After presenting before them these grand truths concerning his work in connection with the Father, he binds his assertions with the testimonies that have been borne of him: “I can of mine own self do nothing; as I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. But I receive not testimony from man; but these things I say, that ye might be saved. He was a burning and a shining light; and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.” From his sublime height he reads the secrets of their hearts and reminds them that for a time they had accepted John as a prophet of God and rejoiced in the message that he brought them. He affirms that the mission of John was solely to prepare the way of himself, whom the prophet testified was the Christ, the Redeemer of the world. {2SP 169.3}

Efter at Jesus havde fremstillet disse store sandheder for dem angående sin gerning i forbindelse med Faderen, stadfæster han sin påstand m ed det vidnesbyrd, som andre havde fremført om ham: "Jeg kan slet intet gøre af mig selv; således som jeg hører, dømmer jeg, og min dom er retfærdig, thi jeg sørger ikke at fremme min egen vilje, men hans, som har sendt mig. Er det kun mig selv, der vidner om mig, så er mit vidnesbyrd ikke gyldigt. Det er en anden, som vidner om mig, og jeg ved, at det vidnesbyrd, han aflægger om mig, er gyldigt. I har sendt bud til Johannes, og han har givet sandheden sit vidnesbyrd. Dog, jeg henter ikke vidnesbyrdet fra et menneske; men dette siger jeg, for at I skal frelses. Han var den brændende og skinnene lampe, og til en tid ville I fryde jer ved hans lys." Fra sit høje standpunkt læser han deres hjerters (170) hemmeligheder og minder dem om, at de for en tid havde antaget Johannes for en Guds profet og glædet sig i det budskab, som han forkyndte dem. Han forsikrer dem, at hensigten med Johannes' mission var blot at berede vejen for ham, om hvem profeterne havde vidnet, at han var verdens forløser.