Satan is ever at work endeavoring to pervert what God has spoken, to blind the mind and darken the understanding, and thus lead men into sin. This is why the Lord is so explicit, making His requirements so very plain that none need err. God is constantly seeking to draw men close under His protection, that Satan may not practice his cruel, deceptive power upon them. He has condescended to speak to them with His own 504 voice, to write with His own hand the living oracles. And these blessed words, all instinct with life and luminous with truth, are committed to men as a perfect guide. Because Satan is so ready to catch away the mind and divert the affections from the Lord's promises and requirements, the greater diligence is needed to fix them in the mind and impress them upon the heart.

Satan bestræber sig altid på at forvrænge det, Gud har sagt, forblinde sindet og formørke forstanden, så at mennesker ledes i synd. Dette er grunden til, at Herren giver sin vilje så tydeligt til kende og fremstiller sine krav så klart, at ingen behøver at tage fejl. Gud søger ustandselig at drage menneskene til sig og beskytte dem for at hindre Satan i at udøve sin grusomme, forførende magt over dem. Gud har nedladt sig til at tale til menneskene med sin egen røst og skrive sit levende ord med sin egen hånd. Disse velsignede ord, som er fyldt med liv og udstråler sandhedens lys, skænkes menneskene som en fuldkommen vejledning. Netop fordi Satan gør sig så store bestræbelser for at bortlede vor opmærksomhed og vor interesse fra Herrens løfter og bud, bør vi gøre os så meget desto mere flid for at huske dem og gemme dem i hjertet.