The way of life is not something that any person can possess, nor is it something that every person can easily attain. This is because life can only come from God, which is to say, only God Himself possesses the essence of life, and only God Himself has the way of life. And so only God is the source of life, and the ever-flowing wellspring of the living water of life. Ever since the creation of the world, God has done a great deal of work that bears with it the vitality of life, He has done much work that brings life to man, and He has paid a great price that enables man to gain life. This is because God Himself is eternal life, and God Himself is the way by which man can be resurrected. God is never absent from the heart of man, and He lives among people at all times. He is the driving force of man’s living, the root of man’s survival, and a rich resource for man’s survival after birth. He enables people to be reborn, and enables them to live tenaciously in their own individual role. Relying on His power and His inextinguishable life force, man has lived for generation after generation, while the power of God’s life has consistently been providing support among man, and God has paid a price that no ordinary man has ever paid. God’s life force can prevail over any power; even more so, it surpasses any power. His life is eternal, His power extraordinary, and His life force cannot be overwhelmed by any created being or enemy force. The life force of God exists and shines with brilliant radiance regardless of time or place. Heaven and earth may undergo tremendous changes, but God’s life is forever the same. All things may pass away, but God’s life will still exist. This is because God is the source of the survival of all things, and the root that all things depend on for survival. Man’s life originates from God, heaven exists because of God, and the survival of the earth also stems from the power of God’s life. No thing alive can transcend the sovereignty of God, and no thing with vitality can escape the scope of God’s authority. In this way, regardless of who they are, all people must surrender to the dominion of God, all people must live under God’s governance, and none of them can escape from His hands.

—The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Only Christ of the Last Days Can Give Man the Way of Eternal Life