Showing posts with label God's salvation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label God's salvation. Show all posts

Monday, February 10, 2020

XVII. Questions and Answers on Why the True Way Is Subject to Persecution

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Question 1: I don’t understand, if Eastern Lightning is the true way, then why would it be strongly opposed by the CCP government? Why would religious leaders also furiously condemn it? It’s not like pastors and elders have not been persecuted by the CCP government. But when it comes to Eastern Lightning, how come the pastors and elders who serve God can have the same view and attitude as the CCP government? Just what is the reason behind this?

Answer: The Bible says: “… the whole world lies in wickedness” (1Jn 5:19). The Lord Jesus also said, this is an evil generation (Luk 11: 29). Then just what is the extent of this world’s darkness and evil? In the Age of Grace, for the sake of redeeming mankind, the Lord Jesus in the flesh was crucified by the religious circles and rulers of the time. In the last days, Almighty God expressing truths and judging mankind has also been met with the condemnation and resistance of religious circles and the CCP government, and rejected by this era.

Saturday, January 18, 2020

Guidance of God's Love | Short Film "Awakening"

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Guidance of God's Love | Short Film "Awakening"

She is Zhao Xin, an ordinary woman born in a remote mountain area. She had a happy family. However, she became the “sinner” in the eyes of her family, relatives, and friends after her arrest by the CCP government for her belief in the Lord Jesus.

Sunday, December 22, 2019

A Youth Without Regret

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Eastern Lightning | A Youth Without Regret

“‘Love’ refers to an emotion that is pure and without blemish, where you use your heart to love, to feel, and to be thoughtful. In love there are no conditions, no barriers, and no distance. In love there is no suspicion, no deceit, and no cunning. In love there is no distance and nothing impure” (“Pure Love Without Blemish” in Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs).

Sunday, December 8, 2019

Christian Family Movie "Where Is My Home" Clip - Only God Can Save Mankind and Free Us From Pain

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   Why is there suffering in human life? Many wrestle with this but never find the answer. Wenya and her family encounter an unforeseen change in circumstances, fully tasting the vicissitudes of human relationships. In the end, they find the root of suffering in people's lives in Almighty God's words and come to understand how to cast off their pain and attain true happiness. This wonderful clip, "Only God Can Save Mankind and Free Us From Pain" from the Christian film, Where Is My Home, will help you find the answer.

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   Abundant gospel movies bear witness to the Lord Jesus appearing to perform works in the last days and narrate true stories of Christians returning before the throne of God. They lead you to know the new work of God in the last days, to listen to the words of the Holy Spirit to the churches, and to attend the marriage supper of the Lamb.

Saturday, December 7, 2019

Christian Movie "The Price We Must Pay" Clip 2 - How to Become Truly Obedient to God and Be Saved by Him

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Christian Movie "The Price We Must Pay" Clip 2 - How to Become Truly Obedient to God and Be Saved by Him

   The Lord Jesus said, "Not every one that said to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of My Father which is in heaven" (Matthew 7:21). Just how should we pursue to become people who do the heavenly Father's will and are obedient to God, so that God will bring us into the kingdom of heaven?

   Christian Song Enze was arrested and imprisoned by the Chinese Communist Party for seven years because he believed in God and preached God's gospel. After his release, he insisted on continuing to expend for God by spreading the gospel. He feels that by forsaking his home and career, laboring, and working, he is doing God's will, and that he is certain to gain God's approval and be brought into the kingdom of heaven by God. Later, Song Enze's son becomes seriously ill, putting his life in danger, over which Song Enze bears a grudge against God, attempts to argue with God, and even loses his desire to do his duties. Through what is shown to him by the facts of his situation and the revelations in God's word, Song Enze realizes that his many years of forsaking and expending for God were originally an attempt to barter for God's grace and blessings, and that he is not someone obedient to God. Finally, through seeking, he finally learns how to pursue to escape his corrupt dispositions, become truly obedient to God, and be saved by God.

   Watch videos : Best Faith-based Movies – Watch Online for Free – More Added Regularly
This page contains many touching Christian stories about faith, life, and education.
Watch these movies now to increase your faith and gain inspiration and power.

Saturday, November 9, 2019

2019 English Christian Song | "You Should Know God Through His Work"

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Verse 1

God became flesh, an ordinary person,

a person who bore God’s work, commission.

