Brethren, never allow anyone’s ideas to unsettle your faith in regard to the order and harmony which should exist in the church. Many of you do not see all things clearly. The directions in regard to order in the tabernacle service were recorded that lessons might be drawn from it by all who should live upon the earth. Men were selected to do various parts of the work of setting up and taking down the tabernacle, and if one strayed in carelessly and put his hands to the work assigned to another, he was to be put to death. We serve the same God today. But the death penalty has been abolished; had it not been, there would not now be so much careless, disorderly work in His cause. The God of heaven is a God of order, and He requires all His followers to have rules and regulations, and to preserve order. All should have a perfect understanding of God’s work. {5T 274.1}

Brødre, lad aldrig nogens idéer rokke ved jeres tro på orden og harmoni, som burde være i menigheden. Mange af jer ser ikke alle ting klart. Anvisningerne om orden i tabernakeltjenesten blev optegnede, så alle, som bor på jorden, kunne drage lektier derfra. Mænd blev valgt til at være med i forskellige dele af opsætningen og nedtagelsen af tabernaklet og hvis en i uforsigtighed kom til at blande sig i andres arbejde, døde han. Vi tjener den samme Gud i dag. Men dødsstraf er blevet afskaffet; var det ikke sådan, ville der ikke være så megen uforsigtighed og uordentligt arbejde i hans sag. Himlens Gud er en ordens Gud og han forlanger at alle hans efterfølgere skal have regler og regulativer og bevare orden. Alle bør have en fuldstændig forståelse af Guds arbejde.