Do you understand a bit more about the topic we just fellowshipped on—how God incarnate does not entice people? (Yes.) The things that I fellowshipped about are basically discussed in light of how God incarnate speaks and works—that is, discussed in light of the facts concerning how God speaks and works, and in light of God’s painstaking intentions. This allows people to see that within God’s speech, God’s work, and God’s essence, there is no element of enticing people that is found within corrupt humans or within Satan and devils, nor any such intention. Then how much do you know about God incarnate, this person with an ordinary appearance? And what facts are there that can prove that the humanity and the divine essence of God incarnate are one, that they do not contradict or clash with each other, that they are in agreement, and that God incarnate likewise shows no manifestations of enticing people like those found in Satan or corrupt humankind? How much do you know about this aspect? Or, what manifestations and revelations of God incarnate have allowed you to recognize this? This might be something most people don’t yet understand, right? That being the case, I have to present it to you in detail; I find it bothersome to always be presenting things like this. Actually, in interacting and associating with you, whether online or in real life, if you pay attention and carefully appreciate the manifestations and revelations of God incarnate in this regard, you can discover them. But you are unobservant, and moreover you feel that this is not an important issue. None of you take heed of this matter, so you cannot discover them. Regardless of whether you have taken heed or not, since this aspect involves the truth regarding knowing God, we must fellowship on it. When fellowshipping on the aspect of not enticing, looking at it from the way God incarnate interacts with people, the first thing you should understand is that I do not try to coax information out of you when I’m speaking or handling matters with you. Chatting is just chatting; I get straight to the point, I am direct, and I say whatever I’m thinking inside. Even if sometimes, out of consideration for your weakness or to spare your ego because of your immature stature, I adopt some wise methods to speak to you, I still do not try to coax information out of you, nor do I entice you to say something. If you are willing to speak, then speak; if you are not willing to speak about something, I will not try to ask you about it. I will not try to coax information out of you. If I would like to understand what’s going on with certain people, I’ll ask about them directly: “How is your church leader? How many years has the sister cooperating with you believed in God? Does she have a foundation in her belief in God? Do you think she is someone who pursues the truth? Have you run into any problems cooperating together?” Listen to these questions—are they of the nature of coaxing information out of people? (No.) If you don’t want to say something, I won’t force you to. I won’t resort to any tactics or schemes to entice you, nor will I do everything possible to draw out the contents of your heart. I have no such inclination, I am not interested in acting like this, and I would never do that. If you are willing to speak, without leaving anything out—regardless of whether what you say is relatively objective or contains personal bias, you can say it however you want—after I listen to you, I will make a specific analysis. But from My perspective, I speak to you very straightforwardly. The literal meaning of whatever I say is exactly what I’m trying to convey. If I want to know about something, I ask about it directly. If you always beat around the bush and do not speak directly, trying to play word games or mind games with Me, I simply won’t engage with you. I do not like playing word games, and I don’t resort to tricks either; I will never try everything possible to fish for information. Suppose I want to know about someone’s situation, such as how many years they have believed in God, whether they truly believe in God, what their comprehension of the truth is like, whether they do their duty full-time, or whether it would be worth it to try to cultivate them—if I need to know these things for the sake of the work, I will just ask directly. But as for the specifics of their private affairs or what they do behind the scenes in their private life, I do not ask about such things. What I want to learn about is your pursuit, your attitude toward the truth and your duty, and, should you be chosen as a leader, what your resolve, burden, and humanity are like, as well as how great your faith is—these are the things I want to learn about. As for your private matters, such as how much money you earn a month, what sordid things you’ve done, which members of the opposite sex you’ve dallied with, or whom you have deceived or cheated, I really do not want to know these things, and I never ask about them. Some people tell Me that they once committed transgressions involving the opposite sex. I say, “Don’t tell Me about such things. Go pray to God in private. If God forgives you, your heart will be moved. If God does not forgive you, then continue to pray. Do not tell Me; I do not want to hear these things.” When I meet with you, I mainly talk about matters of belief in God, church work, life entry, or the issues regarding your personal state that you