Bible Verses for Reference:

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God” (John 1:1–2).

“And the Word was made flesh, and dwelled among us … full of grace and truth” (John 1:14).

“I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by Me” (John 14:6).

“The words that I speak to you, they are spirit, and they are life” (John 6:63).

Relevant Words of God:

The way of life is not something that any person can possess, nor is it something that every person can easily attain. This is because life can only come from God, which is to say, only God Himself possesses the essence of life, and only God Himself has the way of life. And so only God is the source of life, and the ever-flowing wellspring of the living water of life. Ever since He created the world, God has done a great deal of work that bears with it the vitality of life, He has done much work that brings life to man, and He has paid numerous prices that enable man to gain life. This is because God Himself is eternal life, and God Himself is the way by which man can be resurrected. God is never absent from the heart of man, and He lives among people at all times. He is the driving force of man’s living, the root of man’s survival, and a rich resource for man’s survival after birth. He enables man to be reborn, and enables him to tenaciously live in his every role. Relying on His power and His inextinguishable life force, man has lived for generation after generation, while the power of God’s life has consistently been providing support among man, and God has paid a price that no ordinary man has ever paid. God’s life force can prevail over any power; even more so, it surpasses any power. His life is eternal, His power extraordinary, and His life force cannot be overwhelmed by any created being or enemy force. The life force of God exists and shines with brilliant radiance regardless of time or place. Heaven and earth may undergo great changes, but God’s life is forever the same. All things may pass away, but God’s life will still exist, for God is the source of the survival of all things and the root of their survival. Man’s life originates from God, heaven exists because of God, and the survival of the earth also stems from the power of God’s life. No thing possessed of vitality can transcend the sovereignty of God, and no thing with vigor can escape the scope of God’s authority. In this way, regardless of who they are, all people must surrender to the dominion of God, all people must live under God’s control, and none of them can escape from His hands.

—The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Only Christ of the Last Days Can Give Man the Way of Eternal Life

God Himself is life, and the truth, and His life and truth coexist. Those who are incapable of gaining the truth shall never gain life. Without the guidance, support, and provision of the truth, you shall only gain words, doctrines, and, even more so, death. God’s life is ever-present, and His truth and life coexist. If you cannot find the source of truth, then you will not gain the nourishment of life; if you cannot gain the provision of life, then you will surely have no truth, and apart from imaginings and notions, the entirety of your body shall be nothing but your flesh—your stench-ridden flesh. Know that the words of books do not count as life, the records of history cannot be enshrined as the truth, and the regulations of the past cannot serve as an account of God’s current words. Only the words expressed by God when He comes to earth and lives among man are the truth, life, God’s intentions, and His current way of working.

—The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Only Christ of the Last Days Can Give Man the Way of Eternal Life

Christ of the last days brings life, and brings the enduring and everlasting way of truth. This truth is the path by which man gains life, and it is the only path by which man shall know God and be approved by God.

—The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Only Christ of the Last Days Can Give Man the Way of Eternal Life

This time, God comes to do work not in a spiritual body, but in a very ordinary one. Moreover, it is the body of God’s second incarnation, and it is also the body through which God returns to the flesh. It is a very ordinary flesh. Looking at Him, you cannot see anything that makes Him stand out from others, but you can gain from Him previously unheard-of truths. Just this insignificant flesh is the embodiment of all God’s words of truth, the bearer of God’s work in the last days, and the expression by which man understands God’s whole disposition. Do you not desire greatly to see the God in heaven? Do you not desire greatly to understand the God in heaven? Do you not desire greatly to see the destination of mankind? He will tell you all these secrets—secrets that no man has ever been able to tell you—and He will also tell you the truths that you do not understand. He is your gate to the kingdom, and your guide into the new age. This ordinary flesh holds many mysteries unfathomable to man. His deeds are inscrutable to you, but the entire goal of the work He does is sufficient to enable you to see that He is not, as people believe, a simple flesh, because He represents God’s intentions in the last days, and God’s care for mankind in the last days. Though you cannot hear His words seeming to shake the heavens and earth, though you cannot see His eyes as a flame of fire, and though you cannot receive the discipline of His iron rod, nevertheless you can hear from His words that God is being wrathful and know that God is showing mercy to mankind, and see the righteous disposition of God and His wisdom, and, even more so, appreciate God’s solicitude for all mankind. The work of God in the last days is to allow man to see on earth the God in heaven living among men, and to enable man to know, submit to, fear, and love God. This is why He has returned to the flesh for a second time. …

