Our God is a jealous God; He is not to be trifled with. He who does all things according to the counsel of His own will has been pleased to place men under various circumstances, and to enjoin upon them duties and observances peculiar to the times in which they live and the conditions under which they are placed. If they would prize the light given them, their faculties would be greatly enlarged and ennobled, and broader views of truth would be opened before them. The mysteries of eternal things, and especially the wonderful grace of God as manifested in the plan of redemption, would be unfolded to their minds; for spiritual things are spiritually discerned. {5T 300.2}

Vor Gud er en nidkær Gud; han er ikke til at spøge med. Han som gør alt efter råd fra sin egen vilje, har fundet ud af at sætte mennesker under forskellige forhold og pålægge dem opgaver og skikke særligt for de tider de lever i og de forhold de er sat under. Hvis de vil værdsætte det lys de har fået, ville deres evner blive forøget stærkt og forædlet og et bredere syn på sandheden vil åbnes for dem. Evige sagers mysterier og især Guds underfulde nåde manifesteret i forløsningsplanen, vil udfoldes for deres forståelse; især åndelige ting erkendes.