Human Nature of Christ

"The great, grand work of bringing out a people who will have
Christlike characters, and who will be able to stand in the day of the
Lord, is to be accomplished."— Testimonies, vol. 6, p. 129.

Some have wondered if understanding why Jesus came as a
babe {as men and women come into this world} really
matters. They say that a farmer along the Nile in Egypt, or a
young man in Sudan, or a young woman in college, have
greater things on their mind than getting it straight about
Christ’s humanity – as long as they know that Jesus died for
them. {A Fork in the Road by Herbert Douglass ,pg. -11}
Why Study The Human Nature Of Christ ?

“He who seeks to transform
humanity must himself
understand humanity.”
Education, 78.

The only safety now is to search
for the truth as revealed in the
word of God, as for hid treasure.
The subjects of the
1.Sabbath,
2. the nature of man,
3. and the testimony of Jesus
{1T 300.1}

are the great and
important truths to be
understood; these will
prove as an anchor to
hold God's people in
these perilous times.
{1T 300.1}

“The humanity of the Son of God is everything to
us. It is the golden linked chain which binds our
souls to Christ and through Christ to God. This is
to be our study.
Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 7, 904, 905.
Christ was a real man, and He gave proof of His
humility in becoming a man. And He was God in
the flesh.
When we approach the subject of Christ’s
divinity clothed with the garb of humanity, we
may appropriately heed the words spoken by
Christ to Moses at the burning bush, ‘Put off
thy shoes from off thy feet, for the place
whereon thou standest is holy ground.’

We must come to the study
of this subject with the
humility of a learner, with a
contrite heart. And the
study of the incarnation of
Christ is a fruitful field, and
will repay the searcher who
digs deep for hidden truth.”
Seventh-day Adventist Bible
Commentary, vol. 7, 904, 905.

1. God was unfair to make laws that created beings
could not keep. COL: 314; FTLB: 114.
2. God demanded self-
denial and sacrifice from
His created beings but
would not Himself exercise
such unselfishness toward
His created beings. PP: 70,
1SM: 341.

3. God was severe, exacting, and harsh. SC: 11, 5T:
738.
4. God was the author of sin, and suffering, and
death. DA: 24.
5. If God were fair and
good, He would never
have permitted created
beings to transgress His
law. PP: 131, 132.

6. God made faulty
laws and that for
the good of the
universe, those laws
should be changed.
PP: 69.

But the plan of redemption had a yet broader and deeper
purpose than the salvation of man. It was not for this
alone that Christ came to the earth; it was not merely that
the inhabitants of this little world might regard the law of
God as it should be regarded; but it was to vindicate the
character of God before the universe.
Patriarchs and Prophets - Page 68

Satan, the fallen angel, had declared that no man
could keep God’s law, and he pointed to the
disobedience of Adam as proving the declaration
true. ST III, 30

Satan had made the boast
that he would gather the
world under his banner
of rebellion. He declared
that man could not keep
the law of God. Christ
came to prove this
assertion false.
ST IV, 398

(Christ’s words):
Satan has declared
that man cannot keep
the law. I will show
that his statement is
false; that man can
keep the law.. . . “
ST IV, 372 31

We are ever to be
thankful that Jesus has
proved to us by actual life
that man can keep the
commandments of God,
contradicting Satan’s
falsehood that man
cannot keep them.
ST III, 32

Satan declared that it was
impossible for the sons and
daughters of Adam to keep
the law, and thus charged
upon God a lack of wisdom
and love. If they could not
keep the law, then there
was fault with the
Lawgiver.
ST III, 264

Men who are under
the control of Satan
repeat these
accusations against
God, in asserting
that men can not
keep the law of God.
ST III, 264

Jesus humbled himself,
clothing His divinity with
humanity, in order that
He might stand as the
head and representative
of the human family, and
by both precept and
example condemn sin in
the flesh, and give the lie
to Satan’s charges.
ST III, 264

Divinity and humanity
were mysteriously
combined, and man and
God became one. It is in
this union that we find the
hope of our fallen race.
The Signs of the Times,
July 30, 1896.
{7ABC 443.3}

