I

Today, all want to find the prophecies

of the work of the last days in the Bible,

they want to discover what work God does during the last days,

and they want to discover what signs there are for the last days.

In this way, their worship of the Bible becomes more fervent.

The closer it gets to the last days,

the more blind credence they give to the Bible’s prophecies,

particularly those about the last days.

With such blind faith in the Bible,

with such trust in the Bible,

they have no desire to seek the work of the Holy Spirit.

II

In people’s notions,

they think that only the Bible can bring the Holy Spirit’s work;

only within it can they find God’s footsteps;

only the Bible hides mysteries of God’s work,

and can explain all of God and His work,

and no other book or person will do;

the Bible can bring the work of heaven to earth

and can both begin and conclude the ages.

With these notions, people have no inclination

to search for the work of the Holy Spirit.

So, regardless of how much of a help

the Bible was to people in the past,

it has become an obstacle to the latest work of God.

III

Without the Bible,

people can search for the footsteps of God elsewhere,

yet today, His footsteps have been contained by the Bible,

and extending His latest work has become doubly difficult,

and an uphill struggle.

This is all because of the famous chapters and sayings from the Bible,

as well as the various prophecies,

the various prophecies of the Bible.

IV

The Bible has become an idol in people’s minds,

it’s become a puzzle in their brains.

They simply can’t believe God can work outside of the Bible;

they can’t believe people can find God outside of the Bible,

much less believe God could depart from the Bible

during the final work and start anew.

This is unthinkable to people;

they can’t believe it, and neither can they imagine it.

The Bible has become a great obstacle

to people’s acceptance of God’s new work,

and it has become a difficulty to God’s broadening this new work.

The Bible has become a great obstacle

to people’s acceptance of God’s new work,

and it has become a difficulty to God’s broadening this new work.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Concerning the Bible (1)