Examples of analyzing and discerning the rumors and lies of the CCP government and the religious world (2)

Examples of analyzing and discerning the rumors and lies of the CCP government and the religious world (2)

(3) Analysis of the third rumor of the Chinese Communist Party and religious community: The Church of Almighty God was created by man.

Relevant Words of God:

Some may wonder, Why must the age be ushered in by God Himself? Cannot a created being stand in His stead? You are all aware that God becomes flesh expressly for the purpose of ushering in a new age, and, of course, when He ushers in a new age, He has concluded the former age at the same time. God is the Beginning and the End; it is He Himself who sets His work in motion and so it must be He Himself who concludes the former age. That is the proof that He defeats Satan and conquers the world. Each time He Himself works among man, it is the beginning of a new battle. Without the beginning of new work, there would naturally be no conclusion of the old. And no conclusion of the old is proof that the battle with Satan has yet to come to a close. Only if God Himself comes and carries out new work among man can man fully break free of the domain of Satan and gain a new life and new beginning. Otherwise, man shall forever live in the old age and forever live under the old influence of Satan. With every age led by God, a part of man is set free, and thus man advances along with the work of God toward the new age. The victory of God is a victory for all those who follow Him. If mankind of creation were charged with concluding the age, then be it from the viewpoint of man or Satan, this is no more than an act that opposes or betrays God, not one of obedience to God, and the work of man would thus give a handle to Satan. Only if man obeys and follows God in an age ushered in by God Himself would Satan be fully convinced, for that is the duty of a created being. And so I say that you need only follow and obey, and no more is asked of you. That is what is meant by each keeping his duty and performing his function. God does His own work and does not need for man to do His work in His stead, nor does He involve Himself in the work of created beings. Man performs his own duty and does not interfere with the work of God, and that is true obedience and proof that Satan is defeated. After God Himself has ushered in the new age, He no longer works among man Himself. It is only then that man officially steps into the new age to perform his duty and carry out his mission as a created being. Such are the working principles that can be transgressed by none. Only working in this way is sensible and reasonable. The work of God is done by God Himself. It is He who sets His work in motion, and also He who concludes it. It is He who plans the work, and also He who manages it, and even more, it is He who brings the work to fruition. It is as stated in the Bible, “I am the Beginning and the End; I am the Sower and the Reaper.” All that is related to the work of His management is done by Himself. He is the Ruler of the six-thousand-year management plan; none can do His work in His stead or bring His work to a close, for it is He who is in control of all. Since He created the world, He will lead the entire world to live in His light, and He will conclude the entire age to bring all of His plan to fruition!

from “The Mystery of the Incarnation (1)” in The Word Appears in the Flesh

The Man’s Fellowship:

In order to beguile and deceive the Chinese people, the CCP does it utmost to distort the truth and turn black-and-white on its head, insisting that the church of God is an organization of man, and normal church life as illegal disruptions of social order. This is the consistent rhetoric and means by which the Communist Party resists God and brutally persecutes God’s church. The Church of Almighty God is simply not an organization of man but the church of God.

from the fellowship from the above: “The Key to Answers at a Media Interview with Reporters Lies in How to Witness God’s Work.”

In the Age of Grace, the Lord Jesus promised to His followers, “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you to myself; that where I am, there you may be also” (Jhn 14:3). He also prophesied, “For as the lightning comes out of the east, and shines even to the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be” (Mat 24:27). In the last days, as promised and foretold by Himself, God has again become flesh and descended to the East of the world—China—to do the work of judgment, chastisement, conquest, and salvation using the word, on the foundation of the redemption work of the Lord Jesus. In this, the prophecies of the Bible that “judgment must begin at the house of God” and “He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches” have also been fulfilled. God’s work of the last days has ended the Age of Grace and ushered in the Age of Kingdom. As the gospel of the kingdom of Almighty God spread rapidly in Mainland China, the Church of Almighty God came into being. As proven by facts, the Church of Almighty God came into being entirely as a result of God’s work of the last days, and was not established by any man. This is because the chosen people in the Church of Almighty God pray in the name of Almighty God, obey His work, and accept all the truths expressed by Him. Thus it is evident that these chosen people believe in Christ who is incarnated in the last days, the practical God who is the Spirit realized in the flesh, instead of believing in a man. Outwardly, Almighty God is nothing more than an ordinary Son of man, but in substance He is the embodiment of God’s Spirit and is the truth, the way, and the life. His work and word are the direct expression of the Spirit of God and are the appearance of God in person. Therefore, He is the practical God who is incarnated.

from Appendix to Selected Annals of the Work Arrangements of the Church of Almighty God: Almighty God and the Church of Almighty God

