I

Coming to know the essence of God is no trifling matter.

You must understand His disposition, understand His disposition.

In this way, you will, gradually and unknowingly,

come to know the essence of God, come to know the essence of God.

When you have entered into this knowledge,

you will find yourself stepping into a higher and more beautiful state.

In the end, you will come to feel ashamed of your hideous soul,

and moreover, will feel that there is nowhere to hide from your shame.

At that time, there will be less and less in your conduct

to offend God’s disposition,

your heart will come closer and closer to that of God,

and a love for Him will gradually grow in your heart.

This is a sign of mankind entering a beautiful state.

II

But as yet, you have not attained this, you have not attained this.

As you all rush about for the sake of your destiny,

who has any interest in trying to know the essence of God?

Who has any interest in trying to know the essence of God?

Should this continue,

you will unknowingly transgress against the administrative decrees,

for you understand far too little of the disposition of God.

So is not what you do now

laying down a foundation for your offenses against the disposition of God?

That God asks you to understand God’s disposition

is not divorced from His work.

For if you transgress against the administrative decrees often,

who among you will escape punishment?

Would God’s work then not have been entirely in vain?

III

Therefore, God still asks that,

in addition to scrutinizing your own conduct,

you be cautious in the steps you take, be cautious in the steps you take.

This is the higher demand that God makes of you,

and He hopes that you’ll all consider it carefully

and give it your earnest regard.

Should a day come when your actions provoke Him to a towering rage,

when your actions provoke Him to a towering rage,

then the consequences will be yours alone to consider,

and there will be no one else to bear the punishment in your place.

Should a day come when your actions provoke Him to a towering rage,

when your actions provoke Him to a towering rage,

then the consequences will be yours alone to consider,

and there will be no one else to bear the punishment in your place.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. It Is Very Important to Understand God’s Disposition