ask about. It is mostly these things, and occasionally I also talk a bit about issues around the world. No matter what topic we discuss, I merely express My personal views and opinions on the topic at hand; you are free to think and say whatever you want. You can say whatever you want to say, and you can say as much as you want to say. If you feel that there is no need to be guarded against Me, you can say whatever you feel like saying. If you are guarded against and suspicious of Me in your heart, afraid that I will find out about your past or reveal your secrets, and you do not want to say too much, then I will not force you; I give you freedom. This is My principle for interacting with people. I will never try everything possible to find someone to secretly learn things about you just because you keep things to yourself, nor will I use various methods to your face to coax information out of you, getting you to say them yourself. I do not do such things. I never ask anyone to proactively divulge things to Me. You have no need to divulge anything to Me; I have no such requirement of you. Even if you do divulge things to Me, sparing no details, there is still one thing you cannot avoid: You must pursue the truth. It’s not that by coming clean to Me, you become an honest person, no longer need to pursue the truth, and can be spared from chastisement and judgment. Rather, no matter what you do, I will treat you however you ought to be treated, in My own way. But if we have a conversation or any sort of exchange, and you want to conceal things from Me, play mind games with Me, play word games, or play cat-and-mouse with Me, I will absolutely not use any methods or means to coax information out of you, to lure you into saying something, or to make you divulge anything. Do you understand? (Yes.)

Regarding this aspect of God not coaxing information out of people, there is something you must be clear on. God’s understanding of humankind is not based on certain specific revelations, their living out, or their ways of living in real life, nor is it based on people having done certain things. So, what are God’s understanding of humankind, and the attitude He takes toward them after having understood them, based on? They’re based on God’s understanding of Satan’s nature essence. Therefore, God’s understanding of humankind is that He understands they have corrupt dispositions, He understands their corrupt essence, and He understands how they are corrupted and fooled by Satan, as well as what fallacious thoughts and views Satan instills in them, and this understanding is enough. This is enough to judge and chastise you, and sufficient grounds for supplying you with the truth and life to save you. Therefore, do not think that when you interact or converse with Me, you must divulge things to Me. Some people say, “Didn’t You say that in interacting with You, we must first be open and honest?” Being open and honest is an attitude; it’s not equivalent to divulging things. It does not mean that, because you are a corrupt human being and a sinner, you must divulge everything to Me and explain everything clearly to Me. This is unnecessary; I have no such need, and My attitude toward you is not like this. If you think that being open and honest with Me means you must divulge everything to Me, this is wrong; it is a misunderstanding on your part. Do you understand? (Yes.) Therefore, even if there are many things and many words that are hard to say to My face or that you are unwilling to say, this does not mean you are not being open and honest; it just depends on what your mindset is. If there are things you are not comfortable saying, or you’re not willing to say them when there are lots of people around, then you don’t have to. You absolutely must not assume that I really want to know your background or really want to know your secrets. You absolutely must not misunderstand—I do not want to know these things at all. I do not want to know how you were in the past, nor do I want to know how you will be in the future; all that concerns Me is how you are now. Whether you are now someone who pursues the truth, how much of the truth you now understand, whether you have life entry every day, whether you have entered into the truths that need to be entered into in real life—such as being an honest person, doing your duty devotedly, submitting to God, and seeking the truth principles in all things—these are the only things that concern Me. Therefore, you absolutely must not have any misgivings about Me in your hearts, nor do you need to worry, saying, “To be an honest person, do I have to explain everything clearly to You and let You know everything? If I don’t say something, will You try everything possible to coax information out of me and entice me to speak?” My response to that is no. When we chat, converse, handle matters, and interact, it is enough for us to approach each other with an open and honest attitude and mindset, not trying to coax anything out of anyone. Coaxing information out of people is a common trick used in interactions between corrupt humans, and is a way of handling things they habitually resort to. Some people have a great interest in others’ private affairs or the things others do behind the scenes, especially when it comes to how others view and evaluate them, whether others think they’re lofty or insignificant, noble or lowly, and so on. Therefore, they often use the method of