Verse 1

The change of man’s disposition

comes from various kinds of God’s work.

Without such changes, man’s unable

to bear witness, be after God’s heart.

The change of man’s disposition

shows he’s freed from Satan and darkness.

He’s truly a model of God’s work.

He’s after God’s heart, he’s God’s witness.

Pre-chorus

Those who bear testimony to God

must have knowledge of Him.

Only this testimony is real,

only this shames Satan.

Chorus

God uses those who’ve come to know Him

through being pruned and being dealt with,

through undergoing His judgment

to bear testimony to Him.

He uses those who’ve been corrupted

and who have changed their disposition,

and thus have obtained His blessings

to bear testimony to Him.

Verse 2

Today God incarnate’s come to earth,

and His work He has come to perform.

He requires man to know Him,

obey Him and bear witness to Him—

to know His normal, practical work,

obey His work, words, at odds with man’s notion,

witness to His work of saving man

and the deeds He’s done to conquer them.

Pre-chorus

Those who bear testimony to God

must have knowledge of Him.

Only this testimony is real,

only this shames Satan.

Chorus

God uses those who’ve come to know Him

through being pruned and being dealt with,

through undergoing His judgment

to bear testimony to Him.

He uses those who’ve been corrupted

and who have changed their disposition,

and thus have obtained His blessings

to bear testimony to Him.

Outro

He doesn’t need praise by mouth from man,

nor need the praise and testimony

of Satan’s ilk whom God has not saved.

Only those who know God can truly

bear testimony to Him;

only those who’ve been transformed

can be qualified for this.

Adapted from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Only Those Who Know God Can Bear Testimony to God