Love Between the Father and the Son a Type—However much a shepherd may love his sheep, he loves his sons and daughters more. Jesus is not only our shepherd; He is our “everlasting Father.” And He says, “I know Mine own, and Mine own know Me, even as the Father knoweth me, and I know the Father” (John 10:14, RV). What a statement is this!—the only-begotten Son, He who is in the bosom of the Father, He whom God has declared to be “the man that is my fellow” (Zechariah 13:7)—the communion between Him and the eternal God is taken to represent the communion between Christ and His children on the earth!—The Desire of Ages, 483 (1898). {1MCP 250.2}

Satan står til ansvar for opfattelsen af en hård og streng gud. - Satan fik menneskene til at forestille sig Gud som et væsen, hvis fornemste egenskab er streng retfærdighed, som en hård dommer, en barsk, fordringsfuld gældsherre. Han skildrede Skaberen som et væsen, der våger med nidkære øjne for at opdage menneskenes vildfarelser og fejl, så at han kan hjemsøge dem med sine domme. For at fjerne denne mørke skygge og åbenbare Guds evige kærlighed, kom Jesus ned til denne jord og tog bolig blandt menneskene. - Vtk 9 (1892).