People who cannot discern right from wrong may go along with some correct and positive statements, or outwardly, they may follow others in liking and yearning for some positive things. However, once time passes, the environment changes, and people, events, and things also change, these positive things will immediately become negative things in the depths of their hearts, while negative things, which they truly like, will then become positive things, becoming the objects of their pursuit. That is to say, before they have seen any negative things that they like, positive things are just a doctrine to them, and they can go with the flow and follow the herd, but as they grow older and time passes, the things they truly love in their hearts and their true viewpoints will naturally surface. For example, some people often say, “Believing in God is good; those who believe in God walk the right path and don’t do evil; they are all good people.” But after they have believed in God for a few years and see that all the sermons and fellowships in God’s house tell people to be honest, to pursue the truth and submit to God, and to do the duty of a created being, they become averse to it, and feel that believing in God is pointless, and want to leave the church and return to the world; their hearts are not in the church. This is how people who don’t love the truth are. In fact, this kind of person does not love positive things, and they have many twisted reasonings and heresies in their hearts. To them, these twisted reasonings and heresies are positive things, while in the depths of their hearts, they are averse to, detest, and despise truly positive things, and never accept them. It is precisely because they never accept positive things, and because what they like are negative things, that this kind of person’s humanity does not possess the ability to discern right from wrong. It’s just like some people who, when they first start believing in God, are just in it for the blessings. After listening to sermons for many years, they finally understand: “Believing in God means that people are required to be honest, to be devoted and willing to pay a price in doing their duty, to be sincere toward God, to not act recklessly and willfully, and to uphold the interests of God’s house. Especially when the interests of God’s house conflict with their own, they must uphold the interests of God’s house and forsake their personal interests.” After learning about all the different aspects of the truth, they regret believing in God, saying, “I thought believing in God meant having a large group, a powerful force to rely on, and that as long as people forsook a lot, suffered, and paid a price, they could enter the kingdom and have a good destination, and roar into the next age, be its masters and reign as kings. But it turns out that’s not the case. Believing in God is all about teaching people how to conduct themselves and how to submit to God and shun evil. In particular, if people believe in God, they’re always being asked to be honest and speak honestly, and always being asked to practice the truth; they’re not allowed to have the final say. What’s the point of believing in God then?” They then develop grievances in their hearts and want to withdraw from their faith. But then they think, “I’ve believed in God for several years; if I stop now, won’t I have believed in vain?” At that point, they feel reluctant to give up. But if they continue to believe, they aren’t interested in the truth. God’s house is always talking about pursuing the truth and entering into reality, about submitting to God, seeking the truth, and acting according to principles. They’re tired of hearing about these things and don’t want to hear about them anymore. Especially when God’s house talks about practicing the truth, they feel distressed and pained inside; when positive things are mentioned, they feel aversion and despise them in their hearts, and are unwilling to listen. Some people, upon realizing that they won’t gain the truth or a good destination even if they believe to the end, simply stop believing. Some of them go find a job or do business, and some go back home to get married. They stop believing in God because they do not love the truth. God’s house is always talking about the truth and fellowshipping on the truth, which they are particularly averse to. This shows that this kind of person has no conscience and reason, and cannot discern right from wrong. Being unable to discern right from wrong means that in their humanity, they do not have the standard and ability to identify positive and negative things; this is something they don’t have. So, does this kind of person have normal humanity? (No.) They are non-human. If someone truly has humanity, one thing can prove it: They love and yearn for positive things in their heart. Even when they do not understand the truth, they yearn for a just society that is free of darkness, yearn for positive things, and yearn for the truth to hold power. But this evil society does not provide this space for them, and people are excluded and suppressed if they reveal something that’s positive. Under these circumstances, people with humanity cannot gain the positive things they like and yearn for, so they feel vexed in their hearts. But after they believe in God, by reading God’s words and listening to sermons, they understand many truths, and these truths are consistent and match up with the positive things that their humanity loves, precisely satisfying their needs for positive things. Therefore, their hearts yearn for positive things even more. Although they cannot fully put the truth into practice now—due to environmental limitations, their small stature, or being constrained and bound by certain corrupt dispositions—they nevertheless have the resolve and desire to be able to someday fully practice according to the truth and God’s words, thereby achieving submission to God’s words and satisfying their needs that arise from their love of positive things. Such people are those whose humanity possesses the quality of being able to discern right from wrong; they are people with humanity. If you only claim that you love positive things and verbally acknowledge that everything God does is good, this is just speaking doctrines and shouting slogans. Saying pleasant words and correct theories, or spouting high-sounding words—anyone can do that. This does not show that you truly love positive things. But if, when you hear the truth, you can love and yearn for it, and the more you hear the truth, the more you yearn for the truth and the greater your drive to seek it is, and the firmer your faith in following God and attaining salvation becomes; and if in the process of believing in God, you realize gains in your various pursuits, your corrupt dispositions are gradually being cast off, and your acts of resisting God and rebelling against God become fewer and fewer—then you are someone who loves positive things, you are someone who possesses the truth reality. Such people bear fruit and realize gains in their belief in God. You can feel that you have changed, and that your attitude toward God and the truth is different from before. Previously, you rebelled against God and did not submit to God, and couldn’t practice the truth even in very small matters. But through these years of pursuit, through these years of doing your duty, and through your efforts in all aspects, you have understood some of the truth, and when you encounter matters, you can seek the truth and rebel against the desires of your flesh. In some major matters involving principles, you can also adhere to the principles and not act according to your own will, and you can uphold the interests of God’s house and uphold the church’s work. This means that you have a certain stature, that you have some practice and entry in rebelling against yourself and accepting and submitting to the truth, and that your various corrupt dispositions have also changed to varying degrees. This is the manifestation of discerning right from wrong in people who truly have humanity.

