Today we will continue fellowshipping on our previous topic. Previously, we fellowshipped on the origins of all kinds of people, and we discussed three types. Do you remember what the three types are? (One type is being reincarnated from animals, one is being reincarnated from devils, and another is being reincarnated from humans.) Where did we reach in our discussion? (We reached the point of discussing how the type of people who are reincarnated from humans possess normal humanity, and how they have conscience and reason within their humanity. This involves the two characteristics of discerning right from wrong, and knowing what’s correct and what’s incorrect.) One is discerning right from wrong, and the other is knowing what’s correct and what’s incorrect; these are the characteristics of humans. Humans have these two characteristics primarily because they possess conscience and reason; so, those who possess conscience and reason are capable of discerning right from wrong and knowing what’s correct and what’s incorrect. We also did some detailed fellowship on this aspect. We mainly fellowshipped about the manifestations of those who cannot discern right from wrong and cannot know what’s correct and what’s incorrect, exposing some of their manifestations on the negative side, and after that, we talked about what positive things are, didn’t we? (Yes.) Today, let’s continue fellowshipping on the topic of being reincarnated from humans. Those who are reincarnated from humans not only can discern right from wrong, but they also know what’s correct and what’s incorrect. Discerning right from wrong is mainly about knowing what positive things are and what negative things are—that is, one who can discern right from wrong can discern all kinds of people, events, and things; even with things they haven’t encountered before, they will use their conscience and reason to make a simple assessment of them. If they encounter such things and feel uneasy in their conscience or can’t square these things with their reason, they will make a basic choice, subconsciously sensing the correctness or incorrectness, or the positive or negative nature, of such things. That is to say, true humans will use the basic feelings of their conscience or reason to assess the unfamiliar things that they encounter, to discern whether they are positive things or negative things, and whether they are correct or incorrect. However, for people who do not possess conscience and reason, it is very difficult to discern right from wrong and know what’s correct and what’s incorrect, whether it concerns unfamiliar things or familiar things. In particular, they’re even less capable of knowing whether some new things that appear in society are correct or not. They cannot discern whether they’re positive or negative things. If a positive thing appears in society, they will even go along with worldly trends in how they treat it, and in condemning and rejecting it. This is the difference between humans and non-humans. You see, though they appear human all the same, some have never heard the truth or received the provision of God’s words, yet no matter what environment they are in, they have a lowest boundary for their actions—at the very least, a lowest boundary of conscience. They will absolutely not do things that go against conscience or morality. This is because deep in their hearts they are repulsed by negative things, and they possess human conscience and reason, and so in how they conduct themselves and act, they have a basic lowest boundary of morality. As for those non-humans, however, looking at the qualities of their classification, they do not possess conscience and reason. For one thing, they cannot discern between positive and negative things. For another, they feel no repulsion or detestation toward those negative things or even obviously incorrect things, nor do they have the ability to resist them; they are even capable of loving negative things and following evil trends. What is even more lamentable is that some people who believe in God and claim to follow God can still follow evil trends and do those wicked things just like nonbelievers, doing so without any sense of shame at all, nor even any reproach from their conscience.

Nowadays, many people take selfies with their phones. What kind of photos do people with normal humanity take? They take photos that are meaningful and worth remembering, with the aim of leaving behind some wonderful memories. Even if they take photos of themselves, they take ones that look refined, appropriate, dignified, and upright. Their actions in this regard are all within the scope of the conscience and reason of normal humanity. But those without conscience and reason are different; they take selfies too, but their selfies are problematic. What kind of photos do some women take? They don’t take dignified, upright, and appropriate photos. When they see those nonbelieving women online taking some provocative photos, sexualized photos, or particularly bizarre photos, they imitate them, also taking some photos that make men drool and have lustful thoughts—that is, they specifically take photos of themselves looking like harlots, loose women, or sexualized photos. Some women like to wear heavy makeup, painting their faces very white and their lips very red, and applying eye makeup in a way that they end up looking like freaks; they deliberately assume a seductive, bewitching manner in front of the camera, with a look in their eyes that is entrancing and lewd, making men have lustful thoughts when they see all this. There are also women who drape their long hair over their faces, tilting their faces up slightly and showing a seductive, lewd look through the gaps in their hair. In short, such women take photos using whatever expressions and demeanors they think are seductive and sexy. After taking them, these women also feel particularly narcissistic, admiring their own provocative photos from time to time. What’s more, they put their most prized and favorite selfies as the wallpaper on their computer or phone, and some of these women even post them online. Whenever they look at these photos, they feel they are so charming, that they were born to be a star, and that if they hadn’t believed in God, they would definitely be a big celebrity. Look, what kind of path are they walking? Not only do they admire the photos themselves all the time, but they also show these photos to the people around them. If people don’t praise them after seeing the photos, they feel dissatisfied inside. If they meet someone of the same ilk who particularly appreciates their photos and says, “This photo is taken so well, it’s a star photo! It looks just like so-and-so,” they feel even more pleased with themselves, and revel in this feeling every day. Some people also like to decorate their photos, putting a pair of rabbit ears on their heads and adding cat whiskers, thinking they are cuter than rabbits and kittens. They ask everyone they meet, “Do you think I look more like a rabbit or a kitten?” When people say, “Who knows what you look like?” they get very angry. Tell Me, isn’t it perverted for a person to not want to be a proper human being but to want to be an animal? They even post these “masterpieces” of theirs online, trying to garner praise from more people. There are also some people who dress up as swordsmen or knights-errant when taking selfies—or as Spider-Man or Batman from Western movies—or they dress up as cool, aloof, and mysterious figures. They do this all in the hope that others will like and approve of them, and they become infatuated with this every day. Tell Me, what kind of people are these? Are they normal people? Absolutely not; they are non-humans. Although taking selfies is just a simple, trivial matter among evil trends, it reveals a person’s preferences and pursuits, and reveals their character, the needs of their humanity, and the things that lie deep within their soul. Dignified and upright people use the mobile phone, this tool, to take photos of positive, meaningful, and valuable things, whereas people who do not possess the qualities of humanity take photos of negative, wicked things—things that are needed by their own nature essence. It can be said that the kind of person someone is determines the kind of needs they have, the kind of photos they take, and the way they choose to dress themselves up and present their image. People with normal humanity will choose to take some dignified, upright, refined, meaningful, and valuable images as keepsakes, while people without normal humanity will follow the evil trends of the world, doing the things they like. Although taking selfies is a small matter, it is enough to see people’s innermost preferences and pursuits. No matter what the matter is, even if it’s something in which people with normal humanity can’t tell very clearly what things are positive and what things are negative, because such people are restrained by conscience and reason, they will naturally choose positive things. If, owing to a momentary lack of discernment, they choose a negative thing or inadvertently do something negative, they will quickly have a feeling in their hearts—their conscience will reproach them, or they won’t be able to square this with their reason. When people who do not possess humanity face positive things, they feel that positive things are so bland and dull, so unworthy of mention, and looked down upon by people, while in their hearts they particularly like and admire negative things, especially those things that are very popular within evil trends. If you take a dignified and upright photo of this type of person, they will be repulsed and turn their nose up at it, saying, “Who still takes photos like this? It’s so outdated!” They themselves choose to take sexualized photos. Normal people find such photos disgusting and unsightly, but this type of person says, “This is sexy. Do you understand what sexy is? This is fashionable; it’s high art. You don’t get art!” Not only do they not feel disgusted when taking sexualized photos of themselves, but they also particularly like to follow these fashionable and sexualized things.

Non-humans are extremely enthusiastic about negative things. When some negative things appear among evil trends, they will quickly learn about them and will have a high degree of acceptance toward them. If they have the opportunity and the conditions allow, they will definitely do those things from the evil trends that they like and approve of. They will absolutely not refuse, and absolutely will not be bystanders, much less will they detest or stay away from them; instead, they will throw themselves into them. In particular, some people who believe in God also closely follow some trendy sayings and practices they hear coming from the West. For example, there is a holiday in the West called Halloween, which is actually a festival of ghosts. On this day, adults and children all wear various costumes like those for stage or theatrical performances. Some dress up as witches, some as princes or princesses, and others as frogs, snakes, dinosaurs, and so on. Then they take baskets or bags to various malls, shops, and homes to ask for candy. Some people who believe in God also celebrate this festival, and wear ghost costumes, feeling quite happy and thinking this is a good opportunity to play different roles. What costumes do they choose to wear? They don’t wear costumes of relatively positive figures, like military officers, generals, or heroes; they insist on wearing the clothes of witches and witch doctors. Dressing up like various devils to celebrate the festival of ghosts, they feel happy and find it fun, failing to realize that this is something God detests and a negative thing in the human world. Deep down, this type of person has no clear understanding of such negative things, and does not know how they should treat these things of traditional culture and these secular trends. They also have no true understanding of what exactly they themselves are, not knowing whether they are humans or ghosts. They don’t know if they are humans or ghosts, but it’s hard to get them to be humans, whereas if you ask them to be ghosts or animals, they find it endlessly enjoyable and never refuse. So tell Me, what exactly is this type of person? If you ask them to be a person with conscience and reason, they will often say, “How much is conscience worth? Who still cares about conscience nowadays? Who still cares about affection and moral justice? Who still cares about morality?” But if you ask them to dress up and play as a witch doctor, or wear a dinosaur costume to play as a dinosaur, they do not object or refuse. Tell Me, what kind of person is this? In their nature essence, do they actually have even a little love for positive things? Are they at all repulsed by negative things? Looking at it from the people, events, and things they choose, it’s obvious that they have no love whatsoever for positive things, and feel no repulsion whatsoever toward negative things. On the contrary, they are particularly repulsed by positive things, regarding them with mockery and scorn. As for negative things—especially those that are particularly popular and currently very much in vogue among evil trends—they greatly admire and approve of them. In particular, some people feel proud of being able to keep up with evil trends and play the roles of devils, evil spirits, and wild beasts, feeling that they are different from the rest. Obviously, this type of person has no conscience and reason; the more something comes from evil trends, the more they like it. Some Eastern people in particular—upon hearing people talk about what’s popular in the West, what Westerners like, and what Westerners wear and use—accept it all without applying any discernment, and try to imitate it. Even if it’s something wicked, which goes against conscience and reason, and goes against the truth, they still accept it. Some people say, “Is this worshipping foreign things and fawning on foreigners?” Is that what it is? (No, in their nature essence they just like these wicked things.) That’s right. They feel that things popular among Eastern people are not sophisticated enough, so they follow things popular in the West, wanting to be unique and different from the rest, and to be held in high regard by others. In any case, this type of person does not possess the qualities of humanity. Judging by their preferences and pursuits, and also by their thoughts, views, and revelations in every matter, they have no conscience and reason. Their thoughts and views are the same as those of non-humans, and even the same as those of devils and Satan. Their stance and perspective in viewing matters are precisely contrary to, and antagonistic to, the stance and perspective of a normal person as required by God. However, because true humans innately possess human conscience and reason, they will judge any person, event, or thing based on the feelings of their conscience and reason, choosing the positive things from among them, and discerning what is correct and incorrect.

