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  • Wow, what a great song!

  • It sings our heart out.

  • Thank the Lord.

  • Such good words!

  • The lyrics are from the heart.

  • It's true that I don't feel the Lord's presence.

  • I look forward to Him, saving us from darkness.

  • Yes.

  • Everything we've heard so far from pastors and elders has been Bible knowledge.

  • We haven't received the true supply of life.

  • We've fallen into darkness.

  • And it's all because of the Pharisees controlling the church, right? (Yes.)

  • Where's this song from?

  • Pastor Huang!

  • I learned it from a sister.

  • I found it edifying, so I taught it to everyone. (Yeah.)

  • But you sang "O Lord, Where Are You?"

  • Do you not know this?

  • The Lord is in our church. (Amen!)

  • Who says He isn't? (Yeah.)

  • Don't sing this anymore!

  • Our church has the blessing of the Lord!

  • This song speaks to our heart.

  • Why won't he let us sing it?

  • This song reveals the church has no good shepherds or the presence of the Lord.

  • No wonder they don't like the song. (Yeah.)

  • Everyone, peace be with you!

  • Amen!

  • Today, I have something important to say.

  • Something important?

  • For the development of the church and to restore everyone's faith,

  • recently, I've been speaking with pastors of various places,

  • we've found a way to achieve this.

  • The church will open a factory.

  • A factory?

  • Can a church do that?

  • This will bring glory to God and benefit people as well.

  • Right.

  • First, it keeps people in the church.

  • Then, we won't keep losing believers.

  • Yes.

  • Second, our co-workers will have secure income,

  • and we can all work for the Lord in peace.

  • Third, we can use this opportunity

  • to spread the gospel, bring more people to the Lord. (Yeah.)

  • Yes, makes sense. That's a great idea.

  • Lastly, we can use the factory's profits for our ministry.

  • That's great.

  • So the church plans to open a daily-use chemical plant.

  • Opening a factory while attending church regularly

  • is in line with the Lord's will.

  • Yes.

  • Everyone, what do you all think?

  • Pastor Huang is thoughtful!

  • Thank the Lord!

  • If we open a factory, the church will have funds.

  • And our way of life will get better. (That's right.)

  • We won't have to go other places to find jobs anymore.

  • A great idea!

  • Thank the Lord!

  • My son has been looking for a job.

  • And now, we have an answer! (Yeah! Yes!)

  • But is running a factory in line with God's will?

  • As a whole our faith isn't very strong.

  • If the church opens a factory, and we all participate,

  • won't believers receive even less supply?

  • Right.

  • I don't think this is the way to revive the church.

  • Yeah, that's not a good idea.

  • Can opening a factory really do anything to revive the church?

  • I'm apprehensive.

  • A great church means everyone is able to expend for the Lord

  • and spread the gospel,

  • communicate the truth, meet normally,

  • to practice the Lord's word,

  • receive the work of the Holy Spirit, and have true faith in the Lord.

  • That way, when the trial comes,

  • everyone will stand their ground.

  • That kind of church is the true kind of church.

  • Amen. Yeah.

  • If we want to revive the church,

  • we must exalt the Lord and witness Him in everything,

  • lead brothers and sisters in carrying out His word, understanding the truth,

  • knowing the Lord Jesus is the only true God. (Amen.)

  • That way, the faith of everyone, I know, will certainly recover.

  • That's right.

  • If the church opens a factory,

  • pastors, elders, and others will be busy managing it.

  • We'll be too busy with the factory.

  • How can we fulfill the responsibility of shepherding the church

  • entrusted by the Lord? (That's true.)

  • We'd be serving the Lord, but also serving money.

  • How is that in line with the Lord's will? (Clearly it's not. It isn't.)

  • It's not up to us whether running a factory is in line with the Lord's will.

  • The church wouldn't open a factory to pursue wealth.

  • It would do it to stop losing believers, (That's right.)

  • and to help our brothers and sisters with living problems.

  • It's the best of both worlds, it's great!

  • What does he mean?

  • I'm not so sure about this.

  • Pastor Huang's idea is for the sake of the church

  • and for our brothers and sisters. (Yeah.)

  • That's right.

  • We should all get behind Pastor Huang's idea.

  • But this method is deceiving our brothers and sisters.

  • Pastor Huang, Brother Hou, we all serve the Lord.

  • That should be our focus.

  • Yes.

  • For the church to keep believers,

  • we should put more of our effort into explaining the Bible, (Right.)

  • so everyone can understand.

  • That's what's important here.

  • Since we all believe in the Lord,

  • we must believe in the Bible. (Amen.)

  • If they understand the Bible,

  • all believers will naturally have faith and love. (Right!)

  • Opening a factory is not the way to fix things.

  • Isn't that just like making the church a business, like a marketplace? (Yeah.)

  • That sounds like the same path

  • as the chief priests, the Pharisees, and the scribes walked.

  • They made the temple into a marketplace, a den of thieves.

  • And really, if we do this now,

  • won't we be like the Pharisees?

  • Yeah!

  • Just how can this be the Lord's will?

  • Do you see what I mean? (Yes! True!)

  • Elder Gu makes a point.

  • If we really want to revive the church,

  • then we need to read the Bible and hold fast to what it says.

  • That is the Lord's will. (Yeah!)

  • Pastor Huang,

  • we should rely on the Lord, carry out and experience His word.

  • So we can receive the Holy Spirit's work.

  • We can recover our faith and love if the church has the Holy Spirit's work.

  • Yes.

  • Without the Holy Spirit's work,

  • our faith and love won't be able to recover. (Yeah.)

  • Therefore, we should communicate the Lord's word more often,

  • lead everyone to understand His will,

  • and have knowledge of the Lord.

  • That's how we can bring the faith and love of our brothers and sisters back.

  • But running a factory?

  • How is building wealth like this any different from the corporations of today?

  • She's right! True!

  • You see, though it might make the church look busy,

  • does it reflect the Holy Spirit's work or the church's revival?

  • Is this witnessing the Lord?

  • The way I see it, this won't work.

  • It's not in line with the Lord's will. (Yeah. Yes.)

  • How could it not work?

  • Everyone, you've all made good points.

  • But if believers leave, who will we preach to? (True.)

  • Whose faith and love will we recover?

  • Yeah!

  • I believe it's the most practical to solve co-workers' livelihood,

  • ensure the church has money,

  • and that it stays open. (Yes.)

  • If the people all leave, how can a church exist?

  • It's a real problem.

  • I'm doing this for the sake of the church.

  • You should all be supporting me!

  • Why don't you understand me?

  • We need to figure this out.

  • He's right.

  • If all of our believers go back to the world,

  • who can we preach to?

  • Yeah!

  • The way I see it, this isn't a bad idea.

  • I think it's our only choice now.

  • Yeah! She's right!

  • Who's Pastor Huang doing this for?

  • We should all support him.

  • Right. I agree. I just don't think so.

  • What's wrong with profit?

  • It glorifies God. It's good for people.

  • If you go through with this, I want to invest!

  • So do I. Me too!

  • Thank the Lord.

  • If the church does this,

  • we can prosper and obtain life at the same time. (Yes.)

  • It's genius. We should have done this before.

  • Yeah, we should have! This is going to be good for us.

  • They can't do this.

  • It's a great idea. Let's support Pastor Huang.

  • Yes.

  • I agree.

  • Pastor Huang,

  • our house church has been persecuted by the CCP government for years.

  • Starting a factory is a big move.

  • It might cause believers' hearts to leave God and seek wealth.

  • That's what the satanic regime wants. (Yeah.)

  • Did you by any chance join the Three-Self Church?

  • Join the Three-Self Church?

  • Brother Zhang, let's make something clear.

  • I'll tell everyone the truth about this.

  • Listen carefully.

  • For quite a long time, I've considered joining them.

  • There's nothing wrong with joining the Three-Self Church.

  • They say, "Love our country, love our church, glorify God, and benefit people."

  • This doesn't affect our faith and understanding the Bible.

  • How can he join the Three-Self Church?

  • Once we join, we'll no longer be persecuted.

  • And we can open a factory.

  • It glorifies God and benefits people.

  • Yes. (I don't think so.)

  • Listen, in regard to running a factory,

  • I've already reported to the Municipal United Front.

  • Already reported?

  • He told the United Front already?

  • This was all arranged in advance.

  • They support us in building this new venture,

  • and getting our believers rich.

  • We'll open a factory. The government supports it.

  • That's wonderful.

  • They're even willing to help us out.

  • This way, the government won't persecute us. (Yeah.)

  • From now on,

  • we won't have to believe in the Lord while hiding in secret. (Yes.)

  • Yes.

  • We'll appease the government with the factory.

  • But in our hearts, we'll still follow the Lord.

  • In China, this is the only way to keep our faith. (Yes.)

  • Don't you understand me yet?

  • It's a smart idea.

  • Pastor Huang, if we do this and join the Three-Self Church,

  • we'll be completely controlled by the government. (Yeah.)

  • They'll have informers monitor our church.

  • All our meetings and sermons, spreading the gospel, they'll control it!

  • They won't allow us to interpret the Bible's pure truth, (Yeah. Yes.)

  • or talk about life entry,

  • or the prophecies of Revelation.

  • We can only say,

  • "Love your country, love your church, benefit people and all of that."

  • Yeah.

  • For all these years,

  • the government has limited our religious freedom,

  • suppressed house churches, and arrested Christians at any cost.

  • Sometimes, they even persecute Christians to death.

  • That's true. She's right.

  • Their only goal has been to limit our spreading of the gospel

  • and to overthrow the church,

  • making China a godless land.

  • So this will keep the CCP in power for thousands of years to come.

  • That is true.

  • The CCP government is a satanic regime

  • that hates the truth and resists God most. (That's right. Right.)

  • If the church relies on their support,

  • allows them to control us,

  • it's like giving the church to Satan.

  • This is betraying the Lord!

  • We'll be condemned and forsaken by the Lord. (Yes.)

  • The churches in Laodicea and Sardis

  • never received the Lord's praise in Revelation.

  • How would the Lord approve of us joining the Three-Self Church? (Yeah!)

  • Therefore, joining them isn't right. (Yeah!)

  • Anyone else agree?

  • Amen! Yes.

  • We can't join the Three-Self Church!

  • But what's wrong with joining the Three-Self Church?

  • We'll still read the Bible. (Right.)

  • Joining the Three-Self Church is betraying the Lord! (Yes!)

  • We can't join them.

  • I—

  • Pastor Huang, I believe they're right.

  • If we join the Three-Self Church,

  • we align with the government. (Right.)

  • It's committing fornication with the kings of the earth. (Indeed.)

  • You're giving the Lord's sheep to the enemy,

  • selling out the church, betraying the Lord.

  • Yes. Yes, he's right.

  • Did you ever pray to the Lord when you considered joining the Three-Self Church?

  • This is a big deal. We must be careful. (Yeah!)

  • Don't forget, the chief priests and scribes and the Pharisees

  • joined with the Roman government, and then crucified the Lord Jesus. (Yeah.)

  • The church joined with the government to resist God!

  • I think joining the Three-Self Church

  • is just like the Judaism joining with the Roman government. (Of course.)

  • Yes. We can't join the Three-Self Church. It's a betrayal.

  • Everyone, this decision is completely in line with the Bible. (Amen.)

  • The Bible says,

  • Amen!

  • We'll obey the authorities as it says in the Bible.

  • This is in accordance to the Lord's will. (Amen!)

  • How can the Lord condemn us this way?

  • He is right. Exactly.

  • We'll open a factory and join the Three-Self Church.

  • This is fine by the Bible.

  • Can't you all understand this?

  • He's already talked to the United Front.

  • If we oppose it, they'll find us, and we'll be in trouble.

  • This is all complicated.

  • It's not in accordance with the Lord's will. (I agree.)

  • Pastor Huang, it's true you're quoting the words of the Bible.

  • But they're not the Lord Jesus' words.

  • It's the words of Paul you use.

  • Paul's words don't represent the words of the Lord Jesus.

  • How can you say it's the Lord Jesus' will?

  • The Lord Jesus never said people should obey the ruling authority.

