I

Now do you truly know why you believe in God?

Do you truly know the purpose and significance of God’s work?

Do you truly know your duty?

Do you truly know the testimony of God?

If you merely believe in God,

yet there is no sign of His glory or testimony in you,

then He has long ago eliminated you,

then He has long ago eliminated you.

As for those who know it all, they are even more thorns in God’s eye,

and in God’s house, they are nothing more than obstacles in His way,

they are tares to be completely winnowed out in His work,

they have no use, they are worthless, and God has long abhorred them.

II

Often does God’s wrath befall all who are bereft of testimony,

and never does His rod stray from them, never does His rod stray from them.

God has long since turned them over to the hands of the evil one;

they are bereft of His blessings.

When the day comes,

their chastisement will be more grievous even than that of foolish women.

Today, God does only the work that is His duty to do;

He will bind all the wheat into bundles, together along with those tares.

This is God’s work today.

Those tares shall all be winnowed out in the time of His winnowing,

then the grains of wheat shall be gathered into the storehouse,

and those tares that have been winnowed out shall be placed in the fire,

shall be placed in the fire to be burned to dust.

III

God’s work now is merely to bind all men into bundles;

that is, to utterly conquer them.

Then shall He begin winnowing to reveal the outcome of all men,

reveal the outcome of all men.

And so you ought to know how you should satisfy Him now,

and how you ought to set upon the right track in your faith in Him.

What God desires is your loyalty and submission now,

your love and testimony now.

Even if at this moment you do not know what testimony is or what love is,

you should bring to God your all, bring to God your all,

and turn over to Him the only treasures you have:

your loyalty and submission.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. What Do You Know of Faith?