I

God loves and cherishes people, has compassion on people, or bestows grace on people. God's purpose in doing all this is to support you in walking the right path, to make you have a heart which has a tremendous desire for Him, to increase your faith in Him, and then to develop a genuine God-fearing heart. His graciousness or favoritism for you is definitely not coddling or indulgence. God's purpose in doing all this is to enable you to treasure God's words, to accept the truth, and to be strengthened by His graciousness and blessings, so that you'll have the will and perseverance to walk the path of pursuing the truth, and to walk the right path in life.

II

When God issues these truths, you have been provided for, you have gained life, and you've enjoyed His love. If you can thank God for His graciousness, stand firmly in your proper place, be more equipped with God's words, treasure His words more, seek the truth principles when doing your duty, and strive to view people and things, comport yourself and act according to God's words, then you have not failed Him. If you take advantage of God's graciousness and favoritism toward you, disregard His compassion toward you, insist on doing things your own way, and act willfully and recklessly, and you never equip yourself with God's words, don't have the will to strive for the truth, sooner or later, God's grace, mercy and lovingkindness toward you will be exhausted.

III

When God takes away all of His grace, there will be darkness inside you. You will feel downcast and uneasy, worried and empty. You'll feel that the future is uncertain. You will be frightened and in a constant state of anxiety. This is a very terrible thing. Therefore, people must learn to cherish all that God has given them, to cherish the duty they should perform, and at the same time, know how to reciprocate. God's request that you reciprocate is not about how much of a contribution you make on behalf of Him, or how resounding your testimony is unto Him. What God wants is for you to walk the right path, the path that He requires you to walk.

from The Word, Vol. 6. On the Pursuit of the Truth I. What It Means to Pursue the Truth (15)