It is a dangerous thing to form a worldly alliance. Satan well knows that the hour that witnesses the marriage of many young men and women closes the history of their religious experience and usefulness. They are lost to Christ. They may for a time make an effort to live a Christian life, but all their strivings are made against a steady influence in the opposite direction. Once it was a privilege and joy to them to speak of their faith and hope; but they become unwilling to mention the subject, knowing that the one with whom they have linked their destiny takes no interest in it. As the result, faith in the precious truth dies out of the heart, and Satan insidiously weaves about them a web of skepticism. {4T 504.3}

Det er en farlig sag at indgå en verdslig forbindelse. Satan ved godt, at i den time, da mangen ung mand og kvinde indgår ægteskab, afsluttes beretningen om deres, religiøse erfaring og om den nytte, de kan gøre. De er tabt for Kristus. Måske kan de i nogen tid gøre en anstrengelse for at leve et kristenliv; men al deres stræben foregår under en stadig indflydelse i modsat retning. Engang var det dem et privilegium og en glæde at tale om deres (505) tro og håb; men de bliver uvillige til at berøre emnet, fordi de ved, at den, de har knyttet deres skæbne til, ikke interesserer sig for det. Følgen er, at troen på den dyrebare sandhed uddør i hjertet og Satan indvikler det lumskeligt i tvivlens garn.