Some people, in the environment of Eastern society, are restricted by traditional Eastern culture and can abide by some Eastern traditions. Although they do not do some things that go against conscience and morality, deep down they like these things. Therefore, once the environment changes, once they have the opportunity, they will show the true side of their humanity, completely change how they seem, and reveal a non-human quality. How should this non-human quality be explained? It is denoted by not discerning right from wrong, not knowing what’s correct and what’s incorrect, and not possessing the conscience and reason of normal humanity. Some people, when they are in the East, appear to have an upright style, to be dignified, virtuous, and refined, and to particularly care for their families, being free of notoriety. But when they get to the West, they are different. They hear some people say, “Westerners are particularly open, and particularly free in terms of relationships between men and women.” Actually, this does not accord with the facts, but according to their thoughts and notions, they believe that once they get to the West, they’re free, and they don’t need to worry about any reputation or moral integrity, or the sayings of traditional Eastern culture. They think women don’t need to abide by womanly virtue, and men don’t need to stick to monogamy, and that after coming to the West, they can be loose with the opposite sex, and no one will laugh at them or criticize them. They believe that this is just how Western culture is, that this is the social trend, and no one opposes it. Once they start thinking this way, aren’t they no longer walking the good path? The things they truly love in their humanity are about to be exposed, as is the true face of their humanity. After Eastern people—especially Chinese people—come to the West, because their spouses are back in their home country, while they are alone in a foreign land with unfamiliar people and places, and they have to both work and live and handle some other complicated matters, their lives are quite difficult, and they feel very lonely on their own. Therefore, a kind of “war-time couple” has become popular among the Chinese community in the United States—this involves finding a temporary spouse to set up a temporary home and live together, helping and supporting each other to cope with life’s difficulties together, and at the same time satisfying the physiological needs of the flesh. Because it’s hard to get by alone in a foreign land, many people find a member of the opposite sex to form a war-time couple to satisfy their various needs. It is said that after some war-time couples have lived together for many years, the spouses of both parties come, and the two families even become friends and interact with each other. This is a practice that has become fashionable among nonbelievers to cope with the difficulties of life. Tell Me, are there people among those who believe in God who do such things? (Some disbelievers can also do this.) Among those who believe in God, there are many who do not pursue the truth, and there are also some who are obviously disbelievers totally uninterested in the truth. Some even do not possess conscience and reason. When these people hear about these negative things, deep down they are actually not repulsed; they feel these things are acceptable, and some even revel in them. They are not disgusted by these things, and even think, “This is very normal. Nonbelievers all do this; it’s a trend, not a crime. First, it’s not illegal. Second, it’s not corrupting public morals. Third, this is a human physiological need. Doing this is fair, reasonable, and legal—what’s wrong with it?” They think this is normal. Let’s not go into nonbelievers—if people who believe in God can do such things, what kind of people are they? Isn’t there something wrong with their humanity? (Yes, this type of person has no humanity.) People without humanity can do such disgusting things. People with humanity, let alone doing such things, cannot even accept the thoughts and views of this evil trend, and are repulsed by and detest them from the bottom of their hearts. Regardless of whether it’s so both parties can care for each other or for some other purpose, from the perspective of the conscience and reason of humanity, forming a “war-time couple” is not a positive thing. If a person who believes in God doesn’t even know whether this kind of thing is a positive thing or whether it’s reasonable, then do they have conscience and humanity? Some people say, “Although I don’t know if this is a positive thing, I believe in God, so I can’t do this. Nonbelievers don’t believe in God or fear God, so they have no awareness when doing this, but I believe in God, so I can’t do this.” If they think this way, it proves they have human conscience and reason. Although they don’t know whether this matter is correct or not, nor do they know if it is a positive thing or what God says about it, they are able to use the basic conscience and reason of humanity to assess it. Even if they cannot clearly know whether it is positive or negative, they can see that this matter goes against morality and humanity and should not be done. They have a certain level of discernment regarding such things, so when such things happen to them, they refuse them. It can be said that those who do not refuse and can accept such things in their entirety are not humans; they do not have normal humanity, and do not possess conscience and reason. The fact that they can accept these negative things shows that their conscience and reason do not function at all, and that they haven’t used the minimum standard that is conscience and reason to discern, resist, or refuse such things; therefore, there is obviously a problem with this type of person’s humanity. Some people say, “There is a problem with this type of person’s humanity, so are they of animals or of devils?” Regardless of whether they are of animals or of devils, they are collectively referred to as non-humans. When they come to the West and see that Western countries are developed, affluent, and free, and that their social systems are more advanced than those of Eastern countries, they think that everything in the West is right and better than in the East. They think Eastern people are closed-off, conservative, and unworldly, while Westerners are open, free, and worldly-wise, and are particularly open regarding marriage or relationships between the sexes. They think it is very normal for men and women to hug and kiss when they meet on the street. But in fact, Westerners have principles when hugging upon meeting; they don’t just hug anyone casually. In particular, adults don’t do this kind of thing much; it’s mostly young people who like to do this. On the contrary, in places where Asians gather, one often sees a man and a woman engaging in various intimate acts in public, especially in crowded areas on the street. One can even see older people doing this, which is particularly disgusting to see. Perhaps some Asians traveled to the West and saw the cultural life and etiquette of Westerners, and then claimed that Westerners are free, open, and sexually liberated. Based on these claims, many Asians arbitrarily imagine all kinds of wicked things in their minds. In fact, if you truly delve into Western society or have in-depth contact and interaction with Westerners, you will find that many things are completely different from what Asians imagine and say. Especially in some communities with religious backgrounds or more remote communities, they are particularly conservative and traditional, not at all like the myths spread by Asians. The claims that Westerners are very open about relationships between the sexes are just people’s imaginings, not facts. If someone really thinks this way, and applies this so-called openness they think is true to themselves, arbitrarily indulging their fleshly lusts, then that is their own problem; it has nothing whatsoever to do with the trends, culture, or traditions of any society. It is not Western culture or traditions misleading them, but rather that they themselves have problems. Is this not so? (Yes.) When Eastern people mention Westerners, the first thing they say is, “Westerners are free, open, and sexually liberated,” implying that people in the West can indulge in lust or even commit incest. Governed by such thoughts and views, Eastern people begin to indulge themselves after arriving in the West. Their indulgence is not because they truly saw these phenomena and imitated them, but because it is simply in their nature to love wickedness; they merely use so-called Western culture or Western traditions as an excuse to indulge their flesh. In fact, because this type of person is not a positive figure and does not possess the qualities of humanity, and because it is in their innate nature to love negative things and all incorrect things, they find various excuses and pretexts to do things that are contrary to or even hostile to positive things. Moreover, they feel fully justified, thinking that Westerners are all like this nowadays. Is this factual? They spout nothing but nonsense and make baseless accusations! Obviously, when this type of person says, “Westerners are free, open, and sexually liberated,” they actually have ulterior intentions—to achieve their goal of indulging their lusts. Why can this type of person follow these negative things with such self-assuredness? For one thing, they do not have a correct understanding of positive and negative things; when encountering unfamiliar things, they cannot use the minimum standard that is conscience and reason to assess them. Obviously, this type of person does not possess the qualities of humanity. If they cannot comprehend a clearly positive thing as a positive thing, nor accept it as a positive thing, then this type of person definitely does not possess the conscience and reason of a normal person. For another, if someone does not know what positive things are, nor what negative things are, then they obviously cannot discern right from wrong and correct from incorrect. Because they hold erroneous thoughts and views, even if they do some incorrect things or things that go against conscience and reason, they have no awareness of it whatsoever. It’s very obvious that this type of person cannot distinguish between right and wrong and between correct and incorrect. They do not possess the conscience and reason of normal humanity, and they don’t know whether some things that happen in life or in the process of survival are correct or incorrect, nor is it possible for them to use their conscience to assess and evaluate their correctness and incorrectness. Therefore, they often do some incorrect things that go against conscience and reason, and after doing them, they have no awareness of it whatsoever, and even feel fully justified, thinking they have acted correctly and are upright people. Is this not completely inverting the way things are? (Yes.)

Some people see others’ children being particularly naughty and say, “What a naughty child; one look tells you he’s no good. He’ll definitely neglect doing proper work when he grows up. How could he amount to anything?” But if others say to such a person that his child is naughty, he replies, “So what if he’s naughty? My child being naughty is a manifestation of his promising future. When he grows up, he’ll be able to rise above the crowd; maybe he’ll even become a high official!” When other people’s children are naughty, he says they won’t amount to anything when they grow up, but when his own child is naughty, he says they will be able to rise above the crowd when they grow up. Which of his statements is correct? (Neither.) Then why does he say this? Is he speaking out of fairness? (No.) That he can say such things shows that he has no awareness of conscience. Other people’s children aren’t even grown yet, so how can he tell they won’t amount to anything? Whether people amount to anything when they grow up depends on God’s ordination and the path they walk; how could it depend on a single sentence from him! That he can say such things shows that he has no awareness of conscience. It’s the same issue of being naughty, yet when speaking of his own child, he puts a positive spin on it, whereas when speaking of others’ children, he puts a negative spin on it. Are his words fair? (No.) Then what kind of person is fair? (A person with conscience.) What are the qualities of a person with conscience? A person with conscience possesses two qualities: uprightness and kindness. Being upright means, at the very least, that one’s heart must be right when one speaks and acts. The words one speaks must be fair, objective, and factual; they must not be biased, serve to cover up shortcomings, or be based on feelings. When other people’s children are naughty, he says they won’t be any good when they grow up, but when his own child is naughty, he says they will have a promising future when they grow up. The same manifestation of naughtiness gets two different descriptions from him. Would you say this person is upright? (No.) Does a person who speaks solely based on feelings have conscience? (No.) This point alone is enough to prove that he has no conscience. He says only nice things about his own child, with blessings and good wishes, but curses other people’s children when he speaks about them. This is being unkind and not upright. Because he does not possess a conscience, he is able to say such malicious words. Such a person does not speak fairly and expresses nothing but twisted reasoning. In one respect, this shows that they are not upright; in another, it shows that they are not kind. People who are not kind will describe others’ situations as bad no matter what they are. They speak with ulterior intentions, desperately hoping that things go badly for others. There is malice and a sense of cursing others in what they say. They always speak this way and never feel uneasy about it in their conscience. They speak this way about other people’s affairs, and they treat others this way too. For example, a woman’s husband has an affair. Fearing what others will say about this, she tells people, “My husband is having an affair because he is just too outstanding. He’s good-looking and capable. In this evil society nowadays, those women are so brazen—they just throw themselves at him. It’s just because he is too outstanding. This also proves that I didn’t misjudge him; I have such good taste!” But if someone else’s husband has an affair, she says, “You can tell he’s not a decent person. He hasn’t got either money or looks, yet he’s out there chasing mistresses. Any woman who stays with him is blind!” She even advises that person to hurry up and abandon her husband, and go find a new one. That person asks, “Your husband is also having an affair, so why don’t you find a new one?” She says, “My husband is different from yours. Your husband is a scoundrel. Mine is just too outstanding, and others force themselves on him. My husband couldn’t help himself, whereas your husband actively sought out a mistress.” You see, what she says about everything changes when it involves her. Anything involving her is excusable and a special case; she describes it all in a positive light. But when it involves others, it’s different; she describes it all as bad. Then, if such a person’s parents do not believe in God, what will they say? “Although my parents don’t believe in God, they are good people in the world. They don’t get in fights or curse at others, and they help anyone who’s experiencing difficulty. They are known far and wide as eminently good and kind people. If they believed in God, they would definitely be better than us!” Yet when some brothers’ and sisters’ parents do not believe in God, they say, “Your parents are all devils.” When some brothers’ and sisters’ parents do believe in God, they say, “Even if they believe in God, they are believers in name only, and they’re no good. Since they believe in God, why don’t they support you doing duty?” Whenever it involves themselves, what they say changes. They never speak based on objective facts, and their words are never fair. They have one standard for their own affairs and another for other people’s. Deep in their hearts, there is no fair standard to assess all kinds of people, events, and things. Whatever involves themselves is good and positive, and has various justifiable reasons; whatever involves others should be condemned, cursed, and rejected, and is of devils and Satan. As for their family, relatives, and friends, they are all good people, true believers, and brothers and sisters. But when it comes to the brothers and sisters in the church, they judge them arbitrarily, saying this one is a disbeliever, that one is not devoted to doing their duty, and that they should all be cleared out. If a brother or sister makes a small mistake or has a minor issue, they immediately seize upon it, make it public, and then lecture and belittle them with a stern look in their eyes. But when their own relatives do something wrong, they just try to smooth things over and do all they can to defend them with sophistry. Does such a person have any fairness? (No.) They have no fairness at all. When dealing with brothers and sisters and other people, they “adhere to principles” with a stern look in their eyes, feeling that they possess the truth reality. They often boast before others, saying, “Look how much I adhere to principles. What a firm stance I have. I can practice the truth so well.” But when it comes to their own family affairs—their husband or wife, children, relatives, and even their dog—their attitude changes. For example, if their dog barks whenever it sees a stranger and bites indiscriminately when acquaintances visit, they say, “Look, this dog is truly a good, faithful guardian. He is absolutely loyal to me, his master; he never changes!” But if someone else’s dog bites indiscriminately when seeing an acquaintance, they say, “This dog is blind. He doesn’t even look to see who’s here. He has no principles in guarding the house. What’s he biting blindly for?” They aren’t even fair to dogs. What kind of person is this? (This is not a human being.) They think everything they do is correct and reasonable, and that it aligns with positive things; they even think they are adhering to the truth principles. But when it comes to any unfair thing they do or any twisted reasoning they express, they never think it’s wrong, nor do they ever correct it. If you reproach or expose them, they do not accept it. What is the final result? It’s that they stubbornly stick to their own claims and their so-called principles, and even act as if they are the embodiment of justice and evaluate all matters. In fact, the perspective and stance from which they evaluate the correctness of things are completely antagonistic to, and contrary to the truth principles, yet they themselves never realize this. They spout loads of heresies and fallacious arguments, and stubbornly cling to these words, and even oppose the truth and try to argue with those who can discern right from wrong and understand the truth. What kind of people are these? They are unreasonable people. Even if what they do and insist on is not considered wrong in people’s eyes, judging from their many manifestations and revelations, they absolutely do not possess uprightness, kindness, and reason, these qualities of humanity. Just looking at how they treat the various people, events, and things in daily life, their evaluation of even a child or a dog is twisted—no matter how bad their own dog is, it’s still the best in the world; and no matter how good someone else’s dog is, they cannot bring themselves to say a single good thing about it. They absolutely will not evaluate a person or a matter fairly, much less treat a person or a matter fairly. In their humanity, there are only feelings and bias. They only protect their own interests and any people, events, and things related to them. Apart from this, they feel there’s nothing in life worth doing. Among any group of people and in any matter, the quality of their nature that they manifest is that of putting a twist on all objective people, events, and things, and misrepresenting them. They evaluate and treat them entirely according to their own thoughts and views or based on whether they are beneficial to them.

