I
God comes to save mankind
not through Spirit or as Spirit,
whom none can see or touch,
who can't be approached by man.
If God saved man as Spirit
and not a man of creation,
none could get His salvation.
Yes, no one could be saved.
God becomes a created man,
in the flesh He puts His word.
So He can impart His word
into all who follow Him.
So man can hear and see
and receive His word.
Through this man can be
truly saved from his sin.
II
If God was not incarnate,
no man of flesh could be saved,
and no one could receive
God's great salvation.
If God's Spirit worked among man,
they would all be smitten,
or taken captive by Satan,
for they cannot touch God's Spirit.
God becomes a created man,
in the flesh He puts His word.
So He can impart His word
into all who follow Him.
So man can hear and see
and receive His word.
Through this man can be
truly saved from his sin.
III
Man receives salvation
not from prayers to heaven,
but from God's incarnation,
for they are all of flesh.
They can't see or approach
the Spirit of God.
Only God incarnate is the One
who they can associate with.
Through Him,
they understand all truth
and get full salvation.
God becomes a created man,
in the flesh He puts His word.
So He can impart His word
into all who follow Him.
So man can hear and see
and receive His word.
Through this man can be
truly saved from his sin,
truly saved from his sin.
from "The Mystery of the Incarnation (4)" in The Word Appears in the Flesh