Satan has an accurate knowledge of the sins that he has tempted God's people to commit, and he urges his accusations against them, declaring, that by their sins they have forfeited divine protection, and claiming that he has the right to destroy them. He pronounces them just as deserving as himself of exclusion from the favor of God. "Are 589 these," he says, "the people who are to take my place in heaven, and the place of the angels who united with me? They profess to obey the law of God; but have they kept its precepts? Have they not been lovers of self more than lovers of God? Have they not placed their own interests above His service? Have they not loved the things of the world? Look at the sins that have marked their lives. Behold their selfishness, their malice, their hatred of one another. Will God banish me and my angels from His presence, and yet reward those who have been guilty of the same sins? Thou canst not do this, O Lord, in justice. Justice demands that sentence be pronounced against them."

Satan fører nøjagtigt regnskab med de synder, som han har fristet Guds folk til at begå. Nu fremfører han sine anklager imod dem og hævder, at de ikke kan forvente Guds beskyttelse, når de har begået sådanne synder. Han siger også, at han har ret til at dræbe dem. Han hævder, at de lige så lidt fortjener Guds gunst som han. Han spørger: "Er det disse mennesker, der skal have den plads i Himmelen, som jeg og mine engle havde? De bekender sig til at adlyde Guds lov men har de holdt den? Har de ikke elsket sig selv mere, end de har elsket Gud? Har de ikke sat deres egne interesser i første række og hans i anden række? Har de ikke elsket de ting, der er i verden? Se, hvilke synder de har begået i deres liv! Se blot på deres egenkærlighed, deres ondskab og deres had til hinanden! Vil Gud støde mig og mine engle bort fra sit åsyn og belønne dem, som er skyldige i de samme synder? Retfærdigheden kræver, at de bliver dømt."