I

The process of people gaining the truth is like a brave warrior stepping onto the battlefield, ready to fight against all manner of enemies at any moment. The enemies of those pursuing the truth are the various corrupt dispositions of Satan. These people are fighting with their corrupt flesh; in short, they are battling with Satan. The weapon used to fight with Satan is the truth, and is following the word of God.

II

To defeat Satan, what aspect of the truth must one first practice? It’s submitting to God, to His word, and to the truth. This is the lesson that one must enter into first when they do battle with Satan. If you’re unable to accept things that befall you from God, you won’t be able to submit before God, and therefore you won’t be able to quiet yourself before God to pray or to seek the truth. If you can’t pray to God or seek the truth, you will not understand the truth, or why God would place you in those situations, with those people, events, and things.

III

If you cannot seek the truth, you cannot overcome your corrupt disposition. Only by defeating your corrupt disposition and your corrupt flesh may you humiliate Satan and devils of the spiritual realm. Battling Satan mostly depends on seeking the truth; if you do not understand the truth, then any problem or notion that arises in you can make you weak and negative. If your revelations of corrupt dispositions are never resolved, you are likely to fall down and fail, and it will be hard for you to stand up again.

from The Word, Vol. 3. The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days. A Corrupt Disposition Can Only Be Resolved by Accepting the Truth