God’s love for us is proved daily; yet we are thoughtless of His favors and indifferent to His entreaties. He seeks to impress us with His Spirit of tenderness, His love and forbearance; but we scarcely recognize the marks of His kindness and have little sense of the lesson of love He desires us to learn. Some, like Haman, forget all God’s favors, because Mordecai is before them and is not disgraced; because their hearts are filled with enmity and hatred rather than love, the spirit of our dear Redeemer, who gave His precious life for His enemies. We profess to have the same Father, to be bound for the same immortal home, to enjoy the same solemn faith, and to believe the same testing message; and yet many are at strife with one another like quarrelsome children. Some who are engaged in the same branch of the work are at variance with one another and therefore at variance with the Spirit of Christ. {4T 222.4}

Guds kærlighed til os prøves hver dag; alligevel tænker vi ikke over hans gunst og er ligeglade med hans bønner. Han forsøger at indprente os med sin Ånd af ømhed, hans kærlighed og overbærenhed; (223) men vi ser sjældent mærkerne af hans venlighed og har en lille fornemmelse af den kærlighedslektie, han ønsker vi skal lære. Nogle, ligesom Haman glemmer al Guds gunst, fordi Mordokaj ligger foran og er ikke bragt i unåde; fordi deres hjerter er mere fyldt af fjendskab og had end kærlighed - ånden fra vor kære Forløser, som gav sit dyrebare liv for sine fjender. Vi bekender at have den samme fader, begrænses til det samme evige hjem, nyde den samme højtidelige tro og tro det samme prøvende budskab; og dog er mange i strid med hinanden ligesom uregerlige børn. Nogle som arbejder i denne samme gren af arbejdet er i strid med hinanden og dermed i strid med Kristi Ånd.