I

Today, you cannot only be content with how you're to be conquered, but must also consider how you should walk the path that lies ahead of you. You must have the resolve and the courage to be made perfect, and should not always think yourself incapable. Can the truth show any partiality? Can the truth deliberately oppose people? If you pursue the truth, can it overwhelm you? If you stand firm for justice, will it knock you down? If it's truly your resolve to pursue life, can life elude you?

II

If you're without the truth, that's not because the truth ignores you, but because you stay away from the truth; if you can't stand fast for justice, that's not because there's something wrong with justice, but because you believe justice distorts the facts; if you have not gained life after many years of pursuit, that's not because life shows you no conscience, but because you show life no conscience, and have driven away life; if you live in the light yet have not gained the light, that's not because the light is unable to illuminate you, but because you have not paid any attention to the existence of the light, and so the light has quietly departed from you.

III

If you don't pursue, then it can only be said that you're worthless trash, and lack the courage to live, and don't have the spirit to resist the forces of darkness. You're too cowardly! You're unable to break free from the siege of Satan's forces, and are only willing to spend your life in this kind of peace and security, and die in ignorance. The pursuit of being conquered is what you ought to achieve; this is your bounden obligation. If you are content with just being conquered, then you are driving out the existence of the light.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. The Experiences of Peter: His Knowledge of Chastisement and Judgment