Just What Will Your Outcome Be?

English


I
The outcome of all things draws near,
and all heaven and earth
has reached its conclusion.
How could man escape the day
when human existence comes to an end?
How can those who fear God
and long for Him to appear
not see the day of the appearance
of God’s righteousness?
How can they not receive
the final reward for goodness?
Are you one who does good,
or one who does evil?
Are you one who accepts righteous judgment
and then submits,
or are you one who accepts righteous judgment
and then is cursed?
Do you live before the seat of judgment in light,
or do you live in Hades amidst the darkness?
Are you yourself not the one
who knows most clearly
just whether your outcome will be one of reward,
or one of punishment?
Are you not the one who knows most clearly
and understands most deeply
that God is righteous?
So just what are your conduct and heart like?
How much have you given up for Me?
How deeply do you worship Me?
Don’t you know most clearly
how you behave toward Me?
You should know better than anyone
just what outcome you will get!
II
Truly, I tell you: I only created mankind,
and I created you,
but I did not hand you to Satan;
neither did I intentionally
make you rebel against or resist Me
and therefore be punished by Me.
Aren’t all these calamities what you get
for your hearts
being too intransigent
and your conduct being too despicable?
So aren’t you also able
to determine the outcome you will get?
Do you not know better than anyone,
in your hearts what your outcome will be?
Do you not know better than anyone,
in your hearts what your outcome will be?
The reason I conquer people
is to reveal them,
and the better to bring you salvation,
bring you salvation.
It’s not to make you commit evil,
nor is it to deliberately make you
walk into the hell of destruction.
When the time comes,
all your great suffering,
your weeping and gnashing of teeth—
will it not all be because of your sins?
Thus, is not your own goodness or evil
the best judgment of you?
Is it not the best proof
of what your outcome will be?
Is it not the best proof
of what your outcome will be?

from The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. The Inside Truth of the Work of Conquest (1)