We need individually to open our hearts to the love of God, to overcome selfishness and harshness, and to let Jesus in to take possession of the soul. The educator of youth will do well to remember that with all his advantages of age, education, and experience he is not yet a perfect overcomer; he is himself erring and makes many failures. As Christ deals with him, he should endeavor to deal with the youth under his care, who have had fewer advantages and less favorable surroundings than he himself has enjoyed. Christ has borne with the erring through all his manifest perversity and rebellion. His love for the sinner does not grow cold, His efforts do not cease, and He does not give him up to the buffeting of Satan. He has stood with open arms to welcome again the erring, the rebellious, and even the apostate. By precept and example, teachers should represent Christ in the education and training of youth; and in the day of judgment they will not be put to shame by meeting their students and the history of their management of them. {4T 420.3}

(420) Vi behøver hver især at åbne vore hjerter for Guds kærlighed, for at overvinde selviskhed og hårdhed og lade Jesus tage plads i sjælen. De unges lærer gør rigtigt i at erindre at han med sit aldersfortrin, uddannelse og erfaring stadig ikke kan overvinde fuldstændigt, i sig selv er han fejlende og gøre mange fiaskoer. Sådan som Kristus behandler ham, bør han bestræbe sig for at behandle de unge han har med at gøre, som ikke har haft sådanne fortrin og har ikke haft så gunstige forhold, som han selv har nydt. Kristus har båret fejlende igennem al hans åbenbare trodsighed og oprør. Hans kærlighed for synderen bliver ikke kold, hans anstrengelser hører ikke op og (421) han overgiver ham ikke til Satans slag. Han har stået med åbne arme og byder den fejlende velkommen igen, den oprørske og endog den frafaldne. Ved forskrift og eksempel bør lærere fremstille Kristi uddannelse og oplæring af unge; og på domsdagen vil de ikke være til skamme, når de møder deres studerende og tilbageblikket på hvor de har behandlet dem.