Although the incarnate God lives among corrupt humankind, He is not a member of corrupt humankind, so He does not have the needs that corrupt humans have regarding things like so-called standing and status. Why does He not have the needs that corrupt humans have? Because He does not share the same viewpoints as corrupt humans regarding status and one’s so-called “worth.” He has not undergone processing or been corrupted like corrupt humans have, and He does not share the same thoughts and views as corrupt humans regarding hierarchy and the enjoyment of status. So, for Me personally, I do not have these things in My heart when it comes to status and one’s worth. All there is in My heart is simply a fondness for being together with people like a family, talking about matters of life and work, and talking about people’s various difficulties. I do not like putting on any grand displays, and even less do I like so-called elegance. I have told you many times, and this is something you may have remembered: In My own life, I do not have any personal maids, personal assistants, or personal secretaries. I have none of these. Look at those high-ranking figures in society; they have people who just do their laundry, people who just cook meals and bake pastries for them, and personal chauffeurs. They do not need to take care of anything in their lives; there are people who specially manage things for them. The higher-ranking someone is, the more extensive their setup is. Even an ordinary mayor or provincial governor has an official mayoral or gubernatorial residence, not to mention those even higher up. Does the incarnate God have an official residence? (No.) Then have I asked the church to provide Me with one? (No.) I have not asked the church to provide Me with an official residence, nor have I asked for an entourage or guards to be assigned to Me, much less have I made any other demands. The only thing is that the people in the proofreading team smooth out the wording of My sermons and fellowship, compile them into text, and distribute them. They can be considered specialist staff in the work, but they are doing their duty; they are not doing things for Me personally. This is the work of the church. So, have I ever troubled you with My personal matters? (No.) Doing laundry for Me, cooking for Me, cleaning My room, personal travel—have I ever troubled you with these things? Have I ever asked the church to provide Me with personal maids or personal assistants? I have never made such demands. Tell Me, does not having such things vex Me? Does it make Me sad? Should I reproach you and tell you that you’re devoid of conscience? I have never reproached you over such matters, much less have I made any demands of you. I take care of My own food, clothing, shelter, and transportation. Usually I dress in casual wear, and during gatherings I wear a formal suit; it’s as simple as can be. I rarely take My clothes to be dry-cleaned; they’re basically all washed by hand or by machine. When I keep a dog, it’s not some luxury breed. Most people follow and imitate what renowned figures and people with status in the world eat, wear, and use. Do you find Me to be the same as them? When some people see the breed of dog a celebrity owns, they want to get the same one. Nonbelievers all have this viewpoint; even in owning a dog, they pursue trends and have to get a luxury breed, the kind of dog that celebrities have owned. The dog I keep is just an ordinary dog. As long as the dog has a good personality, is affectionate and loyal, obedient, understands things, gets along with people, and does not indulge in comfort, that is fine. Some people say, “Wouldn’t it be so easy for You to keep a luxury breed?” It would be very easy, but I wouldn’t like that. I never inquire about what famous people wear or use, nor do I put effort into looking it up. I am not like some people who, once they have status, think, “I am a renowned figure too now. I have to copy whatever renowned figures eat, wear, use, and whatever cars they ride in when they go out. I cannot fall behind.” I have never put effort into these things. I do not know whether I am a renowned figure, nor do I care. In any case, in whatever I do—with all aspects, such as My daily life and work expenses—I have My own principles, My own needs, My own range of choices, and My own standard. This standard is simply to be very ordinary and very simple; just being average is fine. As long as My dress, grooming, and food, accommodation, and transportation are such that people grant Me respect when they see them, and at the very least I look like a dignified and upright person, that is enough; it’s as simple as that. As for whether people will hold Me in high regard, and what status I will hold in their hearts, after they see the way I dress, style Myself, and look, none of this matters to Me. Do you think I have any excessive demands regarding status? (No.) This is something that you cannot conceive and that you cannot see through. In short, I only require that you manage to believe what I’m telling you. This in itself is very difficult for you. You know for yourself what’s in your own head and what you’re thinking. To be able to believe these words I have spoken, accept them as the truth, and accept them as fact, is very difficult for you. On what foundation must this be built? It must be built on the foundation of trust, right? (Yes.) These are My thoughts and views toward status, and these are My corresponding manifestations. Although I don’t have the usual trappings of status that are vaunted in man’s eyes or that man demands, this does not affect the work I do at all, nor does it affect Me in