  • So, Paul's words about obeying ruling authority aren't necessarily right.

  • It all depends on the authority itself.

  • As for the CCP, they are atheist and resist God.

  • And if we obey them,

  • aren't we standing on the side of Satan resisting God? (Yes.)

  • The Lord Jesus never told us

  • that to believe in Him, we needed to obey the government.

  • If believers all obeyed,

  • then no one would be a martyr for the Lord.

  • Are you saying being a martyr

  • is self-induced punishment for rebelling against them? (No.)

  • Do you dare say that?

  • Is obeying the authorities following the Lord?

  • All saints that have been martyrs have been praised by Him.

  • And now, are you saying you don't accept this?

  • Right.

  • For us believers,

  • obeying the Lord, magnifying Him, obeying the truth—

  • that is His will.

  • Amen!

  • When it comes to obeying the government,

  • sure, we should pay our taxes,

  • but we shouldn't obey them by resisting God. (Right.)

  • When it comes to faith, we listen to the Lord, not people.

  • We can't join the Three-Self Church!

  • Right, we can't do it.

  • I feel that joining the Three-Self Church is betraying the Lord.

  • That's how I see it.

  • I agree with Brother Lin!

  • Despite what you think,

  • joining the Three-Self Church and running this factory

  • are definitely in line with the Bible. (Amen!)

  • And I will do anything in accordance with the Bible.

  • You see, I'm looking out for all of you and for the church.

  • So I couldn't care less what you think.

  • The majority agree to join the Three-Self Church and open the factory,

  • few oppose it.

  • Therefore, we'll open the factory,

  • and we'll join the Three-Self Church.

  • It's decided. (Amen!)

  • It's official.

  • This meeting is adjourned.

  • This is great!

  • I knew this day would come when we'd join the Three-Self Church.

  • This is the worst-case scenario.

  • So stubborn.

  • Elder Gu,

  • as of now, Pastor Huang has everyone

  • who supports running a factory and joining the Three-Self Church.

  • He really is deceitful.

  • And now, more people support him.

  • Fewer and fewer people support us.

  • I never thought Pastor Huang could be so treacherous.

  • I'm no match.

  • We must think of a plan!

  • If the rest of them all go to his side,

  • who will we lead?

  • How will we make a living?

  • Our status and our meal tickets will be gone!

  • We must think of something. (Yeah.)

  • Not to worry. Sit.

  • Everyone left opposes joining the Three-Self Church.

  • Some of them have been persecuted by the CCP.

  • Those people won't side with Huang.

  • This divide is growing more and more prominent.

  • Huang won't take those people,

  • but lately,

  • there have been some people who've been stolen by the Eastern Lightning.

  • Every day they go to the website of the Church of Almighty God.

  • What?

  • Some don't even come to meetings anymore.

  • If we don't put a stop to this,

  • these people will join the Eastern Lightning themselves.

  • We don't even know how many are studying the Eastern Lightning in secret!

  • But the CCP has blocked their website!

  • So how can they see it?

  • It … it's impossible! (Yeah.)

  • It's simple.

  • Anyone who knows computers can use privacy tools to access.

  • I tried it myself. It's a really good website.

  • Look!

  • There's all these books, hymns, videos, movies, musicals, so much.

  • They contain the words of Almighty God and testimonies of His work.

  • The debates in their movies, I must admit, are particularly good.

  • They commune the truth clearly.

  • Lots of people have seen this.

  • Seems people in all different countries are studying the Eastern Lightning.

  • If it continues,

  • all the quality people will turn to the Eastern Lightning.

  • The CCP's restrictions, arrests, and suppressions aren't effective.

  • Seems the Eastern Lightning has the truth.

  • No wonder they believe so faithfully.

  • It's a problem!

  • You see, all these quality people see Almighty God's words,

  • hear His witnesses, and believe in the Eastern Lightning.

  • If they all go and look at the website of the Church of Almighty God,

  • won't they believe in the Eastern Lightning sooner?

  • I think we need to get this under control.

  • Control?

  • We can't stop people from seeing this, their website.

  • The government can't even accomplish that much.

  • Before, when the Eastern Lightning's people came to our church,

  • we didn't just drive them away, no, we called the cops.

  • We confiscated all the Eastern Lightning books believers read.

  • Now they keep seeing the Church of Almighty God's website.

  • The fact that the CCP can't stop them is thought-provoking.

  • Recently, I've been wondering how the Eastern Lightning spreads so fast.

  • If this came from men, organized by men,

  • the CCP would've crushed it long ago.

  • But what we're seeing now is really surprising.

  • The Church of Almighty God is still around

  • and is expanding throughout the world.

  • The word of Almighty God seems powerful.

  • I'm thinking, just maybe the Eastern Lightning does come from God's work?

  • If this really is God's work,

  • then we can't stop it, no matter what we do.

  • I've thought about the Eastern Lightning for a long time.

  • At first, I condemned the Eastern Lightning because of rumors from the CCP.

  • Back then, I believed these rumors.

  • Then, I saw many religious pastors condemn the Eastern Lightning.

  • I thought that the Eastern Lightning wasn't the true way.

  • So, I thought it was okay to resist and condemn it.

  • But later, I saw how the Eastern Lightning continued to thrive

  • despite being suppressed by the CCP.

  • I was curious,

  • so I secretly read Almighty God's words and saw their videos.

  • I was surprised.

  • The words I read from Almighty God have power and authority.

  • They speak to people's hearts.

  • It's convincing.

  • It's no wonder that after reading them,

  • so many people accept it as the voice of God.

  • Then, I got a little scared.

  • What if Almighty God really is the Lord Jesus' return?

  • We've already resisted Almighty God so many times,

  • we'd definitely be cursed by God!

  • Honestly, I'm a little worried the Eastern Lightning is the true way.

  • If that's the case, we're done for.

  • Yeah.

  • I hope the Eastern Lightning's not the true way,

  • and that Almighty God isn't the Lord Jesus' return.

  • That way, we won't be condemned.

  • We're just trying to be loyal to the Lord and protect our church. (Amen!)

  • With the Eastern Lightning, it's nothing personal.

  • If we're resisting God, we're not doing it on purpose.

  • No way could we be condemned.

  • The Lord will have mercy on us.

  • Right.

  • We're just protecting our church; we don't have a choice.

  • And we don't know the Eastern Lightning is the Lord Jesus' return.

  • God won't condemn those who are ignorant!

  • Also, the Lord Jesus never said He would be Almighty God.

  • Therefore, we probably won't be cursed for condemning the Eastern Lightning.

  • Let's not dwell. Our top priority is protecting the church.

  • If we stop people seeing the website of the Church of Almighty God,

  • they'll just become curious.

  • That's not what we want.

  • Besides, the CCP blocked it.

  • They can't get on so easily.

  • Right now, we must find a way to seal our church

  • and stop believers from going to Huang,

  • from contacting the Eastern Lightning people.

  • We must make it clear

  • that if anyone finds the Eastern Lightning's people, just call the police.

  • This is just being loyal to the Lord and protecting our church.

  • Anyone who believes in the Eastern Lightning will be expelled.

  • For right now, that's all we can do.

  • Captain Wei,

  • thank you for helping our factory.

  • Here, a token of thanks.

  • Mr. Huang, (Yes, sir?)

  • you've worked with the government and cooperated.

  • You've done well. (Thank you, sir.)

  • We want to train you.

  • Ah. I thank you all very much.

  • To tell you the truth,

  • why do you think the government arrests Christians

  • and controls underground churches—

  • many don't understand.

  • The truth is we arrest Christians and commit assault on religion

  • because we want to wipe out all churches

  • and make China a godless land.

  • This will ensure the CCP stays in power forever.

  • That's our true objective.

  • Though our constitution grants religious freedom,

  • that's a front, a false promise.

  • The country's policy is to destroy all faith.

  • So you must cooperate.

  • You must get close to the government. (Yes, yes.)

  • It's in your best interests. (Yes.)

  • China is the CCP's domain.

  • Opponents of the Communist Party will face the consequences.

  • Those who practice their faith underground must be captured and imprisoned.

  • The government's ultimate goal is to destroy all religions.

  • Mr. Huang, (Yes, Captain Wei?)

  • you're a smart man.

  • Can't you understand this?

  • Yes. Of course I can.

  • Good choice.

  • Getting close to the government, joining the Three-Self Church.

  • Yes.

  • We can guarantee your protection.

  • Captain, I've wanted to join the Three-Self Church,

  • accept the government's policy,

  • love our country and church.

  • We must love our country before church.

  • No country, no church.

  • Captain, let me assure you.

  • I'll always be on the side of the party.

  • The Communist Party is the only one that can lead the Chinese.

  • Personally, I owe it everything.

  • I want to follow the Communist Party!

  • If you support and protect me,

  • I'll do anything you might need.

  • And with religion,

  • if there's anything you need, just let me know.

  • I'll take care of it. I promise.

  • Good.

  • Mr. Huang, (Captain?)

  • the government sent another set of urgent messages

  • regarding the Eastern Lightning recently.

  • They all demanded regions launch campaigns

  • to crack down on the Church of Almighty God.

  • With the Eastern Lightning people,

  • we'll imprison some, we'll kill some,

  • pull out the pillars,

  • and stamp this church out completely.

  • Mr. Huang, (Yes?)

  • cooperate with the government!

  • Of course.

  • It's all up to you.

  • Suppressing the Eastern Lightning, I fully agree.

  • The Eastern Lightning is growing too fast.

  • If it's not controlled, soon the religious will all obey Almighty God.

  • It's a threat to the Party, to your control.

  • Suppressing it is right. It's what needs to be done.

  • Mr. Huang, (Sir?)

  • do as you will with the Eastern Lightning,

  • and if your factory runs into any kind of trouble,

  • I will do whatever I can to help you.

  • You can rely on us.

  • I guarantee it.

  • Captain Wei, don't worry.

  • With the Eastern Lightning,

  • I know what I need to do.

  • Thank you.

  • Hey, everyone, eat up, eat up!

  • Thank the Lord.

  • This is the Lord's grace.

  • Have as much as you like.

  • Brother Qian, been a while!

  • Pastor Huang,

  • work has been busy, but I wouldn't miss an event like this.

  • Thank the Lord for our feast today.

  • Help yourself. Anything you like.

  • Don't be shy!

  • Pastor Huang, what other events will the church have?

  • Everyone wants to know about it. (Yeah!)

  • Captain Wei said next month,

  • we'll visit the Revolutionary History Museum to learn about the martyrs.

  • Nice!

  • Afterward, we'll go on a picnic!

  • All right!

  • All right, eat up, everyone! Eat up!

  • Delicious!

  • Pastor Huang, joining the Three-Self Church was the right idea. (Yeah.)

  • This is the Lord's grace.

  • We believers in the Lord should obey the authorities.

  • We're part of the Three-Self Church but we're still reading the Bible, right?

  • We are! Right!

  • It doesn't affect our faith,

  • and the government protects us.

  • That's religious freedom!

  • Amen. It's true. I agree.

  • We enjoy the government's protection,

  • and our hearts are at ease.

  • We don't need to pray for the Lord's protection every night.

  • The way I see it,

  • this is all the Lord's grace, right? (Yes.)

  • Wouldn't refusing the Lord's grace just be stupid?

  • Yeah. Of course.

  • Those who don't join the Three-Self Church have no common sense. (That's right.)

  • Isn't this just the path the Lord opened for us? (Yes!)

  • They live every day in fear, (I agree.)

  • and insist on preaching underground, (Exactly.)

  • as if they're special ops.

  • What's the point?

  • Those people really are dumb.

  • Eat, eat, eat!

  • Pastor Huang has the right idea! (Yeah!)

  • It's safe to believe in the Lord.

  • And my son has a job now.

  • Everything's great. (Right.)

  • Now we'll be protected. (That's right.)

  • This is God's blessing. (Of course. Yes.)

  • Thank the Lord and the Three-Self Church. (Yeah.)

  • Our factory proves this: We're in accordance with the Bible.

  • Yes.

  • The path we've chosen is fit for the Lord's will. (Amen! Thank the Lord!)

