Page 22 - 29 The Origin of Evil

Thus stubborn and defiant in their disloyalty,

seeking vainly to overthrow the government

of God, yet blasphemously claiming to be

themselves the innocent victims of

oppressive power, the archrebel and all his

sympathizers were at last banished from

heaven.

The same spirit that prompted rebellion in

heaven still inspires rebellion on earth. Satan

has continued with men the same policy

which he pursued with the angels. His spirit

now reigns in the children of disobedience.

Like him they seek to break down the

restraints of the law of God and promise men

liberty through transgression of its precepts.

Reproof of sin still arouses the spirit of

hatred and resistance. When God's messages

of warning are brought home to the

conscience, Satan leads men to justify