Today during lunch L and P were talking about Minecraft. I overheard one of them say “The Wither is the hardest thing to kill in Minecraft. Because when you attack it, it heals itself.”
When I heard that, I received a little stroke of inspiration and took advantage of the moment to teach a gospel lesson. I said “you know what? You should be the hardest one to kill spiritually. Satan should be thinking “P (or L) is the hardest one to get. He’s so hard because when he makes mistakes, he repents. He turns to Jesus Christ and asks to be healed. And when he has experiences with the gospel, he records them so he won’t forget.”
We talked about how our goal is to be to be like the Wither. We should be the hardest one for Satan to get. We shouldn’t postpone repenting and healing. We should record our experiences with the gospel so we don’t forget them.
L and P also told me about how, in Minecraft, they have to use their best weapons to kill the Wither. I asked them what the best weapon was and they said that it is the bow and arrow. I thought that this was really interesting because in the scriptures we are warned about the “fiery darts of the adversary.”
So, it seems that one of Satan’s best weapons is a symbolic bow and arrow.
I taught the boys that just like how they have to use their best weapons on the Wither, this is the same with Satan and us. He uses his best weapons on the hardest targets. So we need to pay attention to our weak spots and wear extra armor there. We need to be ready to defend ourselves with the Armor of God.
1 Nephi 15:24
…Whoso would hearken unto the word of God, and would hold fast unto it, they would never perish; neither could the temptations and the fiery darts of the adversary overpower them unto blindness, to lead them away to destruction.
Doctrine & Covenants 3:8
Yet you should have been faithful; and he would have extended his arm and supported you against all the fiery darts of the adversary; and he would have been with you in every time of trouble.
Ephesians 6:
11 Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil.
12 For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
13 Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.
14 Stand therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, and having on the breastplate of righteousness;
15 And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace;
16 Above all, taking the shield of faith, wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked.
17 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God:
Doctrine & Covenants 27:
15 Wherefore, lift up your hearts and rejoice, and gird up your loins, and take upon you my whole armor, that ye may be able to withstand the evil day, having done all, that ye may be able to stand.
16 Stand, therefore, having your loins girt about with truth, having on the breastplate of righteousness, and your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace, which I have sent mine angels to commit unto you;
17 Taking the shield of faith wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked;
18 And take the helmet of salvation, and the sword of my Spirit, which I will pour out upon you, and my word which I reveal unto you, and be agreed as touching all things whatsoever ye ask of me, and be faithful until I come, and ye shall be caught up, that where I am ye shall be also. Amen.
