Advancing the Truth . Men make the work of advancing the truth tenfold harder than it really is by seeking to take God’s work out of His hands into their own finite hands. They think that they must be constantly inventing something to make men do things which they suppose these persons ought to do. The time thus spent is all the while making the work more complicated, for the great chief Worker is left out of the question in the care of His own heritage. Men undertake the job of tinkering up the defective character of others, and only succeed in making the defects much worse. They would better leave God to do His own work, for He does not regard them as capable of reshaping character. {TM 191.2}

Giv sandheden fremme
Mennesker gør arbejdet for sandhedens fremme ti gange hårdere end det i virkeligheden er ved at forsøge at tage Guds arbejde ud af hans hænder til deres egne uendeligt små hænder. De tror at de hele tiden må finde på noget for at få mennesker til at gøre ting som de formoder disse personer burde gøre. Den tid der bruges gør faktisk arbejdet mere kompliceret, for den Store første Arbejder er ladet ude af problemet med at vise sin egen arv omsorg. Mennesker påtager jobbet for at fuske med andres mangelfulde karakter, og det lykkes kun at gøre defekterne endnu være. De skulle hellere lade Gud at gøre hans eget arbejde, for han ser dem ikke som egnede til at omdanne karakter.