Come Out from Worldly Influences . Those who are partakers of the divine nature are to come out from worldly influences, from empty festivities, and sit down with Christ, in heart communion with their Redeemer. Cease your unbelieving worry. When the anxious disciples saw the hungry multitudes beside the sea, impossibilities arose in their minds, and they questioned, Shall we go to the villages and buy, to give them to eat? Just so in the several conferences many now ask, Shall we send to Battle Creek for someone to come and hold meetings with us and revive us and feed us? What said Christ? No. He commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass in companies of fifty and one hundred. They obeyed orders, seating themselves in long lines on the grass. Jesus took the five loaves and two fishes out of the hands of the lad, and, looking up to His Father, He asked His blessing upon the meager supply. Then He put into the hands of His disciples the food to be distributed. The scanty provision grew under the hand of Christ, and He had constantly a fresh supply for His servants to distribute to the hungry multitude, until all had a sufficiency. Then the word came, “Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.” There was a surplus of food gathered up. {TM 344.2}

Kom ud fra de verdslige påvirkninger
Dem der er delagtige i den guddommelige natur skal komme ud fra de verdslige indflydelser, fra tomme fester, og sidde ned med Kristus, i inderligt samfund med deres forløser. Hold op med jeres vantro bekymring. Da de ængstelige disciple så de sultne skarer ved søen, blev de håbløse i deres sind, og de spurgte, Skal vi gå til byerne og købe, for at give dem at spise? Nøjagtig lige sådan spørger mange i de forskellige konferenser, Skal vi sende bud efter nogen på Battle Creek for at komme og holde møder med os og genoplive os og føde os? Hvad sagde Kristus? Nej. Han befalede skarerne at sætte sig ned i græsset et selskab på enoghalvtreds hundrede. De adlød ordene, satte dem selv i lange rækker i græsset. Jesus tog de fem brød og to fisk ud af hænderne på drengen, og så op til hans Fader, han bad om hans velsignelse over det lille forråd. Da lagde han maden i disciplenes hænder for at dele det ud. Den knappe portion voksede under Kristi hænder, og han havde hele tiden (345) en frisk forsyning til hans tjenere til at dele videre til den hungrende skare, indtil alle havde tilstrækkeligt. Så kom ordet, »Saml de tiloversblevne stykker sammen, så intet går til spilde.« Der var opsamlet et overskud af mad.