﻿I grew up in a family that was Christian for three generations.
When I was a child,
we went to church as a family to hear sermons and worship God.
As an adult,
I was appointed by the church to do various types of work for the ministry.
I have looked to the Lord throughout my decades-long journey of faith in Him.
In the spring of 2013, sometime in the month of May,
my church hosted a branch meeting of the World Council of Churches.
Creating an ecumenical movement and religious pluralism
are the goals of the Council.
The World Council of Churches brings together various sects of Christianity,
and preaches the following:
God is love, and all Christians who believe in God can be saved.
Even those of other faiths, regardless of who or what they worship,
can be saved.
But beneath the rhetoric,
when all the words are stripped away,
their final goal is the unification of all faiths.
Hi there!
Hello.
Is your mom at home?
Yeah, she's here, come on in!
Sister, how are you?
Oh hi, I'm fine. Have a seat.
Good to see you.
Sister, there was an event at the church yesterday,
why didn't you go?
Ah, I didn't want to go.
Why not?
I think that the arguments the WCC is making are sort of a betrayal of the Bible.
And it's not at all in accord with the Lord's will.
These are "your" ideas?
Here's 2 Corinthians,
Amen!
The Lord Jesus is the only Savior and the only one true God.
Those who worship idols, evil spirits and false gods,
they don't even believe in the Lord Jesus.
How can anyone say they'll be saved?
A Christian church wants to be unified with worshipers of idols and false gods?
When you put it that way, it makes sense.
Over time I started realizing
that my church had no leadership and no work of the Lord.
We were aimless.
Amen.
At Sunday worship,
the elders and senior deacons who led us in prayer
did so by simply reciting from scripts that were prepared before.
What was the point?
Prayer like that felt false to me.
Real prayer should be speaking to the Lord from your heart.
Even if it's just a line or two, it should come from the heart.
Because the Lord Jesus said,
The prayers that they recited from the prepared scripts
weren't true prayers at all,
and such prayers do not please the Lord.
And when the church chose its deacons,
they didn't, as the scripture teaches,
choose those of integrity, temperance, loyalty,
or those who do not love money.
They chose those who made the most offerings
and were the most enthusiastic, as deacons.
I watched the church leaders do things that go against the Lord's teachings,
and lead believers according to their own doctrines.
I just couldn't see the Lord's leadership in that church.
I couldn't feel the Holy Spirit's work.
The church gave me nothing spiritually.
Disappointed,
I decided that I just couldn't be involved with a church like that anymore.
It was weighing on my soul.
In the end, I decided it was best to leave.
But after I left the church I realized,
that my entire life had revolved around the church,
and now I was rootless.
I didn't know what to do or where to go.
My heart felt heavy.
To find a church that truly had the Holy Spirit's work
and to find a new life supply.
I started reading all kinds of spiritual books
and listening online to sermons from famous pastors
from Korea and around the world.
But I couldn't find what I was looking for.
I spent over three months searching.
And I contacted a female preacher from my original church
that I had stayed in touch with.
She had started her own church,
but over time the flock abandoned her, and she was the only one left.
While I listened to sermons on the Internet,
we met up and I fellowshiped with her.
But I realized that the sermons of the pastors who graduated from seminaries
and the famous religious leaders
couldn't supply me with any sense of enjoyment in life.
So, I continued on with my search.
Three months later,
I made contact with a church
that felt more in accord with the teachings of the Bible.
I went every Sunday and started taking part in that church's activities,
I even began working as that church's accountant.
But it wasn't long before,
I realized that all the prayers at the beginning and end of worship
were spoken in tongues.
At this church speaking in tongues
was regarded as the only evidence
of the work of the Holy Spirit and of salvation.
But that's not what I believe.
The Bible says in Galatians 5:22-23,
It is my understanding of the scripture that
true faith is to understand the Lord's words
and demonstrate the nine fruits of the Holy Spirit in our life,
and this is proof of receiving the work of the Holy Spirit.
And during their sermons,
the pastors were only repeating themselves over and over again,
there were no new ideas, no new light.
Most of the believers looked blank or dozed off
during the boring, repetitive sermons.
Church meetings were merely going through the motions.
Most people didn't give much thought to
what they were doing and were in a negative, sunken state.
I couldn't see the joy that should be present in the worship of the Lord.
Faced with such uninspired worship, I thought to myself:
Would the Lord be pleased to see them going through the motions?
