558 Understand Yourself According to God’s Words
Verse 1
People’s knowledge of their nature
is too superficial,
far removed from God’s words
of judgment and revelation.
It’s not deep or substantial.
They focus on external acts.
Even if they claim self-knowledge,
it wouldn’t be profound.
Pre-chorus
No one’s ever thought this is how they are,
that this is their nature,
because they’ve done such a thing
or revealed something.
Chorus
God’s revealed the nature of humanity,
but humans understand their way of doing things,
their way of speaking are flawed in reality,
so they find it hard to practice truth.
Verse 2
People think that their mistakes
are careless, fleeting expressions
rather than truths of their nature.
Those who see it this way
can’t put truth into practice,
for they don’t thirst after truth
or accept truth as it is.
They just carelessly follow the rules.
Pre-chorus
No one’s ever thought this is how they are,
that this is their nature,
because they’ve done such a thing
or revealed something.
Chorus
God’s revealed the nature of humanity,
but humans understand their way of doing things,
their way of speaking are flawed in reality,
so they find it hard to practice truth.
Bridge
People don’t view their own nature
as being so corrupt,
believing they’re not bad enough
to be punished or destroyed,
thinking it’s alright to lie sometimes,
and that they’re better than before.
But they’re nowhere near the standards.
By not putting truth into practice,
people only have some actions
that don’t clearly defy truth.
Chorus
God’s revealed the nature of humanity,
but humans understand their way of doing things,
their way of speaking are flawed in reality,
so they find it hard to practice truth.
Adapted from The Word, Vol. 3. The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days. Part Three