Te 121
(Temperance 121)
Power to Meet Every Temptation—He who truly believes in Christ is made a partaker of the divine nature, and has power that he can appropriate under every temptation.—The Review and Herald, January 14, 1909. (Te 121.1) MC VC
Because man fallen could not overcome Satan with his human strength, Christ came from the royal courts of heaven to help him with His human and divine strength combined. Christ knew that Adam in Eden with his superior advantages might have withstood the temptations of Satan and conquered him. He also knew that it was not possible for man out of Eden, separated from the light and love of God since the Fall, to resist the temptations of Satan in his own strength. In order to bring hope to man, and save him from complete ruin, He humbled Himself to take man’s nature, that with His divine power combined with the human He might reach man where he is. He obtained for the fallen sons and daughters of Adam that strength which it is impossible for them to gain for themselves, that in His name they might overcome the temptations of Satan.—Redemption, or the Temptation of Christ, 44. (Te 121.2) MC VC
Help for Self-Inflicted Disease—Many of those who came to Christ for help had brought disease upon themselves; yet He did not refuse to heal them. And when virtue from Him entered into these souls, they were convicted of sin, and many were healed of their spiritual disease as well as of their physical maladies.—The Ministry of Healing, 73. (Te 121.3) MC VC
Power to Free the Captive—Over the winds and the waves, and over men possessed of demons, Christ showed that He had absolute control. He who stilled the tempest, and calmed the troubled sea, spoke peace to minds distracted and overborne by Satan. (Te 121.4) MC VC