Blake Robert Templeton argues that evil has no independent life force, only destructive power he calls the Slave Lord. Temptation is bait designed to make people adopt this destructive force, leading to self-destruction and harm to others. Ultimate divine judgment will eradicate the enemy entirely.
Let me be really clear. Evil has no life force behind it. It has only a secondhand, deformed rogue being behind it. That is the Slave Lord. The Slave Lord's power— what about his power? Isn't it great? No. Is it to actually create? No. It's only to destroy creation that comes into alignment with him. So when one falls into temptation, his entire means is to destroy you. It's bait. So if you take upon the Slave Lord's persuasion, you possess only one power, not to create, but to destroy. To destroy yourself and the people around you. That is until God destroys you in the end. Because the Lord says, nothing of the enemy can come into my presence.
