I

After several thousand years of corruption, man is numb and dull-witted;

he has become a demon that opposes God,

such that man’s rebelliousness toward God

has been recorded in the books of history,

and even man himself is incapable

of giving a full account of his rebellious behavior—

for man has been profoundly corrupted by Satan,

and has been led astray by Satan such that he knows not where to turn.

Even today, man still betrays God:

When man sees God, he betrays Him,

and when he cannot see God, so too does he betray Him.

There are even those who, having witnessed the curses of God

and having witnessed the wrath of God, still betray Him.

And so God says that man’s sense has lost its original function,

and that man’s conscience, too, has lost its original function.

The man God looks upon is a beast in human attire, he’s a venomous snake.

II

Man’s disposition has become supremely vicious,

his sense has grown supremely dull,

and his conscience has been completely trampled by the evil one

and long ago ceased to be the original conscience of man.

Man is not only ungrateful to God incarnate

for bestowing so much life and grace upon mankind,

but has even become resentful toward God for giving him the truth.

Man has not the slightest interest in the truth,

so he has grown resentful toward God, he has grown resentful toward God.

Not only is man unable to lay down his life for God incarnate,

but he also tries to extract favors from Him,

and claims an interest that is dozens of times

greater than what man has given to God.

People of such conscience and sense think this is no great matter,

and still believe that they have expended so much of themselves for God,

and believe that God has given them too little, has given them too little.

With such a humanity and conscience, how could you still wish to gain life?

What contemptible wretches you are!

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. To Have an Unchanged Disposition Is to Be in Enmity to God