God’s possessions and being, God’s essence, God’s disposition—all has been made known in His words to humankind. When he experiences God’s words, man will in the process of carrying them out come to understand the purpose behind the words God speaks, and to understand the wellspring and background of God’s words, and to understand and appreciate the intended effect of God’s words. For humanity, these are all things that man must experience, realize, and access in order to access truth and life, realize God’s intentions, become transformed in his disposition, and become able to submit to God’s sovereignty and arrangements. At the same time that man experiences, realizes, and accesses these things, he will gradually have gained an understanding of God, and at this time he will also have gained different degrees of knowledge about Him. Continue reading “Knowing God Is the Path to Fearing God and Shunning Evil (Excerpt II)”
Knowing God Is the Path to Fearing God and Shunning Evil (Excerpt II)
God’s Words:”In eating, drinking, experiencing God’s words, and fellowship, you’ll experience and verify God’s authority, and gain a gradual understanding and knowledge of it. This is the only way, there are no shortcuts.”