When Christ saw God’s victory over the kingdom of Satan, he rejoiced in the Holy Spirit, for this was the design of the coming of the Son of the Highest to the world: to destroy the works of Satan, deliver the lost humans from their severe bonds, and carry them to the family of God. Christ magnified the name of his Father wholeheartedly, praised him as the Lord of heaven and earth who created everything in his grace, and manifested his authority in all creatures, small and big. God also manifested his authority in Christ’s helpers, for they believed in him and received his everlasting power and might. However the scribes, Pharisees, chief priests, philosophers, kings, and rulers realized neither God nor his Son. This is the miracle: that man’s mind and experiences did not realize Christ spontaneously, but only through faith. He, who commits himself into the hands of the Savior, knows his glory in his humility and kindness. But he who does not put off his pride and sciences, or even his weak mind, does not know God who sent his Son to the world when he had made his glorious self of no reputation to win the world by love, not by philosophy, sword, or delights of sense.
Because of this altruism, and self-denial God delivered all authority in heaven and on earth to his Son. And whereas the Son gave his life a ransom for many, therefore his Father gave him all humans, earth, and universe altogether. Christ redeemed us to God by his blood, and we became his own. Capitalists and socialists, without distinction, deceive themselves supposing that the individual, or nation possesses the universe; for Christ alone is the Possessor of all things. His Father has delivered all things to him. All those who do not know God are going astray in their life.
But who knows God? None does, but the Son and the Holy Spirit, for they are one. Christ came to our world to tell us who God is, for the ancient name "God" is a thick screen before the concealed truth of the Highest. Do you know who God himself is? Christ taught us to say, "Our Father in heaven". O heart, hold fast to this word. O mind, acknowledge decidedly this truth, for the Almighty is your Father, your spiritual Father. He is love, as deep as the ocean.
Whence do we know this revelation? We only know it in the person of Christ. Look at Jesus, and you will see God. No one can realize Christ except by the Holy Spirit. No man calls God his Father except by the will of Christ. It is not your good deeds, contributions, or arguments that bring you near to God, but Christ’s designs alone. Our faith is a gift of the Benefactor, and not a deserved right.
Having glorified his Father, Christ beatified his disciples, for they say God in flesh in his lowliness, and experienced his victory through his ministry. The kingdom of God began among them, and this was the great desire of the fathers of faith and faithful true prophets. For this purpose, they suffered, cried, and were tortured. Now Christ, the divine King appeared among men, and his words became heard to all longing hearts, for God spoke to men in his Son, as a father to his children, and a brother to his brothers. Do you see God, and hear Christ?