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There are no limits to the lesson of “loving God.” Even though God does not make great demands of man, people have yet to attain God’s original requirements of man; in other words, they have yet to invest all their strength in loving God. Thus, God still makes His requirements of people, right up until this work has had an effect and He gains glory in this work. Only when the love of man on earth is elicited can it be said that “God has conquered man.” This love of God is not tainted by man; it’s an unadulterated love, like a faithful wife’s love for her husband, or the love of Peter. God wants the love of Jesus for Jehovah, the love between the Father and the Son: “only thinking of the Father, without consideration of personal loss or gain, loving only the Father, and none other, and asking for nothing else.” Is man capable of this?

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How much love for God is really in you? The reason why Jesus was able to stand upon the cross was because His experiences on earth were sufficient to shame Satan, and only thus did God the Father boldly allow Him to complete that stage of work; it was because of the hardship He’d suffered and His God-loving heart. But you are not so qualified. Thus, you must continue experiencing, achieving having God in your heart, and nothing else—can you accomplish this? Only a few beneath the heavens love God—but can you be a pioneer, breaking the world record and loving God? God asks nothing of man. Are you incapable of achieving even this? What else is there to say?

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Interpretations of the Mysteries of “God’s Words to the Entire Universe,” Chapters 44 and 45