… The fact that you have arrived at today is thanks to this flesh. It is because God lives in the flesh that you have the chance to survive. All these blessings have been gained on account of this ordinary person. Not only this, but in the end, the myriad nations shall worship this ordinary person, as well as give thanks to and submit to this insignificant person, because it is the truth, the life, and the way He brought that has saved all mankind, eased the conflict between man and God, shortened the distance between them, and opened up a connection between the thoughts of God and man. It is also He who has obtained even greater glory for God. Is such an ordinary person unworthy of your trust and adoration? Is such an ordinary flesh unfit to be called Christ? Can such an ordinary person not become the expression of God among men? Does such a person, who has spared mankind from disaster, not deserve your love and your desire to hold on to Him? If you reject the truths expressed from His mouth and detest His existence among you, then what will become of you in the end?

—The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Did You Know? God Has Done a Great Thing Among Men

And yet it is this ordinary person, hidden in the midst of people, who is doing the new work of saving us. He offers us no explanations, nor does He tell us why He has come, but simply does the work He intends to do according to His plan and His procedure. His words and utterances become ever more frequent. From consoling, exhorting, reminding, and warning, to reproaching and disciplining; from a tone that is gentle and mild, to words that are fierce and majestic—all of it makes man feel great mercy and utter terror. Everything that He says hits home at the secrets hidden deep within us; His words sting our hearts, sting our spirits, and leave us filled with unbearable shame, hardly knowing where to hide ourselves. …

Unbeknownst to us, this insignificant man has led us into one step after another of God’s work. We undergo countless trials and innumerable chastenings, and we are tested by death. We learn of God’s righteous and majestic disposition, enjoy, too, His lovingkindness and mercy, come to appreciate God’s great power and wisdom, witness the loveliness of God, and behold God’s eager intention to save man. In the words of this ordinary person, we come to know the disposition and essence of God, to understand God’s intentions, to know the nature essence of man, and see the way to salvation and perfection. His words cause us to “die,” and they cause us to be “reborn”; His words bring us comfort, yet also leave us wracked with guilt and a sense of indebtedness; His words bring us joy and peace, but also infinite pain. Sometimes we are like lambs in His hands, to be slaughtered as He wills; sometimes we are like the apple of His eye, and enjoy His tender love; sometimes we are like His enemy, and under His gaze are turned to ashes by His wrath. We are the human race saved by Him, we are the maggots in His eyes, and we are the lost sheep that, day and night, He is bent on finding. He is merciful toward us, He loathes us, He raises us up, He comforts and exhorts us, He guides us, He enlightens us, He chastens and disciplines us, and He even curses us. Night and day, He never ceases to worry about us and to protect and care for us, never leaving our side. He pours out all His heart’s blood and pays the entire price for us. Within the utterances of this insignificant and ordinary flesh, we have enjoyed the entirety of God and beheld the destination that God has bestowed upon us. …

God continues His utterances, employing various methods and many perspectives to admonish us about what we should do, while at the same time expressing the voice of His heart. His words carry life power, they provide us with the way we should follow, and enable us to comprehend what exactly the truth is. We begin to be drawn by His words, we begin to pay attention to the tone and manner of His speaking, and subconsciously we begin to take note of the voice of this inconspicuous person’s heart. He works His heart out for us, loses sleep and appetite for us, weeps for us, sighs for us, and groans in sickness for us; He endures humiliation for the sake of our destination and salvation; and our numbness and rebelliousness draw tears and blood from His heart. No ordinary person has this being and these possessions, and no corrupted human being can have or attain them. He has tolerance and patience possessed by no ordinary person, and His love is not something that any created being has. No one apart from Him can know all of our thoughts, or know our nature and essence like the back of their own hand, or judge the rebelliousness and corruption of mankind, or speak to us and work on us like this on behalf of God in heaven. No one apart from Him possesses the authority, wisdom, and dignity of God; the disposition of God and the possessions and being of God are brought forth, in their entirety, in Him. No one apart from Him can show us the way and bring us light. No one apart from Him can disclose the mysteries that God has not made known since creation until today. No one apart from Him can save us from Satan’s bondage and our own corrupt dispositions. He represents God; He expresses the voice of God’s heart, the exhortations of God, and God’s words of judgment toward all mankind. He has opened up a new age, a new era, and ushered in a new heaven and earth and new work, He has brought us hope and ended the life we led in a vague state, and He has enabled our whole beings to completely behold the path to salvation. He has conquered our whole beings and gained our hearts. From that moment onward, our hearts have gained awareness, and our spirits seem to be revived: This ordinary, insignificant person, this person who lives among us and has been rejected by us for so long—is this not the Lord Jesus, who is ever in our thoughts, waking or dreaming, and for whom we long night and day? It is He! It really is He! He is our God! He is the truth, the way, and the life! He has enabled us to live again and to see the light and has stopped our hearts from wandering. We have returned to the home of God, we have returned before His throne, we are face-to-face with Him, we have witnessed His countenance, and we have seen the road that lies ahead.