This meant He undertook work, suffering

which ordinary persons couldn’t withstand.

His suffering shows God’s devotion to man,

stands for Him being shamed, the price to save man,

to redeem man’s sins and complete this stage.

It means God would redeem man from the cross.

Bridge 1

It’s a price paid in blood and paid in life,

a price created beings cannot afford.

Since He has what God has and is, God’s essence,

He can bear this type of work and suffering.

No created being can do what He does.

This is the work of God

during the Age of Grace,

a revelation of His disposition.

Verse 2

God became flesh again in the Age of Kingdom,

in the same way He did the first time ’round.

He still expresses His word, what He has and is,

does the work He should do without reserve.

He also does endure and tolerate

man’s disobedience and man’s ignorance,

always revealing His disposition

and showing His will at the same time.

Bridge 2

So, from man’s creation until now,

God’s disposition and will, what He has and is

have always been open to everyone,

never been hidden on purpose.

The reality’s that man doesn’t care

about what God’s doing, about God’s will.

And so, this is the very reason why

man doesn’t know much about God.


from Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs


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Tuesday, October 8, 2019

Christian Family Movie 2018 | "Child, Come Back Home" (Based on a True Story)

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Christian Family Movie 2018 | "Child, Come Back Home" (Based on a True Story)

Li Xinguang is a senior high school student. He had been a sensible and well-behaved boy since he was little. His parents and his teachers were very fond of him. While going to middle school, he became infatuated with internet computer games. He would frequently skip classes in order to go to the internet café.

Thursday, September 26, 2019

2019 Full Gospel Movie "It's Good to Believe in God" | Based on a True Story (English Dubbed)

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Eastern Lightning | 2019 Full Gospel Movie "It's Good to Believe in God" | Based on a True Story (English Dubbed)

     To earn enough money to live a good life, Ding Ruilin and her husband put in bitterly hard work to open and run a business. But, thanks to the CCP government's exploitation and abuse, they remain heavily in debt, and have no choice but to go abroad to work. To make more money, Ding Ruilin takes on two jobs.

Wednesday, September 25, 2019

2019 Christian Family Movie | "A Mother's Love" | A Heart-touching Christian Story

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Eastern Lightning | 2019 Christian Family Movie | "A Mother's Love" | A Heart-touching Christian Story

"Knowledge can change your fate" and "The son becomes a dragon, the daughter becomes a phoenix" are the hopes that nearly all parents have for their children. To ensure that her daughter Jiarui is able to pass her university entrance exams and test into a good university, Xu Wenhui decides to retire from her job as a sales director to accompany Jiarui as she studies to retake her tests.

Saturday, September 21, 2019

English Christian Crosstalk "Tracking Service" Tear off the False Mask of China's Religious Freedom

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Eastern Lightning|English Christian Crosstalk "Tracking Service" Tear off the False Mask of China's Religious Freedom

  In China, where the CCP holds all political power alone, cruel persecution of Christians by the CCP is an everyday occurrence. To banish religious belief, the CCP even has a "tracking service" for Christians. The crosstalk Tracking Service teaches you all the despicable methods the CCP uses to monitor and track Christians, and shows the hypocrisy of China's "religious freedom."

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Friday, July 19, 2019

What are God’s promises to those who have attained salvation and been perfected?

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Relevant Words of God:

     I am now walking abroad in the midst of My people, I live in the midst of My people. Today, those who bear genuine love toward Me, people like these are blessed; blessed are those who submit to Me, they will surely stay in My kingdom; blessed are those who know Me, they will surely wield power in My kingdom; blessed are those who seek after Me, they will surely escape from Satan’s bonds and enjoy blessing in Me; blessed are those who are able to forsake themselves, they will surely enter into My possession, and inherit My kingdom’s bounty.

Wednesday, June 19, 2019

Lost and Found Again

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I came to the U.S.A. to work as hard as I could in pursuit of a happy life with a high standard of living. Though I suffered no little over the first few years, with time I was able to start my own company, get my own car, my own house, etc. I was finally living the “happy” life that I’d dreamed of. During this period, I made a few friends; in our free time we’d go out to eat, drink, and have some fun. We all got on pretty well together, and I thought I’d met a good bunch of guys. But then I came to realize that they were all just drinking buddies who didn’t have a single substantial thing to say, and when I was worried or depressed there was not one of them I could go to share my troubles with.

