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  • I was born into a Catholic family

  • and at 13, I studied the catechism and was baptized.

  • After that, I decided to become a priest to serve God.

  • To that end, I entered a seminary when I was 22

  • where I studied theology and the Scriptures and took some other courses.

  • But some time passed

  • and I still didn't feel any closer to God,

  • and my desire to get married and have a family kept cropping up.

  • I prayed and prayed, but I still couldn't keep it at bay.

  • I'd sworn myself to chastity before God

  • so that I could enter the kingdom of heaven,

  • but I wanted to forsake that commitment.

  • Wasn't I sinning and lying to God?

  • How could I get into God's kingdom?

  • I was at the seminary for 10 years.

  • After I graduated, I went to a monastery in Indonesia for another year,

  • but I kept having impure thoughts from time to time.

  • I was really discouraged.

  • After finishing my studies,

  • I decided to become a regular parishioner.

  • I went home and got married.

  • But in day-to-day life,

  • I would argue with my wife over petty household things

  • and I wasn't very patient.

  • Sometimes I'd lie to protect my own interests.

  • I came before God to confess and repent a lot for these things

  • but then I'd just keep doing them.

  • I wanted to repair my relationship with God

  • by going to Mass and saying prayers more,

  • but that didn't fix my problems.

  • Then I came to the US in 2014.

  • I met Li and Liu, a couple of other parishioners at Mass.

  • Whenever I had the chance I'd discuss matters of faith with them.

  • I remember once when we were sharing Scripture,

  • Liu said that he knew a devout deacon who was well-versed in the Bible

  • who believed in Eastern Lightning.

  • He said a couple of other fervent church members joined it, too.

  • He wondered what kind of church Eastern Lightning was

  • and why so many avid believers had joined it.

  • I was a bit confused by this, too,

  • because I'd also known a devout deacon

  • who had joined Eastern Lightning.

  • I didn't know what Eastern Lightning preached

  • or why it drew in so many pious Christians.

  • Could it be inspired by the Holy Spirit?

  • I figured I should check it out

  • and see what was so special about what that church preached.

  • I wondered if it could help me with my devotionals and with knowing God.

  • Yes.

  • At this thought, I told Li and Liu

  • that I wanted to go check out The Church of Almighty God.

  • They agreed.

  • When we went,

  • a sister played a video for us called

  • The Origin and Development of The Church of Almighty God.

  • From this video,

  • I learned that the Lord Jesus had returned, just as I'd hoped for.

  • He is Almighty God in the flesh

  • who is expressing truths to do the work of judgment.

  • That's why

  • people from all denominations who love the truth,

  • and long for God's appearance read Almighty God's words,

  • see that they're the truth, and God's voice,

  • and accept Almighty God's work.

  • Yes.

  • Also, Almighty God's gospel

  • has spread from China in the East to many western countries,

  • fulfilling the Lord Jesus' prophecy:

  • Amen!

  • I was really surprised that

  • that is how this prophecy is fulfilled.

  • I'd read it all those years without understanding it.

  • Right.

  • Then a brother played a gospel movie called The Bible and God.

  • This one moved me even more deeply

  • and I saw that there are a great deal of mysteries in the Bible.

  • I'd read so many spiritual books

  • but no theologian or Bible scholar

  • had ever so clearly explained

  • the truth behind the Bible, and how it came to be,

  • and its relationship to God.

  • I gained so much from that movie.

  • Yes.

  • I could see why so many enthusiastic believers

  • accepted Almighty God after hearing His words.

  • I knew I had to look into it.

  • Definitely.

  • Then they said in the last days,

  • Almighty God expresses truths

  • to do the work of judgment beginning with God's house

  • to cleanse and save mankind once and for all.

  • I was confused.

  • The Lord Jesus said "It is consummated" on the cross.

  • That should mean that God's work to save mankind was finished,

  • so why would God need to judge mankind to purify and save us?

  • I wanted to find out but it was getting late,

  • so I arranged to come back the next day.

  • I felt excited the whole way back home.

  • I'd learned quite a bit from that day's fellowship

  • and felt like I'd become closer to the Lord.

  • Amen!

  • It seemed that The Church of Almighty God did indeed involve the Lord's work.

  • It would be incredible

  • if the Lord really had returned and I could live alongside Him

  • just like Peter did.

  • Yes.

  • This thought made me look forward to the next day's gathering even more.

