And when men in the highest responsible positions make no difference between those who serve God and those who serve Him not, they evidence that their eyes are not single to the glory of God; therefore their whole body is full of darkness. When these men in authority have so mingled with the spirit of worldlings that the words of complaint from the lips of these unbelievers are gathered as verity and truth, they know not what spirit they are of. When they encourage this spirit, and complaints against the people of God, they evidence that they are working on the enemy’s side to belittle and humiliate those whom the Lord loves, and that they strengthen the hands of the wicked, who are doing an evil work. When they feel free to suffer the accusers of God’s children to plan for them against His chosen ones, they do not have Christ to plan with them. {TM 273.1}

(273) Og når mennesker i de højeste ansvarlige stillinger ingen forskel gør mellem dem der tjener Gud og dem der ikke tjener ham, beviser de at deres øjne ikke kun er på Guds herlighed; derfor er hele deres legeme fyldt med mørke. Når disse mennesker med myndighed er så blandet med de verdsliges ånd, så lidelsesordene fra de utroendes læber er samlet som sandrulighed og sandhed, ved de ikke hvilken ånd de er af. Når de ophjælper denne ånd, og klager mod Guds folk, viser de at de arbejder mod fjendens side for at bagatellisere og ydmyge dem Herren elsker, og de styrker den ondes hænder, som gør et ondt arbejde. Når de føler sig fri til at tillade Guds børns anklager planlægge for dem mod hans udvalgte, har de ikke Kristus til at anklage for dem.