The Church of Almighty God | The Mystery of Godliness: The Sequel

      Lin Bo'en is an old preacher who has believed in the Lord for many decades. Since accepting Almighty God, Christ of the last days, he was convicted, excluded, and expelled from the religious community by the pastors and elders, the antichrist forces. But even though Lin Bo'en was attacked, convicted, and framed, he did not shrink back in fear. Rather, his faith became more resolute than ever, and this led him to finally understand that the pastors and elders of the religious world were faking a virtuous appearance. At the same time, he came to know that only Christ is The truth, the way, and the life, and only Christ can save and purify and perfect man.

Eastern Lightning | It Is Most Important to Pursue to Know God

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13 It Is Most Important to Pursue to Know God

Meiyu  Benxi City, Liaoning Province

Whenever the subject of knowing God is mentioned, some people will say, “When I believe in God, I will just believe in God, and I will do whatever God asks me to do and do it just as God requires me. Then won’t I satisfy God? Besides, in my daily life I will pay attention to examining what corruptions I have expressed, and when I find any, I will pay attention to having it transformed.

Eastern Lightning | Only Those Who Pursue to Know God and Satisfy God Can Bear Testimony for God

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12 Only Those Who Pursue to Know God and Satisfy God Can Bear Testimony for God

Xiyue  Jinan City, Shandong Province

Although at present, we all say that since we believe in God, we should live for the truth and for satisfying God and testifying God, and we are also all eager to bear a strong and resounding testimony for God in the future great trials, nevertheless, we do not pay attention to our practice and entering in in the real life.

Eastern Lightning | Only Possessing the Reality of the Truth Means Having Gained the Truth

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11 Only Possessing the Reality of the Truth Means Having Gained the Truth

Xiao Liu  Hefei City, Anhui Province

It is only right for people to pursue to gain the truth when believing in God, but to truly gain the truth is not so easy a matter. Some think that they have gained the truth because they can preach some messages and resolve some difficulties of the brothers and sisters. Some think that they have gained the truth because they can receive some revelation and enlightenment when reading God’s word and have gained some knowledge of the truths of a certain aspect.

The Church of Almighty God | The Mystery of Godliness: The Seque

        Lin Bo'en is an old preacher who has believed in the Lord for many decades. Since accepting Almighty God, Christ of the last days, he was convicted, excluded, and expelled from the religious community by the pastors and elders, the antichrist forces. But even though Lin Bo'en was attacked, convicted, and framed, he did not shrink back in fear. Rather, his faith became more resolute than ever, and this led him to finally understand that the pastors and elders of the religious world were faking a virtuous appearance. At the same time, he came to know that only Christ is the truth, the way, and the life, and only Christ can save and purify and perfect man.

The Church of Almighty God | Where Is My Home

     

Wenya's parents separated when she was two, and after that she lived with her father and stepmother. Her stepmother couldn't stand her and was always arguing with her father. He had little choice—he had to send Wenya to her mother's house, but her mother was fully focused on running her business and didn't have any time to take care of Wenya, so she was often shuttled off to her relatives' and friends' homes to be fostered.

The Church of Almighty God | The Significance of God's Two Incarnations

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A Hymn of God's Words
The Significance of God's Two Incarnations

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God began His work of salvation in the Age of Grace, after the end of the Age of Law. The first incarnation redeemed man from sin through the flesh of Jesus Christ. He saved man from the cross, but man's satanic dispositions lingered on. In the last of days, God judges to purify mankind. It's only when this is done will He end His work of salvation and enter into rest.

Eastern Lightning | Remove the Place for Man from Our Heart and Let It Be Occupied by God

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8 Remove the Place for Man from Our Heart and Let It Be Occupied by God

Bai Jie  Liaoyang City, Liaoning Province

At present, in many of us there exists a state of looking up to man and adoring our leaders. For example, we exert ourselves and are conscientious in performing our duties, because we do not want our leaders to worry about us, because we want our leaders to receive fewer dealings, or because we want to win honor for our leaders. No matter what we do, we do it for our leaders, for our leaders’ good.

The Church of Almighty God | The Mystery of Godliness

        Lin Bo'en was an elder at a house church in China. During all his years as a believer, he felt honored to suffer for the Lord, and valued the knowledge and attainment of the Lord Jesus Christ above anything else in the world. One fateful day, he went out to preach and heard some shocking news: The Lord Jesus has returned in the flesh, and He is Christ of the last days—Almighty God!

The Church of Almighty God | Only by Fearing God Can Evil Be Shunned

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 Only by Fearing God Can Evil Be Shunned

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God's disposition is majestic and wrathful. He's not a lamb to be slaughtered by anyone. He is not a puppet, played by anyone as they like. Nor is He air, ordered around by people. If you really believe in God's existence, you should have a heart that fears God. You should know that God's essence is something that cannot be offended. Offense may be caused by a word or thought, a doctrine or theory, or some vile activity.

