God demonstrated to the people for whom He had done so much that He would not serve with their sins. He wrought, not through those who refused to serve Him with singleness of purpose, who had corrupted their ways before Him, but through Nehemiah; for he was registered in the books of heaven as a man. God has said, “Them that honor me I will honor.” Nehemiah showed himself to be a man whom God could use to put down false principles and to restore heaven-born principles; and God honored him. The Lord will use in His work men who are as true as steel to principle, who will not be swayed by the sophistries of those who have lost their spiritual eyesight.{3BC 1135.4}

Gud demonstrerede for folket, som Han havde gjort så meget for, at han ikke ville leve med deres synder. Han arbejde, ikke gennem dem som nægtede at tjene Ham målrettet, som havde fordærvet deres veje for Ham, men gennem Nehemias; for han var registreret i himlens bøger som et menneske. Gud har sagt: "Dem som ærer mig vil Jeg ære." Nehemias viste sig selv som en mand som Gud kunne bruge til at nedlægge falske principper og genoprette himmelskfødte principper; og Gud ærede ham. Herren vil bruge mennesker i sit arbejde, som er stålfaste for principper, som ikke vil forstyrres af deres sofisterier som har mistet deres åndelige øjesyn.