Then, when he is disconnected from God, passion obtains control over reason, and impulse over principle, and he becomes sinful in thought and action, his judgment is perverted, his reason seems to be enfeebled, and he needs to be restored to himself by being restored to God by a correct view of himself in the light of God’s word.— Letter 24, 1890. {1MCP 228.4}

Når han så ikke har forbindelse med Gud, får lidenskaber kontrol over fornuften, og impulser over principper, og han bliver syndig i tanke og handling, hans dømmekraft forvanskes, hans fornuft virker svækket, og han behøver at genoprette sig selv ved genoprettelse til Gud, ved at se sig selv i lyset af Guds ord. - Brev 24, 1890.