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

2019 Inspirational Devotion: What Is Entering Into Rest?

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The Origin of Rest

It is recorded in the Bible, “And on the seventh day God ended His work which He had made; and He rested on the seventh day from all His work which He had made. And God blessed the seventh day, and sanctified it: because that in it He had rested from all His work which God created and made” (Genesis 2:2–3). In the beginning, God used six days to create the heavens, the earth, and all things within, and on the seventh day, when the work of creation was complete, He rested.

Monday, June 3, 2019

God Saved Me From Death —Getting Colorectal Cancer in My 70s (Part 1)

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My name is Liu Wen, and I’m 80 years old this year; I accepted Almighty God’s work of the last days in 2006. Because of my age, I couldn’t go out and perform my duty like the other brothers and sisters, so the church leaders arranged for me to host gatherings. I was very happy to have a duty I could perform, and from then on I warmly welcomed brothers and sisters into my home; no matter when the gatherings were held, I never complained at all.

Sunday, June 2, 2019

After Listening With My Heart, I Have Welcomed the Lord’s Return

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In 1994, I was born in the United States. My parents are both Chinese. My mother was the classic example of a successful career woman. She is able to think for herself and is very competent. I love my mother very much. When I was in Grade 2, my parents brought me back to China to study so that I would be able to learn Chinese. It was also at that time that I started to get acquainted with the Lord Jesus. I remember one day in 2004, after I got home from school, there was a guest at our house. My mother introduced her and told me that she was a pastor from the United States.

Thursday, April 11, 2019

Spiritual Warfare: Two Months Spent “Imprisoned” by My Husband

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“My wife, you’d better keep the bank cards. It’s my fault for having blindly believed the CCP’s rumors and for trying to obstruct your belief in God, and even taking the bank cards away from you. Oh, let’s not talk about it anymore. Belief in God is a good thing. You keep on believing in God, and I won’t bother you anymore.” Hearing my husband say this, I kept offering up my thanks and praise to God in my heart. Thinking back over these past two months, if it hadn’t been for God’s guidance, I’d still be living “imprisoned” by my husband …

My Family Believe the Rumors and Try to Stop Me From Attending Meetings

Picture of The Church of Almighty God 
   
In May 2017, I accepted Almighty God’s work of the last days. After I joined the church life, I saw that my brothers and sisters took God’s words as their principles for action, and that they sought to be honest people. Whenever they had a difficulty or problem or corruption, they would open their hearts to each other, seek and fellowship about it, and they would help and support one another. When I was with my brothers and sisters, I felt very relaxed and free. As I was being watered by God’s words, I came to understand more and more truths, and I really wanted to play my part in the spreading of the kingdom gospel so as to repay God’s love. And so, I began to expend myself enthusiastically for God. But just at that time, my family read the Chinese government’s rumors online which condemned and discredited The Church of Almighty God, and they began to oppose my belief in God.

   One day, my son said to me: “Mom, it says online that The Church of Almighty God ropes people into the church and takes their money. You must never go to one of their meetings again!” My husband, who was also there, chimed in and advised me not to go to church anymore. When I heard them say this, I became furious, and I thought to myself: “The church has never appealed to people to make donations. The books of God’s words that they give out are all free, and the brothers and sisters are principled in their preaching of the gospel. What it says online is just not how it really is.” And so, I said to my husband and my son, “All those things you’ve read online are rumors fabricated by the CCP and are simply at odds with the facts! You haven’t investigated Almighty God’s work of the last days and you don’t understand The Church of Almighty God. How can you listen only to the CCP’s side? It states clearly in ‘The Ten Administrative Decrees That Must Be Obeyed by God’s Chosen People in the Age of Kingdom’ as expressed by Almighty God: ‘Kin who are not of the faith (your children, your husband or wife, your sisters or your parents, and so on) should not be forced into the church. God’s household is not short of members, and there is no need to make up its numbers with people who have no use. All those who do not believe gladly must not be led into the church’ (The Word Appears in the Flesh). Our church only preaches the gospel to those with good humanity, and who sincerely believe that there is a God. The church makes anyone who wants to join pass a rigorous examination, and they have to write a letter of application about why they want to join the church. This is the only way someone can be admitted into the church. We simply don’t preach the gospel to people who do not sincerely believe in God and who have bad humanity. Though they may want to join the church, the church will not admit them, even if they are relatives of a member. And yet the CCP makes the false charge that we rope people into the church—this is a barefaced lie and a deception! And saying that the church appeals to people to make offerings is even less true. In the church’s Work Arrangements, it expressly stipulates: ‘The church does not allow anyone to ask others to make offerings through preaching or any other reason. All those who are keen to talk about making offerings have ulterior motives. The matter of making offerings depends on each individual’s conscience and reason, as well as their understanding of truths’ (‘The Principles for Establishing a Church and the Management of Church Life’ in Selected Annals of the Work Arrangements of The Church of Almighty God’). The church has never once asked us to make offerings and, what’s more, the books of God’s words that are read by those investigating the true way and by brothers and sisters are free. And yet the CCP says the church takes people’s money! This is all groundless fabrication, rumor-mongering and slander, making up false charges against the church and blaspheming against God! All those rumors online are totally deceiving, and you mustn’t believe those outright lies!”