People who cannot discern right from wrong may also want to accept the truth and be willing to pursue salvation, but when they encounter things, they cannot put the truth into practice. They still live by their corrupt dispositions, often rebelling against and resisting God without any awareness that they’re doing so. They rebelled against God in this way ten years ago, and ten years later, they can still do so. They neither accept nor practice the truth. There are two reasons for this: One is that they do not understand what the truth is at all, and just cling to their own reasoning, their own sayings, and their own views. The other is that they are not at all people who accept the truth. Whichever way they rebelled against God ten years ago, that’s still the way they’re doing it ten years later, with no change. No matter how many years they have believed in God, they have no testimony of accepting the truth and submitting to God, much less any testimony of rebelling against the flesh and their corrupt dispositions. This shows that they are not people who accept the truth. Such people are not those who discern right from wrong. It can also be said that they are not people with humanity—to put it plainly, they are not human beings. Some people, after hearing these words, feel unconvinced in their hearts. They say, “I’ve believed in God for over ten years and have always been doing my duty. It’s just that I occasionally make some mistakes and undergo some pruning. Isn’t that very normal? Everyone has corrupt dispositions; who doesn’t make mistakes? In any case, I am a true believer. How can You say I have no humanity?” It is true that you are a true believer, but does being a true believer mean you can accept the truth? Does being a true believer mean that you can rebel against the flesh and that you will not be willful? Does being a true believer mean that you can submit to God? It does not. Being a true believer isn’t everything, and it does not mean that you can attain salvation. Attaining salvation crucially depends on whether your humanity can accept the truth, and whether you can discern right from wrong. Being a true believer is not the most important condition for people to ultimately attain salvation, nor is it a basic condition. You say you are a true believer, but how much truth have you understood and gained? When it comes to the interests of God’s house, on how many occasions have you upheld them? If you think that you are a true believer, that you have conscience and humanity, and that you are a true person, then, in the same matter, if you could rebel against God ten years ago, can you still rebel against God now? Have you changed? Have you rebelled against the flesh? If you haven’t rebelled against the flesh, can you do so in the next ten years? If you still cannot rebel against the flesh and can still rebel against God, then it shows that there is a problem with your humanity. You cannot practice the truth, so even if you say you are a true believer, it’s useless. You say you are willing to suffer and pay a price, and are willing to devotedly do your duty, but this willingness is worthless. This is just a prerequisite for you to be able to practice the truth and submit to God, but whether you can ultimately put it into practice depends on whether you have humanity. If your heart is forever unable to restrain and control your corrupt dispositions, and you choose to uphold your own interests, and choose negative things instead of positive things, then it shows that your humanity does not love the truth and does not have the ability to control your corrupt dispositions. If you didn’t have the ability to control the revelations of your corrupt dispositions when you did not understand the truth, that is excusable. But it’s different now. You have listened to the sermons about truth for many years, yet you still cannot restrain your corrupt dispositions so that you can practice according to the truth principles and make correct choices when you encounter things. You clearly see evil people disturbing the work of the church, yet you cannot stand up to defend the interests of God’s house. But when someone harms your own interests, you can do everything in your power to defend them. This is enough to prove that there is no conscience or reason in your humanity to regulate and restrain you so that you choose the correct path and principles of practice. If you do such unreasonable things yet still claim you are human, it shows that your conscience and reason are no longer functioning. You are not a normal person, then, because in your humanity, there is no conscience and reason, nor is there anything that can enable you to make correct choices. Understand? Some people say, “My stature is small now. Because of my family environment and upbringing, I am willful, self-indulgent, and prideful. But in real life, I know what positive things are and what negative things are, and I know what I should do and what I shouldn’t do. It’s just that since my stature is small and I haven’t had someone who understands the truth to enlighten, supervise and urge me, I haven’t put the truth into practice and have committed some transgressions, and feel a bit regretful inside.” In real life, such people can use their conscience to regulate their conduct, and to restrain themselves so they walk the right path. They are people who can be saved. This is because they can accept the truth, can put some of the truth into practice, and have undergone some changes. It’s just that their pace of progress is a bit slower than average, and their growth is somewhat less extensive, but they are changing. It’s just like how some seeds grow quickly in good soil, while others grow more slowly and with greater difficulty in sand or rock crevices; but as long as there is life in them, they will grow. It is the same with people. As long as their humanity possesses the conscience and reason that people should have, it proves that they have human life—after they accept the truth, they will change. Even if the change is slow—others make great progress in ten years while they only make a little in twenty or thirty years—despite the slowness, they are developing in a positive direction, they are changing, and their life is continually growing. No matter how fast or slow they grow, this kind of person possesses the quality of humanity. However, there is another kind of person who has believed in God for many years but has realized no life growth at all. No matter who fellowships on the truth, they feel a sense of aversion and are unwilling to listen. No matter what environment God sets up, they do not seek the truth and cannot learn lessons from it, and cannot gain positive guidance and help from it. They are averse to positive things in their hearts. Their disposition and lifestyle of doing whatever they please have never changed. Such people are those without conscience and reason. They are not human—they are non-human. As I explain it this way, is it becoming clearer and more understandable for you? (Yes.)

