God has given to His church men who have an experience, those who have fasted and wept and prayed, even through the entire night, for the Lord to open the Scriptures to their minds. In humility these men have given the world the benefit of their mature experience. Is this light of heaven, or of men? Is it of any value, or is it worthless? Brother B is doing a work in disseminating erroneous views of Bible truth that he will one day wish to undo; but it will be in vain. He may repent, he may yet be saved as by fire; but, oh, how much precious time will have been lost that never can be redeemed! How much seed has he sown that has borne only briers and thorns! How many souls have been lost that might have been saved had he tried as earnestly to let the true light shine as he has to scatter his darkness! What might he not have done had he been consecrated, sanctified through the truth! Brother B feels too self-sufficient, too rich and increased with goods, to see his need of anything. The True Witness pointed to him and said: “Unless ye become converted as a little child, ye cannot see the kingdom of heaven.” The light of truth so carefully brought out in books and papers he does not respect; but he exalts his own judgment above the most precious light, and this light will rise up in the judgment to condemn him. {3T 451.1}

Gud har givet sin menighed mænd, der har erfaring, sådanne, som endog hele natten igennem har fastet og grædt og bedt om, at Herren ville oplade skriften for deres forstand. I ydmyghed har disse mænd ladet verden høste nytte af deres modne erfaring. Er dette lys fra himmelen eller fra mennesker? Har det nogen værdi, eller er det værdiløst?] Bror B gør et arbejde for at udbrede fejlagtige synspunkter i bibelsandheden som han en dag vil ønske at gøre om igen; men det vil være nyttesløst. Han kan angre, han kan dog frelses som ved ild; men, oh, hvor megen dyrebar tid vil være mistet som aldrig kan genvindes! Hvor meget frø er der ikke blevet sået som kun har båret vildskud og torne! Hvor mange sjæle er blevet tabt som kunne være blevet frelst hvis han havde prøvet ganske alvorligt at lade lige så meget sandt lys skinne som han har spredt sit mørke! Hvad kunne han ikke have gjort hvis han var helliget ved sandheden! Bror B føler sig for selvtilstrækkelig, for rig og for beriget med goder, til at kunne se hvad han virkelig mangler. Det sande vidne pegede på ham og sagde: "Hvis I ikke bliver omvendt som små børn, kan I ikke se himlens rige." Sandhedens lys der er bragt så omhyggeligt ud i bøger og aviser tager han ikke hensyn til; men han ophøjer sin egen dømmekraft over det mest dyrebare lys og dette lys vil rejse sig i dommen for at fordømme ham. [Vejl f menigh bd. 1 side 328-329]