No 954 of Living Life Series 1
Many are those who believe that just by believing they are saved. But mere believing in the Word and the saint is not enough. There must be living in the Word. The Word is God and saint. The Word must come to life in the man.
Yet, many think that belief alone is good enough and they try to bring in others to believe in what they believe thinking that by so doing they can please God and saints and win the favor of God and saints. This is as though salvation is based on the favor of God and saints.
These people are good people. They are people of faith. They want others to be like them so that God and saints will favor them even further. If only salvation is just like that, how wonderful this will be!
In fact, many saints have been quoted as saying that just believe and call out their names, and the saints will come to their aid. Well, if this is true, that will be good. Indeed, this is true and many will be blessed by the saints even in this life and be born in paradise created by the saints in the afterlife.
But for the more discerning, this is only the means to the end. This is only the first step. The faithful have a long way to go. They have to learn and live in the Word. They have to purify themselves and be saints one day. This is the reality all must achieve.
Lord Bo Tien 武天菩萨 says that we must believe in all saints of religions. Saints can bless us and in afterlife bring us to paradise. But we need to go further. We need to live in the Word or Doctrine - to be good, avoid evil and purify the mind.
The good lord commented that the Doctrine is in his image and his image is the Doctrine. He who sees and lives in Doctrine sees and knows God and saints. He who does not, sees not and knows not even if God and saints are before him.
