I

The work of the Holy Spirit is principled, and it has prerequisites.

On which kind of person does the Holy Spirit usually do His work?

At the very least, they must possess a conscience and an honest heart,

and their conscience must have an element of honesty, an element of honesty.

Only when you possess an honest heart,

the conscience and reason that humanity ought to possess,

can the Holy Spirit perform His work upon you, perform His work upon you.

The Holy Spirit usually does His work upon those who are honest.

He works upon those who have difficulties and seek the truth.

God pays no heed to those who don’t have any humanity,

who don’t have any conscience or reason at all.

II

If someone is very honest,

but for a period of time, their heart departs from God,

not wanting to try to be better, stuck in a negative state,

neither praying nor seeking the truth to resolve all this,

unwilling to cooperate—

in this state of temporary darkness, temporary degradation,

the Holy Spirit does not do His work.

How much less will He do it for someone

who fundamentally has no awareness of humanity?

God pays no heed to people who have no conscience or reason,

who do not love the truth.

The only way out for them is to truly repent,

to become honest people, to become honest people,

and only then can they receive the work of the Holy Spirit.

III

You must open your heart to God and seek the truth from Him,

and when you understand the truth you must be able to put it into practice

and submit to God’s arrangements,

which all amounts to giving your heart to God.

Only then can you be accepted by God.

You must first rebel against your flesh,

give up your own vanity and pride, give up your own interests,

throw yourself into your duty, both body and mind,

do your duty with a submissive heart,

and believe in your heart that as long as you satisfy God,

it does not matter what you suffer.

If you encounter difficulties, and you pray to God and seek the truth,

see how God leads you,

and whether or not you have peace and joy in your heart,

whether or not you have this evidence.

IV

The work of the Holy Spirit has prerequisites.

God is a God who abhors evil, and He’s a holy God.

If people always pursue fame, gain, and status,

and can’t give them up from beginning to end,

if their hearts are closed to God, if they do not dare open up to Him,

if they always reject His work and guidance, then He does nothing.

God does not have to perform His work upon every person.

God does not compel you, and His work is especially gentle.

You would think as if you had unconsciously understood and awakened.

This is how the Holy Spirit moves people.

So if someone wants to receive the Holy Spirit’s work,

they must truly repent and truly cooperate, truly repent and truly cooperate.

from The Word, Vol. 3. The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days. In Giving One’s Heart to God, One Can Obtain the Truth