fulfilling My responsibility toward you. I would never glamorize Myself to get you to hold Me in high regard for the sake of status. As it turns out, you have been listening to sermons up to now and are still doing quite well, and judging by your current manifestations, you are all developing in a positive direction. Therefore, pursuing status, image, and the trappings of status is useless. Only the truth can conquer man, and only the truth can change man. God’s words can change mankind and can also create everything. In one respect, this is the result achieved by the power of God’s words and the authority of God’s words. In another respect, it is also the result achieved by the work of God’s Spirit. Man has nothing worth boasting about; it is that God’s words are good, the truth is good, and God’s work and the work God’s Spirit has done on man are just too good. With God doing work in this way and achieving this result in man, can you then see that the phrase “God’s words are salvation to man” is true? (Yes.) God is faithful, God’s words never fall short, and God is also almighty—no matter how insignificant the incarnate God appears to be, or how little strength He appears to have, it does not matter; none of this can affect His expressing the truth, nor can it affect the results His words achieve in man. Even though the incarnate God may outwardly seem very insignificant, may appear to be normal and practical, and may be looked down upon by man—and man may even develop notions and hostility toward Him at any time—because He possesses God’s essence and God’s life, the truth He expresses is fully capable of conquering man. Ultimately, He is also able to bring man before God, and rid him of his corrupt dispositions so he can be gained by God, accomplishing God’s six-thousand-year management plan and bringing this plan to a close. Therefore, the status, image, and other such things involving the incarnate God are not important. What is important? (That the incarnate God has God’s essence; that He is the truth, the way, and the life, and He can express God’s words.) What is important is that this incarnate God not only has God’s status, but He also possesses God’s identity and essence. He can express God’s words, and His words are able to conquer man, save man, and perfect man, allowing him to be completely gained by God. This is what is most important.

Does fellowshipping on these topics concerning God incarnate help man know God? (Yes.) No matter what topic I fellowship with you on, including the various topics concerning God incarnate, it’s never to make you look up to and revere Me, and then force you to accept God’s sovereignty and accept God’s control, constraining you so that you do what God says. You must understand My attitude toward you. Whenever I provide you with some aspect of the truth, I fellowship clearly on it so that you can understand it, and then ponder and experience it for yourselves. Those who have the willingness to accept the truth and who love positive things will try to accept little by little these views and statements that I fellowship, and then practice according to these words to resolve the difficulties and problems in their own lives. If someone is not willing to accept the truth and accept positive things, and merely feels in their heart that these words are good while never actually practicing them—instead just storing them in their brain as a kind of theory and leaving it at that—we do not condemn such people. What is the reason we don’t condemn them? For one thing, people have the right to choose what path to walk. For another, it may be that some people are truly young right now, with a small stature and a shallow foundation. They have to undergo great refinement and tribulation, and undergo some major hardships in life, before they can reflect on positive things and on human life. For some other people, it might not be because they are young, but because they haven’t experienced enough things and have not yet awakened. They have no concept whatsoever of positive things and negative things, or of pursuing the truth to attain salvation. In other words, their minds have not been opened yet, and they do not know the purpose and significance of believing in God. They just think that believing in God is a form of religious ceremony, that believing in God is good, that believing in God just means being a good person and not doing bad things, and that it also allows them to have a good destination and a good outcome—that’s how simple they think it is. Thus, they have no concept of pursuing the truth or of positive things and negative things. Perhaps a portion of these people will step up after experiencing some special matters, and they will be able to accept the truth and accept positive things, and truly turn themselves around. Meanwhile, there is another portion of people who have never experienced any major hardships, or who remain particularly intransigent even after experiencing them; they never truly turn themselves around, they remain unable to accept the truth and accept positive things, and they still like to follow their own will and do whatever they please in how they act, only satisfying their own desires. Consequently, this group of people will ultimately fail to step up and will not gain the truth. Regardless of what people experience during their time believing in God, those who can accept the truth will ultimately be able to attain salvation. Those who cannot accept the truth will ultimately never truly repent, and never truly accept or submit to the truth. Such people believe in vain, and ultimately they will not be able to attain salvation. It may be that they