Can they truly achieve this? The reality is that, based on people’s current, actual state of having been corrupted by Satan for more than 5,900 years, they cannot compare to Peter; as such, they simply cannot achieve this. This is one of the methods of God’s work. He would not have people wait passively; He would have them actively seek instead. Only thus will God have the opportunity to work in p
eople. It would be well to offer you a bit more explanation; otherwise, people will merely have a superficial understanding. After God created mankind and granted them spirits, He enjoined them that if they did not call out to Him, then they would not be able to connect with His Spirit and, thus, the “satellite television” from heaven would be impossible to receive on earth. When God is no longer in people’s spirits, there is an empty seat left for other things, and Satan thus seizes the opportunity to get in. When people contact God with their hearts, Satan immediately panics and rushes to escape. Through mankind’s cries, God gives them what they need, but He does not at first “reside” within them. He simply gives them constant aid because of their cries, and from that internal strength people gain hardiness, so that Satan dares not come in to “play” at its will. So, if people continuously connect with God’s Spirit, Satan does not dare to come and cause disruptions. Without Satan’s disruptions, all people’s lives are normal, and God then has the opportunity to work unhindered within them. As such, what God wants to do can be achieved through humans. From this it may be known why God has always required people to increase their faith, and has also said, “I make suitable demands according to the stature of man on earth. I have never put anyone in difficulties, nor have I ever asked anyone to ‘squeeze out his blood’ for My pleasure.” Most people are baffled by God’s requirements. They wonder why, given that people do not possess that faculty and have been irretrievably corrupted by Satan, God continues to make requirements of them. Is this not God putting people in a difficult position? Seeing their solemn faces, and then seeing their awkward looks, you cannot help but laugh. People’s various ugly appearances are the most laughable: At times, they are like children who love to play, while at times they are like a little girl playing “mom.” Sometimes they are like a dog eating a mouse. One does not know whether to laugh or cry at all these ugly states of theirs, and often, the less people can grasp God’s will, the more liable they are to get into trouble.
