We do not understand the greatness and majesty of God nor remember the immeasurable distance between the Creator and the creatures formed by His hand. He who sitteth in the heavens, swaying the scepter of the universe, does not judge according to our finite standard, nor reckon according to our computation. We are in error if we think that that which is great to us must be great to God, and that which is small to us must be small to Him. He would be no more exalted than ourselves if He possessed only the same faculties. {5T 337.1}

Vi forstår ikke Guds storhed og majestæt, husker heller ikke umådelige afstand mellem Skaberen og skabningerne dannet af hans hånd. Han som sidder i himlene, svinger universets scepter, dømmer ikke efter vor begrænsede norm, beregner heller ikke efter vor målestok. Vi er vildfarne, hvis vi tror at det som er stort for os må være stort for Gud og det som er småt for os er småt for ham. Han ville ikke være mere ophøjet end os, hvis han blot havde de samme evner.