People of this type, who do not have the qualities of humanity, do not possess the uprightness, kindness, and reason of humanity. Judging from these manifestations, aren’t such people difficult to deal with? (Yes.) They are difficult to deal with and difficult to get along with. You can never get them to accept correct thoughts and views, because they do not have the faculty to accept positive things. This means they do not possess the conditions to accept any correct thoughts and views. Therefore, many correct views and positive things are misinterpreted and warped by them, and after being warped, they become the various thoughts, views, and claims peculiar to this type of person. Even if they believe in God, no matter how many of God’s words they’ve read or how many sermons and fellowships they’ve listened to, they always hold onto their own fallacious thoughts and views in their hearts, never letting them go. Even if God provides them with the truth, they cannot possibly accept correct thoughts and views from God, nor can they possibly treat or evaluate a person or a matter with correct descriptions and in a correct way. Based on the qualities of their humanity, they will only treat all kinds of people, events, and things using their peculiar fallacious thoughts and views, and they will persist in doing so. So, you can see from such people that, besides having arrogant and deceitful dispositions, they have another clearly prominent disposition, which is being particularly intransigent. The specific manifestation of this is that they’re especially obstinate, foolish, stubborn, and even hidebound. When you interact with such a person and discuss some topics, or you face some matters together while associating with them, you see that their attitudes and dispositions in facing matters are particularly intransigent, obstinate, foolish, and stubborn. A correct matter or a correct thought and view that is obviously very easy for a normal person to accept becomes very difficult to accept when it comes to them, with many obstacles involved. It leaves you not knowing whether to laugh or cry, and you feel that this person is particularly troublesome: “Why does such a simple matter become a difficult problem with them? Are they even human?” Getting them to accept a correct matter or a correct view is as strenuous as getting a wolf to give up meat and eat various vegetables instead. It’s equivalent to asking them to change their classification—it’s that difficult. It might be that, for some small matter, you spend a lot of time explaining and go to great lengths to barely persuade them to accept it, but when another matter arises, their intransigent disposition manifests again, and it manifests in a particularly obvious way—with them displaying their distorted comprehension and obstinacy, as well as being foolish, stubborn, and hidebound. As you have more contact with and gain more insight into such people, you will discover that people’s essences differ. When it comes to the essence of such people, you may have to expend a tremendous amount of effort to get through to them and explain things clearly regarding some insignificant matters, finally achieving some results with great difficulty. However, when it comes to issues of viewpoint and stance, or major matters, you can never communicate with them. At that point, you will know that there are classifications for people, and everyone’s classification is different. If two people cannot communicate smoothly or cooperate harmoniously together, and cannot quickly reach harmony and consensus on their viewpoints when discussing any matter, then they are of different classifications. Because people of the type who do not know what’s correct and what’s incorrect do not have the ability in their humanity to discern what’s correct and what’s incorrect, they will never realize why obviously correct thoughts and views, correct words, and correct matters, are correct, or where their correctness lies. They will say, “Why is what you say correct? Why is what I say not correct? Just how is what you say correct?” Sometimes, to prove that what you say is correct, you have to present facts and reason things out, give many examples and make many analogies, going through so much trouble and investing great thought before you can explain one matter clearly to them. After finally doing so, you will still have to invest much thought and go through much trouble to explain the next matter that arises clearly to them. If you always do this, over time you will discover that doing so ultimately cannot change a person’s classification, and that you’ve been running a fool’s errand. Even if you expend a lot of effort and place great hope in them, the results you receive will be minuscule, because no one can change a person’s classification. If someone doesn’t even know what’s correct and what’s incorrect, then there is only one move that can change their classification, which is for them to go back to their original form to be reincarnated again. If they’re lucky, they will be reincarnated as a human; if they are unlucky and are once again reincarnated as something other than a human, then there is still no hope of getting such people to know what’s correct and what’s incorrect. This is just how it is.

People of this type, who do not have the qualities of humanity, have another characteristic in their association with others: They can pick out various kinds of faults in everyone else, but when they have these same faults, they never admit that they are faults. They simply cannot see any strong points or merits in others; they just pick out their faults and expose their shortcomings, using this as an excuse to say that others cannot cooperate harmoniously with them, and that the inability to cooperate harmoniously is all others’ fault, while they themselves are not at fault at all, and it’s others who need to know themselves. What is the problem here? In conducting themselves and dealing with things, such people can never treat others rationally, nor can they treat their own problems in a rational, correct, and fair way. Would you say their attitude in handling matters and treating people is correct or incorrect? (Incorrect.) But do they know this? (They don’t.) They always assess and view others from the moral high ground. Their way of viewing others, and the perspective from which they do so, involve using their own so-called “correct and incorrect” to discern others. They see everything others do as wrong and inferior to them. If a dispute arises and they cannot cooperate harmoniously, they believe it’s all other people’s problem and that it’s caused by others, that others have corrupt dispositions, and that it’s others who should make changes and transform. They see others as full of faults and problems, without a single merit, while viewing themselves as abounding with merit, and free of any faults. Would you say such people have reason? (No.) Do the eyes of people without reason serve any purpose? (No.) They just cannot see the strong points and merits in all sorts of people. On the contrary, they seize upon others’ shortcomings—which, in actuality, may not necessarily be shortcomings—and blow them out of proportion. Things are fine if no problems arise, but once a problem does arise, they seize upon the other party’s shortcomings and won’t let go, saying, “In what way are you better than me? If you’re better than me, why did this problem still happen?” Their deep-seated defiance erupts, and their true inner viewpoints are all laid bare. They never view people, events, and things in a rational way. In their eyes, any manifestation from other people is a problem, a fault. Going by their thoughts and views, none of it passes muster; it’s all wrong, all negative things, and all leverage for them to use for judgment. Such people are difficult to deal with. They do not possess the conscience and reason of normal humanity, so deep in their hearts, their so-called “correct and incorrect” means simply that whatever they think is correct is correct, and whatever they think is not correct is incorrect. They assess the correctness of people, events, and things based on their own evaluation and preferences, and also based on their own interests. They will not view people and things fairly. Anything they dislike, are incompatible with, are not benefitted by, or look down on is generalized as wrong and bad, without any room for discussion. Such people are not only difficult to deal with but also frightening. If there is such a person around you, once their thoughts and views are all expressed, their character is fully laid bare. You can see what exactly is deep within their soul, what exactly they love, what exactly their needs are, and what exactly they pursue. Seeing these things in them can make you disgusted with them for a lifetime. Of course, when all these problems of theirs are laid bare, you will have the answer regarding manifestations of theirs such as their distorted comprehension, and the obstinacy, foolishness, stubbornness, and a proneness to distortions that they reveal due to their intransigent disposition. What is this answer? It’s that such people do not possess normal humanity—that is, they do not possess the conscience and reason of a human; they are non-humans. If they had a bit of conscience and reason, they would not seize upon twisted reasoning and speak of it as if it were correct. Having listened to so many sermons in their belief in God, they should have understood at least a little truth, and their viewpoints on things should have changed somewhat. So why do they still view things using the viewpoints of nonbelievers, and treat erroneous viewpoints and twisted reasoning as correct and the truth, and even condemn the truth, positive things, and correct things as negative things? When their erroneous thoughts and views are laid bare, you get the answer. No wonder they can say so many things in life that invert black and white and twist facts—it’s because of their utter refusal to accept the truth. Since they have the attribute of being averse to the truth, it’s only logical that they reveal those things. This is not due to how their parents taught them, nor the influence of the environment, much less what society taught them; this is the quality of their humanity. They are averse to the truth; they have this attribute. What one loves, what kind of humanity they reveal, what they naturally reveal in daily life, and what their usual state in life is—all of this depends on one’s attributes. No one can change a person’s attributes. Just like a snake: Because it has the attribute of being crooked, it will never slither in a straight line. Just like a crab: It walks sideways, and even if you put it in a narrow space, it will still walk sideways. These are their attributes, and attributes cannot be changed. If a person cannot discern right from wrong or know what’s correct and what’s incorrect, this characteristic can be said to be an attribute they have. Because they possess this attribute, they naturally reveal many things that relate to it in their daily life—this is very normal.

