God will hold up His servants, will preserve His favored ones; but woe unto him who would make of none effect the words of Christ’s ambassadors, who receive the word from the mouth of God to speak to the people and who would tell the people that the sword is coming and warn them to prepare for the great day of God. Brother B will find that it is no light or trivial work in which he has been engaged; it is a work which will roll back upon his soul with crushing weight. He has brought his spirit in opposition to God. He has a hard work before him. Said Christ: “It must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh.” {3T 452.1}

(452) Gud vil fremholde sine tjenere, han vil beskytte sine begunstigede; men ve dem som ikke vil virkeliggøre Kristi ambassadøreres ord, som modtager ordet fra Guds mund til at tale til folk og som vil fortælle folket at sværdet kommer for at advare dem og berede dem for Guds dag. Bror B vil finde ud af at det ikke er et let eller ubetydeligt arbejde som han har involveret sig i; det er et arbejde som vil falde tilbage på hans sjæl med en knusende vægt. Han har sat sin ånd i modsætning til Gud. Han har et hårdt arbejde for sig. Kristus siger: »Thi vel er det nødvendigt, at forargelser kommer, dog, ve det menneske, ved hvem forargelsen kommer!"