"Desires of Christ are the killing and crucifixion of the flesh and the contempt of all visible things, as well as the sanctification of the spirit and love of the invisible. But it is the great wonders of God that bring this about. Therefore He does these wonders only in them, that is, the saints, and even for them or to them, because only the spiritual and the saints understand these wonders. But to the unwise they seem foolish and their life madness, as the apostle says (1 Cor. 1:23): “To the Gentiles folly and to the Jews a stumbling block.” These are indeed wonders, that what is weak in the eyes of the world is strong in the eyes of God, and in each case the opposite is true: What is exalted before men is abominable before God, etc. (Luke 16:15). In these it is all the will of Christ, which the Father accomplished through His Spirit “in the saints,” and for the saints themselves unto glow and understanding."
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