God now wants to gain a certain group of people, a group consisting of those who do their utmost to cooperate with Him, who can submit to His work, who believe the words God speaks to be true, and who can put God’s requirements into practice; they are those who have true understanding in their hearts, they are the ones who can be perfected, and they will inevitably be able to walk the path of perfection. Those who cannot be perfected are people without a clear understanding of God’s work, who do not eat and drink God’s words, who pay no attention to His words, and who are without any God-loving hearts. Those who doubt God incarnate, who are always uncertain about Him, who never treat His words seriously and always try to deceive Him, are people who resist God and are of Satan; there is no way to perfect such people.

If you wish to be perfected, then you must first find favor in God’s eyes, for He perfects those whom He looks upon with favor and who accord with His intentions. If you wish to accord with God’s intentions, then you must have a heart that submits to His work, you must do your utmost to pursue the truth, and you must accept God’s scrutiny in all things. Has all that you do passed under God’s scrutiny? Is your intent correct? If your intent is correct, then God will approve of you; if your intent is wrong, this shows that what your heart loves is not God, but the flesh and Satan. Therefore, you must use prayer as a way to accept God’s scrutiny in all things. When you pray, although I am not standing in front of you in person, the Holy Spirit is with you, and it is both Myself and the Spirit of God to whom you are praying. Why do you believe in this flesh? You believe because He has the Spirit of God. Would you believe in this person if He were without the Spirit of God? When you believe in this person, you’re believing in the Spirit of God. Having you fear this person is having you fear the Spirit of God. Faith in God’s Spirit is faith in this person, and faith in this person is also faith in the Spirit of God. When you pray, you feel the Spirit of God is with you and that God is before you, and therefore you pray to His Spirit. Today, most people are afraid to bring their actions before God; while you may deceive His flesh, you cannot deceive His Spirit. Any matter that cannot withstand God’s scrutiny is not in line with the truth, and should be cast aside; to do otherwise is to offend God. So, whether you’re praying, speaking and fellowshipping with your brothers and sisters, or doing your duty and getting things done, you must lay your heart before God. When you fulfill your function, God is with you, and so long as your intent is correct and is for the work of God’s house, He will accept all that you do; you should sincerely fulfill your function. When you pray, you should have a God-loving heart and seek God’s care, protection, and scrutiny. If these are your intentions, your prayers will be effective. For example, when you pray at gatherings, if you open your heart and pray to God and tell Him what is in your heart without speaking falsehoods, then your prayers will surely be effective. If you have an earnest God-loving heart, then make an oath to God: “God, who is in the heavens and on earth and among all things, I swear to You: May Your Spirit scrutinize all that I do and protect and care for me at all times, so that everything I do can stand firm in Your presence. Should my heart not love You or should it ever betray You, then chastise and curse me severely. Do not pardon me in either this life or the world to come!” Do you dare make such an oath? If you do not, this shows you are timid, and that you still love yourself. Do you have this resolve? If this is truly your resolve, you should make this oath. If you have the resolve and make such an oath, then God will fulfill your resolve. When you swear an oath to God, He listens. God determines whether you are sinful or righteous based on your prayer and your practice. Now you are in the process of being perfected, and if you truly have faith in being perfected, then you will bring all that you do before God and accept His scrutiny. If you do something outrageously rebellious or if you betray God, then He will bring your oath to fruition; at that point, whether you face perdition or you face chastisement, it will be your own doing. You made the oath, so you should abide by it. If you make an oath, but do not abide by it, you will suffer perdition. Since yours was the oath, God will bring your oath to fruition. Some are afraid after they pray, and say, “All is over! My chance to be dissolute is gone; my chance to do bad things is gone; my chance to indulge my worldly cravings is gone!” These people still love the world and sin, and they are certain to suffer perdition.

As a believer in God, you must be able to bring all your deeds and actions before Him and accept His scrutiny. If what you do can be brought before God’s Spirit but not before God’s flesh, this shows that you have not accepted the scrutiny of His Spirit. Who is the Spirit of God? Who is the person to whom God testifies? Are They not one and the same? Most see Them as two separate beings, believing God’s Spirit is God’s Spirit, and the person to whom God testifies is merely a human. But are you not mistaken? On whose behalf does this person work? Those who do not know God incarnate do not have spiritual understanding. God’s Spirit and His incarnate flesh are one, because God’s Spirit is materialized in the flesh. If this person is unkind to you, will God’s Spirit be kind? Are you not confused? Today, all who cannot accept God’s scrutiny cannot receive His approval, and those who do not know God incarnate cannot be perfected. Look at all that you do, and see if it can be brought before God. If you cannot bring all that you do before God, this shows that you are an evildoer. Can evildoers be perfected? All that you do, every action, every intention, and every reaction should be brought before God. This means that everything from your daily spiritual life—praying, drawing close to God, eating and drinking God’s words, fellowshipping with your brothers and sisters, and living church life—to your service in cooperation with others, should be brought before God for His scrutiny. It is such practice that will help you achieve growth in life. The process of accepting God’s scrutiny is the process of purification. The more you can accept God’s scrutiny, the more you are purified and the more you are in line with God’s intentions, so that you won’t fall into dissoluteness, and your heart will be able to live in His presence. The more you accept His scrutiny, the greater are Satan’s humiliation and your ability to rebel against the flesh. So, the acceptance of God’s scrutiny is a path of practice people should follow. No matter what you do, even when fellowshipping with your brothers and sisters, you should bring your acts before God and seek His scrutiny, and you should purposefully submit to God Himself; this will make your practice much more accurate. Only if you bring all you do before God and accept God’s scrutiny can you be someone who lives in the presence of God.

