11:26Luke 11:26

When an unclean spirit has left a person but finds him merely cleared and empty instead of filled with Christ's grace, it goes and takes with it seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they enter in and dwell there, so that the last state of that man is worse than the first.Ms 78, 1899, par. 5+1 There is no neutrality in serving Christ, for the soul requires entire consecration of thought, voice, spirit, and every power, not mere outward reform or emptiness.Ms 78, 1899, par. 5 The empty but garnished house is a self-righteous soul decorated with self-praise and flattery, which do not make it safe from Satan returning to take possession.Ms 78, 1899, par. 9–12 Receiving the truth while relying on self-righteousness can deepen self-deception, for outward religious ceremonies and professions without sanctification and good works neither protect the soul nor honor God.Ms 78, 1899, par. 9–12