Elder Fuller has heard the testimony borne in public, that the professed people of God were not all holy, that some were corrupt. God sought to elevate them, but they refused to come up upon a high plane of action. The corrupt animal passions bore sway, and the moral and intellectual powers were overborne and made their servants. Those who do not control their base passions cannot appreciate the atonement or place a right value upon the soul. Salvation is not experienced or understood by them. The gratification of animal passion is the highest ambition of their lives. God will accept nothing but purity and holiness; one spot, one wrinkle, one defect in the character, will forever debar them from heaven, with all its glories and treasures. {2T 453.1}

Nutiden er en stund med højtidelige privilegier og hellig tillid til Guds tjenere. Hvis din tillid bevares trofast, vil den trofaste tjeners løn være stor når Mesteren skal sige: "Aflæg regnskab for din forvaltning." Det alvorlige slid, det uselviske arbejde, de tålmodige, udholdende anstrengelser, vil belønnes i overflod; Jesus vil sige: Fra nu af skal jeg ikke kalde jer tjenere, men venner, gæster. Mesterens billigelse gives ikke på grund af det store arbejde der udrettes, fordi mange ting vindes, men på grund af troskab i selv små ting. Det er ikke de store resultater vi skal opnå, men motiverne vi handler ud fra, som Gud vejer (511) med. Han værdsætter godhed og trofasthed mere end arbejdets storhed.