Changed for the Worse—It is by beholding that we become changed. And as those sacred precepts in which God has opened to men the perfection and holiness of His character are neglected and the minds of the people are attracted to human teachings and theories, what marvel that there has followed a decline of living piety in the church. Saith the Lord, “They have forsaken Me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water” (Jeremiah 2:13).—The Great Controversy, 478 (1911). {1MCP 332.1}

(332) Forandret til det værre. - Vi forvandles ved beskuelse. Da de hellige forskrifter, i hvilke Gud har åbenbaret sin karakters fuldkommenhed og hellighed, lades ude af betragtning og menneskene koncentrerer deres interesse om menneskelige lærdomme og teorier, er det intet under, at det er gået tilbage med den levende gudsfrygt inden for menigheden. Herren siger: "Mig en kilde med levende vand, har de forladt for at hugge sig cisterner, sprukne cisterner, der ikke kan holde vand." (Jer. 2, 13.) - Dss 478 (1911).