The churches of Christianity came to be because of the appearance and work of the Lord Jesus become flesh, and the Church of Almighty God came to be because of the appearance and work of the incarnate Almighty God of the last days. Thus, churches throughout the ages have been produced because of the appearance and work of God become flesh. The work of each step of God’s incarnation expresses many truths, and many people come to accept and follow God because of these truths expressed by God, thus giving rise to the churches. From this it can be seen that the churches are formed from those who accept the work of God and follow God. These gatherings of God’s chosen ones are called churches. The churches of Christianity were produced by the appearance and work of the incarnate Lord Jesus two thousand years ago. The Lord Jesus preached, “Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand” (Mat 4:17), and He did the work of redemption, and expressed the truths that the people of the Age of Grace should put into practice and enter into, many people then began to believe in and follow the Lord, and thus the churches of that time came into being. Afterward, the gospel of the Lord Jesus spread to every country and territory, until the last days when it had spread to the ends of the earth, and Christian churches thus emerged in every country. These were the churches of the Age of Grace. During the final stages of the last days, the incarnate Almighty God appears and works in mainland China. Upon the foundation of the work of redemption of the Lord Jesus during the Age of Grace, Almighty God carries out the work of “judgment must begin at the house of God” (1Pe 4:17) prophesied in the Bible. To all mankind, Almighty God reveals all the mysteries of God’s six-thousand-year management plan, and expresses all truths for the purification and salvation of mankind. Because of the appearance and work of Almighty God of the last days, many people from every sect and denomination of the religious world, people who have believed in the Lord for many years, have finally heard the voice of God and seen that the Lord Jesus has come and has carried out the work of judgment of the last days. They have verified that Almighty God is the return of the Lord Jesus, and because of this they have accepted Almighty God’s work of the last days. In mainland China, at least several million people (tens of millions according to statistics from the Chinese Communist Government) have accepted and now follow Almighty God. Thus, the Church of Almighty God is entirely the result of the appearance and work of Almighty God. It was personally established by Almighty God, and not by any person. Every Christian in the Church of Almighty God fully recognizes that Almighty God is the return of the Lord Jesus, Christ of the last days, and the appearance of God. The Christians of the Church of Almighty God pray to the name of Almighty God. What they read, listen to, and fellowship are the words of Almighty God, and what they hold to are all the truths expressed by Almighty God. These truths are the way of everlasting life brought by God during the last days. In His work, the incarnate God of the last days also personally appointed and testified to the man used by God, that he might cooperate in the work of God—just as when the Lord Jesus worked, He personally chose and appointed the twelve apostles. These people who are used by God, however, merely cooperate in God’s work, and they are incapable of working in God’s stead. The churches were not established by them, and the one whom God’s chosen ones believe in and follow is not those who are used by God. The churches of the Age of Grace were not set up by Paul and the other apostles, but produced by the work of the Lord Jesus; they were personally established by the Lord Jesus. Likewise, the Church of Almighty God of the last days was also not set up by the man used by God, but was born from the work of Almighty God. It was personally established by Almighty God, and is shepherded by Himself; the man used by God merely waters, provides for, and guides the churches, performing his duty. Although God’s chosen ones are led, watered, and provided for by the man used by God, the One whom God’s chosen ones believe in and follow is Almighty God—which is a fact that no one can deny.…

The Christians of the Church of Almighty God accept and follow Almighty God as they see the expression of Almighty God is all the truth. They recognize that Almighty God is the second coming of the Lord Jesus. Yet the CCP government does not recognize the existence of God. It refers to religious organizations and churches as human organizations. Religious groups are designated as mundane organizations by unbelievers and an atheist government. This is unsubstantiated internationally. As we all know, religious beliefs are commonly recognized by the international community. All democratic countries recognize religious beliefs, recognize freedom of belief and respect religious groups. International conventions also recognize the freedom of religious belief. Why doesn’t the CCP? Because the CCP is an atheist political party that does not recognize the existence and incarnation of God, let alone respect freedom of belief. Since the CCP took power, it has steadfastly persecuted freedom of belief, designating religious groups as human organizations for restriction, persecution and suppression. But the Church of Almighty God’s millions or even tens of millions of Christians all recognize that the word expressed by Almighty God is the truth and the voice of God. No one can deny that Almighty God is the return of the Lord Jesus, the appearance of God in the last days. Just as when the Lord Jesus was doing His work, the Roman government and Judaism did not recognize it. But two thousand years later, the gospel of the Lord Jesus has spread throughout the world. All countries in the world have recognized that Christianity is a pure faith. What is reason for this? It is because the truth is the truth, and God’s word is the truth.

from the fellowship from the above

(4) Analysis of the fourth rumor of the Chinese Communist Party and religious community: The man used by the Holy Spirit fled overseas with huge sums of money.

Relevant Words of God:

The money, material objects, and all property in God’s household are the offerings that should be given by man. These offerings may be enjoyed by none but the priest and God, for the offerings of man are for the enjoyment of God, God only shares these offerings with the priest, and no one else is qualified or entitled to enjoy any part of them. All of man’s offerings (including money and things that can be enjoyed materially) are given to God, not to man. And so, these things should not be enjoyed by man; if man were to enjoy them, then he would be stealing offerings. Anyone who does this is a Judas, for, in addition to being a traitor, Judas also helped himself to what was put in the money bag.

from “The Ten Administrative Decrees That Must Be Obeyed by God’s Chosen People in the Age of Kingdom” in The Word Appears in the Flesh

The Man’s Fellowship:

How can we solve the problem of man always having conceptions about God? This can be solved through pursuit of the truth. For example, some people claim I have embezzled the churches funds, that I stole it and ran away, but does that sound correct to you? I would not steal the churches money and run. Offerings to God are for me to manage and to allocate; how can you call this taking it and running away? That is not what it is. It is my responsibility to allocate this money and I have the authority to do so. So, such a claim is wrong. Some say I have escaped from China and run abroad. This is not so. I carried out my work in mainland China for over ten years. In my wildest dreams, I never imagined that God would send me abroad. I thought that as long as God was doing His work in China, I would carry out my duty in China. I never thought of leaving. But this is where God led me; it was His instruction. At the time I had reservations, “I am on a wanted list. If You make me leave the country, then at customs won’t I be trapped? Isn’t this asking for trouble? If anything goes wrong, then surely I will be caught!” But I didn’t say these things. I said to myself, “Obey. Leave!” As a result, at customs, despite the danger, I was not caught. Would you call this running away? This was the Holy Spirit’s guidance, it was God’s instruction. So, once again the rumors spread by the Chinese Communist Party are wrong. They say I was being hunted down so I ran. This does not adhere to the truth. I never considered going abroad. It was God’s instruction to do so. He sent me. I took the risk and obeyed, albeit reluctantly, and so He led me through customs safely. At the time, what did I think about this? “If I make it through customs, then it is because God leads me through. If I do not make it through, then God has handed me over to Satan.” I accepted this. I obeyed!

