I

If, after a period of experience, you are able to know

the work done by God and every step of His work,

and if you have gained thorough knowledge

of God’s aims in speaking His words,

and why so many words He has spoken have not been fulfilled,

then you may boldly and without holding back pursue the road ahead,

free from worry and refinement, free from worry and refinement.

You should see by what means God achieves so much of His work,

by what means God achieves so much of His work.

He uses the words He speaks, refining man and transforming his notions

by means of many different kinds of words.

He uses the words He speaks, refining man and transforming his notions

by means of many different kinds of words.

II

All the suffering that you’ve endured,

all the refinement that you have undergone,

the pruning that you’ve accepted within you,

the enlightenment that you’ve experienced—

these have all been achieved by means of the words God has spoken.

On what account does man follow God? He follows because of the words of God!

The words of God are deeply mysterious,

and they can moreover move man’s heart, move man’s heart,

reveal things buried deep within it,

make him know things that happened in the past,

and allow him to penetrate into the future.

III

So man endures suffering because of God’s words,

and is also made perfect because of God’s words:

Only at this time does man follow God.

Only at this time does man follow God.

What man should do in this stage is accept the words of God,

and regardless of whether he is made perfect or subjected to refinement,

the words of God are what is key.

This is the work of God,

and this is also the vision that man should know today.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Only Those Who Know God Can Bear Testimony to God