—The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Appendix 4: Beholding the Appearance of God in His Judgment and Chastisement

In the Age of Kingdom, God uses words to usher in the new age, to change the means by which He works, and to do the work of the entire age. This is the principle by which God works in the Age of Word. He became flesh and speaks from different perspectives, enabling man to truly see God, who is the Word appearing in the flesh, and behold His wisdom and wondrousness. God works in this manner in order better to achieve the goals of conquering people, perfecting people, and eliminating people, which is the true meaning of the use of words to work in the Age of Word. Through words, people come to know the work of God, the disposition of God, the substance of man, and what man ought to enter into. Through words, all the work God wishes to do in the Age of Word is accomplished. Through words, people are revealed, eliminated, and tried. People have seen these words, heard these words, and recognized the existence of these words. As a result, they have come to believe in the existence of God, the almightiness and wisdom of God, and God’s heart of loving and saving man. The term “words” may be ordinary and simple, but the words spoken from the mouth of the incarnate God shake the universe, they transform people’s hearts, transform their notions and old dispositions, and transform the way the whole world used to appear. Through the ages, only the God of today works in this way, and only He speaks thus and comes to save man thus. From this time forward, man lives under the guidance of God’s words, amid the shepherding and provision of His words; people live in the world of God’s words, amid the curses and the blessings of God’s words, and the majority of people live under the judgment and chastisement of His words. These words and this work are all for the sake of man’s salvation, for the sake of fulfilling God’s will, and for the sake of changing the original appearance of the world of old creation. God created the world using words, He leads all the people in the universe using words, He conquers and saves them using words, and ultimately He shall use words to bring the whole world of old to an end, thus completing the entirety of His management plan.

—The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. The Age of Kingdom Is the Age of Word

The Word has become flesh and the Spirit of truth has been realized in the flesh—all the truth, the way, and the life has come in the flesh, God’s Spirit has really arrived on earth and the Spirit has come in the flesh. Although, superficially, this appears different from the conception by the Holy Spirit, in this work you are able to see more clearly that the Spirit has already been realized in the flesh, and, moreover, that the Word has become flesh and the Word has appeared in the flesh. You are able to understand the true meaning of the words: “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.” Moreover, you must understand that the Word of today is God, and behold the Word becomes flesh. This is the best testimony you can bear. This proves that you possess true knowledge of God become flesh—you are not only able to know Him, but are also aware that the path you walk today is the way of life, and the way of truth. The stage of work which Jesus performed only fulfilled the essence of “the Word was with God”: The truth of God was with God, and the Spirit of God was with the flesh and was inseparable from that flesh. That is, the flesh of God incarnate was with the Spirit of God, which is greater proof that Jesus incarnate was the first incarnation of God. This stage of work precisely fulfills the inner meaning of “the Word becomes flesh,” lends deeper meaning to “the Word was with God, and the Word was God,” and allows you to firmly believe the words “In the beginning was the Word.” Which is to say, at the time of creation God was possessed of words, His words were with Him and inseparable from Him, and in the final age, He reveals the power and authority of His words even more clearly, and allows man to see all of His Word—to hear all of His words. Such is the work of the final age. You must come to understand these things through and through. It is not a question of knowing the flesh, but of how you understand the flesh and the Word. This is the testimony that you must bear, that which everyone must know.

—The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Practice (4)

My words are the forever unchanging truth. I am the supply of life for man and the only guide for mankind. The value and meaning of My words are not determined by whether they are acknowledged and accepted by mankind, but by the essence of the words themselves. Even if not a single person on this earth can accept My words, the value of My words and their help to mankind are inestimable by any man. Therefore, when faced with the many people who rebel against, refute, or are utterly contemptuous of My words, My attitude is only this: Let time and facts be My witness and prove that My words are the truth, the way, and the life. Let them prove that all I have said is right, that it is that which man should possess and, even more so, that which man should accept. I will let all who follow Me know this fact: Those who cannot fully accept My words, those who cannot practice My words, those who cannot find a goal in My words, and those who cannot receive the grace of salvation because of My words, are those who are condemned by My words; even more so, they are those who have lost the grace of My salvation, and My rod shall never stray from them.

—The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. You Ought to Consider Your Deeds