from Sermons and Fellowship on Entry Into Life, Volume 138

For instance, the great red dragon said I embezzled money and fled to America. How do you explain it? Someone says, “That’s right. He is in America indeed.” Was that the same as fleeing to America? It was being led by God to America. It was God who dispatched me from China to America to do the work under His command. If it wasn’t for God’s guidance, could man escape? I am one of the most wanted fugitives of the country by the Communist Party in the mainland. How would I dare to come out? At that time, I thought, “If I came out, wouldn’t I be captured?” So it was not initiated by me. I was dispatched by God. It was God who told me that I had to leave. When I heard it, I thought, “Oh, this is God’s word. Every time when God’s work approached a turning point, God always said something in advance that would come true later. Going abroad was said by God. It was not a joke. It was an arrangement by God!” This was how I began to handle it. As soon as it was handled, I was able to leave. It was all led by God. It was hopeless in people’s eyes. Now you say whether it was that I escaped to America or that God led me and arranged for me to come to America? You all agree it was arranged by God. In addition, the great red dragon said I embezzled money and fled. That was not embezzled money. That was money put in my custody by God, money I am in charge of and empowered to maneuver and control. Is that embezzlement? Do you think it was like some corrupt officials fleeing with embezzled money? They fled with the money embezzled from the country and people. That is called fleeing with embezzled money. Did I flee with embezzled money? On the surface, it is also true. First, I came to America. Second, I am in charge of part of the money. But after words came out of the great red dragon’s mouth, troubles began. Things turned negative. After my explanation to you, everything is positive. Therefore, on the surface, a lot of things seem to coincide with the facts. But the great red dragon’s way of saying is the distortion of facts by turning right into wrong. Do you get it now?

from Sermons and Fellowship on Entry Into Life, Volume 141

(5) Analysis of the fifth rumor of the Chinese Communist Party and religious community: The Church of Almighty God destroys families and makes people abandon everything to follow God.

Bible Verses for Reference:

If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple (Luk 14:26).

And he that takes not his cross, and follows after me, is not worthy of me (Mat 10:38).

Truly I say to you, There is no man that has left house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God’s sake, Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting (Luk 18:29-30).

No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God (Luk 9:62).

The Man’s Fellowship:

The Chinese Communist Party says: “The Church of Almighty God will ask people to leave behind everything in order to follow God.” I ask, in Christianity, had the Lord Jesus not demanded such things from men? Have not the saints through the ages been doing so? These witnessing have all been performed long ago, why do you not condemn those people? Why do you condemn the Church of Almighty God? Had the Lord Jesus not said such words? Have not the saints through the ages turned their backs on marriage, their family, the world, in the name of God, to follow God, to preach the Lord Jesus, and to bear witness for the Lord Jesus? Have they not? There have been too many of them. Which law from which country has condemned this as a crime? Has this been condemned as a crime? The Chinese Communist Party said, “The Church of Almighty God breaks up families.” Is this fair? Is this the reality? To follow God, to pursue the truth, to give yourself for righteousness, people willingly decide to do such things. Has the family of God forced anyone? Isn’t this the work of the Lord Jesus during the Age of Grace? What did the Lord Jesus say? “Whoever he be of you that forsakes not all that he has, he cannot be my disciple” (Luk 14:33). The Lord Jesus called on the twelve disciples Himself, and said, “Come you after me” (Mak 1:17). He also said, “Go you into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature” (Mak 16:15). Are you saying that the Lord Jesus had been wrong in saying so? This is recorded in the Bible. All of the religious communities, and all the saints through the ages have acted in such a way, why do you not dare to condemn them? Why do you come here and vilify the Church of Almighty God by saying that it breaks up families? Is this not a pack of lies told by Satan? You are following God, yet you are unable to see through this. You know not how to tell the difference between true and false, to tell black from white.

from Sermons and Fellowship on Entry Into Life, Volume 130

The great red dragon is now spreading rumors everywhere against God’s chosen people, particularly those who have given up their families to perform their duties, to attack, judge, and defame the Church of Almighty God. They say: “It is the Church of Almighty God that destroys people’s families, fracturing and banning people’s families.” Isn’t it spreading rumors and attacks? What kind of a family do you say a dark and evil mankind belongs to? Is that a positive thing? That family is not a positive thing. What is wrong with someone having left the family of Satan when he really believes in God? This is perfectly justified! “I cast aside everything to expend for God and carry out God’s will. Why shouldn’t I do that? I abandoned the family that kept me from believing in God and prevented me from pursuing the truth. What was wrong with that? The path that a believer follows is distinctly different from that of a non-believer. I want to pursue the truth and follow God. When you disagree with me, I divorce you. Is there anything wrong?” Such a divorce is more meaningful than those who divorce because of fornication and propensity for novelty! Their divorce is called destroying the family! We abandon everything and leave behind the family that is subject to Satan’s influence to follow God and pursue the truth. This is called discarding darkness for the light. This is a just act that is consistent with God’s will. It is a positive thing. Isn’t it better than following Satan to demise?

from “Sermons and Fellowship About God’s Word ‘God Himself, the Unique II’ IX” in Sermons and Fellowship on Entry Into Life (XII)

Examples of analyzing and discerning the rumors and lies of the CCP government and the religious world (1)

Examples of analyzing and discerning the rumors and lies of the CCP government and the religious world (1)

The Man’s Fellowship:

