Jesus knew that He could do the scribes and Pharisees no good, unless they would empty themselves of self-importance. He chose new bottles for His new wine of doctrine, and made fishermen and unlearned believers the heralds of His truth to the world. And yet, though His doctrine seemed new to the people, it was in fact not a new doctrine, but the revelation of the significance of that which had been taught from the beginning. It was His design that His disciples should take the plain, unadulterated truth for the guide of their life. They were not to add to His words, or give a forced meaning to His utterances. They were not to put a mystical interpretation upon the plain teaching of the Scriptures, and draw from theological stores to build up some man-made theory. It was through putting a mystical meaning upon the plain words of God, that sacred and vital truths were made of little significance, while the theories of men were made prominent. It was in this way that men were led to teach for doctrines the commandments of men, and that they rejected the commandment of God, that they might keep their own tradition (The Review and Herald, June 2, 1896).{5BC 1089.1}34. See EGW comment on Matthew 12:24-32.{5BC 1089.2}Chapter 10 32. See EGW comment on Luke 22:70.{5BC 1089.3}

Jesus vidste at Han ikke kunne gøre de skriftkloge og farisæerne noget godt, medmindre de ville tømme sig selv for indbildning. Han valgte nye flasker til Sin nye læresætningers vin, og gjorde fiskere og ulærte troende til bærere for Sin sandhed til verden. Og dog virkede Hans lære ny for folk, skønt det i virkeligheden ikke var en ny lære, men en åbenbaring af den vigtighed som var blevet undervist fra begyndelsen. Det var Hans plan at Hans disciple skulle tage den tydelige og uforfalskede sandhed som vejleder for deres liv. De skulle føje noget til Hans ord, eller give en eftertrykkelig betydning af Hans udsagn. De skulle gøre en mystisk fortolkning af den Skrifternes tydelige lære, og trække teologiske beretninger, for at opbygge nogle menneskegjorte teorier. Det var ved at tilføje Guds tydelige ord en mystisk betydning, at de hellige og livsvigtige sandheder fik så lidt betydning, medens menneskers teorier blev gjort fremtrædende. Det var på den måde at mennesker blev forledt til at lære læresætninger i menneskebud, og at de forkastede Guds bud, at de måtte holde deres egen tradition (RH 2. juni, 1896).