Our Fallen Human Nature Connected With Christ's Divinity
Though He had no taint of sin upon His character, yet He
condescended to connect our fallen human nature with His
divinity. By thus taking humanity, He honored humanity. Having
taken our fallen nature, he showed what it might become, by
accepting the ample provision He has made for it, and by
becoming partaker of the divine nature.--Letter 81, 1896. {3SM 134.2}

In assuming humanity, Christ planted the ladder firmly upon the earth. The ladder reaches
unto the highest heaven, and God's glory shines from its summit and illuminates its whole
length, while the angels pass to and fro with messages from God to man, with petition and
praise from man to God. Through the divine nature, Christ was one with the Father; and by
assuming humanity, he identified himself with man. He, "being in the form of God,
thought it not robbery to be equal with God: but made himself of no reputation, and took
upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the likeness of men." In the vision of
Jacob was represented the union of the human and the divine in Christ.
{RH, November 11, 1890 par. 8}

CREATION
BETHLEHEM CALVARY
Yet into the world where Satan claimed dominion God permitted
His Son to come, a helpless babe, subject to the weakness of
humanity. He permitted Him to meet life's peril in common with
every human soul, to fight the battle as every child of humanity
must fight it, at the risk of failure and eternal loss.-- The Desire of
Ages, p. 49.
“No single principle of human nature will I violate. Clothing My divinity with
humility, I will endure every temptation wherewith man is beset. I will call to
My aid the powers of Heaven, that men and women, imbued with My Spirit,
may overcome as I overcame. . . . The working out of My purposes in behalf
of degraded humanity require that divine and human forces be combined.”
Manuscript Releases, vol. 5, 114.
Fall of man
“The instant man accepted the temptations of Satan, and did the very things God
had said he should not do, Christ, the Son of God, stood between the living and
the dead, saying, ‘. Let the punishment fall on Me. I will stand in man’s place. He
shall have another chance’ ” The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, vol. 1,
1085.

“The nature of man is threefold, and the
training enjoined by Solomon comprehends
the right development of the physical,
intellectual, and moral powers.” {FE 57.1}
The great moral powers
of the soul are faith, hope,
and love. {3T 187.1

“As God He could not be tempted:
but as a man He could be tempted,
and that strongly, and could yield
to the temptations… His human
nature was created; it did not even
possess the angelic powers. It was
human, identical with our own.”
{6MR 111.1}
Was the Human Nature of Christ
perfectly identical with our own?

“A human body, a human
mind, with all the peculiar
properties, He was bone,
brain, and muscle. A man of
our flesh, He was compassed
with the weakness of
humanity… He trod our earth
as man. He had reason,
conscience, memory, will, and
affections of the human soul
which was united with His
divine nature.”—16MR 181,
182. {TA 157.1}

1. “Jesus speaks to us, "Learn of
Me"; "Be like Me." He was human,
as you are.” {14MR 334.2}
2. He had not taken on Him even
the nature of the angels, but
humanity, perfectly identical with
our own nature, except without the
taint of sin. . . . {CTr 208.6}

“It is of no use to say, as many
writers have said, that Christ was
like all children. He was not like
all children. Many children are
misguided and mismanaged. But
Joseph, who was supposed to be
His father, and especially Mary,
His mother, kept the realization
ever before them of their Son's
divine Fatherhood. “
--Ms 37, 1898, pp. 2, 3.

“Their child was instructed in
accordance with the sacred character of
His mission. His inclination to the right
was a constant gratification to His
parents.“
--Ms 37, 1898, pp. 2, 3.

“Before Reason Is Developed.--One of the first
lessons a child needs to learn is the lesson of
obedience. Before he is old enough to reason, he
may be taught to obey.” {CG 82.4}

“He [Christ] began life,
passed through its
experiences, and ended
its record, with a
sanctified human will.”
Signs of the Times
October 29, 1894.

