When It Comes to God, What Is Your Understanding?

People have believed in God for a long time, yet most of them have no understanding of what the word “God” means; they merely follow along in confusion. They have no clue as to why exactly man should believe in God or what God is. If people know only to believe in and follow God, but not what God is, and if they also do not know God, then is this not just a great big joke? Even though people have witnessed many heavenly mysteries by now, and have heard of a lot of profound knowledge that man had never grasped before, they are in the dark when it comes to many of the most elementary, as-yet uncontemplated truths. Some might say, “We have believed in God for many years. How could we not know what God is? Does this question not belittle us?” In reality, however, though everyone is following Me today, no one has any understanding of all this current work.

2019 Best Christian Movie Trailer "The Price We Must Pay"

2019 Best Christian Movie Trailer "The Price We Must Pay"

"The Lord Jesus said, ""Not every one that said to Me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of My Father which is in heaven"" (Matthew 7:21). Just how should we pursue to become people who do the heavenly Father's will and are obedient to God, so that God will bring us into the kingdom of heaven?

What Viewpoint Believers Ought to Hold

What is it that man has received since he first believed in God? What have you known about God? How much have you changed because of your belief in God? Now you all know that man’s belief in God is not solely for salvation of the soul and welfare of the flesh, nor is it to enrich his life through love of God, and so on. As it stands, if you love God for the sake of welfare of the flesh or momentary pleasure, then even if, in the end, your love for God reaches its peak and you ask for nothing, this love you seek is still an impure love and not pleasing to God. Those who use love for God to enrich their dull lives and fill a void in their heart are those who seek to live in ease, not those who truly seek to love God. This kind of love is against one’s will, a pursuit of emotional pleasure, and God does not need this kind of love.

Eastern Lightning | Awakening in the Tribulation of Persecution

Eastern Lightning | Awakening in the Tribulation of Persecution

Chaotuo Henan Province

Since I was very young, my parents had often been publicly criticized on the stage, paraded through the streets, and so on because of believing in Jesus. I passed my childhood in the cold eyes and mockeries of the people in the village. In my childhood memories, the brothers and sisters who came to my home were all very kindhearted and genial. I never understood why such good people should be publicly criticized and paraded. In 2001, when I was twenty years old, my whole family accepted the end-time work of Almighty God. Later, I also personally experienced a nightmarish arrest and cruel tortures because of believing in God. Then I finally found the answer and solved the puzzle I had in my mind for years….

Eastern Lightning | Experiencing the Suffering of Persecution, I Know More Clearly What to Love or Hate

Eastern Lightning | Experiencing the Suffering of Persecution, I Know More Clearly What to Love or Hate

Gao Jun Hebei Province

My name is Gao Jun. I’m 52 years old. I’ve followed Almighty God for fourteen years. Before I believed in God, I did business in the world and was often busy giving dinners or sending gifts and socializing. Every day I went in and out of places of entertainment such as the KTVs and the gambling houses…. My wife quarreled with me constantly because of that, and finally she was so angry that she would divorce me and left home. However, I had sunk in the mire and was unable to extricate myself at that time. I tried hard to maintain my family but couldn’t make it, feeling it very miserable and tiring to live. In June, 1999, Almighty God’s salvation came upon us. Through the fellowship of the brothers and sisters and the revelation of God’s word, my wife got to know the root of the world’s darkness and mankind’s corruption, and then she showed understanding for my situation and fellowshipped with me with an open heart. Led by God’s word, I saw that I indulged in the sinful dye vat and was loathed and hated by God, and even more saw that I completely had no human likeness in my doings. I felt regretful and guilty, so I made a resolution to start a new life before God. From then on, my wife and I prayed and read God’s word every day, and we often had meetings and fellowshipped with the brothers and sisters together. The conflict between us and our distress disappeared unconsciously. Our life was full of peace and joy. I deeply knew that it was Almighty God who saved our family from the verge of breaking and brought us a new life. In gratitude, I made a resolution inwardly: I’ll consecrate my whole being to repay God’s grace. From then on, I began to perform duty and preach the gospel actively, so that more people could receive the salvation brought by God in the end time. However, the CCP government didn’t allow people to worship God and walk the right way….

