D&C 10:1–45 Satan’s Plan to Defeat the Gospel “Satan is evil: totally and always. He ever seeks to defeat the gospel plan and ‘destroy the souls of men.’ (D&C 10:27.)... “Satan is irrevocably committed to countering and overcoming the influence of the Spirit of Christ.... “Satan’s methods are various, devious, and countless. President Marion G. Romney

D&C 10:1–45 Satan’s Plan to Defeat the Gospel “ ‘... by every possible means he seeks to darken the minds of men and then offers them falsehood and deception in the guise of truth. Satan is a skillful imitator....’ (Joseph F. Smith, in Daniel H. Ludlow, Latter-day Prophets Speak [Bookcraft, 1948], p. 20.) President Marion G. Romney

D&C 10:1–45 Satan’s Plan to Defeat the Gospel “At the opening of every dispensation he has made a frontal attack against the advent of truth” (Marion G. Romney, “Satan— The Great Deceiver,” Ensign, June 1971, 36). President Marion G. Romney