Sunday, September 30, 2018

The Bible was compiled by man, not by God; the Bible cannot represent God.

XI. One Must Fellowship Clearly the Aspect of Truth Concerning the Relationship Between God and the Bible

3. The Bible was compiled by man, not by God; the Bible cannot represent God.

Bible Verses for Reference:

Search the scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And you will not come to me, that you might have life” (Jhn 5:39-40).

I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man comes to the Father, but by me” (Jhn 14:6).

Saturday, September 29, 2018

Eastern Lightning | The Arrogant and Ignorant I Have Finally Become Subject Before the True God

The Arrogant and Ignorant I Have Finally Become Subject Before the True God

Zhang Xuejun

Nehe City, Heilongjiang Province

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I was formerly a co-worker of the Cross Church. I received a lot of grace after I turned to the Lord. Because of that, I pursued very zealously and made a resolution before the Lord that I would serve Him all my life. Two years later, I began to preach and often went to other counties to support the churches. At that time, I felt that believing in the Lord was so great and so meaningful.

Friday, September 28, 2018

Eastern Lightning | Almighty God’s Righteous Disposition Awoke Me

Almighty God’s Righteous Disposition Awoke Me

Zhangjin

Zhumadian City, Henan Province

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I was a believer of the “Seventh-day Observer,” also a sinner who resisted God blindly because of believing the leader’s words. It was not until November 15, 2003 when I saw God’s righteous disposition come upon the leader that I woke up and then came before Almighty God. The following is my true experience.

Thursday, September 27, 2018

Believing Rumors Led to a Lifelong Regret

Believing Rumors Led to a Lifelong Regret

Zhu Lin

Shangqiu City, Henan Province

I was formerly a middle-level leader in “Pentecostal Church.” One day in December 1999, I received from our General Assembly a booklet entitled “Resisting the Temptation from the ‘Eastern Lightning.’” It said, “The ‘Eastern Lightning’ is a heresy, a cult, which claims that the Lord has been incarnated as a female. It’s a mafia. If you refuse to join them after hearing their messages, they will gouge your eyes, cut off your nose, break your arms or legs. And they are promiscuous…” After reading these words, I accepted them as true without thought and immediately called the co-workers together for a meeting.

Wednesday, September 26, 2018

Eastern Lightning | Almighty God Saved Me Through His Punishment

Almighty God Saved Me Through His Punishment

Li Meirong

Zhumadian City, Henan Province

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My name is Li Meirong, and I was a preacher in “the Sunday Meeting.” Because I was a long-time believer with seniority, I was given the name “Li Daogao” (which means my teaching was high) by the brothers and sisters. This is their opinion of me: Though without a high education, she can memorize the whole Scriptures; though without much power, she can “summon wind and rain” in the church. I was always proud of it.

Tuesday, September 25, 2018

The Church of Almighty God | Almighty God’s Chastening Woke Up the Disobedient Me

Almighty God’s Chastening Woke Up the Disobedient Me

Zhao Kaiyang

Zhumadian City, Henan Province

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I started to believe in the Lord in the “Three-Self sect” in 1986. In 1990, I turned to the local church, the “Praise Church,” and became a leader. In June of 1999, I accepted Almighty God’s work of the last days. When I think back to my past, I am terribly ashamed of myself. Because I was blind, ignorant, and didn’t know God, I committed a mortal sin of blaspheming the Holy Spirit. But fortunately, Almighty God chastened and disciplined me in a timely manner, so that I woke up and returned before His throne.

Monday, September 24, 2018

Eastern Lightning | How does God dominate and administer the entire universe world?

X. One Must Fellowship Clearly the Aspect of Truth Concerning How to Know God

5. How does God dominate and administer the entire universe world?

Relevant Words of God:

How many creatures are there living and reproducing in the vast expanse of the universe, following the law of life over and over, adhering to one constant rule. Those who die take with them the stories of the living, and those who are living repeat the same tragic history of those who have died. And so mankind can’t help but ask itself: Why do we live? And why do we have to die? Who is in command of this world? And who created this mankind? Was mankind really created by Mother Nature? Is mankind really in control of its own fate? …

Sunday, September 23, 2018

I Woke Up Under Almighty God’s Discipline and Was Convinced by His Word

I Woke Up Under Almighty God’s Discipline and Was Convinced by His Word

Li Qiang

Zhumadian City, Henan Province

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I used to be a leader of the preaching group of the “Praise Church.” As I was good at preaching and singing, was equipped with a great deal of biblical knowledge, and had the gift of “healing the sick and driving out demons,” the brothers and sisters looked up to me very much. In February of 1997, at a co-workers’ meeting, the pastor told us, “Now, there has arisen a sect called the ‘Eastern Lightning.’ They claim that God has done a new work, believers needn’t read the Bible anymore, and the Lord Jesus’ name has changed to Almighty God.

