Christian Diaries: Falling into Temptation and Finding Victory Through God（2）

Zhang Lei

I thought of God’s words: “If, every time you are pruned and dealt with, and every time God raises up your environment, you feel no pain or discomfort whatsoever, and feel nothing at all, and if you do not come before God to seek His will, neither praying nor seeking the truth, then you really are so numb! If a person is too numb, and is never spiritually aware, then God will have no way to work on them. He will say, ‘This person is overly numb, and has been corrupted too deeply. I have done so many things on them, and made so much effort, yet I still cannot call to their heart, nor can I awaken their spirit. This is so troublesome and difficult to work with’” (“To Attain the Truth, You Must Learn From the People, Matters, and Things Around You” in Records of Christ’s Talks). I suddenly saw the light—my father-in-law giving our catering business to someone else and my husband repeatedly telling me to stop looking at my phone were actually all things that were God’s reminders and warnings for me! I thought that the church arranged for me to stay at home and do my devotionals to quiet my heart and really read God’s words. This is for me to summarize and reflect on the path I took in my faith before as well as my deficiencies in performing my duty so that I can gain the Holy Spirit’s work soon, and from here on out pursue the truth and perform my duty with my feet firmly on the ground. Instead, all this time I’ve been fixated on being a micro-entrepreneur and all my thoughts have been on making money. My previous ambition to pursue the truth was worn down and I haven’t wanted to read God’s words or listen to fellowship and sermons. I haven’t had a proper relationship with God; I threw my faith to the winds quite a while ago. God can’t bear to see me continue being toyed with and harmed by Satan, which is why He arranged this kind of environment to awaken my heart. All of this is the genuine love of God!

As I was thinking of this, I felt so indebted to God. The tears were rolling down my face like pearls falling off their string. I kneeled before God and prayed: “Oh God! You’ve arranged environments for me time after time to warn me but I haven’t sought Your will, nor have I reflected on my own actions. I’m really not worth of Your mercy and salvation. Oh God! I don’t want to continue to degenerate. I hope that You may lead me out of my current state. Amen!”

Monday, April 2, Very Cloudy

I haven’t started reflecting on myself until these last few days. I always felt that since believing in God I’ve understood some truths and that I didn’t care about money as much as I used to, but why have I sunk so far into this micro-business thing? In my seeking, I read these words from God: “‘Money makes the world go round’ is the philosophy of Satan and it prevails among the whole of mankind, among every human society. You could say that it is a trend because it has been instilled into the heart of every single person and is now affixed in their heart. People went from not accepting this saying to growing used to it so that when they came into contact with real life, they gradually gave tacit approval to it, acknowledged its existence and finally, they gave it their own seal of approval. Isn’t this process that of Satan corrupting man? … Regardless of how much experience someone has with this saying, what’s the negative effect that it can have on someone’s heart? Something is revealed through the human disposition of the people in this world, including each and every one of you. How is this interpreted? It’s the worship of money. Is it hard to get this out of someone’s heart? It is very hard! It seems that Satan’s corruption of man is thorough indeed! So after Satan uses this trend to corrupt people, how is it manifested in them? Don’t you feel that you couldn’t survive in this world without any money, that even one day would just be impossible? People’s status is based on how much money they have as is their respectability. The backs of the poor are bent in shame, while the rich enjoy their high status. They stand tall and proud, speaking loudly and living arrogantly” (“God Himself, the Unique V” in The Word Appears in the Flesh). Trying to ponder God’s words, I slowly began reflecting on myself. When I was little, people always looked down on me because my family didn’t have money and our lives were really hard. Because of the influence of my family and the surrounding environment, I haven’t been willing to go through hard times and have always wanted to make a lot of money in the future, thinking that if I have money people will look up to me, and my life will be free and illustrious. Before believing in God I would work overtime day and night so that I could earn a bit more money, working myself to the bone. I even got many illnesses because of that. If it hadn’t been for the enlightenment and guidance of God’s words after gaining faith, I probably would have continued to live for the sake of money, always struggling to the point of being unlike a human being. It was God’s words that made me realize that in our lives, only believing in God and pursuing the truth is the right path and can allow me to live out the likeness of a true human being. These last few years I’ve read God’s words every day and have performed my duty, living within God’s care and protection. I’ve been at peace and have enjoyed it, enjoying so much of God’s grace and His blessings. But because my resolve to pursue the truth is so week and I don’t understand enough truths, I haven’t had real discernment on how Satan uses the evil trends of the world to corrupt mankind. So I’ve been tempted and deceived, and nearly ruined my own life. No wonder the Lord Jesus said: “No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon” (Matthew6:24). Just like this time, being a micro-entrepreneur, Satan first used the people around me to say nice-sounding things to get me excited about earning money, and then all sorts of arguments belonging to Satan were spread on the Internet and among my colleagues, such as: “Money makes the world go round” and “The rich have relatives far and wide but the poor have no one anywhere.” This subtly chipped away at my own thoughts and perspectives so that I gradually began to feel that having money would be better, and only that way would others look up to me and I’d have dignity. Before I knew it, I had slipped down into the pit of pursuing of money and fame. Without that incident at home, I wouldn’t have awoken and would have just continued to distance myself from God and rebel against Him to seek money and fame; I would have been at risk of being completely snatched away by Satan at any time. At this moment, I feel really moved in my heart—thanks to God for saving me in time!