Would the Lord accept this?
Would the Lord be with us?
I was reminded of this passage from the Book of Revelation.
Wasn't the situation in this church
the condition of the church of the Laodiceans?
Such a church couldn't satisfy my spiritual needs.
I felt empty, helpless and completely dark.
I'd realized that all the churches I'd seen were exactly the same.
They had a service that followed the rules and external guidelines
stipulated by a few individuals.
This was not a service led by the work of the Holy Spirit.
I yearned for the Lord's return.
I wanted Him to come shepherd us.
I wanted Him to come guide us once again.
My heart ached and I could feel it cry out:
"Lord! When will You come back?"
I became more and more anxious.
Each time I had the chance, I searched on the Internet
for terms like "the voice of God," "the footsteps of God,"
and other terms related to God's return.
I yearned to find the returned Lord,
and to find a church that could supply me with life.
On January 27, 2016,
I looked for news of the Lord's return online.
I clicked on a link to a video and when I opened it,
I was surprised to hear words that lifted my spirits and stirred my heart:
I didn't entirely understand but I heard the words:
The words had the authority, and the power of God.
Those weren't words that could be spoken by a man.
It was hard not to get too excited.
I continued on listening carefully.
I was shocked to say the least after hearing these words.
Who was saying this? Where did they come from?
I immediately picked up my phone and called two Christian bookstores
to ask whether they sold this book.
Hello. Yes, I have a question.
Okay, do you sell the book, The Scroll Opened by the Lamb?
Sure, just a moment.
I'm so sorry but it looks like we don't carry that book.
Oh hello! Does your bookstore sell the book, The Scroll Opened by the Lamb?
Hold on a second.
I'm very sorry, ma'am.
We don't keep that book in stock.
Alright. Do you know where I can buy it?
It's important.
I'm really sorry.
Maybe you can try another bookstore.
We don't have it.
I saw the contact details in the video,
and decided to contact The Church of Almighty God.
When you saw the reading video of Almighty God's word,
how did you feel?
Well, I remember,
And another part,
When I heard those words recited,
I felt like they carried authority,
they were words that can't be spoken by men.
They seemed like they really were the words said by God.
That's why, no matter what,
I have to find and read The Scroll Opened by the Lamb!
I want to know if the Lord Jesus has returned.
If He's appeared and spoken. I need to know!
Well, it's true.
The Lord Jesus has appeared and spoken. (Yes.)
And He has returned to us as the incarnate Almighty God.
It's very exciting.
Almighty God has come to express the whole truth of saving people.
He works to purify and save mankind.
Yes.
He does the work of judgment starting with the house of God in the last days.
Almighty God begins the Age of Kingdom and concludes the Age of Grace,
He reveals the mysteries of God's six-thousand-year management plan
of how He saves man,
and He reveals all the mysteries of the Bible.
Here, sister, The Scroll Opened by the Lamb
is the word expressed personally by God in the last days.
You will enjoy reading it.
It is the water of life granted to us by God,
and the only way to eternal life.
All we need to do is follow the footsteps of the Lamb.
Then, when we fully grasp the words expressed by God,
we can receive the light He supplies us with.
By feeding and watering our thirsty spirits,
life can finally grow within us.
Are you really saying that the Lord has returned?
Almighty God is the Lord Jesus that I have been waiting for all these years?
Are you certain?
Yes.
How can you be so sure that the Lord Jesus has truly returned?
Sister, remember what the Lord Jesus prophesied,
Amen!
This is what we know.
So according to the Lord Jesus' prophecy,
the Lord will utter His voice when He comes to save man in the last days.
And so, to know whether the Lord Jesus has returned,
you must first ask yourself whether you can hear the voice of God.
The voice of God refers to the word of God,
so we only need to hear more of Almighty God's words
and look at whether or not these words are the truth,
and if they truly are the voice of God.
Then we will know whether or not the Lord Jesus really has returned.
Yes.
After hearing that sister's fellowship,
it was clear what I needed to do.
I understood that to find the work of God,
I should listen to God's voice.
But although I was initially excited by what they were saying,
I didn't dare accept their testimony
that Almighty God is the return of the Lord Jesus,
because the news came too suddenly,
it was quite unexpected, and I wasn't ready to hear it.
But, immediately,
I remembered how the Pharisees waited for the Messiah to appear,
yet when the Lord Jesus came to do His work,
they did not recognize Him as the Son of God,
and therefore they resisted God,
and in the end were seriously punished by God.
