The Father’s Son Is Jesus of Utmost Sweetness

**The Father’s Son Is Jesus of Utmost Sweetness**

The heart of the Father has been made known through His Word. That Word, full of wisdom and love, has gone out into the world, drawing all things to Himself. It is in Jesus—the Son of the Father—that we encounter the deepest sweetness, the peace that ends our search, the unity that replaces division, and the completeness that overcomes all lack.

> *"His wisdom contemplates the word,

> his teaching expresses it,

> his knowledge has revealed it,

> his honor is a crown upon it,

> his joy agrees with it,

> his glory has exalted it,

> his image has revealed it,

> his rest has received it,

> his love has embodied it,

> his trust has embraced it."*

> — *Gospel of Truth*

Every aspect of the Father’s being affirms, glorifies, and reveals the Word. In Scripture, this Word is not abstract—it is a person, Jesus:

> *“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. … And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us.”* — *John 1:1,14*

Jesus is the living expression of the Father’s will and love. His coming into the world is not simply a historical event but a movement of divine compassion, calling all things back to the Father through Himself:

> *“Thus the word of the father goes forth into all, being the fruit of his heart and expression of his will. It supports all. It chooses them and also takes the character of all and purifies them, causing them to return to the father, to the mother, Jesus of the utmost sweetness.”*

> — *Gospel of Truth*

This purification, this return to unity, is echoed by the Apostle Paul:

> *“He is before all things, and in him all things hold together. … Through him God was pleased to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.”* — *Colossians 1:17,20*

Jesus is the one in whom all things converge. He bears the character of humanity to redeem it, and the character of divinity to perfect it. The return to the Father is through Him. The Gospel of Truth calls Him “Jesus of the utmost sweetness”—a title that speaks not only of His nature but of the rest He brings to those who have searched and suffered in ignorance.

> *“The father opens his bosom, and his bosom is the holy spirit. He reveals his hidden self, which is his son, so that through the compassion of the father the eternal beings may know him, end their wearying search for the father, and rest themselves in him, knowing that this is rest.”*

> — *Gospel of Truth*

This passage resonates with the words of Jesus Himself:

> *“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”* — *Matthew 11:28*

Rest is not merely the absence of labor—it is the knowledge of the Father through the Son, the end of wandering, and the entrance into completeness. As long as the world remains separated from the Father, it is in a state of incompleteness, marked by strife and division:

> *“After he had filled what was incomplete, he did away with its form. The form of that which was incomplete is the world, which it served.

> For where there is envy and strife, there is an incompleteness; but where there is unity, there is completeness.”*

> — *Gospel of Truth*

The Apostle James confirms this:

> *“For where envy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every vile practice.”* — *James 3:16*

And Paul writes:

> *“God is not a God of disorder but of peace.”* — *1 Corinthians 14:33*

The incompleteness came because of ignorance—because the world did not know the Father. But once the Father is known, incompleteness vanishes:

> *“Since this incompleteness came about because they did not know the father, from the moment when they know the father, incompleteness will cease to exist. As one’s ignorance disappears when one gains knowledge, and as darkness disappears when light appears, so also incompleteness is eliminated by completeness.”*

> — *Gospel of Truth*

This knowledge is not mere intellectual grasping, but a spiritual awakening, a restoration of what was lost. Jesus came to be that light:

> *“The true light, which gives light to everyone, was coming into the world.”* — *John 1:9*

> *“You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”* — *John 8:32*

When that truth is known, the many are brought into one, the scattered are gathered, and the mortal is swallowed by life:

> *“Now their works lie scattered. In time unity will make the spaces complete. By means of unity each one will understand himself. By means of knowledge one will purify himself from multiplicity into unity, devouring matter within himself like fire and darkness by light, death by life.”*

> — *Gospel of Truth*

These images recall Paul’s teaching in 1 Corinthians:

> *“The perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. … Death has been swallowed up in victory.”* — *1 Corinthians 15:53–54*

Jesus, the Word, brings this victory. He is the sweetness of the Father, the light that conquers darkness, and the knowledge that restores unity. In Him, we pass from death to life, from many to one, from incompleteness to fullness.

May we, too, be purified by this knowledge and return to the Father through Jesus of the utmost sweetness.