The Father begat Wisdom, but did not become foolish. Just as a candle from a candle lights up and does not shrink. In the same way, the Equal gives birth to the Equal. Therefore we say that He is "of one essence with the Father," that is, He has the same essence as God the Father. Otherwise, as St. Gregory the Theologian says, there would be no glory for the Father in the birth of the Lesser Son. Imagine: here is your daughter.

Would you be happy if your daughter became just like you? And they would be dissatisfied if your daughter became lower than you (in terms of upbringing, development). In the same way, it is honor for the Father in heaven that the Son is fully equal to Him. And God the Son differs from God the Father only in one way – birth, in that He is begotten of Him. The three Persons of the Trinity differ from each other only in personal characteristics.

The attribute of the Father is to be Beginningless, Unbegotten, the attribute of the Son is to be Begotten of the Father, and the attribute of the Holy Spirit is to be Proceeding from God the Father. Without these qualities, Personalities would mix. There was a heresy that confused Personalities, saying that in fact God is one Person with three masks. There is another heresy – "Jehovah's Witnesses", who say that the Son of God is a creation, but this is a blasphemy against God.

We know that He is the Word of the Father, and therefore, of course, He is of one essence with the Father. Therefore, anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father. Why, in fact, do we say that non-Christians will not be saved? Because they blaspheme the Son. The Son is the Self-revelation of the Father. Salvation is union with the Father. Is it possible to unite with the Father apart from His Self-revelation? Can you find out what's on my mind without my word?

Can you learn about the Father without His Word? Of course not. Real knowledge is that you connect with someone you know. You really get to know a person when you live the same life with him. And our task is not just to know God theoretically, what His properties are. We have now found out, but this is not enough to save us. You need to live a common life with Him. And Who gives this life? Son.

As Christ said: "I am the way, the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father except through Me" (John 14:6). "Or maybe faith in the Son alone is enough to come to the Father?" — No, I don't. You still need to live His life. Therefore, in fact, the person who does not live in the Church, who has left the Church, that is, from the Body of Christ, is lost, although he can believe in the Son.

Do you understand why the confessions of Christianity are not saved? They are outside of communion with the Universal Church. The situation is very simple. We have said: the Church is a kind of reality of the communion of the Holy Spirit. The Church cannot disappear, cannot hide, cannot disappear and reappear. Cannot be restored.

The Church is the Body of Christ, not a vanishing reality. It is possible to be saved only in the Body of Christ, because the Church does not save as an organization, but as Christ Himself, who lives in her. And all Christ is the Head of the Body, as the Apostle Paul said: "... He is the head of the body of the Church" (Col. 1:18). Can we say that Christ appeared two thousand years ago? "Probably not, since He is from God. — Yes, He is eternal. This is very important to remember.

Yes, Christ became a man two thousand years ago, but He has always been as a Person. That is why He says: "And now Thou shalt glorify Me, O Father, with Thy own glory, which I had with Thee before the world was" (John 17:5). He was already in the glory of the Father, before the stars came on, even then. His Self, His self-consciousness, was and remains divine. Having become man, He did not cease to be God and remained the same God as He was, Omnipresent, Omnipotent, Omniscient.

And so, wherever we are, we can hear about it, remember, "Behold, I'm with you always, even to the end of the age. Amen" (Matt. 28:20). And through Him the Father created the world. It is said: the Father is the Creator, and it is said about Jesus Christ: "... By Him all things were," remember the Symbol of Faith. Through Him the world was created. The Father conversed with Him when He created man. To whom did He speak? He spoke to the Son and the Holy Spirit.

And He not only created, He gave the Law, He sent the prophets, He came Himself. — «... The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand, until I make Thy enemies Thy footstool" — how is this to be understood? The Father said to the Son: "Sit at My right hand." He said, set on the right hand as a Man, not just as God. Because as God, He rules with the Father always, eternally. Because He is the Power of God.

I was talking to a Muslim in Egypt. He is a Wahhabi, by the way, Russian, who wanted to kill me. And it is interesting that although he is a fanatic, he is an intelligent person, so you can talk to him. There are stupid fanatics, and there are smart ones, that is, those people who are looking for the truth. He says to me: Fools, you want to be saved by man, and Allah himself will save us.

I said: how do you think Allah saves? By his strength or by his powerlessness? He answers: of course, by force. Then I ask: Do you think Allah has a strong or powerless word? He: Of course, it is strong. Logically. I ask again: do you think God has some wordless powers? He saves with his strong word, don't you agree? And according to the Qur'an, who is the Word of Allah? You know, no? Jesus Christ!

And you do not believe in Him, how is it so, I say, you have written it, but you do not believe in Him?! "Is that what it says in the Koran?!" "It directly says that Allah has Jesus, His Spirit. And the Wahhabi agreed, because, indeed, it is impossible to unite with God without God. But the Lord is the only one who has immortality. Why? Because He has no beginning.