But how are the professed people of God today maintaining the honor of His name? How could the world infer that they are a peculiar people? What evidence do they give of citizenship in heaven? Their self-indulgent, ease-loving course falsifies the character of Christ. He could not honor them in any marked manner before the world without endorsing their false representation of His character. {5T 188.2}

Men hvordan fastholder Guds bekendende folk i dag hans navns ære? Hvordan kan verden se at de er et særligt folk? Hvilket bevis giver de for himlens borgerskab? Deres selv-eftergivende, fornøjelses-elskende adfærd forfalsker Kristi karakter. Han kan ikke ære dem på en markant måde for verden uden at påpege deres falske gengivelse af hans karakter.