  • And now, with the support of the government,

  • I believe that our factory will definitely thrive. (Of course!)

  • Isn't this the Lord's blessing? (Yeah!)

  • Right. Thank the Lord.

  • And our factory's products are selling well!

  • Wow, that's great! Great. Thank the Lord! It's the Lord's grace.

  • Yeah. Thanks be to the Lord.

  • Everyone, to keep improving our factory, (Yes. Yeah.)

  • I hope you'll all think of new methods, (Yeah.)

  • keep networking, and work hard. (Right. We should work hard.)

  • This way, we will continue to bring in a profit! (Yeah!)

  • Then all your benefits will increase as well!

  • Brothers and sisters, I promise,

  • anyone who finds us new customers who buy in bulk

  • will get a per unit commission!

  • And we'll share our profits with you!

  • Thanks be to God. Thank the Lord.

  • Great. I hope we can all work together on this.

  • Pastor Huang has great ideas.

  • Pastors from the Three-Self Church are here? (Seems serious.)

  • Pastor Huang, let's begin.

  • Good.

  • Co-workers, we await the Lord's return to take us to His kingdom.

  • Why hasn't the Lord arrived yet?

  • Why is the Eastern Lightning here instead?

  • I don't understand what's happening here.

  • I see many good sheep from many churches

  • have been stolen by the Eastern Lightning.

  • They disappeared from the church.

  • It's as if they were raptured.

  • Raptured?

  • Though we try to resist the Eastern Lightning,

  • many seekers of truth among us go study the Eastern Lightning.

  • It seems some have an interest in the Eastern Lightning.

  • I think they have read the books of Almighty God's word secretly,

  • or they've seen the Eastern Lightning's website and looked at their videos.

  • If we can't find a solution,

  • we could lose all good sheep as they'll go to the Eastern Lightning. (Yeah.)

  • This issue is very serious. (Yes, we must figure this out.)

  • Therefore, in a spiritual war like this,

  • we must work together.

  • We must be one with the Lord to protect our sheep.

  • Amen!

  • Otherwise, we have no way to give account to the Lord. (Yes.)

  • Pastor Huang and Elder Gu never got along,

  • but now they're cooperating to resist the Eastern Lightning. If all our sheep are stolen, we can't give account to the Lord.

  • We've already tried many ways to protect our sheep,

  • but we can't control the church.

  • Some are still studying the Eastern Lightning in secret.

  • If we try and solve this problem at the root,

  • we must emphasize that everything in the Bible is inspired by God. (Amen!)

  • The Bible's words are all God's words.

  • Amen!

  • Belief in the Lord is belief in the Bible.

  • Leaving the Bible is undoubtedly, betraying the Lord. (Amen!)

  • We must join together to convince the faithful of the authority of the Bible.

  • To keep our believers, this is our only way.

  • Yeah. It's a good plan.

  • Elder Gu has good ideas.

  • Or else, when they read the words of Almighty God,

  • they won't want to read the Bible.

  • Tell me why people want to believe in the Eastern Lightning.

  • Why do they?

  • Because teachings of the Eastern Lightning are profound and great.

  • Profound and great?

  • If we too can interpret the Bible clearly, won't our believers stay?

  • Elder Gu knows the Bible. (Yeah.)

  • We lost to the Eastern Lightning

  • because we didn't explain the Bible well enough.

  • I think we should spend more time interpreting the Bible,

  • so our sheep can know it at its core.

  • That's how we'll protect our sheep.

  • We won't have to fear them stealing our sheep.

  • Do you all agree?

  • Yes, certainly.

  • Communicating alone won't work.

  • Co-workers, Elder Gu is correct.

  • Along with interpreting the Bible,

  • we need other methods as well.

  • What other methods?

  • We'll need to use some tricks. (Tricks?)

  • We can't control it without tricks.

  • What kind of tricks?

  • The government's cracking down on the Eastern Lightning.

  • They've mobilized the citizens to report anyone in the Eastern Lightning.

  • It's a great opportunity. (Yeah.)

  • An opportunity. This is great.

  • Aren't the Eastern Lightning's people already stealing our sheep?

  • Let's report them to the police!

  • What?

  • No matter how many people try to steal sheep,

  • let's report them all.

  • We'll see if they dare come around here again.

  • Well, what do you think?

  • Good, we definitely should.

  • This way, we can protect our church.

  • From now on, we must report anyone who preaches about the Eastern Lightning.

  • The church will reward them.

  • A reward?

  • This is the best way to restrict the Eastern Lightning.

  • Pastor Huang's ideas are great! (Yeah, it's efficient!)

  • Right!

  • How can we condone this idea? (Yeah!)

  • We're protecting the flock. (It's resisting the Lord.)

  • If everyone spreading the Eastern Lightning gets thrown in jail,

  • will our sheep be stolen anymore?

  • No, they won't.

  • Do we have your support? (Yes!)

  • Thank the Lord.

  • From now on, all churches should do this.

  • Having other believers arrested? Is that fit for the Lord's will?

  • I don't think it's right.

  • The Eastern Lightning are bearing witness to the Lord's return.

  • If we report them, aren't we selling out the Lord and our friends?

  • Yeah. Different denominations believe in the Lord. (Right.)

  • But we can't call them our enemies. (You're right.)

  • Are we the only ones loved by the Lord?

  • This is clearly wrong.

  • You can't say that. (Yeah.)

  • The pastors and elders only want to protect the church and flock.

  • There's no choice!

  • If the Eastern Lightning people steal our flock,

  • we should have them arrested. (Right.)

  • What's wrong with that?

  • We shouldn't follow the pastors and elders.

  • Pastor Huang, we don't know if the Eastern Lightning is the true way,

  • but I know that they're true believers of the Lord.

  • The CCP has persecuted them harshly, but they're still standing.

  • They still bear witness to the Lord.

  • I think that they're good people, they're stronger than us.

  • You know, they really are!

  • Think about this:

  • If we had encountered this kind of suppression, we couldn't handle it.

  • And now, the CCP suppresses

  • especially those churches that practice the Eastern Lightning.

  • Do you still think reporting those in the Eastern Lightning

  • is in line with the Lord's will?

  • No, it's not in line!

  • How can you encourage our brothers and sisters to do evil things like this?

  • Is that the Christian way?

  • You know, I don't think the Lord Jesus would condone that.

  • She's right. It's going too far.

  • Yeah.

  • If we go to extremes like this, the Lord will condemn us.

  • Sure, we should maintain our church,

  • so we can debate with them and also listen to them. (Yeah.)

  • But we can't call the police on them!

  • Yeah, it's definitely wrong. We can't do that.

  • Everyone, calm down.

  • I completely agree with Pastor Huang's suggestion

  • to report those who preach the Eastern Lightning. (Me too.)

  • These past few years, the Eastern Lightning has developed quickly.

  • The good sheep in the church are being stolen.

  • Yes.

  • As pastors and elders, can we just ignore this? (No!)

  • The Lord has given us this flock of sheep.

  • We have a responsibility to protect them.

  • Amen!

  • Without extreme measures, how will we maintain the church?

  • We're doing this to guard the true way and protect our sheep. (Amen!)

  • We're being loyal to the Lord.

  • How could doing this be offending the Lord?

  • Elder Gu is right.

  • Reporting those in the Eastern Lightning is just guarding our true way.

  • How can you call it selling out? (Right.)

  • Those who dare steal our sheep should be reported.

  • Nothing wrong with that!

  • Elder Gu, I just don't agree with you.

  • I don't know if the Eastern Lightning is the true way.

  • But I know all denominations believe in the Lord.

  • We should love all of them. (Yeah. Yes.)

  • The Lord Jesus told us,

  • Amen!

  • Regardless of whether the Eastern Lightning's people

  • give us the testimony of the Lord or steal our sheep,

  • we should treat them with love.

  • Yeah!

  • If they show us correct testimony, we should accept it.

  • If their testimony is wrong, then we can reject it.

  • But we should not report them and have them arrested.

  • No matter the reason, this just shouldn't be done.

  • It doesn't accord with the Lord's will.

  • Yes. I agree.

  • The Pharisees didn't accept or acknowledge the Lord. That was their choice.

  • But, they crucified the Lord on the cross.

  • No one can assume that sin.

  • Yes. Indeed.

  • Today, if we call the police on the Eastern Lightning people,

  • I think that would be evil,

  • and we'll be punished for it!

  • Can you really not understand?

  • Brother Lin, we're only resisting the Eastern Lightning

  • to protect our sheep and our church.

  • Indeed.

  • We're loyal to the Lord.

  • We're not on par with Judas who sold out the Lord and his friends.

  • Those are two different things.

  • As long as we're trying to protect our sheep

  • from being stolen by the Eastern Lightning,

  • nothing we do is too much! (Amen.)

  • Some call me Judas,

  • but even if I am Judas, it's worth it to protect the church!

  • He really is a living Judas!

  • Co-workers, settle down.

  • If the Eastern Lightning really is the return of the Lord Jesus,

  • and we really are resisting and condemning God,

  • I'll accept responsibility for all of it.

  • How dare he say that?

  • Isn't it the same as what the chief priests said

  • when they nailed the Lord Jesus to the cross?

  • If the Lord comes to do His judgment,

  • let Him judge us pastors and elders, not judge you.

  • Ah! The cross has fallen!

  • This is not a good omen. (Yeah. Is this the wrath of God?)

  • Did we offend God's disposition?

  • Oh no! This is a bad omen.

  • Did the pastors and elders offend God? (Yes!)

  • This has never happened before.

  • We must have offended God's disposition.

  • Could it be the Eastern Lightning's the true way?

  • It seems opposing the Eastern Lightning is resisting the Lord!

  • Yes. We must repent to the Lord immediately!

  • Sister Cheng, (Yes?)

  • how was the meeting today?

  • I've been watching what the pastors and elders do.

  • They left the Lord's way a long time ago.

  • The church has lost the work of the Holy Spirit.

  • It's now a place of religion.

  • If we continue to stay in this church,

  • we'll be forsaken by the Lord.

  • I think you're right.

  • Xiulan, (Yes?)

  • we can't keep following the pastors and elders in resisting the Lord.

  • We must find a church that has the work of the Holy Spirit.

  • Sister Cheng,

  • only the Eastern Lightning testifies the Lord has returned,

  • and He is Almighty God who has started His work of judgment.

  • Good sheep and head sheep from many denominations

  • have all accepted the Eastern Lightning.

  • The Eastern Lightning must have the work of the Holy Spirit.

  • We should search for and study the Eastern Lightning!

  • Ah! Thank the Lord! I was thinking the exact same thing!

  • Really? That's so great!

  • Hey, let's go online to see their website.

  • Sounds good. Let's go. (Yeah!)

  • Pastor Huang, Elder Gu, bad news!

  • The Eastern Lightning's people are stealing our sheep!

  • The Eastern Lightning's doing this?

  • They can't take our livelihood that easily!

  • We'll catch them. Let's go. (Yes.)

  • Pastor Huang is here.

  • You've got some nerve, stealing our sheep!

  • Get them!

  • Oh, no, please stop, stop. This isn't necessary.

  • You can't do this, please.

  • From now on, report any of the Eastern Lightning's people. (Yes, I will.)

  • See what you've done?

  • Get in there!

  • Now you see the real consequences.

  • Now, not only do the pastors and elders

  • seek refuge in and obey the satanic regime,

  • but they're leading believers along the wave of evil spreading across the world;

  • they're leading them on a path of wealth and luxury.

  • This is definitely wrong.

  • What's worse,

  • the entire religious community is resisting and condemning Almighty God now.

  • They're already on a path that makes them enemies of God.

  • How are they any different from those who resisted the Lord Jesus back then?

  • It seems the religious community really has incurred God's curses.

  • The religious Babylon is going to fall.

  • It's already falling.

  • I had the most vivid dream last night.

  • Yes.

  • Oh? Is the Lord trying to tell us something through this?

  • I believe so.

  • If the city of Babylon falls,

  • those in the religious communities will be destroyed.

  • Is it because the leaders of the religious community

  • have strayed from the Lord's way

  • and resisted the Eastern Lightning and incurred God's curses?

  • It's possible.

