Thursday, November 30, 2017

The Salvation of the Soul | Musical Drama "Chinese Gospel Choir 9th Performance"

Introduction
Songs of Choir:
1.The Sorrow of Corrupt Mankind
2.Man’s True Condition of Being Corrupted by Satan
3.The Practical God Saves Men in Obscurity
1.The Sorrow of Corrupt Mankind

Eastern Lightning | How the Second Step of the Work of Conquering Bears Fruit

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How the Second Step of the Work of Conquering Bears Fruit

The step of work of service-doers is the first step of the work of conquering; this is currently the second step of the work of conquering. Why is perfection being discussed in the work of conquering? It is building a foundation for the future—this is currently the last step in the work of conquering, and after this, people will undergo the great tribulation, and at that time the work of perfecting people will officially commence. The primary thing now is conquest; however, this is also the first step of perfecting, perfecting people’s understanding and obedience, which are of course still building a foundation for the work of conquering. If you want to be perfected, you must be able to stand firm in the midst of the future tribulation and put all of your strength into expanding the next step of work.

Wednesday, November 29, 2017

Worship God in Spirit and in Truth | Christian Worship Song | "The Significance of Prayer"

Introduction
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Prayer is one of the ways how man cooperates with God, to call upon His Spirit and to be touched by God. The more you pray, the more you'll be touched, enlightened and strong-minded. People as such can be made perfect soon. The more you pray, the more you'll be touched, enlightened and strong-minded. People as such can be made perfect soon.

Improving Caliber Is for Receiving God’s Salvation

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Improving Caliber Is for Receiving God’s Salvation

Improving people’s caliber is requiring that you improve your abilities to receive. The most basic requirement of you is that you receive clearly the words spoken to you. Is it not muddled faith if you follow Me without understanding what I say? Your caliber is too low. It is because you do not possess the abilities to receive that you do not even have the slightest understanding of what is being said. As such, it is very difficult to achieve the desired results. Many things cannot be said to you directly and the original effect cannot be achieved. Therefore, additional tasks have to be added to My work. It is necessary to launch this “raising people’s caliber” task among you because your abilities to receive, abilities to see things, and the standards of your lives are too poor.

Tuesday, November 28, 2017

The Church of Almighty God | All the Way in Your Company

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All the Way in Your Company
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I was like a boat, adrift on the sea.
You chose me,
and to a haven You led me.
Now in Your family,
warmed by Your love,
I am all at peace.
You bless me,
give Your words of judgment.

Eastern Lightning | You Must Understand the Work; Don’t Follow Confusedly!

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You Must Understand the Work; Don’t Follow Confusedly!

At present there are many people who believe in a confused manner. Your curiosity is too great, your desire to pursue blessings is too great, and your desire to pursue life is too small. Believers in Jesus nowadays are full of enthusiasm. Jesus is going to welcome them to the heavenly home—can they not believe? Some people are believers their whole lives, some people believe for more than twenty years, or believe for forty or fifty years; they never tire of reading the Bible. This is because no matter what happens, as long as they believe, they will get into heaven. You have followed God along this path for only a few years, yet you are already struggling and have no more endurance.

Monday, November 27, 2017

The Church of Almighty God | Blessed are they which are persecuted

God says, "Today, those who bear genuine love toward Me, people like these are blessed; blessed are those who submit to Me, they will surely stay in My kingdom; blessed are those who know Me, they will surely wield power in My kingdom; blessed are those who seek after Me, they will surely escape from Satan’s bonds and enjoy blessing in Me; blessed are those who are able to forsake themselves, they will surely enter into My possession, and inherit My kingdom’s bounty. Those who run around for My sake I will commemorate, those who go to expense for My sake I will joyfully embrace, those who make offering to Me I will give enjoyments. Those who find enjoyment in My words I will bless;

The Church of Almighty God | How Should You Walk the Last Leg of the Path

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How Should You Walk the Last Leg of the Path

You are now on the last leg of the path, and this is a critical portion of it. Perhaps you have endured quite a bit of suffering, done a lot of work, traveled many roads, and listened to many sermons, and it has not been easy to make it to now. If you cannot bear the suffering that is in front of you and if you continue on as you did in the past, then you cannot be perfected. This isn’t to scare you—this is a fact. After Peter underwent quite a bit of God’s work, he gained some insight and a lot of discernment. He also understood quite a bit of the principle of service, and later on he was able to be fully devoted to what Jesus entrusted him with. The great refinement that he received was mostly because in the things that he did, he felt that he owed God too much and he would never be able to make it up to Him, and he recognized that mankind is very corrupt, so he had a guilty conscience.

