We must make every preparation in our power in order to resist the enemy of souls. Every provision has been made; everything in God’s plan has been arranged so that man should not be left to his own impulses, to his own finite powers, to carry on the warfare against the powers of darkness in his own finite strength; because he would certainly fail if he were thus left to himself (MS 1, 1890).{6BC 1120.2}

Vi må forberede vore kræfter på enhver måde for at modstå sjælefjenden. Alle tilvejebringelser er blevet gjort; alt i Guds plan er ordnet således at mennesker ikke overlades til deres egne impulser, til sin egne begrænsede kræfter, for at kunne føre krigen imod mørkets magter i sin egen begrænsede styrke; for han vil helt sikkert falde hvis han var overladt sådan til sig selv. (MS 1, 1890).