Be Prepared and Study the Word

Christians should be preparing for what is soon to break upon the world as an overwhelming surprise, and this preparation they should make by diligently studying the Word of God and striving to conform their lives to its precepts.
- Ellen White, Prophets and Kings, p. 626

Only those who have been diligent students of the Scriptures and who have received the love of the truth will be shielded from the powerful delusion that takes the world captive.
- Ellen White, The Great Controversy, p. 625