The Perverted Use of Power
ALL power is of God, even that exercised by Satan; but it is not God's power in the sense that it is exercised by him and he responsible therefor. Satan and all his evil angels, as well as all men, are intelligent, reasonable, responsible creatures, with wills to choose either the right or the wrong. The life, the power, the influence which each one possesses God has given him the privilege of using as he will subject to his finite limitations. But for it both man and demon are responsible as individuals. God never perverts anything; nor from his nature can he do so; for he cannot prove false. Power perverted is evil, and works destruction. Truth perverted is falsehood. Light perverted is darkness. God permits it, but God does not will it. He has given man the privilege of choosing the right or perverting it; he therefore allows the development of man's choice, in order not only that the perverter may see its evil result, but that others may be warned and saved.