I

When people have a genuine understanding of God's disposition,

when they can see that God's disposition is real,

that it's truly holy, and truly righteous,

and when they can praise God's holiness and righteousness from their hearts,

then they will truly know God, and they will have gained the truth,

they will have gained the truth.

Only when people know God do they live in the light,

only when people know God do they live in the light.

The direct effect of truly knowing God

is being able to truly love and submit to God.

In people who truly know God, truly know God,

understand the truth, and gain the truth,

there is a real change in their worldview

and a real change in their outlook on life,

and then, a real change also occurs in their life disposition.

II

When people have the correct life goals, are able to pursue the truth,

and comport themselves according to the truth,

when they submit absolutely to God and live by His words,

when they feel peaceful and illuminated to the depths of their hearts,

when their hearts are free of darkness,

and when they can live entirely free and unrestrained in God's presence,

only then do they lead genuine human lives,

and only then have they become those who possess the truth and humanity.

All the truths that you have understood and gained

have come from God's words and from God Himself.

All the truths that you have understood and gained

have come from God's words and from God Himself.

Only when you gain the approval of God Most High—the Creator,

and He says that you're a qualified created being

who lives out a human likeness, lives out a human likeness,

will your life be most meaningful.

III

When people have the truth, they have strength.

When they have the truth,

they possess an inexhaustible energy that fills their body.

When they have the truth, they have determination.

When they have the truth, they have determination.

Without the truth, people are as soft as rotten vegetables;

when they possess the truth, they become as hard as steel.

No matter how bitter things are,

they won't feel bitter at all, they won't feel bitter at all.

You must understand

what's the significance of renouncing your family to expend for God,

and why you are doing it.

If you do it to pursue the truth and life, to pursue the truth and life,

and to fulfill your duty and repay God's love, this is completely just.

It's a positive thing, it's perfectly natural and justified.

If you clearly understand this significance,

you will have no regrets, and you won't be negative.

from The Word, Vol. 3. The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days. How to Know Man's Nature