is being done in remembrance… This is where your light must shine. Distract them. Tell them to pause reflections for 'later.' We all know 'later' never comes.
By all means prevent soul quiet and make them unbearably uncomfortable at the Enemy’s attempt for stillness. If Media doesn’t work, use games, news, goals, conflicts with other sheep (hardly more interesting scenes than this), cares… anything!
Eating His flesh and blood in true understanding makes them taste and even reek like the Enemy. Tsk! It is more poisonous than Manna. Yes. That Manna that irritated our bellies so much we ate the scrumptious dusty Israelites 4000 years ago. Forget whatever you heard. We only stopped biting them because Moses appeased us with a bronze serpent. We weren’t cancelled!
Remember why we left heaven. We couldn’t stand the insipid bread of angels and instead of tolerating such torture like slaves, we chose to be free creatures of hell. And it's not like we left in a rush. Though the Manna weakened us for eons, we tried to make peace.
Our Father Below asked for the secret formula to improve the taste of manna or at least ingredients to make our own man but The Enemy refused to tell anyone the secret for fear of an antidote or worse for Him, sharing man. He insisted on Manna which He never ate. Even the name manna was as clueless as the meaning “what is it?” But we would not be brainwashed. We have always been eaters of dust but the Enemy tried to make it look like He compelled us in Eden when He was only stating what we always did.
But I tasted the most horrible thing when I bit His heel. I see you shudder already. It was blander than even manna. So unpleasant. I almost lost my head in disgust, and MOST DEFINITELY NOT because The Enemy crushed it. Our food must not resemble Him, whatever it may cost you. You must keep them from becoming inedible.
Step 3: Spice up their diet
Make them think of ways to make their sustenance ‘more’ interesting. Never deprive them of the whole thing. Give them just enough to keep them at Halfways. Replace substance with affirmations and permit only enough fire to keep them undone. Dilute, substitute or whatever you will but I’d show you a more excellent way:
Step 4: Unused is better than useless
We do not have a problem of our food hearing the Enemy's Word IF they do not use it. If they are salt, we can twist it to our advantage using the principle of the dead sea: too salty for life to thrive. Make their outlets for the rivers of living water vestigial and constipate them… Keep it all in but do so on alternate days so they do not suspect until it's nothing left but dead fish.
But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked...filled with food, gorged and sleek. Then he forsook the God who made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock
Deuteronomy 32:15
Step 5: Delay Persecution
We pure spirits are well aware that persecution is The Enemy’s tool for refinement but they don’t know that. The Enemy even makes persecution their criteria to be like him. So while Jeshurun pities the persecuted part of the body, The Enemy pities his ignorance.
But this is where you must put a leash on Wormwood. Whenever the prey are on the run, you find them alert, watching and praying… in fact exercising. And we don’t want that… yet. It can remedy the damage.
Persecution is the enemy’s tool for revival so we must keep our food happy until we’re sure we can abolish them in an instant… And if not possible, at least pour our full fury at whatever next chance we get. Persecution is best served last so wait until it's almost too late. By this time, we would have replaced the Balm in Gilead for sweet factories. Imagine them struggling with non-healing wounds on foot that should have been shod to preach. They might not even notice they are injured because you will:
Step 6: Desensitize
Mask them to the micro damages happening in the vital organs. Make them unfeeling… prone… And should they notice a problem, let them never for once suspect it’s a system issue. Let the hands and mouth be unaware their indiscipline led to processes that caused the foot’s problem. Better, let them think it’s only the poor foot’s problem; a regional or denominational issue and best of all, something the foot didn’t do right.
Let the eye look at the decaying foot with of pity devoid of actions unaware its own blindness awaits… Let the face be on billboards whilst the foot, hidden languishes. I repeat, the parts must never reckon itself as one body; it’s the poor foot’s problem.
Step 7: Activate code Balaam
This worked so well on it’s first attempt. Though the Enemy claims He loves them… On certain matters, He like a devouring fire breaks out against them. We love sharing but His Name is Jealous. We don’t even need do anything if this code runs successful; just sit back, get your sunshades and enjoy the show. You even get to snack on the aftermath… Very crispy well roasted leftovers. Though quite dry.
Wipe your slaver until you've done your part. First introduce the gangrenes of cowardice, departure, fear, hatred, anger, distrust, lust and pride into the wound. It becomes an emergency that leaves the Great Physician with no other option but to remove the limb. Reminds me of my undergraduate project at Ephesus a few thousand years back. The candlestick is removed from the stand by their holy ‘lover!’ Sublimeeee! And now,
Step 8: Titrate Early interventions
Your cousin Softsoap is very formidable here. In the happenstance that these spiritual amphibians seek help early, we must make sure it's not lasting. Let him spread motivation coated in christianese: present a much loved counterfeit Christ. Equivocate substance with money.
Let him titrate this way: Withdraw persecution and prayers stops. Give immediate relief to symptoms and treatment stops; consecration is discontinued. Use qualifiers for evil. Instead of perfunctorily wondering if a thing is bad or not, teach them instead to ask “is it that bad?” I am sure Pathos must have taught you that the most lethal plagues are often those without signs, peacefully working inner damage till the body breaks apart. Yes! Keep them unaware of ongoing damage for as long as possible then Wormwood can strike. Dear Lucius, Illuminate your cousins' gifts and while you're at it, ensure our captives have a track record of answered prayers and even miracles.
Blessings contain the best spectrum of blinding light. The most toothsome treats I've snacked on are those marinated in their sins. Oh my dearest, sustained ignorance is such bliss and always worth the wait. Always.
Step 9: Complicate What’s Left
We are never really against unity if it’s for us. You know strength is in unity and harmony. Our dear Lady Babel, that stunning green snake loves world peace… Or more specifically tranquilization so we must frustrate the Enemy's kind of peace.
Spread discord in His Body. Remember Micah’s day. Let Softsoap spread lies among their prophets. The sickness itself attacks their virility and as much as possible, we prefer making them unfruitful, not fruitless. Their Gardener is usually a turn away. Snip snip.
Make your merchants their leaders in church, government, media and every other sphere of influence, and preferably without conscious consent. The more assorted the souls they bring, the grander our feast.
Step 10: Learn From Their Mistakes.
Keep updating our database on how they react to things. Test-run, rinse, repeat and always try again. They are creatures of cycles and even the difficult ones are won by persistence.
Finally,
Awesome job on the education system of our precious vermin. I have something to teach you about self-love but (but tsk tsk, not until after my graduation ceremony which you must make sure to attend.) My heartfelt regards to my good friend Halfways and Mammon, the current besties of the church. The more we are together, the happier we shall be.
Your affectionate Aunt,
Torque.
Conclusion
We must be watchful for our enemy is prowling. Gird yourself therefore with God's full amour that you may be able to stand and after all, stand.
Are you standing?
And Jesus said unto them, I AM the bread of life: he that cometh to Me shall never hunger; and he that believeth on Me shall never thirst. The Jews then murmured against Him because He said I am the bread which came from heaven... saying, "How can this man give us His flesh to eat?" Then Jesus said unto them, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His blood, ye have no life in you. Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day...so HE THAT EATS ME SHALL LIVE BY ME... Not as your fathers ate manna and are dead: he that eat of this bread shall live forever.
Jesus the Christ, John 6 (EMPHASIS MINE)
AUTHOR'S NOTE
Hiiii. What did you learn? We must must be ignorant of the devil's devices and we must test all spirits and doctrine by Scripture... and from a victory stance.
Stand therefore. And while you're at it,
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