Thursday, April 5, Sunny

I saw this passage of God’s words today: “‘Money makes the world go round’…. What does this saying and trend bring to people? Don’t many people see getting money as being worth any cost? Don’t many people sacrifice their dignity and integrity in the pursuit of more money? Don’t many more people lose the opportunity to perform their duty and follow God for the sake of money? Isn’t this a loss for people? (Yes.) Isn’t Satan sinister to use this method and this saying to corrupt man to such a degree? Isn’t this a malicious trick? As you progress from objecting to this popular saying to finally accepting it as truth, your heart falls completely under Satan’s grasp, and therefore you unwittingly come to live by it. To what degree has this saying affected you? You might know the true way, you might know truth, but you are powerless to pursue it. You might clearly know the word of God, but you are unwilling to pay the price, unwilling to suffer to pay the price. Instead, you would rather sacrifice your own future and destiny to go against God to the very end. No matter what God says, no matter what God does, no matter how much you realize that God’s love for you is deep and great, you would still stubbornly stay the course and pay the price for this saying. That is to say, this saying already controls your behavior and your thoughts, and you would rather have your fate controlled by this saying than give it all up. People do this, they are controlled by this saying and manipulated by it. Isn’t this the effect of Satan corrupting man? Isn’t this the philosophy and corrupt disposition of Satan taking root in your heart?” (“God Himself, the Unique V” in The Word Appears in the Flesh). Pondering these words from God, I thought back to that period of time when I was stuck in that state of seeking money and I felt a cold sweat break out on my back. I saw that the consequences the evil trends of the world have for people are that they become depraved; they go farther from God and betray Him step by step. In the end they lose their chance at salvation. All that time all I could think of was methods and tricks for earning money and I didn’t feel like reading God’s words at all. Even though I was reading them, I was just going through the motions, and I couldn’t quiet myself at all, not to mention knowing myself and pursuing to understand the truth through God’s words. I even went against my own conscience to make more money, frequently falsifying images and accounts, and lied and cheated people. It was entirely contrary to God’s requirements: “Behaving like a normal human being is to speak with coherence. Yes means yes, no means no. Be true to the facts and speak appropriately. Don’t cheat, don’t lie” (“Improving Caliber Is for Receiving God’s Salvation” in The Word Appears in the Flesh). Thinking of this scares me even more. God has required Christians many times to be honest people. Only honest people have the likeness of a human being and can enter into God’s kingdom. But I knowingly violated that, going against His requirements time and again. How could God not hate and detest me who betrayed the truth and rebelled against Him this way!

