After the truth has made an impression on hearts, and men and women have accepted it, they are to be treated as the property of Christ, not as the property of man. No human being should seek to bind others to himself as if he were to control them, telling them to do this and forbidding them to do that, commanding, dictating, acting like an officer over a company of soldiers. This is the way that the priests and rulers did in Christ’s day, but it is not the right way. The workers are to press together in Christian unity, but no unwise authority is to be exercised over those who accept the truth. The meekness of Christ should appear in all that is said and done. {7T 38.4}

Efter at sandheden har gjort indtryk på hjerterne og mænd og kvinder har antaget den, skal de behandles som Kristi ejendom, ikke som menneskers ejendom. Intet menneske må søge at binde andre til sig som om han skulle kontrollere dem, sige at de skal gøre det og forbyde dem det, befale, diktere, ligesom en officer overfor et soldaterkompagni. Dette var hvad præster og embedsmænd gjorde i Kristi dage, men det er ikke den rette vej. Arbejderne skal stå sammen i kristen enighed, min ingen tåbelig myndighed må udvises over dem som antager sandheden. Kristi ydmyghed bør vise sig i alt hvad der siges og gøres.