In man exists only the seemingly present and seemingly absent word “belief,” yet man does not know what it means to believe, much less why he should believe. Man understands too little, and man is too lacking; he merely believes in Me foolishly and ignorantly. Though he knows not what belief is, nor why he believes in Me, he continues to believe in Me obsessively. What I ask of man is not merely for him to obsessively call upon Me in this way or to believe in Me in a desultory fashion, for the work I do is so that man may see Me, and know Me, not so that man looks at Me in a new light. I once manifested many signs and wonders and performed many miracles, and the Israelites of the time showed Me great admiration and greatly revered My exceptional powers to heal the sick and cast out demons. At the time, the Jews thought My healing powers to be masterly, extraordinary—and because I had done so much work, they all looked up to Me, and were very envious of all My powers. Thus, all who saw Me perform miracles followed Me closely, such that thousands surrounded Me to watch Me heal the sick. I manifested so many signs and wonders, yet man merely looked upon Me as a masterly physician; so, too, did I speak many words to teach the people of that time, yet they merely regarded Me as a teacher superior to his apprentices! Even today, after man has seen the historical records of My work, his interpretation continues to be that I am a great physician who heals the sick and a teacher to the ignorant, and he has delimited Me as the merciful Lord Jesus Christ. Those who interpret the Scriptures may have surpassed My “skills” in healing, or may even be apprentices who have now surpassed their teacher, yet such people of great renown, whose names are known around the world, consider Me so lowly as to be a mere physician. My deeds are so numerous, they are greater in number than the grains of sand on the beaches, and My wisdom is so great, it surpasses that of all the sons of Solomon, yet man merely believes in Me as though I were a physician of little account and an unknown teacher of man! So many believe in Me only that I might heal them. So many believe in Me only that I might use My power to drive unclean spirits out from their bodies, and so many believe in Me simply that they might receive peace and joy from Me. So many believe in Me only to demand from Me greater material wealth. So many believe in Me just to spend this life in peace and to be safe and sound in the next life. So many believe in Me to avoid the suffering of hell and to receive the blessings of heaven. So many believe in Me only for temporary comfort, yet do not seek to gain anything in the next life. When I grant My anger to man and seize all the joy and peace that he once possessed, he becomes doubtful. When I grant to man the suffering of hell and reclaim the blessings of heaven, he flies into a rage. When man asks Me to heal him, and I pay him no heed and feel loathing for him, he departs from Me to instead seek the way of evil medicine and sorcery. When I take away all that man has demanded from Me, he disappears without a trace. Thus, I say that man believes in Me because My grace is too abundant. Man believes in Me because there are far too many benefits to gain. The people of the house of the Jews believed in Me for My grace and followed Me wherever I went. These ignorant people of limited knowledge and experience sought only to behold the signs and wonders I manifested. They regarded Me as the head of the house of the Jews who could perform the greatest miracles. And so when I cast out demons for people, it caused much discussion among them: They said that I was Elijah, that I was Moses, that I was the most ancient of all prophets, that I was the greatest of all physicians. Apart from Myself saying that I am the life, the way, and the truth, none could know My being or My identity. Apart from Myself saying that heaven is the place where My Father lives, none knew that I am the Son of God, and also God Himself. Apart from Myself saying that I shall bring redemption to all mankind and ransom mankind, none knew that I am the Redeemer of mankind, and man only knew Me as a benevolent and merciful person. And apart from Myself being able to explain all there is of Me, none knew Me, and none believed that I am the Son of the living God. Such is man’s belief in Me, and the way he tries to fool Me. How could he bear witness to Me when he holds such views of Me?

