We have unseen foes to meet, evil men are agents for the powers of darkness to work through, and without spiritual discernment the soul will be ignorant of Satan’s devices, and be ensnared and stumble and fall. He who would overcome must hold fast to Christ. He must not look back, but keep the eye ever upward. Mount up by the Mediator, keeping hold of the Mediator, reaching upward to one line of work after another, making no provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof.{6BC 1094.3}

Vi har usynlige fjender vi skal møde, onde mennesker er agenter for mørkets kræfter, og arbejder gennem, og uden åndelig erkendelse for sjælen vil være uvidende om Satans påfund, og bliver omviklet i snaren, snubler og falder. Han som vil overvinde må holde fast i Kristus. Han må ikke se tilbage, men altid holde øjet opad.