To God, man is like a plaything in His grasp, like a hand-stretched noodle in His hands—one that can be made as thin or thick as God wishes; God does with man however He wishes. It is fair to say that man really is a plaything in God’s hands, like a Persian cat that a lady has bought from the market; man can definitely be said to be a plaything in God’s hands. Therefore, there was nothing false about the knowledge of Peter. From this, it can be seen that the work God does on man and the words He says to man are all done with ease and pleasure, not by racking His brains or making plans, as people imagine. The work He does on man is very normal, as are the words He utters to man. When God speaks, He seems to let His tongue run away with Him, He says whatever comes into His mind, without constraint. However, after reading God’s words, people are utterly convinced, they are lost for words, wide-eyed and dumbstruck. What is going on here? This well shows just how great God’s wisdom is. If, as people imagine, God’s work on man had to be meticulously calculated to be precise and correct, then they may as well go ahead and follow that line of thought: The terms “God’s wisdom,” “God’s wondrousness,” and “God’s unfathomability” would all refer to something quantifiable. This shows people’s “valuation” of God is too low. Because there is always foolishness in people’s actions, they measure God in the same way. God does not make plans or arrangements for His work; instead, it is directly carried out by the Spirit of God. The principles by which the Spirit of God works are free and unrestrained. It is as if God pays no heed to the states of man; He talks as He pleases—yet still man can hardly tear himself away from God’s words, which is because of the wisdom of God. The facts, after all, are facts. Because the work of God’s Spirit on all people is so evident, this is sufficient to show the principles of God’s work. If God had to pay such a great price in His work on created beings, would that not be using a sledgehammer to crack a nut? Must God act in person? Would it be worth it? Because the Spirit of God has been working for so long, and yet throughout the ages the Spirit of God has never worked in this way, no one has ever known the means and principles by which God works, and they have never been clear. Today they are clear, for God’s Spirit has personally made them manifest—and this is beyond doubt. They have been directly made manifest by the Spirit of God, and are not something derived through the summarizing of man. Why not take a trip to the third heaven and see whether this is really what is going on; see whether, after doing all this work, God’s labors have left Him exhausted, His back aching and His legs in pain, or else unable to eat or sleep; and whether He had to read through a great many reference materials to speak all these words, whether drafts of God’s utterances are spread across the table, and whether He is dry-mouthed after saying so much. The facts are precisely the opposite: The words above have nothing in common with the place where God resides. God says: “I have expended much time and paid a great price for the sake of man—but at this time, for an unknown reason, people’s consciences remain ever incapable of performing their original function.” Regardless of whether people have any sense of God’s sorrow, if they could approach God’s love without going against their conscience, this would be considered rational and reasonable. The only fear is that they are unwilling to bring to bear the original function of conscience. What do you say, is this right? Do these words help you? My hope is that you belong to the kind of things that are possessed of conscience, rather than being trash without conscience. What do you think of these words? Do people have any feeling at all? Does having a needle stuck in their heart not hurt? Does God stick the needle in an insensate corpse? Is God mistaken, with old age having dulled His eyesight? I say that is impossible! Anyway, this must be some malady within man. Why not go to the hospital and take a look? There is undoubtedly a problem with man’s heart; it needs to be fitted with new “parts.” What do you think? Would you do that?

God says: “I look at their ugly faces and weird states, and I once again depart from man. Under such circumstances, people remain uncomprehending, and once more take back the things I have rejected from them, awaiting My return.” Why, during this “new technological age,” is God still talking about ox-drawn carts? Why is this? Is it because God likes to nag? Is God passing the time because He has nothing better to do? Is God like man, who has nothing better to do after eating his fill? Is there any use in repeating these words over and over again? I have said that people are wretches, that you always have to grab them by the ears to get through to them. After the words have been spoken to them today, they will immediately forget them tomorrow—it is as if they are suffering from amnesia. Thus, it is not the case that some words have not been spoken, but that they have not been acted on by people. If something is said but one or two times, people remain ignorant—it must be said three times, this is the minimum number. There are even some “old men” to whom it must be said ten to twenty times. In this way, the same thing is said over and over again in different ways, to see whether or not people have changed. Have you truly worked in this way? It is not that I am lecturing people, but they are all dealing with God in a perfunctory way; they all know to take more nutritional supplements, but do not feel anxious for the sake of God. Is this serving God? Is this loving God? No wonder they spend all day without a care in the world, completely idle. But even so, some people are still not satisfied, and even try to cultivate a certain degree of sorrow within themselves. To put it a little bluntly, this is what is known as being too sentimental about yourself! Is it God who makes you feel sorrowful? Is this not a case of bringing suffering upon yourself? Are none of God’s graces qualified to be the source of your happiness and joy? Throughout, you have not been considerate of God’s intentions, and you have been negative, sickly, and distressed—why is this so? Is it God’s intention that you live in the flesh? You are ignorant of God’s intention, stifled in your own heart, you grumble and complain, and spend the whole day moping, and your flesh suffers pain and torment—that is what you deserve! You ask that others praise God amid chastisement, that they emerge from chastisement, and be unconstrained by it—yet you remain trapped within it and do not come out. This Dong Cunrui-like “spirit of self-sacrifice” is enough for people to emulate for several years. When you speak words and doctrines, do you feel ashamed? Do you know yourself? Have you let go of yourself? Do you truly love God? Have you let go of your prospects and fate? No wonder God says that people are the ones who are wondrous and unfathomable: Who would have thought that there were so many “treasures” within man that have yet to be dug out? Today, the sight of it is enough to “open one’s eyes”—people are so “impressive”! It is as if I am a child who cannot count. Even today I have not figured out how many people truly love God. This number always slips from My memory—and so, because of My “disloyalty,” when the time comes to give accounts before God, I am always empty-handed, incapable of doing as I would wish, and I am always in God’s debt. As a result, when I give account, I am always “reprimanded” by God. I do not know why people are so cruel, always making Me suffer because of this. People use this chance to double up with laughter, they are truly not My friends. When I am in trouble, they do not give Me any help, but deliberately make fun of Me—they truly have no conscience!