Sunday, November 26, 2017

Gospel Movie | What Is True Faith in God? | "Faith in God" | The Second Coming of Jesus

         Introduction
Yu Congguang preaches the gospel for the Church of Almighty God. While preaching the gospel, he was pursued by the Chinese Communist government. He fled to the mountains, where he received help from Zheng Xun, a co-worker of the local house church. When they first met each other, they felt like they had already known each other for a long time. Zheng Xun took Yu Congguang to the thatched shack where he and his co-workers gathered. There, a debate unfolded among Zheng Xun and his co-workers over whether or not a believer in God should obey those in power.

Flee From Religious Babylon the Great | Gospel Movie "The City Will Be Overthrown"

Introduction
Cheng Huize is a co-worker at a house church in China. She has believed in the Lord for many years, and has worked for the Lord with unwavering enthusiasm. She takes on a lot of responsibilities for the church, and she has compassion for her brothers and sisters. As her church grew more and more desolate with each passing day, the wickedness in her church were more and more frequent. The pastor energetically proposed that the church should start a factory, and led the followers down the path to wealth, and also enticed them to join the Three-Self Church so they could rely on help from the Chinese Communist government.

Saturday, November 25, 2017

Eastern Lightning | You Must Understand the Work; Don’t Follow Confusedly!

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You Must Understand the Work; Don’t Follow Confusedly!

At present there are many people who believe in a confused manner. Your curiosity is too great, your desire to pursue blessings is too great, and your desire to pursue life is too small. Believers in Jesus nowadays are full of enthusiasm. Jesus is going to welcome them to the heavenly home—can they not believe? Some people are believers their whole lives, some people believe for more than twenty years, or believe for forty or fifty years; they never tire of reading the Bible. This is because no matter what happens, as long as they believe, they will get into heaven. You have followed God along this path for only a few years, yet you are already struggling and have no more endurance.

Friday, November 24, 2017

The Church of Almighty God | The Purpose of Managing Mankind

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The Purpose of Managing Mankind

If people can truly fully understand the right path of human life as well as the purpose of God’s management of mankind, they would not hold their individual future and destiny as a treasure in their heart. They would no longer wish to serve their parents who are worse than pigs and dogs. Are man’s future and destiny not exactly the current day so-called “parents” of Peter? They are just like man’s own flesh and blood. Will the destination, the future of the flesh be to see God while alive, or for the soul to meet God after death? Will the flesh end up tomorrow in a great furnace as in tribulations, or will it be in the burning of fire? Aren’t questions like these concerning whether man’s flesh will endure misfortune or suffering the biggest news that anyone now in this stream who has a brain and is in their right mind is most concerned with?

The Church of Almighty God | Happy Thanksgiving day

❤️❤️Thanksgiving is the perfect occasion to see family members and friends who we don't see too often during the year, l wish you and all your family an abundance of reasons to be thankful for this year. happy thanksgiving.

Thursday, November 23, 2017

Eastern Lightning | How Can Man Who Has Defined God in His Conceptions Receive the Revelations of God?

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How Can Man Who Has Defined God in His Conceptions Receive the Revelations of God?

The work of God continues to advance, and though the purpose of His work remains unchanging, the means by which He works are constantly changing, and thereby so are those who follow God. The more work of God, the more thoroughly man comes to know God, and the disposition of man changes accordingly along with His work. However, it is because the work of God is ever-changing that those who do not know the work of the Holy Spirit and those absurd men who do not know the truth become opponents of God. Not ever does the work of God conform to the conceptions of man, for His work is always new and never old. Not ever does He repeat work of old but rather forges ahead with work never before done.

