You have not fought with this wicked spirit and conquered it. When your way has been crossed you have felt the provocation sufficiently to forget your manhood and that you were created in the image of God and after His likeness. You have sadly defaced and marred that image. You have not had self-control nor power over your will. You have been headstrong, and have yielded to the power of Satan. Every time that you have given up to passion and self-rule, and let your feelings run away with your judgment, it has strengthened that set, uncontrolled will. The Lord saw that you did not know yourself, and that unless you saw yourself and the sinfulness of your course in the true light; unless you saw how aggravating in the sight of God were these outbreaks of temper which strengthened at every exhibition, you would surely fail of gaining a seat by the side of the suffering Man of Calvary. {4T 91.1}

Du har ikke kæmpet mod dette onde og besejret det. Når nogen har gået på tværs af dig er du blevet så provokeret at du glemmer din mandighed og at du er blevet skabt i Guds billede og efter hans lighed. Du har ødelagt og vansiret dette billede. Du har ikke haft selvkontrol eller magt over din vilje. Du har været egensindig og overgivet dig til Satans magt. Hver gang du har overgivet dig til heftige udbrud og selv styre det hele og lade din dømmekraft løbe af i følelser, har det blot styrket denne stive, ustyrlige vilje. Herren så at du ikke kender dig selv og at du uden tvivl vil miste sædet hos Golgata-mennesket, hvis du ikke ser dig selv og din syndige vej i det sande lys og hvis du ikke ser din forværring i Guds øjne, hvor disse temperements-udbrud styrkes hver gang du bliver hidsig.