Eastern Lightning | The Dark Prison Life Made Me Love God More Resolutely

Eastern Lightning | The Dark Prison Life Made Me Love God More Resolutely

Meng Yong Shanxi Province

I’m honest by nature and always bullied by others. So I tasted all the coldness of the human world and felt life was empty and meaningless. After I believed in Almighty God, through reading God’s word and living the church life, I enjoyed the peace and happiness I had never had and saw that the brothers and sisters in the Church of Almighty God love each other and are close as family members. This made me know that only God is righteous and only in the Church of Almighty God, there is light. Through personally experiencing the work of Almighty God for several years, I truly tasted that Almighty God’s word can indeed change and save man and Almighty God is love and salvation. In order that more people could enjoy God’s love and pursue to receive God’s salvation, the brothers and sisters and I rushed to cooperate in the gospel work. Unexpectedly, we were arrested and persecuted by the CCP government.

Christian Movie | God Set Me Free From Sin | "It's Wonderful to Cast off the Shackles of Status"

Christian Movie | God Set Me Free From Sin | "It's Wonderful to Cast off the Shackles of Status"

After Liang Zhi believed in God, he consistently sought with enthusiasm, and threw himself into fulfilling his duties. After a number of years, he was elected as a church leader. During the time that he performed his duties as a church leader, he realized that some of the brothers and sisters were more competent than he, which made him unhappy to the extent that he was jealous of them. In order to save face and protect his status, he secretly competed with them to see who was better, and he scrambled for fame and status. Fame and status seemed like invisible shackles binding him tightly, tying him down, leading him to do things in violation of the truth and rebelling against God.

Christian Testimony "Salvation" | What Is Being Saved? What Is True Salvation? (Christian English Movie)

Christian Testimony "Salvation" | What Is Being Saved? What Is True Salvation? (Christian English Movie)

What is salvation? Those who believe in the Lord Jesus think that if they sincerely pray to the Lord, confess their sins, and repent, their sins will be forgiven, and they will be granted salvation, and when the Lord comes, they will be directly raised into the kingdom of heaven. But is salvation really that simple?

What will the consequence be if one believes in God by relying on the theological knowledge in the Bible?

 What will the consequence be if one believes in God by relying on the theological knowledge in the Bible? 

 2. What will the consequence be if one believes in God by relying on the theological knowledge in the Bible?

What will the consequence be if one believes in God by relying on the theological knowledge in the Bible?

Bible Verses for Reference:

“This people draws near to me with their mouth, and honors me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men” (Mat 15:8-9).

“For the letter kills, but the spirit gives life” (2Co 3:6).

Will everyone who doesn’t accept Almighty God really fall into disaster?

 Will everyone who doesn’t accept Almighty God really fall into disaster? 

  Will everyone who doesn’t accept Almighty God really fall into disaster?

 Relevant Words of God:

My judgment is completely revealed, is aimed at different people, and they must all take their proper places. Depending on which rule is broken, I will administer and judge them in accordance with that rule. As for those who are not in this name and who do not accept Christ of the last days, there is only one rule:

Eastern Lightning | What is following man?

 Eastern Lightning | What is following man?

 Eastern Lightning | What is following man?

Relevant Words of God: 

8. People who believe in God should obey God and worship Him. You should not exalt or look up to any person; you ought not to give first place to God, second place to the people you look up to, and third place to yourself. No person should hold a place in your heart, and you should not consider people—particularly those you venerate—to be on a par with God, to be His equal. This is intolerable to God.

Eastern Lightning | Gained blessing Due to Sickness

Eastern Lightning | Gained blessing Due to Sickness

Eastern Lightning | Gained blessing Due to Sickness

🏥🏥"I went to a hospital to visit my friend Amy, who just had a surgery. She saw me entering in the room and looked excited, she held my hands and said, "I want to believe in God, after I leave hospital, I will go to church with you." I was surprised because I preached the gospel to her for many times, but she refused. She said, she knew believing in God is a good thing, but she didn't have time and she would like to make more money since she was still so young, that's the most important.

Crosstalk From Christian Church "Our Pastor Said …" | Who Should We Listen to as We Believe in God?

Crosstalk From Christian Church "Our Pastor Said …" | Who Should We Listen to as We Believe in God? 

Introduction 

Yu Shunfu is a believer in the religious world who looks up to and worships pastors and elders. She thinks "pastors and elders were all established by God, and obedience to pastors and elders is obedience to God," so she listens to her pastor in all she does, even in the matter of welcoming the Lord's return. But through a brilliant round of debate, Yu Shunfu comes to see that abiding by religious conceptions is absurd and unreasonable, and finally she realizes that magnifying God comes first in belief, and that one should reserve the "temple" of the heart for God. So, she chooses to seek and investigate the true way on her own … 

Eastern lightning | How can one establish a normal relationship with God?

