Every follower of Jesus has a work to do as a missionary for Christ in the family, in the neighborhood, in the town or city where he lives. All who are consecrated to God are channels of light. God makes them instruments of righteousness to communicate to others the light of truth, the riches of His grace. Unbelievers may appear indifferent and careless; yet God is impressing and convicting their hearts that there is a reality in the truth. But when our brethren leave the field, give up the contest, and allow the cause of God to languish, before God says, “Let them alone,” they will be only a burden to any church where they may move. Those whom they leave, who were convicted, frequently quiet their consciences with thinking that, after all, they were needlessly anxious; they decide that there is no reality in the profession made by Seventh-day Adventists. Satan triumphs to see the vine of God’s planting either entirely uprooted or left to languish. It is not the purpose of God that His people should cluster together and concentrate their influence in a special locality. {2T 632.2}

Dem som har en naturlig kærlighed for verden og har været forsømmelige i deres pligter kan se deres egne fejl anført i andres tilfælde som er blevet irettesat. Gud påtænker at prøve alles tro som påstår at være Kristi efterfølgere. Han vil prøve oprigtigheden af alle deres bønner som udtrykker et alvorligt ønske om at lære deres opgave at kende. Han vil gøre opgaven tydelig. han vil give en stor anledning til at udvikle det der er i deres hjerter. Kampen vil blive tæt mellem selvet og Guds nåde. Selvet vil stræbe efter herredømmet og vil være modsat underkastelsen af liv og tanker, (688) vilje og hengivenhed, under Kristi vilje. Selvfornægtelse og korset står helt alene på stivejen til evigt liv og, på grund af dette, »og få er de, der finder den."