“Before the final visitation of God’s judgments upon the earth there will be among the people of the Lord such a revival of primitive godliness as has not been witnessed since apostolic times.”
Great Controversy p.464

“When the character of Christ shall be perfectly reproduced in His people, then He will come to claim them as His own.”
Christ Object Lesson p.69

“When we read that many will seek to enter in and shall not be able, then we want to understand what we shall do in order to succeed. This to us is a mournful statement, that there are those who will fail to enter in at the strait gate because they only seek to enter in, and do not strive….”
In Heavenly Places p.263