You were seeking friendship with the world, and separating further and further from God. You forgot the exhortation of Christ: “Take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.” “Let him that thinketh he standeth take heed lest he fall.” {2T 283.2}

Du søgte verdens venskab og kom længere og længere bort fra Gud. Du glemte Kristi formaning: »Men vogt jer, at jeres hjerter ikke nogensinde sløves af svir og drukkenskab og timelige bekymringer, så den dag kommer pludselig over jer.« »Derfor skal den, der mener at stå, tage sig i agt, at han ikke falder!"