This is so true. If we don't have a creator, then why call God Father? If Jesus did not Create us then why the desire to save us? And if we did not come from His Hand, then how could we call Him Saviour, brother and Lord.
He Alone Could Save
In the work of creation, Christ was with God. He was one with God, equal with Him, the brightness of His glory, the express image of His person, the representative of the Father. He alone, the Creator of man, could be his Saviour. No angel of heaven could reveal the Father to the sinner, and win him back to allegiance to God. But Christ could manifest the Father's love; for God was in Christ, reconciling the world to Himself. Christ could be the "day's man" between a holy God and lost humanity, one who could "lay His hand upon us both." {ST, December 15, 1914 par. 9}
It also promised them eternal life on condition of fidelity to God's law. Thus the patriarchs received the hope of salvation . {AG 131. 2} Adam and Eve, at their creation , had a knowledge of the law of God. It was printed on their hearts, and they understood its claims upon them. {AG 131. 3}