coaxing information out of others to find out about these things. To tell you the truth, I have no interest in these things at all. Do not think of Me as being like any ordinary person you interact with. I have never concerned Myself with whether I have status in your hearts—regardless of whether you view Me as noble or lowly, lofty or insignificant, I do not care about these things. Therefore, when you converse and interact with Me, do not entertain such misgivings. When corrupt humans interact with anyone, they are always wondering, “What status do I actually have in others’ hearts? Is their impression of me actually good or bad?” Some people are also always pondering, “What benefit can I get from interacting with them? What advantage can I gain? What position can I occupy in this group? Will other people think highly of me?” People are always thinking about these things and concerning themselves with them. I never ask these questions, and I do not try to find out about other people’s affairs. People always like to make inquiries about these things. This is a natural revelation of satanic corrupt dispositions, and it is also a common trait of corrupt humans. In one respect, people especially like to inquire into others’ private affairs and are particularly interested in them; in another respect, they especially want to know what their position and worth in others’ hearts is. In particular, some leaders and workers, or people who have some gifts and talents and a bit of prestige in the church, pay great attention to their status in others’ hearts and their rank within the group; most people care about this very much. Sometimes they ask others particular questions—their intention and purpose are not to resolve problems, but to find out whether others think highly of and worship them. This shows that they care very much about what position they hold in other people’s hearts. What is the use of knowing these things? So what if other people think highly of you? Can that replace your pursuit of the truth? If others look down on you, will you become negative and stop believing in God? What effect can others thinking highly of you have? Can it spur you on or encourage you? It has no effect at all. There are also some evil people who are always digging up information on others, inquiring about what others say about them behind their backs and what views they have of them, so as to find out who opposes them the most and is their enemy, and they even use various methods to coax the truth from others. Some people cannot withstand their enticement and ultimately divulge the truth, falling for their schemes as a result. The evil people then do everything possible to strike out at and retaliate against them, oppressing and excluding them in all sorts of scenarios, suppressing them so much that it becomes stifling for them, putting them in such agony that they wish they were dead, as if a great disaster has befallen them. Even when they pray to God, they cannot feel God’s guidance; they have no one to help them and are driven to the end of their rope by the evil people. Ultimately, they lose their faith. They think that even as a believer in God they can still encounter evil people and be persecuted and tormented by them; they feel that believing in God is too difficult, and they no longer want to believe. These evil people are not easy to get rid of. Offending an evil person is like being stung by a scorpion; you cannot shake them off or get away from them, and you have no faith to fight them yourself, so ultimately you are tormented by them. This corrupt humankind—whether devils that are of Satan or human beings with corrupt dispositions—has both this tendency and this essence. Because humans have corrupt dispositions, everyone has this problem to varying degrees; they all try to coax information out of other people for the sake of their own reputation, status, and interests, and can even catch people out to torment them. You see, in the early days of the founding of the People’s Republic of China, when the Communist Party wanted to torment the rightists, they told people, “National development needs people of talent. If you have any opinions about the Party or any brilliant ideas about national development, you should speak out. The speaker will not be blamed, but his words heeded as a warning. You must all offer your advice!” As a result, some people heard this and said, “Oh, the country is in ruins and waiting to be rebuilt; it needs people of talent like us. Since the country values people of talent so much, we must tell the truth.” Those intellectuals and high-ranking figures all told the truth, thinking nothing bad would happen. You see, Satan uses nice-sounding words to entice people to tell the truth. When people’s defenses are all down, they pour out everything in their hearts, and as a result, they fall right into Satan’s scheme. Satan says, “Good! Now I’ve caught you out, and I have evidence to punish you!” Right away, the Communist Party launched the Anti-Rightist Campaign and labeled all those who told the truth as rightists, and those intellectuals and high-ranking figures were tormented. Later, the Cultural Revolution began—all the renowned figures and capable people were thrown into “cowsheds” and made to wear placards labeling them “capitalist roaders” and “counterrevolutionaries.” As a result, many people were tormented miserably. You see, Satan does not understand man’s