I always do what pleases Him.

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

I live by the Father.

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: "All that the Father has is mine." This is freedom not according to legalistic definitions, but the freedom of the son 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" (Luke 24:46; cf. Matt. 26:24).

Thus it is written in the law, in the prophets, and in the Psalms. But before that, this was undoubtedly written in the mysterious book in heaven, which is called after Him: the book of life of the Lamb. On both the first and last pages of this book is written the name of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. After all, He is the Alpha and the Omega. The Alpha of the creation of the world and the Omega of the salvation of the human race. And again, in every human name in this book, His name shines through, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved (Acts 4:12).

Lamb of God! A mysterious book, therefore His book. He compiled it before the creation of the world and promised to sign it with His innocent Blood. This is a book of the fate of the entire human race and His fate. Thus it pleased the Lamb of God, in accordance with the desire of His beloved Father and the Holy Spirit: to confuse His own fate as a Man with the fate of mankind. What horror of humiliation, and what glory of love, which surpasses reason!

Fate is not the meaningless samsara, the cycle of life, nor the merciless karma of India, which knows neither forgiveness nor the Forgiver. Both samsara and karma appeared according to the plan of the spirit of malice, a murderer from the beginning, perhaps the dancer Shiva, in order to obscure the Father of light and love from the intelligent eyes of men with these false concepts, like thick smoke. After all, there is no savior from either samsara or karma, since the gods themselves, according to Indian philosophy, rotate in their cycle, as with the ancient Greeks everything revolves on the spindle of Ananka.

Quite different is the Christian fate. And another thing is the book of the destinies of people and nations. This book is not held in the hands of a blindfolded Nemesis, but an all-seeing God - the Father of light, love, mercy and compassion. When a person comes to his senses and turns to repentance, He erases his "karma" and gives him an impulse for a new beginning, for a new life.

Alas, India does not yet know of God the Father, nor of the God of love, nor of the God of forgiveness, brighter than samsara and stronger than karma. It will be impossible to know about Him except through Him through Whom we, Christians, have learned about Him – His name is Jesus Christ, the Messiah, the sacrificial Lamb of God's love for the entire human race.

Prophet

There are many sounds in the world, Theodoulos; they are innumerable. Our ear hears only a small part of them.

There are many colors and shapes in the world; indeed, they are innumerable. Our eye sees only a small part of them.

And there are many smells in the world; Who could ever count them? The human nose senses only a small part of them; Likewise, we feel only a small part of what we come into contact with.