Listen to the Voice of God and Be Raptured Into the Kingdom of Heaven | "The Moment of Change"

Introduction
Su Mingyue is a preacher of a house church in mainland China. Over the years, she has been a devout servant of the Lord who insists on doing preaching work for the Lord and bearing the burden of work for the church. She goes by Paul's word in the Bible, feeling that merely believing in the Lord is enough to be called righteous and be saved by grace. Although man still sins constantly, his sins have been forgiven by the Lord, his image will be changed instantly to become holy and he will be raised into the kingdom of heaven when the Lord arrives. However, in recent years, the church has become increasingly desolate, the believers have been negative and weak in general, their faith and love have cooled. Some co-workers go by the Lord's word: "Not everyone 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."

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

New Gospel Movie | Know the Incarnate God | "The Mystery of Godliness: The Sequel"

Introduction
Lin Bo'en is an old preacher who has believed in the Lord for many decades. Since accepting Almighty God, Christ of the last days, he was convicted, excluded, and expelled from the religious community by the pastors and elders, the antichrist forces. But even though Lin Bo'en was attacked, convicted, and framed, he did not shrink back in fear. Rather, his faith became more resolute than ever, and this led him to finally understand that the pastors and elders of the religious world were faking a virtuous appearance. At the same time, he came to know that only Christ is the truth, the way, and the life, and only Christ can save and purify and perfect man. Because of this, he was resolved to follow Christ, bear witness for Christ, and do his utmost to pursue the truth, to seek to transform his disposition so that he could become a true witness for God.

The Church of Almighty God | What Attitude Do You Hold Toward the Thirteen Epistles

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What Attitude Do You Hold Toward the Thirteen Epistles

The New Testament of the Bible contains the thirteen epistles of Paul. These thirteen letters were all written by Paul to the churches that believed in Jesus Christ during the period of his work. That is, he wrote the letters after Jesus ascended to heaven and he was raised up. His letters are testimonies of the Lord Jesus’ resurrection and ascension to heaven after His death, and are preaching the way for people to repent and bear the cross. Of course, these ways and testimonies were all for teaching the brothers and sisters in various places of Judea at that time, because at the time Paul was the Lord Jesus’ servant, and he had been raised up to bear witness to the Lord Jesus. Different people are raised up to perform His different work during each period of the Holy Spirit’s work, that is, to do the work of the apostles in order to continue the work God completes Himself. If the Holy Spirit did it directly and no people were raised up, then it would be difficult for the work to be carried out.

Tuesday, November 21, 2017

A Hymn of God's Words Fulfilling One's Duty Is the Mission of Each Creature

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A Hymn of God's Words
Fulfilling One's Duty
Is the Mission of Each Creature
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Man's duty has nothing to do
with him
being blessed or being cursed.
His duty is what he should fulfill
without payment or conditions.
"Blessed" means to enjoy goodness
after man's judged and made perfect.

The Church of Almighty God | Only the Perfected Can Live a Meaningful Life

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Only the Perfected Can Live a Meaningful Life

In truth, the work being done now is to have people forsake Satan, forsake their old ancestor. All judgments by the word aim to expose humanity’s corrupt disposition and to enable people to understand the essence of life. These repeated judgments all pierce people’s hearts. Every judgment directly impacts their fate and is meant to wound their hearts so that they can let go of all those things and thereby come to know life, know this filthy world, and also know God’s wisdom and almightiness and know this Satan-corrupted mankind. The more of this kind of chastisement and judgment, the more man’s heart can be wounded and the more his spirit can be awakened. Awakening the spirits of these extremely corrupted and most deeply deceived of people is the goal of this kind of judgment.

Monday, November 20, 2017

The Church of Almighty God | God Saved Me

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God Saved Me
I
God saved me, God saved me.
Incarnated as a man,
weathering rain and wind,
among men hiding, no one knew Him.
God judged to save me,
chastised to cleanse me;
I suffered so much pain.