   After I’d spoken, they were silent for a moment, and my son then said, “Dad and I still worry about you. Please don’t go to the church anymore! I’ll get you a fitness card. If you go to the gym to work out, you’ll not only make friends, but you can exercise too. What do you think?” When he’d finished speaking, I said to him, “I’ve lived this long, and I can tell the difference between good and bad. Since I started believing in God, I’ve felt so relaxed and liberated, and when I meet with the brothers and sisters and we fellowship about God’s words together, I feel happy. I can say whatever I want, and I feel incredibly at ease, and I enjoy it. It’s not like when worldly people make acquaintances, with their guard up against each other or else trying to outdo each other and cheat each other, living such wearisome lives and in such pain! You want me to go to the gym to work out and make friends, but will that bring freedom to my spirit? I know in my heart that believing in God is the right path, and I want to follow God in earnest. Why won’t you let me have this?”

   Hearing me speak, my husband said with a sullen face, “If you absolutely have to believe in Almighty God, then we won’t try to stop you. But you’re not to keep the family’s bank cards any longer, so give them all to me!” When my husband said this, I felt an inexpressible emotion well up in my heart, and I thought: “We’ve been married for over 30 years, and I’ve always kept the family’s bank cards. I never imagined that my husband would stop trusting me because he’s believed the CCP’s rumors. I feel so hurt! Oh, the Chinese government is so evil. My family used to be very supportive of my belief, but because the CCP fabricates rumors and slanders the church, my family has been thrown into such chaos!” Afterward, so as to dispel my husband’s worries and stop him from trying to obstruct my belief in God anymore, I gave him all our bank cards.

The Oppression Increases: I Am “Imprisoned” and Threatened With Divorce

   After some time had gone by, my husband saw that I was still persisting with going to meetings, and so he came up with a new trick to stop me—he started to follow me wherever I went. Because my husband was following me around all day, I couldn’t go to meetings and I couldn’t answer telephone calls from my brothers and sisters. All I could do was read God’s words by myself at home. But it was impossible for me to read them when my husband was at home, and so I felt like I was under house arrest, without any personal freedom whatsoever. One day, I couldn’t bear it any longer and I argued with my husband. Unexpectedly, he said to me angrily, “If you keep going to this church, then we’ll get a divorce! It’s your choice!” Hearing my husband say he wanted a divorce, I felt incredibly hurt. We’d been married for over 30 years and he’d never once mentioned divorce before, and yet now he was using divorce to strongarm me into giving up my belief in God. I felt so upset. But I knew that believing in God and worshiping God was heaven’s law, and I couldn’t leave God no matter what happened. And yet I didn’t want to give up my family either. If we really did get divorced, how would I live? Thinking this, I felt all conflicted, and I didn’t know what to say to him. Just then, my son and his wife also advised me not to go to meetings anymore. Seeing my whole family opposed to my belief in God, my heart weakened a little and I wondered why it was so hard to believe in God, and whether my life thereafter would always be that way. But no matter what, I had to believe in God. So I thought about it and decided to just keep reading God’s words at home, and not to go to meetings for a while.