Saturday, September 22, 2018

The Foolish Me Woke Up At Last

The Foolish Me Woke Up At Last

Li Wei

Zhumadian City, Henan Province

I was once a believer of the “Praise Church.” At the end of 1998, our leader warned us again and again in a meeting, “Now some people are preaching that the Lord has returned in the flesh. You must never believe it. It’s precisely a false way! It’s a false Christ, a deceiver! Because the Lord will come on the white cloud, and we all can see Him. Just as Revelation 1:7 says, ‘Behold, he comes with clouds; and every eye shall see him….’” Hearing this, I thought, “Leader Liu has believed in the Lord for a long time and knows much about the Bible. It must be right to listen to him.” Since then, I strictly observed the leader’s words. I shut the door on the brothers and sisters time after time who came to preach Almighty God to me.

Friday, September 21, 2018

Holding the Book of God’s Word in Hands, I Shed Floods of Tears

Holding the Book of God’s Word in Hands, I Shed Floods of Tears

—A Repentance Before the Coffin

Liu Jie

Shangqiu City, Henan Province


I turned my face outward and saw that my coffin and shroud were there ready-made. When the moment I slipped my breath came, I would be put into them. Despair and loneliness welled up in me all at once. “I’m done! I’m done! I’m only in my forties. I’m very unwilling to die like this!” I looked out the window to the blue sky, tears wetting my pillow… Just at the moment I was at my last gasp and was dying, Almighty God stretched out His loving hands to me and conquered me by His powerful and authoritative words, so that I was revived in mind and body and gained a new life.

Thursday, September 20, 2018

Facts and Revelation Made Me Seek; God’s Word Made Me Fall Before Him

Facts and Revelation Made Me Seek; God’s Word Made Me Fall Before Him

Zhang Lian

Zhumadian City, Henan Province

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I was formerly a co-worker of the “Justification by Faith Church.” In the spring of 1999, the elder warned us at a co-workers’ meeting, “Now there is a sect called the ‘Eastern Lightning.’ It preaches that the Lord has come to China to work.

Wednesday, September 19, 2018

The Church of Almighty God | I Prostrated Myself Before Almighty God to Confess My Sin

I Prostrated Myself Before Almighty God to Confess My Sin

Wu Xun

Nanyang City, Henan Province

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I was formerly a co-worker in the “Praise Church.” After turning to the Lord Jesus in 1988, I pursued zealously. Whenever something happened in the church, I would run in front. Gradually I won a good reputation of being an “Old Faithful.” However, I, an “Old Faithful,” became a thorough antichrist when God’s salvation of the last days came upon me. Whenever I think of that, I feel extremely ashamed and remorseful…

Tuesday, September 18, 2018

I Bowed My Head Before the Truth—The True Experience of a Son of Disobedience

I Bowed My Head Before the Truth—The True Experience of a Son of Disobedience

Liang Yanli

Zhaodong City, Heilongjiang Province

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I am Liang Yanli, living in Zhaodong City. I was formerly a leading preaching co-worker in the Pentecostal Church and was also one of the sons of disobedience who desperately resisted Almighty God’s work of the last days.

Monday, September 17, 2018

A Confession by a Son of Sin

A Confession by a Son of Sin

Liang Meihua

Daqing City, Heilongjiang Province
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Your kind attention and your last admonition awake me from my deep sleep for years

My unatonable transgressions are a painful memory for me striking my conscience

Being at a loss I pray to you with trembling searching my heart with bitter repentance

….

Whenever I hear the hymn “A Repentance,” tears gush out from my eyes. My feelings of pain, remorse, and self-reproach are beyond expression. I bitterly hate myself for being so blind and foolish that I did not know God’s work and became a ferocious wolf which hindered the lambs from entering into the kingdom and became the foremost of sinners who resisted Almighty God’s work.

