English Christian Crosstalk | Where Is the Religious Freedom for the Chinese? "Prison Without Walls"

Eastern Lightning|English Christian Crosstalk | Where Is the Religious Freedom for the Chinese? "Prison Without Walls"

The crosstalk Prison Without Walls tells the story of Han Mei, who has fled abroad and looks back on her bitter times as a Christian living in atheist China. Han Mei was arrested by the CCP police for preaching the gospel, but even after her release she was unable to escape the evil hands of the CCP government.

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A Clean Break With the Past

Eastern Lightning | A Clean Break With the Past

All of us in my family believe in the Lord Jesus, and while I’m just an ordinary believer my father is one of the church’s co-workers. In February 2004, I accepted Almighty God’s work of the last days, and soon after I preached the gospel of the kingdom to my youngest sister. I originally was going to bear witness to God’s work of the last days for my father by equipping myself with some of God’s words and truths. But to my surprise, when my father heard that I’d accepted Almighty God’s work of the last days he went into a frenzy trying to disrupt and prevent my doing so.

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Eastern Lightning | How Great Is the Love of God | Christian Song | "The Incarnate God Is Most Lovable"

How Great Is the Love of God | Christian Song | "The Incarnate God Is Most Lovable"

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After God became flesh, living life among mankind, He saw man's depravity, the situation of their life. God in the flesh deeply felt man's helplessness, how pitiful they are; He felt their sadness. God gained more compassion for the human condition, and more concern for His followers from His instincts in the flesh.

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In God's heart, those He wants to manage and save mean the most to Him; He values them above all else. Great price He's paid; betrayal and hurt He's endured. But He never gives up, relentless in His work, with no regrets, no complaints. God gained more compassion for the human condition, and more concern for His followers from His instincts. God gained more compassion for the human condition, and more concern for His followers from His instincts in the flesh.

from "God's Work, God's Disposition, and God Himself III" in The Word Appears in the Flesh

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Eastern Lightning | Seek the Bright Life | God Will Take Care of You "I'm Resolved to Follow God" (Christian Music)

Seek the Bright Life | God Will Take Care of You "I'm Resolved to Follow God" (Christian Music)

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Holding faith so long, now I see the light. Experienced ups and downs, persecutions and hardships. Happiness and sorrows, garment wet with tears. Countless nights, stayed awake and prayed. Rejected by the world; distanced by loved ones. Wandering every day, having no resting place. Freedom, just a sham, no human rights to share. Deep hatred of Satan! When to right the wrong? This world, dark and evil, I desire more the light of my life. Christ is the truth, the way, and the life. I've made up my mind to follow Him. This world, dark and evil, I desire more the light of my life. Christ is the truth, the way, and the life. I've made up my mind to follow Him.

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Eastern Lightning | A Hymn of God's Words "The Truth Behind God's Work in the Age of Kingdom"

A Hymn of God's Words "The Truth Behind God's Work in the Age of Kingdom"

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If you remain in the Age of Grace, you will never know God's own disposition, or be free from corrupt disposition. And if you live in abundance of grace, but don't know how to know and please God, pitifully believe Him but never gain Him. After you read God's word, and you've experienced all His works in the Age of Kingdom, the dreams you held for many years will all come true. You'll feel you've finally seen God, face to face.

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The Church of Almighty God | A Hymn of God's Word "I Will Not Rest Until I Gain God"

The Church of Almighty God | A Hymn of God's Word "I Will Not Rest Until I Gain God"

Out of my own willingness I follow God. I don't care whether He wants me or not. I seek to love Him, steadfastly follow Him. I will gain Him, offering my life to Him.

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May the will of God be accomplished. May my heart be fully offered up to God. No matter what God does or what He plans for me, I'll keep on following, seeking to gain Him. Out of my own willingness I follow God. I don't care whether He wants me or not. I seek to love Him, steadfastly follow Him. I will gain Him, offering my life to Him.

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Eastern Lightning | A Hymn of God's Word "All Creation of God Must Come Under His Dominion"

A Hymn of God's Word "All Creation of God Must Come Under His Dominion"

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God created all things, and so He makes all creation come under His rule, and submit to His dominion. He commands all things, controlling them in His hands. Living things, mountains, rivers and man must all come under His rule. Things in the skies and on the earth must all come under His dominion. All must submit, without any choice. This is God's decree and His authority.

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The Church of Almighty God | A Hymn of God's Word "God's Care Is Always With Mankind"

A Hymn of God's Word "God's Care Is Always With Mankind" | The Church of Almighty God

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God looks over creation, watching, day after day, observing. Humbly He hides Himself, tasting this human life, watching man's every deed. Who has truly offered themselves to God? Who has ever pursued the truth? Who has taken God earnestly, kept promises made, and followed their duty to God? Who has ever let God dwell inside them? Who has valued God as they would their own life? Who has ever seen His full divine being, or been willing to touch God Himself? When people sink in the waters, God saves them. When they cannot face life, God lifts them and gives them the courage to live again, and gives them a second chance. So they will take Him as their foundation. When they disobey, God takes this chance to let them know Him.

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The Church of Almighty God | A Hymn of God's Word "God Is Abundantly Merciful and Profoundly Wrathful"

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.

When man can fully follow and obey the commands of God and acts in accordance to the requirements of God, God is abundant and plentiful in His mercy toward man; when man has been filled with corruption, filled with hatred and enmity for Him, God will show profound anger. And to what extent His anger will be? His wrath will keep on till He sees no more, no more man’s evil deeds and resistance, till they are no longer before His eyes. And to what extent His anger will be? His wrath will keep on till He sees no more, no more man’s evil deeds and resistance, till they are no longer before His eyes. Only at that time will God’s anger disappear.

