Truth Held Only by Conscience Will Agitate the Mind—By his conscience every honest Jew was convinced that Jesus Christ was the Son of God, but the heart in its pride and ambition would not surrender. An opposition was maintained against the light of truth, which they had decided to resist and deny. When the truth is held as truth only by the conscience, when the heart is not stimulated and made receptive, the truth only agitates the mind. But when the truth is received as truth by the heart, it has passed through the conscience and captivated the soul by its pure principles. It is placed in the heart by the Holy Spirit, who molds its beauty to the mind that its transforming power may be seen in the character.— Manuscript 130, 1897. {1MCP 324.4}

Sandhed der kun fremholdes i samvittigheden, vil oprøre sindet. - Ved sin samvittighed blev alle ærlige jøder (325) overbevist om at Jesus Kristus var Guds Søn, men hjertet ville i sin stolthed og ærgerrighed ikke overgive sig. Der blev fastholdt en modstand mod sandhedens lys, som de besluttede at modstå og fornægte. Når sandheden blev fremholdt som sandhed kun igennem samvittigheden, når hjertet ikke stimuleres og gøres modtageligt, agiterer sandheden kun for sindet. Men når sandheden modtages som sandhed i hjertet, har den gået igennem samvittigheden og taget sjælen til fange med sine rene principper. Helligånden sætter den i hjertet, som former dens skønhed i sindet, så dens forvandlende kraft kan ses i karakteren. - MS 130, 1897.