  • We saw their website and studied the Eastern Lightning.

  • We all feel that the Eastern Lightning comes from God's work.

  • Yes.

  • When the pastors and elders resist the Eastern Lightning,

  • they are resisting God.

  • Right.

  • As for us, we must lead our brothers and sisters to study the Eastern Lightning.

  • That's right. I agree.

  • We can't resist God as the pastors and elders do. (Right.)

  • Actually, our hearts are clear about this.

  • The path of the pastors and elders in the religious world

  • is that of the Pharisees. (That's right.)

  • Now they're on the same side as the CCP government.

  • They're fanatically condemning the Eastern Lightning.

  • That's the problem. (Right. That is true.)

  • Let's think about this.

  • The CCP is an atheistic party,

  • but the religious community seems to share their viewpoints.

  • Doesn't this prove that this community is an evil satanic force?

  • This is true. Yeah.

  • Now the religious community is so evil,

  • it's become Babylon cursed by God.

  • What do you think?

  • Right, I agree. Correct. I think so too.

  • Yeah.

  • Therefore, we just can't stay in religion. (Yes.)

  • We must study the Eastern Lightning

  • and find the appearance and work of God. (Yes!)

  • We must leave religion, it's full of sin. (That's right.)

  • We can't take part in their sins.

  • I really agree.

  • And more importantly,

  • we should invite the Eastern Lightning witnesses here soon.

  • Yes, we should.

  • We need to have them talk to us.

  • So we can confirm that Almighty God is the return of the Lord Jesus.

  • Yeah, good idea!

  • Or else, we'll be stuck searching in the religious community.

  • We can't be like that.

  • Hey! I just remembered something.

  • I have a relative in the Eastern Lightning.

  • He tried to preach the gospel to me, and I rejected it.

  • Maybe I should go find him and invite him here.

  • Yeah, that's great!

  • Thank the Lord. That'd be great.

  • Invite him here soon! (Okay!)

  • It would be too slow if we study it ourselves. (Yes.)

  • I'll call him tomorrow.

  • Great! Thank the Lord.

  • Sister Ma,

  • I heard Cheng Huize has invited some of the Eastern Lightning people.

  • Yeah.

  • They're in that abandoned church in the east of the city.

  • I'm afraid the Eastern Lightning has stolen more of our good sheep. (Yeah!)

  • Elder Gu wants us to check it out. We should go now. (Right.)

  • I just heard this too.

  • Pastor Huang told me that we can't call the police like before,

  • every time we saw the Eastern Lightning's people. (Right.)

  • Once we're there, let's listen to them first, then debate with them. (Yeah.)

  • If that doesn't work, we'll report them!

  • Good. It's a plan.

  • Thank the Lord.

  • Listening to Brother Liu and Brother Qin these past few days,

  • we know Almighty God's work is God's work in the last days,

  • the work of judgment starting from the house of God.

  • Yes. That's right.

  • Almighty God expresses all truths that judge and cleanse humanity.

  • It reveals God's righteous disposition and authority and fully convinces us.

  • We're already certain Almighty God is the return of the Lord Jesus.

  • Amen!

  • Yes, thank the Lord. Very true.

  • In past years,

  • we weren't able to search for or study Almighty God's work in the last days,

  • because we've been deceived and controlled by the pastors and elders.

  • Religious leaders are on the CCP's side.

  • They just spread lies and rumors.

  • They resist, condemn, and blaspheme Almighty God. (That's right.)

  • They've deceived and controlled the religious community.

  • Yes. That's right.

  • They are even worse than the Pharisees, scribes, and chief priests

  • who resisted the Lord Jesus

  • and deceived and controlled believers

  • who sought to accept the true way back then.

  • We must be able to see and discern

  • the root of religious leaders' resistance of God.

  • That's the only way we'll break free of their controlling,

  • accept God's work in the last days,

  • be raptured before His throne,

  • and be cleansed and made perfect. (Amen!)

  • How did they get in here?

  • Sister Cheng, what's going on? (Be calm.)

  • It's Sister Ma.

  • Here, have a seat please.

  • Sister Ma, Brother Zhang, Brother Wang, please.

  • This is like a black cat crossing our path. A bad omen.

  • It seems threatening.

  • Everyone, we've seen the four blood moons appear.

  • The great disaster is about to fall.

  • Yes.

  • If we only accept God's work of the last days

  • when we see the Lord descend on a cloud after disaster,

  • aren't we like doubting Thomas who has to see to believe? (Yes.)

  • Can we obtain the Lord's praise?

  • Definitely not. No.

  • Many still can't discern the Pharisees, elders,

  • and pastors in the religious world.

  • This is dangerous.

  • The religious world is so harmful.

  • They'll be left in the disaster and punished.

  • Yeah. Yes.

  • So then, we invited Brother Liu, Brother Qin

  • to tell us of God's work in the last days.

  • Okay. Sounds good.

  • Let's see how the satanic CCP regime

  • and the religious antichrist forces resist God's work.

  • If you have any questions, feel free to ask.

  • Amen.

  • This is great.

  • Yes, this is a great opportunity.

  • Thank the Lord. I have a question.

  • We all know it's important to discern the religious Pharisees' essence.

  • Yes. That's right.

  • It affects whether or not we can meet the Lord when He returns

  • and be raptured before His throne.

  • Yes. That's right.

  • However, most brothers and sisters don't understand.

  • Before the Lord Jesus came,

  • the Pharisees interpreted the Bible to others.

  • They often prayed before others and condemned people with Bible rules.

  • They looked reverent like they wouldn't ever betray the Bible.

  • But then why were the Pharisees cursed by the Lord Jesus?

  • Ah, that's a good question. I wonder why.

  • What's the reason?

  • In what ways did they resist the Lord?

  • How did they display their blatant hypocrisy?

  • Why did they incur the wrath of God? (Yeah.)

  • My brothers, please tell us the reason.

  • Okay.

  • Yes. This is something we should surely know.

  • If we understand these issues,

  • we can discern modern-day religious pastors and elders.

  • Isn't this the goal?

  • Yes, we need to know badly. Let's listen.

  • Yes, let's listen!

  • Thank God. This problem is really an important one.

  • Believers know that the Lord Jesus hated the Pharisees,

  • and that He cursed them and pronounced seven woes on them.

  • This is meaningful.

  • It allows believers to discern them,

  • to break away from their control, and to obtain God's salvation.

  • But it's a shame.

  • Most believers can't see the essence of the Pharisees' hypocrisy.

  • They don't even understand why the Lord Jesus hated the Pharisees so much.

  • Today, we can discuss this and learn about these problems.

  • That sounds great.

  • The Pharisees often interpreted the Bible to others.

  • They prayed before others, used the Bible rules to condemn people.

  • To outsiders, they seemed like reverent keepers of the Bible.

  • Then why did the Lord hate and curse them so?

  • Yes, why?

  • In reality,

  • the reason is that in essence, they were hypocrites and resisted God.

  • They only cared about religious ceremonies and rules.

  • They interpreted the Bible doctrines

  • and did not commune God's will.

  • They didn't practice God's words or God's commandments.

  • They just ignored the commandments.

  • Everything they did was in opposition to God's will and demands.

  • That's the essence of their hypocrisy.

  • That's the reason why the Lord Jesus hated and cursed them.

  • Yes. Yeah.

  • They only talked; they didn't take action.

  • The Lord Jesus said this when He exposed them,

  • Amen!

  • Now that the Lord Jesus had exposed the Pharisees,

  • we can clearly see

  • though they interpreted the Bible to others in the synagogue,

  • they did not revere or magnify God at all.

  • They didn't follow God's commandments.

  • And they replaced them with the traditions of men, discarding God's,

  • openly opposing God. (Yes.)

  • Doesn't this prove how the Pharisees served God and yet resisted Him?

  • True. That's true.

  • How could they avoid God's curses and hatred?

  • Yes. That's right.

  • God's commandments stated,

  • But the Pharisees ignored God's commandments.

  • They bore false witness, condemned,

  • killed the prophets and righteous men, resisting God. (Yes.)

  • That's why the Lord Jesus condemned them and said this,

  • Amen.

  • They fanatically resisted God and killed the prophets and righteous men.

  • They tried to destroy God's work and thwart His will.

  • They enraged God's disposition. (That's right.)

  • How could they not be cursed by Him? (Yeah.)

  • Everything that the Pharisees did is a true fact. (Right. Yes.)

  • Can we still not see the essence of this of their hypocritical actions?

  • We have discernment. It's clear now.

  • That's right.

  • This is really the truth.

  • They abandoned God's commandments and openly opposed Him.

  • They all openly gave false witness and killed the prophets sent by God.

  • They were evil and hypocritical devils.

  • They deserved to be cursed.

  • You're right. They were quite hateful.

  • Yeah.

  • He's right. (Yeah.)

  • The Pharisees seemed reverent outwardly,

  • but they were good at tricking others.

  • Their essence was insidious cunning.

  • If the Lord Jesus had not exposed their deeds

  • such as abandoning God's commandments,

  • we would not be able to see the essence of their hypocrisy.

  • Yeah.

  • Let's look at the Lord Jesus' exposure and condemnation of the Pharisees.

  • Sure. Okay.

  • Matthew 23:23-24,

  • Amen.

  • 27-28,

  • Amen.

  • They pretended to be reverent before others.

  • They purposefully prayed on street corners and in the synagogue.

  • When they fasted, they tried to look very sad.

  • They wrote scriptures on their garments tassels.

  • They made sure that others saw them donate. (Yeah.)

  • They made sure to not forget to pay their tithes of mint, cummin, and of anise.

  • They even followed historical rules like not eating without washing hands.

  • They focused extremely closely on details.

  • But they didn't follow God's requirements:

  • love God, love others, and be righteous, merciful, and faithful.

  • They didn't obey God's commandments at all.

  • That's right. Yes.

  • They just talked theology, Bible knowledge,

  • performed ceremonies, and obeyed rules.

  • That is the height of their hypocrisy, the way they fooled others.

  • Amen.

  • That's true.

  • This behavior of theirs clearly shows us

  • everything they did was part of an attempt to deceive and constrain others.

  • They only wanted to be worshiped.

  • They were only concerned with their own meal tickets and their own positions.

  • They traveled down a wrong path of hypocrisy, resisting God.

  • For that reason,

  • their resistance led God to curse them. (Yes, that's right.)

  • Yes. Those who resist God should be cursed. (I agree.)

  • It's the truth.

  • The Pharisees disliked the truth.

  • They didn't focus on God's words or His commandments.

  • They just did religious ceremonies and were resisting God.

  • Therefore, when the Lord Jesus came to work and preach,

  • their satanic nature of hypocrisy and hostility against God was exposed. (Yes.)

  • They knew very well the Lord Jesus' words had power, authority.

  • They did not seek the essence and source of the Lord Jesus' words and work,

  • but they attacked and defamed the Lord Jesus,

  • saying that He drove out demons by Beelzebub.

  • They labeled the Lord Jesus' work filled with God's authority as madness.

  • They committed the sin of blasphemy against the Holy Spirit.

  • They offended God's disposition.

  • Not only did the Pharisees condemn the Lord Jesus themselves,

  • they incited believers to resist and condemn the Lord Jesus.

  • They made the faithful lose the Lord's salvation

  • and turn into their funerary objects and victims.

  • They were so hateful.

  • So when the Lord Jesus condemned and cursed them, He said,

  • Amen.

  • Amen.

  • It's harmful!

  • So we can see,

  • these were all antichrists and hypocrites

  • who committed blasphemy against God and stood as God's enemies.

  • Yes. Amen.

  • They were a devil group that led men into hell.

  • That's right.

  • So then,

  • the Lord Jesus denounced them with the seven woes due to their behavior.

  • This shows God's holiness and righteous disposition that cannot be offended.

  • Amen!

  • Am I telling the truth? (Yes!)

  • It's so perceptive.

  • I finally understand why Pharisees were cursed by the Lord Jesus.

  • Wait. Why do I feel like the pastors and elders act just like them?

  • How can you say that?

  • It is similar.

  • I feel the same way!

  • Thanks be to God.

  • Now, we have some discernment about the hypocritical essence of the Pharisees.

