The plan of salvation is not appreciated as it should be. It is not discerned or comprehended. It is made altogether a cheap affair; whereas to unite the human with the divine, required an exertion of Omnipotence. It was necessary that a great condescension should be made on the part of God in behalf of fallen man, who had transgressed the unchangeable law of Jehovah. Christ, by clothing his divinity with humanity, elevates humanity in the scale of moral value to an infinite worth. But what a condescension on the part of God, and on the part of his only begotten Son, who was equal with the Father! All this had to be done because God's law had been transgressed.

Frelses planen bliver ikke påskønnet, som den burde. Man fatter eller forstår den ikke. Den betragtes helt igennem som noget dagligdags, skønt det at forene det menneskelige med det guddommelige krævede den Almægtiges indgriben. Det var nødvendigt at vise stor nedladenhed fra Guds side, for faldne menneskers skyld, som havde overtrådt Jehovas uforanderlige lov. Ved at iklæde sin guddommelighed menneskeskikkelse ophøjer Kristus menneskeheden efter moralsk vurdering til noget uendelig værdifuldt, Men hvilken nedladenhed fra Gud og hans enbårne Søn, som vat et med Faderen! Alt dette måtte gøres fordi Guds lov var blevet overtrådt.