As for all the nonsense of Satan, remember that you should maintain a denying attitude at all times. This is the principle. Why is it the principle? Someone says, “You think that Satan’s word will never be consistent with the fact. Isn’t it stereotyping Satan?” It is not stereotyping; it is a conclusion derived from Satan’s nature. Satan’s word is always mixed with ulterior motives. In Satan’s word, things will be distorted beyond recognition. What Satan says is just the opposite of the fact. It distorts the fact and turns black into white. One way Satan speaks is to rumor, fabricate, and pin some nonexistent things on you. This is one scenario of Satan’s tricks and speech. Satan has told lies from the very beginning. There are several kinds of lies. The first kind is a lie made out of nothing, completely nonexistent. It is something that is pinned on you from hearsay. This is one kind of lies. Another kind of lie comes from post-processing, altered fact. There is still another kind of lie that is a distortion of fact, inversion of black and white that turns right into wrong and the other way around. There are mainly three kinds of lies. These are the commonly seen lies. Satan says, “Believers in Almighty God always abduct people when they preach.” Isn’t this a distortion of fact? Satan also says, “For those who don’t accept, believers in Almighty God will cut off their ears and noses and gouge their eyes out.” We preach the gospel to so many people, what is the proportion of the believers? If all those who do not accept had their eyes gouged out, their noses and ears cut, how many of them would have been cut all together? So everything Satan says is a lie and nonsense. In addition, Satan also said that the Church of Almighty God was created by me, isn’t it nonsense? Had it not been the appearance and work of Almighty God, who could have created the Church of Almighty God? Do these people believe in me or believe in God? They believe in Almighty God, not me. Since I am not the one they believe in, why did the Chinese Communist Party say that the Church of Almighty God was created by me? Wasn’t it a bright-eyed lie? The CCP also said that “Eastern Lightning” was a cult. Are they the judge for the truth? Are they religious experts, appraisal experts? Do they understand religion? Do they have any true faith? Do they have any qualifications to determine which religion is cultish or orthodox? The CCP is the world’s largest cult, Satanism. Are they qualified to determine which sect is orthodox or cultish? Who appointed the CCP as judge and appraiser? They have the nerve to pass judgment so casually. This is called utter shamelessness. The religious circle even said: “Almighty God is a woman in Henan.” This is nonsense. Christ was clearly born in a city in northwest China. Which provinces are in the northwest? They are Shaanxi, Shanxi, and part of Inner Mongolia, right? Henan belongs to the Central Plains. The religious circle’s saying that Christ was born in Henan is a bright-eyed lie! This is a rumor invented by the religious circle. Isn’t it sheer nonsense? As for the rumor made up by the CCP great red dragon, how should people look at it? You have to look at its history. The great red dragon has never spoken a true word. Not only has it never spoken a true word to the Chinese people, it has never told the truth to the world. What is the Communist Party? The Communist Party was created by Karl Marx. Where did Karl Marx come from? Karl Marx was a believer of Satanism. He claimed that he was the savior who wanted to save mankind. So he wrote the Communist Manifesto and Capitalism. He wanted to use force and violence to seize political power and then control the whole of mankind. This is the truth. Did the Communist Party say so? Did they announce it to the world? They have never said anything about the truth, not a single word. Did the Communist Party say anything about the bad things they did? What is the ultimate goal of the Communist Party? Have they said anything about it? Not a word. Everything they say is a lie. The so-called “Serve the people, seek benefits for the people,” aren’t these nothing but lies? These are all lies, not a word of it is true. Why then, do you believe the words of the Communist Party? You need to examine the true way, examine God’s appearance and work. Why do you believe the words of Satan the devil? This is the problem. When you examine the work of God, you need to examine the utterance of God, and see if these words of God are the voice of God, are the truth, and see if it is the work of God. And then see if the Holy Spirit’s work is in the Church of Almighty God. After believing in God for years, what effects have these people reached? Do they have any knowledge about God? Have there been any changes in their life disposition? Have the toxins of Satan been cleansed? You need to examine these things. You don’t examine the words of Almighty God, don’t examine whose words the Church of Almighty God eats and drinks, whose work they are experiencing, and why do you go to the great red dragon and believe Satan the devil’s words? Why do you believe the words of the religious pastors and elders? What kinds of creatures are they? They are wolves disguised in sheep’s clothing; they are hypocritical antichrists; they are wicked servants; they are demons that devour human souls. Why don’t you see through their substance? This is the greatest ignorance of people, isn’t it?

from Sermons and Fellowship on Entry Into Life, Volume 142

(1) Analysis of the first rumor of the Chinese Communist Party and religious community: Preaching the gospel and performing one’s duty in believing in God include political participation.

The Man’s Fellowship:

We believe in God and act according to the word of God, the truth and the requirements of God; we do not participate in politics or engage in political activities. God’s most basic requirement of His believers is to first pursue and practice the truth, to be the light and salt of the world by doing good things for people, not to follow the evil trends of the world or do evil acts of corrupt mankind. In addition, another duty of ours as creatures of the Creator is to carry out God’s will. Since we have received salvation from God, we have the obligation and responsibility to preach the gospel and witness for God, to allow those who have yet to believe in God, who don’t know or understand God, to come before God to study the true way and accept the truth for salvation. This is the entrustment of God in us, the true meaning of our work of preaching the gospel.

Our preaching the gospel to witness for God has nothing to do with politics. It has no political intention or motive. Nor does it aim to overthrow any government or political party. It is entirely for bringing corrupt mankind to God to accept God’s work in the last days for salvation, so man can finally live and work in peace with dignity, and is able to detach from the influence of darkness and evil to live in light. It is for enabling human society to receive God’s care, protection and blessing. We bring people to God to accept God’s work and salvation. It is not a political appeal. God’s word does not include any statement to His chosen people to overthrow or expose the Communist Party. The word expressed by God is all the truth that exposes the essence of human corruption. It is all for saving people, changing people, and making people perfect in order to know and obey God. Everything we do is based on the word of God and according to the requirements of God. Our church has never engaged in any political activities. Nor does it contain any political slogan. Our church life is just to communicate the truth and know ourselves for receiving the truth, obeying God and living out the likeness of a real man for God’s salvation. We are not interested in politics which is neither a positive thing nor the truth. Engagement in politics does not lead to receiving the truth, let alone the blessing of God. Throughout history, God’s praises of a politician were unheard of. The pursuit of politics cannot bring salvation to man. Getting entangled in officialdom can only make man increasingly corrupt and evil. This is a fact obvious to all. When we believe in God, we never participate in politics. Hence our belief in God never involves any political aspiration because we see it so clearly that only by believing in God can we become better and better, with increasing humanity, conscience and sense. If man can sincerely believe in God and pursue the truth, he can certainly live out the likeness of a real man and satisfy the criteria for receiving God’s salvation.