I have warned myself many times
that when the Lord Jesus returned,
I must not resist Him like the Pharisees did.
I must see Him and accept Him.
When the Lord Jesus was born,
the prophets Simeon and Anna
immediately recognized the Lord Jesus as the prophesied Messiah.
They were pious people who served God,
and looked forward to the coming of the Redeemer,
and because of their devotion, they saw the Lord in their lifetimes.
I have always admired them,
and hoped that when the Lord Jesus returned,
like them, I would know the Lord Jesus when I saw Him.
Oh! That would be so incredibly wonderful!
The Scroll Opened by the Lamb are words spoken personally by God, (Right.)
it's crucial to our path in life and our salvation,
assuming you want to be saved.
Yeah.
Read it carefully.
If you have any questions, call us any time you like.
Alright.
Once I had the book,
I began to eagerly read God's every word.
I said Amen to those words.
I realized that in the past my faith was satisfied
merely by obtaining the grace of the Lord Jesus' redemption,
and that I didn't understand the true meaning of belief in God.
But those words made me instantly understand.
They were short, simple words
that clearly explained the true meaning of belief in God,
and they were very profound.
Only God could speak such words
and those words became my motivation to believe in God.
After I read more of God's words
that exposed man's sinful corruption in an honest way.
I felt even more certain that these were God's words
and that this was the voice of God.
Only God can thoroughly dissect our corruption,
and see all of our sins.
And only God can see into the depths of our hearts.
As the Bible says in Hebrews 4:12,
After reading Almighty God's word,
many Bible verses that I hadn't understood before
now made perfect sense to me.
My life felt as if it had been watered by a sweet rain after a long drought,
because the words of God nourished me,
and the fellowship about God's word with my brothers and sisters supplied me.
The more I examined, the more I was convinced
Almighty God is the return of the Lord Jesus.
The Church of Almighty God has the work and guidance of the Holy Spirit.
It's exactly what I was looking for.
It is a true church.
At The Church of Almighty God,
I enjoyed and experienced the work of the Holy Spirit
and the words expressed by God Himself.
I don't think it's possible for me to be any happier.
I personally experienced words spoken by the Lord Jesus:
Those words are the truth.
Yeah.
Now that I've heard them out loud I understand them better.
My original church,
as well as the other sects I visited
aren't keeping up with the steps of God's new work.
The Holy Spirit has left those churches
and now they are just places of religion,
somewhere for people to gather. (Yeah.)
But they are no longer God's churches.
The whole reason my church joined the World Council of Churches
and sought to unify with worshipers of evil spirits and false gods,
was because they thought it could save them.
The church I joined later
considered speaking in tongues
as proof that they were filled with the Holy Spirit,
and had gained salvation.
But these kinds of actions were completely made up by man.
They don't come from God.
By leading their churches this way,
pastors depart from the Lord's teachings
and end up going against the Lord's will,
whether they mean to or not.
God doesn't like that kind of church at all.
God forsakes such churches.
That's why I received no guidance from God when I worshiped there.
And that's why my heart felt empty and why my spirit felt weak.
I had no new light.
Yeah, that's right.
The religious world has lost the Holy Spirit's work, and is desolate,
and the biggest reason
is that its leaders don't follow the Lord's word or obey the Lord's commandments.
They resist God's will.
They've strayed from the Lord's way,
and so have been abandoned by the Lord.
It's just like in the Age of Law,
when the Jewish leaders did not obey Jehovah God's law
and didn't love and revere God.
They also went against God's will.
They only followed their human traditions
and discarded God's commandments,
and completely departed from God's way.
And so, the temple became nothing more than a desolate nest of thieves.
Yes. That's right.
Today, the pastors of the religious world
only preach biblical knowledge and theological doctrines.
They are obsessed with religious rituals,
yet they have never led others in the practice or experience of the Lord's word,
and they never obey the Lord's words and commandments,
instead, they only follow the traditions and doctrines of man.
They have departed from the way of the Lord.
And now God has rejected and cursed them.
Yeah.
These are the main reasons
the religious world has lost the work of the Holy Spirit.
This is happening for a couple other reasons too.
God has started new work, here, on earth
and the main focus of God's work has shifted.
The Lord Jesus has returned,
and on the basis of the work of redemption,
He also does the work of judgment starting with God's house.
