The people must be given the truth, straightforward, positive truth. But this truth is to be presented in the spirit of Christ. We are to be as sheep in the midst of wolves. Those who will not, for Christ’s sake, observe the cautions He has given, who will not exercise patience and self-control, will lose precious opportunities of working for the Master. The Lord has not given His people the work of making a tirade against those who are transgressing His law. In no case are we to make a raid on the other churches. Let us remember that, as a people entrusted with sacred truth, we have been neglectful and positively unfaithful. The work has been confined to a few centers until the people in them have become gospel-hardened. It is difficult to make an impression on those who have heard so much truth, and yet have rejected it.... {9T 236.2}

Folk skal høre sandheden. Ligefrem, positiv sandhed. Men denne sandhed skal fremholdes i Kristi ånd. Vi skulle være som får iblandt ulve. De, som ikke for Kristi skyld vil rette sig efter de advarsler, han har givet og som ikke vil udvise tålmodighed og selvkontrol, vil gå glip af dyrebare muligheder til at virke for Herren. Gud har ikke bedt sit folk om at tale imod dem, som overtræder hans lov. Vi skal ikke på nogen måde angribe de andre kirkesamfund. Lad os huske, at som et folk, der er blevet betroet hellig sandhed, har vi været skødesløse og afgjort utro. Arbejdet er blevet begrænset til nogle få steder, indtil folket der er blevet forhærdet imod evangeliet. Det er vanskeligt at gøre noget indtryk på sådanne, som har hørt så megen sandhed og alligevel har forkastet den.