Our evangelic efforts are entirely for making mankind accept the work of God for salvation. This is most beneficial to human society and the only effective way to change the darkness and evil of human society because God is the Creator who alone can save corrupt mankind. Our preaching the gospel and witnessing for God are meant to let humanity as a whole know about the Creator, come before Him and worship the only true God. This is the path to blessing and salvation for mankind. Only by believing in God and accepting God’s salvation can mankind solve the fundamental problems of darkness and evil in the world. As the world is becoming increasingly dark and evil, humanity increasingly corrupt, human morality increasingly depraved and decadent, mankind must believe in God, and accept God’s word, God’s work, God’s judgment and chastisement in order to gain the truth from God’s word and resolve the problems of man’s corruption from the roots. Hence preaching the gospel is indispensable and the only way for social stability and happiness for mankind. So if mankind were to get real happiness, society were to attain long-term stability and order, there would only be one way, that is, to accept God’s work and salvation. There is no other way but this. Don’t expect any countries or parties to save mankind, let alone any politicians, writers or thinkers to do it. Corrupt mankind doesn’t have such ability. No one can change the destiny of mankind. Only the Creator, the One True God, is fully equipped to save humanity. So our preaching of the gospel is most advantageous to the stability of society and the happiness of mankind. This is most meaningful. I believe that those who have the conscience, reason and sense of justice will support us in preaching the gospel and agree with our view. To preach the gospel and witness for God is the needs of the people and society. It is entirely a just cause.

It was because we came to understand the truth by accepting Almighty God’s word and experiencing His judgment and chastisement that we began to preach the gospel and witness God’s work in the last days. As believers of God, it is our duty to let corrupt mankind come before God to receive His salvation. Our preaching of the gospel is to deliver the true way of receiving salvation to man, enable man to receive the true way and be saved by God in the last days. This is our truest love. Witnessing to people about the good news that can enable mankind to survive the catastrophe and receive salvation is truly a good deed that is recognized by mankind. The kingdom gospel of the last days we preach of is so good for man. As the ruling party, whether it is legitimate or not, the CCP should do some practical things for the people and solve some practical problems. It is only just and right to let the people live and work in stability and peace. Why doesn’t the Communist Party do the proper things but ruthlessly coerces, arrests and persecutes us? Isn’t it acting perversely against heaven? Why doesn’t the CCP conform to the wills of heaven and the people but advocates evil and resists justice instead? Isn’t it void of humanity? In the process of preaching the gospel and performing the duty, many of God’s chosen people were able to put aside physical comfort and enjoyment to persist in preaching God’s kingdom gospel in the last days amid rain and storms, heat and cold. Even when they were being vilified, maligned, rejected, beaten and abused, even when they were arrested and persecuted by the government, God’s chosen people still persistently, indefatigably fulfilled their duties and performed their utmost. Regardless of people’s acceptance or denial, we had to be dedicated to our duty and love. If we knew the true way but did not proclaim and witness it to people, we would be unscrupulous and unfair to people. Therefore, what we do is to preach the gospel and witness for God to let people know the true way and the way to be saved in the last days. This is the duty we should perform. Our preaching of the gospel and performing our duties are preparation for good deeds. They are intended for the people to live happily with dignity. They are absolutely not political engagements, let alone social disturbance. This is a fact.

from the fellowship from the above: “The Key to Answers at a Media Interview with Reporters Lies in How to Witness God’s Work.”

(2) Analysis of the second rumor of the Chinese Communist Party and religious community: The Church of Almighty God is a cult.

The Man’s Fellowship:

There is the principle of truth that can be sought on how to differentiate between cultism and orthodoxy. It would not be fair to go by the arbitrary views of any political parties or individuals, or the opinions of any countries or constitutions. First, we must determine what is orthodox in order to determine the true way. Only the truth is positive and the source for all things positive. Where does the truth come from then? The truth comes from Christ. Christ is the incarnation of God, thus the truth comes from God. All matters that come from God are positive things. Only the Creator’s word is the truth. Only Christ in the flesh can express the truth. It is the will and the rule of heaven that no countries, political parties or groups can defy, let alone resist and oppose. Whoever defies, resists and opposes it is seeking self-destruction, which completely fulfills God’s word that corrupt mankind will seek self-destruction by resisting God. In the world and human societies, all positive things are consistent with the wills of heaven and the people. An orthodox belief conforms to the wills of heaven and the people. Believing in God is consistent with the wills of heaven and the people. Consistence with the people’s will means the majority of mankind endorses believing in God and conscientiously affirms that believing in God is following the right way. People generally believe that believers of God are good and decent people. Therefore it is just and right and purely positive to believe in God, obey God and worship the Creator. It is consistent with the wills of heaven and people. What is cultism or evil then? Evil is contradictory to the will of heaven, acting perversely against the wills of heaven and the people. What kinds of things are against the wills of heaven and the people? Disallowing people to believe in God is denying the wills of heaven and the people. Any act that is resented and condemned by human conscience and reason is evil. Anything that is supported, recognized and endorsed by mankind conscientiously and rationally is positive. Believing in God is a positive thing. Any act that resists, condemns and opposes God is a negative thing. All negative acts are subject to the evil influence of Satan. If we can tell what is positive and evil, it will be easy to differentiate an orthodox belief from a cult. After all, what is an orthodox belief and what is a cult? To be exact, all churches that believe in the true God are orthodox. Any institutions that believe in false gods, evil spirits, and the devil Satan are cults. Any institutions that advocate heresies and fallacies that resist God such as atheism and evolution are cults. Let us examine the origin of the Communist Party. As we all know, the Communist Party was founded by the German Karl Marx. Marx was a believer of Satan, who claimed that he himself was the devil Satan. How could the Communist Party founded by such an authentic devil be an orthodox institution? The Communist Party has consistently advocated violent revolution, which is the slaughterer of human beings and authentic atheist entity. In the Communist Manifesto, Marx stated, “A spectre is haunting Europe—the spectre of communism.” Now that this spectre of communism has materialized in the Communist Party. Can’t we see that this reactionary Communist Party is an authentic cult? The Chinese Communist Party is more cunning than its ancestor Karl Marx who dared to openly admit that he was the devil Satan, but the CCP does not dare to say so. The CCP is adept at distorting the fact, turning black-and-white on its head, adept at camouflage, deception and preemptive accusation. It is also capable of spinning the positive into negative and evil, and vice versa. It is extremely good at disguising. Even when it is obviously evil and reactionary, it still disguises itself as good and righteous, doing its utmost to trumpet the so-called—greatness, glory, rectitude, of the CCP. This is the usual practice of the Chinese Communist Party. The CCP is most adept at preemptive accusation. In the world, the Communist Party is best at beguiling, deceiving, corrupting and toying with mankind. The CCP is the slaughterer of humanity. Therefore, everything that the Communist Party supports, advocates, and affirms is a negative thing. Any faith that is designated as cultism by the CCP is orthodox and the true way. Only the Communist Party can designate an orthodox church as a cult. In fact, the Communist Party is the real cult and the genuine evil cult. It is the typical representative of all cults. The Communist Party is the bona fide Satanism in the last days, the typical evil enterprise, the most sinister and insidious reactionary organization in the world. It is a terrorist organization. Unmistakably, this is a universally accepted fact.