Some people, when it comes to feelings or to dealing with things, do not know what’s correct and what’s incorrect. Likewise, they don’t know what’s correct and what’s incorrect when it comes to conduct between men and women either. For example, they don’t know what distance to keep when interacting and associating with the opposite sex, what topics, remarks, and ways of acting to avoid, or what details to pay attention to in their daily speech and conduct. This is difficult to understand—do normal people not all know that there must be boundaries in associating with the opposite sex? (Yes.) Is this something that needs to be taught? When one is a child, their parents might need to teach them this, but as one gradually grows up and becomes sensible, they naturally come to know these things without needing to be taught by their family or by society. It’s something innate, is it not? Knowing that there are boundaries between men and women is a quality of humanity. The qualities of humanity include conscience and reason, so people definitely know what it is to have a sense of shame. If you have a sense of shame, then you know how to treat the opposite sex. If you don’t know, and act without a sense of shame—not knowing what way of acting is right and what way is wrong, what way is appropriate and rational, and what way is excessive and crosses the line—then there is a problem with your humanity, because this is something a normal person should know at a bare minimum. If one knows these things and can adhere to them, then one possesses the conscience and reason of humanity; if one doesn’t know any of these things and even needs to be reminded and restrained by others, then this kind of person has a big problem. There is one type of person in particular who will not sit with people of the same sex when among others, but will specifically sit next to the opposite sex, and get very close to them—they don’t try to avoid this. When others prompt such a person, they even find it strange, saying, “What’s wrong with sitting close to each other? What could we possibly do in public? I’m a grown adult—do I need you watching over me? Why are you always singling me out?” They even have the nerve to say, “What could we possibly do in public?”—do they have any sense of shame? (No.) Is the issue that they actually have to do something? Or is it that, as long as they don’t do anything, they don’t have to observe the boundaries between men and women? Isn’t there a distinction between men and women? (Yes.) That being the case, there should be boundaries between them, and the maintenance of these boundaries is driven by the sense of shame within humanity. If you have a sense of shame, you will quite naturally maintain boundaries when interacting with the opposite sex; you won’t need others to supervise you, nor will you need to be restrained by the environment—you can do it yourself. If you lack even this bit of a sense of shame and need others to watch over you and prompt you, then one such as you is in great danger. Some people are particularly casual about matters between men and women, and will often wink and make eyes at the opposite sex, and get handsy with them. In particular, some people especially like to flaunt themselves in front of the opposite sex. The more members of the opposite sex are present, the wilder and more excited they get, and the more vigorously they flaunt themselves. Others find this inappropriate and undignified, yet they don’t feel it’s a problem, nor do they feel condemned by their conscience. Instead, they think, “This is very normal. Isn’t this how it should be between men and women? Aren’t women brought into this world for men? And men for women? What’s wrong with having a bit of fun together? Isn’t this a happy thing? Living as seriously as you do is so tiring! Haven’t you heard people say, ‘Men and women working together makes the load lighter’?” You see, they find any thought or view acceptable. In particular, they fully accept these fallacious thoughts and views, yet do not accept positive statements in the slightest, instead resisting, refuting, and rejecting them. If you try to give them a reminder, they are put off by it, and in their hearts they hate you and regard you with hostility. They do not accept anyone’s advice, and insist on acting this way. Some people may lose control or succumb to carelessness for a moment, occasionally acting a little dissolutely. Without needing to be reminded by others, they feel uneasy inside and feel that they must be careful in the future. This is the manifestation that a person with conscience and reason ought to have. But this other type of person has already gone too far and crossed the line in a severe way; they are already indulging in fleshly lust. Many people can’t stand seeing this. If they carry on like this, they will bring danger upon themselves, and they will be spurned and eliminated by God. Yet they do not care, and say, “What danger can there be in indulging in lust?” They actually have no awareness whatsoever. Some women in their twenties associate casually with the opposite sex, staying the night at men’s homes. If this were to get out, it would ruin their reputation, yet they somehow don’t care. Does such a person have a sense of shame? (No.) They have no sense of shame at all. Whether man or woman, if one has no lowest boundary in their heart regarding matters between men and women, and doesn’t know the meaning of the word “shame,” then this fully confirms that they do not possess the qualities of humanity. If a person does possess the qualities of humanity, and they occasionally make a mistake involving the opposite sex or do something that goes too far, they will regret it for a lifetime. Whenever they think of it, their face will get hot, and they will feel a faint prickling sensation in their heart; they’ll feel uncomfortable and ill at ease, not wanting to bring up the matter again, and hoping that such a thing never happens again in the future. What they did is a permanent stain to them. Normal people have a sense of shame and a lowest boundary regarding matters between men and women; they will control and rein themselves in, and not do such things. Even if they lose control for a moment and make a mistake with the opposite sex, they will feel regret. They will not compound their mistake, nor will they indulge themselves and let themselves degenerate when the environment permits it; instead, they will be reined in. How is this achieved? It is the good result you get from being restrained by your conscience and reason. Your conscience and reason will restrain and regulate you, and give you a lowest boundary, which is also your minimum standard for treating such matters; that is, they will help you avoid overstepping this lowest boundary and refrain from doing such things. Once weakness or some special reason causes you to be temporarily unable to overcome your urges and thus make a mistake with the opposite sex, you will feel disgust and loathing deep in your heart, and even feel remorse for a lifetime—it will not happen a second time in this life. However, people without humanity do not care when they do such things. They even broadcast it everywhere and see how they rank against others, thinking that this is a skill and a capability, that this is called having charm, and that this is called gaining an advantage—and that it would be a waste not to. If such people have the opportunity, will they do such things again? The answer is definitely yes—they absolutely will. They never feel upset having done such things, but instead show off about them. Is this not disgusting? (It is disgusting.) It’s already disappointing enough that they don’t feel upset, but they even show off, which is even more disgusting. What they do makes others feel contemptuous, yet they themselves feel no shame whatsoever; such people are not fit to be called a human. They often do such shameful things, and yet they do not feel ashamed, remorseful, or upset, and if there’s an opportunity or the conditions are right in the future, they will do them again—this is a manifestation of having no sense of shame. Then tell Me, if such a person does not practice the truth, will they feel upset or reproached? (No.) That’s right, they won’t feel upset or reproached either. Why is that? (Because they have no conscience or reason.) When it comes to doing shameful things, a person without conscience or reason doesn’t feel ashamed doing something that even nonbelievers would find shameful, nor do they feel upset when they do it. It’s even less likely they’d feel upset when they do things that go against the truth, then, right? (Yes.) In the eyes of nonbelievers, not practicing the truth and not pursuing the truth is very normal; it is not considered disgraceful, nor is it considered going against human morality, because that’s how the majority of people are. Thus, it doesn’t make that kind of person feel anything. If a normal person gets pruned because they fail to practice the truth and go against principles, since they have conscience and reason, they will feel reproached in their heart, and their conscience will be uneasy. But when a person without conscience and reason does shameless things, or things that evoke contempt and disgust in others, they do not feel uncomfortable or uneasy. In their view, isn’t it perfectly normal for them to not practice the truth? They have no awareness whatsoever, so such people are beyond hope.

