I was shown that this device of Satan would not have taken so readily in Wisconsin if the minds and hearts of God’s people had been united and in union with the work. The spirit of jealousy and suspicion still existed in the minds of some. The seed sown by the Messenger party had not been entirely rooted out. And while they professed to receive the third angel’s message, their former feelings and prejudices had not been given up. Their faith was adulterated, and they were prepared for Satan’s deception. Those who drank in the Messenger spirit must make clean work, and have every particle of it rooted out, and receive the spirit of the third angel’s message, or it will cleave to them like the leprosy, making it easy for them to draw off from their brethren in present truth. It will be easy for them to think that they can go, an independent company, alone to heaven, and easy for them to fall into Satan’s snare. He is very unwilling to let go his hold in Wisconsin. He has other deceptions prepared for those who are not united with the body. {1T 229.1}

Jeg fik vist at dette Satans påfund ville ikke have fænget så let i Wisconsin hvis Guds folks sind og hjerter var blevet forenet og i enhed med arbejdet. Jalousiens og mistankens ånd var stadig i nogles sind. Frøet sået af Messenger selskabet blev ikke rykket med rode. Og selvom de bekender sig til at tage imod den tredje engels budskab, har deres tidligere følelser og fordomme ikke givet op. Deres tro var forfalsket og de var rede til Satans bedrag. Dem, som drak af Messenger ånden må gøre rent bord og have enhver lille del rykket op med rode og tage imod ånden fra den tredje engels budskab, eller den vil klæbe sig til dem som spedalskhed og gøre det let for dem at drage væk fra deres brødre i den nærværende sandhed. Det vil være let for dem at tro at de, som en uafhængig gruppe, kan gå alene til himlen og let falde i Satans snare. Han er meget uvillig til at lade sit tag slippe i Wisconsin. Han har forberedt andre bedrag for dem, som ikke er forenet med legemet.