  • Let's look at the modern-day pastors and elders.

  • Okay.

  • They just interpret biblical knowledge and theological theory.

  • They just perform ceremonies.

  • They don't practice God's words or carry out commandments.

  • They're just like the Pharisees.

  • On their path, they serve but also resist God.

  • Yes.

  • Amen.

  • Those who love God should follow His words,

  • care for His will,

  • and be responsible for brothers and sisters.

  • Yes. Yes, indeed. That's so true.

  • Pastors now face desolate churches and a decline in the believers' faith.

  • They don't find the living water of life for the believers.

  • When Almighty God comes to express the truth,

  • they reject and condemn it.

  • What's more, they try to prevent others from searching for the true way.

  • Yes.

  • They forbid contact with the Church of Almighty God

  • and reading Almighty God's words.

  • They curse and beat those that spread the gospel of His kingdom.

  • They may even call the police and have them arrested.

  • In this, are they not resisting God and doing evil?

  • That's right! They are.

  • How is all this any different from the Pharisees resisting the Lord Jesus?

  • Yes.

  • There is no difference. It's true.

  • To protect their standing,

  • these pastors prevent others from accepting God's salvation in the last days.

  • Aren't they dragging people to hell?

  • Yes. This is true. Absolutely true.

  • Aren't they the evil servants the Lord Jesus spoke of?

  • Are they not the modern-day Pharisees?

  • They are indeed. That's just what they are.

  • This is indeed the case!

  • These pastors and elders clearly are not true believers of God.

  • They abandon the Lord's commandments,

  • betray His words, and treat Him as the enemy. (Yes.)

  • The Lord Jesus said

  • only those who do the heavenly Father's will shall enter His kingdom.

  • Amen!

  • Yet they claim that those who've been saved by grace

  • will enter the heavenly kingdom.

  • Are they not speaking in direct contradiction of the Lord?

  • Yes, they are.

  • The Lord Jesus commands,

  • Amen!

  • The pastors and elders lie and blaspheme against Almighty God.

  • They wrongly defame the Church of Almighty God.

  • Yes.

  • These pastors bar believers

  • from receiving those who spread the gospel of the kingdom.

  • If any do, they are cast out.

  • Yes, that's what they do.

  • The Lord wants people to be wise virgins

  • who'll greet Him upon hearing the Bridegroom's voice.

  • But when pastors hear someone bearing witness to the Lord Jesus' return,

  • they judge and condemn it without ever having examined it.

  • I don't know what sentence of the Lord's words

  • these pastors could be practicing.

  • Yes.

  • Yes, it's true.

  • If the pastors and elders genuinely believed in God,

  • if they were the least bit God-fearing,

  • they would not be spreading these terrible lies,

  • nor would they fanatically resist Almighty God.

  • Yes!

  • This is the truth.

  • And so, they're the modern-day Pharisees.

  • This is quite correct!

  • That's right! The pastors and elders are Pharisees.

  • Yes.

  • From the outside, the pastors and elders do seem reverent.

  • But in fact, they're insidious and sinister! (It's true.)

  • These past few years,

  • they've continued their fanatical resistance of Almighty God.

  • They curse and beat those who preach the kingdom gospel;

  • they even report them to the police.

  • Yes. It's true.

  • Aren't these the antichrists exposed by God's work in the last days?

  • Yes, they are. They sure are!

  • Are they not the modern-day Pharisees? (Yes.)

  • Such brood of Satan are bound to be cursed and punished by God!

  • Hey, that's not right! (Yeah!)

  • Everyone, we can't blindly condemn pastors and elders. (That's right.)

  • The Eastern Lightning has stolen lots of our good sheep.

  • The pastors and elders are just trying to protect the flock. (Yes.)

  • We have to understand them.

  • Think about it:

  • If the believers are all stolen,

  • will pastors still be able to give sermons? (No!)

  • As humans, shouldn't we all have a conscience?

  • We can't treat them like the Pharisees. (Yes!)

  • That the Pharisees resisted the Lord Jesus is quite true,

  • but the pastors aren't resisting the Lord Jesus. (Indeed.)

  • Don't make blind assertations and put labels on them!

  • They may not practice the Lord's words or keep His commandments;

  • they condemn the Eastern Lightning,

  • but isn't that to guard the Lord's way and protect the flock? (Amen!)

  • They don't do it to protect their positions or livelihood.

  • How can you say the pastors and elders are hypocritical Pharisees? (Yes.)

  • Brother Zhang, is what you say actually true?

  • How is it not true?

  • Almighty God is the return of the Lord Jesus.

  • The pastors and elders don't study Almighty God's words or work;

  • and yet they spread lies, resist, and condemn Him.

  • How is that any different from what the Pharisees did to the Lord Jesus?

  • It's not different at all. It's the same.

  • This is clear for everyone to see.

  • How can that be making blind assertions? (Yeah!)

  • Now the church is desolate. We all have no road to travel.

  • The truth expressed by Almighty God gives us all life.

  • It resolves the difficulties within our faith. (Yeah.)

  • Yet the pastors and elders seal the church;

  • they'd rather see the sheep die of thirst

  • than let believers search for the living water of life.

  • Is that protecting the sheep or ravaging the flock?

  • Obviously they're ravaging the flock! Ravaging the flock!

  • Then are they good servants or evil servants?

  • Evil servants!

  • Discerning people can clearly see this.

  • Are you really unable to? (Yeah!)

  • Brother Zhang, please sit down and listen to them.

  • I think Brother Lin is right.

  • Yes. I can understand what they're saying.

  • Brother Liu, Brother Qin,

  • through reading the Bible,

  • we all know that the Jewish Pharisees condemned and resisted the Lord Jesus.

  • But most of us still don't understand

  • that when the Lord Jesus did His work,

  • the Pharisees knew very well that His words had both authority and power,

  • yet they still resisted and condemned the Lord Jesus. (Yes!)

  • On the cross they crucified Him.

  • What was their nature and their substance?

  • Please discuss it in great detail.

  • Yes, please tell us. We'd like to hear more.

  • Yes, this really needs to be understood.

  • If we see the essence of the Pharisees' resistance of the Lord,

  • we can grasp the essence of the pastors' and elders' resistance of Almighty God

  • and we'll no longer be deceived or bound by them.

  • Isn't this indeed true?

  • Yes. Please talk to us about it!

  • Indeed. It really is.

  • Please talk to us about it.

  • Thank God. You are correct!

  • We believers in the Lord know that the Pharisees resisted the Lord Jesus,

  • but what was the root as well as the true essence of their resistance?

  • After two thousand years, still nobody of religion knows the answer.

  • Though the Lord Jesus' cursing of the Pharisees

  • was written in the New Testament,

  • no one has been able to discern the Pharisees' essence.

  • Indeed, that is clearly true!

  • In the last days, when Almighty God arrives, He reveals the answer.

  • Let's read Almighty God's words. (OK!)

  • Amen!

  • The Pharisees' view was absurd!

  • Everyone, Almighty God says it so clearly. (Yes.)

  • The Pharisees' resistance of the Lord Jesus

  • stemmed from their lack of reverence and not searching for the truth.

  • You see, deep down they were stubborn, arrogant, and didn't obey the truth.

  • The Pharisees defined God within their own conceptions,

  • within the literal words of the Bible.

  • They kept the Messiah in name only.

  • No matter how the Lord Jesus' words are the truth,

  • how much authority and power His words have,

  • because His name is not Messiah, they opposed and condemned Him.

  • True.

  • Their principles of faith are just as Almighty God says,

  • Not only did the Pharisees reject the truths expressed by the Lord Jesus,

  • they tempted Him and tried to find fault with Him.

  • For instance, they tempted the Lord Jesus

  • by asking what authority He used to perform miracles,

  • and asked the Lord Jesus if they could pay taxes to Caesar,

  • and if He Himself was the Son of God, Christ and so on.

  • The Lord Jesus, in response,

  • struck back at their evil plans with truth and wisdom.

  • Yes. Yes, indeed.

  • The Pharisees couldn't refute Him,

  • and yet they still didn't search for the truth.

  • They not only resisted the Lord Jesus;

  • they had Him arrested

  • and even demanded that He be nailed to the cross.

  • Yes. It's true.

  • It was exactly as the Lord Jesus said:

  • Amen!

  • Thus we can see that

  • the Pharisees, in nature and essence, were satanic demons,

  • enemies of God that hated the truth!

  • That's true. Yes, that's right.

  • Yes.

  • Brothers and sisters,

  • what kind of man can actually hate and condemn Christ?

  • The Pharisees could. (Yes, that's right.)

  • Yes. The Pharisees' story demonstrates one main fact:

  • All who believe in God

  • but do not love truth, are weary of truth, and hate the truth

  • do not know God.

  • In addition, these people surely resist God and take Him as their enemy.

  • Indeed.

  • Because the essence of Christ is the truth, the way, and the life.

  • Amen!

  • And so, anyone who hates the truth necessarily also hates Christ.

  • That's right.

  • Many people who actually hate the truth seem good on the outside.

  • Outwardly, they follow the Bible's rules and do not seem evil at all.

  • However, when Christ comes to do His work,

  • these satanic enemies of God will be completely and utterly exposed.

  • Thank the Lord! This is the truth!

  • Indeed.

  • The Pharisees' resistance of the Lord Jesus exposes their demonic essence:

  • They hate truth and resist God.

  • Yes. It's true.

  • We all know

  • that when the Lord Jesus did His work, He expressed many truths,

  • displayed many miracles, and gave people abundant grace.

  • The Lord Jesus' work was a shock to the whole Jewish state.

  • Many people followed the Lord Jesus. (Yes.)

  • You see, the Pharisees all knew

  • if the Lord Jesus continued His work,

  • all of the faithful in Judaism would follow Him;

  • then Judaism would fall and their positions and jobs would disappear.

  • Therefore, they decided to kill the Lord Jesus.

  • Just as the Bible says,

  • In order to protect their status and meal tickets,

  • the Pharisees colluded with the Roman government

  • to crucify the Lord Jesus on the cross.

  • They said,

  • As you can see, the Pharisees hated the truth and hated Christ

  • to the point where they did not want to co-exist with Christ!

  • Yes! That's right.

  • They preferred to forsake the sin offering to crucify the Lord.

  • They chose to commit monstrous sins, resist God, and offend God,

  • and have their sons and grandsons cursed

  • by nailing Him who expresses the truth to redeem man,

  • the Lord Jesus, to the cross.

  • That is the Pharisees' satanic truth-hating nature and essence.

  • Amen!

  • This is true. That truly is their nature.

  • The Pharisees are so despicable!

  • When the Lord Jesus was cruelly nailed to the cross,

  • the sun grew dark, the earth shook,

  • and the curtain of the temple split.

  • The Lord Jesus appeared once more after being resurrected.

  • When people learned of these facts,

  • many repented for their sins and turned to the Lord Jesus. (Yes.)

  • As for the Pharisees, they did not repent at all.

  • They actually became even more antagonistic enemies of the Lord Jesus.

  • They bribed soldiers to lie and say

  • the Lord Jesus had not truly been resurrected.

  • The Pharisees fanatically persecuted

  • apostles spreading the gospel of the Lord Jesus.

  • They wished to ban the Lord Jesus' work

  • to obtain permanent control of the religious community.

  • Yes!

  • The Pharisees believed in God only in name.

  • In reality, they hated truth and resisted God.

  • The essence of their resistance of the Lord was thus:

  • They were trying to compete with God;

  • they were fighting against God.

  • The arrogance of their resistance of the Lord Jesus

  • completely exposed their ambitions

  • and exposed their evil satanic face.

  • Furthermore, it exposed their antichrist nature:

  • a lack of remorse, a deep hatred of the truth, and a hatred of God.

  • Amen!

  • That's true.

  • The Pharisees deserved to be cursed!

  • Brothers and sisters, let's think a bit more.

  • Isn't that how the pastors and elders of the religious community

  • treat Almighty God?

  • Right.

  • If we could clearly see how the pastors and elders

  • resist and even condemn Almighty God,

  • we would surely know

  • that the Pharisees resisted and condemned the Lord Jesus in just the same way.