Tell Me, are those who can see through to what is right and wrong, correct and incorrect, many in number? Look at the people around you, including family, friends, and colleagues, and then look at the brothers and sisters. Among these people, are those who can discern and see through to what is right and wrong, and what is correct and incorrect, many or few in number? (Very few.) There are not many who can know what’s correct and what’s incorrect. That is to say, in this world, there are not many people with upright and kind humanity, not many who are fair and objective in their speech and actions, and who don’t run amok doing bad things, and not many who speak reasonably, and who don’t employ twisted reasoning. Especially among nonbelievers, such people are far too few. When you come into contact with any nonbeliever, you only need to hear them speak to know what sort of person they are. There is too much inaccuracy and adulteration in the words of nonbelievers. Most of them do not speak fairly and objectively; they speak based on their feelings and to protect their own interests. No matter what wrong words they say or what wrong things they do, they have no awareness of it deep in their hearts. As a believer in God, if one is like a nonbeliever in not knowing what’s correct and what’s incorrect in their speech and actions—and even though the words they speak and the viewpoints they hold to are wrong, they still blindly persist in them, regarding wrong viewpoints as positive things and the truth, and even using such viewpoints to replace the truth and God’s words—is there any hope for such a person to be saved? (No.) Some people have believed in God for twenty or thirty years, or even a lifetime, but they never know what positive things are and what negative things are, nor are they ever clear on what’s correct and what’s incorrect. As long as something is beneficial to them, they like it and defend it; if it is not beneficial to them, they say it is bad and wrong, and reject it. They’ve lived up to now with such a philosophy and attitude for worldly dealings, yet still claim they believe in God and want to be saved—is this not a joke? (It is.) They also claim they are followers of God and witnesses for God. What could they use to bear witness to God? They don’t even know what’s correct and what’s incorrect, yet they claim they want to bear witness to God—is this not utter nonsense? Would God use such muddleheaded people to bear witness to Him? (No.) It would be a disgrace to God for such people to bear witness to Him. They never feel that anything God does is right. Assessed using their thoughts and views, many things God does do not conform to their thoughts and views, nor do they conform to their notions, and of course, they do not conform to their fleshly interests either. Oftentimes, God’s words or God’s work go against their wishes, their personal desires and ambitions, and their personal interests of all kinds. Therefore, for some people who have believed in God for ten or twenty years, it is very difficult to get them to say a single word that comes from the heart, to say that everything God does is right and free from error. It can be said that there is something hidden in their hearts. Having believed in God all these years, they possess firsthand experience: They feel that their desires have not been satisfied; they wanted to be an official but didn’t become one, and wanted to gain blessings but didn’t get them. It seems that God’s house treats them unfairly. They have grievances and a sense of being wronged in their hearts that they want to voice but cannot; they’re afraid that if they speak out, they will offend God, give others leverage to use against them, or fail to maintain their good image in people’s hearts. Thus, they keep many things bottled up inside. Just because they don’t say it out loud doesn’t mean that they don’t have thoughts or certain things in their hearts. And what are these so-called “things”? They are not these people’s positive comprehension and knowledge of God and His work, but rather their incomprehension, defiance, and resentment toward God, as well as the grievances they believe they have suffered, accumulated over so many years of believing in God. But because it is God who they believe in, they cannot say it. Why is there so much in their hearts that they cannot give voice to? There is a reason behind this too. This point alone is enough to show that they have not truly understood the truth despite believing in God for many years. They do not take pursuing the truth seriously in their belief in God. No matter what happens to them, they do not view things according to God’s words, nor do they seek the truth to find a path of practice. They have never accepted God’s words as the truth and as life. They do not treasure or place value on the truth, nor are they earnest about how to practice the truth. During their many years of believing in God, they have always stood in opposition to God, scrutinizing, prying into, and questioning God’s words, even resisting God’s words, or evaluating and judging God’s words and work with their so-called correct viewpoints. So, after believing in God for many years, they finally say something from the heart: “What have I gained from believing in God?” The implication is that they’ve gained nothing from believing in God. In their hearts, they believe they’ve suffered a lot and paid many a price in doing their duty in God’s house over the years, but their desire to gain blessings and their wish to pursue fame and gain have not been satisfied. Some even believe that God has not redressed the wrongs they’ve suffered, so they feel defiant, resentful, and full of grievance inside. For the sake of gaining blessings and for the sake of their destination, they have no choice but to aggrievedly perform a bit of their duty and do a bit of work in God’s house, but in the end, their hopes come to nothing and they gain nothing. Do people like this exist? There is at least a portion of such people. That they have gained nothing after believing in God for many years is due to their own problems. They do not have the ability to comprehend or understand the truth, and they follow God and do their duty with the intention to gain blessings. Although they have sincerely expended themselves somewhat, and have paid a great price and suffered a lot, they have never been interested in the words God speaks or the truths God expresses. They have never accepted them into their hearts, nor have they taken practicing the truth seriously. Therefore, they never know whether they possess the truth reality or not. They think, “We can fellowship on the truth and we understand some truths, so how can it be said that we do not possess the truth reality?” But they cannot write a single genuine experiential testimony, so where is this truth reality of theirs? Their actions and deeds are still the same as those of nonbelievers; it’s just that their behavior has changed a bit compared to nonbelievers. With their ways and methods of conducting themselves, and their thoughts and views on all events and things—especially regarding positive things and negative things, and regarding what’s correct and what’s incorrect—they have never viewed things based on God’s words or the truth. Instead, they view everything according to their own thoughts and views. They believe that whatever they like is a positive thing, and whatever they hate is a negative thing. They never view people and things using God’s words as a basis, and they never seek the truth or accept the truth in the people, events, and things they encounter—they just follow their own wishful thinking to act, live, and do their duty according to their own desires, intentions, and preferences. They believe that their ability to forsake things, expend themselves, suffer, and pay a price means that they’ve already made a great contribution to God; they think that this is what it means to believe in God, and that this is pursuing the truth. They believe in the god they imagine in their hearts in their own way, and pursue the truth in their own way. When they are pruned for always acting arbitrarily and recklessly according to their own will in doing their duty, or when they are not used for important tasks in God’s house, they feel disheartened and disappointed. Eventually, they distill everything into one statement: “What have I gained from believing in God for so many years?” They really have gained nothing. The reason they have not gained the truth is that they do not pursue the truth; God cannot be blamed for this. This is because God does not show bias toward people, and nor does the truth. You have failed to gain the truth not because God has not given you the opportunity or because He hasn’t let you hear His words, but because you have heard God’s words yet do not ponder, think about, practice, or experience them. It is because you do not love the truth that you do not accept it. God has not sealed your eyes shut or sealed up your heart; rather, it’s your preferences and your preposterousness that have blocked your heart so that you cannot accept the truth. You have failed to gain the truth not because God hasn’t provided it to you, but because you have never liked reading God’s words, and you do not accept God’s words or the truth in your heart. You treat your own beliefs and viewpoints as the truth to pursue and submit to—do you want people to worship you as God? God’s words and God’s work are just a formality, a formula, to you; you have not pursued the truth and life at all. So, you believing in God could only end in one way—with you really having gained nothing. Why haven’t you gained the truth? This is not because God has not granted you grace, but because of the path you personally walk. God has given you many opportunities and earnestly and patiently exhorts and helps you, but you pay no heed. Nor do you accept being pruned either. You always pursue gaining blessings or pursue reputation and status, never quitting. Your ultimate failure to gain the truth is entirely caused by the path you personally have walked. You have not walked the path of pursuing the truth. This has nothing to do with God. God does not show bias toward people, and nor does the truth. Regardless of what your classification is, as long as you are a human being, then even supposing that your ability to comprehend the truth might be a bit worse than that of a normal person, if you can nevertheless listen to God’s words with your heart, accept God’s words, and practice God’s words—despite the fact that you may only understand some doctrines and abide by some regulations—you can still gain something. Most people can do this, so why can’t you? Others listen to sermons and do their duty just the same, so why can they gain the truth, do their duty up to standard, and cast off their corrupt dispositions and submit to God, yet you cannot? God has arranged the environment for you to do your duty, hoping that you would understand the truth and be able to put it into practice. God has not hindered you, but you yourself always covet worldly things and fleshly pleasure, you do not eat and drink God’s words, and you are averse to and reject the truth in your heart. You uphold Satan’s philosophies and learning and knowledge as positive things and as the truth, while ignoring God’s words and the truth, regarding them as your enemy, as something in opposition to you. Since you do not love the truth in your heart, why do you believe in God? You believe in God but do not listen to God’s words or accept God’s words—could you still hope to be saved? You don’t accept the truth or cast off your corrupt dispositions, so how can you be saved? You do not accept God’s words and do not pursue the truth, yet still want to be accepted and recognized by God, this is a pipe dream; it will not work. You do not accept God’s words and do not accept the truth, so that means there is no place for God in your heart. You will only drift further and further from God. You will just be like a nonbeliever; it will be impossible for you to attain salvation.

Some people have never actually accepted God’s words in the depths of their hearts; they do not accept even a single word of God. When God’s house does not promote or use them, they complain: “How come God doesn’t like me? Why doesn’t God’s house ever promote me or put me in an important position? I understand some truths, I have aspirations and resolve, and I am willing to expend myself for God! I am educated and have strength, and I can suffer and pay a price—so why won’t God’s house give me a chance? Treating me this way is unfair! Others get opportunities, so why don’t I? God is not righteous!” Then why don’t you look at whether you accord with the principles of God’s house for promoting and using people? Your heart is closed off to God, and you are resistant to the words God speaks—have you taken in what God says? Have you ever sought God’s words when you do things? You do not listen to what God’s words say, and you never seek God’s intentions or the truth principles, so how could God’s house use you? Even if God sets up an environment for you, and God’s house gives you a chance to be promoted and used, what work could you be competent in? What work could you shoulder? If such a person were used for church work, they would certainly follow their own will to recklessly commit misdeeds, and cause disruptions and disturbances, which could only lead to one thing: They would be eliminated. There are two reasons people get eliminated: One is being a false leader who cannot do real work, and the other is being an antichrist who recklessly commits misdeeds, does things their own way, and does not uphold the church’s work or the interests of God’s house. Ultimately, both must be eliminated. You never accept the truth, you are averse to reading God’s words, your heart is closed off to God, and you do not seek the truth principles when doing things. Even if God were to treat you with grace and give you a chance, and even if God’s house were to promote and use you, you would not be competent in the work, nor could you undertake any work independently. Ultimately, you would still have to be eliminated. You hope for God’s house to promote and use you, but is your mentality positive? If your aim is not to fulfill your duty, gain the truth, and repay God’s love, then your mentality consists of nothing more than ambitions and desires; this is caused by your arrogant disposition acting up, and God does not accept it. Tell Me, with manifestations like yours, would God’s house dare to use you? If you were used, it would only bring trouble and loss to the church’s work. You can’t do anything well, and after you do something, several people have to remedy the situation and clean up the mess. Therefore, God’s house does not dare to use you. Every item of the church’s work is quite important—can you shoulder them? If something goes wrong, can you take responsibility? You are not competent in the work and cannot shoulder it, yet you still want God’s house to put you in an important position—that’s quite the ambition! If you really want to be promoted to be in charge of church work, then why don’t you think about equipping yourself with more of the truth and understanding more of the truth? Don’t be an enemy to God’s words. Let go of your own so-called correct thoughts and views, and read God’s words earnestly. Even just having an attitude of submission toward God’s words would be good. You don’t even have an attitude of submission toward God’s words, let alone do you accept them. If you don’t accept God’s words but still want to be promoted in God’s house and do church work, then you won’t last a few days before being eliminated. People of this type all seem to have their own aspirations deep in their hearts, but these aspirations can never be realized, and their hearts cannot be satisfied. Although they have believed in God and done their duties in God’s house for many years, and can forsake things and expend themselves, because their hearts are always closed to God and they have a resistant attitude toward the truth, they feel that they have gained nothing after believing in God for so many years. I say, “What you say is quite true; you really haven’t gained anything.” If you had truly gained some truth after believing in God for so many years, that would indeed be precious. If there really were treasures within you, then God’s house would truly like and treasure a person like that. Unfortunately, you are not that kind of person. What you have gained is not the truth, nor is it treasures; rather, what you’ve gained is a head full of grievances, defiance, discontent, and complaints. You say you have gained nothing, and that is correct; that is truly the case. If you really understood some truth and had gained some truth, then you would not have grievances, defiance, complaints, and other such negative things in your heart. Instead, you would have faith in God, understanding of God, consideration for God, submission to God, and fear of God—all these positive things. It is a pity that what is inside you is not positive things, but entirely negative things. Yet you hold onto them tightly, thinking that these things are the most precious; while holding onto them, you think you are in the right and have an excuse. This is a stupid idea. That anger, hatred, judgment, and defiance and resentment of yours are not the truth. They are all things that come from Satan; they are malignant tumors produced from Satan’s corrupt dispositions. You must think of a way to resolve them. These things cannot enable you to attain salvation, nor can they enable you to accept the truth and come before God open and laid bare to become a true created being and accept the Creator’s sovereignty and arrangements. If, on the contrary, you always treasure these things and do not let go of them, it will only cause you to drift further and further from God, and to become ever darker and sink ever lower inside. Ultimately, it will lead you to have less and less faith in God, and to become increasingly repulsed by God’s words, God’s work, God’s requirements, and God’s disposition essence. You believe in God yet are gradually drifting further and further away from Him; this is not a good sign. For you, this is a calamity that will bring utter ruin. You should turn this around and not cling to these things. If you cling to these negative things, it will only steer you toward destruction. You would be better off bringing these things out into the open to dissect them, letting go of them, and accepting the truth. Some people say, “Didn’t You say that people of our type do not have the faculty to accept the truth?” You do not have the faculty to accept the truth, but I am telling you now: The grievances, discontent, defiance, resentment, hatred, and judgment inside you are all things that resist God. If you understand this and can discern the problems inside you, you should let go of these things. Some people say, “I don’t understand the truth, so I don’t know how to let go.” Then do you know how to abide by regulations? Just do whatever God’s words tell you to do. For example, can you refrain from doing evil? Can you refrain from judging God? Can you do more good things? Can you refrain from following evildoers? Can you open your heart to God? Can you report problems to God’s house when you discover them? Can you speak from the heart when praying to God? Can you refrain from being perfunctory in doing your duty? If you can do these things, then there is still hope for you. If you cannot do even these things, then I’ll tell you the truth: You are a write-off. What lies ahead of you is not light but darkness. You are still a person who belongs to Satan, and you cannot be saved.

