The most eloquent sermon that can be preached upon the law of Ten Commandments is to do them. Obedience should be made a personal duty. Negligence of this duty is flagrant sin. God lays us under obligations not only to secure heaven ourselves, but to feel it a binding duty to show others the way and, through our care and disinterested love, to lead toward Christ those who come within the sphere of our influence. The singular absence of principle that characterizes the lives of many professed Christians is alarming. Their disregard of God’s law disheartens those who recognize its sacred claims and tends to turn those from the truth who would otherwise accept it. {4T 58.2}

Den mest veltalende prædiken som kan forkyndes over tibudsloven er at gøre dem. Lydighed burde gøres til en personlig pligt. Forsømmelse af denne pligt er åbenbar synd. Gud pålægger os forpligtelser ikke blot for at sikre himlen selv, men for at føle det som en bindende forpligtelse at vise andre vejen og, ved omsorg og uegennyttige kærlighed, lede dem mod Kristus, som kommer inden for vor virkekreds. Det er alarmerende at se den særlige mangel på principper, der karakteriserer mange bekendende kristne. Deres ligegyldighed over for Guds lov bedrøver dem, som vedkender sig dens hellige krav og vil vende dem fra sandheden, som ellers ville acceptere den.