I

How God treats people does not hinge on how educated they are, or what kind of environment they were born in, or how talented they are. Rather, He treats people based on their attitude toward the truth. This attitude is related to their humanity, and also to their dispositions. If you believe in God you must be able to handle the truth correctly. If you have an attitude of humility and acceptance of the truth, then even if you're of slightly poor caliber, God will still enlighten you and allow you to gain something.

II

If you're of good caliber but are always arrogant and self-righteous, thinking that whatever you say is right and whatever others say is wrong, refusing whatever suggestions others propose, and even unaccepting of the truth, however it is fellowshipped about, and always resisting it, then can such a person as you gain God's approval? Will the Holy Spirit work on such a person as you? He will not. God will say that you have a bad disposition and are not worthy of receiving His enlightenment, and if you don't repent, He will even take away what you once had. This is what it is to be revealed.

III

Inside, such people are dried up, narrow-minded, and impoverished, and regardless of the situation, they fail to figure out and grasp principles or understand God's intentions, and only know to stick to regulations, speak words and doctrines, and show off in front of others. The upshot is that they have no understanding of any truth and haven't the slightest bit of truth reality, yet they remain so arrogant. They are utterly impervious to reason, and they can only be eliminated.

from The Word, Vol. 3. The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days. Part Three