Your fellowship is so enlightening.
And now I understand
that although the words of the spiritual greats can edify others,
they're only words in line with the truth.
They can't be said to be God's words or said to be the truth.
Many theological theories of man are little more than doctrine
and may not accord with the truth.
Only the word of God is the truth and can be man's life. This is for sure.
Yet,
I'm not clear about the meaning and the fruit of God's word being man's life.
Could you please fellowship in detail?
I feel that this question is a very profound one!
The apostles' letters are inspired by God and are therefore God's words.
And great spiritual men's words are all enlightened by the Holy Spirit,
so they also can be said to come from God.
In my view, they are all words of truth. We shouldn't have doubt.
If it conforms to truth, it's truth.
And only the words that don't are not truths.
All of the words that conform to the truth can be man's life
and those that do not conform with the truth cannot be man's life.
Is there anything wrong with my understanding?
Pastor Lee, that is not correct.
Just now,
brothers and sisters from the Church of Almighty God fellowshiped very clearly.
Why can't you discern
between the truth and the words that are in accordance with the truth?
God's word is supreme, and it has God's authority and His power.
Man's words, no matter how close to the truth,
can't be put on a par with the word of God. (Mm.)
Alright. If the words of spiritual great men were truths,
then why had they not gained the truth and life?
Why had they not been approved by God after believing in Him many years?
These great men's words could not even change themselves.
So how could they change others?
This is an excellent debate.
The more we do so, the clearer we understand the truth.
It is true that only the words of God can be man's life,
and can change and can perfect man.
The word of man, no matter how close it may be to the truth,
is not truth and can't change or perfect man.
This is an absolutely undeniable fact!
And even though man acknowledges that only the words of God can be their life,
very few of them can see clearly the meaning and the fruit of the word
of God being man's life.
If they can see clearly that this is the case,
they will thirst for and pursue the truth.
What the truth actually is is understood by few people,
nor are there those who know why the truth can be man's life,
or those who understand
what the result of the truth actually being the life of man
means to them, or in fact, to man.
To grasp this aspect of the truth, we should first know that
man was created by God, and the life of man comes from God.
And the fact is, there is nothing but God that can give the real life to man.
Genesis 1:26,
God has created mankind in accordance with His image,
so God will definitely bestow new life to man.
And when God redeems and saves man in His two incarnations, both of Them say,
God comes and brings the way of everlasting life.
It's beyond doubt that God is to bestow the eternal life to man,
so that man can gain eternal life.
So then we can see that the way of everlasting life
is all the truth God expresses to purify and perfect man.
The Lord Jesus once said,
The Lord Jesus has expressed it very plainly.
And His message is the truth.
God's way is the eternal life that He is willing to bestow upon man.
If man follows God's way, he'll never see death.
And if man can follow the way of God, he will gain eternal life.
Let us all listen to the words of Almighty God.
Excuse me, can we read this book?
I want to have one too. (Me too.)
Thank you!
Turn to page 57.
The words of Almighty God have stated it very clearly.
The way of truth brought by Christ of the last days
is indeed the way of everlasting life.
And this way of everlasting life
is the glorious eternal life God bestows upon man.
If man gains the life bestowed upon him by God,
then he can receive the eternal life, and he will not die.
Then why is it that the fact is the word of God alone can be man's eternal life?
Let's all take a look at what Almighty God says about it.
Turn to page 53.
Let me read one passage.
Let's stop it here.
Why can God's word be man's life? Almighty God's words have stated it clearly.
God is the source of the life of all things.
God can not only create the heavens and earth and all things,
but He can also rule everything,
which is widely known.
The fact is that God is who He is. And it can only be God who is eternal life.
So God can rule the fate of all things forever.
Except God,
no person, matter, or thing is eternal, and nothing can last forever.
God created the heavens and earth and all things with the word.
God's word will exist forever.
Just like the Lord Jesus said,
So the truth God expresses will exist forever and never change.
This is eternal life.
God's word itself is the eternal way of life, and can be man's eternal life.
All the words expressed by God incarnate are the expressions of God's life,
God's righteous disposition, and what God has and is,
representing His almightiness and wisdom.
They are the Creator's will and requirements toward man.
These are all the truth that corrupt man must possess in order to be saved,
and are the eternal way of life God gives to man.
All those who have truly experienced God's words
have witnessed this wonderful fact:
The more we experience the words of God,
the more we feel that God's words are the truth and life,
and that God's words are inexhaustible.
Yes, every word of God is sufficient for us to experience
through the course of a lifetime.
When we experience God's words to a certain extent,
we are certain to gain truth and life from the word.
When we live by God's words, we will feel enriched,
peaceful, joyful, comforted, and hopeful.
And deep down in our heart, we are certain to feel the presence of God,
as well as the strength that is given by the words of God.
