I

God hopes only that you’re able

not to let the pains God has taken go to waste,

and more than that, you can understand the thoughtful care He has taken,

and treat His words as the foundation of how you behave as a human being.

Whether or not they’re the kind of words to which you are willing to listen,

whether or not you enjoy accepting them

or can only accept them with discomfort,

you must treat them seriously, you must treat them seriously.

Otherwise, your casual and unconcerned dispositions and demeanors

will upset God seriously and indeed, disgust Him.

II

God very much hopes all of you can read His words over and over again—

thousands of times—and that you may even come to know them by heart.

Only in this way will you be able not to fail God’s expectations of you.

However, none of you is living like this now.

Instead, you’re all immersed in a debauched life,

a life of eating and drinking to your heart’s content,

and none of you uses God’s words to enrich your heart and soul.

For this reason,

God has come to a conclusion about mankind’s true countenance:

Man can betray God at any time, at any time,

and no one can be absolutely faithful to His words.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. A Very Serious Problem: Betrayal (1)