Many believe that they are on the right foundation, that they have the truth; they rejoice in its clearness and boast of the powerful arguments in proof of the correctness of our position. Such reckon themselves among the chosen, peculiar people of God, yet they experience not His presence and power to save them from yielding to temptation and folly. These profess to know God, yet in works deny Him. How great is their darkness! The love of the world with many, the deceitfulness of riches with others, have choked the word, and they have become unfruitful. {2T 125.2}

Mange tror at de er på det rette fundament, at de har sandheden; de kan glæde sig ved dens klarhed og praler af kraftfulde argumenter som bevis for vort standpunkts korrekthed. Disse regner sig selv for at være blandt Guds udvalgte, særlige folk, alligevel erfarer de ikke hans nærhed og kraft til at redde dem fra fristelser og tåbeligheder. Disse vedkender sig at kende Gud, alligevel fornægter de ham i gerninger. Hvor stort dog deres mørke er! Kærlighed til verden hos mange, (126) rigdommes bedrageri hos andre, har kvalt ordet og de er blevet ufrugtbare.