Sunday, September 16, 2018

I Get Free from Man’s Control Under the Leading of God’s Word

I Get Free from Man’s Control Under the Leading of God’s Word

Li Jing

Zhumadian City, Henan Province

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I had been a co-worker of the “Praise Church.” Since I believed in the Lord in 1988, I had believed that by listening to the leaders, I would surely be approved by God and go to heaven in the future, as they knew more things than others and had a rich knowledge of the Bible.

Saturday, September 15, 2018

Eastern Lightning | Almighty God Saved the Disobedient Me

Almighty God Saved the Disobedient Me

Lu Tong

Pingzhuang City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
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In 1997, our family believed in the Lord Jesus (The Great Light Church) due to my mother’s sickness. My mother got healed miraculously after that. Thereafter, encouraged by the love of the Lord, we went here and there preaching the gospel, giving witness to the wonderful deeds of the Lord Jesus. It gave a good result. And I, out of fervent pursuit, was chosen as a church deacon later and began to go around the churches preaching and shepherding.

Friday, September 14, 2018

Holding Fast to the “Bible” Made Me a Pharisee of the Present Age

Holding Fast to the “Bible” Made Me a Pharisee of the Present Age

Liang Xiumei

Yingkou City, Liaoning Province

I was once a preacher in the “Sanctified Sect.” In 1992, I believed in the Lord because of my illness. After I believed in the Lord, my illness was cured. So I was very grateful to the Lord, and I treated the “Bible” as a heavenly book. If anyone spoke against the Lord or the “Bible,” I would be at daggers with them.

Thursday, September 13, 2018

Yesterday I Resisted and Condemned God Frenziedly; Today I’m Willing to Do Service for God at Any Sacrific

Yesterday I Resisted and Condemned God Frenziedly; Today I’m Willing to Do Service for God at Any Sacrific

Xu Jinxin

Nanyang City, Henan Province
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I was formerly a leader of the “Stream of Recovery.” In 1998, I blindly believed the rumors and slanders about the work of the last days of Almighty God spread by the upper leaders, and preached wantonly in the church, “Now heresies are prevailing. The ‘Eastern Lightning’ is especially rampant. They preach that God has been incarnated and carried out His work in China. That’s a sheer ‘heresy’! Never listen to their message.

Wednesday, September 12, 2018

Having Struggled in Sin, I Bitterly Regretted Before the Truth

Having Struggled in Sin, I Bitterly Regretted Before the Truth

Liu Can

Nanyang City, Henan Province
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I was formerly a mid-level leader in the “Stream of Recovery.” I followed the Lord Jesus in 1979 because of having hyperthyreosis. Soon afterward, I recovered from the illness miraculously, and because of this miracle, my husband, my second son, and my neighbors all believed in the Lord. So I ran around everywhere preaching the Lord’s name. The Lord particularly blessed me. All my five sons and five daughters-in-law had much filial piety, and the acquaintances in and around my village all envied me.

Tuesday, September 11, 2018

Repeating What the Leaders Say Harms Others and Ourselves

Repeating What the Leaders Say Harms Others and Ourselves

Dong Qingmei

Jining City, Shandong Province

I was formerly a leader in charge of twenty-one churches in the “Hua Xuehe sect.” Before I accepted the true way, because I believed in my leader’s words, I resisted Almighty God’s work very fiercely and regarded the brothers and sisters who believed in Almighty God as enemies. Thinking of my past doings of resisting Almighty God, I’m bitterly remorseful!

Monday, September 10, 2018

The Church of Almighty God | The Confession of a Disobedient Son

The Confession of a Disobedient Son

Wang Jianwen

Anqiu City, Shandong Province

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I was once a leader of the Church of the “Truth of the Cross of Christ.” I was born into a Christian family. My grandpa and my father had been elders in the church. Nurtured by them, I was resolved from childhood to follow their will and devote a lifetime to serving the Lord faithfully. After graduation from senior high school, I began my full-time service.