Even if a person does not understand the truth, if they possess conscience and reason, then they can discern what’s correct and incorrect to a certain extent, no matter what they encounter. However, people without conscience and reason do not know what’s correct and incorrect in many matters, which makes others think they’re very strange. When people interact or handle matters with them, many things do not work with them, and many words don’t get through to them. Moreover, their thoughts and views are very unconventional and extreme, and people find them inconceivable, as though they’ve never lived in the human world. They do not understand many things that are universally recognized as correct; not only can they not approve of or accept them, but they can even express a set of twisted reasoning and heresies. In particular, some people often pull shady maneuvers within a group, sowing discord and misrepresenting facts and falsehoods. It’s as if each day they have nothing proper to attend to; they are either judging this person or judging that matter, and they take pleasure in it. Even if no one pays attention to the things they say, and no one is interested in these things, they still never get tired of saying and doing them. They always sow discord in people’s relationships, judging others and misrepresenting facts and falsehoods behind the scenes. When things don’t go their way, they grumble, complain, and even pass judgment behind people’s backs. Their lives are entirely filled with these things. You never see them fellowshipping on their own understanding—either fellowshipping on the enlightenment and light they have gained from God’s words, or fellowshipping and sharing with everyone their experience in a certain matter. The more it becomes the case that such proper matters are being discussed, the more they become silent, lacking a proactive attitude, and appearing listless and unable to muster any energy. What they are passionate about is sowing discord and misrepresenting facts and falsehoods. Even when discussing some matter, they act like nonbelievers in looking at it from the perspective of right and wrong, correct and incorrect, never discussing any matter in terms of the conscience and reason of normal humanity. They always play the roles of mosquitoes, flies, rats, and so on among groups of people, disturbing and harassing their normal lives. Once they speak and express their views, or evaluate and judge something, people feel averse and disturbed in their hearts, and some people of small stature who do not understand the truth are even misled and constrained by them. These people never play a positive role in a group; they are always gossiping and misrepresenting facts and falsehoods, talking about this person’s faults and then what that person did. Yet they never feel there is anything wrong with doing this; instead, they believe that this is how people should live, and that only by living this way can one be happy and free. They regard this wrong lifestyle and way of handling things as correct, as the lifestyle that people with normal humanity should have, and they do not accept it when others prune and expose them. If their approach doesn’t work in a certain group, they go to another group to find people of their ilk—others who share their foul mindset—to judge rights and wrongs with. Once they find a kindred spirit, they feel that every day of their life is so happy and joyful. In any setting, the role these people play is that of one who misrepresents facts and falsehoods, sows discord, tries to draw people in, and disturbs and attacks people. If you ask them just what ulterior motives they harbor in doing this and what goal they want to achieve, they themselves cannot explain clearly why they do it. They might not have a clear goal, yet the condition in which they typically live is filled with these manifestations and practices. Tell Me, what is the classification of such people? If you say they have ulterior motives in doing this, they are full of excuses: “I didn’t mean to affect anyone’s performance of duty, I didn’t mean to disturb anyone, and I didn’t mean to disturb the work of God’s house. Can’t I just say what’s on my mind?” When you expose them, they get defiant; they insist on doing it like this, they insist on having their own way, and they insist on living like this among others. Regardless of whom they judge or what facts and falsehoods they misrepresent, is their way of living and conducting themselves correct? (No.) Yet they can take pleasure in it. Would you say the problem with such people is very serious? (Yes.) They are adults, and yet they do not know which words and which actions are right, valuable, meaningful, and constitute attending to proper work, and do not know which actions constitute neglecting proper work—people of this type are for all intents and purposes hoodlums, not normal people. Regardless of whether they cause disturbances to others, given that they live every day in a condition of recklessly committing misdeeds without knowing whether what they’re doing is correct or incorrect, and regard misrepresenting facts and falsehoods and sowing discord as proper work all while having no awareness in their conscience, would you say they have humanity? If they truly had normal humanity, they should know what the principles are that govern speaking and acting, and even more so, they should know that in conducting oneself, one must understand the truth, and that this is people’s greatest need. However, they do not know what people need or what people should do. They do not have normal humanity; they are beasts. Some are even worse than beasts. Look at cats: They sleep and sometimes play during the day, and go catch mice when it gets dark. Mice are harmful to humans, so by catching them cats are doing something beneficial for humans. Or look at how dogs live. Besides playing with their masters, dogs guard the home. As long as a stranger comes by, they start barking to alert their master and guard the home. When their master takes them out, they stay by their master’s side, and if a stranger approaches, they protect their master. They fulfill the role of guarding and of watching over the home. Whether cats or dogs, they can all attend to proper work. Of course, animals do this not out of the governing force of conscience but out of instinct. When God created them, He created this instinct and gave them such a mission, and they stick to their mission, and no one can change this. Animals can even fulfill their responsibilities and attend to proper work. If one is a human, at the very least, one must be governed by conscience and reason. One should have standards and a lowest boundary in one’s heart regarding what one should and should not do every day, which actions are related to the truth, and which actions constitute neglecting proper work. These standards and this lowest boundary can be quickly gauged using the conscience and reason of humanity. For example, being dissolute and unrestrained, liking to misrepresent facts and falsehoods, and so on—what kind of people do these things? Normal people can realize: “Those are things done by loafers and hoodlums who neglect proper work. Normal people are far too busy with proper matters; who would do those things? There’s no point in them! Besides, these things of misrepresenting facts and falsehoods and sowing discord are all negative and wrong. If people have conscience and reason, they should absolutely not do them. Occasionally, there may be a special circumstance of some kind—someone offending you—and you may grumble a few words out of hotheadedness, but you cannot turn this into the norm for your daily life; you cannot treat it as proper work!” This is something which can be gauged using the conscience and reason of a normal person, so they are able to refrain from doing these things. But people who do not possess conscience and reason treat these things as proper work. They do not get anxious or worried about delaying their duty. When they haven’t finished their work and others urge them on, they do not take it seriously. Others are all busy doing their duties, but they pretend not to see this. Whenever they feel like it, they chat idly, either misrepresenting facts and falsehoods or sowing discord. These manifestations are not manifestations of normal humanity, but manifestations of being non-human. As a member of the human race, after reaching adulthood, everyone should ponder some proper matters, such as what outlook on life one should establish, what aspirations and pursuits one should have, what one should believe in, what path one should take, how to live so that there’s value and meaning in this life, and so on—there are too many things one should ponder and understand. This is especially the case after people believe in God and do a duty in God’s house, where the volume of every item of work is large, requiring progress and efficiency to get done. Everyone’s very busy—who has the leisure to misrepresent facts and falsehoods and sow discord? Most people would not spend their time on these things. In addition, most people do not have this hobby; anyone who does appears very peculiar and odd. Those who treat misrepresenting facts and falsehoods and sowing discord as a hobby are non-humans, because their behavior is completely different from that of normal people, and goes against the principles for doing things that normal people should possess. Therefore, such people are wretches who neglect their proper work. The things they do are not what normal people ought to do; the role they play is that of a non-human. Yet they themselves think it is quite good and correct. Isn’t this not knowing what’s correct and what’s incorrect? (Yes.)

Some people are always engaging in sneaky and intrusive behavior behind people’s backs. For example, some like to check other people’s private information, such as their personal diaries and spiritual devotion notes. Some like to eavesdrop on others’ prayers, or eavesdrop on others’ conversations to see whether they get mentioned and what others think of them. Some peek at others’ computers to see what messages they have, whom they’re contacting, what songs they’re listening to, and what videos they’re watching, always prying into others’ private lives. There are also some people with sticky fingers who rummage through others’ personal belongings, packages, and even their bedding without permission. They check whatever others eat, wear, or use. If they find something good, they take it and use it, and if using it feels good to them, they treat it as their own. When others buy some snacks or pastries, they sneak a look, and if they find something tasty, they take a bite or a piece. Their purpose is not just to look, but to eat because they’re greedy. If they want to eat, they could ask for some, and no one would laugh at them. But why do they steal others’ food behind their backs? Is it right to do this? (No.) They know it’s wrong but still do it, and do it often, rummaging through others’ things as if they were their own. If discovered, they justify themselves by saying they were just looking, and they don’t feel ashamed by this. When no one is around, they continue to rummage and steal. They have no sense of shame; they don’t even know whether it’s correct or not. What kind of person does such things? Generally, sensible six- or seven-year-old children do not even do these things. If an adult still does them, it’s because they’ve been used to doing them since childhood. It’s like a thief who’s gotten used to stealing and pilfers wherever they go. Even if they lack nothing, they still want to steal; it has become second nature and they cannot stop. Even if they want to stop, they can’t. They are born thieves. Aren’t they non-humans? (Yes.) You are curious and insist on having a look at others’ personal belongings, but what good could looking do? Even if you look, they don’t belong to you, and you can’t acquire them. If you really want to borrow something once, just ask the person, and use it only after they agree. Do things openly and aboveboard; don’t be sneaky. If you want to wear someone else’s clothes, ask them openly to lend them to you. You can only wear them if they agree to lend them to you. If they are reluctantly willing to lend you something they value, this counts as affection between brothers and sisters. If they don’t lend it to you, don’t wear it secretly. Believers in God are all adults, yet some of them are still indecent in how they act, and a few individuals even have sticky fingers. They secretly rummage through others’ things without knowing it’s wrong. Once they’re discovered and others talk about them, they feel no shame, and even think, “So what if I rummaged through your things? You didn’t lose anything, and your things haven’t been set apart as holy, so why can’t I take a look at them?” See, they even use twisted reasoning. This problem is serious; it’s not just an issue with their behavior, but a problem with their humanity essence. And what is the problem with their essence? Such people have no awareness whatsoever when they do wrong. Once someone discovers what they’ve done and corrects them, not only do they not accept it, but they also justify themselves, use twisted reasoning, and persist in doing it that way. This shows they are non-humans. One characteristic of non-humans is that they never admit they’re wrong when they do wrong, have no remorse whatsoever, persist in believing that they’re right, and are full of justifications. That is, they speak of wrong things, distorted things, and twisted and wicked things as correct things. This is taking fallacious reasoning as if it were correct. Those who possess this characteristic lack conscience and reason. People who lack conscience and reason are non-humans. These are precisely the kinds of manifestations that non-humans have. When they secretly rummage through others’ things, no matter how you expose them or fellowship the truth with them, they do not accept it. Not only do they not feel remorse, but they also use twisted reasoning, saying, “I just rummaged through someone’s things—what’s wrong with that? Compared to those who engage in promiscuity, murder, or arson, and have committed every evil act imaginable, I’m the best person there is! Where else could you find a person as good as me?” Is this not utterly unreasonable? (Yes.) If someone does something wrong and stubbornly refuses to admit it, they are beyond hope. Some people commit wrongs so serious that they are unacceptable even assessed using human morality, let alone the truth; their caliber makes them unequipped to realize this. In terms of humanity, once a person lacks conscience and reason, they are non-human. No matter how good, kind, great, or noble you think you are, if you do not have the manifestations of conscience and reason, but instead live out many non-human manifestations, and even have many specific practices and erroneous thoughts and views, then you are non-human. The main characteristics of non-humans are that they do not accept the truth or positive things, but accept erroneous things as correct viewpoints, and can even confuse right and wrong and turn black into white to mislead people.

