That which Brother D calls light is apparently harmless; it does not look as though anyone could be injured by it. But, brethren, it is Satan’s device, his entering wedge. This has been tried again and again. One accepts some new and original idea which does not seem to conflict with the truth. He talks of it and dwells upon it until it seems to him to be clothed with beauty and importance, for Satan has power to give this false appearance. At last it becomes the all-absorbing theme, the one great point around which everything centers; and the truth is uprooted from the heart. {5T 292.1}

Det, som br. D kalder lys, er tilsyneladende uskyldigt; det ser ikke ud, som om nogen kunne tage skade deraf. Men brødre, det er Satans opfindelse, den kile, hvormed han skaffer sig adgang. Dette har været forsøgt igen og igen. Nogen antager en eller anden ny og original idé, som ikke synes at være i strid med sandheden. Han taler om den og dvæler ved den, indtil den forekommer ham at være skøn og vigtig, for Satan har magt til at frembringe dette falske udseende. Til sidst bliver den det alt opslugende emne, det ene store punkt, omkring hvilket alle ting drejer sig; og sandheden udryddes af hjertet.