The Golden Chain - Robert J. Wieland

"passion" ever had a chance to develop. The next
sentence adds that this perfect resistance to
temptation was so constant that it was a "recoiling
from evil" as prompt as when a spring stretched out
of shape "recoils" to its original shape. There was
in Him no response to temptation, even
momentary, involuntary, or unconscious. Thus it
was His "nature" to "recoil from evil." The word
"nature" in this passage refers to character, not to
innate genetic inheritance. But we dare not say that
for Him to "recoil from evil" did not involve a
painful struggle with temptation "even unto blood"
(Hebrews 12:4, KJV). Bearing His cross was never
easy.
Here is an example of Ellen White's use of the
word "passion":
One little girl was partaking of her boiled ham,
and spiced pickles, and bread and butter, when she
espied a plate I was eating from. Here was
something she did not have, and she refused to eat.
The girl of six years said she would have a plate. I
thought it was the nice red apple I was eating she
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