The obedience of Christ to His Father was the same obedience that is required of man. Man cannot overcome Satan’s temptations without divine power to combine with his instrumentality. So with Jesus Christ; He could lay hold of divine power. He came not to our world to give the obedience of a lesser God to a greater, but as a man to obey God’s holy law, and in this way He is our example. The Lord Jesus came to our world, not to reveal what a God could do, but what a man could do, through faith in God’s power to help in every emergency. Man is, through faith, to be a partaker in the divine nature, and to overcome every temptation wherewith he is beset.{7BC 929.6}

Den lydighed, Kristus viste mod Faderen, var den samme, som kræves af mennesket. Et menneske kan ikke overvinde Satans fristelser, hvis ikke Guddommelig styrke virker gennem det. Herren Jesus kom ikke til vor verden for at åbenbare, hvad en Gud kunne gøre, men hvad et menneske kunne gøre ved troen på Guds kraft, som kan bringe hjælp i enhver nødsituation. Mennesket skal ved tro blive delagtig i Guddommelig natur og overvinde alle de fristelser, det møder.