Repentant sinners have no cause to despair because they are reminded of their transgressions and warned of their danger. These very efforts in their behalf show how much God loves them and desires to save them. They have only to follow His counsel and do His will, to inherit eternal life. God sets the sins of His erring people before them, that they may behold them in all their enormity under the light of divine truth. It is then their duty to renounce them forever. {4T 15.1}

Bodfærdige syndere har ingen grund til at fortvivle, fordi de er blevet påmindet om deres overtrædelser og advaret om deres fare. Netop disse bestræbelser for deres skyld viser, hvor meget Gud elsker dem og ønsker at frelse dem. For at arve det evige liv behøver de kun at følge hans råd og gøre hans, vilje. Gud viser sit fejlende folk deres synder, for at de i lyset af guddommelig sandhed må kunne se dem i al deres vederstyggelighed. Da er det deres pligt at frasige sig dem for altid.