I

If man is not cleansed, then he is of the filth; if he's not protected and cared for by God, then he is still a captive of Satan; if he is not judged and chastised, he won't be able to escape the oppression of Satan's dark influence. How much do you know of the chastisement and judgment of today? How much do you possess of that which Peter came to know? If, today, you are unable to know, will you be able to achieve this knowledge in the future? Someone as lazy and cowardly as you is simply incapable of knowing chastisement and judgment. If you pursue the peace of the flesh, and the pleasures of the flesh, then you will have no means of being cleansed, and in the end you'll be returned to Satan, for what you live out is Satan, and it's the flesh.

II

As things stand today, many people do not pursue life, which means that they don't care about being cleansed, or about entering into a deeper life experience. That being so, how can they be made perfect? Those who do not pursue life have no opportunity to be made perfect, and those who do not pursue a knowledge of God, who do not pursue changes in their disposition, are incapable of escaping Satan's dark influence. They are not serious about their knowledge of God and about their entry into changes in their disposition, just like those who believe in religion, who merely follow ceremony and attend regular services. Is that not futile? If, in man's belief in God, he's not serious about matters of life, and doesn't pursue entry into the truth, or changes in his disposition, much less pursue a knowledge of the work of God, then he cannot be made perfect.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. The Experiences of Peter: His Knowledge of Chastisement and Judgment