Perhaps our brothers and sisters have a bit of an outline of the sequence, the steps, and the methods of God’s work in mainland China, but I always feel it’s better to have a recollection or a little summary for our brothers and sisters. I’m just using this opportunity to say a bit of what’s on My heart; I’m not talking about anything outside of this work. I hope that the brothers and sisters can understand My mood, and I also humbly request that all those who read My words understand and forgive My small stature, that My life experience is truly inadequate, and that I truly cannot keep My head high in front of God. However, I always feel that these are only objective reasons. In short, no matter what, no people, events, or things can hinder our fellowship in God’s presence, and I hope that our brothers and sisters are able to work harder in front of God along with Me. I would like to offer up the following prayer: “Oh God! Please have mercy on us so that I and My brothers and sisters may struggle together under the dominion of our common ideals, be faithful to You until death, and never go back on it!” These words are the determination I set in front of God, but it could also be said that it’s My own motto as a man of flesh who is used by God. I have shared this in fellowship with the brothers and sisters by My side many times, and I have given this to those alongside Me as a message. I don’t know what people think of it, but no matter what, I believe that they not only have an aspect of subjective effort, but even more, they also contain an aspect of objective theory. Because of this, it’s possible that some people have certain opinions, and you can take these words as your motto and see how great your drive for loving God will be. Some people will develop a certain notion when they read these words, and think: “How could such an everyday, normal thing to say give people a great drive to love God until death? And it has nothing to do with the topic of what we’re discussing, ‘The Path.’” I acknowledge that these words don’t have a great deal of charm, but I have always thought that it can lead people onto the right track, and allow them to undergo all kinds of trials along the path of belief in God without losing heart or turning back. This is why I always treat this as My motto, and I hope that people can carefully think this over. However, My intention isn’t to force everyone to accept My own views—this is just a suggestion. No matter what other people think of Me, I think that God will understand the inner dynamics of every single one of us. God is constantly working on every single one of us, and His work is tireless. This is because we were all born in the country of the great red dragon—this is why He works this way in us. Those who were born in the country of the great red dragon have the fortune to gain this kind of work of the Holy Spirit. As one of them, I greatly feel the dearness, respectability, as well as the loveliness of God. This is God caring for us. Such a backward, conservative, feudalistic, superstitious, and depraved empire of the proletariat gains this kind of work from God. From this, it’s clear that we, this group of people in the final age, are very blessed. I believe that all of the brothers and sisters whose spiritual eyes are opened to see this work will all weep tears of joy for this, and at that time, won’t you express this to God by dancing with joy? Won’t you offer up the song in your heart to God? At that time won’t you show your resolve to God and make another plan before Him? I think that all of these are things that a proper believer in God should do. As human beings, I believe that every one of us should have some kind of expression in front of God. This is what a person who has feelings should do. Looking at the caliber of everyone among us as well as our birthplace, it shows how much humiliation God endured in order to come to our midst. Although we have some knowledge of God inside of us, based on what we do know, God is so great, so supreme, and so honorable, it is enough to know how great His suffering has been among mankind by comparison. But this is still a vague thing to say, and people can only treat it as words and doctrines. This is because those in our midst are too numb and dull-witted. I can only put more effort into explaining this issue to all those brothers and sisters who would accept it so that our spirits can be moved by the Spirit of God. May God open our spiritual eyes so that we may see the price God has paid, the effort He has made, and the energy He has expended for us.
“God does the work of the word in the last days, and such words are that of the Holy Spirit, for God is the Holy Spirit and can also become flesh; therefore, the words of the Holy Spirit, as spoken of in the past, are the words of the incarnate God today. … For God to speak utterances to carry out work, He must become flesh, else His work cannot accomplish His goal” (from “How Can Man Who Has Defined God in His Conceptions Receive the Revelations of God?” in The Word Appears in the Flesh).
14 Jul 2018
Almighty God's Word "God's Work and Man's Work" (Part Two)
Almighty God says, "What man expresses is what he sees, experiences and
can imagine. Even if it is doctrines or notions, these are all reachable
by man’s thinking. Regardless of the size of man’s work, it cannot
exceed the scope of man’s experience, what man sees, or what man can
imagine or conceive. What God expresses is what God Himself is, and this
is beyond the reach of man, that is, beyond the reach of man’s
thinking. He expresses His work of leading all of mankind, and this is
not relevant to the details of human experience, but is instead
concerned with His own management. Man expresses his experience while
God expresses His being—this being is His inherent disposition and is
beyond the reach of man."
from The Word Appears in the Flesh
Know more :
Each sect within the religious world believes that their way is the true way, so how does one distinguish the true way from false ways?
