and we don't seek or examine their testimony,

then how will we be able to hear His voice?

For when God made man,

the wise virgins were given human spirits and could hear God's voice.

Only foolish virgins focus on guarding against false Christs and prophets

and neglect to seek and examine the Lord's return.

Only Christ is the truth, the way, and the life.

The One who can speak truth, show the way,

and give people life is the One who's Christ.

Amen.

And the false Christs?

In substance, false Christs are evil spirits and simply devoid of truth.

And so, they have to rely on signs and wonders to deceive.

Jiayin.

Yes?

You've been hiding from the CCP government for three years.

But I would never have imagined

you'd end up believing in the Eastern Lightning! (Huh?)

I can't believe you've even brought them home with you! You …

Pastor Yang, are you alright?

Sister Li is so devout. How could she accept the Eastern Lightning?

The Eastern Lightning always steals our good sheep.

It's true. Over the years many as devout as Sister Li

have come to believe in the Eastern Lightning. (Indeed. True.)

Could it be the Eastern Lightning is the true way?

If not, how could so many brothers and sisters accept it?

Mm, it seems there is truth to be sought here.

Jiayin, you have always sought righteousness and truth.

Why do you accept the Eastern Lightning? (Yeah.)

I don't claim to know much of or study the Eastern Lightning.

But they've stolen many of our church's good sheep. (It's true.)

That much I know. As do all of us.

Indeed. That's right.

Could you tell how you've come to accept the Eastern Lightning? (Yes, tell us!)

Uncle, Hou'en, do you still not know me?

I've believed for years and have some grasp of the Bible.

I'm not one of those people who can't think for themselves.

When it comes to examining the true way, I am clear in my heart:

Only the One who speaks truth is Christ and the appearance of God.

Yes. That's right.

We know that mankind is corrupt without the truth,

to say nothing of evil spirits.

Only Christ is the truth, the way, and the life.

You know, Sister Li is right.

Yes. Only the One who speaks truth is the appearance of God. That's true.

This book, The Word Appears in the Flesh, is the expression of Almighty God.

Expression of Almighty God?

Reading the words of Almighty God, I have discovered many truths.

It has really opened my eyes and given me so much. (Yes.)

I've been convinced by the words of Almighty God.

Today, Almighty God does the work of judgment starting from the house of God.

He has expressed the needed truths for man's salvation,

and revealed the mysteries of God's management plan.

If people still can't see that Almighty God is the return of the Lord Jesus,

are they not blind?

Examining true way takes conviction:

Christ is the truth, the way, and the life. This is a basic tenet.

Only by examining this way can we avoid errors.

This is true! Yes, she's right!

Uncle, Hou'en, what have we been yearning for all the years we've believed?

Do we not yearn for the day of the Lord's rapture? (Yes.)

And we yearn for this day!

Today, the Lord Jesus has returned, of this there is no doubt.

Is that true? Has the Lord really returned?

I beg you to read the words of Almighty God.

You will discover that all of the words of Almighty God are the truth,

and that He has revealed many mysteries.

If we do not read the words of Almighty God,

then we can't hear the voice of the Lord or discover His return,

and we'll have no way of being taken before His throne.

It's true. If we don't search or examine, how can we hear the voice of God?

It's true. Yes, that's right.

I believe that if we stay true to the Lord's name and the way of the Lord

and do not accept the deception of false Christs, if we're alert,

the Lord will provide revelations when He comes. (That's right.)

We needn't listen to His voice to be raptured. (Right.)

Amen!

Do you not admit there's the deception of false Christs and false prophets?

Yes. In the last days, there are false Christs that deceive people.

And so all who testify to the Lord's coming are false.

There's no need to search or examine! (Amen.)

When He comes, He'll reveal Himself. He won't forsake us. (Indeed.)

I believe that this is what's right.

I ask: What do you all think? (Uncle.)

Pastor Yang is right!

As long as we stay true to the Lord's name and reject false Christs,

He'll inspire us at His arrival. (Amen!)

Today, all those who preach that the Lord has returned are surely false.

We should neither listen nor accept! (Amen. It's so!)

The Lord Jesus already told us

false Christs and false prophets will come in the last days.

We fear their deception, and so we await the Lord's revelation.

Surely you don't think that this is wrong? (No!)

You claim all news of the Lord's return is false. That is wrong.

Indeed!

Lord Jesus said He would come back. Do you dare say He was false? (It's true.)

Don't you fear opposing God? That's no small matter!

Yes. The Bible predicted that

How do you explain that?

The Lord Jesus clearly told us: God's sheep hear the voice of God.

When He comes, He will surely speak and work.

It is through listening to His voice that man greets and accepts Him.

If people testify that the Lord has come,

and we don't seek or examine their testimony,

then how will we be able to hear His voice?

Shutting yourself off in your room and awaiting revelations

does not count as watching and waiting!

