The Necessity of Obedience and Faith One presumptuous act, one deed in disregard of God's expressed will, lost for Adam his beautiful Eden home, and opened the floodgates of iniquity and woe upon our world; and yet men will declare that God is not particular, and does not require perfect obedience to his law. The precepts of Jehovah are as unchangeable as his eternal throne. To excuse sin on the plea that God is lax in his government is dishonoring to the great Governor of the universe, and perilous to man. It is an attempt to belittle his requirements, and to take away the force of law. Those who advocate such doctrine, place themselves in harmony with the first great rebel, and however high their professions of religion, Christ pronounces them "workers of iniquity." They are saying to the sinner, "It shall be well with thee in thy disobedience and transgression," as said the arch-deceiver in the garden of Eden.

Een formastelig handling, een gerning, der tilsidesatte Guds udtrykkelige vilje, gjorde at Adam mistede sit smukke hjem i Eden, og åbnede syndens og elendighedens porte for verden; og alligevel erklærer mennesker, at Gud ikke er så nøjeregnende, og at han ikke kræver fuldkommen lydighed imod sin lov. Jehovas forskrifter er lige så uforanderlige som hans trone. At undskylde synd, ved at påstå, at Gud er efterladende i sin regering, er vanærende for universets store regent og ødelæggende for mennesket. Det er et forsøg på at mindske hans krav og at tage lovens styrke bort. De, der er fortalere for en sådan doktrin, stiller sig selv i harmoni med den første store rebel, og uanset hvor høje deres bekendelser til religionen er, kalder Kristus dem for "de der øver uret". De siger til synderen, "Det skal gå dig vel i din ulydighed og overtrædelse", som den store ærkebedrager sagde i Edens have.