The Classic Words of God Concerning the Knowledge of the Holy Spirit’s Work and the Discernment of the Evil Spirits’ Work

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 Classic Words of God Concerning the Knowledge of the Holy Spirit’s Work and the Discernment of the Evil Spirits’ Work

 

426 The Holy Spirit works by this principle: Through people’s cooperation, through them actively praying, searching and coming closer to God, results can be achieved and they can be enlightened and illuminated by the Holy Spirit. It is not the case that the Holy Spirit acts unilaterally, or that man acts unilaterally. Both are indispensable, and the more that people cooperate, and the more they pursue the attainment of the standards of God’s requirements, the greater the work of the Holy Spirit. Only people’s real cooperation, added to the work of the Holy Spirit, can produce real experiences and the substantive knowledge of God’s words. Gradually, through experiencing in this way, a perfect person is ultimately produced.

from “How to Know Reality” in The Word Appears in the Flesh

427 All those who are within the stream of the Holy Spirit are possessed of the presence and discipline of the Holy Spirit, and those who are not within the stream of the Holy Spirit are under the command of Satan, and without any of the work of the Holy Spirit. People who are in the stream of the Holy Spirit are those who accept the new work of God, the ones who cooperate in the new work of God. If those who are within this stream are incapable of cooperating, and unable to put into practice the truth required by God during this time, then they will be disciplined, and at worst will be forsaken by the Holy Spirit.

from “God’s Work and Man’s Practice” in The Word Appears in the Flesh

428 Those who accept the new work of the Holy Spirit, will live within the stream of the Holy Spirit, receive the care and protection of the Holy Spirit. Those who are willing to put the truth into practice are enlightened by the Holy Spirit, and those who are unwilling to put the truth into practice are disciplined by the Holy Spirit, and may even be punished. Regardless of what kind of person they are, provided that they are within the stream of the Holy Spirit, God will take responsibility for all those who accept His new work for the sake of His name. Those who glorify His name and are willing to put His words into practice will receive His blessings; those who disobey Him and do not put His words into practice will receive His punishment.

from “God’s Work and Man’s Practice” in The Word Appears in the Flesh

429 God does not repeat His work, He does not do work that is not realistic, He does not make excessive requirements of man, and He does not do work that is beyond the sense of man. All the work He does is within the scope of man’s normal sense, and does not exceed the sense of normal humanity, and His work is according to man’s normal requirements. If it is the work of the Holy Spirit, man becomes ever more normal, and his humanity becomes ever more normal. Man has an increasing knowledge of his disposition, which has been corrupted by Satan, and of the essence of man, and he has an ever greater longing for the truth. That is to say, the life of man grows and grows, and the corrupt disposition of man becomes capable of more and more changes—all of which is the meaning of God becoming the life of man.

from “Only Those Who Know God and His Work Can Satisfy God” in The Word Appears in the Flesh

430 Now there are some people whose condition is getting better and better. The more the Holy Spirit works on them, the more faith they have within. The more they experience, the more they feel that God’s work is so mysterious. The deeper they go, the more knowledge they gain within, feeling that God’s love is so great. They feel peaceful and clear within and have an understanding of God’s work. They are ones who have the working of the Holy Spirit.

from “You Ought to Maintain Your Devotion to God” in The Word Appears in the Flesh

435 All that disobeys God comes from Satan; Satan is the source of all ugliness and wickedness. …

from “The Substance of Christ Is Obedience to the Will of the Heavenly Father” in The Word Appears in the Flesh

436 In My plan, Satan has ever snapped at the heels of every step, and, as the foil of My wisdom, has always tried to find ways and means to disrupt My original plan.

from “The Eighth Utterance” of God’s Utterances to the Entire Universe in The Word Appears in the Flesh

437 Thus, God carries out one stage of work in every age. Once each stage of His work has been completed, it is soon imitated by evil spirits, and after Satan begins to follow on the heels of God, God changes to a different method; once God has completed a stage of His work, it is imitated by evil spirits. You must be clear about these things.

from “Knowing God’s Work Today” in The Word Appears in the Flesh