In addition, in order to be fair, whether a religion or a church is a cult or not should be determined by the majority, all those who have faith, and people from all over the world, based on universal values recognized by all nations. It is rather absurd to decide which is a cult simply by the communists’ atheist constitution because the Communist Party itself is an atheist organization which fundamentally denies the existence of God. The CCP is ignorant of God and resistant to God. It is the enemy of God. Hence it is not qualified to comment on anything about people’s belief in God. Nor is it entitled to assign any culpability to any religious body or church. In fact, according to its atheism and constitution, the Communist Party has designated all religious bodies and churches as cults, including Christian churches, home churches and other religious groups, and openly designated the Bible as a cultist book. This is an undisputed fact. Since it took power in mainland China, the Communist Party has used various brutal means to restrict, suppress and persecute those who believe in God, and deprive people of their freedom of belief. It uses public opinions, politics, the law and other means to pressure the church, intimidate those who believe in God and prohibit people from worshiping and following God. Instead, it makes everyone worship it, obey it and continue to accept its rule as its servants. It is so shameless and preposterous to preach that people’s happiness is given by the Communist Party and that the Communist Party is the “provider of food and clothing” for the Chinese people! Palpably, the Chinese Communist Party is an authentic evil party and a cult that is more fascist than fascism. In today’s world, the Communist Party is the evil consortium that resists God in the most insane, brutal and vicious manner. The ways it exploits, deceives and suppresses people are the most brutal. It has massacred and ensnared the greatest number of human beings. It has incurred the wrath of God and the resentment of man. It is a universally recognized fact that China has the largest number of people fleeing from its tyranny and the most serious emigration exodus from this infernal prison-state. Thus this unlawful ruling party that has seized power by prevarication, fraud, guile, violence and massacre simply has no qualification to comment on or condemn whether any religion or church is orthodox or cult. The CCP’s constitution is not consistent with international human rights conventions at all. Although China is a signatory to some international conventions that it has no intention of honoring and complying, that is merely its way of beguiling the people and the world. Therefore, the constitution of the Communist Party is not a legitimate law at all. China’s constitution does not serve the people. It is merely a tool for restraining and binding the people. The CCP simply does not follow its own law. It is safe to say that the law does not exist at all in the authoritarian countries of communism. At one point or another, all communist officials and policemen have openly stated that they themselves are the law and what they say is the law. Therefore, in the authoritarian state of the Communist Party, the exaltation of power above the law has resulted in the current situation of lawlessness. Hence the Chinese people have long declined to believe in anything the Communist Party says because everything it says is invariably fallacious and heretic that distorts the facts, turns black-and-white on its head and makes no sense. No living soul will give any credence to such nonsense that aims to deceive and paralyze and toy with the public.

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The Conspiracy Behind the Drama of “Search for the Husband Abroad” —The CCP has stretched its evil hand to South Korea to suppress religious belief

The Conspiracy Behind the Drama of “Search for the Husband Abroad” —The CCP has stretched its evil hand to South Korea to suppress religious belief

At the mention of the words “protest” or “demonstration,” I would very naturally paint a picture in my head: dozens, hundreds or thousands of people gathering together for the same appeal or wish. On August 28, 2016, the weather was cloudy in Seoul, South Korea, and in that very morning a special “protest” took place right before the gate of the Church of Almighty God in Guro, Seoul, which has provoked my deep thoughts.

(I) The Weak Crowd of Protesters

This crowd of protesters was organized by two people and its main force consisted of merely six people and a photographer. Five elderly people each stood behind a sign with something written on it, embracing themselves against early autumn wind, looking feeble and confused. I can’t help but wonder whether they could manage to stand had the wind been fiercer. Could it be that Wu, one of the organizers, took advantage of these elderly people’s fragility to win sympathy? Could it be that she was unable to persuade others to join her? As the representative of some website, Wu has always been an active figure. Given her power in the religious community and other fields, she should have been able to gather a much larger crowd, yet the fact was not so. This is proof that people of the Korean religious community are possessed of the sense of righteousness and good judgment—they did not blindly follow Wu and join the “protest” thanks to their understanding of her.

At the site of demonstration, Wu was seen rushing to the gate of the Church of Almighty God after arranging the place where these elderly people stood and giving them some instructions. There stood the leading role of this “protest,” Tian, whose husband Zhang (who uses the alias Li Fei) was said to be inside the Church of Almighty God in Guro. Wu, at this moment, turned herself into a director, and started to direct the drama: She asked Tian to cry out, giving advice on the method, the angles as well as the content of her cries, etc. The photographer, also under the commands of Wu, started filming, and shooting from this or that angle. A “heartrending” drama of “searching for the husband abroad” thus began …

(II) Why Did Wu Initiate This “Protest,” and What Are Her Motives?