12 Jul 2018
The Testimony of a Christian | I Am Following in the Footsteps of the Lamb
Shen Ai, Singapore
When
I was 18 years old my mother got ill, and so she started believing in
the Lord Jesus. At the time, I knew the Lord Jesus’ name but didn’t
understand anything about faith in the Lord. It was quite a coincidence
that I later went to work for a company where most of the employees were
Christians. Through interacting with them, I saw how they treated
people with love and patience, and I came to believe that Christians
were a pretty good bunch of people. During that period, there was a
colleague who often told me the story about how the Lord Jesus was
nailed to the cross in order to redeem mankind. I gradually developed an
interest in faith in the Lord, and started going with my colleagues to
their church to worship. The first time I entered the church and heard
hymns praising God being sung I was unexpectedly moved to tears by the
Lord’s love. I prayed to the Lord like this: “Oh, Lord Jesus! Thank You
for picking me out of the vast ocean of humanity to become one of Your
daughters. I wish to follow You forever….” During that period, whenever I
met some difficulties in my daily life, or was mocked by my friends and
relatives because of my faith in the Lord, as long as I came in front
of the Lord and prayed, my spirit would find immense release. I felt
that the Lord Jesus was my only reliance in life and that I would never
leave the Lord’s side. At that time my favorite hymn was: “Rock, rock,
Jesus Christ! Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other
name under heaven, only You are the savior. You are the mediator, You
are the son of God, You are the lamb. You are the way and the truth, You
are the life, You are the light, You are the rock, the fortress, the
city of refuge and the shield. We belong to You; we will never be shaken
from generation to generation.” And this is how I relied on the Lord’s
great power and motivation gained from the guidance of the Lord’s words
to get through all the difficulties and troubles of life.
11 Jul 2018
Gospel Q&A | 12. How do God’s three stages of work gradually deepen to bring mankind salvation?
The Answer from God’s Word:
The work of managing mankind is divided into three stages, which means that the work of saving mankind is divided into three stages. These three stages do not include the work of creating the world, but are rather the three stages of the work of the Age of Law, the Age of Grace, and the Age of Kingdom. The work of creating the world was the work of producing the whole of mankind. It was not the work of saving mankind, and bears no relation to the work of saving mankind, for when the world was created mankind had not been corrupted by Satan, and so there was no need to carry out the work of mankind’s salvation. The work of saving mankind only began once mankind had been corrupted, and so the work of managing mankind also only began once mankind had been corrupted.
10 Jul 2018
Christian Skit | "My Father, the Pastor" | A Truth Debate on the Bible (English Dubbed)
Chi Shou, a religious pastor who has been a believer in the Lord for
forty years, has always held to the views that "all of the Lord's words
and work are within the Bible," and that "belief in the Lord may not
deviate from the Bible, and believing in the Bible means believing in
the Lord." When it transpires that his daughter has accepted God's work
of the last days, he makes a plan with his wife to stop her. On this
day, their daughter returns home to bear them testimony to the gospel of
the Lord's return, and a heated, witty, yet serious family debate thus
ensues …
9 Jul 2018
Brilliant Variety Shows of The Church of Almighty God—True Presentations of Christians' Experiences
In March 2018, The Church of Almighty God’s website and YouTube channel
rolled out a special series called “Church Life—Variety Show Series,”
that includes short sketches, crosstalk, scene plays, songs and dance
performances etc., and in which Christians present their understanding,
attainment, and all kinds of testimonies of their experiences of God’s
work in the last days using various different art forms. In this
program, we interview the actors as well as Christian viewers of the
shows and, through sharing their experiences, the audience can
understand how Christians in The Church of Almighty God experience God’s
work of the last days, and can also follow closely the salvation of the
last days brought by the return of the Lord Jesus—Almighty God.
8 Jul 2018
Christian song | Learn How to Pray to God | "True Prayer"
True prayer is speaking your heart’s words to God.
It’s based on God’s will and His word.
True prayer is feeling, oh, so close to God, as if He’s in front of you.
True prayer means you have much to say to God,
your heart is radiant as the sun,
you feel inspired by the loveliness of God, those who hear are gratified.
True prayer will bring both peace and pleasure,
the strength to love God rises up, the worth of loving God is felt;
and all of this will prove your prayers are true.
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