, then I say to the world [

9].

My teaching is not mine, but Him who sent Me [

10].

My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to accomplish His work [

11].

I do not seek My will, but the will of the Father who sent Me.

12].

I always do what pleases Him [

13].

The Son can do nothing of Himself unless He sees the Father creating [

14].

I live by the Father [

15].

You can say that with such a lack of freedom, a person's personality disappears. It does not disappear, but is gained, for the Lord Jesus says:

Everything that the Father has is Mine [

16]. This is freedom not according to legalistic definitions [

17], and the freedom of the son is in the unity of love with the Father.

All this I remind you, Theodoulos, in connection with the mysterious book. After all, Christ Himself is connected with it. After His glorious resurrection, the Lord said to His disciples:

Thus it is written, and thus it behooved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead on the third day (Lk.

24, 46; cf. Matt.

26, 24).

Thus it is written in the law, in the prophets, and in the Psalms. But before that, it was undoubtedly written in the mysterious book in heaven, which is called by His name: