Listen! Who Is This Who Speaks?

Listen! Who Is This Who Speaks?

Feb 25, 2018

Zhou Li, China

As a church preacher, the greatest affliction is no more than spiritual dryness and having nothing to preach. I felt helpless seeing fewer and fewer brothers and sisters coming to meetings and I came before the Lord many times to pray earnestly and ask the Lord to strengthen brothers and sisters’ faith. But the desolation of the church had not improved at all and even I lived in weakness and negativity …

Almighty God’s Work Has Caused Us to Walk the Same Path as Husband and Wife

Almighty God’s Work Has Caused Us to Walk the Same Path as 

Husband and Wife

Jan 11, 2018

Liu Xue, Henan Province

In 1991, since we were enduring the hardships of family conflict, my husband and I believed in the Lord Jesus together. From then on, we no longer quarreled. We read the Bible and attended gatherings together very zealously. Not long afterward, my husband left the Three-Self Church and switched over to the Stream of Recovery. In regards to the matter of my husband switching denominations, I did not mind. I believed that as long as we believed in one God, it did not matter which denomination we belonged to.

People Better Know God Through the Work of Words

Gospel Song | "People Better Know God Through the Work of Words" | The 

Power of the Word of God

I

God of the last days mainly uses the word to perfect man,

not signs and wonders to oppress or convince him,

since these can’t explain God’s power.

If God showed only signs and wonders,

it would be impossible to make plain the reality of God,

and thus impossible to perfect man.

God doesn’t perfect man by signs and wonders,

but waters and shepherds man using words,

to achieve man’s obedience, knowledge of God.

This is the aim of His work and His words.

God doesn’t use signs and wonders to perfect man.

He uses words and many types of work instead,

such as refinement, dealing, pruning or provision of words.

God speaks from different perspectives to make man perfect,

and to give man a greater knowledge of the work,

wisdom and wonder of God.

II

God’s work done today is real work,

with no signs or wonders now,

since they’d throw His real work into disorder,

and He’d be unable to do any more work.

Could it show whether man’s belief in God is true

if He said He’d use the word to perfect man

but also showed man signs and wonders?

Therefore, God doesn’t do such things.

God doesn’t use signs and wonders to perfect man.

He uses words and many types of work instead,

such as refinement, dealing, pruning or provision of words.

God speaks from different perspectives to make man perfect,

and to give man a greater knowledge of the work,

wisdom and wonder of God.

III

There’s too much of religion in man.

God has come during the last days

to expel man’s religious notions, unreal things

and make man know God’s reality.

He’s come to remove the image of a God

that is abstract, fanciful and doesn’t exist.

So now the only thing precious for you

is having knowledge of reality.

To search for truth in one’s belief in God

and to pursue life rather than signs and wonders,

this should be the goal of all who believe in God.

God doesn’t use signs and wonders to perfect man.

He uses words and many types of work instead,

such as refinement, dealing, pruning or provision of words.

God speaks from different perspectives to make man perfect,

and to give man a greater knowledge of the work,

wisdom and wonder of God.

from Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs

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Who Is the Obstacle on the Road to the Heavenly Kingdom (Part 2)

Who Is the Obstacle on the Road to the Heavenly 

Kingdom  (Part 2)