  • Yes!

  • The pastors and elders resist Almighty God

  • the same way the Pharisees resisted the Lord Jesus.

  • Thank the Lord!

  • Your fellowship on the words of Almighty God has really opened our eyes.

  • Yes.

  • We now understand that the Pharisees' nature and essence

  • is hatred of truth and resistance unto God.

  • Yes.

  • No wonder the more the Lord Jesus expressed the truth,

  • the more the Pharisees hated Him.

  • They were resolved to nail Him to the cross. (Yes.)

  • The Pharisees were enemies of God and were irreconcilable with God.

  • They truly deserved to be cursed!

  • Amen! They did deserve to be cursed!

  • Yes. The two times that God was incarnated,

  • He exposed and condemned the Pharisees.

  • God looks deep into a man's heart.

  • Only God can see the essence of people's nature!

  • If Almighty God had not exposed the satanic, truth-hating,

  • and God-resisting nature of the Pharisees,

  • and we just relied on the Bible and our pastors' interpretations of it,

  • I fear we'd never be able to see the demonic essence of the Pharisees! (Yes.)

  • Only God can see men's essence!

  • Yes, that's right.

  • Brothers and sisters,

  • 2,000 years ago,

  • the Jewish chief priests, scribes, and Pharisees

  • nailed the Lord Jesus to the cross. (Yes.)

  • 2,000 years later,

  • the religious leaders have caused history to repeat itself

  • by nailing God to the cross again! (Yes.)

  • That's indeed true!

  • We've all seen that Almighty God carries out the work of

  • judgment beginning with God's house in the last days.

  • He expresses truths that can cleanse and save humanity.

  • He reveals all mysteries of God's management plan.

  • He judges and exposes man's satanic nature that resists and betrays God.

  • He shows them His righteous disposition which cannot be offended. (Amen!)

  • Almighty God's words are the truth.

  • They have authority and power, (Amen!)

  • and fully convince us. (Amen!)

  • Indeed.

  • Furthermore, these truths cleanse and save humanity.

  • Amen!

  • Thanks be to the Lord.

  • Look at today's pastors and elders.

  • They don't care how Almighty God's words are the truth,

  • how much authority and power His words have,

  • how they can cleanse and save man.

  • Stubbornly, they maintain their fallacy:

  • "Whoever does not descend on a cloud and lift me up into the kingdom of heaven

  • is not the return of the Lord Jesus."

  • They wildly resist and condemn Almighty God.

  • This is all true.

  • They keep the Lord Jesus in name,

  • yet resist and condemn Almighty God.

  • Is that any different from when the Pharisees kept the name of Messiah

  • but condemned the Lord Jesus? (Right.)

  • It's not different at all.

  • Is their essence not the same as the Pharisees':

  • stubborn, arrogant, disobeys truth, and hates the truth?

  • Yes.

  • They just believe in the vague God in heaven

  • and in turn they deny, resist, and condemn Christ incarnate.

  • They're rivals who are in enmity with Christ.

  • Are they not just antichrists denying, condemning, and resisting Christ?

  • Amen! Yes!

  • The Bible says,

  • Amen!

  • Amen!

  • Therefore, all who don't acknowledge God incarnate are antichrists. (Yes!)

  • All who resist and condemn Christ are antichrists.

  • That's right! I agree.

  • Therefore,

  • the Jewish Pharisees were exposed as antichrists by the Lord Jesus' work.

  • The pastors and elders in the last days

  • are all antichrists that are exposed by Almighty God's work.

  • How could he say that?

  • God incarnate's work truly exposes people.

  • Everything Christ expresses in the last days is truth.

  • Not only does it expose the wise and foolish virgins,

  • in addition, it also exposes all varieties of antichrists and non-believers.

  • Yes.

  • This is a truth that no one is able to deny.

  • Yes.

  • God's work is truly wise and almighty!

  • Indeed. That is clearly true.

  • Brothers and sisters,

  • the religious leaders in the last days

  • and the Jewish chief priests, scribes, and Pharisees

  • share the same roots and essence in their resistance to God.

  • The ways that pastors and elders resist God

  • are far worse than those of the scribes, the chief priests, and the Pharisees.

  • Ever since Almighty God started doing His work of judgment from God's house,

  • people of every sect have been raptured and brought before God's throne,

  • if they love truth and long for God's appearance.

  • Amen! It's true.

  • Thank the Lord! Thank the Lord that it is so.

  • The pastors and the elders stop at nothing to resist and condemn Almighty God,

  • all to constrain the faithful and maintain their standing.

  • They spread rumors, bear false witness, and blaspheme Almighty God.

  • They seal off the church and strictly forbid believers

  • from studying Almighty God's work in the last days.

  • Yeah, they really are too venomous!

  • They threaten, scare, ridicule,

  • and beat brothers and sisters who spread the gospel of the kingdom.

  • They even collude with the devilish CCP to capture and persecute them,

  • leaving hundreds of thousands of brothers and sisters without a home.

  • At least a hundred thousand people have been brutally tortured by the CCP.

  • Many have even been killed …

  • That's true.

  • The pastors' resistance of Almighty God

  • is greater than was the Pharisees' resistance of the Lord Jesus.

  • Yes.

  • Their evil deeds are quite numerous.

  • Therefore, Almighty God judged and cursed them long ago.

  • Amen!

  • Let us read Almighty God's words.

  • OK!

  • Page 894.

  • Amen!

  • God's disposition cannot be offended by men!

  • The words expressed by Almighty God

  • were publicly shared online, in print, and TV a long time ago.

  • Different types of gospel videos

  • have already been posted throughout the Internet

  • to testify God's manifestation and work to the whole world. (Yes.)

  • This has caused a shock in the religious community and in mankind.

  • Pastors and elders in the religious community have perceived the growing trend:

  • Almighty God's words are conquering religious community and humanity.

  • That's right.

  • No person and no force is able to stop it.

  • Yes. That's right.

  • They become irritated and so frantically resist and even condemn Almighty God.

  • They seek to outlaw Almighty God's work in the last days

  • and to obtain eternal control of the religious world

  • and also hegemony over God's chosen people.

  • Yes. It's so true.

  • These facts prove that

  • the religious pastors and elders in the last days

  • are the reappearance of the Pharisees! (Yes!)

  • They are antichrists that seek to destroy God's work

  • and have even sworn to the death to be enemies of God!

  • Amen!

  • Yeah, that sounds right, doesn't it?

  • Their many evil deeds already have provoked God's disposition.

  • How can they escape God's righteous judgment and punishment?

  • Amen!

  • This is indeed the truth!

  • This is all true!

  • Pastors and elders will say anything in condemnation of God

  • to protect their meal tickets.

  • Yes, right.

  • They'll do any evil deed in resistance of God. (Yes!)

  • These people are truly evil, despicable, and vicious.

  • They are demons reincarnated!

  • They should be cursed and hated! (Amen!)

  • Correct! We should all expose and reject them.

  • We simply must make a clean break from them.

  • We can't play a part in their evil deeds.

  • That is in accordance with God's will!

  • Yes! That's right.

  • Pastors and elders often made us guard against antichrists.

  • And yet it turns out they're the real antichrists.

  • Yes. That's right!

  • Like a thief crying "Stop thief." (Yes!)

  • In the past, we were ignorant and blind!

  • But now we're all able to see their true face. (Thank God!)

  • Why do you always group the pastors and elders in with the Pharisees?

  • Yeah!

  • Almighty God's work exceeds the Bible.

  • Pastors and elders resist Almighty God in order to protect the Bible.

  • Amen!

  • Could it be that they are wrong to do that? (No!)

  • Brother Zhang is right.

  • Pastors and elders often interpret, exalt, and protect the Bible. (Amen!)

  • How can they be resisting the Lord? (That's right!)

  • Are those who interpret the Bible incapable of resisting the Lord? (Yes!)

  • The Jewish chief priests, scribes, and Pharisees

  • interpreted and maintained the Bible.

  • Why didn't they acknowledge the Lord Jesus when He worked?

  • Why'd they capture the Lord Jesus and even persecute His disciples?

  • That's right! Yes, why?

  • The Pharisees interpreted and protected the Bible.

  • Why did the Lord Jesus condemn and curse them then?

  • How is this explained?

  • Yes! How can this be explained?

  • Brothers and sisters,

  • the pastors and elders stop at nothing to deny and condemn Almighty God

  • to protect their positions as well as to protect their meal tickets.

  • Yes. True.

  • This reveals their satanic nature:

  • They hate the truth and they hate God.

  • Yes.

  • So they are the modern-day hypocritical Pharisees.

  • They are antichrists that deny God incarnate.

  • Amen!

  • This is a fact that we all can understand.

  • Yes, thanks be to God.

  • However,

  • many brothers and sisters worship the pastors and elders in their hearts.

  • They do not understand why,

  • though the pastors and elders often interpret the Bible and exalt the Bible,

  • these same pastors and elders still hate the truth

  • and resist and condemn Almighty God incarnate. (Yes.)

  • Interpreting the Bible and exalting the Bible,

  • is that the same as bearing witness to the Lord and exalting the Lord?

  • Most people don't understand this problem.

  • Right. That's right.

  • Brothers, please talk to us about this more.

  • Yes. We want to hear more. Fellowship with us further. (Sure!)

  • Please tell us.

  • Everyone, an atmosphere persists in the religious community.

  • Those who can best interpret the Bible

  • and those with the best biblical theory

  • are widely praised and worshiped.

  • Those who can interpret the mysteries of the Bible and the prophecies

  • are worshiped even more.

  • Yeah. Right. Yes.

  • Therefore, many people worship pastors and elders of the church.

  • They all see interpreting the Bible

  • as exalting and bearing witness to the Lord.

  • Yes.

  • When they see the pastors and elders

  • condemn Almighty God's work in the last days,

  • most of them feel quite conflicted and confused.

  • On one hand, pastors and elders interpret the Bible

  • so they think it means they're bearing witness to the Lord.

  • That's what it is.

  • On the other hand,

  • all that Almighty God expresses is the truth,

  • so why do the pastors and elders resist and condemn Him?

  • Could it be they condemn Almighty God because His name is not the Lord Jesus?

  • Yet all that Almighty God expresses is truth,

  • so He should not be condemned! (Right. Yes.)

  • So why is it then that pastors and elders

  • fanatically resist and condemn Almighty God who expresses the truth?

  • Many people don't understand it.

  • Yes, why is that?

  • Actually, this is not hard to explain.

  • Think of when the Lord Jesus came to do His work,

  • didn't the Jewish chief priests, scribes, and Pharisees

  • all condemn and resist the Lord Jesus in the same way?

  • Didn't they nail the Lord Jesus to the cross?

  • Yes.

  • Wasn't that due to the Lord Jesus not being named Messiah?

  • Wasn't that because the Lord Jesus expressed so many truths?

  • They saw that the Lord Jesus' words had authority and power

  • and He could reveal miraculous signs.

  • They saw that thousands followed Him.

  • It shocked all of Judea.

  • If they allowed the Lord Jesus to spread His work,

  • Judaism itself would be overturned.

  • The effect on Judaism would be unthinkable!

  • Yes.

  • Therefore, they came to hate the Lord Jesus and wished to kill Him.

  • That's how the Lord Jesus ended up crucified on the cross.

  • The Pharisees were despicable!

  • Back then, didn't the chief priests, scribes, and Pharisees

  • all interpret as well as exalt the Bible? (That's right.)

  • So why was it then that they crucified the Lord Jesus on the cross?

  • To put it plainly,

  • wasn't it because the Pharisees hated the truth and also hated God's work?

  • To protect their meal tickets and status,

  • they were just ruthless to the truth-expressing God.

  • You see, they were willing to do any evil deed to resist God!

  • That's all true. It is.

  • It's not hard to see

  • that these chief priests, scribes, and Pharisees' true nature

  • is to hate the truth and resist God!

  • That's true. Yes.

  • They all interpreted the Bible to maintain their meal tickets and status.

  • They were full of hatred for God and for the truth.

  • Yes.

  • So when the Lord Jesus expressed the truth and did His work,

  • their true nature of despising the truth and resisting God was exposed.

