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Eating and drinking the words of God, making God’s words into your reality: that is a major event. It’s more important than anything else. If you haven’t entered into the reality of God’s words, no matter what duties you perform, no matter how far you run, all of it will be of no value. In the end, you’ll achieve no results and all you do will come to nothing. Regardless of the job you are doing, or what grand achievements you have made, it is just a wisp of smoke that will eventually pass out of sight. Only when a person enters into the reality of God’s words, obtains the truth they contain, and finds the principles, paths, and directions of practice in God’s words, then no one can take these things from them.

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It’s only when people have entered into these truth realities that their performance of their duties and all the price they’ve paid will have meaning and value. Only then will it be accepted by God. After you’ve entered into the reality of God’s word and practiced the principles and standards required by God’s word in everything you do, then your duty is not performed in vain and a part of it will be accepted by God. If you only rely on your own self-restraint, human perseverance, human brains and gifts, and human ways and methods to bear suffering and pay the price, then all that you do has nothing to do with God’s words. What the final result will be should be clear to you.

from The Word, Vol. 3. The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days. Treasuring God’s Words Is the Foundation of Belief in God