The Remedy Looking upon man, God saw his desperate rebellion, and He devised a remedy. Christ was His gift to the world for man’s reconcilement. The Son of God was appointed to come to this earth to take humanity and by His own example to be a great educating power among men. His experience in man’s behalf was to enable men to resist Satan’s power. He came to mold character and to give mental power, to shed abroad the beams of true education, that the true aim of life might not be lost sight of. The sons of men had had a practical knowledge of evil; Christ came to the world to show them that He had planted for them the tree of life, the leaves of which are for the healing of the nations. {CT 33.3}

Hjælpemidlet
Da Gud så menneskets desperate oprør, udtænkte han et hjælpemiddel. Kristus var Hans gave til verden for menneskets forsoning. Guds Søn blev udpeget (34) til at komme til jorden og påtage sig menneskelighed ved Hans eget eksempel, at være en stor opdragende kraft iblandt mennesker. Han erfaring for menneskenes skyld skulle sætte mennesker i stand til at modstå Satans magt. Han kom for at forme karakteren og give moralsk styrke, og sprede sand uddannelses lysstråler, så det sande livsmål ikke mistes af syne. Menneskenes sønner havde et praktisk kundskab om ondt; Satan kom til verden for at vise dem at Han havde plantet livets træ til dem, de blade som er til helbredelse for alle folkene.