   After that, although I was no longer attending meetings, my husband still didn’t relax his vigilance. Whenever he found me reading God’s words, he would give me a look, and the words “if you believe in God then we’ll have to divorce” were never far from his lips. I felt my life had become so oppressive and unbearable. When I thought of how my brothers and sisters were expending themselves to spread God’s kingdom gospel, whereas I was like a bird in a cage not able to do anything, being constrained even when I just read God’s words, I felt indebted to God, and my heart was in a lot of pain. Crying, I constantly prayed to God: “O God! I don’t know how to get through such a situation as this, and I ask You to enlighten me and guide me …” After I’d prayed, these words of God came to my mind: “Only the word of God can supply the life of man, and only the word of God can give man light and a path for practice, particularly in the Age of Kingdom” (“The Age of Kingdom Is the Age of Word” in The Word Appears in the Flesh). God’s words brought light to my heart, and I thought, “Yes! In the Age of Kingdom, God performs the work of guiding and supplying man’s life with his word. Only God’s word is the truth, and only by reading His word and seeking the truth within His word will I find strength and have a path to follow. During that time, because of my husband’s attempts to obstruct me, I wasn’t able to quieten my heart and read God’s words in earnest. If I lost the guidance of God’s words, how would I be able to get strong and take a stand? From now on, I must rely on God and pull myself together, and must do everything I can to read God’s words.”


Picture of The Church of Almighty God 

   Afterward, I often prayed to God about my difficulties, asking Him to guide me through this situation. My brothers and sisters would often send me God’s words and videos as well, and so every day I would avoid my husband and read God’s words and watch videos on my cell phone. The more I read the words and watched the videos, the more enjoyment I felt. Especially when I watched brothers and sisters singing and dancing in praise of God, I would feel so moved that tears would pour down my face—I longed so much to be one of them. Later, I watched some videos about the CCP arresting and persecuting brothers and sisters, and I saw so many brothers and sisters in prison suffering the cruel tortures and torments of the CCP police. Yet still they relied on God and looked to Him, and these experiences of standing firm in their testimony to God even at the cost of their own lives moved me terribly. Compared to the cruel tortures and torments my brothers and sisters were going through, all that had happened to me was that my family was opposing me and obstructing me. After a little suffering, I had become weak and negative and had complained of my great woes and stopped going to church. I felt so ashamed, and the experiences of my brothers and sisters encouraged me greatly. In one of the videos, there was a passage of God’s words which said: “
Thus, during these last days you must bear testimony to God. No matter how great your suffering, you should go on to the very end, and even at your last breath, still you must be faithful to God, and at the mercy of God; only this is truly loving God, and only this is the strong and resounding testimony” (“Only by Experiencing Painful Trials Can You Know the Loveliness of God” in The Word Appears in the Flesh). In an instant, God’s words had given me faith, and I understood that these tribulations that had befallen me were truly God testing my devotion and obedience to Him. I had to rely on God like my brothers and sisters did, so I asked God for faith and strength so that I would not be constrained by my family any longer, and so that I could stand firm in my testimony to God.

God’s Wondrous Arrangements Enable Me to Be Watered by the Truth

   One day, I went for a walk by the river, and for some reason my husband was not following me that day. Unexpectedly, I happened to bump into Sister Jin from the church, and she immediately asked me why I hadn’t been to meetings in so long and why she hadn’t been able to get in touch with me. I told her all about my current plight, and she took me to her home and read to me God’s words: “In every step of work that God does within people, externally it appears to be interactions between people, as if born of human arrangements, or from human interference. But behind the scenes, every step of work, and everything that happens, is a wager made by Satan before God, and requires people to stand firm in their testimony to God. Take when Job was tried, for example: Behind the scenes, Satan was making a bet with God, and what happened to Job was the deeds of men, and the interference of men. Behind every step that God does in you is Satan’s wager with God—behind it all is a battle” (“Only Loving God Is Truly Believing in God” in The Word Appears in the Flesh).

   Sister Jin then gave me fellowship, saying, “Sister, the situations we encounter every day appear on the surface to be just people interacting with each other, but actually behind it all a spiritual war is raging! God has come to perform His work and save us, but Satan doesn’t want us to attain God’s salvation, and so it uses all manner of people, events and things to obstruct and oppress us. Take what you’ve been going through, for example. Satan first used your husband and your son to harass and obstruct you, and would rather you went to work out at the gym than attend meetings or read God’s words. Seeing that you still insisted on going to meetings, Satan then used your husband to follow you wherever you went, even to threaten you with divorce. Through this, it makes you become negative and weak because you cannot endure the suffering, you lose your faith to walk the path of belief in God, and finally you shun God and betray Him. You lose the chance to attain God’s salvation, and you return once again under Satan’s domain to continue to be fooled and harmed by it. This is Satan’s despicable aim and sinister intent, and we must be able to see through its cunning schemes!”