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Almighty God's Word | "God Himself, the Unique VII God Is the Source of Life for All Things (II)" (Part Two)

(II) God Is the Source of Life for All Things

Today I will fellowship about a new topic with you. What will the topic be? The title of the topic will be “God Is the Source of Life for All Things.” Isn’t this a fairly large topic to discuss? Does it feel like something that might be a little out of reach? God being the source of life for all things might seem like a topic that people feel detached from, but all who follow God must understand it. This is because this subject is inextricably linked with each person knowing God, being able to satisfy Him, and revere Him. Therefore, this topic must be communicated. Some people may have a basic understanding of this topic, or perhaps some people are aware of it: They may have a simplistic knowledge of it in their hearts, just a superficial understanding. Others may have a special familiarity with it; due to their unique experiences, in their hearts they have a profound understanding of it. But whether knowledge of this is deep or superficial, for you it is one-sided and not sufficiently specific. So, this topic must be communicated, the purpose of which is to give you a more specific and deeper understanding; this is very crucial. I will use a special method to fellowship about this topic with you, a method we have not used before and one that you may find a bit unusual, or a bit uncomfortable. Nonetheless, after you hear it you will know it, whatever the method may be. Do you like listening to stories? (We do.) What type of story do you like to hear? Fairy tales, fables or science fiction? (Fables.) (A story about God and man.) Are there stories about God and man? (Yes.) There are stories about God and man that happen near you every day. Do I even need to mention them? Whoever likes stories please raise your hands, and then I can see how many people like to hear stories. It seems that I was right to choose the method of telling a story. You all like to hear stories. OK then, let’s begin! You don’t need to write this down in your notes. I ask that you be calm, and not fidget. You may close your eyes if you feel that having your eyes open would cause you to be distracted by your surroundings or the people around you. I have a wonderful little story to tell you. It is a story about a seed, the earth, a tree, the sunlight, the songbirds, and man. Don’t fall asleep. Do you hear Me? The story I am going to tell has what main characters in it? (A seed, the earth, a tree, the sunlight, the songbirds, and man.) Will God be in it? (No.) You haven’t heard it, right? But I am sure that after the story is told you will feel relaxed and content. Alright then, you may listen quietly.

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Eastern Lightning | God Is a Consuming Fire and Does Not Tolerate Man’s Offense

33 God Is a Consuming Fire and Does Not Tolerate Man’s Offense

—the change of a person who frenziedly resisted Almighty God’s work because of her blind trust in the leaders’ words

Xia Suzhi

Nanyang City, Henan Province

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“Xia X, female, aged 33, a junior leader of the Praise Church. In spring 1999, when God’s work of the last days was preached to her, she didn’t accept it but slandered and blasphemed Almighty God everywhere with her upper leaders and hindered the believers under her from having contact with the gospel preachers. In May of the same year, her husband was crushed to death by a car. In September, her son had his leg broken. In July 2000, Xia’s house (a wing-room) was on fire without any reason, and everything in the room was burned up. That her family encountered the disasters one after another shows that the wicked shall be filled with mischief.” (from Typical Cases of Punishment for Resisting Almighty God)

These are indeed things that happened to my family. Reading this case, I cried bitterly, and my remorse couldn’t be put into words. All these were the retributions I deserved for resisting God on account of my lack of discernment. Thank God for giving me an opportunity today to atone for my sins and make public the details of my resistance against God. I hope that brothers and sisters will see God’s righteous disposition that cannot tolerate man’s offense from the case of my disobedience, take warning from it, and stop doing evil and turn from the wrong way and return to God’s family sooner.

I followed the Lord Jesus because of illness in 1989. In early 1998, our senior leader Wang X warned us, “There is a sect called the ‘Eastern Lightning,’ and it is a false way from a false Christ. They have abandoned the Bible. You should never listen to their messages. Otherwise, you will gain nothing.” Hearing this, I was determined that I must hold on to the Lord’s name and stand testimony in any case. As the leader’s words were engraved in my mind, I stepped onto the way of antichrists and suffered many mischiefs.

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Almighty God's Word | God’s Work, God’s Disposition, and God Himself III (Part Five)

God’s Work, God’s Disposition, and God Himself III (Part Five)

        Next, let’s look at the following passages of scripture.

9. Jesus Performs Miracles

1) Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand

(John 6:8-13) One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother, said to him, There is a lad here, which has five barley loaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? And Jesus said, Make the men sit down. Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. And Jesus took the loaves; and when he had given thanks, he distributed to the disciples, and the disciples to them that were set down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they would. When they were filled, he said to his disciples, Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost. Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above to them that had eaten.

2) The Resurrection of Lazarus Glorifies God

(John 11:43-44) And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus said to them, Loose him, and let him go.

Among the miracles performed by the Lord Jesus, we have selected only these two because they are adequate to demonstrate what I’d like to speak about here. These two miracles are really astonishing, and they are very representative of the Lord Jesus’ miracles in the Age of Grace.

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The Church of Almighty God | A Youth Spent Without Regret

3. A Youth Spent Without Regret

Xiaowen, Chongqing

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“Love is a pure emotion, pure without a blemish. Use your heart, use your heart to love and feel and care. Love doesn’t set conditions or barriers or distance. Use your heart, use your heart to love and feel and care. If you love you don’t deceive, grumble, turn your back, look to get something in return” (“Pure Love Without Blemish” in Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs). This hymn of God’s word once helped me get through the pain of a long and drawn-out life in prison that lasted 7 years and 4 months. Even though the CCP government deprived me of the most beautiful years of my youth, I have obtained the most precious and real truth from Almighty God and therefore have no complaints or regrets.

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