Those without understanding of God can never completely submit to God. People like this are sons of rebellion. They are too ambitious, and there is too much rebelliousness in them, so they distance themselves from God and are unwilling to accept His scrutiny. People like this cannot easily be perfected. Some people are selective in how they eat and drink God’s words and in their acceptance of them. They accept certain portions of God’s words which accord with their notions while rejecting those which do not. Is this not the most blatant rebellion and resistance against God? If someone believes in God for years without gaining even a little understanding of Him, then they are a disbeliever. Those who are willing to accept God’s scrutiny are those who pursue an understanding of Him, who are willing to accept His words. They are the ones who will receive God’s inheritance and blessings, and they are the most blessed. God curses those who have no place for Him in their hearts, and He chastises and forsakes such people. If you do not love God then He will forsake you, and if you do not listen to what I say, then I promise that God’s Spirit will forsake you. Try it if you do not believe it! Today I clarify for you a path of practice, but whether you put it into practice is up to you. If you do not believe it, if you do not put it into practice, you will see for yourself whether or not the Holy Spirit works in you! If you do not pursue understanding of God, then the Holy Spirit will not work in you. God works in those who pursue and treasure His words. The more you treasure God’s words, the more His Spirit will work in you. The more a person treasures God’s words, the more chances they will get to be perfected by God. God perfects those who truly love Him, and He perfects those whose hearts are quiet before Him. You should treasure all of God’s work, treasure God’s enlightenment, treasure God’s presence, treasure God’s care and protection, and treasure how God’s words become your reality and provide for your life—this accords best with God’s intentions. If you treasure God’s work, that is, if you treasure all the work that He has done on you, then He will bless you and cause all that is yours to multiply. If you do not treasure God’s words, He will not work on you; He will only grant you a little grace for your belief, letting you have a bit of material blessing or giving your family a bit of safety. You should seek to make God’s words your reality, to be able to satisfy Him, and to accord with His intentions; you should not merely seek to enjoy His grace. Nothing is more important for believers than to receive God’s work, gain perfection, and become those who follow God’s will. This is the goal you should pursue.

All that man pursued in the Age of Grace is now obsolete, because there is currently a higher standard of pursuit; what is pursued is both loftier and more practical, what is pursued can better satisfy what man requires inside. In ages past, God did not work upon people as He does today; He did not speak to them as much as He does today, nor were His requirements of them as high as His requirements today. That God has these requirements of you now shows that God’s ultimate intention is focused on you, on this group of people. If you truly wish to be perfected by God, then pursue it as your central goal. No matter whether you are running about, expending yourself, serving a function, or accepting God’s commission, always aim to be perfected and to satisfy God’s intentions, to achieve this goal. If someone says they do not pursue being perfected by God or life entry, but only pursue fleshly peace and joy, then they are the blindest of people. Those who do not pursue the life reality, but only pursue eternal life in the world to come and safety in this life, are the blindest of people. So, all that you do should be done for the purpose of being perfected and gained by God.

The work God does on people is to provide for them based on their different needs. The greater a person’s life, the more they need and the more they pursue. If at this phase you have no pursuit, this proves the Holy Spirit has forsaken you. All those who pursue life will never be forsaken by the Holy Spirit; such people always have something to pursue, and always have yearning in their hearts. Such people are never content with their present status. Each phase of the Holy Spirit’s work aims to achieve an effect in you, but if you grow complacent about your present status, if you no longer have needs, if you no longer accept the work of the Holy Spirit, then He will forsake you. People need God’s scrutiny every day; they need abundant provision from God every day. Can people cope without eating and drinking God’s word every day? If someone always feels like they cannot eat or drink enough of God’s word, if they are always seeking and always hungering and thirsting for righteousness, the Holy Spirit will always work in them. The more someone hungers and thirsts for righteousness, the more they are able to fellowship practical things. The more someone focuses on seeking the truth, the more quickly they achieve growth in their life, making them rich in experience and the wealthy of the house of God.