Eastern Lightning | We Should Know the Significance of God’s Raising Up the Man Used by the Holy Spirit

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6 We Should Know the Significance of God’s Raising Up the Man Used by the Holy Spirit

He Yi  Zhuanghe City, Liaoning Province

In “Ten Administrative Decrees God’s Chosen People Must Keep” it is stipulated: “In the work or the church affairs, apart from obeying God, you should take orders from the man used by the Holy Spirit in everything and should not disobey any of them but should obey them absolutely. Do not analyze whether they are right or wrong. Whether they are right or wrong has nothing to do with you. You should just obey them absolutely.”

Eastern Lightning | We Should Truly Accept the Chastisement and Judgment of God’s word

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5 We Should Truly Accept the Chastisement and Judgment of God’s word

Danchun  Luoyang City, Henan Province

We all know that what God does in the end time is the work of chastising and judging by the word, and that only if one truly accepts the chastisement and judgment of God’s word can he gain the transformation of his disposition and be saved by God. Then, what does it mean to truly accept the chastisement and judgment of God’s word? Some people think: Now I have no notions about God’s word. Whatever God’s word says is right, and I have no opinions about it; whatever God says I acknowledge.

The Church of Almighty God | Red Re-Education at Home

       Zheng Yi is a Christian. When he heard about the CCP government's brutal persecution of Eastern Lightning and the arrest of Christians during his work in the United States, he pondered, "The CCP is an atheist party, a satanic regime that resists God most. Under the frenzied persecution and suppression by the CCP, Eastern Lightning has still become increasingly prosperous. It most likely is the true way." So he examined Eastern Lightning on the website of The Church of Almighty God. He discovered that Almighty God's word is the truth and the voice of God. He determined that Almighty God is the return of the Lord Jesus.

The Church of Almighty God | Follow God Along the Rough Path

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The Hymn of Life Experience
 Follow God Along the Rough Path
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You spend yourself for God, I devote myself to Him, forsaken by family, slandered by the world. The path to follow God is not easy at all. I put all my heart and soul into expanding the kingdom of God. I have seen the turning of the seasons. I welcome the joy and sorrow ahead. To satisfy God's requirements, I obey His arrangements. I will suffer all my life. I will satisfy God's heart! I will suffer all my life. I will satisfy God's heart!

The Church of Almighty God | I Will Not Rest Until I Gain God

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I Will Not Rest Until I Gain God

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

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

Eastern Lightning | Why We Should Pay Attention to Knowing Ourselves

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2 Why We Should Pay Attention to Knowing Ourselves

Gan’en  Luoyang City, Henan Province

In the course of our believing in God, many of us brothers and sisters pay attention only to working and performing duties, and very few of us pay attention to knowing ourselves. Many times when we fellowship in a meeting about the topic concerning knowing ourselves, some brothers and sisters have questions and resistance in their heart: Since we believe in God, we just believe in God. If I am assigned to do hosting, I will do hosting; if I am assigned to preach the gospel, I will preach the gospel.

Eastern Lightning | The True Story Behind Work in the Age of Redemption

       

Almighty God says, "Jesus represents all the work of the Age of Grace; He was incarnated and crucified, and inaugurated the Age of Grace. He was crucified in order to complete the redemptive work, to end the Age of Law and begin the Age of Grace … The work of Jesus represents only the Age of Grace; it does not represent the Age of Law and is no substitute for the work of the last days. This is the essence of Jesus’ work in the Age of Grace, the second age of mankind—the Age of Redemption."

Eastern Lightning | The Incarnate God Has Greater Concern for His Followers

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The Incarnate God Has Greater Concern for His Followers

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

The Church of Almighty God | All People Live in God’s Light

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Now in exultation, God’s holiness and righteousness

thrive through the universe, exalting among all mankind.

Cities of heaven laugh. The kingdoms of earth dance.

Who doesn’t jubilate? Who doesn’t shed tears?

Men do not quarrel nor come to blows.

They do not disgrace God’s name,

living in the light of God, being in peace with each other.

Eastern Lightning | When You Behold the Spiritual Body of Jesus Will Be When God Has Made Anew Heaven and Earth

        Almighty God says, "Do you wish to know the root of why the Pharisees opposed Jesus? Do you wish to know the substance of the Pharisees? They were full of fantasies about the Messiah. What’s more, they believed only that the Messiah would come, yet did not seek the truth of life. And so, even today they still await the Messiah, for they have no knowledge of the way of life, and do not know what the way of truth is. How, say you, could such foolish, stubborn and ignorant people gain God’s blessing? How could they behold the Messiah?