Even the babe in its mother's arms
may dwell under the shadow of the
Almighty through the faith of the
praying mother. John the Baptist was
filled with the Holy Spirit from his
birth.
If we live in communion with God, we
too may expect the divine Spirit to
mould our little ones, even from
their earliest moments. {AH 274.3}

The book {Education} that is coming out will have much to say in
regard to the great principles that are to be carried out in training the
children, from the very baby in arms.
The enemy will work right through those children, unless they are
disciplined. Someone disciplines them. If the mother or the father does
not do it, the devil does. That is how it is. He has the control. {3SM 217.5}

“Teach the little ones that
they should eat to live, not
live to eat; that appetite
must be held in abeyance
to the will; and that the
will must be governed by
calm, intelligent reason.”
Counsels on Health, 113

Christ's Two Natures Divine and Human

Christ’s Divinity
(100%)
Christ’s Humanity
(100%)
The apostle would call our attention from ourselves to the
Author of our salvation. He presents before us His two natures,
divine and human. Here is the description of the divine: "Who
being in the form of God, thought it not robbery to be equal with
God." He was "the brightness of his glory, and the express
image of his person."—The Review and Herald, July 5, 1887.
JESUS CHRIST -
Two Natures in Him

Christ’s Divinity
(100%)
Christ’s Humanity
(100%)
“But although Christ's divine glory was for a time veiled and
eclipsed by His assuming humanity, yet He did not cease to be
God when He became man.” {5BC 1129.3}
JESUS CHRIST -
Two Natures in Him

Christ’s Divinity
(100%)
Christ’s Humanity
(100%)
“The human did not take the place of the divine, nor the divine
of the human. This is the mystery of godliness. The two
expressions "human" and "divine" were, in Christ, closely and
inseparably one, and yet they had a distinct individuality.
Though Christ humbled Himself to become man, the Godhead
was still His own. {5BC 1129.3}
JESUS CHRIST -
Two Natures in Him

Christ’s Divinity
(100%)
Christ’s Humanity
(100%)
His deity could not be lost while He stood faithful and true to
His loyalty. Surrounded with sorrow, suffering, and moral
pollution, despised and rejected by the people to whom had
been intrusted the oracles of heaven, Jesus could yet speak of
Himself as the Son of man in heaven. He was ready to take once
more His divine glory when His work on earth was done.” {5BC
1129.3}
JESUS CHRIST -
Two Natures in Him

Christ’s Divinity
(100%)
Christ’s Humanity
(100%)
“Christ had two natures, the nature of a man and the nature of
God. In him divinity and humanity were combined. ……He exhibited
a perfect humanity, combined with deity;and by preserving each
nature distinct, he has given to the world a representation of the
character of God and the character of a perfect man. He shows us
what God is, and what man may become--godlike in
character.” {GCB, October 1, 1899 par. 20}
JESUS CHRIST -
Two Natures in Him

Christ’s Divinity
(100%)
Christ’s Humanity
(100%)
“Our Lord was tempted as man is tempted. He was capable of
yielding to temptations, as are human beings. His finite nature was
pure and spotless, but the divine nature that led Him to say to Philip,
"He that hath seen Me hath seen the Father" also, was not
humanized; neither was humanity deified by the blending or
union of the two natures;each retained its essential character
and properties.” {16MR 182.1}
JESUS CHRIST -
Two Natures in Him

In Christ, divinity and humanity were combined. Divinity was not
degraded to humanity; divinity held its place, but humanity by being
united to divinity, withstood the fiercest test of temptation in the
wilderness. The prince of this world came to Christ after his long fast, when
He was an hungered, and suggested to Him to command the stones to
become bread. But the plan of God, devised for the salvation of man,
provided that Christ should know hunger, and poverty, and every phase
of man's experience.--Ibid., Feb. 18, 1890. {7ABC 445.1}

IMMORTAL
Christ’s Divinity
(100%)
Christ’s Humanity
(100%)
Cannot Die
“When Christ was crucified, it was His human nature
that died. Deity did not sink and die; that would have
been impossible.”
The Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary, Ellen G. White Comments, vol. 5, p. 1113
MORTAL
Died At Calvary
JESUS CHRIST -
Two Natures in Him

