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God created this world and brought man into it—a living being to whom God gave life. In turn, man came to have parents and kin, and was no longer alone. Ever since man first laid eyes on this material world, he was destined to exist within the ordination of God. It’s the breath of life from God that supports each and every living being throughout growth into adulthood. During this process, no one feels that man is existing and growing up under God’s care; rather, they believe that man is growing up under the grace of parental upbringing, and they believe it is his own life instinct that directs his growing up. This is because man knows not who bestowed his life, or from whence it came, much less the way in which the instinct of life creates miracles.

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Man knows only that food is the basis on which his life continues, that perseverance is the source of his life’s existence, and that the beliefs in his mind are the very capital upon which his survival depends. Of God’s grace and provision, man is utterly oblivious, and it’s in this way that he fritters away the life bestowed upon him by God…. Not a single person, whom God cares for day and night, takes it upon themselves to worship Him. God just continues to work as He has planned on man, for whom there are no expectations. He does so in the hope that one day, man will awaken from his dream and suddenly realize the value and meaning of life, the price God has paid for all that He has given him, and the eagerness with which God desperately yearns for man to turn back to Him.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. God Is the Source of Man’s Life