Saturday, September 8, 2018

The Church of Almighty God | How a Fierce Resister Was Saved by Almighty God

I Acted as Satan’s Servant Ignorantly

Wangli

Haicheng city, Liaoning Province

My name is Wangli. At the age of eleven, I believed in the Lord Jesus with my mother. After graduating from high school, I gave up the opportunity to go to a college or a seminary, and worked as an important co-worker in the Praise Church. I shepherded the churches in Haicheng, Yingkou, and Panjin in Liaoning Province, and in Qian’an, Funing, Qinglong, and other places in Hebei Province. And I had been invited to preach and attend the youth meetings by some religious groups in Beijing, Qinhuangdao (Hebei Province), and Ningbo (Zhejiang Province). During that time, I ran about busying myself with the church work all day, feeling very proud of myself.

Friday, September 7, 2018

The Church of Almighty God | How a Fierce Resister Was Saved by Almighty God

How a Fierce Resister Was Saved by Almighty God

Gao Feng

Linyi City, Shandong Province

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“The darkness covers the earth; the devils are extremely ferocious. God does His work with difficulty; He suffers all kinds of humiliations. Men are corrupted too deeply, and they have become the hostile force. What Jesus encountered has reoccurred today. They believe in God but do not know God, crucifying God again; ferocious and vicious they are, even more evil than in those days. …” Whenever singing this hymn, I’m in floods of tears, unable to express my regret, and I only prayed in my heart, “O Almighty God! This is me! This is me! I’m really unworthy of Your salvation and love.”

The Church of Almighty God | How a Disobedient Son Changed

How a Disobedient Son Changed

Gao Feng

Linyi City, Shandong Province

I had been a co-worker of the Justification by Faith Church. The thought that I had served God for many years and was versed in the Bible always made me feel that I was something. So, I often made judgments on God’s work like “God cannot work in this way” or “God cannot work in that way.” As a result, when God’s new work came upon me, I condemned and blasphemed it blindly without seeking or investigation. I even sealed off the churches in many places, and said to the brothers and sisters, “The ‘Eastern Lightning’ is a heresy, a cult. Whoever preaches about the work of the last days is a deceiver. You mustn’t receive any stranger in future…” Whenever I remember my previous resistance against God, I am filled with remorse and hatred for myself!

Thursday, September 6, 2018

Yesterday I Resisted Almighty God in Corruption; Today I Am Willing to Sacrifice My Life for Him

Yesterday I Resisted Almighty God in Corruption; Today I Am Willing to Sacrifice My Life for Him

Kang Quanxi

Huhhot City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
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I was born into a Christian family. Under the influence of my family, I began to read the Bible and practice living a godly life from childhood. As I grew older, I began to assiduously study the background of the Bible and the church history, and I could hardly tear myself away from the messages of Brother Nee and Brother Lee. Later, I became a leader and a national and international co-worker of the Local Church in Inner Mongolia. Since childhood, by God’s grace I had enjoyed God’s numerous blessings and experienced God’s salvation several times.

Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Eastern Lightning | Holding Fast to the Letters of the Bible, I Became a Pharisee of the Present Age

Holding Fast to the Letters of the Bible, I Became a Pharisee of the Present Age

Xu Weixin

Dalian City, Liaoning Province

I was once a leader in the Pentecostal Church in Dalian Development Zone. On September 30, 2002, I accepted Almighty God’s new work of the last days. It was God’s great love that had saved me. Otherwise I would still be running on the path of resisting God and not repent. Thank Almighty God for His salvation to me, which made me have a fresh start and step on a new journey in life.

Tuesday, September 4, 2018

God’s Disposition Is Majesty, Wrath, and Intolerance of Man’s Offense

God’s Disposition Is Majesty, Wrath, and Intolerance of Man’s Offense

Yu Jie

Cangzhou City, Hebei Province
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My name is Yujie, and I’m from Cangzhou City, Hebei Province. I was formerly a leader in the Third Redemption sect.

