678 Only Through Hardship and Refinement Can You Be Perfected by God
Verse 1
God’s true love is His disposition.
And when His righteousness is shown,
you will suffer much pain, suffer much pain.
Without this, you can never
devote true love to God.
If God makes you perfect,
He’ll show you His whole disposition.
Chorus
True love for God is revealed,
true love for God is revealed
through hardship and refinement,
true love for God is revealed.
True love for God is revealed,
true love for God is revealed.
And God purifies man’s love
only through refinement.
True love for God, true love for God is revealed.
Verse 2
From the time of creation
until the time of today,
His entire disposition,
God has never, never shown to man.
But God, He reveals it all
during the last days
to this predestined group
that He selected to gain.
By making people perfect,
He reveals His disposition,
completing a group of people.
Such is God’s true love for man.
Chorus
True love for God is revealed,
true love for God is revealed
through hardship and refinement,
true love for God is revealed.
True love for God is revealed,
true love for God is revealed.
And God purifies man’s love
only through refinement.
True love for God, true love for God is revealed.
Bridge
To experience God’s true love,
man must endure great pain,
man must pay a high price.
Only then can they be gained by God
and give their true love back to God.
Only then will God be satisfied.
Verse 3
If people wish to be made perfect,
if they wish to do God’s will,
and to fully give true love to Him,
they must experience suffering.
They must suffer much pain,
a pain much worse than death.
And in the end, they’ll be forced
to give their true heart back to God.
Chorus
True love for God is revealed,
true love for God is revealed
through hardship and refinement,
true love for God is revealed.
True love for God is revealed,
true love for God is revealed.
And God purifies man’s love
only through refinement.
True love for God, true love for God is revealed.
True love for God, true love for God is revealed.
True love, true love for God is revealed.
Adapted from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Only Loving God Is Truly Believing in God