(Genesis 3:1-24.) Eden and Gethsemane—The Garden of Eden with its disobedience and the Garden of Gethsemane with its obedience are presented before us. What a costly work was that in Eden! How much was involved in the fatal eating of the forbidden tree! But many are following in the very same footprints, in disobedience, in breaking away from the law of God. When men selfishly enter a course of disobedience to God they go on imperceptibly. They do not calculate what the sure result will be when they enter the path of temptation, and make but feeble efforts to resist, and some make none at all. But when the scroll is unrolled, and God looks over it, He will find that He has been denied in that place, dishonored in another place; and as the roll is opened more and more, the results of un-Christlike actions are revealed. The Word of God was not fed upon, therefore their actions were not the result of eating the flesh and drinking the blood of the Son of God (Letter 69, 1897).{5BC 1103.5}

(1.Mos. 3,1-24.) Eden og Getsemane. - Edens have med sin ulydighed og Getsemane have med sin lydighed bliver vist for os. Hvilket et kosteligt arbejde det i Edens have! Hvor meget indebar det af den fatale spise fra det forbudne træ! Men mange følger i de samme fodspor, i ulydighed, i brud fra Guds lov. Når mennesket selvisk indtager en ulydig kurs mod Gud, fortsætter de ubemærket. De regner ikke med hvad det visselige resultat vil være, når de går ind på fristelsens sti, og gør kun svage anstrengelser for at modstå, og nogle gør slet ikke noget. Men når bogrullen rulles ud, og Gud ser hen over det, vil Han finde at Han har forbudt dette sted, vanæret på et andet sted; og idet rullen åbnes mere og mere, åbenbares resultaterne af ukristelige handlinger. Der var ikke modtaget næring fra Guds Ord, derfor var deres handling ikke kommet af at spise kødet og drikke blodet fra Guds Søn (Brev 69, 1897).