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 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.—The General Conference Bulletin, February 25, 1895. {Ev 635.2}

Mennesker gør arbejdet med sandhedens fremmarch ti gange vanskeligere end det virkelig er, når de prøver at tage Guds arbejde ud af Hans hænder, og over i deres egne begrænsede hænder. De tror at de hele tiden må finde på noget, for at få mennesker til at gøre ting, som de mener disse personer burde gøre. Tiden der bruges på alt dette, gør arbejdet mere kompliceret; for den store Mesterarbejder tages ikke med på råd i omsorgen for Hans egne arvinger. Mennesker giver sig til at rode rundt i andres karaktermangler, og det lykkes kun at gøre manglerne meget være. Det var bedre om de overlod Gud til, at gøre Sit eget arbejde; for Han ser ikke at de er i stand til at gendanne karakteren.— Generalkonferense Bulletin, 25. februar, 1895.