I

God’s saving of man is not done directly

using the method of the Spirit and the identity of the Spirit,

for His Spirit can neither be touched nor seen by man,

neither can man draw near,

neither can man draw near.

If He tried to save man directly using the perspective of the Spirit,

man would be unable to receive His salvation.

If God did not put on the outward form of a created man,

there would be no way for man to receive this salvation.

Only by becoming a created human being,

that is, only by putting His word

into the body of flesh that He is about to become,

can He personally work the word into all who follow Him.

Only then can man personally see and hear His word,

and moreover enter into possession of His word,

and by this means come to be fully saved.

II

If God did not become flesh,

no one of flesh and blood would be able to receive such great salvation,

nor would a single person be able to be saved,

nor would a single person be able to be saved.

If the Spirit of God worked directly in the midst of mankind,

all humanity would be struck down, would be struck down,

or else, with no way of coming into touch with God,

they would be completely carried away captive by Satan.

It is through the incarnation of God

that man receives full salvation from God, full salvation from God,

and not directly from heaven in answer to his prayers,

not directly from heaven in answer to his prayers.

For, man being of flesh and blood, he has no way of seeing God’s Spirit,

much less of approaching His Spirit.

All that man can come into contact with is God’s incarnate flesh,

and only by means of this is man able to grasp all the ways and all the truths

and receive full salvation.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. The Mystery of the Incarnation (4)