On August 22, 2002, Sister Xie, a senior leader of our sect, said to me, “Your sister-in-law has accepted the ‘Eastern Lightning’ and also led all the brothers and sisters under her into it.” “Has my sister-in-law accepted Almighty God? It can’t be!” I was shocked by the sudden news. Instigated by Sister Xie, I got my sister-in-law to my home under false pretense. Sister Xie said “kindly” to her, “Do you know? The ‘Eastern Lightning’ you believe in draws people in with petty favors and lures people with money and beautiful women. Once you join them, they’ll detain you and drug you. Then you’ll become a psycho. You’ll have no choice but to obey them and do whatever they instruct you to do. If you regret, they’ll kill you, and your family will end up being ruined…” Hearing this, my sister-in-law said, “I saw that the brothers and sisters who believe in Almighty God all behaved very well. No matter how many questions we asked them, they fellowshipped about them with us patiently. They are much better than us! They can’t do that kind of things!” Seeing her “remaining impenitent,” Sister Xie said very angrily, “Now they’re treating you well, because you’re useful to them and they’ll use you to draw others in. When you are not useful, they’ll fix you…” “Right, right,” I said. We frightened my sister-in-law like that for quite a while. Finally, she agreed to persuade the brothers and sisters to whom she had preached the gospel to come back and collect their books.

The next day, when I was going to take away the books and tapes of the “Eastern Lightning” from my sister-in-law’s home, she said to me very worriedly, “I always feel that what the book says is the truth. If you take away these books, what if this God blames me?” I answered promptly, “What do you fear? It is I who ask you to do so. If God really sends punishment, I will take it, and it has nothing to do with you.” After I returned home, I knelt down and prayed, “O God, You know what I have done today. If what I did wasn’t after Your heart and You will blame, I will take it myself and it has nothing to do with other sisters.”

On August 25, Sister Xie and Brother Yang, also a senior leader, came to my home to discuss how to deal with these books. Sister Xie said, “It is useless to keep them. Let’s burn them!” I fully agreed. While Sister Xie was tearing the books, she blasphemed Almighty God. And while I was burning the torn books of God’s word and tapes, I condemned the work of Almighty God. In the evening, the weather suddenly changed. It hadn’t rained heavily for a few months, but in a split second, thunder roared and lightning flashed and it began pouring. It was really frightening. The thunder and lightning kept roaring and flashing over our house, seemingly directed at me. Just when I came to the doorway of the outer room, a blindingly bright light suddenly shone into the back room and then came a thunderbolt, which shook the house as if it was struck by an earthquake. All at once everything went black. “Dear me! What’s the matter?” I was stunned at such a sudden scene. It took me a good while to come to myself again. I shone my torch into the back room, and the scene gave me an even greater shock. It was in a terrible mess. All over the floor were bits of glass and lime, and a smell of burning rose. I looked around, finding that the big glass in the window disappeared, the roof was struck a few holes, the TV set was struck broken, and the antenna was burned down completely. When I saw such a terrible sight, my heart got a shiver. My unbelieving husband complained, “What have you done to incur Heaven’s such a great anger? I almost got killed.” Hearing his words, I thought to myself, “Was I wrong in burning the books? Did God really treat me according to my prayer? … No! God is a kind and merciful God. This may be an accident.” At that time I didn’t think it was a punishment from God. The following day, my husband’s brother came over and said to me, “Yesterday evening when it thundered, I saw a big fireball falling on your house, and I was stiff with terror at that moment. What was all this about? How come the fireball fell right on your house?” I said, “Who knows? Anything can happen in these days. Don’t make a fuss about it.” I didn’t take his words to heart. Later my sister-in-law knew what had happened to my family, and she said to me, “It was because you burned the books of God’s word and provoked Almighty God to anger that punishment came upon you.” When I heard this, I became somewhat convinced. I thought, “I burned the books that noon, and in the evening such a terrible thing happened. Could it be that Almighty God is the true God?” Although I thought so in my heart, on my lips I didn’t confess and tried to justify myself. In the end, my sister-in-law returned before Almighty God resolutely.

After that, although I still sealed off the church, I was thrown into confusion within. What’s more, I saw that many of the brothers and sisters in our church returned to Almighty God, and among the rest, some didn’t pray anymore and some gave up believing, and there were few believers left. I felt extremely fearful, thinking, “How will I give account to God? How should I pick up the pieces?” I was driven into a corner. I felt very empty in my heart. All day long my mind was in a whirl and I was in a low spirit. I had no appetite and slept badly, often having nightmares. I had no choice but to cry out to God, “O God, I believe You are the only true God who created the heavens and earth and all things. But now some people are preaching an eternal gospel. They say that God has again been incarnated on earth to do a new work, uttering His voice and speaking. I’m not able to discern, not knowing whether it is true or false, and I even burned their books and tapes. O God, I’m willing to bring the brothers and sisters before You, but faced with the disunity of the church, I’m very troubled and don’t know what to do. O God, please direct me and make a way out for me…”

