Brother Xiang Yang, this Wuhan virus is spreading everywhere.
Right.
This is serious! It's spread to every country.
Definitely. Everyone is scrambling to buy masks and they're scarce.
True. Hey, how is your church?
- Don't ask. - Why?
Brothers and sisters are afraid,
and hope the Lord will rapture us to the kingdom of heaven.
Look at that. Disaster comes before they meet the Lord.
Of course they're worried.
Right.
If you don't receive the Lord,
you'll become foolish virgins, falling into disaster.
Exactly right!
Long ago we had four blood moons, now we have epidemics.
Right.
The disasters get worse.
Why do you think the Lord hasn't come?
Hasn't come?
Has He?
Because you haven't received Him doesn't mean He hasn't.
You're implying something of a treasured gift here!
You do not see the Lord come.
You hear of His return but do not investigate.
This is why you haven't received the Lord.
So you're telling me the Lord has returned?
Yeah.
You've received Him?
Yes, I have.
Hold on, where is He?
How did you receive Him?
- Me? - Yeah.
Ear?
Listening!
Listening?
For God's voice.
God's voice?
Revelation 3:20,
I received the Lord when I heard the voice of God.
You heard His voice?
Right.
Where? Why haven't I heard it?
Listen to me.
Okay.
Revelation says,
The words of Almighty God are the words of the Holy Spirit,
and it's available online for the whole world.
This is the Lord
knocking on our doors.
The Lord knocking on our doors?
Yeah.
People who seek God's appearance and His work
find His voice in Almighty God's words.
This is how wise virgins receive the Lord and attend the wedding feast.
This is receiving the Lord?
Indeed.
When people investigate, they receive.
Not to investigate is foolish.
Foo—
You haven't heard nor received the Lord because you're foolish.
- Me? - Yeah.
- Foolish? - Right.
I have a good reason for not investigating.
- Ah, a reason! - Right.
Almighty God expressed the truth to do the work of judgment,
and to get to God's kingdom you must accept that work.
That's correct.
That's wrong.
What? How?
As believers, haven't we had our sins forgiven and been saved?
Right.
Doesn't that mean we'll be taken into God's kingdom when He comes?
Why accept judgment?
Oh, being forgiven and receiving salvation is enough?
Yes!
Did the Lord Jesus say we can enter the kingdom once forgiven?
He never said that,
but that's what the religious world thinks.
They're wrong.
How … how so?
We should go by the Lord's words.
Yeah.
What did He say about entering His kingdom?
What did He say?
Never heard this?
I've heard it.
To enter the kingdom, we must repent.
Right.
But our sins are forgiven, and we expend ourselves for the Lord.
Isn't that repentance?
You're saying that is repentance?
Yes!
Wrong!
How am I wrong?
True repentance means practicing God's words and doing His will.
Have we achieved that?
Of course we have!
Oh?
Take me.
I pray to the Lord every day.
Just as He requires, I am tolerant and humble,
I contribute and expend.
Look at him.
I work hard, I build churches, and I preach.
It's exhausting!
Ah?
I mean, I never complain!
- Tell me. - What?
Isn't that practicing God's word and doing His will?
Isn't that repentance?
Oh, good behavior means you're practicing God's word?
Yes.
You're doing God's will?
Yes.
Look at the Pharisees.
Yes?
Were they pious?
Yes.
Abided by laws?
And spread the gospel, doing many good deeds?
Yes, they did.
So they practiced God's word and did His will?
No.
Why not?
They … they spread rumors to condemn the Lord then crucified the Lord Jesus.
They resisted God and were condemned.
And that's the problem.
What?
No matter the good deeds, they judged, resisted, and condemned God.
Is that repentance?
So you're saying good deeds don't represent true repentance?
Exactly.
True repentance means people practice God's word,
no longer sin, resist or have notions about God.
They obey Him no matter what.
Sounds right.
Look at us.
Not literally!
Look at our condition and behaviors.
Behaviors?
Listen. We pray and confess to the Lord, but what then?
We lie, sin, and can't practice His words.
But we can't help it.
So with our sins forgiven, yet unable to free ourselves from sin,
can we gain the Lord's approval?
Of course not.
What's more,
we make sacrifices, work hard and say it's to satisfy God.
Right.
But actually, we do this to be rewarded and blessed.
Rewarded …
When faced with hardship, we argue and resent God,
even say He's unjust, deny or betray Him.
Our nature is so evil that we judge, resist, and condemn God.
Are we truly repentant and worthy of God's kingdom?
Aren't we like the Pharisees?
True.
So dangerous!
Look at the religious world.
They work and preach, strive so others praise and worship them.
They even set up their own kingdoms.
Is this true repentance?
Of course not.
They hear of the coming of the Lord,
but don't investigate, instead resist and condemn.
Isn't calling them truly repentant blasphemy?
Oh, this is a serious problem.
Hey, Brother Zhang,
we pray to God to confess and strive to keep from sinning.
