The quote you are looking for is found in "Counsels to Teachers, Parents, and Students" (CT 268.2): "When, in consequence of transgression, Adam and Eve were cut off from all hope, when justice demanded the death of the sinner, Christ gave Himself as a sacrifice. 'Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.' 'All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all.' 1 John 4:10 ; Isaiah 53:6." (CT 268.2) This passage directly states that "justice demanded the death of the sinner," and that Christ gave Himself as a sacrifice in response. Reference: White, E. G. (1913). Counsels to Teachers, Parents, and Students Regarding Christian Education, p. 268.2.

Certainly! Here are several additional quotes from Ellen White's writings that express similar ideas to the one you referenced—namely, that Christ had to die because justice demanded the death of the sinner, and that His sacrifice was necessary to uphold the claims of God's law: 1. **Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 70.1** "If the law could be changed, man might have been saved without the sacrifice of Christ; but the fact that it was necessary for Christ to give His life for the fallen race, proves that the law of God will not release the sinner from its claims upon him. It is demonstrated that the wages of sin is death. ... The very fact that Christ bore the penalty of man's transgression is a mighty argument to all created intelligences that the law is changeless; that God is righteous, merciful, and self-denying; and that infinite justice and mercy unite in the administration of His government." 2. **The Great Controversy, p. 502.3** "God had manifested His abhorrence of the principles of rebellion. All heaven saw His justice revealed, both in the condemnation of Satan and in the redemption of man. ... But the death of Christ was an argument in man's behalf that could not be overthrown. The penalty of the law fell upon Him who was equal with God, and man was free to accept the righteousness of Christ ... Thus God is just and yet the justifier of all who believe in Jesus." 3. **The Great Controversy, p. 539.3** "God has given in His word decisive evidence that He will punish the transgressors of His law. Those who flatter themselves that He is too merciful to execute justice upon the sinner, have only to look to the cross of Calvary. The death of the spotless Son of God testifies that 'the wages of sin is death,' that every violation of God's law must receive its just retribution. ... In no other way could man be freed from the penalty of sin." 4. **Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, p. 200.2** "Christ consented to die in the sinner's stead, that man, by a life of obedience, might escape the penalty of the law of God. ... The death of Christ proclaimed the justice of His Father's law in punishing the transgressor, in that He consented to suffer the penalty of the law Himself in order to save fallen man from its curse. ... The death of Christ justified the claims of the law." 5. **The Desire of Ages, p. 762.5** "Another deception was now to be brought forward. Satan declared that mercy destroyed justice, that the death of Christ abrogated the Father's law. Had it been possible for the law to be changed or abrogated, then Christ need not have died. ... It was because the law was changeless, because man could be saved only through obedience to its precepts, that Jesus was lifted up on the cross." These passages all affirm that Christ's death was necessary because justice required the penalty for sin, and that His sacrifice upholds both the justice and mercy of God. **References:** - White, E. G. (1890). Patriarchs and Prophets, p. 70.1. - White, E. G. (1911). The Great Controversy, pp. 502.3, 539.3. - White, E. G. (1871). Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, p. 200.2. - White, E. G. (1898). The Desire of Ages, p. 762.5. If you need more, or would like quotes from other types of Ellen White writings (such as manuscripts or periodicals), please let me know!

Here are several additional quotes from Ellen White’s writings that specifically address how justice demanded that Christ had to die for the transgressors of the law: 1. **“Jesus suffered the extreme penalty of the law for our transgressions, and justice was fully satisfied. The law is not abrogated; it has lost not one jot of its force. Instead, it stands forth in holy dignity, Christ's death on the cross testifying to its immutability. Its demands have been met, its authority maintained. God spared not His only begotten Son. To show the depth of His love for man, He delivered Him up for us all.”** — 18MR 335.2 2. **“Christ has made a sacrifice to satisfy the demands of Justice. What a price for heaven to pay to ransom the transgressor of the law of Jehovah. Yet that holy law could not be maintained with any smaller price. In the place of the law being abolished to meet sinful man in his fallen condition, it has been maintained in all its sacred dignity. In His Son God gave Himself to save from eternal ruin all who would believe in Him.”** — 21MR 194.1 3. **“The transgression of God's law in a single instance, in the smallest particular, is sin. And the non-execution of the penalty of that sin would be a crime in the divine administration. God is a judge, the avenger of justice, which is the habitation and foundation of His throne. He cannot dispense with His law, He cannot do away with its smallest item in order to meet and pardon sin. The rectitude and justice and moral excellence of the law must be maintained and vindicated before the heavenly universe and the worlds unfallen.”** — 21MR 194.3 4. **“Jesus, our Substitute, consented to bear for man the penalty of the law transgressed. He clothed His divinity with humanity and thus became the Son of man, a Saviour and Redeemer. The very fact of the death of God's dear Son to redeem man shows the immutability of the divine law. How easily, from the transgressor's standpoint, could God have abolished His law, thus providing a way whereby men could be saved and Christ remain in heaven! The doctrine which teaches freedom, through grace, to break the law is a fatal delusion. Every transgressor of God's law is a sinner, and none can be sanctified while living in known sin.”** — Faith and Works, p. 30.3 5. **“God has given in His word decisive evidence that He will punish the transgressors of His law. Those who flatter themselves that He is too merciful to execute justice upon the sinner, have only to look to the cross of Calvary. The death of the spotless Son of God testifies that ‘the wages of sin is death,’ that every violation of God's law must receive its just retribution. ... In no other way could man be freed from the penalty of sin.”** — The Great Controversy, p. 539.3 6. **“Christ consented to die in the sinner's stead, that man, by a life of obedience, might escape the penalty of the law of God. ... The death of Christ proclaimed the justice of His Father's law in punishing the transgressor, in that He consented to suffer the penalty of the law Himself in order to save fallen man from its curse. ... The death of Christ justified the claims of the law.”** — Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, p. 200.2 7. **“The law reveals to man his sin, but provides no remedy. It declares that death is the portion of the transgressor. The gospel of Christ alone can free him from the condemnation or the defilement of sin. He must exercise repentance toward God, whose law has been transgressed, and faith in Christ, his atoning sacrifice. Thus he obtains ‘remission of sins that are past’ (Romans 3:25) and becomes a child of God.”** — The Great Controversy, p. 467.2 (also in HF 288.4, NL 12.1, TR 21.3) These passages emphasize that justice required the penalty for sin, and that Christ’s death was necessary to satisfy the demands of the law for the transgressor. **References:** - White, E. G. (1990). Manuscript Releases, vol. 18, p. 335.2. - White, E. G. (1993). Manuscript Releases, vol. 21, pp. 194.1, 194.3. - White, E. G. (1890). Faith and Works, p. 30.3. - White, E. G. (1911). The Great Controversy, pp. 539.3, 467.2. - White, E. G. (1871). Testimonies for the Church, vol. 2, p. 200.2. If you need more or would like quotes from a specific type of Ellen White writing, please let me know!