On November 20, while I was discussing the church work with Brother Yang, three sisters who believed in Almighty God came to preach God’s new work, one of whom was my former classmate. Brother Yang was not convinced and tried conclusions with them on the spot. I watched and listened to their debating. Brother Yang said to them in a defiant tone, “Only what we believe in is the true way. Whoever leaves this way won’t be saved.” One sister asked him kindly, “Brother, who do you think is the true God, the one who can lead only one denomination or the One who can lead all created beings?” “Certainly the One who can lead all men on earth.” Brother Yang answered automatically. The sister continued to ask, “Then, have all denominations and sects come under the name of ‘Third Redemption?’” Brother Yang was speechless. The sister continued, “Now every denomination or sect says that the way they hold to is the true way, and others’ are all false ways. They attack each other and none is convinced by others. Then, who can actually do the work of reuniting all denominations into one? In ‘Knowing the Three Stages of God’s Work Is the Path to Knowing God,’ Almighty God says, ‘There are several major religions in the world, and each has its own head, or leader, and the followers are spread across different countries and regions all over the world; every country, be it large or small, has different religions within it, and almost every country is the same. However, regardless of how many religions there are across the world, all people within the universe ultimately exist under the guidance of one God, and their existence is not guided by religious heads or leaders. Which is to say that mankind is not guided by a particular religious head or leader; instead the whole of mankind is led by the Creator, who created the heavens and earth, and all things, and also created mankind—and this is a fact. Although the world has several major religions, regardless of how great they are, they all exist under the dominion of the Creator, and none of them can exceed the scope of this dominion. The development of mankind, social progress, the development of natural sciences—each is inseparable from the arrangements of the Creator, and this work is not something that can be done by a particular religious head. Religious heads are merely the leaders of a particular religion, and cannot represent God, or the One who created the heavens and earth and all things. Religious heads can lead all those within the entire religion, but cannot command all creatures beneath the heavens—this is a universally acknowledged fact. Religious heads are mere leaders, and cannot stand equal to God (the Creator). All things are in the hands of the Creator, and in the end they will all return to the hands of the Creator. Mankind was originally made by God, and regardless of the religion, every person will return under the dominion of God—this is inevitable. Only God is the Most High among all things, and the highest ruler among all creatures must also return under His dominion. No matter how high the status of man, he cannot take man to a suitable destination, and no one is able to class all things according to kind. Jehovah Himself created mankind and classed each according to kind, and when the end time arrives He will still do His own work Himself, classing all things according to kind—and this cannot be done by any apart from God.’ From God’s words we can see that only God can do the work of reuniting all denominations into one. In the church led by Almighty God, people come from different denominations, such as the Shouters, the Justification by Faith Church, the Praise Church, the Way of Life Church, the Head Covering Church, and so on. The brothers and sisters from different denominations can bow down in submission before Almighty God’s throne. Isn’t it the effect of God’s work?” Hearing these, I had a response within, “Right! We are even in discord in our church, not to mention being united with other denominations. How can the ‘Third Redemption’ do the work of reuniting all the denominations into one? How can the senior leaders lead us to live? Only God Himself can do this work. All the created beings must come under the Creator’s dominion.” Seeing that he couldn’t beat them, Brother Yang rudely drove them away. As they were leaving, my classmate reminded me, “After you go back, you can read Revelation. Many places mention ‘the one who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty,’ but none mentions the ‘Third Redemption.’ Can the ‘Third Redemption’ do the work of reuniting all denominations into one? I advise you to think over how we should believe in God to be after His heart. Don’t treat this matter carelessly. Don’t toy with your life. If you miss this opportunity, you will never have it again.”

