I

You should seek God's intentions in all things,

and you must seek the truth in all things.

For example, how should you seek the truth

in matters such as food, clothing, and personal matters in life?

There are many people leading lives of plenty, with nice food and clothing,

who indulge in pleasures of the flesh.

It won't be easy for them to accept the truth or put it into practice,

much less give up everything to expend themselves for God.

That kind of person won't gain God's approval,

and ultimately, they will all fall into the disasters,

weeping and gnashing their teeth.

Can that kind of person have any happiness to speak of?

Many brothers and sisters were born into families of workers or farmers

and have suffered quite a bit since childhood.

Once they understand the truth, it's easy for them to put it into practice,

they can forsake things and expend themselves for God

without finding it difficult,

and they can bear any amount of hardship in doing their duties.

They are able to be devoted to God's commission,

and some even go so far as to give their very lives for God.

Such people are the good ones in the house of God.

II

There are truths to seek

in how you should treat the matters of food and clothing,

and even more so, there are truths to seek

in how you should treat the performance of your duty.

How you should treat God's commissions is extremely important.

This is a very serious matter.

If you cannot complete what God has entrusted to you,

then you are not fit to live in His presence

and you should accept your punishment.

It is perfectly natural and justified

that humans complete the commissions that God entrusts to them.

This is man's supreme responsibility,

and is just as important as his very life.

If you treat God's commissions lightly, this is a most severe betrayal of God.

In doing so, you're more deplorable than Judas, and should be cursed.

People must gain a thorough understanding of how to treat God's commissions

and, at the very least, they should understand:

God's entrusting of commissions to man

is His exaltation of man, and a kind of special grace that He shows to man,

it is the most glorious of things,

and everything else can be abandoned—even one's own life—

but God's commissions must be completed.

III

If you understand the truth of why people live,

and of how you should view life,

then will your view of life not be changed?

There even more so are truths to be sought here.

What truths are there in loving God?

Why must humans love Him?

What is the significance of loving Him?

If a person has a clear understanding of the truth of loving God,

and they can love Him in their heart

and have a little bit of a God-loving heart,

then they have a genuine life and are one of the happiest people.

Those who seek the truth in all things make the fastest progress in life,

and can achieve a transformation of disposition.

It is those who seek the truth in all things whom God loves.

If a person relies on notions and imaginings in all things,

and practices by sticking to regulations, they will not have any life entry.

They will never gain the truth, and sooner or later they will be eliminated.

God detests this kind of person most of all.

from The Word, Vol. 3. The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days. How to Know Man's Nature