I

People should seek the truth in all things;

no matter what befalls them,

they should be able to find the principles and paths of practice

based in God’s words,

and then go on to begin practicing the truth.

This is one step of pursuing the truth.

The purpose of seeking the truth

is to practice the truth and achieve submission to God.

But in order to practice the truth,

one must do so according to the truth principles.

That alone is the accurate practice of the truth;

that alone allows one to gain God’s approval.

So, being able to act according to the truth principles

is what pursuing the truth is meant to achieve.

Reaching this step means that one has entered into

the reality of practicing the truth.

II

Seeking the truth is done in order to resolve man’s corrupt dispositions.

When a person can put the truth into practice,

their corrupt dispositions will be cast off naturally,

and their practice of the truth achieves the result that God demands.

It is impossible for those who don’t pursue the truth

to accept the truth as their life,

so it is certain that their acts and behaviors will still be

revelations of a corrupt disposition,

that these things will be incompatible with the truth, and resistant to God.

III

Those who pursue the truth can accept the truth as their life,

they can cast off their corrupt dispositions,

put the truth into practice, and achieve true submission to God.

Those who pursue the truth will seek it

when things happen that are unclear to them.

They’ll no longer plot for their own sake and they’ll shun all evil,

with a heart that is compatible with God.

Those who pursue the truth submit ever more to God,

those who pursue the truth submit ever more to God,

and they can fear God and shun evil, living ever more as man is meant to.

Such changes are impossible for those who do not pursue the truth.

from The Word, Vol. 6. On the Pursuit of the Truth I. What It Means to Pursue the Truth (1)