I was shown that if he continues in his present course, blinded to his real condition, he will be glad after a while to find some pretext for giving up the Sabbath. Satan is surely leading him, as he has led many others, away from the body in a course of deception and error. How much safer for Brother B to bring his soul into harmony with the truth than to misinterpret Scripture to bring it into harmony with his ideas and actions. If he would bring his actions into harmony with the principles of God’s law he has a task on his hands of which he has scarcely dreamed. The carnal heart is at enmity with God. It is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be. {3T 441.3}

Jeg fik vist at hvis han fortsætter sin nuværende kurs, forblændet over for hans egentlige tilstand, vil han efter nogen tid være glad for at finde nogle påskud for at opgive sabbaten. Satan leder ham sikkert, som han har ledt mange andre, væk fra organisationen til bedragelsens og vildfarelsens vej. Hvor meget mere sikkert er det ikke for bror B at bringe sin sjæl i harmoni med sandheden end at mistyde skriften og bringe den i harmoni med hans ideer og handlinger. Hvis han vil bringe sine handlinger i harmoni med Guds lovs principper har han en opgave i sine hænder (442) han næppe har drømt om. Det kødelige hjerte er i fjendskab med Gud. Det er ikke underlagt Guds lov, det kan det slet ikke.