Satan’s skill is exercised in devising plans and methods without number to accomplish his purposes. He works to restrict religious liberty and to bring into the religious world a species of slavery. Organizations, institutions, unless kept by the power of God, will work under Satan’s dictation to bring men under the control of men; and fraud and guile will bear the semblance of zeal for truth and for the advancement of the kingdom of God. Whatever in our practice is not as open as the day belongs to the methods of the prince of evil. {7T 180.4}

Satan udviser sin dygtighed ved at lægge utallige planer og metoder for at udrette sine mål. Han arbejder på at indskrænke religiøs frihed og føre slaveriet ind i den religiøse verden. Organisationer, institutioner vil, hvis de ikke er under Guds ledelse, arbejde (181) under Satans diktat, for at bringe mennesker under menneskers styring; og bedrageri og svig vil bære skikkelse af sandhedsiver og fremskyndelse af Guds rige. Uanset hvad i vore handlemåde er ikke ligeså åben som dagen med den onde fyrstes metoder.