Christ might have occupied the highest place among the highest teachers of the Jewish nation. But He chose rather to take the gospel to the poor. He went from place to place, that those in the highways and byways might catch the words of the gospel of truth. He labored in the way in which He desires His workers to labor today. By the sea, on the mountainside, in the streets of the city, His voice was heard explaining the Old Testament Scriptures. So unlike the explanations of the scribes and Pharisees was His explanation that the attention of the people was arrested. He taught as one having authority, and not as the scribes. With clearness and power He proclaimed the gospel message.—Letter 129, 1903. {Ev 54.2}

Kristus kunne have fået den højeste stilling blandt det jødiske folks lærere. Men han valgte hellere at bringe evangeliet til de fattige. Han gik fra sted til sted, så dem på hovedvejene og bivejene kunne gribe evangeliesandhedens ord. Han arbejdede på den måde, som han ønsker at hans arbejdere skal arbejde på i dag. På søen, på bjerskråningen, i byens gader, kunne man høre hans røst forklare de gammeltestamentlige skrifter. Hans forklaring var så forskellig fra farisærernes og de skriftkloges at folks opmærksomhed blev fanget. Han underviste som én med myndighed - og ikke som de skriftkloge. Klart og kraftigt forkyndte han evangeliets budskab. - Brev 129, 1903.