I

The end of all things draws near;

all heaven and earth has reached its conclusion.

How could man escape the final days of human existence?

How can those who fear God and long for Him to appear

not see the day of the appearance of God's righteousness?

How can they not receive the final reward for goodness?

Are you one who does good, or one who does evil?

Are you one who accepts righteous judgment and then submits,

or are you one who accepts righteous judgment and then is cursed?

Do you live before the seat of judgment in light,

or do you live in Hades amidst the darkness?

Are you yourself not the one who knows most clearly

whether your end will be one of reward, or one of punishment?

Are you not the one who knows most clearly

and understands most deeply that God is righteous?

So just what are your conduct and heart like?

How much have you given up for God?

How deeply do you worship God?

Don't you know most clearly your behavior towards Him?

You should know better than anyone what end you will ultimately meet!

II

Truly, God tells you:

God only created mankind, and He created you,

but He did not hand you to Satan;

neither did He intentionally make you rebel against or resist Him

and therefore be punished by Him.

Aren't all these calamities and afflictions

because your hearts are too hard and your conduct too despicable?

So is the end you will meet not determined by you yourselves?

Do you not know better than anyone,

in your hearts how you will end?

The reason God conquers people is to reveal them,

and the better to bring you salvation, salvation.

It is not to make you commit evil,

nor is it to deliberately make you walk into the hell of destruction.

When the time comes, all your great suffering,

your weeping and gnashing of teeth—

will it not all be because of your sins?

Thus, is not your own goodness or your own evil the best judgment of you?

Is it not the best proof of what your end will be?

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. The Inside Truth of the Work of Conquest (1)