Then it occurred to me—out of all those rich people with fabulous wealth, how many of them are actually happy? Just like the renowned Wang Junyao, even though he was successful and famous, he got intestinal cancer and died in his 30s. It’s clear that no matter how much money someone has, how famous they are, or what their status is, none of that can save them. Pursuing all of that to the end is still nothing but a wisp of smoke, it’s completely empty. It’s meaningless. Thinking back on when I was living in front of God, even though I hadn’t enjoyed a comfortable material life, with the watering and sustenance of God’s words my heart was free, and my soul was at ease and content. That can’t be bought with any amount of money. Now I’ve finally experienced that money and fame can bring nothing but temporary illustriousness and enjoyment, but it can’t do anything for escaping the pain of illness or the danger of death. It can’t make up for the emptiness in someone’s soul, either, and it especially can’t help people understand the truth and cast off the bounds and strictures of their satanic, corrupt disposition and live out a truly meaningful life. Just blindly pursuing money and fame can only cause people to grow distant from God and betray Him, in the end losing the chance of being saved by Him! Now I finally realize that we truly cannot defend against Satan using evil trends to corrupt us. Without understanding the truth, if you’re not careful for a moment, you can fall into Satan’s net and its temptations, and you won’t be able to escape. I’ve seen clearly the essence and the harm of following evil trends—feeling both regret and fear, I rushed to pray before God and set my resolve to keep far from the temptations of evil satanic trends and really pursue the truth.

Tuesday, May 1, Sunny

After my morning devotionals, I thought back to that period of time when I consciously took my mind off of being a micro-entrepreneur and started to focus on reading God’s words and praying more. Now when I have time, I write devotional notes and testimony articles about personal experience—I’m in a much better state than before. The church has also arranged a new duty for me. My brothers and sisters and I fellowship on our own experiences and understandings together, and I’m living within the leadership and guidance of God’s words. I’m full of peace and joy. I’ve tasted freedom and release of the soul. Only after going through these things did I really see the harm and the consequences of following evil trends, and that if I don’t seek the truth and practice discernment based on the truth in God’s words, I will only grow more and more distant from God and betray Him. In the end I’ll be swallowed whole by Satan. As a Christian, what’s most important is just always living in front of God and doing my duty well.

Source From: Gospel of The Descent of The Kingdom 

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       Two thousand years ago, the Lord Jesus said, “Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 4:17) and promised, “I come quickly” (Revelation 2:7).

Generations of Christians had been eagerly looking forward to the Lord Jesus’ return. All of mankind yearned for the Savior to arrive and bring about the complete salvation of humanity. Two thousand years of hoping, and two thousand years of waiting…. Just when the world was at its darkest, when Satan’s evil forces were at their most savage and ferocious in their resistance against God, dawn broke in the East—in China. In 1991, that extraordinary year, the incarnate Son of man, Almighty God, appeared in the house churches to express the truth and to do work. There He began to carry out the work of judgment beginning with the house of God.

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       Two thousand years ago, the Lord Jesus said, “Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Matthew 4:17) and promised, “I come quickly” (Revelation 2:7).

Generations of Christians had been eagerly looking forward to the Lord Jesus’ return. All of mankind yearned for the Savior to arrive and bring about the complete salvation of humanity. Two thousand years of hoping, and two thousand years of waiting…. Just when the world was at its darkest, when Satan’s evil forces were at their most savage and ferocious in their resistance against God, dawn broke in the East—in China. In 1991, that extraordinary year, the incarnate Son of man, Almighty God, appeared in the house churches to express the truth and to do work. There He began to carry out the work of judgment beginning with the house of God.

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I Am Following the Footsteps of the Lamb

By Shen Ai, Singapore

       When I was 18 years old my mother got ill, and so she started believing in the Lord Jesus. At the time, I knew the Lord Jesus’ name but didn’t understand anything about faith in the Lord. It was quite a coincidence that I later went to work for a company where most of the employees were Christians. Through interacting with them, I saw how they treated people with love and patience, and I came to believe that Christians were a pretty good bunch of people. During that period, there was a colleague who often told me the story about how the Lord Jesus was nailed to the cross in order to redeem mankind. I gradually developed an interest in faith in the Lord, and started going with my colleagues to their church to worship. The first time I entered the church and heard hymns praising God being sung I was unexpectedly moved to tears by the Lord’s love. I prayed to the Lord like this: “Oh, Lord Jesus! Thank You for picking me out of the vast ocean of humanity to become one of Your daughters. I wish to follow You forever….” During that period, whenever I met some difficulties in my daily life, or was mocked by my friends and relatives because of my faith in the Lord, as long as I came in front of the Lord and prayed, my spirit would find immense release. I felt that the Lord Jesus was my only reliance in life and that I would never leave the Lord’s side. At that time my favorite hymn was: “Rock, rock, Jesus Christ! Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven, only You are the Savior. You are the Mediator, You are the Son of God, You are the Lamb. You are the way and the truth, You are the life, You are the light, You are the rock, the fortress, the city of refuge and the shield. We belong to You; we will never be shaken from generation to generation.” And this is how I relied on the Lord’s great power and motivation gained from the guidance of the Lord’s words to get through all the difficulties and troubles of life.

