Christ’s followers are required to come out from the world, and be separate, and touch not the unclean, and they have the promise of being the sons and daughters of the Most High, members of the royal family. But if the conditions are not complied with on their part, they will not, cannot, realize the fulfillment of the promise. A profession of Christianity is nothing in the sight of God; but true, humble, willing obedience to His requirements designates the children of His adoption, the recipients of His grace, the partakers of His great salvation. Such will be peculiar, a spectacle unto the world, to angels, and to men. Their peculiar, holy character will be discernible, and will distinctly separate them from the world, from its affections and lust. {2T 441.1}

Nogle er ikke omhyggelige bibelstuderende. De er ikke tilbøjelige til at koncentrere sig om studiet af Guds ord. Som følge af denne forsømmelse har de arbejdet til stor skade og har i ikke i deres præstelige anstrengelser udrettet en tiendedel af det arbejde de kunne have gjort dersom de havde erkendt nødvendigheden af nøje koncentration om studiet i ordet. De kunne blive så fortrolig med Skifterne, så befæstede med bibelargumenter, at de kunne imødekomme modstand og således give fornuftsslutninger for vor tro så sandheden ville sejre og bringe deres modstandere til tavshed.