  • Yes. Right.

  • Whether or not people will resist God

  • is not affected by how they interpret the Bible,

  • it relates to their true nature.

  • For those with a truth-hating and God-resisting nature,

  • no matter how they interpret the Bible,

  • their nature of hatred of truth and resistance of God cannot be changed.

  • Right.

  • Didn't the Pharisees all use their interpretations of the Bible

  • to resist the Lord Jesus?

  • This is something that God revealed long ago through His work. (Yes.)

  • Do we really not see this yet?

  • Now we can clearly see their true nature: They resisted God …

  • Brothers and sisters,

  • the pastors, the elders, and the Pharisees all interpret the Bible.

  • So then how can they still resist and condemn God incarnate?

  • We must understand yet another truth:

  • The Bible's just testimony of God,

  • a record of God's work in the Age of Law and the Age of Grace.

  • God expresses some truth during each stage of His work.

  • In His words, people find His disposition and all that He has and is.

  • So each time people experience a stage of God's work,

  • they understand some truth and know more about God.

  • During the three stages of work in His management plan,

  • God reveals gradually what He has and He is, His inherent disposition.

  • Yes.

  • During the Age of Kingdom,

  • God fully reveals His inherent righteous disposition,

  • almightiness and wisdom, His authority and His glory.

  • If we only know God from His work during the Age of Law and the Age of Grace,

  • that's far too limited a knowledge.

  • It's like during the Age of Law

  • when believers acknowledged God's real existence as well as His wise deeds

  • through the work of Jehovah God.

  • They learned Jehovah God's laws could not be violated.

  • In the Age of Grace,

  • when believers saw the work of the Lord Jesus,

  • they all knew He was indeed the Redeemer of mankind,

  • the compassionate God.

  • However,

  • they did not understand God's substance or inherent righteous disposition.

  • Yes.

  • They did not achieve true knowledge of God.

  • We really do not know God.

  • Thus we see that if we only know God

  • from His work and words in the Age of Law and the Age of Grace,

  • our knowledge of God will be one-sided.

  • We will only know a part of His disposition, what He is.

  • We cannot achieve true knowledge of God.

  • Brothers and sisters,

  • those who don't know God but interpret the Bible often resist and define Him.

  • Isn't that the truth?

  • Yes!

  • Those who don't know God will resist Him!

  • Not only did the Jewish chief priests, scribes, and Pharisees not know God,

  • but most importantly,

  • they all had a satanic nature: They hated truth and resisted God.

  • That was their fatal flaw!

  • Yes.

  • Had their hearts been good,

  • they wouldn't have crucified the loving Redeemer of man,

  • the Lord Jesus, on the cross, even if they didn't know God.

  • Yes. Absolutely right.

  • Now we're all able to see that

  • God did not have any place in the hearts of the Pharisees.

  • To them, their positions were more important than all else.

  • Therefore,

  • when God's work threatened their positions and meal tickets,

  • they all treated God as their enemy and cruelly killed Him.

  • Yes. That's true.

  • As you can see, their hearts, nature, and substance were quite toxic!

  • That's right. Yes.

  • No wonder God called them a brood of vipers!

  • They really were too venomous!

  • Yes!

  • The leaders of the religious community don't know God,

  • but those who resist God have all been exposed as antichrists.

  • Amen!

  • Yeah, that's true.

  • Of course, some religious leaders have their own conceptions of God's work,

  • but their God-fearing hearts prevent them from verbally condemning God.

  • Indeed.

  • For instance, when the Lord Jesus did His work,

  • Gamaliel, a law teacher, did not condemn the Lord Jesus.

  • Yes. Gamaliel did not condemn the Lord Jesus.

  • Nicodemus would search for the truth in the Lord Jesus at night. (Yes.)

  • These are all facts recorded in the Bible.

  • We really should seek the truth. (Yes.)

  • Those who believe in God but don't know Him or have a God-fearing heart,

  • when serving God, are apt to resist Him. (Right. Yes.)

  • If people with truth-hating nature and toxic hearts become religious leaders,

  • sooner or later they will be exposed as antichrists. (Amen.)

  • This is simply a fact that no one can deny!

  • Yes!

  • Are you all clear on this now?

  • We're clear!

  • Yes. Now I can see it clearly.

  • Yes.

  • Those with toxic hearts who become pastors and elders are antichrists.

  • Back then,

  • the Lord Jesus did expose and curse the hypocritical Pharisees.

  • In the last days,

  • Almighty God has exposed, judged the antichrist essence of pastors and elders

  • who've misled others with their interpretations of the Bible

  • and have resisted God.

  • Let us now read from Almighty God's word. (OK!)

  • Please turn to page 855.

  • Amen!

  • God's words have such authority. (Yes!)

  • Almighty God's words reveal the pastors and elders' essence,

  • they interpret the Bible yet they resist God.

  • Yes. Indeed. Yes, it's true.

  • The pastors and the elders do not in fact know God;

  • they both define and resist Him instead.

  • This is especially true for those who condemn Almighty God;

  • their nature and essence matches that of the Pharisees

  • who crucified the Lord Jesus on the cross.

  • They are all satanic, toxic in nature and hate the truth.

  • Yes.

  • They are all antichrists exposed by God's work. (Yes.)

  • They're who crucified God on the cross again.

  • They are all cursed by God! (Amen!)

  • Yes, they're antichrists.

  • They really should be cursed by God!

  • Thank the Lord!

  • The way you explained, it helped. I understand.

  • Pastors and elders can interpret and exalt the Bible,

  • but that doesn't mean they know God. (Right.)

  • They have a satanic nature: They hate the truth and defy God.

  • No matter how well they interpret or exalt the Bible,

  • they're deceiving and confining people in order to save their own positions.

  • Yes. That's true.

  • They're not really exalting God at all. (Amen!)

  • The way pastors and elders resist God and deceive people is shameful!

  • It's so shameful. Horrible! It's insidious!

  • Yes. The CCP's plan to deceive us is plain to see,

  • but the pastors and elders' deception with the Bible

  • is not so easy to discern! (Right. Yes.)

  • Before, we worshiped and followed them.

  • But now, after all these years, we've not gained any truth.

  • Yes.

  • At least now we know we were tricked.

  • This is all thanks to Almighty God's salvation!

  • From our hearts, we thank Almighty God!

  • Amen! Thanks be to Almighty God.

  • Thank God!

  • Brothers and sisters, truly witnessing and exalting the Lord

  • isn't about how men interpret the Bible.

  • What is key is if they practice God's words and experience His work.

  • If men love truth,

  • they'll obtain the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit

  • and true knowledge and experience of God's word.

  • This knowledge is created by practicing and experiencing God's words.

  • It's true knowledge of God.

  • Sharing these real experiences and testimonies

  • is to truly exalt God and witness God!

  • Amen!

  • This is what it means to truly exalt and witness God!

  • The true knowledge of God of which those who exalt and bear witness to Him speak

  • doesn't come from man's conceptions or logic,

  • nor from their literal understanding of God's words.

  • Those who exalt and bear witness to God

  • focus on sharing God's words in the Bible,

  • His will and demands of people,

  • His disposition, and all that He has and is,

  • which allows people to understand God's will, disposition, and truly know God.

  • Yes.

  • This is how people can truly revere and truly obey God.

  • This kind of explaining and sharing

  • is how they can truly exalt and bear witness to God. (Amen!)

  • However, when pastors and elders interpret the Bible,

  • can they really share the essence of the truth of God's words?

  • Can they communicate the will of God

  • or bear witness to God's disposition?

  • No. They can't.

  • Are they able to make others know, or obey, or revere God?

  • Definitely not! There's no way!

  • Right. The facts showed us that

  • most pastors and elders hate truth and resist God; that's their nature.

  • They don't practice God's words and don't experience His work.

  • They do not understand His will or demands at all, (Yes.)

  • nor understand His disposition, all that He has and He is.

  • Therefore, they can't communicate any true knowledge of God,

  • nor bear witness to the Lord Jesus' divine substance or lovable qualities.

  • That's true.

  • It's all true. (Indeed!)

  • They just interpret biblical knowledge and theories of theology,

  • or certain characters' stories in the Bible,

  • along with historical backgrounds to inspire admiration.

  • Yes. That's what the pastors and elders do.

  • Not only that,

  • much of the time the pastors and elders

  • interpret man's words in the Bible, like Paul's words.

  • According to Paul,

  • "All scripture is given by inspiration of God,"

  • they take the Bible's words as if they were all the words of God.

  • Yes. That's the truth.

  • This has caused the religious community

  • to treat the words of apostles as God's words

  • and in turn tell believers to observe them.

  • Yes.

  • They are increasingly quoting the apostles' words in sermons,

  • when they testify or communicate.

  • Yet they're quoting God and the Lord Jesus less and less.

  • That's right. Yes.

  • The result is that the Lord Jesus and God's words in the Bible

  • have completely been replaced and nullified.

  • The place of the Lord Jesus in people's hearts grows small,

  • while the place of Paul and others in their hearts continues to rise.

  • This has allowed the words of Paul and other men in the Bible

  • to occupy people's hearts. (Yes.)

  • People believe in the Lord Jesus in name,

  • but in truth, they're proceeding according to man's words in the Bible

  • such as Paul's.

  • They are on their own path of faith in God.

  • Yes. It's so true. He's right.

  • How could we thus not stray from the Lord's way?

  • How can such service be in accordance with God's will?

  • That's true. Yes. Indeed.

  • For instance, the Lord Jesus said this of entering the kingdom of heaven:

  • Amen!

  • Pastors and elders talk about salvation and entering the kingdom of heaven

  • according to Paul's words instead.

  • This is a betrayal of the Lord Jesus' words. (Yes.)

  • The result is most believers do not know how to follow the will of God.

  • They're far less clear of who'll be able to enter the kingdom of heaven.

  • And they use the words of Paul as their motto:

  • The pastors and elders teach others

  • that as long as they labor for the Lord as Paul did and endure suffering,

  • they can enter the heavenly kingdom.

  • They substitute the words of men for God's words

  • and so exclude the words of God.

  • The result is that they lead people astray. (Yes.)

  • When they interpret the Bible this way,

  • are they exalting God or testifying to God?

  • Not at all.

  • I think they're in direct opposition to God! (Amen!)

  • The problem is enormous and very serious!

  • Yes!

  • Pastors and elders often substitute men's words in the Bible for God's words.

  • At this point, we should all be clear on the consequences of this.

  • Yes. We do understand this now.

  • They bring us believers before man, not God.

  • They are religious con men! (It's true.)

  • Brothers, sisters, let's think about something.

  • How can people believe in the Lord for years and still not know Him?

  • Why do they never really experience the Lord's words?

  • How can they that believe in the Lord this way obtain truth or life?

  • Yes.

  • Isn't this because pastors and elders

  • often both interpret and testify about the words of men that are from the Bible,

  • and urge the believers to then keep to these words?

  • Amen. This really is the case.

  • How can they exalt or bear witness to the Lord interpreting the Bible this way?

  • Exactly. They can't.

  • How can that kind of service be in accordance with the will of the Lord?

  • Yes.

  • They are no different from those Pharisees, the hypocrites

  • both travel a path of serving while also resisting God. (Amen!)

  • This makes sense.

  • During the last days,

  • when God incarnate appears and does His work,

  • they start to unscrupulously resist and condemn God's work,

  • exposing their hidden satanic nature which is to hate truth and resist God.

  • In the end, they will all be both punished and cursed by God.

  • Amen!

  • Yes. That is indeed their just punishment.

  • This is the righteousness of God.

  • Just as Almighty God says,

  • Amen!

  • The pastors and elders are stumbling blocks to our accepting the true way.

  • Yes, they're truly evil!

  • Almighty God has exposed

  • the God-resisting essence of the pastors and elders clearly.

  • Thank God!

  • True believers and truth-seekers should all grasp the truth:

  • The pastors and the elders quote the Bible out of context

  • and misinterpret it in resistance of God.

  • Amen! Yes.

  • This way, we'll be able to escape their deception and control

  • and to return before the throne of God.

  • Amen! Thanks be to God.

