The Principles of Accepting the Judgment and Chastisement of God’s Words

     The Principles of Accepting the Judgment and Chastisement of God’s Words

  1. You must acknowledge that God’s words are the absolute truth, that they are the reality of positive things whether they accord with people’s conceptions or not, and that this will never change even should heaven and earth turn upside down;

  2. No matter how God’s words judge and chastise you, so long as they accord somewhat with facts and there is truth to seek, then you should obey, and seek the enlightenment and illumination of the Holy Spirit;

  3. No matter how God tests or refines you, it is all done to save and change you, and you should obey and accept it, and seek to enter the reality of the truth;

  4. In experiencing God’s judgment and chastisement, you must examine yourself and know the truth of your own corruption and the essence of your nature; and you must accept the truth and have true repentance.

   Relevant Words of God:

  The truth is the most real of life’s aphorisms, and the highest of such aphorisms among all mankind. Because it is the requirement that God makes of man, and is the work personally done by God, thus it is called life’s aphorism. It is not an aphorism summed up from something, nor is it a famous quote from a great figure; instead, it is the utterance to mankind from the Master of the heavens and earth and all things, and not some words summed up by man, but the inherent life of God. And so it is called the highest of all life’s aphorisms.

  from “Only Those Who Know God and His Work Can Satisfy God” in The Word Appears in the Flesh

4. The Principles of Upholding a Normal Relationship With God

        The Principles of Upholding a Normal Relationship With God

  1. You must first of all give your heart to God and allow God to take charge, frequently have real prayer and association with God, and obtain the guidance of the work of the Holy Spirit;

  2. You must frequently eat and drink of God’s words, fellowship the truth, practice the truth and fulfill your duty in order to repay God’s love;

  3. In all things, you must harbor right intentions, accept God’s scrutiny, put the interests of God’s family first. You must not make plans for yourself, and you must obey God’s arrangements;

  4. You must seek the truth in all things, seek to love God in your heart and practice loving God, and allow God to take charge and hold power in all things.

  Relevant Words of God:

  People believe in God, love God, and satisfy God by touching the Spirit of God with their heart, thereby obtaining His satisfaction; when engaging with God’s words with their heart, they are therefore moved by the Spirit of God. If you wish to achieve a proper spiritual life and establish a proper relationship with God, you must first give your heart to Him, and quiet your heart before Him. Only after you have poured your whole heart into God can you gradually develop a proper spiritual life. If people do not give their heart to God in their belief in Him, if their heart is not in Him and they do not treat His burden as their own, then everything they do is cheating God, and it is all the behavior of religious people—this cannot receive God’s praise. God cannot get anything from this kind of person; this kind of person can only serve as a foil to God’s work, like a decoration in the house of God, taking up space, and is a good-for-nothing—God does not use this kind of person. … If your heart can be poured into God and keep quiet before Him, then you will have the opportunity and the qualifications to be used by the Holy Spirit, to receive the enlightenment and illumination of the Holy Spirit, and even more, you will have the opportunity for the Holy Spirit to make up for your shortcomings. When you give your heart to God, you can enter more deeply into the positive aspect and be on a higher plane of insight; in the negative aspect, you will have more understanding of your own faults and shortcomings, you will be more eager to seek to satisfy God’s will, and you will not be passive, and will actively enter in. This will mean that you are a correct person. …

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  If you want to have a proper relationship with God, your heart must turn to God.… When one does not give his heart to God, his spirit becomes obtuse, it becomes numb and unconscious. This kind of person will never understand God’s words and will never have a proper relationship with God; this kind of person will never change their disposition. … When you are able to give your heart to God, you will be able to perceive every subtle moving within your spirit, and you will know every enlightenment and illumination received from God. Hold onto this, and you will gradually enter into the path of being perfected by the Holy Spirit. The quieter your heart can be before God, the more sensitive and delicate your spirit will be, and the more your spirit will be able to perceive the moving of the Holy Spirit, and then your relationship with God will become more and more proper.

Gospel Music "Follow the Holy Spirit's New Work and Gain God's Praise"

    Follow the Holy Spirit’s New Work and Gain God’s Praise Wow ... wow … wow … Following the Holy Spirit’s work means one understands God’s will of today, acts according to God’s demands, follows the God of today, obeys His present requirements and enters by His newest utterances. Such people follow the Spirit’s work.

"What a Beautiful Voice" (2) - How Can We Be Sure the Lord Jesus Has Already Returned?

    Ever since the churches began suffering from desolation, many brothers and sisters in the Lord have clearly felt the lack of the Holy Spirit's work and the presence of the Lord, and they are all longing for the Lord's return. But when hearing the news that the Lord Jesus has already returned, how can we really be sure of this?

Christian Testimony "Awakening Amid Judgment" | Have You Found the Path to Have Your Sins Cleansed?

After Li Jie accepts the work of Almighty God in the last days, she thirsts for God's word and forsakes everything to expend for God. Two years later, she is chosen as a church leader.

I Questions and Answers About the Church Desolation | The Church of Almighty God

    Question 3: Right now, desolate churches are widespread throughout the entire religious world, but we have never fully understood the primary cause. That’s why we’ve been earnestly reading the Old Testament and have focused on how the actions of the Jewish chief priests, scribes and Pharisees in the late Age of Law led to such desolation in religion. Although some problems have been discovered, it’s never been entirely clear.

