In His teaching from nature, Christ was speaking of the things which His own hands had made, and which had qualities and powers that He Himself had imparted. In their original perfection all created things were an expression of the thought of God. To Adam and Eve in their Eden home nature was full of the knowledge of God, teeming with divine instruction. Wisdom spoke to the eye and was received into the heart; for they communed with God in His created works. As soon as the holy pair transgressed the law of the Most High, the brightness from the face of God departed from the face of nature. The earth is now marred and defiled by sin. Yet even in its blighted state much that is beautiful remains. God's object lessons are not obliterated; rightly understood, nature speaks of her Creator.

I sin undervisning fra naturen talte Kristus om de ting, hans egne hænder havde skabt, og som var udstyret med egenskaber og kræfter som han selv havde givet dem. Alle skabte ting var i deres oprindelige fuldkommenhed et udtryk for Guds tanker. For Adam og Eva i deres hjem i Eden var naturen fuld af Guds kundskab, fuld af guddommelig undervisning. Visdom talte til øjet og blev modtaget i hjertet, for de stod i forbindelse med Gud gennem hans skaberværk. Så snart det hellige par overtrådte den Højestes lov, forsvandt genskinnet af Guds ansigt fra naturen. Jorden er nu skæmmet og besmittet af synd. Alligevel er der i dens nuværende tilstand meget tilbage, der er smukt. Guds anskuelsesundervisning findes endnu; når naturen forstås på rette måde, taler den om sin skaber