IMMORTAL
Christ’s Divinity
(100%)
Christ’s Humanity
(100%)
Cannot Die
“As a member of the human family He was mortal, but as a God He was the Fountain
of Life to the world. He could, in His divine person, ever have withstood the advances
of death, and refused to come under its dominion; but He voluntarily laid down His
life, that in so doing He might give life and bring immortality to light. . . . What
humility was this! It amazed angels. The tongue can never describe it; the imagination
cannot take it in. The Eternal Word consented to be made flesh! God became man!”
Review and Herald, July 5, 1887.
MORTAL
Died At Calvary
JESUS CHRIST -
Two Natures in Him

IMMORTAL
Christ’s Divinity
(100%)
Christ’s Humanity
(100%)
Cannot Die
He took upon his sinless nature our sinful nature, that He might
know how to succor those that are tempted.--Medical Ministry, p. 181.
Sinless Nature
MORTAL
Died At Calvary
Fallen Sinful Nature
JESUS CHRIST -
Two Natures in Him

sinful nature
Fallen
nature
the offending
nature of
man
Human nature
“This love was manifested, but it cannot be comprehended by
mortal man. It is a mystery too deep for the human mind to
fathom. Christ did in reality unite the offending nature of man
with His own sinless nature, because by this act of
condescension, He would be enabled to pour out His blood in
behalf of the fallen race.” Manuscript Releases, vol. 17, 26.

LOWER NATURE
Will
Passion
Human nature
HIGHER NATURE
Reason
Conscience
Appetites

No Perfection
Unfallen Nature
Sin as Nature
Perfection Possible
Fallen Nature
Sin as Behavior
No Sanctuary Heavenly Sanctuary
Health Reform Health Reform

If sin is our nature, then we have no control over
that, and we are sinners by nature. If sin is our
character, then we do have control over the
choices we make, and we are sinners by choice.
FACE TO FACE WITH THE Real Gospel by DENNIS E.
PRIEBE ,pages 37-38

On the same basis, if sinlessness means a “sinless
nature,” then that is possible only at the second
coming of Christ, because we retain our sinful natures
until that time. However, if sinlessness means a
“sinless character,” then that is possible whenever we
choose not to sin.
PRIEBE ,pages 37-38

Our definition of sin is the determining factor. If we
mean nature when we use the word sin, then there
can be no sinlessness until the second coming of
Christ. If we mean character when we use the term
sin, then sinlessness is a possibility before the second
coming of Christ.
PRIEBE ,pages 37-38

SN Haskell wrote: “When we stated that we believed
that Christ was born in fallen humanity, they would
represent us as believing that Christ sinned.” (Letter,
#2, to Ellen G. White, dated at Battle Creek, Michigan,
September 25, 1900)

“The result of the eating of the tree of knowledge of
good and evil is manifest in every man’s experience.
There is in his nature a bent to evil, a force which,
unaided, he cannot resist” Education, 29.

"Adam could not give his
descendants any higher nature than he
had himself, so Adam's sin made it
inevitable that all his
descendants should be born with sinful
natures. Sentence of death, however,
does not pass on them for that, but
because they have sinned. {October 18,
1894 EJW, PTUK 658.7}
Waggoner on Romans pg 5.100.

“Also, twenty-five years ago, these truths, coupled with the
self-evident truth that sin is not an entity but a condition that
can exist only in a person, made it clear to me that it is
impossible that there could be any such thing as the
transferring of sins to the sanctuary in heaven, thus defiling
that place; and that there could, consequently be no such
thing, either in 1844 AD, or at any other time, as the
“cleansing of the heavenly sanctuary.”
E J Waggoner “Confessions of Faith” 1916, pg 34.
Are We Born Sinners Because Of Our Sinful Fallen Nature ?

