In words and in doctrine, we all acknowledge that God is faithful and whatever he says will be fulfilled, but many times we do not truly believe in God’s word from the bottom of our heart and even often deny it in our practical experience. For example, God says: “Nothing is too difficult for me.” However, when encountering problems or achieving no results in the gospel work, we no longer believe this word but think that we will not be able to resolve the problems or achieve the results even if we rely on God, for there lie many actual difficulties. In God’s word, it says: “God perfects people according to their different functioning.” But some of the brothers and sisters who perform the duty of preaching the gospel, the duty of handling general affairs, or the duty of hosting do not believe it. They always consider that only the leaders and those who water the churches can be perfected by God, while they will be toilers and cannot be perfected by God. God says: “I do not care whether you have made great contributions, whether you have much seniority … as long as you do not do things according to my requirements, you will never possibly receive my commendation.” Some brothers and sisters cannot believe this word. And they always consider that as they have followed God for so many years, they should be given credit for hard work if not for good work and God will not be so heartless as to eliminate them in the end. In God’s word, it says: “God’s intention is to save man to the maximum.” However, some brothers and sisters do not believe it but think that they are through and God will never forgive them because they have brought great losses to God’s family or have once committed a grievous transgression during their performing duty. God says: “God’s words are directed at everyone who acknowledges God and at everyone who follows God….” But we say that some of God’s words are directed at us and some not, for we have not seen ourselves in the states mentioned in those words. Again, some people see that God always says such words as “My day has been unfolded before your eyes,” “my day will not be delayed,” and “my day is truly not very distant,” but so far God’s day still has not come; so they regard God’s words as inaccurate.

All the above-mentioned states show that we disbelieve in God’s word and deny God’s substance of faithfulness. It is very serious problem that we disbelieve in and doubt God’s word. This is extremely loathsome, hateful, and intolerable to God. If we do not solve it, we will not gain the truth, much less succeed in believing in God, but will only end up being eliminated.

The main reason why we disbelieve in and doubt God’s word is that we do not have the true knowledge of God’s substance of faithfulness. God says: “God is essentially faithful; he does what he says and accomplishes what he does. He is faithful. …he says every word with sincerity and with faithfulness. … God is a righteous God; God is a faithful God.” “God has the substance of faithfulness, so what he says is always trustworthy, and even more what he does is impeccable and undoubtable.” From these words of God, we know this: Every word of God is sincere, trustworthy, impeccable, and undoubtable; and God does what he says. All this is determined by God’s substance of faithfulness. As God is essentially faithful, whatever he expresses is faithful and can never be hypocritical, crooked, or crafty. Therefore, no matter how God’s words are contrary to our notions and no matter whether we can accept them, we should never deny that every word of God is true and absolutely trustworthy.

For example, when God exposes man’s corruptions, he speaks completely according to the true facts, for God has a thorough knowledge of man, and he has seen through man’s innate nature and the things in the depths of man’s heart and soul. If we refuse to acknowledge or deny the words by which God exposes man, it only shows that we have no knowledge or only a very superficial knowledge of ourselves, but can never be proof that God’s words are inaccurate. For another example, God says: “I do not care whether you have made great contributions, whether you have much seniority … as long as you do not do things according to my requirements, you will never possibly receive my commendation.” Since God says this, he will surely do so when determining people’s outcomes. God does what he says; this is a never-changing truth. From Paul and those “lofty men” who have fallen, could we not see God’s substance of faithfulness that God does what he says? God says: “Nothing is too difficult for me.” This word is absolutely true and undeniable, for God is almighty and he can call things being as not being and call things not being as being. The reason why sometimes we fail to see God’s almighty deeds when in difficulty is that we have not cooperated with God properly. Although there are some times when we have tried our best to cooperate and yet God does not display his deeds according to our wish, we still cannot say that God is unable to do so but only that God has his good purpose: either to expose us, or to test our faith, or to let us experience the hardships he undergoes in doing his work, etc. When we read such words of God as “My day has been unfolded before your eyes,” “my day is truly not very distant,” and so on, we thought that since God had said that his day was close at hand, it should come soon. But when seeing that it has not come so far, we deny God’s faithfulness, saying that God’s words are inaccurate. In fact, this only shows that we have an erroneous and absurd understanding of God’s words. In the fellowship from above, it says: “God’s statements about time and about the number of times are completely different from man’s views. It is in the heavenly position that God speaks to all mankind in the entire universe. Man is the proverbial frog in the well that sees but a corner of the sky, so how can he understand God’s meaning? Without the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, no man could understand God’s words but would only misunderstand and misinterpret them….” Therefore, we should never impose our own imagination, thinking, or understanding upon God, and even less should we say that God’s words are inaccurate because they have not been fulfilled as we have imagined or thought. In short, regardless of which aspect of God’s word we doubt or disbelieve in, we cannot deny God’s substance of faithfulness but should only seek to know our own arrogance, craftiness, erroneousness, absurdity, and corruption through it. This is because God’s word is the truth and it is absolutely accurate. If anyone has notions or doubts about a certain word of God, he must have misunderstood or misinterpreted God’s meaning in it.