Man believes in Me, but he is incapable of bearing witness for Me, nor can he bear witness to Me before I have revealed Myself. Man sees only that I surpass created beings and all sanctified people, and sees that the work I do cannot be done by man. Thus, from the Jews to the people of the present day, all who behold My glorious deeds have been filled with nothing more than curiosity toward Me, yet not a single created being’s mouth has been able to bear witness to Me. Only My Father testified to Me, and made a path for Me among all created beings; if He had not, no matter what I did, man would never have known that I am the Creator, for man knows only to take from Me and does not believe in Me because of what I have done. Man knows Me only because I am innocent and in no part a sinner, because I can explain numerous mysteries, because I am above the multitude, or because man has benefited from Me, yet few believe I am the Creator. This is why I say that man knows not why he should believe in Me; he knows not the purpose or significance of believing in Me. The reality of man is too lacking, such that he is barely fit to bear witness for Me. You have too little true belief, and have gained too little, so you have too little testimony. Moreover, you understand too little and lack too much, such that you scarcely measure up to the requirement to bear witness to My deeds. Your resolve is indeed considerable, but can you really be certain that you will be able to bear witness to the essence of God? What you have experienced and seen surpasses that of the saints and prophets from all ages, but are you able to provide testimony to Me greater than the words of these saints and prophets of times past? What I now bestow upon you is higher than what Moses received and surpasses what David received, so likewise I ask that your testimony surpass that of Moses and that your words surpass those of David. I give you a hundredfold—so I likewise ask you to repay Me a hundredfold. You must know I am the One who bestows life upon mankind, and it is you who receive life from Me and must bear witness for Me. This is your duty which I send down upon you and which you ought to do for Me. I have bestowed all My glory upon you, and I have bestowed upon you the life that the chosen people of Israel never received. You ought to bear witness for Me and devote to Me your youth and lay down your life. Whomsoever I bestow My glory upon shall bear witness and give their life for Me—this has long been preordained by Me. It is a blessing that I bestow My glory upon you, and it is your duty to bear witness to My glory. If you were to believe in Me only for the sake of blessings, then My work would bear little significance, and you would not be doing your duty. The Israelites saw only My mercy, lovingkindness, and greatness, and the Jews witnessed only My patience and redemption. They saw very, very little of the work of My Spirit, and it was even the case that what they understood was but one-ten-thousandth of what you have heard and seen. What you have seen exceeds even what the chief priests among them have seen. The truths you understand today surpass theirs; what you have seen today exceeds what was seen in the Age of Law, as well as the Age of Grace, and what you have experienced surpasses even what Moses and Elijah experienced. For what the Israelites understood was only the law of Jehovah, and what they saw was only the sight of Jehovah’s back; what the Jews understood was only the redemption of Jesus, what they received was only the grace bestowed by Jesus, and what they saw was only the image of Jesus within the house of the Jews. What you see today is the glory of Jehovah, the redemption of Jesus, and all the deeds I now perform. You also hear with your own ears the words of My Spirit, and have gained an appreciation of My wisdom, come to know My wonder, and learned of My disposition. I have also taken all of My management plan and told it to you. What you have seen is not merely a loving and merciful God, but a God filled with righteousness. You have seen the wondrousness of My work and come to know that I brim with majesty and wrath; all the more are you aware that I once brought down My fury upon the house of Israel, and that it has now come upon you. You understand more of My mysteries in heaven than Isaiah and John; you know more of My loveliness and venerableness than all the saints of ages past. What you have received is not merely My truth, My way, and My life, but visions and revelations greater than those received by John. You understand many more mysteries, and have also looked upon My true countenance; you have received more of My judgment and know more of My righteous disposition. And so, though you were born in the last days, you understand the things that came before and the things of the past, and you have also experienced the things of today, which were personally done by Me. What I ask of you is not excessive, for I have given you so much, and you have seen so much in Me. Thus, I ask you to bear witness for Me to the saints of ages past, and this is My heart’s only desire.

