They Were Perfectly Satisfied With Their Position

We cannot conceive of the humiliation He endured in taking our nature upon Himself.

Not that in itself it was a disgrace to belong to the human race, but He was the Majesty of heaven, the King of glory, and He humbled Himself to become a babe and suffer the wants and woes of mortals. He humbled Himself not to the highest position, to be a man of riches and power, but though He was rich, yet for our sake He became poor, that we through His poverty might be made rich. He took step after step in humiliation. He was driven from city to city; for men would not receive the Light of the world. They were perfectly satisfied with their position.

- Selected Messages Book 1 : Morning talk at Battle Creek, Michigan, January 29, 1890, which was printed in The Review and Herald, February 18, 1890.