The Church of Almighty God | Success or Failure Depends on the Path That Man Walks

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Success or Failure Depends on the Path That Man Walks

Most people believe in God for the sake of their future destination, or for temporary enjoyment. For those who have not undergone any dealing, belief in God is for the sake of entering into heaven, in order to gain rewards. It is not in order to be made perfect, or to perform the duty of a creature of God. Which is to say that most people do not believe in God in order to fulfill their responsibility, or to complete their duty. Rarely do people believe in God in order to lead meaningful lives, nor are there those who believe that since man is alive, he should love God because it is Heaven’s law and earth’s principle to do so, and is the natural vocation of man. In this way, although different people each pursue their own goals, the aim of their pursuit and the motivation behind it are all alike, and, what’s more, for most of them the objects of their worship are much the same.

Sunday, November 19, 2017

Welcome the Second Coming of Christ | Christian Video "Break the Spell" | God Is My Salvation

Introduction
Fu Jinhua was an elder of a house church in China. Like many other Christians, she enthusiastically dedicated herself to the Lord, and toiled hard in her labor for Him. She was particularly self-confident, and thought herself to be someone who truly loved the Lord. Having followed the Lord for many years, she wholeheartedly believed that the Bible was inspired by God, and that the words in the Bible were all God's words. Therefore, in her mind, she equated believing in the Lord with believing in the Bible. She thought that those who departed from the Bible could not be called followers of the Lord. She also believed that she needed only to adhere to the Bible to be raptured into the kingdom of heaven when the Lord descends with the clouds.

The Church of Almighty God | Walking Down the Bright Path of Life

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Walking Down the Bright Path of Life

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I used to be someone who would chase after the trends of the world, I wanted to abandon myself to a life of pleasure, and I just cared about the pleasures of the flesh. I would often go with my friends to KTV all night long, I would go for joyrides in the middle of the night, I would go fishing out on the ocean, and travel all around in search of fine foods. I’d see others around me, and they too were all striving to eat well, wear nice things, and enjoy good things. I felt that these were the things that a man must work for in his life, that this is why you must work hard to earn money, that this is the goal in life that everyone should have. Only with these things would life not be in vain. In order to obtain these things, I didn’t care what distance I had to travel, so I crossed the ocean to come to America, and after struggling for several years, I opened my own business. I had my own car and my own house.

Saturday, November 18, 2017

Is the Bible the Lord, or Is God? | "Who Is My Lord" (Gospel Movie)

Introduction
Liu Zhizhong is a pastor at a local house church in China. He's been a believer for over 30 years, and has constantly maintained that "The Holy Bible is inspired by God," "The Holy Bible represents God, believing in God is believing in the Bible, believing in the Bible is believing in God." In his heart, the Bible is paramount. Due to his adoration for and blind faith in the Bible, he has never studied or looked to Almighty God's work of the last days. Until one day, when he blocked believers from reading the words of Almighty God online, he had a chance encounter with the preachers from the Church of Almighty God. After undergoing intense debates about the truth, was he finally able to see the relationship between the Holy Bible and God clearly? Was he able to move away from the Bible to understand that Christ is the truth, the way, and the life? Will he be raptured before God?

When It Comes to God, What Is Your Understanding

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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 this word “God.” They merely follow along in a muddle. They have no clue as to why exactly man should believe in God or what God is exactly. If people know only to believe in and follow God, but not what God is, nor do they understand God, then is this not the biggest joke in the world? Even though people have witnessed many heavenly mysteries by now and have heard of much profound knowledge that man had never grasped before, they are in the dark on many of the most elementary, as-yet uncontemplated truths. Some people might say, “We have believed in God for many years. How could we not know what God is? Does this not belittle us?” But in reality, although everyone is following Me today, no one has any understanding of all this current work.