Besides, God's words become our faith and life.
The fact is enough to prove, you see,
that the words of God are indeed the immutable truth.
Then we see, only God's words can be man's eternal life,
which is absolutely true, without question.
All the truth God expresses when doing the work of judgment in the last days
is the life that God bestows upon mankind.
Every single item of the truth can be a part of man's life.
For example, the truth of being an honest person
can make man live out normal humanity and the likeness of a real man;
knowledge about God can make man fear God, obey God, worship God,
and be blessed by God to a thousand generations;
relying on and obeying God helps man in receiving God's blessings and guidance.
If someone truly loves God,
they will be greatly used by God and then they will be God's servants forever.
If one walks in God's way, and he fears God and also shuns evil,
then he will achieve God's promise to enter the kingdom of heaven.
From these we're sure to see
that if man receives these truths,
then they shall gain the eternal life and enjoy the eternal blessings as well.
Every single item of the truth can be man's life
and can bring man God's blessings as well.
This is the true meaning of the truth being man's life. Praise God. (Yes!)
Such an answer is very clear.
The words of Almighty God are truly the truth. The words can be man's life!
Now we understand why only God's words can be man's life.
It's because only God's words are the truth,
and nothing except for the truth can be man's life.
This is an absolutely undeniable fact!
Then what is the effect of the words of God being man's life?
Let's read Almighty God's words.
Please turn to page 320.
I'll read it.
The word of Almighty God
has made clear the result of God's word being the actual life of man.
So then, after we accept God's work in the last days,
we see all the words Almighty God has expressed are absolute truths,
God's disposition, and also what God has and is.
The words of Almighty God have revealed all mysteries of God's management plan:
the inside truth of the three stages of God's work of saving man,
the mystery of the incarnation, the significance of God's name,
the inner truth of the Bible,
how Satan corrupts mankind, how God saves mankind,
the destination and end of each kind of man,
how man should pursue so that they can be saved and perfected, and so on.
They opened our eyes, and we enjoyed all of these.
Almighty God's words, like a double-edged sword,
thoroughly disclose our satanic nature
and various follies of disobedience and resistance to God.
We realized we've truly been corrupted by Satan deeply,
and felt ashamed and humiliated for having no human likeness at all.
God's words have completely conquered us!
It does show that God's words are the truth, and are able to conquer mankind.
So, we experienced the judgment of Almighty God's words,
as if we were face-to-face with Him.
We came to know God's righteous disposition,
and practically experienced
God's majesty, His wrath and intolerance of man's offense,
and thus we came to fear God in our heart.
This is the result of purifying and perfecting man by the words of God.
The judgment of Almighty God's words
has made our outlook on life and values change in varying degrees.
In the past, we sought worldly wealth, fame, honor and position.
But now, we focus on pursuing the truth and being honest persons,
pursuing to know God and obey God, and love God,
and to perform the duty of a created being to satisfy God.
Gradually, our life disposition has been transformed,
and we have the likeness of a real man.
Such life is of great value and significance.
Experiencing God's work in the last days,
we can see all of the words of Almighty God can indeed purify,
and they can save, and they can perfect man as well,
and they can be man's life,
and they, the words of Almighty God, can bring man the true human life.
This is the result of the work of God through the expression of His words.
Which proves:
Only God's words, which are the truth,
can purify man, and save man, and perfect man,
and only the words of God can be truly man's life.
If man truly gains the truth from God's words,
he will know God, obey God, and love God,
and will be compatible with God, and never betray God.
Such man will gain the eternal life and will never die.
This is the effect of the truth of God's words being man's life.
Your fellowship is indeed quite practical.
Only God's words are really the truth,
which can purify and change, and save man, too,
so that man can be holy, living the true human life.
Truly, only the words of God can be man's life! (Yes, I agree. That's it!)
In the past, we didn't know
that only God's word can be the pathway to eternal life to man,
so we believed in God muddle-headedly,
and what we did not do is to pursue the truth.
That's really the biggest mistake!
It appears that we in fact cannot gain life without pursuing the truth.
Failing to gain life, how could we gain His approval?
Now, I understand
gaining the truth as well as gaining the life is the true belief in God!
Well said! So true! That's really true!
The words of the preachers of the Church of Almighty God
have left me feeling brightened.
It is not an easy thing for anyone to believe in God.
Gaining the truth as life is just very meaningful!
We know now that this is the true human life!
It is because men don't have God's word as their life
that they are sinking deeper and deeper into a cycle of corruption.
It's just so practical for us to be able to receive God's word as our life.
God's word can make us cast away our satanic disposition and become sanctified.
Won't we receive eternal life when we become sanctified?
It seems that what Almighty God brings is really the eternal way of life!
Yes…