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       But then, for some unknown reason, I started to slowly feel that I wasn’t enjoying the meetings anymore. The pastor’s sermons were always the same old stuff, without any new light in them, and I felt that I wasn’t gaining anything. My spirit began to wither, and became weaker and weaker. Because of this, I often prayed to the Lord like this: “Lord, in my heart there is no desire to go to the church meetings. When I do go I just go through the motions and don’t gain sustenance for my spiritual life. Lord, I feel helpless. I’m wandering around at a loss about what to do. Please lead me out of this.” But no matter how I prayed and begged I could never feel the Lord’s presence. The darkness and pain grew in my heart and my confidence became weaker by the day. Then, in 2014, my husband had an accident while driving under the influence of alcohol. We ended up paying 2 years of medical bills and compensation, which left us with debts of over 100,000 yuan. It was this debt pressure that forced my husband and I to relocate to Singapore to work and make more money.

       In April 2016 we arrived in Singapore. The stress and difficulties of everyday life here turned out to be far greater than I’d expected. I started working over 10 hours every day, which left me physically exhausted. But even worse were the scoldings I got from my co-workers and boss in the store. This physical and psychological stress was a source of enormous suffering for me, and I cried every day after work. I felt very alone, without anyone to understand my situation or show some concern for me. Living like this was so painful that in my heart I even started to complain about the Lord. It was an environment that I could face no longer, and I just wanted to return to China as soon as possible. But it’s often the case that just when people are at their wit’s end God appears. So just when the suffering was at its worst, and I was feeling the most helpless, one of my co-workers who lived with me, Sister Wang, saw that I had a Bible on my bedside table and so told me that she too was a Christian. I was delighted to find out that Sister Wang was also a believer in the Lord, and from that day on we often got together to fellowship topics about faith in God. Sister Wang encouraged me to pray to God often in everything and to keep my faith in Him. Because I hadn’t been in Singapore very long, I still wasn’t at all used to the food. So every day after work Sister Wang used to cook dinner according to my tastes. I was very moved by this, and I knew that this kind of love came from God, so I was very grateful to God for arranging for someone to be there to support me when I was feeling totally lonely and helpless. Some time after, I was introduced by Sister Wang to 2 other sisters. The first time I got together with them I couldn’t hold back the feeling of grievance in my heart, and the tears were soon rolling down my face. The sisters comforted me and talked about God’s intentions with me. One of them said: “You’ve managed to get out of China with no problem, so that can only mean that God has permitted it and that He intends something wonderful for you here. We just don’t know what it is yet.” The sister also leaned upon the story of Job from the Bible in her fellowship with me: “Job lost all of his immense wealth and all of his sons and daughters. He even had boils all over his body, but during that time of his greatest trials and suffering he never once complained about God. He just submitted to God’s plan for him and praised God’s name. When Job stood firm and bore witness for God during his trials he saw God’s blessings. From the trials of Job we can see that many of the things that befall us all have God’s intentions behind them. So no matter what kind of situation or environment we encounter we must not complain against God. Instead, we should first submit and seek God’s intentions….” While listening to the sister’s fellowship my heart gradually became tranquil. Yes, Job was able to submit to God even during the tremendous trials and suffering that he underwent. He didn’t complain and was even able to praise God’s name, which was such a wonderful testimony! And my difficulties were trifling compared to Job’s, so if he could still submit to God then I shouldn’t complain again and make God sad. The sister’s fellowship gave me the confidence and courage to once more face my problems, and in my heart I felt considerable release. At the same time, I felt that the sisters’ fellowship was full of brightness: They had used the story of Job to illuminate my current difficulties in life and shown me a practical way forward. This was something that I’d never previously recognized when reading the Bible. The meeting was very fruitful for me, and after it I could feel my spirit growing brighter by the day and work was no longer so troublesome. After that, I often met with the sisters, and every meeting with them was very rewarding.

