I

The words and truths that God requires people to practice are not aimed at people's ways of doing things or behavior. They are all aimed at people's satanic natures and dispositions. That is why these words are said to be the truth. If something is only for changing people's behavior or teaching them how to think, it is not the truth, but rather a teaching. Now those who truly believe in God can see clearly that only God's words are the truth, only God's words can purify and resolve people's corruption, and only God's words can thoroughly resolve people's satanic natures, and so only God's words can become man's life. The truth can not only change people's behavior but also change their corrupt dispositions; moreover, it can change their thoughts and notions, and become their life. Only thus is it the truth.

II

Those things which regulate people's behavior and enable people to live outwardly decent lives are not the truth, and they are all knowledge, doctrines, and Satan's philosophies. After people accept those things, although their outward behavior becomes increasingly noble, dignified, and refined, their hearts are filled with insidiousness and wickedness, and become darker and darker. These things are the poisons and theories of Satan, things that Satan uses to mislead and corrupt people. They are not the truth at all, and they do not come from God. Only things that enable people to become honest, liberated, and free, that enable them to know the Creator, have God-fearing hearts, and submit to God's orchestrations and arrangements, are the truth.

III

No matter what point of view you accept and no matter what path you follow, if your behavior improves and you gain increasing popularity, but you still have too little of a God-fearing heart, and too little true faith in God, and your relationship with God is still very poor, and your heart drifts further from God, then the things you cling to are not positive things and they are definitely not the truth. If you choose a path or a way of life, and you accept some positive things, and these things can make you become genuine and honest, make you love positive things and hate wicked and negative things, and make you have a God-fearing heart and willingly accept the sovereignty and arrangements of the Creator, then these things are the truth, and truly come from God.

from The Word, Vol. 3. The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days. What Is the Truth Reality?