   After listening to her fellowship, my heart was suddenly filled with light, and I thought: “So it turns out that these past two months of my family obstructing me and oppressing me has been a kind of spiritual warfare, and by means of this war Satan has harassed me and been trying to make me shun and betray God, and lose my chance to attain salvation. I didn’t understand the truth and was unable to see through Satan’s cunning schemes, and so I was duped by Satan. My heart gradually began to shun God, I’ve often felt negative and weak and I’ve been living in Satan’s tricks.”

Sister Jin then continued her fellowship: “God’s wisdom, however, is founded upon the cunning schemes of Satan, and no matter how savage Satan is, God still holds Satan in the palm of His hand. God uses Satan to render service to Him as He perfects His chosen people. One aspect of the harassment and obstruction of Satan is that we are able to see Satan’s evil essence that hates the truth and hates God, and we are able to see that the Chinese government is the embodiment of Satan. We can see that, not only does the Chinese government conduct widespread arrests and persecution of believers in God and forbid the Chinese people from worshiping God, but it also stretches forth its black hand to all the nations of the world, spreading all kinds of fabricated rumors and outright lies on all the major websites of the world, and discrediting, attacking and laying false charges against The Church of Almighty God. Through doing this, it deceives people, hoping in vain that the peoples of the world will resist and hate The Church of Almighty God, and go along with it in its defiance of God. The CCP truly is insidious, poisonous and insanely ambitious—it is the devil that defies God and sets itself against God. Another aspect of the harassment and obstruction of Satan is that, through this, God tests whether or not we have true faith in Him and whether or not we are able to stand firm in our testimony to God. It is recorded in the Bible that, when Job encountered the temptations of Satan, his wealth was all taken away and his children came to unfortunate ends. Job himself was covered in boils, and yet he didn’t blame God, nor did he speak sinfully. Rather, he sought God’s will with a God-fearing heart and sought to satisfy God. He kept to the way of fearing God and shunning evil and, with his reverence, obedience and loyalty to God, he fought back against Satan’s cunning scheme and he stood firm in his testimony to God. God was glorified by Job, and Satan was utterly shamed and defeated, and never dared to tempt Job again. Sister, we must emulate Job. No matter what methods or underhanded means Satan employs to harass and obstruct us, we must have faith in God, rely on God and forsake Satan, and stand firm in our testimony to God. And when Satan is shamed and defeated, we can then worship God freely.”

   The sister finished her fellowship and I firmly nodded my head, and thought “Yes, because my family has been deceived by the CCP’s rumors, they have time and time again tried to obstruct my belief in God and tried to force me to betray God. And yet, through this, God has made me see Satan’s despicable wickedness, and finally I can see that the freedom of religion professed on the surface by the CCP is a cover for it making every possible attempt to fabricate and disseminate all manner of rumors and outright lies in the vain hope of deceiving even more people, to make people follow it, defy God along with it and ultimately be punished by God. The CCP is downright evil, and it is the devil that defies God! I cannot be caught out by Satan’s cunning schemes again. I will emulate Job and pray to God and rely on God, rely on my faith to stand firm in my testimony to God, and cause Satan to be shamed and defeated.”

   The sister then read me another passage of God’s words: “The truth that man needs to possess is found in the word of God, a truth that is the most beneficial and helpful to mankind. It is the tonic and sustenance that your body needs, something that helps man restore his normal humanity, a truth that man should be equipped with. The more you practice God’s word, the more quickly your life will blossom; the more you practice God’s word, the clearer the truth becomes. As you grow in stature, you will see things of the spiritual world more clearly, and you will be more powerful to triumph over Satan” (“Practice the Truth Once You Understand It” in The Word Appears in the Flesh). She then gave fellowship, saying, “God’s word is the truth, the way and the life, and it is the sustenance our spiritual lives need to grow. God’s word is abundantly rich, and He expresses the truths we need to attain salvation, such as how Satan corrupts man, how to overcome Satan’s temptations, the meaning of God using the great red dragon as a foil, how God saves and perfects people, and so on. These truths are the principles of practice for our actions and behavior, and even more than this they are the instruments by which we may defeat Satan. The Bible records that Satan tried three times to tempt the Lord Jesus in the wilderness, but each time the Lord used the truth to counter Satan’s trickeries, and Satan fled in defeat. Therefore, no matter the time, we must always persist in reading God’s words, and the more Satan harasses and obstructs us, the more we must read God’s words. When we understand many truths, our spirits will then become ever stronger, and our knowledge of God will continue to grow. We will then be able to see through Satan’s cunning schemes, and Satan will never be able to harass us again.”

