I

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 that you are not of sin because of God’s salvation,

but this does not prove that you’re not sinful, and are not impure.

How can you be holy if you have not been changed?

Within, you’re beset by impurity, selfish and mean,

yet you still wish to descend with Jesus—

could such a wonderful thing be possible?

II

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 of changing and cleansing you;

otherwise you will be incapable of attaining holiness as you’ve only been redeemed.

In this way you’ll be unqualified to share in the good blessings of God,

for you have missed out 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.

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