I

Man has walked through the different periods together with God,

yet he knows not that God rules the fate of all things and living beings,

nor how God orchestrates and directs all things,

how God orchestrates and directs all things.

This has eluded man from time immemorial to the present day.

As for why, it’s not because the deeds of God are too hidden,

nor because the plan of God has yet to be realized,

but because the heart of man and spirit of man are too distant from God,

to the point where man remains in the service of Satan

even as he follows God—

and he still doesn’t know it.

II

No one actively seeks out God’s footsteps and God’s appearance,

and no one is willing to exist in the care and keeping of God.

Instead, they wish to rely on the corrosion of Satan, the evil one,

to adapt to this world,

and to the rules of existence that evil mankind follows, evil mankind follows.

At this point, the heart and spirit of man have become man’s tribute to Satan

and become Satan’s foodstuff.

Even more, the human heart and spirit have become a place

in which Satan can reside and its fitting playground.

III

Man unknowingly loses his understanding of the principles of being human,

and of the value and meaning of human existence.

The laws of God and the covenant between God and man

gradually fade away in man’s heart,

and he ceases to seek or pay heed to God, ceases to seek or pay heed to God.

With the passage of time, man no longer understands why God created him,

nor does he understand the words from the mouth of God

and all that comes from Him.

Man then begins to resist the laws and decrees of God,

resist the laws and decrees of God,

and his heart and spirit become deadened….

God loses the man that He originally created,

and man loses the root he originally had:

This is the sorrow of this human race.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. God Is the Source of Man’s Life