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16 Feb 2018

God's Word "Restoring the Normal Life of Man and Taking Him to a Wonderful Destination" (Part One)



Eastern lightningGod's Word "Restoring the Normal Life of Man and Taking Him to a Wonderful Destination" (Part One)


Almighty God says, "Once the work of conquest has been completed, man will be brought into a beautiful world. This life will, of course, still be on earth, but it will be totally unlike man’s life today. It is the life that mankind will have after the whole of mankind has been conquered, it will be a new beginning for man on earth, and for mankind to have such a life will be proof that mankind has entered a new and beautiful realm. It will be the beginning of the life of man and God on earth. The premise of such a beautiful life must be that, after man has been purified and conquered, he submits before the Creator. And so, the work of conquest is the last stage of God’s work before mankind enters the wonderful destination. Such a life is man’s future life on earth, it is the most beautiful life on earth, the kind of life that man longs for, the kind that man has never before achieved in the history of the world. It is the final outcome of the 6,000 years of work of management, it is what mankind yearns for most, and it is also God’s promise to man."


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God's voice | Interpretation of the First Utterance

Eastern lightning | God's voice | Interpretation of the First Utterance

Just as God said, “None can grasp the root of My words, or the purpose behind them.” If it weren’t for the guidance of the Spirit of God, if it weren’t for the advent of His words, all would perish under His chastisement. Why does God test man for so long? And for as long as five months? This is the focal point of our fellowship as well as a central point in God’s wisdom. We can assume this: Were it not for this trial, and without God attacking, killing, and hacking away at the corrupt humanity, if the building of the church continued until today, then what would that accomplish? So in the first line of His speech, God gets straight to the point and explains the desired effect of these months’ work, and it is painfully accurate! It goes to show the wisdom of God’s deeds over this period of time: teaching the people to learn submission and sincere dedication through the trial, as well as how to better understand God through painful refinement. The more despair people experience, the more they are able to understand themselves. And to tell the truth, the more painful refinement they face, the more they can understand their own corruption, and in doing so they even learn that they are not worthy of being a service-doer for God, and rendering this kind of service is being elevated by Him. And so once this is achieved, once man has depleted himself, God utters the words of mercy, not hidden but in plain sight. It is clear that after several months, God’s new[a] approach of work starts today; this is plain for all to see. In the past, God often said “it is not easy to earn the right to be called My people,” so as He has fulfilled these words in the people who are referred to as service-doers, all may see God can be trusted without any error. All of what God says will come true to varying degrees, and His words are not in the least bit empty.

15 Feb 2018

"My Dream of the Heavenly Kingdom" (1) - How to Pursue in Order to Enter the Heavenly Kingdom (1)


The Church of Almighty God | "My Dream of the Heavenly Kingdom" (1) - How to Pursue in Order to Enter the Heavenly Kingdom (1)


Most believers of the Lord feel that as long as we follow the words of the Lord, practice humility and patience, and follow Paul's example by sacrificing, expending and laboring for the Lord, we will satisfy the will of God. And we will be brought into the heavenly kingdom when the Lord returns. However, have we ever considered whether such a quest would really earn the Lord's praise and admission to the heavenly kingdom? If not, how should we pursue to earn the praise of the Lord and be brought into the heavenly kingdom?


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God's will | On the Life of Peter

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The Church of Almighty God | God's will | On the Life of Peter
  
  Peter is an exemplar that God introduced to mankind, and he is a well-known personage. Why is it that such a humble man was set up as an exemplar by God and has been praised by later generations? Of course, it need not be mentioned that this is inseparable from his expression and his resolve of love for God. As for where Peter’s heart of love for God was expressed and what his lifetime of experiences was actually like, we must return to the Age of Grace to take another look at the customs of the time, to see the Peter of that age.

14 Feb 2018

Praise the King of Kings | Gospel Music | "The Kingdom Anthem (II) God Is Come, God Is King"


Praise the King of Kings | Gospel Music | "The Kingdom Anthem (II) God Is Come, God Is King" | The Church of Almighty God

The Kingdom Anthem (II) God Is Come, God Is King
At this extraordinary moment, at this exhilarating time,
in heaven above, and down below, all are singing, singing praises.
At this, who is not excited? At this, who’s not light of heart?
Facing this, who does not shed tears?
Heaven, no more the heaven of old, is the heaven of the kingdom.
Earth, no more the former earth, is a place of sanctity.
After a mighty rain, the foul old world is completely changed.

