Here is a testimony from an SDA about how the message of the possibility of continual obedience and of Christ's power to overcome sin in our life has influenced them:
I so appreciate your remarks ... and for sending these quotes. Your so right, there are tens of hundreds of similar quotes in the SOP and if one honestly reads scripture it is very clear that we are called to strive with Jesus and the Holy Spirit for that perfect character to be found in us. I first learned this truth in 2006 when I was introduced to Dennis Priebe in 2006. I am a 3rd generation SDA and all my life supposedly grounded in “the Truth” …but I never heard this message before then. I owe Elder Priebe such a great debt for his sacrificing ministry. I’ll never forget how my heart was on fire to first hear that we can overcome and stop sinning and attain a character like that of our Lord. I also learned that in the attainment of this goal we actually will serve to hasten the return of our Lord Jesus. Truly my heart “burned within me”. This message has absolutely changed my Christian experience and it has never been the same even to this day. I am far from being perfect and it seems I will always agonize over that fact, yet I persevere daily with Christ interceding for me to help me overcome flesh and my faults. Indeed Satan hates this message as he knows it is the final death blow to him and his evil kingdom, as he knows this is this very message that will bring about the last great revival and final outpouring of the Holy Spirit which will circle the world, divide the wheat from the tares, and usher in the return of Christ.