Christ went to the cross for us to be restored to God's purposes set in Himself; His Divine plan for man to become, what He is; an "heir of God and joint heir with Jesus". "We love Him because" He made it possible for us to love Him in HIS prescribe way; i.e., complete abandonment to Him that His Holy Spirit in us can then only return to Him, such LOVE. The Spirit of Jesus is conscious of one thing only__ a perfect oneness with the Father, and He says “Learn of Me, for I am meek and lowly in heart.” All I do ought to be built upon the sure foundation of His redemption unto a perfect [level] oneness with Him by the pursuit in "knowing Him". I posted this in another thread:
"Paul’s whole soul and mind and heart were taken up with the great matter of what Jesus Christ came to do, he never lost sight of that one thing (see l Corinthians 2:2)." In this it can be understood to mean Paul knew within himself that to pursue intimacy with God would bring the satisfaction he longed for. This is no different any righteous man before the cross would utter from his lips if put to the question of what he longed for.
This did not address my questions?