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Right now, the most pressing matter you should put into practice is that when things happen to you, you should hurry to seek the truth, make your hearts peaceful before God, and pray to God and read His words with a heart of submission to God. This way, you'll be able to establish a normal relationship with God. If you believe in God but have nothing to do with Him, if you still believe in the vague god, if you don't have a normal relationship with the practical God, then can God acknowledge that you believe in Him? Can God acknowledge that you believe in Him? In your heart, you must be clear on how to pursue in order to have God acknowledge you as a member of His house, as one of His followers. Don't be intransigent or rebellious, and you absolutely cannot distance yourself from God; you must come before God and accept Him as your Lord.

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Hurry to eat and drink God's words, accept all the truth He has expressed, put it into practice and experience it, and enter into reality—this is the most important part. If you can apply these words in your lives and make them the reality you live out, then you will have made some gains. The key to believing in God is that you must have God in your heart, be able to act based on God's words, honor God as great in your heart, and submit to God; you must put all the things you do before God, and make sure they have a relationship with God. You must have the reality of belief in God. It is very important for people to practice the truth, and to enter into the truth reality is even more important. People who have the truth reality naturally come to fear God; those who have God-fearing hearts naturally are able to tread onto the path of salvation.

from The Word, Vol. 3. The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days. Only With Fear of God Can One Tread Upon the Path of Salvation