One time when we were together we read this passage of God’s words: “God created these two people and treated them as His companions. As their only family, God looked after their living and also took care of their basic necessities. Here, God appears as a parent of Adam and Eve. … The attitude and way in which God treated Adam and Eve is akin to how human parents show concern for their own children. It’s also like how human parents love, look after, and care for their own sons and daughters—real, visible, and tangible. Instead of putting Himself in a high and mighty position, God personally used skins to make clothing for man. It doesn’t matter whether this fur coat was used to cover their modesty or to shield them from the cold. In short, this clothing used to cover man’s body was personally made by God with His own hands. Rather than creating it simply through the thought or miraculous methods as people imagine, God had legitimately done something man thinks God could not and should not do. This may be a simple thing some might not even think as worthy of mentioning, but it also allows all those who follow God but were previously full of vague ideas about Him to gain an insight into His genuineness and loveliness, and to see His faithful and humble nature” (“God’s Work, God’s Disposition, and God Himself I” in The Word Appears in the Flesh). I was very surprised to read these words, as the ideas seemed strange to me. I’d been reading the Bible for so many years, but the significance of God personally clothing Adam and Eve in animal skins had never occurred to me. I certainly never realized that behind God’s performance of this action there was so much of God’s intention. It was like a light had been turned on in my heart, and it was unveiling the mysteries in the Bible for me. What God had said was expressed so well that it warmed my heart and allowed me to see how intimate God’s relationship with mankind was. God was like mankind’s parents, full of care, concern, and affection. God gave us the best things, which proves His immense love for us humans! It felt like my relationship with God had instantly become much closer.

       After that, I read another passage of God’s words: “Since the creation of the world I have begun to predestine and select this group of people, namely, you today. … Even the things you do and the people you meet every single day are arranged by My hands, not to mention the fact that bringing you into My presence today is actually My arrangement. Do not throw yourself into disorder; you should proceed calmly” (“Chapter 74” of Utterances of Christ in the Beginning in The Word Appears in the Flesh). This passage explains that whatever we do or whoever we see every day of our lives is all organized by God. Reading this opened up my mind tremendously. So, the reason I’d gone overseas, and the reason I’d met the sisters and gotten their support, were because God was controlling everything! Since God had led me every step of the way so far then it made sense to believe that God had also prepared the way forward for me. Thinking like this increased my trust in God. I felt that God was at my side watching over me, and I no longer felt hesitant or helpless. I was willing to hand over the management of everything to God, and believed that He would lead me through any and all difficulties. During those days, even though work was still as tiring as ever I felt great joy in my heart. I looked forward immensely to my meetings with the sisters because I could always gain sustenance from them and learn something new, which was completely different from what I’d gotten from going to my previous church.

