6. Live Coal Symbolizes Purity and Power—The live coal is symbolical of purification. If it touches the lips, no impure word will fall from them. The live coal also symbolizes the potency of the efforts of the servants of the Lord. God hates all coldness, all commonness, all cheap efforts. Those who labor acceptably in His cause, must be men who pray fervently, and whose works are wrought in God; and they will never have cause to be ashamed of their record. They will have an abundant entrance into the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, and their reward will be given them,—even eternal life (The Review and Herald, October 16, 1888).{4BC 1141.5}

6. Levende kul symboliserer renhed og kraft. - Det levende kul er symbol på renhed. Det berører læberne, intet urent ord vil falde fra dem. Det levende kul symboliserer styrken i de anstrengelser Herrens tjenere udøver. Gud hader al kulde, al almindelighed, alle billige anstrengelser. Dem som arbejder acceptabelt for Hans sag, må være mennesker der beder ofte, og hvis gerninger udføres i Gud, og de vil aldrig have grund til at skamme sig over deres nedskrevne gerninger. De vil få en overdådig adgang til vor Herre Jesu Kristi rige, og de vil få deres løn - endog det evige liv (RH 16. okt., 1888).