I

For all people, refinement is excruciating,

and very difficult to accept—

yet it’s during refinement

that God makes plain His righteous disposition to man,

and makes public His requirements for man,

and provides more enlightenment and more practical pruning.

Through the comparison between the facts and the truth,

man gains a greater knowledge of himself and the truth,

and a greater understanding of His intentions,

thus allowing man to have a truer and purer love of God.

Such are God’s aims in carrying out the work of refinement.

II

All the work God does in man has its own aims and significance;

God does not do meaningless work,

nor does He do work that is without benefit to man,

nor does He do work that is without benefit to man.

Refinement doesn’t mean removing people from before God,

nor does it mean destroying them in hell.

Rather, it means changing man’s disposition during refinement,

changing their intentions, their old views,

changing their love for God, and changing their whole life.

Refinement is a practical test of man, and a form of practical training,

and only during refinement can their love serve its inherent function,

can their love serve its inherent function.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Only by Experiencing Refinement Can Man Possess True Love