“The Lord now demands that every son and daughter
of Adam, through faith in Jesus Christ, serve Him in
human nature which we now have. ….” {OHC 48.4}

“But though we are carnal, we are to reckon ourselves
"dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus
Christ our Lord. . . .." {ST, October 1, 1894 par. 4

“In their fallen nature people can do the very things God
expects them to do through the help provided for
them. They can walk and work and live by faith in the Son
of God. God is not pleased with those who are satisfied
with a mere animal life. He has formed human beings after
the divine similitude. He designs that they shall possess
the character of God by obeying His law, the expression of
His divine character. {CTr 53.4}

The Lord has given them mind, intellect, and affections.
These gifts are entrusted to them to be exercised and
improved. God has given them a conscience that must be
carefully cherished and appreciated. He has given them
knowledge and virtue. These entrusted capabilities are to hold
the supremacy that God has assigned to them. {CTr 53.4}

“The Son of God, who is the express
image of the Father’s person, became
man’s Advocate and Redeemer. He
humbled Himself in taking the nature of
man in his fallen condition, but He did
not take the taint of sin.”
Manuscript Releases, vol. 20, 324.
KEYS TO VICTORY

“Clad in the vestments of humanity, the
Son of God came down to the level of
those He wished to save. In Him was no
guile or sinfulness; He was ever pure
and undefiled; yet He took upon Him our
sinful nature. Clothing His divinity with
humanity, that He might associate with
fallen humanity, He sought to redeem for
man that which by disobedience Adam
had lost.”
Review and Herald, August 22, 1907.
KEYS TO VICTORY

Fallen Nature
It would have been an almost infinite humiliation for the Son of God
to take man's nature, even when Adam stood in his innocence in
Eden. But Jesus accepted humanity when the race had been
weakened by four thousand years of sin. Like every child of Adam
He accepted the results of the working of the great law of heredity.
What these results were is shown in the history of His earthly
ancestors. He came with such a heredity to share our sorrows and
temptations, and to give us the example of a sinless life. {FLB 48.6}

The following quotes demonstrate that Christ DID have certain kind of passions
that we have:
1. “He blessed children that were possessed of PASSIONS like His own.” E.G.
White, Signs of the Times, April 9, 1896.
2. “Though He had all the strength of PASSION of humanity, never did He
yield to temptation to do one single act which was not pure and elevating
and ennobling.” E.G. White, In High Places, p155.

The following quotes demonstrate that Christ did NOT have certain
passions that we have.
3. “He was a mighty petitioner, NOT POSSESSING THE PASSIONS of our
human, fallen natures, but compassed with like infirmities, tempted in
all points even as we are.” E.G. White, Testimonies Vol. 2, p509.
4. “He is our example in all things. He is a brother in our infirmities, but
NOT IN POSSESSING LIKE PASSIONS. As the sinless One, His nature
recoiled from evil.” E.G. White, Testimonies Vol. 2, p202.

Joseph
Bates.
John
Andrews.
John
Loughborough
Uriah
SmithJames
White
A T
Jones
J H
Waggoner
Hiram
Edison.
Joshua
Himes
"Very few of us realize how nearly the Divine nature approached the human in the
person of Jesus of Nazareth. More properly speaking, it is impossible for us even to
conceive of the infinite condescension that was necessary in order that the Son of God,
the associate of the Father, should appear in mortal flesh and participate in human
experiences, with all their trials and weaknesses. . But 'He was tempted in all points like
as we are': consequently He must have partaken of our nature. Should any think this
expression too strong, let them read verse 16 of Hebrews 2: 'For verily He took not on
Him the nature of angels; but. He took on Him the seed of Abraham' . . His faultless life
under those circumstances becomes a constant reprover of our sins as well as an
encouragement to our weakness." G. C. Tenney, editorial, Bible Echo, April 15, 1889.

Joseph
Bates.
John
Andrews.
John
Loughborough
Uriah
SmithJames
White
A T
Jones
J H
Waggoner
Hiram
Edison.
Joshua
Himes
"By partaking of our nature, His human arm encircles the fallen
race." Stephen Haskell, Bible Echo, February 15, 1892.
"He took upon Him sinful flesh to suffer and die for guilty man.
"A. W. Semmens, Bible Echo, April 15, 1892.
"But if He [Christ] comes no nearer to us than in sinless nature,
that is a long way off . . A. T. Jones, General Conference Bulletin,
1895.