There is a type of person who, seeing that their daughter is good-looking, wants to use her to make a lot of money. So, they betroth her to a rich man and demand lots of betrothal gifts. Once they get their hands on the gifts, they start eating, drinking, and enjoying themselves. After a while, when they’ve almost spent all the money, they go back to the man’s family to ask for more. When the family says they’ve already given all the betrothal money and can’t give any more, the parents betroth the girl to another family and once again demand quite a few betrothal gifts. The first family sees that they aren’t going to let the daughter marry into their family, so they demand the betrothal gifts back. And what do those people say? “My daughter can’t marry your son because you didn’t give enough betrothal money. We shouldn’t have to return the money to you. Who told you to not give enough? You didn’t give enough money and still want to marry my daughter? No way!” After finagling the money, they start using twisted reasoning. The first family realizes they’ve encountered a swindler, a scoundrel, so they just ignore them. The second family gets taken for the same ride. The girl is betrothed to several families with much back and forth, and after all the tossing about, she ends up not getting married, but her family makes a lot of money. Is this family good? (No.) Why not? (They used their daughter’s marriage to swindle men out of their money. When asked to return it, they refused and used twisted reasoning. They have no reason at all. People like this don’t know what’s correct and what’s incorrect, and have no sense of shame, so they are bad.) They exhibit all these behaviors. They don’t know what’s correct and what’s incorrect and have no sense of shame. They spend the swindled money without feeling any self-reproach, and even eat and drink well, and live every day with a clear conscience. Tell Me, are there people like this among those who believe in God? (There probably are.) There are. These people have all kinds of swindling tactics, making it impossible to guard against them. The chaotic world of vice of nonbelievers is like this, but if someone who believes in God can swindle people this way, they are definitely not a good person. Their nature is too bad; even while believing in God, they are a disbeliever. Is this not determined by their nature? (Yes.) They don’t even believe in retribution, yet they believe in God—what sort of wretch are they? They swindle people out of their betrothal gifts and don’t let their daughter marry. This is deception. Moreover, they don’t just swindle one family, but several, and still live with a clear conscience. And they even claim to believe in God. Does God acknowledge such a person? (No.) God does not acknowledge their belief. If there are such people in God’s house, they must be cleansed away. God’s house doesn’t want such people. Swindlers cannot be changed; God does not save evil people. A swindler will swindle people wherever they go. When they come to God’s house, will they deceive the brothers and sisters? Will they deceive God’s house? They certainly will. Will God save such a person? God will not save them. What kind of people are swindlers? To be precise, they are non-humans. Non-humans are people without conscience and reason. So, will such a person go around swindling people while believing in God? They certainly will. If they claim to believe in God, some brothers and sisters will treat them with love, helping them with their difficulties and giving to them in their need. But eventually, as time goes by, they discover that this person doesn’t pursue the truth at all and is a swindler. Haven’t they been taken for a ride? Therefore, one must know how to discern swindlers to avoid being taken for a ride. This is to protect the brothers and sisters from being taken for a ride. If such a person is discovered, they should be cleared out, because they have a bad reputation and are capable of doing any bad thing—they are a scoundrel in society. How can a scoundrel attain salvation? Scoundrels are not allowed to exist within the church. They are not fit to live among God’s chosen people. They should be cleared out; they are unworthy of remaining in God’s house.

There are also some people who especially love to borrow things from others. Whether it’s food, clothing, tools, computers, or furniture, they borrow everything—even money, jewelry, and cars. Some have their own money but don’t buy things themselves; they just like to borrow from others, intentionally taking advantage of them. For example, some people borrow a car to go out, and don’t refuel it when they use up all the gas. Some even borrow a car and don’t return it, waiting until the owner comes and asks for it before giving it back. Some people borrow tools, and don’t get them fixed for the owner when they break them, not even offering a word of apology. Some people borrow money and spend it all, with no intention of paying it back, as if it were their own. They just hope the lender forgets about it, which would be just what they want, intentionally taking advantage. They use others’ money for business, on food, drink, and entertainment, while saving their own to earn interest or invest in stocks. When asked when they’ll pay the money back, they say, “I’ll pay it back when I have money. How can I pay it back when I don’t have any now!” See? Their true colors are exposed, right? It was their intention all along to never pay it back. What kind of person is this? This is a scoundrel. Others, seeing that someone has a nice watch, ask to borrow it for a few days, and end up getting the watch all dirty. When the owner comes to get it back, they get upset and say, “You’re so stingy! I’ve only had it for a few days and you’re already asking for it back!” What kind of mentality is this? Always wanting to appropriate others’ good things for themselves. Is this not being greedy? They feel that borrowing things is perfectly legitimate, so they’re always looking for opportunities to borrow from others. No matter what they borrow, they never want to return it, hoping to appropriate the things for themselves. What kind of person is this? (This is a ruffian and a scoundrel; this is a non-human.) There are so many scoundrels and non-humans like this among nonbelievers—we won’t discuss them any further. But are there people like this among those who believe in God? If such a person worms their way into the church, are they not a ruffian and a scoundrel? (Yes.) Scoundrels like this believe in God just to gain blessings. When they interact with the brothers and sisters, they always have a mentality of taking advantage of them. They’re always on the lookout for who among the brothers and sisters has money, who has influence, or whose family has nice things, and they specifically target these people. They use whomever they can and interact with whoever is easy to take advantage of. They’re always borrowing things from the brothers and sisters and telling them what to do under the banner of “brothers and sisters are one family,” and even demand that the brothers and sisters host them. Some brothers and sisters who have just started believing in God don’t understand the truth and have no discernment, so they treat such a person as a brother or sister, feeling it would be awkward to refuse them. But as time goes by, they find that this person is mooching off them in their home and won’t leave, eating endlessly whenever they see good food, and helping themselves to nice things as they please. Moreover, this person doesn’t pursue the truth or do their duty in the slightest, thinking only of taking advantage all day long. So, they become repulsed by them. Seeing that there are such people in God’s house, some even develop notions about God, thinking to themselves, “How could God choose such a person?” In fact, such a person was not chosen by God; rather, they wormed their way into the church. The people who preached the gospel to them didn’t know their true background, and the church accepted them. Situations like this do happen. God absolutely does not choose such scoundrels and non-humans. If such evil people and scoundrels are discovered, they should be shunned and rejected. Don’t treat them as brothers and sisters; they are just freeloaders. If you treat such a scoundrel as a brother or sister and think they are someone chosen by God, then your comprehension is distorted. The people God chooses are, at the very least, those with good humanity who are able to accept the truth. God would absolutely never choose scoundrels and evil people, because God does not save scoundrels and evil people; God does not want such people. Even if such people come to believe in God, they will still be revealed and eliminated by Him. Do you understand now? (Yes.) People become thoroughly repulsed after dealing with such individuals, and detest and are disgusted by them. So, if they were to associate with God, could God possibly like such people? The answer is obvious: God absolutely does not like such people, nor would He ever choose them. God’s house doesn’t need such people doing duties, and they aren’t competent for any work. They are just hoodlums, people who are just drifting along aimlessly. They come to God’s house just to freeload. They think that people who believe in God are all guileless, particularly genuine and loving, and willing to help others. They think that even if the believers lend them money, they’ll feel it’s too awkward to ask for it back, and that even if they don’t return the money, the believers won’t report them. They think these people are the easiest to take advantage of. And since they don’t want to work a job, they just borrow money from the brothers and sisters. They can get by without working a job, and the church can help if they run into difficulties. Not only is their rent taken care of, but their spending money is also covered, and they go through their days worry-free. Some brothers and sisters have no discernment and actually end up maintaining such people’s livelihood, truly letting them take advantage and exploit loopholes. Is this not because they have no discernment? (Yes.) People are too foolish and have no discernment of others, so they sometimes do some foolish things. Do you know how to discern such people now? (Yes.) Since you can discern them, you should cleanse such people away. They are not God’s chosen people, so there is no need to show them any love. They always want to get something for nothing and reap where they have not sown—they are hoodlums! On what grounds should they spend your hard-earned money and use your things as they please? Tolerating and indulging such a person, and even maintaining their livelihood—this is not your God-given duty, nor is it the commission and mission God has entrusted to you. You have no responsibility or obligation whatsoever to show them love. Showing love to true brothers and sisters is in accordance with the principles and God’s requirements; this is your responsibility and obligation. Providing for, helping, and supporting true brothers and sisters, even with financial and material aid, is all in accordance with God’s intentions. These are good deeds, and they are remembered by God. But as for these non-humans, there is no need to be polite, nor is there any need to act with love toward them. Love, tolerance, and patience are meant for true brothers and sisters. For non-humans, for ruffians, scoundrels, and hoodlums, there is no need to show love, tolerance, or patience. This is the principle. For a hoodlum, a freeloader who doesn’t have a sense of shame and doesn’t know what’s correct and what’s incorrect, if you blindly show them patience and love, that is foolish and unprincipled, and God does not remember it in the least. Your doing these things has nothing to do with the truth; it is not accepted by God, and is done in vain.

