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What should you pursue now? Whether or not you're capable of bearing witness to God's work, whether or not you're able to become a testimony to and a manifestation of God, and whether or not you're fit to be used by Him—these are the things you should pursue. Regardless of whether God has tried you, pruned you, or disciplined you, His deeds and His work have been carried out on you. But as a believer in God and as someone who is willing to pursue being perfected by Him, can you bear witness to God's work on the basis of your practical experience? Can you live out God's word through your practical experience? Are you able to provide for others through your own practical experience, and expend your whole life to bear witness to God's work?

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To bear witness to God's work, you must rely on your experience, knowledge, and the price you have paid. Only thus can you satisfy His intentions. If you are able to bear witness to His name, and even more, to His work, and if you can live out the image of His people that He requires, then you are a witness for God! Just how do you bear witness to God? If you seek and long to live out God's word, and to give testimony with your own mouth, such that people may come to know His work and see His deeds—if you truly pursue this, then God will perfect you. If all you pursue is being perfected by God and being blessed in the very end, then the perspective of your faith in God is not pure.

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You should be pursuing how to see God's deeds in real life, and how to satisfy Him when He makes His intentions manifest to you, and pursuing how you ought to bear witness to His wondrousness and wisdom, and how to bear witness to how He disciplines and prunes you. All of these are things you should now be pondering. If your God-loving heart is solely so that you can gain glory with God after He perfects you, then it is still inadequate and cannot meet God's requirements. You need to be able to bear witness to God's work, satisfy His requirements, and experience the work He does on people in a practical way. Whether it be pain, tears, or sorrow, you must experience all of these things practically. They are meant to perfect you as a witness of God.

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. Those Who Are to Be Made Perfect Must Undergo Refinement