I

For everyone who seeks the truth and longs for the appearance of God, the Spirit's work can only provide moving or inspiration, and a sense of wondrousness that this work is inexplicable and unimaginable, and a sense that it is great and transcendent. Man and the Spirit of God can only look upon each other from afar, as if there were a great distance between them. So man does not have need of the Spirit, for the Spirit cannot directly do the work that is most needed by man.

II

The work of the flesh offers man practical objectives to pursue, clear words, and a sense that He is practical and normal, that He is humble and ordinary. Man can behold His face, and hear His voice. This flesh feels approachable to man, not distant, or unfathomable, but visible and touchable, for this flesh is in the same world as man.

III

For all of those who live in the flesh, changing their disposition requires goals to pursue, and knowing God requires witnessing the practical deeds of God and the real face of God. Both can only be achieved by God's incarnate flesh, and both can only be accomplished by the normal and tangible flesh. This is why the incarnation is necessary, and why it is needed by all corrupt mankind.

IV

Since people are required to know God, the images of the vague and supernatural gods must be dispelled from their hearts, and since they are required to cast off their corrupt disposition, they must first know their corrupt disposition. If only man does the work to dispel the images of the vague gods from people's hearts, then he will fail to achieve the intended effect.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Corrupt Mankind Is More in Need of the Salvation of the Incarnate God