The Church of Almighty God | God's voice | Chapter 15. Moving From Extremism to Seeking to Be a Survivor
1. People’s Move to Extremism
What have you all been seeking lately? Has it been a change of disposition and bearing witness for God? It has not! I see many people again seeking to die for God in order to shame old Satan. Are you only waiting to be punished rather than planning to carry out truth or seek change of disposition, to return God’s love? After reading “Betrayal (1)” and “Betrayal (2),” people had plans to die. They all believed that the ultimate goal of the work of God was to have people die to humiliate Satan. People therefore did not expect to gain anything for themselves, and they did not seek in a positive way, nor did they have the will to suffer. Isn’t this kind of pursuit a move into extremism? The purpose of the work and words of God is that people might enter deeper and better into truth, and into change of disposition. The intention is not to have people die, and it is not to punish people after they show their true colors. It is only so that people all ponder some key questions a little more, so that they may see more clearly their own condition, and enter more quickly after they have understood the demands of God. If all people were to die and be punished, then what would the work of God really be for? And what would the outcome of saving people be? If the purpose of God’s work were to have people die, would there be anyone confident to seek change of disposition? Would this not be leading people to an impasse? At that time people would all think: “I will be punished anyway, I will just make do and get by, with no need to be concerned about anything. However I act, I am going to die. I am going to be punished. What is the use of seeking truth?” They would not have much confidence. People have many difficulties even when being led from a positive side. To have people seek change of disposition and die anyway, not even one person would be saved because this is itself a contradiction. Testifying for God cannot be done from the negative side; it must be done from the positive side. Only in this way will people have the strength. As the stature of people is quite low, they do not see clearly how to enter in from a positive side. Further hypothesizing the negative side, they are then confused about the positive side, and give it up. If you say: “If we are to be punished later, then in what way should we practice now, how should we love God?” can people make this saying work? If you further say, “Be a good witness for God,” everyone will feebly say, “If you say so!” With this kind of communication people are all just waiting to receive punishment. No one will think of things like loving God or practicing truth, or of being God’s witness. Could a human race such as this be saved?
