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You only know that Jesus shall descend during the last days, but how exactly will He descend? A sinner such as you, who has just been redeemed, and has not been changed, or been perfected by God, can you be in line with God’s intentions? For you, you who are still of your old self, it is true that you were saved by Jesus, and you are not of sin because of God’s salvation, but this does not prove that you’re without sin or impurity. How can you be sanctified if you have not been changed? Within, you’re beset by impurity, selfish and base, yet you still wish to descend with Jesus—you should be so lucky!

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You have missed a step in your belief in God: You have merely been redeemed, but you have not been changed. For you to be in line with God’s intentions, God must personally do the work to change and cleanse you; otherwise you could not possibly become sanctified as you have only been redeemed. In this way you’ll be unqualified to enjoy the good blessings together with God, for you have missed a step in God’s work of managing man, which is the key step of changing and perfecting. You, a sinner who has just been redeemed, are therefore incapable of directly inheriting God’s inheritance.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Concerning Appellations and Identity