It is clear the Lord has already returned, yet you don't welcome Him.

This may sound unkind, but you're just bringing about your own destruction!

Yes.

It seems we're wrong not to search for and listen to the Lord's voice.

Yes, we're violating the words of the Lord. (Right.)

It seems we should be sure to seek. (Mm.)

Brothers and sisters, the Lord Jesus did indeed foretell

that there would be false Christs and false prophets in the last days.

This is a fact.

But the Lord Jesus also clearly prophesied that He would come back.

Surely we do believe this?

When examining the prophecies of the Lord Jesus' return,

many people give priority to being wary of false Christs and false prophets,

sparing no thought to welcoming the bridegroom,

nor to hearing the voice of the bridegroom. (It's true.)

What's the issue here?

Is this not being penny-wise and pound-foolish? (Right.)

In fact, no matter how people guard against false Christs and false prophets,

if they don't welcome the return of the Lord,

and they cannot be taken before God's throne,

then they are foolish virgins who'll be eliminated and forsaken by God,

and their belief in the Lord will be an utter failure.

Key to whether we can welcome Lord's return

is whether we are able to hear the voice of God.

If we recognize that Christ is the truth, the way, and the life,

we can identify God's voice. (It's true.)

If people can't discern the truth and only focus on signs and wonders,

they will be deceived by false Christs and false prophets.

If they do not seek to examine the true way,

then they will never be able to hear the voice of God.

Do they not wait for death and bring about their own destruction?

It's true. Right, it's true.

We believe in Lord's words. God's sheep hear the voice of God.

Those who truly have brains and can discern the voice of God

won't be deceived by false Christs and false prophets.

False Christs and false prophets lack truth and can not do the work of God.

On this point, we needn't worry. (Indeed.)

Only those who are confused and brainless

can be deceived by false Christs and false prophets.

The wise virgins will not be deceived by false Christs and false prophets

as they have God's protection.

For when God made man,

the wise virgins were given human spirits and could hear God's voice.

So God's sheep hear His voice, which is ordained by God. (Yes.)

Only foolish virgins focus on guarding against false Christs and prophets

and neglect to seek and examine the Lord's return.

If we wish to welcome the Lord's return

and not be deceived by false Christs and false prophets,

then we must understand how false Christs deceive people.

So then how do they deceive people? (Yeah.)

How?

Lord Jesus has already told us

about the practices of false Christs and false prophets.

The words of the Lord Jesus show that

false Christs and false prophets rely on performing signs and wonders

to deceive those God's chosen.

This will be the primary manifestation.

The Lord Jesus already told us long ago that it would be so.

Yes, that's true. (Mm.)

In this, we must understand

why false Christs use the signs and wonders to deceive people.

Yes, why do they do that?

Above all, false Christs and false prophets are devoid of truth.

In nature, they're extremely wicked evil spirits.

And so they have to rely on signs and wonders to deceive people.

If false Christs and prophets possessed truth,

they wouldn't use signs and wonders to deceive people.

Looked at this way,

false Christs and false prophets perform signs and wonders

because that's all they can do. (It's true.)

If we can't see this point, we will be easily deceived.

Only Christ is the truth, the way, and the life.

The One who can speak truth, show the way, and give people life

is the One who's Christ. (Amen.)

Those who are incapable of expressing the truth are surely false Christs.

They are fakes.

This is the basic principle to identify false Christs.

Those who seek the true way

should abide by this principle to ascertain the voice of God.

In this there's no wrong.

Almighty God has already laid bare

the practices of false Christs and false prophets.

Let us read the words of Almighty God.

Let's have a good listen.

Brothers and sisters, Almighty God's words clearly say

that God is always new, never old, and never does the same work.

This is just like when Jesus came,

He brought the Age of Grace and ended the Age of Law.

He did one stage of the work of redemption

and rescued mankind from sin, (Indeed.)

so that His work would be effective, He performed some signs and wonders.

In the last days, Almighty God has come.

He brought the Age of Kingdom and ended the Age of Grace.

But He does not repeat the work done by the Lord Jesus.

Based on the foundation of the Lord's work of redemption,

He performs the work of judgment starting from the house of God.

He's expressed truths for the purification and salvation of mankind

to resolve the source of man's sin and his satanic disposition,

and to thoroughly save man from the influence of Satan,

so man can be gained by God.

And the false Christs? They're evil spirits who pretend to be Christ.

They can not usher in a new age, nor bring the old age to an end.

They only imitate the Lord Jesus by performing simple signs and wonders

to deceive those unable to discern.

But they can't do what Jesus did, such as raising the dead

and feeding five thousand people with five loaves of bread and just two fish,

or rebuking wind and sea. (Amen. Right.)

That is totally beyond them. (Amen.)

In substance, false Christs are evil spirits and simply devoid of truth.

And so, they have to rely on signs and wonders to deceive.