I

Most people think that submission means to do what they are told and not resist or rebel when facing an issue. To them, this is submission. In fact, God has people resolve their rebelliousness and corruption at the same time that they submit to Him so that they may attain true submission. This is the truth of submission. People ultimately come to know that everything God asks people to do is something they ought to do. In this are God's intentions, and people should submit to Him unconditionally. If a person can come to know this much, they understand the truth of submission and can practice submission to God and satisfy Him.

II

The process where people submit to God is one by which God cleanses people. That is, God uses the truth of submission to cleanse and restrain people and to guide them to come before God and know themselves, to understand their own rebelliousness, their own corrupt disposition, and their own nature that resists God. This is what it means to understand one's own essence. Finally, people can understand the ugliness of the depths of their corruption, realize where they should stand as created beings, they have true submission to God, and they no longer make unreasonable demands. This is the intended result that is achieved. This is what it means to enter into the reality of the truth.

III

When you submit to the very end, you don't research what God says, you don't have your own personal opinions, and you don't have your personal considerations, desires, and ambitions. You are able to accept what God says to the letter and practice in accordance with His words. This is what it means to obey the commands of God and follow His way. In this way, God's process of cleansing you has come to an end. Your corruption has been cleansed, and your true identity as a created being has been restored. This is what it means to find your place and stand firmly in it.

from The Word, Vol. 3. The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days. Only Those Who Understand the Truth Have Spiritual Understanding