How can one establish a normal relationship with God?

Eastern lightning | How can one establish a normal relationship with God?

Relevant Words of God:

People believe in God, love God, and satisfy God by touching the Spirit of God with their heart, thereby obtaining His satisfaction; when engaging with God’s words with their heart, they are therefore moved by the Spirit of God.

Eastern Lightning | Gospel Questions & Answers

Question 2: I don’t think believing in God is that complicated and that one doesn’t need to be too focused or too invested in it. So long as I keep going to church every week, do my devotions and give alms, and in the normal course of events also attend some activities organized by the church, then this is believing in God and I can be saved. I’d like to ask whether this conception I have is correct or not?

picture of The Church of Almighty God

Bible Verses for Reference:

The kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force (Mat 11:12).

Not every one that said to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father which is in heaven (Mat 7:21).

Almighty God's Word "God Presides Over the Fate of All Mankind"

Almighty God's Word "God Presides Over the Fate of All Mankind"  

Almighty God says, "If you are a true Christian, then you will surely believe that the rise and fall of any country or nation occurs according to the designs of God. God alone knows the fate of a country or nation, and God alone controls the course of this mankind. If mankind wishes to have a good fate, if a country wishes to have a good fate, then man must bow down to God in worship, repent and confess before God, or else the fate and destination of man will unavoidably end in catastrophe."

 Recommendation：

 Eastern Lightning, The Church of Almighty God was created because of the appearance and work of Almighty God, the second coming of the Lord Jesus, Christ of the last days. It is made up of all those who accept Almighty God's work in the last days and are conquered and saved by His words. It was entirely founded by Almighty God personally and is led by Him as the Shepherd. It was definitely not created by a person. Christ is the truth, the way, and the life. God's sheep hear God's voice. As long as you read the words of Almighty God, you will see God has appeared. 

The Second Coming of Lord Jesus

The Mystery of the Incarnation (4) | The Word Appears in the Flesh | The Church of Almighty God

The Mystery of the Incarnation (4)

The Mystery of the Incarnation (4)

You should know of the inside story and the creation of the Bible. This knowledge is not held by those who have not accepted the new work of God. They do not know. Explain to them these matters of substance, and they will not be pedantic with you about the Bible. They constantly scrutinize what has been prophesied: Has this statement come to pass? Has that statement come to pass? Their acceptance of the gospel is in accordance with the Bible; they preach the gospel according to the Bible. They rely on the words of the Bible to believe in God; without the Bible, they will not believe in God.

All Who Do Not Know God Are Those Who Oppose God | Utterances of Christ of the Last Days (Selections) | Eastern Lightning

All Who Do Not Know God Are Those Who Oppose God

All Who Do Not Know God Are Those Who Oppose God

When God is said to be all-encompassing and greatly abundant, what is meant by all-encompassing? And what is meant by abundance? If this you do not understand, then you cannot be deemed a believer of God. Why do I say that those in the religious world do not believe in God and are evildoers, who are of the same kind as the devil? When I say they are evildoers, it is because they do not understand the will of God or see His wisdom. God at no time reveals His work to them; they are blind men, who do not see the deeds of God. They are those forsaken by God and do not possess at all the care and protection of God, much less the work of the Holy Spirit.

The Commandments of the New Age | The Word Appears in the Flesh | The Church of Almighty God

The Commandments of the New Age

The Commandments of the New Age

You have been told to equip yourselves with the words of God, that regardless of what is arranged for you, all is orchestrated by God’s own hand, and that there is no need for your earnest prayer or supplication—they are useless. Yet in terms of the present situation, the practical problems facing you are unimaginable to you. If you merely await the arrangements of God, your progress will be too slow, and for those who don’t know how to experience there will be much passivity. Thus, if you are unable to completely see through to these things, then you are muddled and silly in your experiencing.

The Truly Obedient Shall Surely Be Gained by God | The Word Appears in the Flesh | The Church of Almighty God

The Truly Obedient Shall Surely Be Gained by God

The Truly Obedient Shall Surely Be Gained by God

The work of the Holy Spirit changes from day to day, rising higher with each step; the revelation of tomorrow becomes even higher than today’s, step by step climbing ever higher. Such is the work by which God perfects man. If man cannot keep pace, then he may be forsaken at any time. If man does not have an obedient heart, then he cannot follow to the end. The old age has passed; now is a new age. And in a new age, new work must be done. Particularly in the final age where man will be perfected, God will perform new work ever more quickly.