464 God Hopes to Gain Man’s True Faith and Love for Him
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God hopes when you understand the real side of God,
you will grow even closer to Him
and be able to more truly appreciate His love and care for mankind,
as well as be able to give your heart to God
and be delivered from suspicions and doubts about Him.
God is quietly doing everything for man,
doing it all silently through His sincerity, faithfulness, and love.
But He never has any apprehensions or regrets over anything He does,
nor does He ever need anyone to repay Him in any way
or have intentions of ever obtaining anything from mankind.
The only purpose of everything He has ever done
is so He can receive mankind’s true faith and love.
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When you truly have a deep appreciation and real knowledge
of God’s disposition and essence in your heart,
you will sense that God is right by your side—
you just had never genuinely accepted God into your heart.
God is quietly doing everything for man,
doing it all silently through His sincerity, faithfulness, and love.
But He never has any apprehensions or regrets over anything He does,
nor does He ever need anyone to repay Him in any way
or have intentions of ever obtaining anything from mankind.
The only purpose of everything He has ever done
is so He can receive mankind’s true faith and love.
from The Word, Vol. 2. On Knowing God. God’s Work, God’s Disposition, and God Himself I