A Turn for the Better on the Road of Believing in God

34. A Turn for the Better on the Road of Believing in God

Zhuanbian    Shanghai City

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  Although I had been following God for many years, I had made almost no progress with my entering into life, and this made me feel very anxious. Especially when I listened to a recording of a preaching about life entry, and heard the man used by the Holy Spirit talking to the brothers and sisters who were present and listening to the preaching, I felt filled with anxiety hearing him say this kind of thing, “You now believe in God and have tasted the sweetness of the pursuit of truth. You have started to enter onto the right track and are full of faith in your pursuit of salvation.” I thought, “These people have believed in God for such a short time but have already entered and are so full of faith about being saved. Yet here I am having so far believed in God and I still haven’t obtained the truth and my disposition in life has undergone no change whatsoever, never mind having entered onto the right track. To attain salvation is easier said than done!” I thought of how the above fellowshiped that the truth can resolve all of man’s corruptions, but I had never experienced this at all. I even felt that the truth could resolve other people’s corruptions but not my own, so I lost faith in my pursuit of the truth and of salvation. Although I was aware that my own condition was not right, there was no way I could escape it, so I could only cry to God for help. Afterward, His words enlightened me, causing me to see the reasons why I had believed in God for so many years yet had not progressed in life, and why my disposition had not undergone any change. God also set me on the path of practicing and entering the truth.

Hymn"God's Love"

1

In this ocean of people, who knows God becomes flesh in the last days?He walks in churches, speaking, doing His work, silently expressing the truth.He's humble and hidden.He does endure great humiliations.O God, You become flesh, suffer many hardships all for mankind's salvation.Why does man deny, reject You?O God, the truth You express is what man needs.The judgment and chastisement of Your words are love and blessings for man.The judgment and trials of God's words transform, save us, allow us to live like humans.God is worthy of man's love and eternal praise.Thanks for Your love, thanks for Your love, thanks for Your love, O God.

2

In this ocean of people, we're like a sand grain with none to care for us.We lived in sin and struggled painfully, fumbling in darkness with no direction.It was God who took heed of us, and it was God who lifted us up.We've been corrupted by Satan to the core, tainted like dirt and waste.Yet God has not forsaken us, instead He judges, chastises, and purifies, awakening my numb heart to a deep sense of His dearness, of His dearness and loveliness.The judgment and trials of God's words transform, save us, allow us to live like humans.God is worthy of man's love and eternal praise.Thanks for Your love, thanks for Your love, thanks for Your love, O God.

3

In the judgment of God's words,I see the deep corruption of mankind.The world is dark, man struggles with each other.The earth is in a miserable state.God's word is the true light, lighting up the dark world.We've seen the light of human life and the hope of mankind.The judgment and trials of God's words transform, save us, allow us to live like humans.God is worthy of man's love and eternal praise.Thanks for Your love, thanks for Your love, thanks for Your love, O God.

from Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs

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Wang Haijun

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I am Wang Haijun, formerly a preacher in the “Justification by Faith Church.” Like other brothers and sisters, I believed in God for the purpose of going to heaven and gaining eternal life, and I served God for the purpose of gaining the crown of righteousness. While I was earnestly expecting the Lord to return to reward me, I actually shut the door on the Lord and became one who resisted God, because I was foolish and ignorant and believed the rumors.