So why do we resist Him? Why can't we live without sin?
Great!
Great?
I mean you asked a great question.
In the Age of Grace, the Lord did the work of redemption.
Believing in the Lord forgives our sins,
but the satanic nature of sinning and resisting God is within us.
Satanic nature?
Yes. It makes us lie and sin, and struggle for fame and fortune,
be arrogant and self-righteous, obey no one, and rebel against God.
Oh, my!
So if we don't resolve this,
and only pray to confess, can we escape the bondage of sin?
No.
If we can't escape sin, can we repent?
No.
Can we get into God's kingdom?
Slow down! Let me digest this …
Digest.
Our satanic nature makes us sin.
Sinning a lot, we can't truly repent.
Without repentance, we can't enter the kingdom of heaven.
Like climbing a ladder to the moon!
Impossible!
But how …
There is a path!
A path?
The Lord Jesus prophesied of His return, He said:
Also,
Today, the Lord has returned,
expressing truth for the judgment work,
to resolve our sinful nature and take us into God's kingdom.
So you're saying,
when we are cleansed by God's judgment, we can enter His kingdom?
Yes!
Brother Zhang, tell me about the Lord's work of judgment in the last days.
The answer is in the Almighty God's words.
Oh?
Amen!
God's use of truth to judge and purify is a mystery.
Yes.
Almighty God does this to save humankind,
and expresses all truths for us to be cleansed and fully saved.
Really?
Not only is the essence of mankind exposed,
but also the root of all evil in the world.
He points out the path to cast off corrupt disposition,
and also explains God's will for humankind.
Good!
He reveals God's management plan
and the final outcome for mankind.
That's wonderful!
Only God could reveal these truths and mysteries!
That's right.
In our gatherings, we read the words of Almighty God
to understand our corrupt nature.
Oh!
God's words reveal the truth of man's corruption,
and we are entirely convinced.
So great!
The more we experience the judgment in God's words,
the more we see how deeply corrupt and full of evil we are.
No one can live like a true human.
Hey, we are deeply corrupt and full of evil?
Yes.
Are we really that corrupt?
- Very much so! - Really?
Arrogance, self-righteousness, self-importance, selfishness, treachery, greed, deceit …
Wait …
I couldn't list them all.
Here, I'll give you an example.
Okay.
If we have a talent, we become arrogant,
we lose regard for our brothers and sisters,
and we stifle and lecture others.
That's true.
We may not vocalize it, but we look down at others.
The moment we gain status, we want power and authority,
and then control others.
That's right.
Faced with persecution from the CCP,
we put aside our duties for personal interest and live a shameful existence.
And if we do them, it is without loyalty or obedience to God.
Put it this way, we're really corrupt.
If a person is that corrupt, and doesn't accept God's judgment,
can they truly know themselves?
Not at all!
All we can do is pray and confess.
We can't truly know ourselves, nor understand Satan's disposition.
That requires accepting God's judgment.
Yes.
Only through God's judgment
can we see our satanic nature and the truth of our corruption.
Only then,
we understand why we sin by day, and confess by night, and never truly repent.
For we have Satan's nature!
Right. Once we can clearly see the corruption within us,
we see God's nature is holy and righteous.
Then we develop fear and love for God,
and feel our corruption, our lack of humanity, and unworthy of life.
Then we wallow in self-hatred, and renounce our evil nature.
We practice the truth and obey God's judgment and chastisement.
We are gradually purified, and we truly repent.
That is achieved by accepting God's judgment? Wonderful!
It can resolve the root of our sin.
The way God works is so practical!
That's right.
Think, without God's judgment, can we escape our corruption?
No.
Without it, can we ever learn God's nature is holy and righteous?
No.
Can we obey and fear God?
Also no.
Without God's judgment, can we repent and be saved?
Certainly not!
Ah, God's judgment and purification is essential.
Our path to the kingdom of heaven!
He understands.
Two thousand years ago, the Lord said,
Now I understand
that the Lord's work of judgment is to purify man's disposition,
save us from Satan,
allow everyone to obey and worship God,
and bring them into the kingdom of heaven.
Right.
And that fulfills the Lord's words.
You're right!
Almighty God has come to do the judgment work, and the kingdom of heaven is here.
Many have accepted God's judgment been purified and saved.
They share in the kingdom of heaven.
Great!
More disasters are coming.
Yes.
One after another.
True.
An epidemic has spread from China to the entire world.
Disaster is imminent.
Yes.
God's begun punishing evil.
Those who don't accept God's judgment
and those who resist and condemn His work await their ascension into heaven.
Aren't they dreaming?
They can only be condemned and punished.
Right! Foolish me!
I thought the Lord would come take me to the kingdom of heaven and save me!
Hoping to enter the kingdom of heaven without God's judgment
is wishful thinking!
You're right.
Hey brother, I need to investigate Almighty God's work,
or I'll be a foolish virgin!
Congrats, fool.
What?
For wising up!