"Ye Shall Be as God."—Satan’s deceptions do not all lie in one line. He deceives some as to continuation of life, “Ye shall not surely die.” He deceives others in inducing them to believe that they are as important as God. For instance, a paper which attaches to its name “Gospel” declares: “We [the editor and his friends, evidently] have now become sponsors for the oath of God. If failure is found in us [bold-face his] all things must pass into oblivion. . . . If His word is violated, unfulfilled, unobserved, His oath is brought into question. When His word and oath are made void by erroneous definitions His life is imperiled,—He swore by Himself, that is, by His own existence. If God’s word fails at our hands Lucifer is exalted above the stars of God.” We pity those who can believe such statements. Most Christians will be glad to still believe that God is not so hard up nor His throne and life so precarious as to be dependent on the failure or faithfulness of poor, mortal man. Of old time some departed from the faith and taught error, yet God’s servant could say, “Nevertheless the foundation of God standeth sure.” Of an unfaithful people unto whose care God entrusted His sacred oracles, the apostle speaks, “Shall their want of faith make of none effect the faithfulness of God? God forbid; yea, let God be found true, but every man a liar.” Let all men apostatize and fail to witness for God, He can raise up stones, if need be, to proclaim His message.