essence. It does not walk the right path itself, and it does not know what people think in their hearts. It just entices people to tell the truth and then catches them out and condemns them, cruelly torturing them to death. God created humankind. Humankind has undergone Satan’s corruption, becoming more and more deeply corrupted every step along the way. God has seen all of this under His watchful eyes; He understands it all too well, so He chooses the appropriate time to come and save people. God does not discuss things with people, nor does He consult them. When God’s time comes, He becomes flesh and comes among people to express the truth, expose people’s corrupt dispositions, and expose all of the different problems they have. By exposing people’s problems, He allows them to hear God’s voice, come before God, and know themselves. Then, God provides people with the truth so they can walk the right path. By means of this method and this approach, God saves humankind. Satan, however, always does everything possible to mislead and corrupt humankind. It does not care what people think, what they hope for, or what they lack; it just wants to entice people to sin, and entice them to leave God and betray God. It hinders people from reading God’s words and hinders them from coming before God. Satan always wants to tempt and entice people; it entices them to do evil, and entices them to drop all their defenses, so that when they are completely unguarded against it, they believe it is sincere and earnest, and then turn to it and rely on it. Next, having relinquished all their guardedness, they allow themselves to be fooled and corrupted by it, and are completely devoured by it, right? (Yes.) God knows humankind’s essence; He knows humankind’s corrupt dispositions; and He knows the root of humankind’s rebellion against and resistance to God. As such, without needing to understand what specific things you thought or did behind the scenes, or what private matters you have not divulged, He is already fully capable of exposing your nature essence, laying your corrupt dispositions and nature essence bare and bringing them fully to light, and on this basis, making you completely willing to accept God’s salvation. God’s aim in getting you to know your essence is to enable you to truly repent, submit to God, and turn to God—it is absolutely not to torment you and make you become negative and degenerate. You should understand God’s painstaking intentions. God has a sense of responsibility toward you and is concerned for you, so God does these things with great wisdom and in a very methodical way, fully considering you. Every step He takes is out of consideration for you; each step is meticulously arranged and planned. Although it does not accord with human notions, people can ultimately feel God’s painstaking intentions.

God is not the slightest bit careless regarding the matter of people’s salvation; rather, He has painstaking intentions and pours all His heart’s blood into this matter. On the basis of exposing people’s corrupt essence, through fellowshipping on various problems, He enables people to better understand their own problems and their own nature essence. Then, He provides for you in a positive sense, enabling you to understand what the truth is and what fallacy is, what is right and what is wrong, what positive things are and what negative things are, and then gradually embark on the right path. You see, all that God does for you is for the sake of saving you. Judging from all this work done by God incarnate, His starting point, whether viewed from the perspective of His humanity or from the perspective of His divinity, is consistent with that of the Creator. Therefore, when this incarnate Son of man interacts and associates with you, He likewise has this attitude, and His aim is to bring you onto the right track of believing in God and support you in embarking on the path of salvation. Thus, when I converse and interact with you, there is never an issue of Me trying to coax information out of you. If I ask you some questions, it’s just simply asking questions; I never use the method of coaxing information out of you to entice you to do things you are unwilling to do. That never happens. Do you understand now? (Yes.) In another respect, I never care about what views you have of Me in secret, nor would I ever think, “When you see that I’m relatively short, that My appearance is ordinary, and that I speak like this and have this tone of voice, will that cause you to develop notions? What kind of position do I hold in your hearts?” I never inquire into these things, and when I interact with you, I never use any methods to indirectly ask about how you view Me; I do not care about these things. Why do I not care? Because I do not value them. Being noble, grand, having status, having high value, being unique, great, and lofty—I do not care about these things. What does it matter whether one is lofty or not? What can that replace? Even if you have no notions about Me at all and can be completely obedient to Me, so what? Would that mean I could speak or work less than I do now? None of this can replace anything. Of course, this is secondary; the main thing is that I personally do not care about these things. I don’t know why I don’t care; I just don’t like concerning Myself with these things. When I do things for you, whether they are matters in your life, matters concerning your life entry, or