After returning home, I hastened to open the book of Revelation and found that many verses were in accordance with what the sisters said. “Is the ‘Third Redemption’ I believe in true or false?” I was at a loss and had to pray to God, “O God, now I’m wandering at the crossroads. I don’t know what choice I should make. What they said is all in accordance with the Bible and sounds reasonable. O God, which one is sent by You, our senior leaders or the people of the ‘Eastern Lightning’? Please show me the way…”

Next day, I went to my mother’s home. She told me her story. Half a month ago, she listened to others’ words and tried hard to stop my sister-in-law from believing in Almighty God, and she also spoke many blasphemous words against Almighty God. On that very night, she suddenly fell ill. She was dizzy, weak all over, upset, and not inclined to talk or eat. Now, her condition still didn’t get better. Hearing her words and seeing her lying in bed, much thinner than before, I felt very sad. I also remembered what had happened to me. Then, I thought, “Almighty God’s work might be true.” I began to persuade her, saying, “Mum, don’t worry. Your daughter in-law is all right. Don’t listen to others’ gossip. Aren’t those who believe in Almighty God also believers in God? If they do evils, God will punish them. However, now they are all right but we have no peace. I think what we did has offended God. In the evening of the very day I burned the books, the disaster came upon me. You got sick after hindering my sister-in-law. This shows that Almighty God is the true God. Let’s stop resisting.” My mother said, “Right, what they believe in is probably the true God. Maybe we should read their book and see what it says? What kind of power drives them to rush about preaching the gospel?” Through fellowshipping together, my mother and I became less hostile to Almighty God, and she felt a little better.

In the afternoon, a sister who believed in Almighty God in my mother’s village came. She fellowshipped, “God has been incarnated to do the work according to the need of God’s work and the need of corrupt mankind, and His purpose is to save corrupt mankind but not to live man’s life on earth of starting a family and raising children. So, could Ji Sanbao, who had wife and children, be God?” Then she opened a book and read these words: “God comes to the earth not to perfect His normal humanity. He comes not to do the work of normal humanity, but only to do the work of divinity within normal humanity. What God considers normal humanity is not what man imagines. Man defines ‘normal humanity’ as having a wife, or a husband, sons and daughters. To man, these things mean one is a normal person. But God does not see it this way. He sees ‘normal humanity’ as having the normal human thoughts and lives and being born of normal people. But His normalcy does not include having a wife, or a husband, and children the way man understands normalcy. That is, to man, the ‘normal humanity’ that God speaks of is what man would consider the absence of humanity, almost lacking in feeling and seemingly devoid of fleshly needs, just like Jesus, who had only the exterior of a normal person and took on the appearance of a normal person, but in essence did not completely possess what a normal person possesses. … However, the incarnate God cannot spring from cracks between rocks or fall down from the sky. He can only be born to a normal human family. That is why He has parents and sisters. These are the things that the normal humanity of the incarnate God must have. This was the case with Jesus. Jesus had a father and mother, sisters and brothers. This was all normal. But if He had a wife and sons and daughters, then He would not have the normal humanity that God wanted in the God incarnate. If so, He would not be able to represent divinity in His work. It was because He did not have a wife or children but was born of normal people into a normal family that He was able to do the work of divinity. To clarify, what God considers ‘a normal person’ is a person born into a normal family. Only such a person is qualified to do divine work. If, on the other hand, the person had a wife, children, or a husband, that person would not be able to do divine work because he would possess only the normal humanity that humans require but not the normal humanity that God requires. God’s thoughts and people’s understandings are often hugely different and leagues apart.” Then I was suddenly enlightened. “Right! God and man are not the same kind, so how can they get married? ‘Ji Sanbao’ had a wife and children, so how could he be God?” Only then was I certain that “Ji Sanbo” was not God but a false Christ.

Then the sister fellowshipped about the disposition God expresses in doing His work of the last days. She said, “According to the Bible, the Lord has prophesied about the disposition He will express when He comes back. Let’s look at these verses in Revelation, ‘behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, has prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.’ ‘And he had in his hand a little book open: and he set his right foot on the sea, and his left foot on the earth, and cried with a loud voice, as when a lion roars: and when he had cried, seven thunders uttered their voices.’ God expresses His disposition according to His work. For example, when a man was a doctor, he had to be gentle, considerate, patient, and loving toward his patients. Later, he became a judge, so he had to be stern, upright, and unemotional when he worked. In the Age of Grace, men had been corrupted by Satan. The work of redeeming all mankind required rich grace and infinite forbearance and patience and even more a sin offering that was adequate to forgive men’s sins, so that the work result could be achieved. The work in the last days, however, is the work of reaping, clearing the threshing floor, separating the good from the evil, judging mankind, and ending the age, so God expresses His disposition of righteousness, majesty, wrath, and intolerance of man’s offense. Many people in every denomination and sect suffered punishment for resisting Almighty God, and some of them were even cursed by God and died. Aren’t these worth our deep thinking? If the One they resisted weren’t the true God, who could have punished them or taken away their lives? If they were people who truly belong to God, who could have the right to take away their lives from God’s hand? There are also many brothers and sisters who surrendered before God because they saw God’s majestic and wrathful disposition after being punished for wildly resisting God. Isn’t it also the greatest salvation of God?” At that moment, I shed remorseful tears. I regretted that I had been so blind and ignorant that I judged and resisted God’s work and even burned the scroll opened by God. I really did many evils and deserved the harshest punishment. However, God didn’t treat me according to my transgressions but did His best to save me, and He only showed me the fire of heaven but didn’t burn me. I was really unworthy of God’s such salvation. Such a great salvation coming upon me, I couldn’t repay it all my life. I only hoped that from then on I could expend myself to make up for all my former transgressions.

