Surroundings Affect Experience—I was then shown a young girl ... who had departed from God and was enshrouded in darkness. Said the angel: “She did run well for a season; what did hinder her?” I was pointed back and saw that it was a change of surroundings. She was associating with youth like herself, who were filled with hilarity and glee, pride, and love of the world. Had she regarded the words of Christ, she need not have yielded to the enemy. “Watch ... and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.” Temptation may be all around us, but this does not make it necessary that we should enter into temptation. The truth is worth everything. Its influence tends not to degrade but to elevate, refine, purify, and exalt to immortality and the throne of God. Said the angel, “Will you have Christ, or the world?” {1MCP 338.2}

Omgivelserne påvirker erfaringen. - Jeg fik vist en ung pige . . . . som havde forladt Gud og var indhyllet i mørke. Englen sagde: "Det gik godt for hende i en stund; men hvad hindrede hende?" Jeg blev vist tilbage og så at det var en omskiftning af omgivelser. Hun var sammen med unge som hende selv, som var fyldt med løssluppen munterhed og verdens lystighed, stolthed og kærlighed. Havde hun lagt mærke til Kristi ord, behøvede hun ikke at overgive sig til fjenden. "Våg og bed, for, at I ikke skal falde i fristelse!" Fristelser kan være overalt omkring os, men denne nødvendiggør ikke at vi skal falde i fristelse. Sandheden er værd i alt. Dens indflydelse sigter ikke mod fornedrelse, men mod opløftning, lutring, renselse og fører til udødelighed og Guds trone. Englen sagde: "Vil I have Kristus eller verden?"