By resistance to the truth, the hearts of such are settling down into the fatal hardness of confirmed impenitence. They are deceiving themselves, and deceiving others. They are Christians by profession; they pay outward homage to Christ; they unite in the services of the sanctuary; and yet the heart, whose loyalty alone Jesus prizes, is estranged from him. They have a name to live, but are dead. They are left to the darkness they have chosen,—the blackness of eternal night.{LP 233.2}

På grund af modstand mod sandheden, blev disse hjertet forhærdet til en skæbnesvanger hårdhed i uforbedrelig forhærdelse. De bedrager sig selv, og bedrager andre de er kristne af bekendelse; i det ydre giver de hyldest til Kristus; de går sammen i helligdomstjenesten, og alligevel er hjertet, hvis loyalitet Jesus værtsætter, fremmedgjort fra ham. De har et navn at leve med, men er døde. De overlades til det mørke de har valgt, - den evige nats mørke.