matters concerning your destination and future, and whether it involves speaking some words or doing some specific things, I never wonder, “Is there anyone who is deeply grateful to Me behind the scenes? Is there anyone shedding tears of gratitude? Does anyone remember My kindness for doing these things?” I really do not concern Myself with such things, and I do not try to find out about them. In one respect, when I gather and fellowship with you, I never ask about these things; in another respect, when I fellowship with you about work, I don’t ask about them either. No matter which team I go to, I just ask, “How have you been recently? Are there any problems you cannot resolve? Can you grasp the principles when doing your duty?” I just talk about these things. I do not care how much influence the words I speak and the things I do have among you, how many people are grateful to Me, how many are not grateful, or how I should improve upon this work so that more people will be grateful; I do not do these things. I learn about how your duty is going, and point out your problems and deviations and have you correct them, so that you can do the work well. If some people are unappreciative or do not buy it, there is nothing I can do; that’s as far as I can go. In your daily lives, I have done My best to arrange things for you and help you. If a few individuals are dissatisfied, there is nothing I can do; that’s because their personal demands are too much. I just repeatedly emphasize what principles God’s house follows in doing this and what its purpose in doing so is, and that is enough. When I go to some places and see some people fellowshipping, talking about what God says and does, I leave immediately. I do not eavesdrop. I am not curious, and I do not wonder, “What are you saying about Me? Are you speaking ill of Me? Are you saying things about Me that are based on notions? If so, I will do everything possible to torment you and take you down a peg.” I do not do these things; you can say whatever you like. The lesson of knowing God takes a long time to learn; it does not happen overnight. Whether your fellowship on knowing God is adulterated with notions or is your genuine understanding, it does not involve right or wrong; it only involves whether it is in line with the truth. Therefore, if your fellowship on a topic contains distortions, I can correct them for you. If there are notions and imaginings, we can fellowship about them. If what you fellowship is all correct and aligns with the truth, but is just a bit shallow, then just come to acquire knowledge gradually.

Do you now understand this aspect, that God does not coax information out of people? (Yes.) Not coaxing information out of people means that when I speak and chat with you, I do so from the position of an ordinary person. I am not domineering or condescending, and I do not suppress you. My principle for how I interact with you is to converse with you honestly and from the heart, without enticement and without coaxing anything out of you. That is, I do not set traps for you, and I do not say specious things. It’s just that if some things are not the main topic, I might just make a general, summarizing statement and move on, not speaking too specifically, but it won’t be specious either. That is, the words I speak do not entice you to think in an incorrect direction, to sin, to degenerate, to develop notions about God, or to have misunderstandings about and be guarded toward God, much less do they make you develop an attitude of doubt toward some aspect of the truth. In what I say, there are no words like what Satan said: “You shall not necessarily die”—this “not necessarily” is enticing in nature. When I speak to you, I don’t use any enticing words like “not necessarily.” You can look and check whether there are any such words in all the content I have fellowshipped. There are certain words that you probably cannot be certain of or understand thoroughly, namely words like “perhaps” and “maybe.” You might not realize My principles or reasons for using such words. I have a reason for using such words. It’s because the various aspects of the truth we fellowship are not directed at one type of person, nor are they directed at a certain individual, but are directed at all people who follow God and accept God’s words. Once “all” is mentioned, this includes the states of all kinds of different people. That is, the same problem covers the states of many types of people under different conditions and in different environments, so it can only be expressed using “perhaps” and “maybe.” What do “perhaps” and “maybe” mean? They mean, perhaps you are in this state, perhaps you are in that state, perhaps you are in such an environment, or perhaps you are in that kind of environment. But this “perhaps” is not meant to convey uncertainty; rather, it means that what is being said applies only to some people. These words “perhaps” and “maybe” do not have the enticing sense of Satan’s “not necessarily die”; I use these words to provide tailored fellowship, helping you identify which state you have and which environment you’re in. Precisely because I am faced with so many groups of people, and the various states people have are so complex, I can only express things using “perhaps” and “maybe,” and then let you see where you fit in. Do you understand this issue? (Yes.) Now that you understand this issue, let’s move on to the next topic.

