I

God considers this instance of His management of mankind, of His salvation of mankind, as more important than anything else. He does these things not merely with His mind, and not merely with His words, and He certainly does not do them in a casual manner—He does these things with His intentions, while having a plan, a goal, and standards. It can be seen that this instance of God's work to save mankind holds great significance for both God and man.

II

No matter how hard the work is, no matter how great the obstacles to it are, no matter how weak humans are, or how profound mankind's rebelliousness is, none of this is difficult for God. God keeps Himself busy, He's expending His heart's blood, and He is managing the work He wants to carry out; He's also arranging everything, and He is sovereign over all those He wants to work on and all the work He wants to do—all of this is unprecedented. This is the first time God has used these methods and paid such a great price to carry out this major project to manage and save mankind.

III

While God is carrying out all this work, little by little He's expressing and releasing to mankind, without any reservation, His heart's blood, what He has and is, His wisdom and almightiness, and every aspect of His disposition. The expression and release of these methods is unprecedented. So, in the entire universe, aside from the people who God aims to manage and save, there have never been any creatures so close to God, that have had such an intimate relationship with Him.

IV

In the heart of God, the mankind which He wants to manage and save is foremost, and He values this mankind above all else. Even though He has paid a great price for them, and even though He is continually hurt and rebelled against by them, He has no complaints or regrets, He still doesn't leave them or give up on them, and He keeps performing His work without cease. This is because He knows that sooner or later, the day will come when people awaken to the call of His words, are moved by His words, recognize that He is the Lord of creation, and then return to His side …

from The Word, Vol. 2. On Knowing God. God's Work, God's Disposition, and God Himself III