Put off all manifestations of self-importance, for this can be no help to you in your work; and yet I beseech you to place a high estimate upon your own character, for you are bought with an infinite price. Be careful, be prayerful, be serious. Do not feel that you can mingle the common with the sacred. This has been done so continually in the past that the spiritual discernment of teachers has been obscured, and they cannot distinguish between the sacred and the common. They have taken common fire and have exalted and praised and cherished it, and the Lord has turned away in displeasure. Teachers, will it not be better to make a full consecration of yourselves to God? Will you imperil your souls by a divided service? {6T 159.1}

Bortlæg al form for indbildskhed, for det vil ikke kunne hjælpe jer i jeres arbejde; og dog formaner jeg jer, at påskønne jeres egen karakter højt, for I er købt for en uendelig pris. Vær forsigtige, vær bedende, vær seriøse. Tro ikke, at I kan blande det almindelige med det hellige. Dette er blevet gjort så mange gange førhen, at lærernes åndelige dømmekraft er blevet fordunklet og de kan ikke skelne mellem det hellige og det almindelige. De har taget den almindelige ild og har ophøjet, lovprist og bevaret den og Herren har vendt sig bort i mishag. Lærere, var det ikke bedre om I helligede jer selv helt til Gud? Vil I bringe jeres sjæle i fare, ved at tjene ham delvist?