The Testimony of a Christian | I Found the True Light

The Church of Almighty God | The Testimony of a Christian | I Found the True Light

  Qiuhe, Japan
  I was born in a Catholic family. Since I was little, I attended Mass at church with my grandparents. Due to the influence of my environment and my belief in God, I learned to chant many different scriptures and practice various rituals.
  In 2009, I arrived in Japan to study. One time, in a fellow student’s dorm room, I met by chance a Christian small group leader who had come to spread the gospel. I thought: Protestants and Catholics believe in the same God. They both believe in the Lord Jesus. As a result, I accepted the small group leader’s invitation to join him at the church. After listening to the pastors preach and hearing some brothers and sisters talk about the Bible, I had some understanding about the Lord Jesus’ life. This caused me to have more faith in the Lord. However, after a few months, the pastors and the preachers asked us to donate tithe every week. Also, each week, we were to hand out pamphlets to spread the gospel. Sometimes, we were so tired that we would snooze during Sunday service. We no longer had a normal routine in our life. At that time, some of us were both working and studying. Not only did we have to make money to pay for our studies, but we also needed money for our everyday expenses. Our lives were already quite difficult, but they still wanted us to give them our money and our energy. We were under a lot of stress and pain. Gradually, I discovered that the pastors and the preachers were not truly people that served the Lord. Normally, since they were those who shepherded the church, they should have been helping us grow in our spiritual lives. However, they did not care about our lives. They did not think at all about our practical problems. Instead, they wanted our energy and our money. Everything they did was to help expand their church and consolidate their status and their influence. At this time, we felt like we had been deceived. Consequently, a few of my brothers and I left the church.

13 Feb 2018

Almighty God’s words include judgment, chastisement, and disclosure, and His words indeed carry majesty and wrath, but don’t they lack mercy and love?

The Answer from God’s Word:
For My work is the work of conquest, and is aimed at your disobedience and old nature. The kind words of Jehovah and Jesus fall far short of the severe words of judgment today. Without such severe words, it would be impossible to conquer you “experts,” who have been disobedient for thousands of years. The laws of the Old Testament lost their power on you long ago, and the judgment of today is far more formidable than the old laws. Most suitable for you is judgment, and not the trifling restrictions of laws, for you are not the mankind of the very beginning, but a mankind that has been corrupt for thousands of years.
from “The Vision of God’s Work (1)” in The Word Appears in the Flesh
Through what is God’s perfection of man accomplished? Through His righteous disposition. God’s disposition primarily consists of righteousness, wrath, majesty, judgment, and curse, and His perfection of man is primarily through judgment. … What God curses is the disobedience of man, and what He judges are the sins of man. Although He speaks harshly, and without the slightest sensitivity, He reveals all that is within man, and through these stern words He reveals that which is essential within man, yet through such judgment, He gives man a profound knowledge of the essence of the flesh, and thus man submits to obedience before God. The flesh of man is of sin, and of Satan, it is disobedient, and the object of God’s chastisement—and so, to allow man to know himself, the words of God’s judgment must befall him and there must be employed every kind of refinement; only then can God’s work be effective.
from “Only by Experiencing Painful Trials Can You Know the Loveliness of God” in The Word Appears in the Flesh

Christian Video | ''The Heart's Deliverance'' | Do You Know the Secret to Getting Rid of Jealousy?

Understanding:
I watched this video "The Heart's Deliverance", it really speaks out my heart's voice. I'm a jealous person. When I see my colleague's working abilities are better than me and gained the leader's compliments, I feel jealous. I know it's not good but I didn't know how to solve it.
Thanks be to God! I watched this video today and finally found the root cause of my jealousy. Actually, it's because of my desire for status that I always want to gain others' compliments. The movie also shows a way to practice, "You must learn to give up and set aside these things, to yield, to recommend others, to allow them to stand out. Do not struggle furiously and rush to take advantage as soon as you encounter an opportunity to stand out or obtain honor…...The more you give up and set aside, the more peaceful your heart will be and the more space will open up within it, and the more your condition will improve. The more you struggle and compete, the darker will be your condition; try it if you don’t believe it. If you want to turn around this kind of condition, if you want not to be controlled by these things, then you must first set them aside and give them up."  from"You Can Obtain Truth After Turning Your True Heart Over to God" Thanks be to God! I harvested a lot, and I'll try to practice in this aspect.

Eastern lightningChristian Video | ''The Heart's Deliverance'' | Do You Know the Secret to Getting Rid of Jealousy?


Zheng Xin is a new believer who accepted God's work in the last days recently. She frequently joins gatherings with her brothers and sisters to have fellowship on God's words and sing hymns in praise of God. This brings her happiness and enjoyment. However, overtaken by an arrogant satanic disposition, when she sees that another sister is progressing more quickly and is looked up to and praised by the other brothers and sisters, while she does not gain their admiration, she begins to feel jealous. She starts to get competitive with this sister in gatherings and is frequently negative and weak because she cannot surpass her. She is full of pain and lives within a state of being toyed with by Satan. Later, a church leader comes to offer her support and help, and shares fellowship on God's words. Through the judgment of God's words and what they bring to light, she finally finds the root of her jealousy and develops some hatred for her own satanic dispositions of arrogance, struggling for fame and gain, and selfishness and lowliness. She also gains a shallow understanding of God's righteousness and His rule. Zheng Xin resolves to be willing to obey God's rule and arrangements. Under the guidance of God's words, she finally casts off the shackles, the binds of her jealousy and her heart finds deliverance. She experiences the peace and joy of living by God's words.

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