Later, I read a book named “Typical Cases of Punishment for Resisting Almighty God.” From this book, I knew that among the people from different denominations and sects who resisted God, some of them realized their error and turned back from their wrong path and came before Almighty God after they were punished, and some, after being punished, still remained impenitent and continued to resist, burning the books, sealing off the churches, spreading rumors, and trumping up various charges against the brothers and sisters who believed in Almighty God to slander and frame up them. These “well-known” people all received God’s punishment for condemning God’s work and hindering God’s will from being carried out, and some were even cursed and perished. After reading these typical cases, I truly realized that God’s disposition doesn’t tolerate man’s offense and even more knew the serious consequence of resisting God, and spontaneously I dreaded and feared God from my heart. I was forgiven by God because I repented, and this is God’s exceptional uplifting and grace. I owe God too much. I’m willing to offer everything to God and submit to God’s orchestration to repay His love for me. I only hope that the brothers and sisters in every denomination and sect who truly seek the true way can receive enlightenment from the cases of punishment and my experience, and come before Almighty God’s throne early to receive God’s judgment. Only in this way can we truly set upon the right track of believing in God.

Monday, September 3, 2018

When Resisting, I Acted Defiantly; After Being Shamed, I Was Heartbroken with Remorse

When Resisting, I Acted Defiantly; After Being Shamed, I Was Heartbroken with Remorse

Ma Jihao

Dandong City, Liaoning Province
Church Life, Eastern Lightning, The Church of Almighty God,
Church Life

I was once a preacher in the Liberal Group (the Wilderness sect). In February 1997, I believed in the Lord because of illness, and the Lord healed me. As I received the Lord’s great grace and saw many signs and wonders, I was especially zealous in my pursuit of the Lord. So, I became one of the key persons to be developed in the leader’s eyes.

Sunday, September 2, 2018

Eastern Lightning | I Was an Arch-criminal Who Hindered the “Lambs” from Hearing God’s Voice

I Was an Arch-criminal Who Hindered the “Lambs” from Hearing God’s Voice

Qu Jie

Benxi City, Liaoning Province

I was once a preacher in the Three Grades of Servants Church. At the end of 1996, after the Three Grades of Servants Church collapsed, I joined the Justification by Faith Church and was selected the elder. In March 1999, I accepted the work of the last days of Almighty God. It was the words of Almighty God that opened the door of my heart, melted my hardened heart, and awakened my spirit in deep sleep so that I knew that I was an evil servant and an arch-criminal who hindered the lambs from hearing God’s voice.

Saturday, September 1, 2018

The Church of Almighty God | At Last I Found the True God

At Last I Found the True God

Long Zhonghou

Zaozhuang City, Shandong Province

Gospel, The Church of Almighty God, Eastern Lightning,
The Gospel

In October, 1986, I believed in Jesus because of my wife’s illness. In February, 1990, I joined the sect of “Hua Xuehe.” From then on, I ran around preaching the way of Hua Xuehe, rain or shine. For his sake, I withdrew from the Communist Party, resigned as schoolmaster of a primary school and teacher in the state sector, and sold all the three houses of my family and spent all the money preaching the gospel, and I was even caught into the police station twice and suffered many torments. However, for the sake of defending the way of Hua Xuehe, I never complained. So, I thought that by my faith and the price I had paid, I would surely go to heaven and receive eternal life in the future.

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