Eastern Lightning | The Relationship Between Each of the Three Stages of God’s Work

The Relationship Between Each of the Three Stages of God’s Work.

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From the work of Jehovah to that of Jesus, and from the work of Jesus to that of this current stage, these three stages cover the entire breadth of God’s management, and are all the work of one Spirit. From when He created the world, God has always been managing mankind.

Knowing the Purpose and Significance of Each of the Three Stages of God’s Work.

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(1) The aim and significance of God’s work in the Age of Law

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The work that Jehovah did in the Israelites established among humanity God’s earthly place of origin, His sacred place where He was present. He confined His work to the Israelite people. At first, He did not work outside of Israel; instead, He chose a people He found suitable in order to restrict the scope of His work.

Know the purpose of the three stages of work of God’s management of mankind.

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My entire management plan, which spans six thousand years, consists of three phases, or three ages: first, the Age of Law; second, the Age of Grace (which is also the Age of Redemption); and finally, the Age of Kingdom. My work in these three ages differs according to the nature of each age, but at each stage it accords with man’s needs—or rather, it varies according to the tricks that Satan employs in My war against it.

It Is Very Important to Know the States of the “Hidden” Passivity

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22 It Is Very Important to Know the States of the “Hidden” Passivity

Wu Ming    Heze City, Shandong Province

We often have some passive states within us. For example, some people become passive because they are short of money; some become passive because the day of God has not come after so long a time; some become passive because they achieve no results in their work; some become passive because they have been pruned and dealt with; some become passive because they see that they remain unchanged; some become passive because they have serious transgressions and are worried that they cannot be saved; and so on.

Eastern Lightning | An Immediate Necessity Is to Resolve Perfunctoriness and Deceit in Service

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21 An Immediate Necessity Is to Resolve Perfunctoriness and Deceit in Service

Jingxin    Zhengzhou City, Henan Province

During this period of time, the above constantly emphasized that all God’s chosen people should eat and drink God’s words around the seven corruptions and required that they resolve these seven corruptions as soon as possible so that people’s belief in God and service to God could be secured. But people have not attached great importance to the requirement from above.

Eastern Lightning | Honest People Are the Real Smart People

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20 Honest People Are the Real Smart People

Wang Hui    Fuyang City, Anhui Province

In the many words God has expressed, God has required us many times to be honest people and made it clear many times that he likes honest people, blesses honest people, and saves honest people. And he also definitely tells us that the ones who will live forever in the kingdom are honest people.

Eastern Lightning | Get Rid of the Selfish and Base Corrupt Disposition and Live for Satisfying God

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19 Get Rid of the Selfish and Base Corrupt Disposition and Live for Satisfying God

Huochu    Nanyang City, Henan Province

Through eating and drinking God’s words that expose the substance of man’s corruption concerning selfishness and baseness, most of us acknowledge that what we think and do is all for ourselves and not for satisfying God. However, we do not actually have much true knowledge of ourselves. We often just rest content with matching our states with the corrupt ones that God exposes concerning man’s selfishness and baseness, but we do not seek God’s intention in his exposing so as to understand why God exposes man’s selfishness and baseness and what results he wants to achieve in man.

The Church of Almighty God | It Is So Important to Pray Genuinely

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18 It Is So Important to Pray Genuinely

Zhuiqiu    Jiuquan City, Gansu Province

Doctrinally most believers in God know that prayer is very important and we should all pray genuinely. But in our real life, we do not pay attention to praying genuinely. Most of the time, we pray to God perfunctorily and deceitfully. For example, many times we rest content with praying several times a day without caring whether we have achieved results, and sometimes we even do not know what we have said in our prayer.

The Church of Almighty God | We Should Pay Attention to Seeking God’s Intention

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17 We Should Pay Attention to Seeking God’s Intention

Fenjin    Lanzhou City, Gansu Province

Seeking God’s intention in everything is God’s requirement for each of us and is even more a requirement everyone who serves God has to meet. However, most of us have little entering in in this aspect. No matter whether we eat and drink God’s word, perform duties, carry out the work arrangements, or encounter difficulties, we all act in whatever way we like and do not seek God’s will at all. Sometimes even though we seek, we do it as a mere formality.

The Church of Almighty God | Everything God Does Is Salvation and Love for Man

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16 Everything God Does Is Salvation and Love for Man

Xiaotong    Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province

We often say that everything God does is salvation and love for man, but in reality we often deny this fact, not fully acknowledging or accepting it, and always contradict ourselves. When what God does is in conformity with our notions, we acknowledge that God saves man and loves man. But when what God does is not in conformity with our notions, we deny God’s love at once and are full of misunderstandings, complaints, and resistance against God.

Eastern Lightning | Only If We Know God’s Disposition Will We Not Offend God

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15 Only If We Know God’s Disposition Will We Not Offend God

Xiaojin    Baoji City, Shaanxi    Province

Each of us has offended God’s disposition in the course of our belief in God. Though we often hate ourselves for that and make resolutions to mend our ways, we still offend God involuntarily when encountering things that do not match our notions or that affect our fleshly interests.

Eastern Lightning | Only If We Have a Deep Enough Knowledge of Ourselves Can We Gain the Transformation of Our Disposition

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14 Only If We Have a Deep Enough Knowledge of Ourselves Can We Gain the Transformation of Our Disposition

Zirun    Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province

In most of us there exists such a state: Although we have gained some knowledge of what aspects of the corrupt nature we have and also have a general idea of what nature the corruptions we express are out of, nevertheless, when encountering things, we still relapse into our old nature and can never practice the truth, nor can any transformation be seen in us.

Eastern Lightning | Watch Our Tongues Lest We Offend God

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13 Watch Our Tongues Lest We Offend God

Jingwei    Yingkou City, Liaoning Province

It is stipulated in “Ten Administrative Decrees God’s Chosen People Must Keep”: “Do not judge God, do not talk about the things of God at will, do what man should do, say what man should say, do not overstep the scope, do not go beyond the boundary, watch your tongue, and guard your steps, lest you do things that offend God’s disposition.”