Satan’s object is to dishonor God, and he works with every element that is unsanctified to accomplish this design. The men whom he makes his instruments in doing this work are blinded and do not see what they are doing until they are so deeply involved in guilt that they think it would be useless to try to recover themselves, and they risk all and continue in their course of transgression to the bitter end. {5T 295.2}

Satans formål er at vanære Gud og han virker ved ethvert vanhelligt element for at fuldbyrde dette forsæt. De mennesker, han gør til sine redskaber i udførelsen af denne gerning, er forblindede og indser ikke, hvad de gør, inden de er så stærkt indviklede i skyld, at de mener, det ville være unyttigt at forsøge at komme på fode igen; de sætter alt på spil og fortsætter i overtrædelse til den bitre afslutning.