I

In your minds, the God in heaven

is very upstanding, righteous, and great,

worthy of worship and admiration;

while this God on earth

is but a substitute, and an instrument, of the God in heaven.

You believe this God could not be the equal of Him,

much less be mentioned in the same breath as Him.

When it comes to the greatness and honor of God,

they belong to the glory of the God in heaven,

but when it comes to man’s nature and corruption,

they’re attributes in which the God on earth has a part.

II

In your minds, the God in heaven is eternally lofty,

while the God on earth is forever insignificant, weak, incompetent.

You think the God in heaven

has no fleshly feelings, only righteousness,

while the God on earth has only selfish motives

and is without any fairness or reason.

You think God in heaven isn’t crooked at all and is always faithful,

while the God on earth always has a dishonest side.

The God in heaven loves man dearly,

while the God on earth shows man inadequate care,

even neglecting man entirely.

This fallacious knowledge has long been kept within your hearts

and may also be perpetuated in the future.

III

You regard all deeds of Christ from the standpoint of the unrighteous

and evaluate all His work, as well as His identity and essence,

from the perspective of the evil.

You’ve made a grave mistake

and done that which has never been done by those coming before you.

That is, you serve only the lofty God in heaven,

and never attend to the God

whom you regard as so insignificant that He’s invisible to you.

Is this not your sin?

Is this not a classic example of your offense against the disposition of God?

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. How to Know the God on Earth