God intended that His people Israel should be light bearers to all the inhabitants of the earth. In maintaining His public worship they were bearing a testimony to the existence and sovereignty of the living God. And this worship it was their privilege to sustain, as an expression of their loyalty and their love to Him. The Lord has ordained that the diffusion of light and truth in the earth shall be dependent upon the efforts and offerings of those who are partakers of the heavenly gift. He might have made angels the ambassadors of His truth; He might have made known His will, as He proclaimed the law from Sinai, with His own voice; but in His infinite love and wisdom He called men to become colaborers with Himself, by choosing them to do this work.

Det var Guds hensigt, at hans folk Israel skulle være lys for alle jordens indbyggere. De vidnede om den levende Guds eksistens og overhøjhed ved at tjene ham, og det var deres forret at afholde udgifterne til gudstjenesten som et udtryk for deres troskab og kærlighed til ham. Herren har besluttet at gøre lysets og sandhedens udbredelse på jorden afhængig af de anstrengelser, der udfoldes, og de gaver, der gives af dem, som har nydt godt af den himmelske gave. Han kunne have ladet englene forkynde sin sandhed. Han kunne have givet sin vilje til kende med sin egen røst, som da han forkyndte loven fra Sinaj, men i sin uendelige kærlighed og visdom har han opfordret menneskene til at blive sine medarbejdere ved at vælge dem til at gøre denne gerning.