February 26, 2018

Bearing this question in mind, I went to find the brothers and sisters of The Church of Almighty God. Sister Lin fellowshiped to me, saying: “As for why it is that the elder and the pastor did not seek or investigate Almighty God’s work in the last days, but instead frantically accused and resisted Him, Almighty God has already made clear the essence and origin of this problem. Almighty God says: ‘Do you wish to know the root of why the Pharisees opposed Jesus? Do you wish to know the substance of the Pharisees? They were full of fantasies about the Messiah. What’s more, they believed only that the Messiah would come, yet did not seek the truth of life. And so, even today they still await the Messiah, for they have no knowledge of the way of life, and do not know what the way of truth is. How, say you, could such foolish, stubborn and ignorant people gain God’s blessing? How could they behold the Messiah? They opposed Jesus because they did not know the direction of the Holy Spirit’s work, because they did not know the way of truth spoken by Jesus, and, furthermore, because they did not understand the Messiah. And since they had never seen the Messiah, and had never been in the company of the Messiah, they made the mistake of paying empty tribute to the name of the Messiah while opposing the substance of the Messiah by any means. These Pharisees in substance were stubborn, arrogant, and did not obey the truth. The principle of their belief in God is: No matter how profound Your preaching, no matter how high Your authority, You are not Christ unless You are called the Messiah. Are these views not preposterous and ridiculous?’ (‘When You Behold the Spiritual Body of Jesus Will Be When God Has Made Anew Heaven and Earth’ in The Word Appears in the Flesh). ‘Look at the leaders of every denomination. They are all arrogant and self-right, and they interpret the Bible out of context and according to their own imagination. They all rely on gifts and erudition to do their work. If they were incapable of preaching anything, would those people follow them? They do, after all, possess some learning, and can speak a little of doctrine, or know how to win over others and how to use some artifices, through which they have brought people before themselves and have deceived them. Nominally, those people believe in God—but in reality they follow their leaders. If they encounter those who preach the true way, some of them would say, “We have to consult our leader about our belief in God.” They require someone’s consent to believe in God; is that not a problem? What have those leaders become, then? Have they not become Pharisees, false shepherds, antichrists, and stumbling blocks to people’s acceptance of the true way?’ (‘Only the Pursuit of the Truth Is the True Belief in God’ in Records of Christ’s Talks). When the Lord Jesus had first come to do His work, He was beset by the frantic accusations and resistance of the Jewish leaders—the chief priests, scribes, and Pharisees. In the end, they crucified the Lord Jesus. The ancestors of the Pharisees believed in God and were expert in the law. So why would they resist and accuse the Lord Jesus, and nail Him to the cross? We can see from the word of God that this was brought about by their satanic nature of being obstinate, arrogant, and not submitting to the truth. The Lord Jesus expressed so much truth, and they did not seek after or investigate it, but rather adhered to their own viewpoints. Their belief in God relied only on their own notions and imaginations, and they interpreted the Bible by taking verses out of context. This caused them to be blind, and not to obtain enlightenment from God. They did not know the work of the Holy Spirit, and did not understand the truth, nor could they understand God’s voice. This truly caused the words of the Bible to come true: ‘By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed’ (Mat 13:14–15). The pastors and elders in religious circles in the last days are the same as the Pharisees of that time, as what they place importance on is knowledge of the Bible and theoretical study of theology. They rely on their own thinking and imaginings to interpret the word of the Lord, and to delimit the way the Lord will return. They stubbornly cling to their own notions and imagination, and they do not seek the truth whatsoever. Not only do they not investigate the work of God in the last days, but they blindly resist and accuse Him, exposing their satanic nature of stubbornness, arrogance, and hostility to the truth. They study theology, equipping themselves with knowledge of the Bible, but that does not mean that they have any love for the truth, nor does it mean that they are able to accept and obey the truth. They explain Bible knowledge and theological theory, their only goal being to increase their own renown and reputation. They do so to safeguard their own status, and make believers look up to them reverently, adore them, and follow them. They see that the words which Almighty God expresses are the truth, and that they are able to conquer and save people, and that many people who have a love for the truth and who yearn for God’s appearance have read the word of Almighty God and have turned to Almighty God. They believe that the work of Almighty God is a threat to their status and livelihood, and so they fight back frantically and do their utmost to accuse and resist Almighty God. They take whatever means necessary to obstruct and disrupt believers from turning to Almighty God in an attempt to dominate God’s chosen people for all time. This is the root of why elders and preachers do not seek or investigate the work of Almighty God and why they frantically resist and accuse Almighty God. It can be seen in the evil deeds of the preachers and elders who resist God that they are the Pharisees of our time, and that they are the obstacle preventing believers from accepting the truth and being raised up into the heavenly kingdom. They are the antichrists, who resist God and make God their enemy, and have been revealed by God’s work in the last days.”

Western Scholars Gather in Seoul for The Church of Almighty God’s Premiering Photo Exhibit

Western Scholars Gather in Seoul for The Church of Almighty 

God’s Premiering Photo Exhibit

Dec 21, 2018

October 24, 2018, The Church of Almighty God held its first photo exhibition in Seoul, South Korea with the theme of “The birth and development of The Church of Almighty God,” drawing eleven experts and scholars from seven countries including the USA, Canada, England, France, and Italy to attend and explore the exhibit. Massimo Introvigne, who is an Italian sociologist and the founder and managing director of the Center for Studies on New Religions (CESNUR), France’s Bernadette Rigal-Cellard, professor of North American Studies at the University of Bordeaux Montaigne, Canadian sociologist and author Susan Jean Palmer, and others raised questions on Almighty God’s work of the last days, and several Christians who accepted Almighty God’s work of the last days in its early period provided detailed answers to each one of them. They also shared their feelings and understandings from undergoing Almighty God’s work and words with the guests.

