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Of course, I can help you with that. The quote you are referring to is found in the book *Testimonies for the Church, Vol. 5*. Here is the full quotation: "Those who are faultfinding and critical on earth have educated themselves in this line, and they are not prepared for heaven, where all is love and unity. They would find fault with the angels. They would have a fling at the throne of God. The Lord will not take these characters to heaven, for a second rebellion would be raised there." (5T 690.2)

Of course. Here is another powerful statement on the same theme, also from the *Testimonies for the Church*: "You take small views of matters, pick at straws, find fault, and question the course of others, when you might far better be overcoming the defects in your own character and life, working from a Christian standpoint, seeking light from God, and preparing to unite with pure angels in the kingdom of heaven. As you are, you would mar all heaven. You are uncultivated, unrefined, and unsanctified. There is no place in heaven for such a character as you now possess." (3T 464.4)

Of course. Here are several quotations that speak to the spirit of criticism and fault-finding and its incompatibility with heaven. "I saw that all the religion a few poor souls have consists in watching the garments and acts of others, and finding fault with them. Unless they reform, there will be no place in heaven for them, for they would find fault with the Lord Himself." (1T 145.1) "They will question and criticize everything that arises in the unfolding of truth, criticize the work and position of others, criticize every branch of the work in which they have not themselves a part. They will feed upon the errors and mistakes and faults of others, 'until,' said the angel, 'the Lord Jesus shall rise up from His mediatorial work in the heavenly sanctuary and shall clothe Himself with the garments of vengeance and surprise them at their unholy feast....' Their taste has been so perverted that they would be inclined to criticize even the table of the Lord in His kingdom." (5T 689.2) "You take small views of matters, pick at straws, find fault, and question the course of others, when you might far better be overcoming the defects in your own character and life... As you are, you would mar all heaven. You are uncultivated, unrefined, and unsanctified. There is no place in heaven for such a character as you now possess." (3T 464.4) "The man whom God is leading will be dissatisfied with himself because the light from the perfect Man shines upon him. But those who lose sight of the Pattern, and place an undue estimate upon themselves, will see faults to criticize in others; they will be sharp, suspicious, condemnatory; they will be tearing others down to build themselves up." (5T 73.3)