Wherefore, for this cause, that my covenants may be fulfilled which I have made unto the children of men, that I will do unto them while they are in the flesh, I must needs destroy the secret works of darkness, and of murders, and of abominations.
The secret works of darkness, which are the secret combinations, are designed by Satan to thwart the Lord's purposes in keeping his covenants with his children. What are those covenants? To save us and exalt us based on repentance, faith in Christ, partaking of the ordinances of salvation, receiving the Holy Ghost, and enduring to the end. If Satan can get us to turn our backs on the Lord, stop repenting, give up on Christ, ignore or refuse the ordinances, harden our hearts against the Spirit, and stop trying, he has blocked God's power and grace in our lives. He wins when God loses. Secret combinations promote all of these sins and bind the adherents to Satan by oaths. An important part of God's work among men is to destroy the secret combinations before they destroy his children.
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