The tempter’s agency is not to be accounted an excuse for one wrong act. Satan is jubilant when he hears the professed followers of Christ making excuses for their deformity of character. It is these excuses that lead to sin. There is no excuse for sinning. A holy temper, a Christlike life, is accessible to every repenting, believing child of God. {FLB 44.4}

Fristerens virksomhed kan ikke bruges som en undskyldning for at handle forkert. Satan jubler når han hører Kristi bekendende efterfølgere undskylde deres karaktermangler. Det er disse undskyldninger der leder til synd. Der er ingen undskyldning for synd. Et helligt temperament, et kristus-lig liv, er adgangen for ethvert angrende og troende Guds barn.