He ushers in the Age of Kingdom, and concludes the Age of Grace.
Amen!
Now, the main focus of the Holy Spirit's work
has shifted to God's work of judgment in the last days. (Yeah.)
And so, those who accept God's new work
will have their thirst quenched by the water of life that flows from the throne,
and they will receive the Holy Spirit's work.
Yes!
But those who stop in religion without moving on
and refuse to accept the work of Almighty God
will lose the work of the Holy Spirit, and be lost in darkness.
It's just like in the late stage of the Age of Law,
when the Lord Jesus began the work of redemption outside the temple
that ushered in the Age of Grace.
At that time God's work had already shifted,
it was no longer in the temple,
and so the temple became completely and truly desolate.
Yes. That makes sense.
How about some more of God's word, sound good?
Alright.
After hearing God's words and the fellowship of my sisters,
I understood that the desolation of the religious world
is because of the arrogance of religious leaders.
They do not obey the Lord's commandments, and deviate from His way.
But also it's because God's work has shifted.
God already has new work,
but they refuse to accept it,
and instead arbitrarily judge, resist, and condemn.
How could the Holy Spirit work within people like that?
When I reflect back on my spiritual journey,
I reminded of the words of Jehovah God:
Now, I understand.
I had visited so many different churches,
but I never found any provision to my life,
yet when I heard the words of Almighty God,
it was immediately clear in my heart, my spirit had been rejuvenated.
I was full of life again.
This was all because God has started new work
and expressed new words to guide us.
He has brought man truth, the way, and life!
I'm grateful to have found Almighty God.
Now we can understand what God is doing.
God's work has made the religious world desolate,
which actually was part of His plan all along.
Yeah.
It shows just how wise and almighty God is.
You're right.
The hunger that took place in religious world
makes those who truly believe in God
leave religion and search for the footsteps of God's work.
They truly love the truth
and seek the words that the Holy Spirit speaks to the churches.
They search for the church with the Holy Spirit's work,
and seek the appearance of God's work.
Yes.
This is God's good intention.
All those who hear the voice of God
and accept and obey Almighty God's work of judgment in the last days
are the wise virgins, (Amen.)
and will be raised up before God's throne.
Amen.
It's only these people that will be allowed to eat at the feast of the Lamb,
and be nourished with the water of life that flows from the throne.
Their original confidence and love will return.
That's right. Yeah.
So they will be able to eat and drink of God's word,
practice God's word, and experience God's word, (Okay.)
they will be those who understand the truth
and gain the reality of the truth.
Amen.
When people know the truth and truly understand God,
they can revere God, and obey His words, (Yeah.)
and thereby obtain a new life from God!
Amen!
It's just as God says:
Amen.
God wants to bring all those in religion who truly believe in God
and those who love the truth before Him,
He wants to make them after His own heart
and truly gain them as His followers.
Yeah.
Meanwhile the religious organizations and people
who don't accept Almighty God's work
will lose the work of the Holy Spirit.
They will all be rejected and eliminated by God,
and eventually destroyed.
Amen!
That way, from the church,
all the wheat is separated, separated from the tares,
the good servants are separated from the evil,
and the true believers from the false.
All of this is proof of God's wisdom and almightiness!
Amen!
Through the sister's fellowship,
I was able to understand God's work and God's heart.
I was finally able to feel the reality of God's love.
God didn't abandon me.
God allowed me to meet the Lord Jesus in my lifetime.
The voice of God was nourishment for my thirsty spirit.
Almighty God's words are the way to eternal life,
and they flow like a bottomless spring,
giving us an endless supply of life.
Just as the Lord Jesus prophesied,
The work of God in the last days has fulfilled the prophecy of the Lord Jesus.
Almighty God has revealed all the mysteries
of God's six-thousand-year management plan to us,
and freely granted us the way to eternal life.
Almighty God has brought us face to face
with God's personal supply and His wise shepherding.
We are granted the water of life that flows from the throne,
and we gain the purification and perfection of God's word.
I am not confused or hesitant anymore
because I have already found the footsteps of God.
Now, I receive personal guidance, nourishment, and shepherding courtesy
of the work of Almighty God.
My heart feels safe and at peace.
I feel an indescribable sense of joy.
I sincerely offer my thanks and praise to Almighty God.
In glory, I will forever worship the noble and righteous Almighty God!
All glory be to God!