perform good deeds while doing their duties during this period; in that case, they will at best just be able to survive in the end. As for Me, My attitude toward you is that I will do My best to fellowship with you on various aspects of the truth, including the truth concerning God incarnate, from multiple angles and perspectives. The truth involving how to approach status, which we just talked about, is meant to help you understand how you should approach status and to help you establish the correct thoughts and views on status. My thoughts and views regarding status, as well as My lifestyle, arise because of My special identity. Then are My thoughts and views on status, which are a result of My special identity, the truth? Are they positive things? Are they what corrupt humans must possess to attain salvation? Are they what created beings should possess? (Yes.) Since what I’ve covered are truths and positive things, then no matter the identity with which I approach this status, and no matter what My attitude is, you should accept these words as the truth. These are My thoughts and views, but they are the truth, so you should accept them, absorb them, and approach status according to the correct viewpoints. My aim in talking about these topics and fellowshipping this content with you is to let you understand an aspect of the truth. I don’t talk about these things as a way of justifying or defending Myself, much less do I do so to let you know that I am different from the rest or that I am an extraordinary person. If you merely realize that the incarnate God has no corruption, that the incarnate God is not an ordinary member of humankind, and that He is a special person, then this is not entirely the truth I want you to understand. Regardless of what content I fellowship on, and regardless of what specific examples are involved, ultimately it all comes down to helping you understand the truth. Everything I provide to you and fellowship with you involves views on how to approach all kinds of things. My requirement for you is that you be able to understand and accept correct thoughts and views, and recognize and forsake those incorrect thoughts and views. That is, you must be able to discern positive things as well as negative things, accept positive things, and let go of negative things. Judging from the topics regarding how to approach status that I have fellowshipped on, would you say that My thoughts, views, principles, and methods concerning status are positive things? Do they accord with the truth? Are they truth principles that you should abide by? (Yes.) If you have understood Me, then I have not spoken these words in vain. What are the thoughts and views of nonbelievers regarding status? Are there any aspects of them that accord with the truth or with humanity? What is the essence of their thoughts and views regarding status? Is it despicable and wicked? (Yes.) Their thoughts and views are all selfish, despicable, and wicked; they are corrupting and devastating for everyone. Regardless of whether you have status among people or not, if what you accept are these fallacious thoughts and views, then even if you have status, you are one of the victims of these thoughts and views; even if you are someone with vested interests, you are one of their victims; even if you belong to the ruling class, you are one of their victims. What does it mean to be a victim of these thoughts and views? It means that you’re also someone who’s been corrupted and devastated by such thoughts and views, and by such evil trends. Because what you accept are fallacious and wicked thoughts and views, and because you not only accept them but also apply them, you are one of their victims. Then how can one emerge from this corruption and devastation, and avoid being further harmed by it? There is only one way, and that is to accept correct thoughts and views. What correct thoughts and views? Thoughts and views on how to approach status correctly: not being controlled or bound by status, not using status to seek personal gain, not using status to devastate and corrupt others or exploit others—not forcing others to do anything. When you have status, in everything you do, you are able to seek the truth principles, let go of your personal interests, and even rebel against and reject the conveniences and favorable conditions that status brings you. Rather than enjoying the benefits of status, you are able to fulfill your responsibilities, fulfilling the responsibilities that you ought to according to the status you hold. Although the content of these few sentences is not much, putting them into practice is no easy task for corrupt humans. When you don’t have status, you feel that “not enjoying the benefits of status” is just a matter of doing what’s said, and is easy to achieve. But when you possess status, “not enjoying the benefits of status” is no longer just a matter of following a prescription. It requires you to give things up, it requires you to rebel, it requires you to let go of things, and it requires you to practice according to the correct principles of practice, treating everyone justly and treating every matter justly and objectively. When you need to put this saying into practice, that involves your interests. When you don’t have status, you say, “I don’t enjoy the benefits of status; I’m unwilling to enjoy the benefits of status.” Anyone can say these words. But when you are in a position to enjoy the benefits of status, letting go of them and only seeking to do your duty well to repay God’s love is not so simple anymore, right? (Yes.) This comes down to whether you love the truth and whether you can rebel against the flesh.