Brother D has had more than one man should do in working for the interest of the church in his place. If he absented himself for a short time to labor for others, heavier and greater burdens were all ready to be laid upon him when he returned home. He has permitted them to rest upon his shoulders, and has bowed groaning under the load. The Brethren D have been in danger of being too exacting and of presenting their own lives and example as a criterion. Self has not been lost sight of in Christ. These brethren should say little about self, but exalt Christ. They should hide behind Jesus and let Him alone appear as the perfect pattern which all should seek to copy. {2T 637.2}

De, der elsker verden og hvis sind er kødeligt (692) og i fjendskab med Gud, vil smigre sig med, at der vil blive tilstået en prøvetid. efter at Kristus åbenbares i himmelens skyer. Det kødelige hjerte, der nærer så stor uvilje mod at vise lydighed, vil lade sig bedrage af denne tiltalende anskuelse. Mange vil forblive i kødelig sikkerhed og fortsætte i oprør mod Gud, idet de smigrer sig med, at der da vil blive tid til at omvende sig fra synd og anledning for dem til at antage den sandhed, som nu er upopulær og kommer på tværs af deres naturlige tilbøjeligheder og ønsker. Når der intet er at vove og intet at tabe ved at vise lydighed mod Kristus og sandheden, mener de, at de vil benytte deres anledning til frelse.