Those ministers who have come out from the different denominations to embrace the third angel’s message often wish to teach when they should be learners. Some have a great share of their former teaching to unlearn before they can fully learn the principles of present truth. Ministers will injure the cause of God by going forth to labor for others when there is as great a work to be done for them to fit them for their labors as they may wish to do for unbelievers. If they are unqualified for the work, it will require the labor of two or three faithful ministers to follow after and correct their wrong influence. In the end it would be cheaper for the cause of God to give such ministers a good support to remain at home and do no injury in the field. {1T 444.2}

De prædikanter, som kommer fra de forskellige trosretninger, for at tage imod den tredje engels budskab, ønsker ofte at undervise skønt de burde være elever. Nogle har en stor del, fra deres tidligere lære, at få ud af hovedet igen, før de fuldt ud kan lære den nærværende sandheds bestanddele. Prædikater vil skade Guds sag ved at gå ud og arbejde for andre, når der er så stort et arbejde, der skal gøres for dem selv, så at de gøres egnede for de opgaver de ønsker at gøre for ikke-troende. Hvis de er uegnede for opgaven, vil det kræve to eller tre trofaste prædikanters arbejde at følge efter og rette deres fejlagtige indflydelse. I sidste ende vil det være billigere for Guds sag at give disse prædikanter et godt underhold for at blive derhjemme og ikke gøre skade på marken.