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Why is it that people often confess their sins but do not repent? Why is it that they believe in God but can't put the truth into practice? Why is it that they believe in God for many years, but can't be compatible with Him? All this is caused by people's arrogant nature. Mankind has always rebelled against and resisted God, not accepted the truth whatsoever, and has even hated and rejected the truth. This is not because God's requirements of men are too high, but rather because people resist God too fiercely and ruthlessly, so much so that they would make God their enemy and crucify Him. Is such corrupt mankind not too fierce, arrogant, and unreasonable? God expresses so many truths, He has mercy on and saves people, and forgives their sins—but mankind does not accept the truth at all, they always condemn and resist God, and make themselves irreconcilable to God.

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Now, at what level is humanity's relationship to God? Man has become God's enemy, His antithesis. God expresses truth to expose, judge, and save people; people do not accept it or pay it any attention. People do not do what God requires of them; they instead go and do the things He hates and detests. God expresses the truth, but He is rejected by people. God judges and chastises people's corrupt dispositions, and not only do they not accept the truth, but they argue with and revolt against Him. How arrogant are people? Corrupt mankind brazenly denies and resists God. Even if they believe in God, they always pursue great blessing, reward, and entry into the kingdom of heaven; they also want to be rulers and wield authority. This is the model representation of arrogance, the very corrupt disposition of man.

from The Word, Vol. 3. The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days. An Arrogant Nature Is at the Root of Man's Resistance to God