The Principles of Experiencing and Obeying God’s Work

2. The Principles of Experiencing and Obeying God’s Work

1. Accept and obey all the judgment and chastisement, the pruning and dealing, and the trials and refinement of God; never try to escape them, be slipshod, or let it be in vain;

2. Accept and obey all the truths God expresses, so that God’s words and the truth may become the reality of your life;

The Principles of Belief in God

1. You must experience and obey God’s work on the basis of the belief that God created all things and holds sovereignty over all things;

2. You must prioritize the eating and drinking of God’s words, and obey all the judgment and chastisement, the trials and refinement, and the pruning and dealing of God’s words;

3. As you experience God’s work, you must fulfill the duty of a created being, in order to reach an understanding of the truth and enter into reality;

4. You must pursue the truth in order to reach salvation, and to obtain the guidance and perfection of the work of the Holy Spirit.

Christian Skit | "Watch Over This House" | Why Christians Are Treated Like This (English Dubbed)

Introduction

In China, Christians are persecuted by the CCP to the point that it's hard for them to go home, so they often live a wandering existence. In this skit, a Christian couple, fed up by being monitored in their village for their belief in God, decides to move to the city and rent an apartment, but it's not long before the CCP police officer, neighborhood committee member, security guard, and a neighborhood lout start visiting one after another to "help the old couple watch their apartment." Again fed up with the surveillance, the old couple decides to pack their bags and move again …

Eastern Lightning | Stop Being Loyal to Riches, I Live For God（2)

By Zhenglu, United States

I had to work for six days a week because of the needs of work. So I appointed Sundays for the meetings. But sometimes on Sunday I would do some extra work for making money, which caused me to miss the gatherings. Knowing this, brothers and sisters fellowshiped with me about the importance of attending gatherings. I pondered this and thought what they said was true indeed: My understanding of God’s word is, after all, limited when I read at home on my own. But when I had meetings with brothers and sisters together, it was different. Everyone shared his own knowledge and in this way I did understand more. By comparison, to attend gathering is still more beneficial to me. But then I thought: Attending gatherings is important; yet earning money is also very important.… Indeed, every time after gathering, I did get some understanding of God’s word and felt bright in my heart, this simply cannot be obtained in exchange for my money, no matter how much I earn. In this way, I kept turning this over in my mind and did not know how to choose. Just as I was worried, I came before God and prayed to Him, “O God! I feel as if I were standing at the crossroad, not knowing how to choose between attending gatherings and making money. May You guide and enlighten me to understand Your will and choose according to Your will.”

Testimony of Faith - Salvation from Death’s Grasp | Eastern Lightning

Salvation from Death’s Grasp

She was sentenced to death by doctors, family members, and neighbors, and at the end of her life, she heard the voice of God. Instead of dying, she regained her life force with renewed vitality.

By Feng Mei

The sun shone brightly on the earth, giving it a golden coat. In a small farmhouse, a thick curtain blocked its arrival. The scene of a wistful room and the world outside the window is so contrary.

Quietly in the room, Feng Mei lay paralyzed in bed, her waxy face without the slightest color. Her body looked like a thin skin attached to a skeleton. It seemed painful to touch her skin with your hands.

"From the Jaws of Death" | A Christian Relies on God to Overcome Satan | Eastern Lightning

"From the Jaws of Death" | A Christian Relies on God to Overcome Satan

Liu Zhen, 78 years old, is a typical rural housewife. After believing in God, she felt unparalleled joy from reading His words and singing songs of praise to Him every day, and frequently gathering with her brothers and sisters to fellowship on the truth. … However, good things never last. She is arrested and persecuted by the Chinese Communist government, putting her in a terrible predicament.

Gospel Movie clip "Faith in God" (5) - Is Working Painstakingly for the Lord the Reality of Belief in the Lord?

    Most believers believe that so long as we keep the Lord's name, pray often, read the Bible and have meetings, and so long as we abandon things, expend and work painstakingly for the Lord, then this is a true belief in the Lord, and we will be able to be raptured into the kingdom of heaven when the Lord returns. Is this kind of view correct?

"Faith in God" (4) - Is Believing in the Bible Equivalent to Believing in the Lord? | Eastern Lightning

    Most people in the religious world believe that the Bible is the canon of Christianity, that one must hold on to the Bible and base one's belief in the Lord entirely on the Bible, and that one cannot be called a believer if one departs from the Bible. So is a belief in the Lord and a belief in the Bible one and the same? What exactly is the relationship between the Bible and the Lord? The Lord Jesus once reprimanded the Pharisees with these words, "Search the scriptures; for in them you think you have eternal life: and they are they which testify of me. And you will not come to me, that you might have life" (John 5:39-40). The Bible is merely a testimony of God, but it does not contain eternal life. Only God is the truth, the way and the life. In that case, how do we look at the Bible in a way that accords with the Lord's will?

Gospel Movie Clip "Faith in God" (6) - What Does True Faith in God Mean?

Gospel Movie Clip "Faith in God" (6) - What Does True Faith in God Mean?

Many people believe that a belief in God is a belief in the Bible, and that working painstakingly for the Lord is the reality of believing in God. No one in the religious world is able to thoroughly understand what true faith in God means. Almighty God says, "'Belief in God' means believing that there is a God; this is the simplest concept of faith in God. What's more, believing that there is a God is not the same as truly believing in God; rather, it is a kind of simple faith with strong religious overtones. True faith in God means experiencing the words and work of God based on a belief that God holds sovereignty over all things. So you shall be freed of your corrupt disposition, shall fulfill the desire of God, and shall come to know God. Only through such a journey can you be said to believe in God" (The Word Appears in the Flesh).

A Hymn of God's Words "True Meaning of Faith in God" | Eastern Lightning

True Meaning of Faith in God

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So many people believe, but so few understand what faith in God really means, what they need to do to beat with God's heart. So many know the word "God," know phrases like the "work of God," but they don't know Him, nor what He really does. No wonder their faith is blind. They're not serious about this because it's unfamiliar and strange. So they are far short of God's demands. If you don't know God and His work, can you be fit for His use? Can you fulfill the desire of God?