It was My Father who originally testified to Me, but I wish to gain greater glory, and for words of testimony to come from the mouths of created beings—so I give My all to you, that you may fulfill your duty, bringing My work among man to an end. You should understand why you believe in Me; if you only want to be My “apprentice” or My “patient,” or to become My saints in heaven, then your following Me will be meaningless. Following Me in this way will merely expend your energy in vain, and believing in Me in this way will only waste your time and squander your youth. In the end you will gain nothing. Would that not be scheming in vain? I have long departed from among the Jews and am no longer a physician of man nor the good medicine for man. I am no longer a beast of burden for man to drive or butcher at will; rather, I have come among man to judge and chastise man, so that man may know Me. You should know that I once did the work of redemption; I was once Jesus, but I could not remain Jesus forever, just as I was once Jehovah but later became Jesus. I am the God of mankind, the Creator, but I cannot forever remain Jesus or Jehovah. I was once what man considers a physician, but this does not indicate that God is merely a physician for mankind. So, if you hold the views of old in your belief in Me, then you will attain nothing. No matter how you praise Me today, “God loves man so much; He heals me and gives me blessings, peace, and joy. How good God is to man; as long as we believe in Him, then we need not worry about money…,” I still cannot disrupt My original work. If you believe in Me today, you will receive only My glory and be entitled to bear witness to Me, and everything else will be secondary. This you must clearly know.

Now do you truly know why you should believe in Me? Do you truly know the purpose and significance of My work? Do you truly know your duty? Do you truly know what My testimony is? If you merely believe in Me, yet there is no sign of My glory or testimony in you, then you are one whom I have long since eliminated. As for those who understand everything, they are even more thorns in My eye, and in My house, they are nothing more than obstacles in My way, they are tares to be completely winnowed out in My work, and they have no use whatsoever, hold no weight at all, and have long since been detested by Me. As for all those who have no testimony whatsoever, My anger is always upon them, and My rod never leaves them. I have long since turned them over to the hands of the evil one; they are utterly bereft of My blessings. When the day comes, their chastisement will be more grievous even than that of foolish, obstinate women. Today, I only do the work that is My duty to do, binding all the wheat into bundles, together with those tares. This is My work today. When I winnow, I will winnow out all these tares; afterward, I will gather the grains of wheat into the storehouse and place the tares that have been winnowed out into the fire to be burned to ashes. My work now is merely to bind all people into bundles; that is, to utterly conquer them. Then shall I begin winnowing to reveal the outcomes of all people. And so you ought to know how you should satisfy Me now, and how you ought to set upon the right track in your belief in Me. What I desire is your loyalty and submission now, your love and testimony now. Even if you do not know at this moment what testimony is or what love is, you should bring to Me your all, and turn over to Me the only treasures you have: your loyalty and submission. You should know that the testimony to My defeat of Satan lies within the loyalty and submission of man, as does the testimony to My complete conquest of man. The duty of your belief in Me is to bear witness for Me, to be loyal to Me and none other, and to be submissive to the end. Before I begin the next step of My work, how should you bear witness for Me? How should you be loyal and submissive to Me? Will you show devotion to your function, or will you simply give up? Would you rather submit to everything I arrange for you (even if it is for you to die or perish), or flee midway to avoid My chastisement? I chastise you so that you will bear witness for Me, and be loyal and submissive to Me. It can also be said that the current chastisement is for the sake of carrying out the next step of My work, and of the unimpeded progress of the future work. Hence, I exhort you to be wise and treat neither your life nor the significance of your existence as worthless sand. Can you know exactly what My work to come will be? Do you know how I will work in the future and how I will carry out My work? You should know the significance of experiencing My work, and even more so the significance of believing in Me. I have done so much work—how could I give up halfway, as you imagine? I have initiated such a great project—how could I dismantle it? It’s true that I have come to bring this age to an end, but more importantly you must know that I have come to begin a new age, that I have come to carry out new work, and even more so, that I have come to spread the gospel of the kingdom. So you should know that the present work is only to begin an age and to lay the foundation for spreading the gospel in the time to come and bringing the age to an end in the future. My work is not so simple as you imagine, nor is it as worthless or meaningless as you may believe. Therefore, I still must say to you: You ought to offer yourself to My work, and even more so devote yourself for the sake of My glory. What I have all the more long since yearned for is for you to bear witness for Me; and even more so I have waited very long to see you spread My gospel. You ought to understand what is in My heart.