  • As soon as I got off work the next day,

  • I rushed to the meeting place and lost no time asking the sister,

  • "You say that the Lord Jesus has returned

  • and expressed truths to do the work of judgment.

  • But on the cross, He said 'It is consummated.'

  • That means God's work to save mankind was completed.

  • Our sins are forgiven through our faithwe're justified and saved by faith,

  • and when the Lord comes He can take us straight up into His kingdom.

  • Why would He do more salvation work?

  • What's the meaning behind this?"

  • What was her fellowship on this?

  • What she said was

  • "The Lord Jesus said 'It is consummated'

  • because His redemption work was complete.

  • It didn't mean that all of God's work to save mankind had been finished.

  • If we determine that God's work to save mankind is done

  • because the Lord Jesus said 'It is consummated'

  • and that He won't do new work when He returns,

  • then how would these prophecies be fulfilled?

  • Amen!

  • There's also 1 Peter 4:17:

  • Amen!

  • "These prophecies show that in the last days,

  • the Lord will express more truths and work to judge and cleanse mankind.

  • If we say that God's salvation work is completely finished,

  • then how would these prophecies be fulfilled?"

  • That's right.

  • They wouldn't be.

  • Yeah.

  • "The Bible also prophesies that in the last days,

  • the Lord will separate the good servants from the evil,

  • the sheep from the goats, the wheat from the tares,

  • the wise virgins from the foolish.

  • It's just as the Lord Jesus said:

  • "Revelation also prophesies

  • that God will make a group of overcomers in the last days

  • and that His kingdom will come to earth.

  • This is all work the Lord does in the last days.

  • If we say God's work to save mankind is totally finished

  • because the Lord Jesus completed His work,

  • then how would these prophecies be fulfilled?"

  • That's right.

  • "So this understanding

  • is clearly out of line with the Lord's actual words and the reality of God's work."

  • I nodded my head as I listened. I felt she was right.

  • Why hadn't I ever seen something so obvious?

  • She went on to read several passages of Almighty God's words.

  • Let's take a look at it.

  • Great.

  • Yes.

  • Amen!

  • Amen!

  • After that, she played a video of a reading of God's words.

  • Let's watch it.

  • Okay.

  • After the video, she shared this fellowship:

  • "The Lord Jesus did the work of redemption in the Age of Grace,

  • so as long as we believe in Him, pray, confess, and repent, our sins are forgiven.

  • We can enjoy God's grace and blessings, and won't be condemned under the law."

  • Right.

  • "This is what the Lord Jesus' redemptive work has achieved

  • and it's the real meaning of the phrase 'saved by faith.'

  • Our sins are forgiven by the Lord Jesus and we don't commit obvious sins anymore

  • and we mostly behave well.

  • But we're still not free from sin."

  • - Right. - Sure.

  • "We still lie and deceive for our own interests,

  • we're greedy, jealous, hateful, and harbor evil thoughts.

  • We can't resist the temptation of worldly trends,

  • we long for money and love vanity.

  • We condescendingly reproach people who do things we don't like.

  • We're full of satanic dispositions

  • like arrogance and deceitfulness,

  • we're sick of the truth and adore evil.

  • These satanic dispositions are more entrenched than outward sins.

  • They're instilled in us by Satan and are the root of sinning and resisting God.

  • Until these things are resolved,

  • we still can't help but sin and we can't be free of sin's bonds.

  • The Bible says

  • God is holy and so is His kingdom.

  • He can't allow filthy human beings in.

  • Those of us who sin every day are servants of sin,

  • so how could we be fit to enter God's kingdom?"

  • Yes.

  • "So, the Lord Jesus' work of redemption

  • was just one part of God's work to save mankind,

  • not all of it.

  • Our sins have just been forgiven

  • but we haven't been freed from sin or cast off Satan's influence.

  • God has yet to completely gain mankind."

  • Yes.

  • "Almighty God has come in the last days.

  • He expresses truths and does the work of judgment

  • to cleanse our corrupt dispositions

  • and resolve our sinful satanic nature in opposition to God,

  • so we can totally cast off the shackles of sin,

  • be fully saved, and enter God's kingdom."

  • - Yes. - Amen!

  • She went on, saying,

  • "Almighty God's appearance and work

  • also reveals good and evil servants, sheep and goats, wheat and tares,

  • wise and foolish virgins."

  • Yes.

  • "Those who refuse to hear the Lord's voice,

  • who deny and condemn Almighty God's work of the last days

  • are the foolish virgins, the tares, the evil servants

  • who'll ultimately fall into disaster, weeping and gnashing their teeth."

