that these pastors who are familiar with the Bible and can explain the Bible

surely must know God.

It seems this is very wrong.

Under the guise of "defending the truth and protecting the flock,"

they focus on opposing Almighty God, Christ of the last days,

and turning the religious world into a staunch bastion of opposition to God.

Today, it is the word of Almighty God

that has allowed me to discern the antichrist essence of pastors

to break out of their cage and their control

and to be brought before God's throne. (Amen!)

Thanks be to God!

Almighty God's word can make people see truth and enlighten them. (Indeed.)

I still do have a question.

Please ask. Do you want to communicate it with everyone? (Ah, okay.)

Then let's go.

Well, I still have a question.

Pastors all know the Bible,

they often interpret and exalt the Bible in churches.

We've always thought that they should be people who know God.

Then why has the work of God incarnate in the last days

been resisted by the majority of pastors?

Please discuss this question with us.

That's true.

Pastors are familiar with and have a rich knowledge of the Bible.

They understand it and know God.

If the Eastern Lightning is the true way,

then why would they condemn and actively resist it?

It seems to me what the majority of pastors and leaders condemn

can't possibly be the true way.

Deaconess Hong, I don't agree with that.

In investigating whether it's God's work,

we should not judge by whether the majority of religious leaders accept.

Think back to when Lord Jesus appeared to do His work,

who were the ones that crucified the Lord Jesus?

Wasn't it the religious leaders

who were familiar with and interpreted the Bible?

And so, what does this fact tell us?

A person who can interpret it doesn't necessarily know God's work

and certainly cannot be said to know God.

Jewish Pharisees and scribes were all familiar with the Bible,

and yet it was they who resisted the Lord.

They were all antichrists.

Is this not a fact?

If someone knows the Bible well but can't see this fact,

does that count as understanding the Bible?

If you still rely on the views of the majority of religious leaders

as the basis to determine if it's God's appearance,

then isn't that totally absurd?

If you still rely on their views,

aren't you also denying the appearance and work of the Lord Jesus?

That makes you just like the Pharisees—someone who in fact resists God.

When we seek the true way,

we should decide according to whether there's the Holy Spirit's work and truth.

That's the basis.

Basing it on religious leaders' views is absolutely resisting God,

and you'll be condemned and eliminated by God. (Yeah! Yes!)

Do these words not conform with the facts?

Yes, that's right. I agree with that. I agree too. Exactly.

Most believers are of the view that

pastors are familiar with the Bible and often explain and exalt the Bible,

which means they should be people who know God.

However, when God once again becomes flesh to perform His work in the last days,

why do these pastors who know the Bible well

furiously condemn and resist God's work of the last days?

This is something that puzzles a lot of people.

This is actually not hard to figure out.

Back then the Pharisees knew the Bible well

and would often expound on it in synagogues.

But when Lord Jesus came, they furiously resisted,

and furthermore, they persecuted Him

and nailed the Lord Jesus to the cross alive.

This fact is sufficient to prove

that those who often interpret and exalt the Bible do not necessarily

have true knowledge or understanding of God.

All of the Pharisees could interpret the Bible.

Though they knew everything expressed by the Lord Jesus was the truth,

how could they still resist Him?

Since they weren't able to recognize God's voice at all,

how could they possibly know God's disposition and essence?

Religious pastors are no different from the Pharisees.

You see, although they are familiar with the Bible,

all that they preach is Bible knowledge and theological theories

as well as the characters and historical background of the Bible.

They're unable to communicate any experience or testimony

of practicing the Lord's word, or any true knowledge of God.

This is more than enough to show that

they are not people who experience God's work nor do they practice God's word.

How could they possibly be among those who know God?

Their view of God is full of notions and imaginations.

They simply don't know God's disposition

and intention of saving mankind whatsoever.

And so when God appears in the last days,

they use their Bible knowledge and doctrines to define God's work,

and so end up playing the role of the Pharisees

who believed in God yet resisted Him.

Let's take a look at a passage of Almighty God's word.

Almighty God makes it abundantly clear.

True knowledge of God comes from practically experiencing God's work

and from practicing God's word,

and is achieved through the work of the Holy Spirit.

It's not achieved through being extremely familiar with the Bible. (Indeed.)

No one has, in the last thousands of years,

achieved true knowledge of God through reading the Bible.

Moreover, not one person has been cleansed and received God's approval

because they were familiar with the Bible.

He is right.

Of all those who received God's approval throughout history,

none achieved knowledge of God through simply reading the Bible.

It was while in the process of practicing God's word and obeying God's work

that ever so gradually they began to gain true knowledge and fear of God.

Take Abraham and Job for example,

both of them magnified God and revered God in their hearts.

It was through their experiences that they were able to know the almightiness

and the wisdom of God who dominates over all things.

