Here is the greatest deception that can affect the human mind; these persons believe that they are right when they are wrong. They think that they are doing a great work in their religious life, but Jesus finally tears off their self-righteous covering and vividly presents before them the true picture of themselves in all their wrongs and deformity of religious character. They are found wanting when it is forever too late to have their wants supplied. God has provided means to correct the erring: yet if those who err, choose to follow their own judgment, and despise the means which He has ordained to correct them and unite them upon the truth, they will be brought into the position described by the words of our Lord quoted above. {1T 417.1}

Dette er det største bedrag, menneskesindet kan blive udsat for; disse mennesker tror, at de er på den rette vej, når de er på en gal vej. De mener, at de udretter en stor gerning i deres religiøse liv; men Jesus vil engang rive deres selvretfærdige kappe af og vise dem en levende fremstilling af deres sande billede med alle deres afvigelser og deres fordærvede religiøse karakter. De findes at være for lette, når det for stedse er for sent at afhjælpe deres mangler. Gud har sørget for midler til at vise de vildfarne til rette; men dersom de, der farer vild, vælger at følge deres eget skøn og foragter de midler, han har beskikket for at tilrettevise dem og forene dem i sandheden, vil de komme i den stilling, der skildres i de ovenanførte ord af vor Herre.