Joseph
Bates.
John
Andrews.
John
Loughborough
Uriah
SmithJames
White
A T
Jones
J H
Waggoner
Hiram
Edison.
Joshua
Himes
"He did not come to this world and take upon Himself Adam's
condition, but He stepped down lower, to meet man as he is,
weakened by sin, polluted in his own iniquity. "
Stephen Haskell, Signs, April 2, 1896.
"Infinitely superior in every respect to Boaz, yet He stooped to
marry the lost race. " E. Farnsworth, Signs, May 6, 1897.

Joseph
Bates.
John
Andrews.
John
Loughborough
Uriah
SmithJames
White
A T
Jones
J H
Waggoner
Hiram
Edison.
Joshua
Himes
"So you see that what the Scripture states very plainly is that Jesus Christ
had exactly the same flesh that we bear—flesh of sin, flesh in which we sin;
flesh, however, in which He did not sin. But He bore our sins in that flesh of
sin. And what flesh could He take but the flesh of the time? Not only that,
but it was the very flesh He designed to take; because, you see, the problem
was to help man out of the difficulty into which he had fallen, and man is a
free moral agent. He must be helped as a free moral agent. Christ's work
must be, not to destroy him, not to create a new race, but...to recreate man,
to.. restore him in the image of God."
W. W. Prescott, Bible Echo, January 6, 1896.

Joseph
Bates.
John
Andrews.
John
Loughborough
Uriah
SmithJames
White
A T
Jones
J H
Waggoner
Hiram
Edison.
Joshua
Himes
1 John 4:1-3"... Every spirit that that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in
the flesh is of God; and every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus is come in
the flesh is not of God." Now that cannot mean simply to acknowledge that
Jesus Christ was here and lived in the flesh. The devils made that
acknowledgement. They knew Christ had come in the flesh. The faith that
comes by the Spirit of God says, "Jesus Christ is come in my flesh; I have
received Him." That is the heart of Christianity.
(W.W. Prescott)

Joseph
Bates.
John
Andrews.
John
Loughborough
Uriah
SmithJames
White
A T
Jones
J H
Waggoner
Hiram
Edison.
Joshua
Himes
It is true that the argument nowadays (springing up from that enmity that is
against God, and is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be) is that
the law could not do what was intended, and God sent His Son to weaken the
law, so that the flesh could answer the demands of the law. But if I am weak and
you are strong and I need help it does not help me any to make you as weak as I
am: I am as weak and helpless as before. There is not help at all in all that. But
when I am weak and you are strong and you can bring to me your strength, that
helps me.." (A.T. Jones)

Joseph
Bates.
John
Andrews.
John
Loughborough
Uriah
SmithJames
White
A T
Jones
J H
Waggoner
Hiram
Edison.
Joshua
Himes
So the law WAS strong enough: but its purpose could not be accomplished
through the weakness of the flesh. Therefore God, to supply the need; must
bring strength to weak flesh. He sent Christ to supply the need; and
therefore Christ must so arrange it that strength may be brought to our
flesh itself which we have today, that the purpose of the law may be met in
our flesh. So it is written: "God sending His Son in the likeness of sinful
flesh," in order "that the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us,
who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit." (A.T. Jones)

Joseph
Bates.
John
Andrews.
John
Loughborough
Uriah
SmithJames
White
A T
Jones
J H
Waggoner
Hiram
Edison.
Joshua
Himes
Romans 8:3: "What the law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God sending His own Son"
did.
There was something that the law could not do. and that God sending his own Son, did. But
why was it that the law could not do what it desired, and what was required?- It was weak
through the flesh. It was weak through the flesh. The trouble was in the flesh. It was this that
caused the law to fail of its purpose concerning man. Then God sent Christ to do what the law
could not do. And the law having failed of its purpose, because of the flesh, and not because of
any lack in itself, God must send Him to help the flesh, and not to help the law. If the law had
been in itself too weak to do what it was intended to do, then the thing for Him to have done to
help the matter out would be to remedy the law; but the trouble was with the flesh, and
therefore He must remedy the flesh. (A.T.Jones)

Joseph
Bates.
John
Andrews.
John
Loughborough
Uriah
SmithJames
White
A T
Jones
J H
Waggoner
Hiram
Edison.
Joshua
Himes
"Moreover, the fact that Christ took upon Himself the flesh, not of a
sinless being, but of sinful man; that is, the flesh which He assumed
and all the weaknesses and …. tendencies to which fallen nature is
subject, is shown by the statement that He 'was made of the seed of
David according to the flesh.'
" E. J. Waggoner, Christ and His Righteousness, 27.