They saw that everything man has is due to God's blessing and God's grace,

which generated their true faith in God.

That is why they could still extol the holy name of God amid trials,

created beautiful and resounding testimonies

and received God's blessing as a result.

Peter recognized that the Lord Jesus is the Christ,

that Lord Jesus is the Son of the living God,

not through familiarizing himself with the Old Testament,

but through pursuing truth

and practically obeying the word and work of the Lord Jesus,

through the Holy Spirit's work,

and through gradually getting to know God's true loveliness

and His disposition and all that He has and is.

In the end,

he managed to achieve an ultimate love for God and obedience unto death,

thus creating a beautiful and resounding testimony for God.

In addition, during the time the Lord Jesus worked,

those who did follow Him all perceived

in His utterance the authority and power of His word.

They recognized that it was the voice of God and decided to follow Lord Jesus.

They also created beautiful and resounding testimonies

in spreading the Lord Jesus' gospel.

When God returns to flesh and then appears to work during the last days,

many people who never believed in Lord Jesus and never read the Bible

have nonetheless attained the work of the Holy Spirit

through accepting and obeying the judgment of Almighty God's word.

They have gradually developed true knowledge of and obedience toward God.

Persecuted by the regime of the great red dragon,

they've created overcoming testimonies.

This is a fact that all are able to see.

Only those who have experienced God's work

and ultimately created beautiful and resounding testimonies for God

are people who truly know God and obey God.

Those who only interpret the Bible but have not truly borne witness

belong with religious charlatans.

Those religious Pharisees and pastors despise and hate the truth.

They familiarize themselves with the Bible and explain the Bible

not because they pursue the truth and knowledge of God.

Rather, it is completely for showing off, deceiving and caging people.

When God becomes flesh and appears to do His work,

they even view the truth-expressing Christ as enemy

and essentially crucify God again.

Therefore, they are rejected and cursed by God.

This fully exposes their truth-hating, God-opposing, antichrist essence.

The work of God incarnate in the last days has revealed all mankind

as well as classified people in accordance with their kind.

God's work truly beyond any doubt is almighty and wise!

Indeed. Absolutely. It's true. I totally agree.

This has helped me understand

that knowledge of God can only be achieved

through experiencing God's word and attaining the work of the Holy Spirit. (Mm.)

Yeah. We used to think

that these pastors who are familiar with the Bible and can explain the Bible

surely must know God.

It seems this is very wrong. (Yes. Mm.)

The words expressed by Almighty God are all the truth, and are the voice of God.

Most pastors not only refuse to acknowledge it,

they even outright condemn and resist it.

This is quite sufficient to show that they are not people who know God.

Well said!

Absolutely. Yes, if people who believe in God do not love the truth,

and don't pay attention to practicing the word of God,

then they aren't truly experiencing the work of God.

If people only care about equipping themselves

with Bible knowledge and theological theories

to build up their own prestige so people can worship and follow them,

then they'll naturally become hypocritical Pharisees. (Mm.)

Allow me to read a passage of Almighty God's word.

I'll read next!

God's word is indeed the truth. It's so good. Such a good thing.

Almighty God's words expose the truth-hating nature and

the substance of the religious leaders, pastors and Pharisees.

They familiarize themselves with and explain the Bible,

all so they can stand out and show off.

They use it to deceive and cage people

while protecting their own status and livelihoods.

It is not at all to communicate the truth and testify to God,

nor to bring people before Him.

They pretend to be godly on the outside

and yet they don't revere God in their hearts whatsoever.

When Almighty God expresses the truth and performs judgment of the last days,

to protect their own status and their own livelihoods,

they all do everything they can to spread rumors and release fallacies

to delimit God and condemn God's work of the last days.

They say things like "God's words and work are all in the Bible,

anything beyond the Bible is heresy,"

and "Believing in God is believing in the Bible,

the Bible represents God," and so forth,

and spread all sorts of fallacies

to prevent people from seeking and investigating the true way.

So pastors try to protect their status

and that's why they resist and condemn Almighty God! (Indeed.)

It shows that when religious pastors use occasions for explaining the Bible

as opportunities to interpret the Bible falsely, delimit God and to oppose God,

it is due to their truth-hating and God-resisting satanic nature.

Throughout history, the religious world has in fact been ruled

by hypocritical Pharisees and antichrists.

They worship the Bible and exalt the Bible,

all so they can deceive and control God's chosen people,

and consolidate their status and livelihoods.

It is not at all to testify to God

nor to guide people into the reality of truth,

nor is it to bring them before God.

Therefore, when Almighty God comes to perform His work of the last days,

the truth-hating, God-resisting antichrist nature

of religious pastors and leaders is thoroughly exposed.

Under the guise of "defending the truth and protecting the flock,"

they focus on opposing Almighty God, Christ of the last days,

and turning the religious world into a staunch bastion of opposition to God.