My understanding:
I used to believe in God according to my own imagination, notions and religious regulations, and thought that as long as I attend the meetings and read God’s word in my free time, praying to God in difficulties, this is believing in God. Never did I think whether what I do in daily life is in line with God’s will or what I practice is based on God’s word. After listening to the Recital Videos of God’s Word, I then quiet my heart to think that I just believe in God in words, and what I have done has no relationship with the truth, so my faith in God is not truly believing in God. Then what kind of faith can be approved by God?
Almighty God says, "believing in God is not so simple as man may say. As God sees it, if you only have knowledge but do not have His word as life; if you are limited only to your own knowledge but cannot practice the truth or live out the word of God, then this is proof still that you have no heart of love for God, and shows that your heart belongs not to God. Coming to know God by believing in Him; this is the final goal and that which man shall seek. You must devote effort to living out the words of God so that they may be realized in your practice. If you have only doctrinal knowledge, then your faith in God will come to naught. Only if you then also practice and live out His word can your faith be considered complete and in accord with God’s will. "