There is another topic within the subject of God incarnate not enticing people, which is that He does not instigate people—He will never instigate you to do something. What lies behind the instigation referred to here are unjust, wrong, or fallacious things, or evil deeds that make you degenerate, resist God, or turn away from the right path. When God incarnate speaks with you, interacts and associates with you, and leads you, the words He speaks and the work He does are all aimed at bringing you before God and onto the right path. Every word He speaks is so that you can better understand the truth of the facts, be able to know people, events, and things from the correct viewpoint and stance, and be able to more accurately understand God’s intentions and God’s required standards. Not a single word God speaks is meant to instigate you to resist God, or to go and do battle against Satan, making meaningless sacrifices. When it comes to how people should treat God, God’s intention is for people to be able to submit to Him and treat Him from the perspective of a created being. No matter what things one encounters, before all else, the attitude they should possess is to accept them from God and submit to God from the perspective of a created being. This is in terms of the big picture; of course, this is also the purpose behind all the words I speak and the principle I require of you. As for how you treat Satan, the world, the hostile forces that persecute you, and anyone else who persecutes you, the principle I require of you is to use wisdom in how you treat them. Just as the Lord Jesus said, “Be you therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves” (Matthew 10:16). You must submit to God like doves, and have the wisdom of serpents in how you treat this world, those who are hostile to you, evil people, powerful hostile forces, and powerful regimes that are hostile to God. In more practical terms, when it comes to encountering evil people and antichrists in the church, or when it comes to facing external hostile forces, we have fellowshipped some more specific pieces of wisdom and ways of treating them. These ways of treating them and specific principles of practice, in one respect, help you know more accurately how to act and what principles to uphold to accord with God’s intentions, which is important. In another respect, they are meant to protect you—to ensure your personal safety, and to protect you from falling into temptation, being enticed by Satan, being caught out by Satan, and being carried off by Satan, as well as from falling into difficult situations, falling into negativity and weakness, and lacking the faith to follow God as a result of being harassed and controlled by hostile forces—in short, to protect you in every way possible. My aim in teaching you to be wise and in teaching you the way you should walk is to enable you to solidly hold fast to your proper place, successfully complete the duty God has entrusted to you in a way that is up to standard, and walk this path well. If you fall into temptation, into various predicaments, or into Satan’s snare or encirclement, or face difficult situations or life-threatening danger, then it will not be easy for you to complete the duty God has entrusted to you and pursue the truth to attain salvation. Whether you can attain salvation will be an unknown, a big question mark—it will become a problem for you. So, I tell you to be harmless as doves and wise as serpents. Being wise as serpents is very important; it enables you to treat various evil people, antichrists, various fallacies and heresies, and various forces that persecute and suppress you with wisdom and principles, so that you can safely and successfully get to the end of the path and have hope of attaining salvation. Thus, in general, when God’s house encounters matters that involve dealing with the outside world, it will find some brothers and sisters with wisdom and real-world experience to handle them. As for those who are young and of small stature, or those who are foolish and have no real-world experience, or even some muddled people, we do not encourage them to go deal with such things, and God’s house would not arrange for them to do so either. Some people outwardly seem quite bold and capable, but actually have no wisdom. What is it called when someone has no wisdom but is quite bold? This is called acting recklessly; in colloquial terms, it is being a hothead. If someone like this goes to handle matters that involve dealing with the outside world, problems will definitely arise. So, when encountering these matters that involve dealing with the outside world, if it is necessary for the church to do this work, we find the right people to do it. This approach is very good. Whether it is the man used by the Holy Spirit or Me, we never arrange for you to go to the streets to demonstrate and protest, much less do we ever require you to engage in political rights advocacy or preach the gospel to certain kinds of famous people; God’s house never does these things. Have you ever known God’s house to make these kinds of work arrangements? (No.) Even with preaching the gospel, it is preached to those in religion who thirst for the truth; there is no need to pay attention to those Pharisees and those who eat their fill of loaves. God’s house never instigates you to take risks or lets you fall into