What Is True Church Life? | The Church of Almighty God

                                                

                                               By Zhang Jin

    Li Guangming heard two sisters beside him talking in a low voice. Sister Lan said, “In every meeting, we often either read some chapters of scriptures or listen to a long Bible reading program. After that, the meeting finishes. What have we gained from such meetings? They are too boring. Well, I really don’t want to attend meetings.” Sister Tang said with a resigned look, “That’s right. Alas, however … if I don’t come, I’ll be afraid the Lord won’t approve of me. If I come, I’ll have no enjoyment.”

Discussion About the Rapture | The Church of Almighty God

        

                                          Discussion About the Rapture

    Wang Lan is an important co-worker of a certain Local Church. Seeing that the Lord Jesus didn’t come back in 2000, many brothers and sisters had become cold in faith and love since then, and didn’t attend meetings. Although she preached and worked everywhere out of courtesy, as a matter of fact she was extremely perplexed in her heart. The Lord Jesus didn’t come to rapture them in 2000.

How to Grow Spiritually in Humility? | The Church of Almighty God

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                                                By Chenmo, United States

                                  A Inspiration from A Story about Humility

    I have seen a short story from a book: Three scholars went to the capital for the highest imperial examination and stayed in the same roadhouse. These three scholars are named A, B and C. On one night, Scholar A asked the owner of the roadhouse to predict who will pass the imperial examination. The owner said C will get it, B will pass next time, and A will never get it.

Fallacy (14): Someone said, “You preach that the Lord Jesus has returned in the flesh, and that He is called Almighty God and in China among you. Have you seen Him? If you haven’t, what basis do you have to say God has returned?” | The Church of Almighty God

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   Response: Our preaching that the Lord Jesus has returned is not based on seeing God in the flesh. The Bible says: “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Rom 10:17). We preach that God in the flesh has come to China and is among us because we have seen God’s words and heard God’s voice.

How to Explain “Being Raptured in the Clouds to Meet the Lord”? | The Church of Almighty God

Question: The Bible says, “Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord” (1 Thessalonians 4:17). how do we explain this verse?

Is the Jesus Christ God Himself or God’s Son? | The Church of Almighty God

   Question: The Bible clearly states that the Lord Jesus is Christ, the Son of God, and we believers all acknowledge that the Lord Jesus is Christ, the Son of God. Yet you’ve testified that the incarnate Christ is the appearance of God, is God Himself. That the Lord Jesus is God Himself and Almighty God is also God Himself, this is quite mysterious to us and differs from our previous understanding.

Hearing God’s Voice – Try to Open Your Heart’s Window | The Church of Almighty God

                                                       By Gaoge

                                            A Meaningful Story             

        Open the window and let the sunshine in. Suddenly it makes the room brilliant and the world outside the window clearly visible. While every soul has a window, as you open it and let the sunshine in, then the darkness will be dispersed, and in an instant the whole person will be shining forth with life and vitality. You will get a surprise as well.

Is Bustling Christmas Equal to Praising the Lord? | The Church of Almighty God

On Christmas Day, many brothers and sisters who usually don’t attend meetings come to the church. The church is extraordinarily bustling and there is no empty seat available. However, Christian Liu Qiming has different sense of this: Is this praising and worshiping the Lord? Is this following the Lord’s way? What on earth is the will of the Lord? He feels very confused about this …

What Is True Belief in God? | The Church of Almighty God

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    Brothers and sisters: If we believe in God based on the viewpoint “seeing is believing”, is it in accordance with the truth? Can such faith be approved by God? Can people with such faith welcome the Lord’s return and enter the kingdom of heaven? How should we practice so as to have a true belief in God?

Dreams Have Come True ——Review of The Moment of Change | The Church of Almighty God

                                               By Xiao Ai

    “Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed” (1Co 15:51-52). Yes, you didn’t misread it! The plot of the film entitled The Moment of Change is developed from this passage of scripture.

Is There a Secret To Prayer? – Spiritual Growth | The Church of Almighty God

                   Is There a Secret To Prayer? – Spiritual Growth

                                              By Xiao Zheng

    It is known to each of us who believes in God that prayer is vital for our understanding the truth and practicing God’s requirements of us. Whatever tribulations we face, whatever difficulties we encounter in life, or whenever we desire to gain enlightenment and guidance of the Holy Spirit in reading God’s word, we can never depart from prayer.

How to Pray in Accord With the Lord’s Will? | The Church of Almighty God

    
    We pray to the Lord every day, but do you know what types of prayers the Lord doesn’t listen to? How can your prayers be accepted by the Lord? After reading the article “How to Pray in Accord With the Lord’s Will,” you will find some ways.

Experiences of A 10-year-old Christian | The Church of Almighty God

                     Experiences of A 10-year-old Christian

                                        By Chidao

I am ten years old now. Since I was a child, I believed in Jesus with my grandma. I read God’s words and sang the hymns together with her. I love singing very much, and by 2013 when I was seven, I had been able to sing several hymns of life experience. I feel very happy in my heart. But I had a bad habit: I didn’t like praying.

Do You Know Gamaliel’s Merits and Shortcomings? | The Church of Almighty God

Gamaliel

                                                       By Xiangshang

    According to Acts 5: 34-39 in the Bible, “Then stood there up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had in reputation among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles forth a little space; And said to them, You men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what you intend to do as touching these men.