  • Although the pastors and the elders interpret the Bible,

  • they do not communicate their experiences practicing the Lord's words,

  • nor lead believers to practice the Lord's words or obey His commandments.

  • They even misread verses about meeting the Lord's return

  • by taking them out of context. (That is right! I agree.)

  • They randomly define and judge God,

  • and disseminate all kinds of lies to deceive and control us.

  • They prevent us from seeking God's work in the last days.

  • How are they exalting or bearing witness to the Lord?

  • They're building their own kingdom as enemies of God.

  • Their hearts are surely toxic!

  • They really are a brood of vipers!

  • They are soul-eating demons!

  • This is all true. (Yes.)

  • Almighty God's work of the last days exposed these pastors and elders,

  • these antichrist demons in the religious community.

  • Yes.

  • Otherwise,

  • no one would see that their interpretations of the Bible

  • are really schemes to deceive and control people, (Right.)

  • nor would anyone see the truth:

  • They're building their own kingdom as God's enemies.

  • They are. Yes.

  • At that time, the Pharisees bore witness to and exalted the Bible,

  • restricting God within it.

  • They never sought truth or tried to follow God's footsteps.

  • Then they crucified the Lord Jesus

  • because He refused to follow the Old Testament,

  • committing quite a serious sin!

  • Correct!

  • Pastors and elders in the last days are just like the Pharisees were.

  • They bear witness to and exalt the Bible;

  • they define God within the Bible.

  • They spread lies such as

  • "None of God's words and work exist outside the Bible,"

  • "To believe in God is to believe in the Bible. The Bible represents God.

  • If you leave it, you are not believing in God."

  • They use these sayings to mislead people

  • into believing in and worshiping the Bible,

  • and treating the Bible as if it were God.

  • They replace God with the Bible.

  • That's exactly what's going on.

  • Pastors and elders continually use these secret and underhanded methods

  • as a way to steal people from God

  • and bring them before the Bible.

  • Yes. It's so true.

  • This ruins relationships with God

  • as they who once believed in God, now just believe in the Bible.

  • The Bible becomes the Lord in their hearts, the God in their hearts.

  • Thus, their blind belief in and worshiping of the Bible

  • leads them to worship and follow the biblical scholars: the pastors and elders.

  • As for the pastors and elders,

  • they all use the Bible as a tool to control the religious community

  • and achieve their own ambitions.

  • They exalt the Bible and interpret it out of context (That's right.)

  • to deceive ensnare and control people.

  • They covertly lead people to worship and follow mere men,

  • resisting God and being enemies of God.

  • Yes. True. That's exactly what they do.

  • They are religious con men; they're toxic.

  • They mislead the believers into thinking

  • that worshiping the Bible and keeping it

  • is believing in God and having God's presence.

  • Thus, people don't seek God's work in the last days

  • and miss their very last chance at salvation.

  • That's right. Yes.

  • This really is Satan's most cunning and insidious plan.

  • It is extremely harmful!

  • They are harmful!

  • It's true! They're just despicable! (That's right.)

  • And so, the pastors and elders in the religious world

  • are genuine Pharisees, con men, (Amen!)

  • and antichrists, false shepherds that mislead and control God's elect!

  • Amen!

  • The religious community is controlled

  • by a group of Pharisees and antichrists that resist God.

  • God can no longer perform His work here. (Yes. True.)

  • It's now a satanic camp that takes God as its enemy.

  • Long ago it became the great city of Babylon!

  • Amen!

  • How could this religious Babylon possibly avoid falling under God's wrath?!

  • Amen!

  • We mustn't remain in the religious community, or we'll be punished.

  • Brothers and sisters, we listened to pastors and elders' lies,

  • and we practiced men's words in the Bible as if they were God's words.

  • We thought practicing man's words would be easier than practicing God's words.

  • Yes. That's true.

  • We've been tricked by the pastors and the elders.

  • Yes, we have. That's right.

  • The pastors and elders have deeply harmed us! (Yes!)

  • That's the truth!

  • They've eaten the offerings we intended to give to God.

  • They use the Bible to deceive and control us. (Right. Yes.)

  • They desperately work to prevent us from accepting the true way

  • when Almighty God comes to do judgment work starting from His house.

  • Yes. That's right.

  • They want to suck our blood dry and drain us of life.

  • They want to drag us into hell; (Yes, it's true.)

  • they are simply evil! (Indeed! Yes, they are!)

  • There's no way they'll rest till they kill us!

  • Right. That's right.

  • True. I never thought that the pastors and elders we look up to

  • were evil demons that hurt and harm us and seek to consume our very souls!

  • Right. Yes.

  • Thinking of it scares me! (Yes!)

  • The religious community really is ruled by antichrist demons!

  • It's true.

  • No wonder God curses this community!

  • Yes. That's right.

  • Not only will we be barred from entering the heavenly kingdom,

  • we will be cursed and punished by God

  • because they tricked us into resisting God.

  • This is so dangerous!

  • We must reject pastors and elders and make a clean break from them!

  • Right! We must reject them and break from them!

  • The religious community resists God; it is ruled by Satan!

  • The religious community is a thieves' den, a wasteland!

  • That's right.

  • We must free ourselves from the control of the antichrist pastors and elders.

  • It should now be clear that

  • the religious community's history of resisting God

  • goes back at least to the end of the Age of Law.

  • Right. Yes.

  • When God was incarnated the first time and worked in the Age of Grace,

  • the religious world had already been controlled by antichrists and Pharisees,

  • and was opposed to the Lord Jesus' work of redemption. (Yes.)

  • When Almighty God, Christ of the last days, appears and does His work,

  • they continue to oppose God's judgment work in the last days.

  • Not only do they blaspheme against Almighty God,

  • they work with the CCP satanic regime to suppress the Church of Almighty God.

  • Once more, they have committed the heinous sin of recrucifying God!

  • Amen!

  • Not only did the Lord Jesus curse the Pharisees,

  • revealing the religious community's darkness,

  • but when Almighty God does judgment work of the last days,

  • He exposed the pastors' and elders' true essence: their resistance to God.

  • Yes. That's right.

  • In addition,

  • He cursed all the antichrists that once again crucified God on the cross.

  • Amen.

  • This is quite thought-provoking!

  • Yes.

  • When God was incarnated both times,

  • He cursed the religious community.

  • What does this show us?

  • God's elect at last grasps

  • that the religious community, Babylon the great, is indeed destined to fall.

  • Amen!

  • The religious community just believes in God in name

  • but doesn't exalt or bear witness to God.

  • They surely don't implement His will.

  • They cannot bring God's elect before His throne.

  • They surely can't lead them down the right path

  • so they understand truth and know God by practicing His words.

  • The religious leaders all completely go against God's will.

  • They don't practice the truth themselves,

  • but preach biblical knowledge and theological theory

  • to make people look up to and worship them.

  • Yes. That's right.

  • This all is the truth.

  • In reality,

  • they lead the believers on the hypocritical path of the Pharisees.

  • They hurt and they ruin God's elect.

  • And so, the religious leaders have all become the tools of Satan

  • and have become genuine antichrists.

  • Amen!

  • We had no idea what they were up to! (Awful!)

  • We were blind! (Yes.)

  • In the three stages of His work to save mankind,

  • God's been incarnated twice to redeem humanity and to save humanity.

  • The whole religious community is Christ's enemy.

  • They have become stumbling blocks to God's work of salvation.

  • They have offended God's disposition

  • and been punished and cursed by Him as a result.

  • Amen!

  • That is exactly what they deserved!

  • This really is just punishment for their sins!

  • It's just as the prophecies say,

  • Amen!

  • Amen!

  • It's true. The religious community is Babylon! (Yes!)

  • We must quickly leave the religious community,

  • or we too will be punished by God!

  • Yes. We must stop being deceived and controlled by pastors and elders.

  • We won't let ourselves be destroyed as well! (Exactly!)

  • We must quickly leave, or we'll be punished by God as well!

  • Brothers and sisters,

  • the religious world wildly resists and condemns Almighty God.

  • All their evil behavior has turned them into a bastion of antichrists.

  • Yes. It's true.

  • How ever could the religious Babylon the great not be destroyed by God? (Amen!)

  • God's almightiness, righteous disposition, and wisdom

  • will be revealed when He destroys the satanic evil forces in the last days.

  • Amen!

  • After the great disasters, God will publicly reveal Himself!

  • Amen! Thanks be to God!

  • Thank God! (Yes, thank God!)

  • Brothers and sisters,

  • those who don't accept Almighty God's work of judgment in the last days,

  • no matter how they keep the Lord Jesus' name in the religious community,

  • no matter how they follow the Bible or religious ceremonies,

  • or even the salvation of the cross,

  • no matter how they labor, suffer or sacrifice,

  • if they don't repent and turn to Almighty God,

  • they'll be destroyed right along with the rest of the religious community.

  • Yes! That's right.

  • It was long ago that God ordained this; no one is able to change it!

  • Amen!

  • God called His elect back in the prophecies of Revelation,

  • Amen! Thanks be to God!

  • God called us long ago!

  • Thank God. Yes, yes, He did.

  • Brothers and sisters,

  • let's look at how Almighty God condemns these evil satanic antichrists

  • that fanatically resist God,

  • and the religious community that's controlled by antichrists.

  • Alright. Yes.

  • Amen!

  • Amen! Thanks be to God.

  • Sister Ma, when's Pastor Huang coming?

  • I've already sent him a text.

  • Amen!

  • God's words have so much authority!

  • Every sentence shall be fulfilled!

  • Brothers and sisters,

  • each of Almighty God's words is the truth;

  • they have authority and they have power;

  • they all display God's righteous, majestic,

  • wrathful, and unoffendable disposition. (Amen!)

  • Those who resist God, interrupt or disturb the work of God

  • will all receive God's retribution and punishment.

  • Amen!

  • In the Age of Law,

  • the citizens of Sodom publicly resisted and denied God.

  • They enraged His disposition

  • and so were all destroyed by God and reduced to nothing. (Yeah.)

  • In the Age of Grace,

  • the Jewish chief priests, scribes, and Pharisees

  • publicly resisted and condemned the Lord Jesus.

  • They worked with the Roman government to crucify the Lord Jesus upon the cross.

  • It was a grave sin that provoked God's disposition. (Yes.)

  • Yes. That's right.

  • The entire Jewish nation suffered unprecedented destruction.

  • Yes!

  • During the last days,

  • religious leaders wantonly condemn, resist, and judge Almighty God.

  • They even collude with the CCP devil

  • to suppress, arrest, and persecute those who spread the gospel of the kingdom.

  • Yes, it's true. Indeed.

  • Long ago they committed the heinous sins

  • of blaspheming against the Holy Spirit and recrucifying God.

  • Yes. They did.

  • Their behavior is even worse than that of Sodom.

  • Their evil behavior is even worse than that of the Jewish Pharisees. (Amen!)

  • Clearly,

  • they're the antichrists exposed by the work of God during the last days.

  • Yes. Indeed. They are. It's true.

  • They are the evil religious force

  • that has defied God fanatically than any other in history!

  • Yes. Right.

  • The religious community is entirely composed of evil forces that resist God.

  • It's a nest of antichrist demons.

  • Amen!

  • It is a staunch bastion

  • that tries to stand against Christ's kingdom as an enemy. (Amen!)

  • They are a satanic camp of sworn enemies to God that resisted Him! (Amen!)

  • They're truly evil! Yes. It's true!

  • God's righteous disposition can't be offended.

  • God's holiness can't be besmirched!

  • Amen!

  • The work of God in the last days

  • is the start of a new age and the end of an old age. (Yes!)

  • The religious community that is controlled by antichrist demons

  • as well as this whole evil world

  • will be destroyed soon by God's disasters within the last days.

  • Amen!

  • God's righteous punishment has already arrived! (Amen!)

  • It's just as Almighty God says,

  • look at page 317,

  • Amen!

  • Thanks be to God!

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宗教的なバビロン大王からの逃避｜ゴスペル映画「都市は倒される」の巻 (Flee From Religious Babylon the Great | Gospel Movie "The City Will Be Overthrown")

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    Benfenny Jin に公開 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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