Satan well knows that success can only attend order and harmonious action. He well knows that everything connected with heaven is in perfect order, that subjection and perfect discipline mark the movements of the angelic host. It is his studied effort to lead professed Christians just as far from heaven’s arrangement as he can; therefore he deceives even the professed people of God and makes them believe that order and discipline are enemies to spirituality, that the only safety for them is to let each pursue his own course, and to remain especially distinct from bodies of Christians who are united and are laboring to establish discipline and harmony of action. All the efforts made to establish order are considered dangerous, a restriction of rightful liberty, and hence are feared as popery. These devoted souls consider it a virtue to boast of their freedom to think and act independently. They will not take any man’s say-so. They are amenable to no man. I was shown that it is Satan’s special work to lead men to feel that it is God’s order for them to strike out for themselves and choose their own course independent of their brethren. {TM 29.1}

Satan ved godt at medgang kun kan ledsages med ordentlig og harmonisk handling. Han ved godt at alt som er forbundet med himlen er perfekt orden, bevægelserne i englehæren viser den underkastelse og fuldendte disciplin. Det er hans omhyggeligt forberedte forsøg at lede bekendene kristne lige så langt fra himmelens ordning som han kan; derfor bedrager han selv det bekendne Guds folk og får dem til at tro at orden og disciplin er fjender af det åndelige, så det eneste sikre for dem er at lade enhver klare sin egen sag, og igen være tydelig adskilt fra kristne organer som er forenede og arbejder hårdt på at etablere disciplin og harmonisk virksomhed. Alle bestræbelser på at skabe orden betragtes som farlige, en indskrænkning af retmæssig frihed, og som følge frygtes som papisme. Disse fraskilte sjæle betragter det som en dyd at prale af deres frihed til at tænke og handle uafhængigt. De vil ikke tage imod noget menneskes ordre. De er ikke føjelige over for noget menneske. Det blev vist at det er Satans specielle opgave at forlede mennesker til at føle at det er Guds ordre til dem at vende dem mod dem selv og vælge deres egen fremgangsmåde uafhængigt af deres brødre.