   Hearing my sister’s fellowship, I understood that I had been caught out by Satan’s cunning scheme because I hadn’t understood enough truth, and that I should take the initiative and get closer to God and arm myself more with the truth. Only by understanding the truth could I see through all the different cunning schemes of Satan and stand firm in my testimony amidst its temptations. And so, I prayed to God: “O God! Before, I did not understand enough truth, and when faced with my husband’s threats, I did not see through Satan’s cunning scheme, and Satan’s tricks made me feel unbearable pain. I now wish to strengthen my faith and follow You. I ask that You give me faith and strength, and lead me to break free from the constraints of my husband and my son.”

I Strengthen My Faith and Follow God

   Over the days that followed, I went to work out at the gym every day, hoping for the chance to attend a meeting. When I first started to go to the gym, my husband would still follow me. But as time went on, he saw that I was no longer going to church, and he relaxed his vigilance. In this way, I would go to meetings whenever I could, and would read God’s words and preach the gospel together with my brothers and sisters. My heart felt so much more at ease, but I was still constrained by my husband at times.

   At a meeting one day, I read these words of God: “When people are sad, I come to comfort them, and when they are weak, I come to help them along. When they are lost, I give them direction. When they weep, I wipe away their tears. However, when I am sad, who can comfort Me with their hearts? When I am worried sick, who is considerate of My feelings? When I am sorrowful, who can make up for the wounds in My heart? When I need someone, who would willingly offer to act in concert with Me?” (“Chapter 27” of God’s Words to the Entire Universe in The Word Appears in the Flesh). God’s words deeply touched my heart, and I felt as though God was asking me this question face-to-face. I couldn’t help but think of the two months my husband had kept me “imprisoned.” Although I wasn’t able to attend meetings and I felt pain and weakness deep inside, yet by means of the brothers and sisters constantly sending me God’s words and gospel videos, God enabled me to enjoy the provision of His words and He had showed me the path of practice. God’s wondrous orchestrations had allowed me to meet with the brothers and sisters and, through the sister fellowshiping God’s words, He had enabled me to come to an understanding of spiritual warfare and to have discernment of Satan’s cunning schemes as well as the demonic essence of Satan which harms and corrupts mankind, and I perceived God’s love for me. When I was feeling most weak and in the most pain, God did not abandon me, but instead He was always using His words to guide me and to strengthen my spirit so that I would have the faith to break through Satan’s leaguer, follow God and pursue the truth. Thinking of God’s love for me, I realized that I had enjoyed so much of God’s grace, and yet I hadn’t done anything for God. On the contrary, when God needed me to stand firm in my testimony, all I had thought about were my own interests, I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to live if my husband divorced me and I was constantly constrained by my husband. Thinking this, I felt so indebted to God, while at the same time I found the determination to stand firm in my testimony to God. “Today,” I thought, “I am following God and am on the right path through life, and I should believe in God frankly and honestly. I should not be cowardly and weak like I was before, being just something for Satan to mock.”

   When the meeting was over and I returned home, I saw that my son and husband were home, and I decided to have a frank, open talk with them. But when I was just about to speak, I hesitated, worrying that they would try to force me to give up my belief again. I realized then that I still lacked faith in God, and so I immediately prayed to God and asked Him to give me faith and strength. After I’d prayed, I read these words of God: “You should know that all things in the environment around you are there by My permission, I arrange it all. See clearly and satisfy My heart in the environment I have given to you. Do not fear, Almighty God of hosts will surely be with you; He has your back and He is your shield” (“Chapter 26” of Utterances of Christ in the Beginning in The Word Appears in the Flesh). God’s words gave me faith, and I thought, “Yes, with God as my staunch backup, what is there to fear? I will stand on the side of truth and bravely choose my own path.” Then, with a steadfast attitude, I said to my husband and my son, “I’ve been going to meetings again lately, and since I have affirmed that belief in God is the right path to follow in life, I must continue to follow it. I’ve worked hard for this family for over 30 years, and now all I want to do is spend the time I have left earnestly believing in God. If you’re still against me believing in God and you force me to choose between my family and my belief in God, then I would rather divorce than give up my belief.” After I’d spoken, my husband and my son both stared at me in astonishment, and neither said a word. After a few moments, they both left and went about their own business. Although neither of them had said a word, from their expressions, I realized clearly that they would no longer be trying to obstruct my belief in God. A while later, my husband gave me all the family’s bank cards to keep. Neither he nor my son ever said anything against my belief in God again, and my family regained the peace it had enjoyed before.