Jesus also told them (the angels) that they
would have a part to act, to be with Him
and at different times strengthen Him; that
He would take man's fallen nature, and His
strength would not be even equal with
theirs; that they would be witnesses of His
humiliation and great sufferings; and that
as they would witness His sufferings, and
the hatred of men toward Him,
{EW 150.1}
Fallen Nature

they would be stirred with the deepest
emotion, and through their love for Him
would wish to rescue and deliver Him
from His murderers; but that they must
not interfere to prevent anything they
should behold; and that they should act
a part in His resurrection; that the plan
of salvation was devised, and His
Father had accepted the plan.
{EW 150.1}
Fallen Nature

By taking upon Himself man's nature in
its fallen condition, Christ did not in the
least participate in its sin. He was subject
to the infirmities and weaknesses of the
flesh with which humanity is
encompassed, "that it might be fulfilled
that was spoken by the prophet Esaias,
Himself took our infirmities and bare our
sicknesses." He was touched with the
feeling of our infirmities, and was in all
points tempted like as we are. And yet He
was without a spot. {16MR 116.3}
Fallen Nature

“Not until the death of Christ was the character of
Satan clearly revealed to the angels or to the
unfallen worlds. . . They had not clearly seen the
nature of his rebellion.” DA 758.
“The last link of sympathy
between Satan and the
heavenly world was broken.”
DA 761.

“Yet Satan was not then destroyed. The
angels did not even then understand all that
was involved in the great controversy. The
principles at stake were to be more fully
revealed. And for the sake of man, Satan's
existence must be continued. DA 761
Man as well as angels must see the
contrast between the Prince of light
and the prince of darkness. He must
choose whom he will serve.” DA 761

The Lord has sent to our
world a message of warning,
even the Third Angel's
Message. All heaven is
waiting to hear us vindicate
God's law, declaring it to be
holy, just, and good.
{RH, April 16, 1901 par. 16}

The Saviour took upon Himself the infirmities of humanity and lived
a sinless life, that men might have no fear that because of the
weakness of human nature they could not overcome. Christ came to
make us "partakers of the divine nature," and His life declares that
humanity, combined with divinity, does not commit sin. {MH 180.5}

The Saviour overcame to show man how
he may overcome. All the temptations of
Satan, Christ met with the word of God.
By trusting in God's promises, He received
power to obey God's commandments,
and the tempter could gain no advantage.
To every temptation His answer was, "It is
written." So God has given us His word
wherewith to resist evil. Exceeding great
and precious promises are ours, that by
these we "might be partakers of the
divine nature, having escaped the
corruption that is in the world through
lust." 2 Peter 1:4. {MH 181.1}

Joseph
Bates.
John
Andrews.
John
Loughborough
Uriah
SmithJames
White
A T
Jones
J H
Waggoner
Hiram
Edison.
Joshua
Himes
In Jesus Christ as He was in sinful flesh, God has demonstrated before the
universe that He can so take possession of sinful flesh as to manifest His own
presence, His power, and His glory, instead of sin manifesting itself. . . Then
God will so take us, and so use us, that our sinful selves shall not appear to
influence or affect anybody; but God will manifest His righteous self, His
glory, before men, in spite of all ourselves and our sinfulness. . . And that is
the mystery of God, ‘Christ in you, the hope of glory,’—God manifest in
sinful flesh (A.T. Jones, General Conference Bulletin, 1895, p. 303).