In the issue of August 27 of Kangwon Ilbo, I saw a report about Tian and her son, which says Tian has called a press conference in Hoengseong County. I started wondering to myself: Tian is merely a regular employer in a company in Mainland China, yet she was able to come to South Korea, travel between Seoul and Jeju Island, and later to Gangwon Province, and call a press conference…. How could she have such a great power? The fact, however, is that it was Wu who devised and arranged all this. Wu was able to go out of her way to help a perfect stranger look for her husband—there must be some unspeakable schemes, and what are her motives? The answer is plain to see once we unveil who Wu is.

Actually, Wu is no stranger to the Church of Almighty God, the story dates back to three years ago. She first went to one of the churches of Almighty God in Korea to consider the gospel, but she is no true believer of God who seeks the truth, instead she came to pry about the Church’s information. Her unusual actions in the church led most people to suspect that she might be a spy sent by the CCP, and thus she was cast out of the church. In March this year, she made another attempt to enter the Church and acquire information, but was quickly exposed and ousted. How could she possibly desist after her failure to accomplish her unspeakable schemes? She has, in many occasions, openly expressed her hostility toward the Church of Almighty God. She slanders, attacks and makes rumors about the Church, singing the same tune as the CCP. However, she has no proof at all that the Church of Almighty God violates the laws or harms the benefits of South Korea. All this makes one wonder: She goes all out to help Tian and instigate those who do not know the truth, she collaborates with the CCP government of Satan to attack and persecute the Church of Almighty God, and acts as the CCP’s running dog and accomplice—indeed how much bribery has she accepted from the CCP?

(III) Thoughts Provoked by Tian

When it comes to this “protest,” we have to talk about Tian, the lead of the drama. She is the wife of Zhang, who is a Christian of the Church of Almighty God. Standing near the gate of the Church of Almighty God in Guro, the desperate cries of Tian might provoke an outsider’s thoughts: Where is Zhang? And why wouldn’t he see his wife? What are his reasons behind his choice?

It was learned that Tian has come to Korea twice earlier this year, in January and May respectively, and asked Zhang to return to China, but Zhang turned down her requests. As a Christian in China, Zhang has always been persecuted by the CCP government for his belief in God. At last, he had no choice but to leave his hometown and flee to South Korea. Tian is Zhang’s wife, she cannot be more clear about the fact that the CCP is an atheist party and employs cruel means to crack down on Christians; if Zhang returns to China, he will surely be arrested, imprisoned and tortured, and even be abused to death. Despite all this, she still came to meet Zhang in South Korea in May, bringing with her a spy in plain clothes. Not only did she steal Zhang’s passport, cellphones, and take away all of his money, she and the spy also tried to abduct Zhang in the airport, which Zhang narrowly escaped. As Zhang’s wife, Tian knows full well that the CCP adopts cruel means to persecute Christians. However, she shows no concern for her husband’s safety, and has made several death-threats to Zhang in order to have him back to China. She proclaimed that as long as Zhang could return to China, it doesn’t matter even if he might be arrested and beaten to be disabled. And who is behind her collaboration with Wu to protest in front of the Church of Almighty God? Is Tian really doing this for Zhang’s benefit? There is no doubt that Tian knows her actions could only aggravate things, so what are her ulterior motives?

At the site that day, there was also a journalist Wu invited from a TV station in Seoul. We learned something from what he revealed to us: Three days before Tian’s arrival in Korea, Wu made an appointment with him. So the 8. 28 Protest has been plotted beforehand. Two persons from different countries happened to get together: holding press conference, and engaging in the protest. Those with discerning eyes have seen through it. This is an organized and planned action, and the one behind the scene—the CCP—can no longer hide itself and is exposed to the light.

(IV) The CCP Has Tried Every Trick in the Book and Will End Up Shooting Itself in the Foot

The work of Almighty God has been carried out across Mainland China for more than twenty years. During this period, the CCP has frenziedly persecuted and cruelly suppressed God’s work, in order to end God’s work of the last days. Seeing that Almighty God’s kingdom gospel is expanding overseas, the CCP becomes more desperate, and it has followed the trail to South Korea. So the event of Zhang could not possibly happen by chance. It is not new that in order to defend its dictatorship in China, the CCP always frames up on others, invents fake cases, or resorts to forceful suppressions, all of which are perfectly obvious to everyone. In 1989, the suppression of June Fourth Democracy Movement astounded the whole world. In 2001, the CCP staged the Tiananmen Square Self-immolation Incident, commencing the movement of subduing and killing members of Falun Gong. In 2008, the CCP suppressed and murdered Tibetan monks; and people boycotted the supplies in China. The list goes on and on. On May 28, 2014, a murder happened at a McDonald’s restaurant in Zhaoyuan, Shandong Province, which was designed and carried out by the CCP. It planted the crime on the Church of Almighty God, attempting to discredit the Church. After that, it launched the One-hundred-day Battle and began a frantic arrest of the Christians of the Church in Mainland China. To everyone’s surprise, despite the CCP’s persecution of the Church, Almighty God’s kingdom gospel has soon been expanded to many other countries, and Almighty God’s word, the videos of the Church’s hymns and choral music, as well as the Church’s films are made public to the world. This drives the CCP regime of Satan furious and desperate, and so it has stretched its evil hand to the foreign countries.

The 8. 28 Protest in Seoul is ironclad evidence that the CCP once again attempts to smear and defame the Church of Almighty God. Wu and Tian echoed with the CCP and cried out its preposterous assertions, saying, It’s wrong to abandon one’s family to follow God and believe in God, this is tearing up one’s fam ly. Does this argument hold water? For everyone who believes in the Lord, they are familiar with the words said by the Lord Jesus in Luke 14:26, which are “If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, yes, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.” In order to fulfill the commission God entrusted upon them, the saints throughout the ages rushed hither and yon day after day. They left their family and forsook their career to spread the gospel of the Lord Jesus, experiencing untold hardships, not caring even if it meant to lose their lives. Let’s take a look at today: The religious community of South Korea sends out a large number of missionaries every year to spread the Lord’s redemption of cross in many countries. They have all abandoned their family and laid aside their career. Could you say that their belief in God is wrong and following God is tearing their family apart? Zhang has preached the gospel to Tian many times, but she refused to accept it, and instead persecuted him, and even claimed to report him to the police. Who is the one that ruined the harmony of their family? Who forced Zhang to flee his country at the risk of his own life? The answer is self-evident.