Christian Marriage: The Secret to Marital Harmony

Christian Marriage: The Secret to Marital Harmony

December 18, 2018

By Wang Ran, Singapore

A Beautiful Dream

When she was single, Wang Ran always held on to a beautiful dream—the hope that after getting married, she and her husband would get along harmoniously, show mutual tolerance, be by each other’s sides for life, and grow old together. At that time Wang Ran had a great deal of confidence in herself; she felt that she was a person of good character who got along well with others. But reality did not play out as Wang Ran wished—after getting married, the myriad conflicts that cropped up in her life with her husband slowly ate away at her dream …

The Return of a Prodigal Son

Ruth, United States

  I was born in a small town in southern China, and starting from my paternal great-grandmother’s generation, our family has believed in the Lord. Stories from the Bible, hymns of worship and ecclesiastical music in the church accompanied me as I passed through the happy days of my childhood. As I started getting older, pressure grew in my studies, and in my heart I started to slowly grow distant from the Lord.However, the Lord never left me, whenever I would call out for Him, He would help me.

The Word of God in the Last Days "God's Work, God's Disposition, and God Himself II" (Part Three)

 The Word of God in the Last Days "God's Work, God's Disposition, and God Himself II" (Part Three)

Introduction

The Word of God in the Last Days "God's Work, God's Disposition, and God Himself II" (Part Three)

God's words in this video are from the book "Continuation of The Word Appears in the Flesh".

(7) - The CCP Slanders The Church of Almighty God as a "Human Organization": What's Their Motive?

(7) - The CCP Slanders The Church of Almighty God as a "Human Organization": What's Their Motive?

Everyone who believes in the Lord knows that without the appearance and work of the Lord Jesus, there wouldn't be any believers or followers of the Lord. Even more, Christianity never would have come into being—no matter how gifted the apostles were, they could not have created the church. Likewise, The Church of Almighty God came into being entirely because of the appearance and work of Almighty God, Christ of the last days. It is because Almighty God expressed many truths and people turned back toward God after hearing His voice that the church was formed. But the Chinese Communist government slanders The Church of Almighty God, saying it is just a human organization. What kind of sinister motive do they have?

the Return of Jesus

Desolation Caused Confusion

    As the night fell, Qianxun sat in the yard and enjoyed the cool night breeze after supper. Her husband came over with two fans and handed one to Qianxun, asking with concern: “What are you thinking? You look upset after coming back from the co-worker meeting. What happened? Tell me.”

The Picture of The Church of Almighty God

    Qianxun sighed: “Now is the crucial moment for the return of the Lord. However, lots of brothers and sisters grow cold in faith and love. Today Sister Liu and Sister Zheng didn’t come for the meeting again. I have visited and supported them many times with Sister Xu. They understood all the verses we talked about and we couldn’t provide new light. We even cannot be touched by our words. How can we solve other people’s problems? We talked a lot, but there was no result.”

The Church of Almighty God | Best Christian Video "I Am a Good Person! " (2018 Full Movie)

The Church of Almighty God |  Best Christian Video "I Am a Good Person! " (2018 Full Movie)

Introduction

 Yang Huixin, a Christian, has loved being a good person since she was little. She doesn't like to offend others. She believes herself to be a good person because she is kind and agreeable with others. But only after she accepts God's gospel of the last days and undergoes the judgment and chastisement of God's words does she have an awakening, and realize that she's not a true good person. Rather, she lives based on satanic philosophies, and is a very selfish, cunning "nice guy." She resolves in her heart to seek the truth and become a good person who is honest and upright…. What experiences did Yang Huixin go through that allowed her to undergo such a transformation?

Almighty God's Word | The Mystery of the Incarnation (4) (Selection)

Almighty God's Word | The Mystery of the Incarnation (4) (Selection)

In the Age of Grace, Jesus did much of that work, such as healing sickness, casting out demons, laying His hands upon man to pray for man, and blessing man. However, to continue to do so would serve no purpose in the present day. The Holy Spirit worked in that way at the time, for it was the Age of Grace, and man was shown enough grace for enjoyment. Man did not have to pay any price and could receive grace as long as he had faith.