Afterword

   Now, I can freely read God’s words, watch videos and listen to songs of praise for God every single day. During this spiritual war, because my family were deceived by the CCP’s rumors, they had tried to obstruct my belief in God. I had felt pain and weakness, but I got through it. What I came to feel most of all was God’s love and salvation for me, and I came to appreciate the authority and power of God’s words. At the same time, I came to have discernment of Satan’s insidiousness and poison. With this experience, I now have more faith to follow God! Thanks be to God!


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Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Spiritual Warfare: I Rely on God to Defeat Satan (Part 1)

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I Rejoice to Welcome the Lord’s Return

The year I turned 36, I developed bone hyperplasia, and despite going to many hospitals for treatment, nothing had any effect whatsoever. In the spring of 1996, I began to believe in the Lord Jesus and, by the mercy of the Lord, my illness was healed. From that time on, I began to pursue my faith in great earnestness and before long I became a co-worker in my church. In September 1998, two sisters came and testified to us of God’s work in the last days.

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Eastern Lightning | Every Word of God Is an Expression of His Disposition

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Every Word of God Is an Expression of His Disposition

Hu Ke     Dezhou City, Shandong Province

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Whenever I saw these words spoken by God, I felt anxious: “Every sentence I have spoken holds the disposition of God. You would do well to ponder My words carefully, and you will surely profit greatly from them.” I felt anxious because understanding God’s disposition is so important both to man’s understanding of God and their seeking to love and satisfy Him. But when eating and drinking the words of God, I always felt like God’s disposition was too abstract, and I didn’t know how to understand it. Afterward, through fellowship from my leader, I came to know that I should understand what God likes and what He hates from His words, and thereby come to understand God’s disposition. I subsequently tried for a while to put this into practice and I saw some results. But I still felt at a loss regarding God’s words, “Every sentence I have spoken holds the disposition of God,” and had no idea how exactly to understand it.

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Eastern Lightning Gospel Movie "Come Out of the Bible" | Explore the Mysteries of the Bible_Change Your Life

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Change Your Life | Gospel Movie "Come Out of the Bible" | Explore the Mysteries of the Bible

She is a preacher of a house church in China. She preached and shepherded the church whole-heartedly for the Lord. However, confronted with the gradual desolation of the church, she was burning with anxiety yet unable to do anything. When she was distressed and perplexed, she was fortunate to accept Almighty God’s gospel of the last days. Enjoying the rich supply of God’s word, she deeply knew the greatness of God’s salvation and even more felt the misery and helplessness of losing God’s supply and falling into darkness. Thus, she decided to spread God’s work…. During her preaching, a religious pastor proposed to her a very difficult issue: Any belief that departs from the Bible is a heresy, and we won’t accept it. In the face of such a situation, what kind of intense debate happened between the two parties? How did she resolve this notion of the religious people with Almighty God’s word?
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Sunday, February 4, 2018

Eastern Lighting | God’s Love Strengthened My Heart

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God’s Love Strengthened My Heart

Xiao Li     Liaoning Province

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I had a harmonious family. My husband cared for and looked after me and our son was sensible and obedient, and moreover, our family was well-off. By rights, I should be very happy, but the fact was not so. No matter how good my husband and son were to me, and no matter how well-off my family was, it couldn’t make me happy. That was because I had lung disease, arthritis, and serious insomnia. I couldn’t sleep the whole night, my brain was lack of blood supply, and my limbs were weak. I felt very distressed but was unable to be free from them. The pressure in my business and the tortures of the illnesses caused me to suffer unspeakably. Those illnesses even more made me feel extremely miserable. To get free from those sufferings, I tried many ways, but in vain.