Joseph
Bates.
John
Andrews.
John
Loughborough
Uriah
SmithJames
White
A T
Jones
J H
Waggoner
Hiram
Edison.
Joshua
Himes
But before probation ends, there will be a people so complete in
Him that in spite of their sinful flesh, they will live sinless lives.
They will live sinless lives in mortal flesh, because He who has
demonstrated that He has power over all flesh lives in them—lived
a sinless life in sinful flesh.
(E.J. Waggoner, General Conference Bulletin, 1901, p. 146).

Joseph
Bates.
John
Andrews.
John
Loughborough
Uriah
SmithJames
White
A T
Jones
J H
Waggoner
Hiram
Edison.
Joshua
Himes
Perfection, perfection of character, is the Christian goal—
perfection attained in human flesh in this world. Christ attained it
in human flesh in this world, and thus made and consecrated a
way by which, in Him, every believer can attain it.
(A.T. Jones, The Consecrated Way to Christian Perfection, p. 84).

Before this corruptible body is made incorruptible, and the
natural, sinful body is exchanged for the spiritual, sinless
body, God will demonstrate what He can do in spite of
corruption and mortality. He has condemned sin in flesh,
showing that even in sinful flesh He can live a sinless life.
His perfect life will be manifested in mortal flesh, so that all
will see it. {May 9, 1901 EJW, PTUK 304.3}

When God has given this witness to the world of His power
to save to the uttermost, to save sinful beings, and to live a
perfect life in sinful flesh, then He will remove the
disabilities and give us better circumstances in which to live.
But first of all this wonder must be worked out in sinful man,
not simply in the person of Jesus Christ, but in Jesus Christ
reproduced and multiplied in the thousands of His followers.
{May 9, 1901 EJW, PTUK 304.4}

"The prince of this world cometh," said Jesus, "and hath nothing in
me." There was in Him nothing that responded to Satan's sophistry.
He did not consent to sin. Not even by a thought did He yield to
temptation. So may it be with us. Christ's humanity was united with
divinity; He was fitted for the conflict by the indwelling of the Holy
Spirit. . . .
So long as we are united to Him by faith, sin has no more dominion
over us. God reaches for the hand of faith in us to direct it to lay fast
hold upon the divinity of Christ, that we may attain to perfection of
character. . . . Every promise in God's Word is ours.
{RC 308.6}

There is where the Lord will show the power of his life. That is
simply the power that conquered death; the power that overcame
the lusts of the flesh; the power that raises the dead to life. It is the
power of the resurrection. Now what we must learn is that the same
power that will be manifested during the seven last plagues will be
manifested during the plagues now in the earth, before those come,
in which is filled up the wrath of God. Otherwise, there would be no
witness. " {April 9, 1901 EJW, GCB 147.1}

If this power could not be manifested before probation
ends, there would be no witness to the people; it would not
be a testimony to them. But before probation ends, there
will be a people so complete in him that in spite of their
sinful flesh, they will live sinless lives.
{April 9, 1901 EJW, GCB 147.1}

They will live sinless, lives in mortal flesh, because he who has
demonstrated that he has power over all flesh lives in them,-lives a
sinless life in sinful flesh, and a healthful life in mortal flesh, and that
will be a testimony that can not be gainsaid,-a witness than which
no greater can be given. Then the end will come. This will be the
kingdom of God manifested to all nations for a witness to God's
power. "The kingdom of God is within you." {April 9, 1901 EJW, GCB
147.1}

Every one who by faith obeys God's
commandments, will reach the condition of
sinlessness in which Adam lived before his
transgression. {ST, July 23, 1902 par. 14}
FINE PRINT:
PHARMACEUTICAL
PRESCRIPTION
Titus 2:11-14, Jude 24,
2 Pet 1:10, 1 Pet 2:21,22

He who has not sufficient faith in Christ to believe that
he can keep him from sinning, has not the faith that
will give him an entrance into the kingdom of God.
{RH, March 10, 1904 par. 26}
FINE PRINT:
PHARMACEUTICAL
PRESCRIPTION
Titus 2:11-14, Jude 24,
2 Pet 1:10, 1 Pet 2:21,22
Heb 3:12,18-19, Matt 9:27-29

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