Jesus paid an infinite price to redeem the world, and the race was given into His hands; they became His property. He sacrificed His honor, His riches, and His glorious home in the royal courts and became the son of Joseph and Mary. Joseph was one of the humblest of day laborers. Jesus also worked; he lived a life of hardship and toil. When His ministry commenced, after His baptism, He endured an agonizing fast of nearly six weeks. It was not merely the gnawing pangs of hunger which made His sufferings inexpressibly severe, but it was the guilt of the sins of the world which pressed so heavily upon Him. He who knew no sin was made sin for us. With this terrible weight of guilt upon Him because of our sins He withstood the fearful test upon appetite, and upon love of the world and of honor, and pride of display which leads to presumption. Christ endured these three great leading temptations and overcame in behalf of man, working out for him a righteous character, because He knew man could not do this of himself. He knew that upon these three points Satan was to assail the race. He had overcome Adam, and he designed to carry forward his work till he completed the ruin of man. Christ entered the field in man’s behalf to conquer Satan for him because He saw that man could not overcome on his own account. Christ prepared the way for the ransom of man by His own life of suffering, self-denial, and self-sacrifice, and by His humiliation and final death. He brought help to man that he might, by following Christ’s example, overcome on his own account, as Christ has overcome for him. {3T 372.1}

Jesus betalte en ubegrænset pris for at forløse verden og menneskeslægten blev givet i hans hænder; de blev hans ejendom. Han ofrede sin ære, sine rigdomme og sit herlige hjem i de kongelige sale og blev Josefs og Marias søn. Josef var en af de ydmygeste dagarbejdere. Jesus arbejdede også; han levede et bebyrdende og slidsomt liv. Da hans tjeneste begyndte, efter sin dåb, udholdt han en pinefuld faste i næsten seks uger. Det var ikke blot sultens nagende smerte som gjorde hans lidelser uudtrykkelig strenge, skylden af verdens synder som pressede ham så tungt. Han som ikke kendte til synd blev genstand til synd for os. Med denne frygtelige vægt af skyld på sig på grund af vore synder, modstod han appetittens frygtelige prøve og modstod verdens kærlighed og kærlighed til ære og fremvisningens stolthed som fører til formastelighed. Kristus udholdt disse to store forledende fristelser og overvandt dem til for menneskers bedste, udførte en retskaffen karakter for mennesket, fordi han vidste at mennesket ikke kunne gøre dette ved sig selv. Han vidste at Satan kunne angribe menneskeslægten på disse tre punkter. Han havde overvundet Adam og han planlagde at fuldføre sit arbejde til menneskets endelige ruin. Kristus gik ind på marken til menneskets bedste for at besejre Satan fordi han så at mennesket ikke kunne overvinde ham ved sig selv. Kristus beredte vejen for menneskets løskøbelse med sit eget lidende, selvfornægtende og selvopofrende liv og med sin ydmygelse og endelige død. Han bragte hjælp til mennesket, så det, ved at følge Kristi eksempel, kunne overvinde ved sig selv, som Kristus har overvundet for mennesket.