The church should gratefully accept these servants of Christ, even as they would accept the Master himself. They should seek to derive all the benefit possible from the instruction which ministers may give them from the word of God. But the ministers themselves are not to be idolized; there should be no religious pets and favorites among the people; it is the truths they bring which are to be accepted and appreciated in the meekness of humility.{LP 127.2}

Menigheden bør acceptere disse Kristi tjenere taknemmeligt, lige som de ville acceptere Mesteren selv. De bør søge at få al mulig udnytte fra den undervisning, som forkyndertjenerne kan give dem fra Guds ord. Men forkyndertjenerne selv skal ikke forgudes; der bør være ikke religiøse yndlinge og favoritter iblandt folk; det er de sandheder de bringer som skal accepteres og påskønnes i ydmyghedens sagtmodighed.