I

When those who love the truth come to know themselves,

they can also seek and understand the truth to resolve their problems.

Only this sort of self-knowledge yields results,

only this sort of self-knowledge yields results.

Whenever a person who loves the truth reads a phrase of God’s words

that exposes and judges man, that exposes and judges man,

before anything else,

they have faith that God’s words that expose man are real and factual,

and that God’s words that judge man are the truth,

and that they represent God’s righteousness.

Lovers of the truth must, at least, be able to recognize this.

If you can be firm in your belief that all of God’s words are the truth,

and believe them all, no matter what God says or His manner of speaking,

if you are able to believe and accept God’s words

even if you don’t understand them,

it will be easy for you to reflect on and know yourself through them.

II

Self-reflection must be based in the truth. That is beyond doubt.

Only God’s words are the truth, only God’s words are the truth—

none of man’s words and none of Satan’s words are the truth,

none of man’s words and none of Satan’s words are the truth.

Satan has been corrupting mankind with all kinds of learning, teachings,

and theories for thousands of years,

and people have become so numb and dull-witted

that they not only lack the slightest knowledge of themselves,

but they even uphold heresies and fallacies and refuse to accept the truth.

Humans like these are irredeemable.

Those who have true faith in God believe that only His words are the truth,

they are able to know themselves on the basis of God’s words and the truth,

on the basis of God’s words and the truth,

and thereby achieve true repentance.

III

Some people do not pursue the truth, do not pursue the truth;

they base their self-reflection only on man’s learning,

and they admit to nothing more than sinful behavior,

and all the while, they’re unable to see through to their own corrupt essence.

Such self-knowledge is a futile endeavor.

One must base their self-reflection on God’s words,

and after reflecting,

gradually come to know the corrupt dispositions that they reveal.

One must be able to measure and know their deficiencies,

their humanity essence, their views on things, their life outlook and values,

based on the truth,

and then come to an accurate assessment and verdict on all these things.

In this way, they can gradually attain knowledge of themselves.

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