I

Satan uses fame and gain to control man’s thoughts, making people think of nothing but fame and gain. They struggle for fame and gain, suffer hardships for fame and gain, endure humiliation and bear heavy burdens for fame and gain, sacrifice everything they have for fame and gain, and they will make any judgment or decision for the sake of fame and gain. In this way, Satan places invisible shackles upon people, and, wearing these shackles, they have neither the strength nor the courage to break free. They unknowingly bear these shackles and trudge ever onward with great difficulty. It's for the sake of this fame and gain that mankind strays from God and betrays Him, and becomes increasingly wicked. In this way, one generation after another is destroyed in the midst of Satan’s fame and gain.

II

Maybe today you still cannot see through Satan’s sinister motives because you think that life would have no meaning without fame and gain, and you think that if people leave fame and gain behind, they will no longer be able to see the way ahead, no longer be able to see their goals, and their futures will become dark, dim and gloomy. But, slowly, you will all one day recognize that fame and gain are massive shackles that Satan places upon man. When that day comes, you will thoroughly resist Satan’s control and thoroughly resist the shackles brought to you by Satan. When the time comes that you wish to free yourself from all these things that Satan has instilled in you, you will then make a clean break with Satan and you will truly hate all that Satan has brought to you. Only then will you have a real love and yearning for God.

from The Word, Vol. 2. On Knowing God. God Himself, the Unique VI