Revenge

Reading 3 Nephi 3 and listening to Giddianhi's letter is disgusting.

In it, Giddianhi, leader of the Gadianton robbers, claims that the people of Nephi have robbed them of their rightful place to government. He goes on to invite Lachoneus, leader of the Nephites, to join them in their secret works and become brothers with them. How is that for sounding contradictory? And how can you claim to be in the right when you operate through secret works?

THEN, Giddianhi threatens to destroy the Nephites if they don't comply. Haha. Yeah, like "Hey, we love you , come join us. But if you don't, we kill you". They sound very righteous. haha.

As I read this, I thought of how Satan tries to get us on his side first by peer pressure, then persuasion, and then by threats paralleling Giddianhi's tactics.

But I also realize that Satan gets us by turning us against God. Satan can threaten us by becoming mad and bitter against us, but more often he gets US to become mad and bitter and to threaten God.

Sometimes, when things don't get right, people can threaten God that they will leave the Church, or sin, or do something stupid in order to hurt God. Revenge basically in the name of love and attention. The people may truly be hurt, but they don't realize their childish revenge tactics don't do anything but hurt themselves.