We can therefore conclude that sometimes, by God’s permission, the devil’s actions promote or fulfill God’s purposes. Since Satan is not omniscient, he will be unaware of God’s overarching aims when he, unwittingly, by his machinations serves those aims. In Matthew 5:21–48 we find six sections, each of which begins with Jesus using some variation of the antithesis, “You have heard that it was said … but I tell you.” In the first part of each antithesis Jesus cites