When a true, earnest zeal is manifested in your character and works, brethren of the ----- church, unbelievers will see by your deportment, and feel in your presence, that you have a peace of which they have no knowledge, a serenity to which they are strangers. They will believe that you are working for God, for your works will be wrought in Him. I was shown that this is the characteristic of a Christian. Satan has destroyed many souls by leading them to place themselves in the way of temptation. He comes to them as he came to Christ, tempting them to love the world. He tells them that they may invest with profit in this or that enterprise, and in good faith they follow his dictation. Soon they are tempted to swerve from their integrity in order to make as good bargains for themselves as possible. Their course may be perfectly lawful according to the world’s standard of right and yet not bear the test of the law of God. Their motives are called in question by their brethren, and they are suspected of over-reaching to serve themselves and thus is sacrificed that precious influence which should have been sacredly guarded for the benefit of the cause of God. That business which might be a financial success in the hands of a sharper who will sell his integrity for worldly gain would be entirely inappropriate for a follower of Christ. {4T 616.3}

Når der tilkendegives en sand og alvorlig iver i jeres karakter og gerninger, brødre i ___ menigheden, vil ikke-troende se ved jeres opførsel og mærke ved jeres tilstedeværelse, at I har en fred, som de ikke kender til, en sindsro som de er fremmed over for. De vil tro at I arbejder for Gud, for jeres gerninger vil blive udført i ham. Jeg fik vist at dette er kendetegnene på en kristen. Satan har ødelagt mange sjæle, ved at få dem til at gå hen på fristelsens vej. Han kommer hen til dem, ligesom han kom hen til Kristus, fristede dem til at elske verden. Han siger til dem at de med udbytte, kan investere i den eller den virksomhed og i god tro følge hans anvisninger. Hurtigt fristes de (617) til at afvige fra deres renhed, for at de kan gøre bedst mulige handler for sig selv. Deres adfærd kan være helt lovlig efter verdens normer for rigtigt og dog står de ikke prøven i Guds lov. Deres motiver betvivles af deres brødre og de mistænkes for at bedrage til egen fordel og derved fået ofret den dyrebare indflydelse, som kunne have bevogtet dem helligt til fordel for Guds sag. Den forretning som kunne være en pengemæssig succes i en bedragers hænder, som vil sælge sin renhed for verdslig vinding, vil være en fuldstændig malplaceret Kristi efterfølger.