No Particular Adaptation for Obedience—We need not place the obedience of Christ by itself, as something for which He was particularly adapted, by His particular divine nature, for He stood before God as man’s representative and was tempted as man’s substitute and surety. If Christ had a special power which it is not the privilege of man to have, Satan would have made capital of this matter. The work of Christ was to take from the claims of Satan his control of man, and He could do this only in the way that He came—a man, tempted as a man, rendering the obedience of a man (Manuscript 1, 1892).{7BC 930.3}

Ingen særlig tilpasning for at være lydig.--Vi behøver ikke at betragte Kristi lydighed som noget særegent eller mene, at han var særlig udrustet til at vise lydighed på grund af sin særlige guddommelige natur, for han stød over for Gud som menneskets repræsentant og blev fristet som menneskets stedfortræder og forløser. Dersom Kristus havde en særlig kraft, som det ikke er menneskets forret at have, ville Satan have draget fordel deraf. Det var Kristi opgave at fravriste Satan hans krav om kontrol over mennesket, og han kunne kun gøre det på den måde, som han kom på: som et menneske, fristet som et menneske, der udviste et menneskes lydighed. (MS 1, 1892).