Indulgence of the baser passions will lead very many to shut their eyes to the light, for they fear that they will see sins which they are unwilling to forsake. All may see if they will. If they choose darkness rather than light, their criminality will be none the less. Why do not men and women read, and become intelligent upon these things which so decidedly affect their physical, intellectual, and moral strength? God has given you a habitation to care for and preserve in the best condition for His service and glory. Your bodies are not your own. “What? know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God’s.” “Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you? If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy; for the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.” {2T 352.2}

Nogle af jer fædre har ladet børnene blive undersøgt af en læge for at finde ud af hvad der er i vejen med dem. Men jeg kunne i løbet af et par minutter have fortalt jer hvad de fejler. Jeres børn (361) er fordærvede. Satan har fået magt over dem. Han er kommet jer i forkøbet, medens I som står i Guds sted for at værne om dem, tog det med ro og var sløve og søvnige. Gud har befalet jer at opdrage børnene i Herrens frygt og formaning. Men Satan har kommet jer i forkøbet og han har bundet dem med stærke bånd. Men I fortsætter med at sove. Må Gud vise barmhjertighed både mod jer og jeres børn, for I trænger alle sammen til hans barmhjertighed.