temptation or into Satan’s snare; that is, it does not push you into a fiery pit, but does everything possible to protect you with the capabilities and resources currently available to God’s house. See, isn’t this how God’s house does things? (Yes.) For example, if a place catches fire, you should call the fire department to put out the fire, and the brothers and sisters should quickly evacuate; it is safer to let professionals do the firefighting work. This is to protect you from taking risks, falling into temptation, and falling into Satan’s snare. Similarly, regarding the various negative figures that appear in the church, such as antichrists, evil people, and disbelievers, God allows them to appear. I fellowship with you to help you learn to discern them, then teach you what methods to use to treat them, and finally, God’s house establishes administrative decrees on how to handle these people, classifying them by kind and, after clearly discerning antichrists, evil people, disbelievers, and those who cause disruptions and disturbances, cleansing them away, so that you can do your duty with peace of mind. Tell Me, how does God’s house do with this item of work? (It does it well.) After this work is done well, there are no more people causing disruptions and disturbances in the churches of various countries, and church life becomes peaceful. Once evil people are cleared out, the church immediately becomes peaceful. Most people’s hearts become settled, they can gather normally, the order of church life becomes normal, and various kinds of work can also be carried out normally. Looking at it from this angle, then, does the truth hold power in God’s house? (Yes.) God’s house does this work to allow the majority of people who are willing to pursue the truth, who can accept the truth, and who have a bit of sincerity toward their duty to do their duty, listen to sermons, and pursue the truth with peace of mind—this is in terms of the church’s work. In addition, as for Me, when I interact with you and handle matters, isn’t everything I consider for you done to protect you to the utmost? (Yes.) Have I instigated you to do the things evil people do or walk the path evil people walk? (No.) In one respect, I provide you with the truth so that you can understand the truth principles, see through things, discern various kinds of people, treat various evil people with wisdom, and stay away from them. And in another respect, when you encounter dangerous matters, I tell you how to handle them. I tell you how—on the foundation of submitting to God’s orchestrations—to avoid falling into Satan’s temptation and snare, and I tell you to not be foolish, and to stay away and steer clear when you see something that will lead to misfortune. I never incite, instigate, or encourage you to go to dangerous places; rather, I tell you that if your current city is dangerous and you’ll be persecuted there, you should flee to another city. You see, don’t you have a path to practice in this way? (Yes.) I have never said, “The CCP suppresses and afflicts us so much, and this humankind is so wicked that they cannot tolerate us, so we must fight them! Take to the streets with slogans and banners to demonstrate, and expose the darkness and evil of this world!” I have never said such things, nor have I asked you to do these things. I’ve said so much all for the purpose of helping you accept and pursue the truth, and I also often tell you that no matter where you live, you must conduct yourselves in a rule-abiding manner, do things dutifully, abide by the law, and not let nonbelievers catch you out or cause trouble. We do not participate in the politics of nonbelievers, nor do we antagonize any government. We just do our duty—doing it well and finishing the work we ought to do without drawing attention, bearing good witness for God. This is the most important thing; there is no need to concern ourselves with anything else. Isn’t this what I have told you? (Yes.) We seek to know this world, to know evil trends, and to know the corrupt essence of corrupt humankind not so that we can go against the current or oppose any country or government, but so that we can better understand the truth and further confirm that God’s words are the truth. The goal of knowing these things is to be able to submit to God, embark on the right path, and accept God’s salvation. The darkness of the world has nothing to do with us—we have bid farewell to it, have we not? Are you clear on this aspect, that God does not instigate people? (Yes.) I fellowship with you on this aspect—that God does not instigate people—primarily to tell you that, in everything you do, you must clearly know what the principles of your actions are. In everything you do, do not rely on impetuousness or a moment’s courage to fight with people or demand an explanation; rather, you must have principles in everything you do, and strive to follow God’s way, strive to act according to the truth principles and God’s intentions, and act in accordance with God’s intentions. Are you clear on this aspect? (Yes.) God incarnate’s deeds and revelations do not serve to instigate you; this is also an aspect that you should know. Of course, after you gain knowledge of it, you should be more certain of what path you should walk and what way you should follow, rather than just having doctrinal knowledge of it and leaving it at that.