There is another kind of person: They know that believing in God is good, but they don’t understand what positive and negative things are; additionally, they are nowhere near using their conscience to regulate or restrain their speech and actions. Such people are easier to discern. They are nowhere close to loving positive things, nor do they come close to understanding the sense of things. All of this is a muddle to them. If you ask them what positive things are, they will speak in terms of doctrines and say that what God says and does are all positive things. What they say sounds quite nice, but when they encounter things, they cannot correlate them to God’s words or discern them; their minds become like mush, they become muddleheaded and have no clarity about anything. If you ask them what truths they have gained from their believing in God for so many years, they say, “God holds sovereignty over all things, everything He does for man is good, and God loves man. Satan resists God, and Satan harms, persecutes, and abuses man.” If you ask them what else they have gained, they say, “We must do our duty well, suffer more and pay a greater price.” If you then ask them what principles one should follow in doing their duty, they say, “We should listen to whatever the higher-ups say and do whatever we are asked to do. Even if the work is dirty and tiring, we must do it well; we mustn’t disrupt and disturb or cause trouble. We must do things that are beneficial to everyone and to God’s house.” All these doctrines they speak are correct, there is not a single wrong word in them. However, when they encounter things, they reveal nothing but some distorted and foolish viewpoints, and no matter how many times you correct them, they cannot change. What sorts of wretches are such people? (They are muddled people.) Are muddled people human? (No.) What are muddled people? (Beasts.) The civilized word is “animal,” and the colloquial term is “beast.” No matter how many sermons they listen to, they do not understand what the truth is, what positive things are, or what negative things are. No matter how many things they do that rebel against God, they have no awareness of it in their hearts and still feel that they are naturally kindhearted and have a sympathetic heart. When they see someone suffering, they feel pained in their hearts and wish they could suffer in their place. When they see someone without anything to eat or wear, they want to give them their own clothes and food. No matter how many of God’s words exposing the corruption of mankind that they listen to, they still feel that they are very good, better than anyone else. No matter how many wrong things they do, they don’t know where they went wrong, and they never admit that they have a corrupt disposition. If you ask them, “Are you a corrupt human? Do you have a corrupt disposition?” They say, “Yes, I do. Everyone has corruption, how could I not? You’re speaking foolish words!” They even call you foolish. But when they do something wrong, they do not admit it, and they even shift the blame onto others. No matter what wrong they do, they don’t admit it, and no matter how serious the misdeeds they commit are, they always have excuses and reasons to justify themselves. Do such people have any reason? Are they people who can discern right from wrong? (They have no reason and cannot discern right from wrong.) They seem to put in a lot of effort every day, listening to sermons and reading God’s words from dawn till dusk, but they cannot understand a single sentence of the truth, cannot do a single thing that accords with the truth principles, and cannot speak a single word that accords with the truth. Let alone words that accord with the truth—they cannot even speak a word that accords with the conscience and reason of humanity; they only speak muddled and absurd words, and only spout twisted arguments. Such people fall far short of having conscience and reason; they are just muddled people, brimming with twisted reasoning. After listening to many sermons, they can speak some spiritual words. When you hear them speak spiritual words, you feel they are quite proficient and articulate, but when it comes to handling matters, you find them to be both muddled and absurd. When they spout twisted arguments, they can leave you speechless. What does “leave you speechless” mean? It means that you cannot imagine that someone could say such absurd words or have such a way of thinking, that it is simply inconceivable to you, and that, in the end, you can only respond to them with silence, which is the best way to deal with them.