Classic Words on How to Believe in God | The Church of Almighty God

picture of the Church of Almighty God 

    Classic Words From Almighty God, Christ of the Last Days  | X Classic Words on the Reality of the Truth God’s Chosen People Must Enter Into

    (I) Classic Words on How to Believe in God

    1. “Belief in God” means believing that there is a God; this is the simplest concept of faith in God. What’s more, believing that there is a God is not the same as truly believing in God; rather, it is a kind of simple faith with strong religious overtones. True faith in God means experiencing the words and work of God based on a belief that God holds sovereignty over all things. So you shall be freed of your corrupt disposition, shall fulfill the desire of God, and shall come to know God. Only through such a journey can you be said to believe in God.

from Preface to The Word Appears in the Flesh

A Revelation of the Holy Spirit | "God and Man Will Enter Into Rest Together (Part One)"

A Revelation of the Holy Spirit | "God and Man Will Enter Into Rest Together (Part One)"

Introduction

Almighty God says, "As man lacks rest, so does God. When God once again enters into rest, man will also enter into rest. The life in rest is one without war, without filth, without persisting unrighteousness. This is to say that it lacks Satan’s harassment (here “Satan” refers to hostile forces), Satan’s corruption, as well as the invasion of any force opposed to God. Everything follows its own kind and worships the Lord of creation. Heaven and earth are entirely tranquil.

The Hymn of God's Word "God Is Abundantly Merciful and Profoundly Wrathful"

picture of the Church of Almighty God

  EASTERN LIGHTNING| THE HYMN OF GOD'S WORD "GOD IS ABUNDANTLY MERCIFUL AND PROFOUNDLY WRATHFUL"

It is so real and it's so true God's mercy and God's tolerance exist, but when He unleashes His wrath, His holiness and righteousness also show man the side of God that brooks no offense.

Classic Words From God (Excerpts) | The Sighing of the Almighty (Selection) | Eastern Lightning

Classic Words From God (Excerpts) | The Sighing of the Almighty (Selection) | Eastern Lightning

      Mankind, who left the supply of life from the Almighty, does not know why they exist, and yet fears death. There is no support, no help, but mankind is still reluctant to close their eyes, braving it all, drags out an ignoble existence in this world in bodies without the consciousness of souls. You live like such, with no hope; he exists like such, with no aim. There is only the Holy One in the legend who will come to save those who moan in suffering and long desperately for His arrival. This belief cannot be realized so far in the people who are unconscious.

A Kind of Love That Surpasses All the Love in This World | The Church of Almighty God

  

A Kind of Love That Surpasses All the Love in This World | The Church of Almighty God

    Mothers are the ones who love us the most, but God is the one who has always stood beside the children He has chosen at every moment. He uses His words to comfort every wounded soul, and awaits the return of His lost sheep without complaint. This is even more God’s love of us. His love surpasses all the love in this world. Just like what God has said, “Can a woman forget her sucking child, that she should not have compassion on the son of her womb? yes, they may forget, yet will I not forget you” (Isa 49:15).

Almighty God's Word "The Kingdom Anthem - The Kingdom Has Descended on the World" (Stage Version)

  

    Almighty God's Word "The Kingdom Anthem - The Kingdom Has Descended on the World" (Stage Version)

The people are cheering happily to God, the people are praising Him,

countless voices are speaking of the one true God, countless people are looking on at His deeds.

The kingdom has descended on the world, and God’s person is rich and bountiful.

The Church of Almighty God | About the Way in Which the Lord Returns

picture of the Church of Almighty God | God's word

     Question 1: The Lord said He will come back and take us to the kingdom of heaven. However, what you’re saying is that the Lord has become flesh to do the work of judgment in the last days. It is said right in the Bible that the Lord will come upon a cloud all in glory. But you’re saying that the Lord has become flesh in secret. That sounds a lot different.

Almighty God's Word "The Kingdom Anthem - The Kingdom Has Descended on the World" (Stage Version)

Almighty God's Word "The Kingdom Anthem - The Kingdom Has Descended on the World" (Stage Version)

The people are cheering happily to God, the people are praising Him,
countless voices are speaking of the one true God, countless people are looking on at His deeds.
The kingdom has descended on the world, and God’s person is rich and bountiful.
Who does not rejoice for this? Who does not dance for this?
Zion, raise your banner of victory to celebrate for God!
Sing your song of victory to spread God’s holy name!

from "Kingdom Anthem" in The Word Appears in the Flesh