John 8 (xix)

If you want to know the Father, do not attempt to tackle this problem from every angle; you will get nowhere. Instead, close your eyes and say: "I know nothing about God, nor anything about the Father. Rather, I should come to this point and simply listen to what Christ has to say." Because what is the value of anything that is not the Word of this Man?! However exalted a sermon or a thought may be: if it is not from the Father, then it remains blindness or error or even the Devil himself. If you know me, then you know the Father. For the Father has said that He wants to be known through His Son. He dispenses us from having anything to do with institutes of higher learning, from the laws of sages, from the lives of holy people, from the beliefs and doctrines of all religions, because He simply says: "Whoever wishes to know who I am, as God the Father, let him first listen to Christ, the Son."

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