Galatians 6: 7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked; for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap. 8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
[The Desire of Ages pp 435] Lucifer desired God's power, but not His character. He sought for himself the highest place, and every being who is actuated by his spirit will do the same. Thus alienation, discord, and strife will be inevitable. Dominion becomes the prize of the strongest. The kingdom of Satan is a kingdom of force. Every individual regards every other as an obstacle in the way of his own advancement, or a stepping stone on which he himself may climb to a higher place.
[Great Controversy pp 498>499] Satan had made it appear that he himself was seeking to promote the good of the universe. He claimed that it was his own object to improve upon the statutes of Jehovah. He reiterated his claim that angels needed no control but should be left to follow their own will, which would ever guide them right. He denounced the divine statutes as a restriction of their liberty, and declared that it was his purpose to secure the abolition of law.
“That, freed from this restraint, the hosts of Heaven might enter upon a more exalted, more glorious state of existence.” …We are sorry to say that persons have used their freedom of choice to make a very grave, and fatal mistake, and there will be much collateral damage that would occur as a result, because the laws of sowing, and reaping follow each other like clock- work, with an unerring accuracy.
Ecclesiastes 8:12 Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him: 13 But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God.
May God add His blessing to the study of is word. “Good night” and God bless!