Friday, November 17, 2017

Christian Video | The Lord Jesus Is My Shepherd and My Strength | "Break the Shackles and Run"


Introduction
Lee Chungmin was an elder of a church in Seoul, South Korea. For more than twenty years, he served the Lord fervently and concentrated on studying the Bible. Taught by the words and deeds of his religious leaders, he thought that believing in the Lord amounts to faith in the Bible and faith in the Bible is exactly the same as believing in the Lord. He believed that as long as he clung to the Bible, he could be raptured into the kingdom of heaven. These conceptions, like shackles, tightly restrained him from believing in and following God. Consequently, Lee Chungmin never thought to investigate Almighty God’s work of the last days….

The Substance of Christ Is Obedience to the Will of the Heavenly Father

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The Substance of Christ Is Obedience to the Will of the Heavenly Father

The incarnate God is called Christ, and Christ is the flesh donned by the Spirit of God. This flesh is unlike any man that is of the flesh. This difference is because Christ is not of flesh and blood but is the incarnation of the Spirit. He has both a normal humanity and a complete divinity. His divinity is not possessed by any man. His normal humanity sustains all His normal activities in the flesh, while His divinity carries out the work of God Himself. Be it His humanity or divinity, both submit to the will of the heavenly Father. The substance of Christ is the Spirit, that is, the divinity. Therefore, His substance is that of God Himself; this substance will not interrupt His own work, and He could not possibly do anything that destroys His own work, nor would He ever utter any words that go against His own will. Therefore, the incarnate God would absolutely never do any work that interrupts His own management. This is what all man should understand.

Thursday, November 16, 2017

Gospel Movie "Waiting" | Hear the Voice of God and Welcome the Lord

Introduction
Yang Hou'en is a pastor at a house church in China. With his father Yang Shoudao, they have awaited the Lord Jesus to descend from the clouds and take them up into the kingdom of heaven. For this, they diligently worked for the Lord, held fast to His name, and believed that anyone who is not the Lord Jesus descending from the clouds is a false Christ. And so, when they heard the news of the Lord's second coming, they did not listen to it or accept it. They thought that it was best to watch and wait…. While they waited passively, Yang Hou'en's cousin Li Jiayin accepted the work of Almighty God in the last days, and spread the gospel to them. After some intense discussions, Yang Hou'en finally understood the true meaning of "watch and wait," and could see that Almighty God's words were the truth, the way, the life, and these were the voice of the Lord, and Almighty God was the second coming of the Lord Jesus that they had waited for so many years….

The Church of Almighty God | What Are Man’s Inherent Identity and Their Worth

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What Are Man’s Inherent Identity and Their Worth

You were separated out from mud and at any rate, you were selected from the dregs, filthy and hated by God. You belonged to Satan[a] and were once trampled upon and tainted by it. That is why it is said that you were separated out from mud, and you are not holy, but instead are non-human objects out of which Satan had long made fools. This is the most appropriate description for you. You must realize that you are impurities found in stagnant water and mud, as opposed to desirable catches like fish and shrimp, for no enjoyment can be derived from you.

Wednesday, November 15, 2017

The Words of the Holy Spirit | Almighty God's Words "God's Work and Man's Work" (Part Two)

Introduction
Almighty God says, "What man expresses is what he sees, experiences and can imagine. Even if it is doctrines or notions, these are all reachable by man’s thinking. Regardless of the size of man’s work, it cannot exceed the scope of man’s experience, what man sees, or what man can imagine or conceive. What God expresses is what God Himself is, and this is beyond the reach of man, that is, beyond the reach of man’s thinking. He expresses His work of leading all of mankind, and this is not relevant to the details of human experience, but is instead concerned with His own management. Man expresses his experience while God expresses His being—this being is His inherent disposition and is beyond the reach of man."

You Should Put Aside the Blessings of Status and Understand God’s Will for the Salvation of Man

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You Should Put Aside the Blessings of Status and Understand God’s Will for the Salvation of Man

To man, it is not possible for the descendants of Moab to be made complete and they are not qualified to be made so. The sons of David, on the other hand, certainly have hope and they are certainly able to be made complete. Provided that someone is a descendant of Moab, then they cannot be made complete. Even today, you still don’t know the significance of the work that is done amongst you; up to this current stage you still hold your future prospects in your hearts and are loath to relinquish them. No one cares why today God has just chosen you—the most unworthy group—to work on, so is this work done wrong? Is this work a momentary oversight? Why has God come down precisely to work in your midst, when He has long known that you are the sons of Moab? Do you never think of this? Does God never consider this when He does His work?