Some people frequently attack the brothers and sisters, leaders and workers, and God’s house and its work arrangements; they even attack and pass judgment on God. And what is their pretext for doing this? “I’m fair in what I do. I have no other intentions. I’m saying these things and doing this with an attitude of seeking the truth and being earnest!” They sound quite reasonable and speak with an air of righteousness. In fact, every word they say and everything they do is not in accord with the truth and is the result of their erroneous thoughts and views; moreover, it all causes disruptions and disturbances to the church’s work, yet they think, “What I’m doing is right. I’m in the right. You can’t condemn me!” They believe in God, yet they attack Him. Their hearts are full of defiance and resentment toward God, and they even belittle and look down on Him, yet they don’t realize this is wrong, and instead do it as if it were the right thing, as if it were their duty and obligation. Among corrupt humankind, such people can be said to have the most serious problems. Their manifestations and revelations are not the typical erroneous thoughts and views or ways of handling things commonly seen in normal people, nor are they defects of humanity. Rather, what do they involve? (They involve God and the work of God’s house.) They involve one’s attitude toward positive things and toward God. These manifestations of theirs do not simply involve relationships between people or people’s ways and means of handling things; they involve the relationship between people and God, how people treat God, and people’s attitude toward Him. Not only do these people not have the slightest submission in their attitude toward God, but in their hearts, they also often attack, pass judgment on, and condemn all of God’s work and words that do not conform to human notions. They even deny that all of God’s words are the truth, and can push away all the work arrangements of God’s house. Outwardly, they don’t come up with any arguments or statements or incite people in an overt and blatant manner, but deep in their hearts, they often harbor thoughts of passing judgment on and attacking God. From time to time, they spread some erroneous thoughts and views that pass judgment on God, spreading negativity and death to disturb people’s hearts and drive them away from God. The essence of these people is that of antichrists. Antichrists have so many fallacious thoughts and views in their hearts. Although they dare not express them brazenly in the open, these things are naturally revealed when they interact with people behind the scenes. Tell Me, do such people have problems? (Yes.) What kind of problem? (Such people have the essence of devils, because there is no bad blood between God and them, and God expresses so many truths to save people, yet they constantly attack and pass judgment on Him. They hate the truth and hate God in their hearts—they have the essence of devils.) You see, I am preaching here, and while everyone is listening, some people ponder deep down how they can properly understand and accept it: “What is the topic of today’s sermon? How should I check myself against these exposed manifestations of corruption and come to know myself?” Theirs is an attitude of acceptance. These people with an attitude of acceptance, who live within the conscience and reason of normal humanity, often gain some enlightenment and light. Deep in their hearts, they do not push away God’s work or positive things. It’s just that because of their poor caliber, they are a bit slow to comprehend the truth, and sometimes their state is wrong because they are controlled by their corrupt dispositions. However, their hearts are striving toward the truth, and their relationship with God is normal most of the time. It’s just that sometimes, when disturbed by their corrupt dispositions, they develop a negative state and aren’t so close to God. But in their hearts, they do not scrutinize or question God, nor do they resist or exclude Him, much less do they have an attitude of belittling God, mocking God, or taking pleasure at His expense. But there’s another group of people who are different. No matter what topic is being discussed, they do not listen to the sermon with a mentality of thirsting for the truth and of submitting to and accepting it. Instead, they listen with a mentality of scrutinizing and questioning: “Why are you saying this? What is your purpose in saying these things? Who are you trying to expose and reveal? Or who are you trying to attack and condemn? What does this have to do with me?” If others are able to accept it and apply it to themselves, they feel peeved. If they discover that someone finds these truths to be beyond them and can’t apply them to themselves, they feel very pleased and have a great sense of accomplishment: “Finally, I get to gloat over God! Finally, I’ve got something on Him!” They often listen to sermons with this kind of mentality. Especially when some content that is spoken about targets their states and manifestations, their attitude is not one of acceptance, nor is it one of humility and humbleness. Instead, they feel resistance, repulsion, and loathing in their hearts. They feel that what I’m saying is just lecturing and spouting high-sounding words. They don’t want to listen and can’t take it in. Especially when their sore spots and weaknesses are touched upon, they feel even more repulsion and loathing, and are extremely uncomfortable inside. Their discomfort doesn’t come from remorse or sadness from the fact that they have corrupt dispositions, but rather from their resistance to and rejection of the method and language used to expose them, as well as the content of the exposure and their own exposed essence. Under typical circumstances, when a normal person takes on an item of church work, as long as they accept the work arrangements or the provision and guidance from the Above with an attitude of humility and submission, they will make some progress after a period of time. They will get the hang of it, figure out some methods, and find some principles and paths of practice. In other words, they will continuously make progress, change, and gain something. But those who harbor resistance in their hearts are different. Because their hearts are full of scrutiny, resistance, ridicule, and guardedness toward God, for them, God and the truth are the objects of their scrutiny. They do not thirst for the truth. When they do their duties, they rely on their gifts or petty cleverness to do things. As soon as they encounter problems or difficulties, they won’t seek the truth to resolve them. When it comes to matters involving the truth principles, they simply don’t have a clue. No matter what issues they’re facing, as long as they involve the truth principles, they feel they’re strenuous and taxing, and beyond their reach—like forcing a fish to live on land or forcing a pig to fly. No matter how hard such people try, they cannot reach the truth. Whatever they say, they sound like laypeople, making you doubt just whether they have ever read God’s words or fellowshipped on the truth in all their years of belief, and just whether they have ever truly lived church life. It’s simply baffling. Aren’t such people very troublesome? I have a term to describe them: They have no spiritual aura. This means that even when doing the simplest thing, they can’t figure out how to do it, and can’t get the hang of it even if they exert effort. Having no spiritual aura doesn’t necessarily mean a person looks dull and sluggish. Rather, it means they are mindless when it comes to doing things. No matter what they do, they can’t find the principles or direction, and no matter how long they do it, they can’t grasp the rules involved. This is especially true for the various items of work in God’s house. Although such people may be educated, relatively young, and look intelligent, they appear particularly clumsy when performing duties and doing work in God’s house. It gets people angry just watching them; it seems baffling. Here is a living, breathing person, educated and gifted—how can they be so incompetent at every item of work? How can they be this clumsy? It is the case that the work they did in the world wasn’t bad, so why are they so awkward and inept when doing the work of God’s house? There’s a problem here. When such people have believed in God for three to five years, all they understand are those few words and doctrines. They just shout slogans when they speak and have absolutely no principles in their actions. After they’ve believed for seven or eight years, what they say is still the same old stuff, without the slightest progress. Like plastic flowers, they haven’t changed at all. They have no self-knowledge, no entry into God’s words, and have gained nothing. When they fellowship on the truth, it’s like they’re telling stories or talking about domestic matters—why does it sound so awkward? Others say, “We must do our duty with devotion, offer up our sincerity, and do our duty well, and expend ourselves for God.” But what do they say? “Let’s just work hard, put our all into it, and do a good job!” After believing in God for over a decade, they can’t even say the words “do one’s duty with devotion.” All they know how to say is, “Put in more effort, do more work, do things for God’s house, dedicate our lives to working for God’s house. We don’t have much, but we’ve got our strength!” These are all things laypeople say; they cannot even use spiritual terms fully. Such people have believed in God for quite a few years, at least seven or eight, or over ten years. They have been doing duties in God’s house all along and have done their fair share of listening to sermons. So why can’t they properly use spiritual terms when they speak? What are such people thinking about, preoccupied with, pondering, and considering in their hearts every day? It’s a complete mystery! If you observe them for a period of time, you will find that what they think about, ponder, and are preoccupied with every day is actually all those fleshly matters. They are narrow-minded, petty, and overly exacting, caught up all day long in who is good and who is bad, personal grudges, and other such trivial, meaningless things, which have nothing to do with the truth. Their thoughts, ideas, and viewpoints are all erroneous, preposterous, and absurd. Outwardly, such people appear educated and have caliber; some have even run businesses in society. Why is it that after they come to believe in God, they don’t seem to have the slightest bit of spiritual aura? No matter how you look at them, they just seem like a wooden figure or a robot. Why are they so clumsy no matter what duty they do? Why do spiritual terms sound so awkward coming out of their mouths? They’re not even as good as a parrot that can mimic speech. If you keep saying “Amen, thank God!” in front of a parrot, it can learn to say it very fluently. But these people can’t even say “thank God”; they say “thanks, God.” And if you look at their principles for handling things, what they think about, calculate, and plan in their hearts every day, and what they love and are passionate about pursuing inside, have nothing whatsoever to do with positive things; they are all things of evil trends, negative things. Therefore, what these people think about in their hearts is all evil—this statement is not wrong in the slightest. Even when they fellowship in gatherings, the content of their fellowship and the thoughts and views they reveal are all distorted. They do not seek the truth in the slightest and are unable to gain any enlightenment or illumination. When others fellowship and share their personal enlightenment, illumination, and understanding of God’s words, they appear very awkward, out of place, and at a complete loss for what to do. When it comes to toiling and working, they have some strength and are willing to work hard, but if you ask them to fellowship on the truth, they can’t say a thing. No matter how many years such people believe in God, they never realize what path people should take in life or what is most valuable to pursue. A person with a bit of conscience and reason, even if they don’t believe in God, can recognize some common sense and insight that people should possess in life by the time they are fifty or sixty; at a deeper level, they can also recognize some philosophies of life. And this goes without saying for believers in God—after believing for ten or twenty years, they can understand some truths and develop true faith and a God-fearing heart. But those who do not love the truth, no matter how many years they believe in God, do not have any realization of or any feeling for matters concerning their lives, what path to take, or spiritual matters in life. Even if they live to be a hundred, they’ll only be able to say those few doctrines and cling to those few viewpoints stubbornly. Aren’t such people very troublesome? What kind of people are they? If such people have an evil humanity, they are devils and Satans. If they are not evil people but just muddleheaded, numb, and dull-witted people, what are they? (Animals.) That means they are reincarnated from animals; it’s absolutely true. Both those reincarnated from devils and those reincarnated from animals share a common trait: They do not accept the truth and are averse to the truth. So long as you fellowship on the truth, those reincarnated from devils show obvious aversion and resistance; they have clear ideas, thoughts, and views targeting each truth. Those reincarnated from animals, however, do not have clear thoughts and views; they are muddled. They just feel a repulsion in their hearts and do not accept the truth. They also have some distorted thoughts and views that are completely untenable. These are views that can’t be brought out into the open, and that no normal person would ever say, yet they treasure them dearly. In short, the manifestations of both those reincarnated from devils and those reincarnated from animals are having an attitude of extreme repulsion and loathing toward the truth: The former possess extremely subjective repulsion, loathing, and condemnation; the latter possess an absent-minded repulsion, loathing, and distancing—although it is not as radical, the nature of their attitude toward the truth is the same. Therefore, no matter how many sermons these two types of people hear, they cannot make sense of them or understand them because they simply cannot take them in. If someone has believed in God for three or five years and cannot use spiritual terms fully or well, this is excusable, because spiritual terms are very unfamiliar to everyone; they are a new type of language. When people start believing in God, they don’t understand the spiritual terms they hear very well, and many are foreign to them. But after believing in God for more than five years, because they often listen to sermons, fellowship on the truth, and come into contact with this language, they gradually become familiar with it. They will be able to speak it with ease, fluently, naturally, and freely. They will be able to use it, and it will become their own language and a part of their life. These are the manifestations of normal people. Those who do not have the manifestations of normal people cannot achieve these things. Even when they speak some basic spiritual terms, it sounds very awkward, and it’s hard for others to understand. When you interact with such people, you’re unlikely to hear them say a single thing that is edifying to people, or that is rational or complete. Whatever they say is incomplete—it has a beginning but no end, or an end but no beginning—or else there is no logic in their thinking, just a stream of nonsense. Having lived for so long, they still don’t know how to talk. They cannot express, describe, or clearly explain what they are thinking or what they have experienced. They always speak in incomplete sentences, are always exuding foolishness, or else they are expressing distorted thoughts and views. No matter which angle you look at it from—their attitude toward God, the revelations and manifestations of their humanity in daily life, or the fact that they have gained nothing after living for so many years—such people are non-humans. Is it easy for non-humans to come to understand the truth? (No.) It is becoming clearer and clearer now that it is not easy for such people to understand the truth.

As for knowing what’s correct and what’s incorrect, after discussing these examples, shouldn’t you now know how to discern what is correct and what is incorrect? Most of the examples we have discussed are negative. Through comparison with these negative examples, people should basically know which things are positive things. Anyone who possesses the qualities of humanity has an awareness of such negative things. Therefore, a normal person would only do such things under special circumstances, and after doing them, they would feel upset and pained, and have an attitude of repentance. But non-humans are different. Even if they do these things for a hundred years, they won’t know they’re wrong; they will still think they are right and persist to the end. If you expose that what they are doing is wrong, they will retort, “On what grounds do you say that what I’m doing is wrong? I’ve been doing this for so many years, and no one has ever said I’m wrong.” How do you feel when you hear them say this? (I feel this person is beyond reason.) They are beyond reason. You tell them that doing this is wrong, but they do not accept it, remaining oblivious about what is correct and what is incorrect. Then, you can only be left speechless: “You’re impossible to reason with; I’m finished with this conversation!” Are you clear now on the manifestations of non-humans? (Yes.) Non-humans do not understand matters of life, matters of feelings, how to conduct themselves and handle things, or matters involving integrity and dignity; it could also be said that these things are beyond them. With a clear conscience they choose those erroneous thoughts, views, and methods to treat people and things, and to conduct themselves and act. Moreover, they persist blindly and believe that doing so is right. This reveals that there is absolutely no conscience or reason in their humanity. So, it’s obvious that these people do not possess the qualities of humanity; it can only be said that they are non-humans. They do not possess a shred of conscience or reason, and live entirely by Satan’s philosophies, thinking they are quite something and capitulating to no one. After coming to believe in God, if these people expend themselves a little for God, they then think they are people who love God and submit to Him. Such people may claim they love God, but in their hearts, they still harbor notions about Him, and when they see God doing things that do not accord with their notions, they can still pass judgment on and resist God. In such circumstances they even have the gall to shamelessly declare that they are the ones who love God the most. Are they not beyond reason? There are so many people like this in religion. They speak about the Bible and outwardly seem to understand all doctrines, yet they cannot recognize the truth expressed by God. While believing in the Lord Jesus, they condemn the incarnate God. People believe in God yet resist Him, and can even try to catch Him out and attack Him. They are always trying to scheme against God, always wanting to pass judgment on God, always wanting to evaluate whether God’s words are right or wrong, to evaluate whether God’s actions are right or wrong, and to scrutinize whether God is right or wrong. Do such people have any conscience or reason? You believe in God, eat and drink His words, and enjoy so much of His grace and so many of His blessings, yet so long as you discover God doing something that does not accord with your notions, you dare to pass judgment on God, resist God, and condemn God. This is being beyond reason. People who are beyond reason are non-humans; they are not fit to believe in God and not fit to come before God.

Alright, that’s all for our fellowship today. Goodbye!

April 27, 2024