The haters of God’s law, which is the foundation of His government in heaven and earth, occupy the same ground as did the unbelieving Jews. Their defiant power will follow those who keep the commandments of God, and any amount of light will be rejected by them. Their consciences have so long been violated, and their hearts have grown so hard by their choosing darkness rather than light, that they feel that it is a virtue in them, in order to gain their object, to bear false witness or stoop to almost any course of equivocation or deception, as did the Jews in their rejection of Christ. They reason that the end justifies the means. They virtually crucify the law of the Father, as the Jews crucified Christ. {3T 213.3}

Dem der hader Guds lov, som er grundlaget for hans styring i himlen og på jorden, har det samme udgangspunkt som de vantro jøder havde. Deres trodsighed vil forfølge (214) dem som holder Guds bud og ethvert lys vil de forkaste. Deres samvittighed er blevet krænket så længe og deres hjerter er blevet så hårde ved deres valg af mørke frem for lys, at de føler at det er en dyd for dem, så deres formål opfyldes, at fremføre falsk vidnesbyrd eller ydmyge sig til næsten alle slags spidsfindigheder eller bedrag, som jøderne gjorde i forkastelsen af Kristus. De mener at målet helliger midlerne. Praktisk talt korsfæstede de Faderens lov, idet jøderne korsfæstede Kristus.