Tuesday, November 14, 2017

Gospel Movie | Know the Judgment in the Last Days "Song of Victory"

Introduction
The judgment work of Almighty God in the last days has reverberated throughout every sect and group. Following the spreading of the kingdom gospel, Almighty God's words are accepted and spread by more and more people, true believers in God who thirst for Him to appear have been returning one by one before God's throne. In the meantime, the Chinese government and religious pastors and elders have ceaselessly repressed and persecuted the Church of Almighty God from start to finish. The heroine of this movie, Zheng Xinjie, is a member of the Church of Almighty God who spreads the gospel. She has faced the deranged oppression and attacks from the Chinese government and religious leaders. Together with her brothers and sisters, relying on God, how will she triumph over these dark, satanic forces to sing a song of victory? …

Almighty God | None Who Are of the Flesh Can Escape the Day of Wrath

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None Who Are of the Flesh Can Escape the Day of Wrath

Today, I admonish you thus for the sake of your own survival, in order for My work to progress smoothly, and so that My inaugural work throughout the entire universe may be carried out more appropriately and perfectly, revealing My words, authority, majesty and judgment to the people of all countries and nations. The work I do among you is the beginning of My work throughout the whole universe. Although now is already the last days, know that the “last days” is but a name for an age: Just like the Age of Law and the Age of Grace, it refers to an age, and it indicates an entire age, rather than the final few years or months. Yet the last days are quite unlike the Age of Grace and the Age of Law. The work of the last days is not carried out in Israel, but among the Gentiles; it is the conquest before My throne of people from all nations and tribes outside of Israel, so that My glory throughout the universe can fill the entire cosmos.

Monday, November 13, 2017

Gospel Movie | Disclose the Mystery of the Kingdom of Heaven | "Awakening From the Dream"

Introduction
Like hundreds of millions of followers of the Lord Jesus, Yu Fan focused on studying the Holy Bible, cast everything aside to pay the price of suffering for the Lord, and sought to serve the Lord with enthusiasm. She thought that by seeking the Lord this way, when the Lord returns she would definitely be raptured into the heavenly kingdom. When Yu Fan, in order to realize this beautiful dream, enthusiastically preached and worked for the Lord, her fellow workers raised a difficult question: Although the sins of us believers have been forgiven, although we cast everything aside and pay the price of suffering for the Lord, we still often reveal our corruption, we still sin and oppose the Lord. God is holy, so how can corrupt people like us ever be worthy of His praise?

The Church of Almighty God | How Should You Attend to Your Future Mission

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How Should You Attend to Your Future Mission

Can you express God’s disposition of the age in suitable language that has age significance? Through your experience of God’s work, can you describe in detail the disposition of God? How can you describe it fittingly, appropriately? So that through this, others can learn about your experiences. How will you pass on your seeings and experiences to those pitiable, poor, and devout religious believers who hunger and thirst for righteousness and are waiting for you to shepherd them? What kind of characters are waiting for you to shepherd them? Can you imagine? Are you aware of the burden you shoulder, your commission, and your responsibility? Where is your historic sense of mission? How will you serve as a good master for the next age? Do you have a great sense of masterhood? How would you explain the master of all things?

Sunday, November 12, 2017

Return Before God's Throne | Gospel Movie "Rapture in Peril"

Introduction
Zhao Zhigang is an elder at the Local Church in China. Like many Christians, his greatest hope as a believer in the Lord is to be raptured alive, meet the Lord and rule with Him. In 1999, after the church leader released the message, "In the year 2000 the Lord shall come again, and His believers will be raptured alive," he was even more excited and enthusiastic than before. Brimming with faith and confidence, he looked to the future with hope and expectation…. However, after the year 2000 came and went, his hope had been all for naught. An unprecedented crisis of faith emerged in his denomination, and he couldn't help but wonder whether or not he had chosen the right path.