He was eternally rich, yet for our sakes He became poor, that we through His poverty might be made rich. He was clothed with light and glory, and was surrounded with hosts of heavenly angels waiting to execute His commands. Yet He put on our nature and came to sojourn among sinful mortals. Here is love that no language can express. It passes knowledge. Great is the mystery of godliness. Our souls should be enlivened, elevated, and enraptured with the theme of the love of the Father and the Son to man. The followers of Christ should here learn to reflect in some degree that mysterious love preparatory to joining all the redeemed in ascribing “blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, ... unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb for ever and ever.” {2T 215.2}

Han var evigt rig, men for vor skyld blev han fattig, for at vi ved hans fattigdom kunne blive rige. Han var iført lys og herlighed og var omgivet af hærskarer af himmelske engle, der ventede på at fuldbyrde hans befalinger. Dog påtog han sig vor natur og kom for at opholde sig blandt syndige mennesker. Dette er en kærlighed, som intet sprog kan udtrykke. Den overgår al kundskab. Stor er gudsfrygtens hemmelighed. Vore sjæle bør oplives, højnes og betages af dette emne: Faderens og Sønnens kærlighed til menneskene. Kristi efterfølgere bør her lære i nogen Grad at genspejle denne hemmelighedsfulde kærlighed som en forberedelse til engang at forene sig med de genløste i at tilskrive »ham, som sidder på tonen og Lammet« »lov og pris og ære og magt i evighedernes evigheder!« Vejl f menigh bd. 1 side 184-196]