  • - Yes. - That's right.

  • "Those who recognize

  • God's voice in Almighty God's words and accept His work of the last days

  • are the wise virgins, the wheat, and the sheep.

  • They undergo God's judgment of the last days,

  • are purified, and ultimately brought into God's kingdom.

  • This completely fulfills the prophecies in Revelation."

  • Right.

  • "So when God's work of judgment comes to a close,

  • God's work to save mankind will be fully completed."

  • Yes.

  • Her fellowship was eye-opening for me.

  • I realized that the Lord Jesus only did the work of redemption

  • and only Almighty God's judgment work in the last days

  • can fully cleanse and save mankind.

  • Yes.

  • We're redeemed of our sins because of our faith, but our sinful nature remains,

  • which is why we live in a state of sinning and confessing.

  • Indeed.

  • All I could do before was force myself not to sin

  • but reading the Scriptures and following the monastery's rules

  • couldn't stop me from sinning.

  • That's right.

  • Then I understood

  • that the only way to uproot the problem of sinfulness

  • was to be judged and cleansed by God in the last days.

  • I eagerly asked this sister

  • how God performs the work of judgment to cleanse people.

  • She played another video of a reading of God's words.

  • How about we watch it now?

  • Sounds good.

  • She continued her fellowship after the video.

  • "God expresses truths in the last days to judge and cleanse people.

  • He expresses all the truths mankind needs to understand and enter into

  • to be cleansed and fully saved.

  • He has revealed the mysteries of His 6,000-year management plan,

  • His three stages of work to save mankind,

  • the mysteries of God's work in the flesh,

  • and the mysteries of His judgment work in the last days.

  • He also judges and exposes the root of why mankind sins and opposes God

  • and the truth of our corruption by Satan and all sorts of corrupted states.

  • On top of that, He reveals God's holy, righteous, unoffendable disposition

  • and tells us who pleases Him, who disgusts Him,

  • who can enter God's kingdom and who will be punished,

  • and the destination and outcome for each type of person.

  • He also gives us the path to transform our life dispositions.

  • By undergoing the judgment and chastisement of God's words,

  • we see how deeply Satan has corrupted us,

  • and that we're full of satanic dispositions, like arrogance,

  • evil, viciousness, and despising the truth, without any human likeness.

  • We also see God's righteous disposition and develop reverence for God,

  • start to truly hate ourselves,

  • and become willing to forsake the flesh and practice the truth.

  • Then our corrupt dispositions are gradually changed."

  • Amen!

  • Thanks be to God!

  • After her fellowship

  • she played another testimonial video for me called The True Light Appears.

  • The main character has some small talent

  • that he lords over others, and he looks down on everyone.

  • He's haughty and condescending and wants everyone to listen to him.

  • He's a believer and he prays and confesses a lot,

  • but he can't help but lose his temper and reprimand others.

  • All his colleagues keep their distance

  • and his wife and daughter are afraid of him.

  • He doesn't have a single confidant.

  • Living in sin, he suffers terribly.

  • After he accepts Almighty God's work of the last days,

  • going through the judgment and chastisement of God's words shows him

  • that always putting himself first,

  • being self-aggrandizing, and demanding others' obedience

  • is because he's arrogant and unreasonable,

  • and that those are satanic dispositions.

  • This is disgusting to God and alienating for others.

  • - Yes. - That's so true.

  • - It is. - Right.

  • Once he realizes this,

  • he genuinely hates himself and is filled with regret.

  • Then he takes a softer approach towards others,

  • and when faced with a problem,

  • he forsakes the flesh, seeks the truth, and listens to others.

  • He's no longer as arrogant as he was.

  • - Great. - Thanks be to God!

  • Seeing this video was exciting for me.

  • I saw what authority and power Almighty God's words have,

  • that they really can cleanse and transform people.

  • Yes.

  • I started reading Almighty God's words every chance I got

  • and watching gospel movies and hymn videos from The Church of Almighty God.

  • The more I watched, the more uplifted I felt.

  • I became certain that Almighty God's words are the truth and the voice of God,

  • that Almighty God is the returned Lord.

  • I accepted Almighty God's work of the last days.

  • Thanks be to God!

  • Thanks be to Almighty God!

  • Almighty God's words show us the way to purification.

I was born into a Catholic family

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Testimony of Faith in God Video | "I Finally Found the Path to Purification"

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    Serena Zhang に公開 2022 年 06 月 08 日
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