None but He who has created man can effect a change in the human heart. God alone can give the increase. Every teacher is to realize that he is to be moved by divine agencies. The human judgment and ideas of the most experienced are liable to be imperfect and faulty, and the frail instrument, subject to his own hereditary traits of character, has need to submit to the sanctification of the Holy Spirit every day, else self will gather the reins and want to drive. In the meek and lowly spirit of the learner all human methods and plans and ideas must be brought to God for His correction and endorsement; otherwise the restless energy of Paul or the skillful logic of Apollos will be powerless to effect the conversion of souls. {6T 167.2}

Ingen andre end han, som har skabt mennesket, kan gøre en forandring i menneskehjertet. Gud alene giver væksten. Enhver lærer må indse at han skal bevæges af guddommelige agenter. Menneskelig dømmekraft og idéer, som har størst erfaring bag sig, er udsat for defekter og mangler; og det skrøbelige redskab, som er genstand for menneskets egne arvelige karaktertræk, skal underlægges Helligåndens indvielse hver dag, ellers vil selvet tage tøjlerne og føringen. I elevens ydmyghed og beskedenhed må alle menneskelige metoder, planer og idéer bringes til Gud, så han kan rette dem og godkende dem, ellers vil Paulus' utrættelige iver eller Apollos dygtige logik være kraftesløs, overfor sjæles omvendelse.