The CCP is so shameless. It plays the trick of a thief crying “Stop thief,” and utilizes Wu and Tian to spread rumors and nonsense, saying that Zhang was taken hostage by the Church of Almighty God. This is purely confounding black and white and distorting the fact! What is the truth then?

The Korean police told that Zhang has made it clear to them he came to Korea without anyone’s coercion. Also in a statement written by him, he said that in China he was facing the danger of being caught and afflicted by the CCP, and that was the very reason he had fled China for Korea. Zhang also told the police that his wife opposed his faith in Almighty God and persecuted him many times. She not only threatened him with death but also tried to kill him by knife. And she even called the police to catch him. Due to the persecution of the CCP and his wife, he had no choice but to leave China to seek refuge in Korea. Some Korean people who are well informed of the event of Zhang express their deep understanding of him, for there are so many cases of their country’s missionaries being persecuted and expelled from China, and they are clear when it comes to the discernment of these things, and they have a deep understanding of the fact that the CCP government persecutes Christians.

The CCP attempts to defame and vilify the Church of Almighty God using Zhang’s escape to Korea. They stir up the Korean government and people from various groups in society who are in the dark to rise to oppose the Church of Almighty God. That way, the Church of Almighty God might be driven out of Korea, and all the Christians of the Church in Korea would be extradited back to China, and suffer the condemnation and affliction of the CCP. In the end, the Church of Almighty God would be thoroughly banned. The vicious purpose of the CCP is ultimately exposed. Unfortunately, the trick of the CCP will never succeed in Korea, a democratic country! Its evil action will only allow the Korean people and the whole world to see more clearly its evil face of hating God and the truth. It will end up shooting itself in the foot!

God is righteous. The CCP is doomed to be punished by God for its going against Heaven, for its defiance and hostility to God!

Su Yang

Source from: Hymn of the Heart

"Red Re-Education at Home" (3) - Christians Explain the Root and Outcome of the Chinese Communist Party's Resistance to God

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Christians Explain the Root and Outcome of the Chinese Communist Party's Resistance to God

Introduction

 Since the CCP so madly persecutes Christians and they have yet to see God destroy it, many people do not believe that resisting God will lead to retribution or punishment, and they particularly do not believe in God's existence or His rule. Does this viewpoint have any basis in the truth? Is it in line with the facts of God's work?

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Christian Wang Dongdong's Account of His Experience of the CCP's Cruel Persecution

Christian Wang Dongdong's Account of His Experience of the CCP's Cruel Persecution

Wang Dongdong started to believe in the Lord Jesus along with his parents since he was little. In 2001, his whole family accepted Almighty God’s kingdom gospel. In 2011, his elder brother was arrested because of believing in God. Wang Dongdong and his parents were forced to flee their home. In 2012 when he was in exile, he heard the news that his mother passed away due to sickness while hiding from the hunting of the police. Wang was arrested by the Chinese SWAT officers in 2013 because of preaching the gospel, and he was tortured by them for three months and eleven days. After his release, he had no choice but to flee abroad in order to escape from the CCP’s persecution.

The CCP Is the Plotter of Fake News of McDonald's Murder in Zhaoyuan - Massimo Introvigne

The CCP Is the Plotter of Fake News of McDonald's Murder in Zhaoyuan - Massimo Introvigne

Expert's Comments

 On November 20–21, 2017, in just two days, seventeen reports attacking The Church of Almighty God (CAG) were published intensively on Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po, the mouthpiece media of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Hong Kong (HK), citing the rumors and fallacies consistently fabricated by the CCP to discredit and condemn the CAG.

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Religious Persecution

A Manipulative Concept: Xie Jiao - Massimo Introvigne

From November 20 to November 21, 2017, Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po, two mouthpieces of the Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong, released 17 reports intensively to attack The Church of Almighty God, all in a span of two days.

Christian Family Film Festival: Chronicles of Religious Persecution in China – Silver Medal Winner

Christian Family Film Festival: Chronicles of Religious Persecution in China – Silver Medal Winner

Christian Family Film Festival

  On October 1, 2017, the three-day Christian Family Film Festival in Ellington, New York came to a close. The full human rights documentary produced by The Church of Almighty God, Chronicles of Religious Persecution in China, stood out from the crowd among a number of the films shown, winning the silver medal. This documentary, a true account of the Chinese Communist government’s wanton violations of human rights and brutal murders of Christians, provides international society with a deeper understanding of the inside story of the Chinese government’s oppression of religious faith, offering detailed and powerful evidence. The film has received widespread attention and praise since its release.

As an important platform for the promotion of mutual understanding and exchanges between Christian filmmakers, the Christian Family Film Festival attracts submissions of hundreds of film and television works. In this year’s film festival, 28 excellent submissions were selected, with films from many countries including England, the US, France, Korea, and Bulgaria. On par with many professionally produced full films, Chronicles of Religious Persecution in China overcame the festival judges with its profound significance. When the representative from The Church of Almighty God accepted the silver medal awarded by the festival organizers, the following testimonial was her acceptance speech.

By recreating the actual experiences of Christians who have been brutally persecuted by the Chinese Communist government, even to the death, as well as its cruel oppression of Christian families and their tragedies of deaths and broken homes, Chronicles of Religious Persecution in China deeply exposes the true plight of power trumping law in China ruled by the Chinese Communist Party. The policy of freedom of religion is nothing but a lie, a story. The Chinese Communist government wantonly tramples on the law and has utter disregard for human life. It brutally persecutes Christians and has committed countless evil deeds, bringing grave disaster to Chinese Christians. The contents of the film are true, moving, and shocking. Not only has it won the approval of the festival organizers, but it has also been praised by many other representatives of the film festival participants.

On-site coverage in Ellington, New York by Han Xi, reporter for The Light of Truth

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