One way which has always been used by the great deceiver, is to “divide and conquer”; to have two distinct, contrasting sides within one side; either side - God’s side, and also on his own side:
Black/white
Good/evil
Light/darkness
Right/left
Conservative/liberal, etc, etc
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Satan, division; sweep away; sweeping away
The line of distinction between professed Christians and the ungodly is now hardly distinguishable. Church members love what the world loves and are ready to join with them, and Satan determines to unite them in one body and thus strengthen his cause by sweeping all into the ranks of spiritualism. Papists, who boast of miracles as a certain sign of the true church, will be readily deceived by this wonder-working power; and Protestants, having cast away the shield of truth, will also be deluded. Papists, Protestants, and worldlings will alike accept the form of godliness without the power, and they will see in this union a grand movement for the conversion of the world and the ushering in of the long-expected millennium. GC 588
We are not surprised to find that Satan will work today as he has worked in the past. We must live by faith; for without faith it is impossible to please God...Boasting claims of righteousness and noisy demonstrations are calculated to lead to a fanatical experience that will confuse many minds. If such things are encouraged, a wave of fanaticism will come into our ranks that will be detrimental to the work of God, and that will sweep away many souls in a dangerous delusion. These things are designed by Satan to deceive, if possible, the very elect. TDG 359
There is now need of earnest, working men and women who will seek for the salvation of souls, for Satan as a powerful general has taken the field, and in this last remnant of time he is working through all conceivable methods to close the door against light that God would have come to His people. He is sweeping the whole world into his ranks, and the few who are faithful to God's requirements are the only ones who can ever withstand him, and even these he is trying to overcome. LDE 170
I traveled from place to place, exposed to criticism and fanaticism, ever bearing a testimony against harshness and error and fanaticism. In places where the people of God were in error and in great peril, I would be sent to them with a message of warning. I was obliged to brace myself in God against flattery and against wily deceptions to throw me off my guard and lead me to unfaithfulness. I was but a child, yet God wrought in a most marked manner through me to save His people from the fanaticism that was sweeping through the ranks of Adventists. Snares were laid for me on the right hand and on the left. But God would send me warning of these dangers, and I escaped. Lt 2c, 1874
To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them. Isaiah 8:20
None but those who have fortified the mind with the truths of the Bible will stand through the last great conflict. To every soul will come the searching test: Shall I obey God rather than men? The decisive hour is even now at hand. Are our feet planted on the rock of God's immutable word? Are we prepared to stand firm in defense of the commandments of God and the faith of Jesus? GC 593