       But a few days later when I was watching a gospel movie with Sister Wang I suddenly saw the words “Eastern Lightning” come up on the screen. I became a bit agitated because I remembered that in China the pastors had often talked about Eastern Lightning in their sermons. They said things like: “People who believe in Eastern Lightning aren’t calling on the name of the Lord Jesus in their prayers. Instead, they’re praying to Almighty God.” The pastors also warned us not to have any contact with the Eastern Lightning followers so that we wouldn’t be stolen away by them. They said that if we abandoned the name of the Lord and betrayed the Lord Jesus we would be forsaken by Him…. Thinking of all this made me alarmed, and I quickly broke off the conversation with Sister Wang. For a period of time after that I started to avoid Sister Wang at work, but I still often thought about the care that she had shown for me. I thought about the nice times I’d had meetings with them and how their fellowship was fresh and enlightening and totally in accord with the Lord’s words. They were also decent and upstanding in their behavior, and I particularly gained a lot from the passages of God’s words that they gave me to read, which I found to be very practical and which included many truths that I’d never heard before. After reading those words, I felt that my relationship with God was growing closer and that I was coming out of the negativity, weakness, and spiritual darkness that had engulfed me. I had finally gotten some confidence and hope in my life. This was the confirmation of the work of the Holy Spirit! This was also proof that Sister Wang and the others had a faith that was right, and was probably actually the one true way! But the one thing I couldn’t get past in my mind was why when they prayed they used the name of Almighty God and not the name of the Lord Jesus. I felt very bemused by this and didn’t know what to do. So I said this prayer to God: “God, You have arranged for me to become acquainted with a few sisters and have let me learn that they believe in Eastern Lightning and use the name of Almighty God in their prayers. Now I don’t know which way to choose or whether or not Eastern Lightning really is Your return. God, if Eastern Lightning really is Your appearance, I beg You to enlighten and guide me so that I can follow Your footsteps.” After praying, my heart felt more grounded and I was able to discuss with Sister Wang the doubts that I’d been having. Sister Wang said: “These issues that you’ve raised are exactly the same ones I had when I first started investigating God’s work of the last days. It was only after I read the words of Almighty God that I was able to understand these issues. Why don’t we fellowship about God’s words now?” After hearing Sister Wang say this, I agreed to start investigating God’s work of the last days.

       That evening 2 more sisters came over (Xiaoya and Lianxin) and they both bore witness to God’s work of the last days for me. After listening to their fellowship, I asked them: “We used to use the name of the Lord Jesus in prayer and call on His name to heal sickness and cast out devils. Why has God’s name changed to Almighty God?” Sister Xiaoya replied: “Actually, regarding Almighty God’s name, there are several prophecies about it in the Bible, in the Book of Revelation. For example, chapter 1 verse 8 says: ‘I am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, said the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, the Almighty.’ Chapter 11 verse 17 says: ‘Saying, We give You thanks, O LORD God Almighty, which are, and were, and are to come; because You have taken to You Your great power, and have reigned.’ And chapter 19 verse 6 says: ‘And I heard as it were the voice of a great multitude, and as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of mighty thunder, saying, Alleluia: for the Lord God Almighty reigns.’ From this we can see that during the last days God is using the name Almighty God to begin the work of judgment. This is something that God has planned for long ago.” After listening to the sister’s explanation, it all suddenly became clear to me: The name “the Almighty” is in the Bible! And the Almighty must mean Almighty God!

       Then sister Lianxin played a hymn video of God’s words: “In each and every age, in each stage of His work, God’s name has carried weight. God’s name hasn’t rung empty. His every name reflects an age. Jehovah, Jesus, and the Messiah all represent the Spirit of God. Yet these names just represent the ages in God’s management, but not His entirety. The names people on earth call God can’t express His entire disposition, can’t express all that He is. They are just God’s names in different ages. And so, when the final age—the age of the last days—arrives, God’s name will change once more. He won’t be called Jehovah nor Jesus, much less the Messiah. He will be called the powerful and almighty God. And with this name He will end the age. God was once known as Jehovah. He was also called the Messiah. And out of love and respect, people used to call Him Jesus the Savior. Today God is not Jehovah nor Jesus, whom people knew in the past. He is the God who’s returned in the last days, the God who will end this age. Replete with His entire disposition, full of authority, honor and glory, He is the God, the God Himself, He is the God Himself who rises up at the ends of the earth. He is the God who rises at the ends of the earth. … The reason God took on this name, on this name and disposition is to make man see that He is a righteous God, that He is a righteous God. He is the sun, the blazing sun. He is the flame, the searing flame. So all of mankind will worship Him, the one true God. And they, they will see His true face: He is not only the Redeemer. He is not only the God of the Israelites. But He is the God of all creations on earth and in the heavens or seas” (“The Significance of God’s Name” in Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs). After watching the video the sisters fellowshiped a lot more with me, such as truths regarding why God changes names and the significance of God’s name for each age. This is when I finally understood: God is called by a different name during each age, and each name has a meaning that is representative of God’s disposition and the work that He needs to do during that age. But each name that is chosen is only representative of part of God’s disposition during that age, not His whole disposition. For example, the name Jehovah represented God’s work during the Age of Law and also represented God’s disposition of curse and mercy. The name the Lord Jesus represented God’s work during the Age of Grace, and the disposition represented was love and mercy. During the last days God has changed His name again, and is using the name Almighty God to do the work of judgment of the last days. The entire age is being brought to an end through God’s disposition of righteousness, majesty, and wrath. God’s disposition becomes gradually revealed to mankind as His work develops and God doesn’t wish for mankind to delimit Him to any one stage of His work. God especially doesn’t wish for mankind to use any one name to draw up boundaries for what God has and is. God uses different names to differentiate between different ages and do the work necessary for each age so that people can recognize all of God’s disposition and all that He has and is. This is God’s wisdom and omnipotence. When the day finally comes when God’s work is finished there will be no need to call God by any name. God is the Creator of all things, God is God, and God’s authority and greatness cannot be encompassed within any one name. I feel that Almighty God’s words are full of authority and that only God is able to speak in this way and uncover the mystery of His name. And only God is able to say: “I am the God of all creatures throughout heavens and earth and seas.” I now believe that Almighty God is the returned Lord Jesus and that the words of        Almighty God are God’s utterances, are the voice of God.

