The Lord has given His holy commandments to be a wall of protection around His created beings, and those who will keep themselves from the defilement of appetite and passion may become partakers of the divine nature. Their perceptions will be clear. They will know how to preserve every faculty in health, so that it may be presented to God in service. The Lord can use them: for they understand the words of the great apostle, “I beseech you, therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service” (Manuscript 153, 1899).{1BC 1105.4}

Herren har givet Sine hellige bud som en beskyttelsesmur omkring Hans skabte væsener, og dem som vil holde sig selv fra appetittens og lidenskabens besmittelse får del i guddommelig natur. Deres forskrifter vil være klare. De vil vide hvordan de bevarer alle evnerne sunde, så at de kan overbringes til Gud i tjenesten. Herren kan bruge dem, for de forstår den store apostels ord: ”Så formaner jeg jer da, brødre! ved Guds barmhjertighed, til at bringe jeres legemer som et levende, helligt, Gud velbehageligt offer; dette er jeres åndelige gudsdyrkelse.” (MS 153, 1899).