This was the moment when I realized why my spirit never gained the sustenance it needed at those church meetings and why using the name of the Lord Jesus in prayer couldn’t gain the leadership of the Lord: It was because the work done under the name of Jesus has already finished. God is now doing new work and so has a new name, and so anyone who calls on the name of the Lord Jesus in prayer will not get the work of the Holy Spirit. This was like an epiphany for me. I now understood why Sister Wang and the other 2 sisters gave such fresh and lively fellowship, why they understood so much about faith in God, and why they had such strong confidence and strength: It was all because they had accepted God’s new work, gained God’s new words, and were following the footsteps of the Lamb. By contrast, all those people who don’t accept God’s work of the last days and don’t read the words currently being expressed by God will never follow the footsteps of the Lamb but will live their lives in darkness without a path to follow. Only God is the sustenance for human life, and if mankind moves away from God’s leadership we will wither and die. I couldn’t help but silently give praise and thanks to God. I thanked Almighty God for leading me in welcoming the return of the Lord, making me become certain about Almighty God’s work of the last days, and allowing me to follow the footsteps of the Lamb and gain nurturing and sustenance from God’s words. All glory be to Almighty God! Amen!

       Source From: The Church of Almighty God 

Christian Inspirational Video | ''Awoken'' | What Is the Meaning of Life? (English Dubbed Movie)

       Her name is Chen Xi, and since she was little the education and influence of her parents and her schooling made her always want to stand out from the crowd and seek to be above others, so she was diligent in her studies and would spare no effort. After believing in God Chen Xi read a great deal of God's words and came to understand some truths. She saw that the only correct path in life is to believe in and follow God and became an enthusiastic seeker, and was very proactive in performing her duty. Chen Xi went abroad in 2016 to escape the pursuit and persecution of the Chinese Communist government, and needed to use English when performing her duty of spreading the gospel and bearing witness to God's work in the last days. She felt honored, and that she was a rare talent. Just as she was filled with confidence and was thinking of really making a place for herself in the church, she discovered that her brothers and sisters shared fellowship on God's words with light and that they had a better grasp of English than her. She didn't want to fall behind, so in order to surpass others and be looked up to and commended by them, she redoubled her learning efforts. A bit of time passed but she still didn't match up to the others. Chen Xi could not accept this reality and she found herself living every day within the pain of struggling for her name and personal benefit. She no longer had the heart to pursue the truth or focus on entry into life, and she was particularly unable to perform her duty well. She fell into pessimism and disappointment…. It was then that she came in front of God in prayer and read His words—the judgment and chastisement of His words awakened her soul and allowed her to clearly see the essence of reputation and status as well as the consequences of her being bound and afflicted by these things. She came to understand the significance of performing her duty, the true value of life, and what kind of life is true happiness. From then on she began to have proper goals to pursue and no longer be subject to the strictures of face or status. She also began to focus on pursuing the truth and fulfilling the duty of a creature to repay God's love …

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Source From: The Church of Almighty God 

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