Only Christ is the truth, the way, and the life.
The Bible can’t bestow life to man.
Only the last Christ, Almighty God, can bestow the way of life to man.
Any belief apart from the Bible is a heresy!
God’s work is all recorded in the Bible.
We should believe in God according to the Bible.
Almighty God’s coming has shaken every sect and denomination!
Is He truly God Himself who created all things and rules over everything?
Is He truly the Lord Jesus who was crucified
by the Israelites two thousand years ago?
“Ironclad Proofs” will provide you with the ironclad facts and ironclad evidences.
Before the ironclad facts and ironclad evidences, mankind will get the answer.
Hallelujah! Praise God in his holy temple;
praise him in the firmament of his power.
Praise him of his mighty acts;
praise him for his excellent greatness.
Praise him with the blast of the ram’s horn;
praise him with lyre and harp.
Praise him with trimbrel and dance;
praise him with strings and pipe.
Praise him with resounding cymbals;
praise him with the loud clanging cymbals.
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.
Hallelujah.
You remind me of myself twenty years ago.
At that time, just like you,
I began to read the Bible, systematically studying theology
and walking the way of serving the Lord.
This is the Lord’s grace
and His great favor to us.
Thank the Lord!
Amen!
Now, let’s think back:
What’s the core of our seminary course?
The Bible is the only standard for our belief and life.
Right!
It is the core of our seminary course.
Every believer in God should remember this:
The whole Bible testifies of God Godself;
the Bible is the truth and is the perfect word of God;
every word in the Bible is inspired by almighty God,
without any error.
Thank the Lord!
Amen!
Speaking of the Bible, for thousands of years,
no other book can take its sacred place in the hearts of Christians.
In the Bible, there are endless mysteries hidden within.
Many people have made an exploration,
but, no one can really unlock them.
Feng Jiahui believed in the Lord from childhood.
At 18, she entered seminary with full enthusiasm.
In her 30’s, she became a preacher
of a house church in Shanxi, China.
For many years,
Feng Jiahui devoted herself to studying the Bible.
In her heart, the Bible was a heavenly book
and had absolute divine authority….
It’s late. Get some rest.
Tomorrow morning, someone’s coming to preach, right?
Mm. Yeah.
Well, these days our church invited several preachers.
Mm.
But they just say the same old things.
Nothing new. We didn‘t receive any new supply.
I wonder about the one Brother Yuan invited.
I heard from Brother Yuan
that he has an insightful view about the Bible. (Oh!)
You can listen tomorrow.
That’s good!
Don’t worry too much. Try to get some rest.
Brothers and sisters,
next let’s read two more verses.
In Amos 4:6,
it says,
Amos 8:11 says,
Brothers and sisters,
from these two verses, we can see
the desolation of the church was ordained by God.
Just like at the end of the Age of the Law,
the temple was desolate. It became a den of thieves.
Money exchanged, ox, sheep, and doves were sold.
This is because the Lord Jesus did a new work outside the temple.
Similarly, today the church is desolate
because the work of the Holy Spirit has moved
and God has done a new work….
Wait!
God has done a new work?
Humph! Now I know!
This is exactly the “Eastern Lightning.”
What? “Eastern Lightning”?
Brother Yuan, this person believes in “Eastern Lightning.”
You really didn’t know that?
It’s “Eastern Lightning”!
How is it possible? …
Sister Feng,
the “Eastern Lightning” we’ve been guarding against
is exactly the return of the Lord Jesus.
Today, I invited Brother Shen here
just to talk about God’s new work with all of us….
New work? Humph!
All of God’s work and word are in the Bible.
We should believe in God according to the Bible.
Amen!
Any belief beyond the Bible is a heresy!
Amen!
All of God’s work is in the Bible.
What you talk about is beyond the Bible.
You’re a heretic.
How dare you come here to preach!
Humph….
Brothers and sisters, whether it is a heresy,
we should let him finish his words before making a conclusion.
Right. Let him go on.
Yeah!
What he said sounds reasonable.
Yeah!
Just now, you mentioned
that “any belief beyond the Bible is a heresy.”
Then, let’s fellowship about this.
Brothers and sisters, we all know that
before the Lord Jesus did His work,
there was only the Old Testament.
The New Testament was formed after 300 A.D.
Yes! Right! Yes!
At that time, the Lord Jesus didn’t do His work
according to the Old Testament,
but started the redemptive work in the Age of the Grace
outside the Old Testament.
For example, preaching the way of repentance,
the work of being crucified, and so on,
these works simply can’t be found in the Old Testament.
So, the saying that “any belief beyond the Bible is a heresy” is not right.
What can it prove?
Yes! Right! Yes!
Brothers and sisters,
we shouldn’t forget
when the Lord Jesus did His work,
it was condemned as a heresy.
Right. Yes.
So, today when facing God’s new work,
we should investigate carefully
and shouldn’t make a hasty conclusion.
Right. In fact, I think he speaks very well. (Yeah!)
What’s the good?
You have no discernment!
Humph! You are helping the outsider!
Brothers and sisters, the Bible says,
Brothers and sisters,
he said that the Lord has come back.
He is deceiving us.
Amen!
We should be watchful.
Amen!
Don’t fall into Satan’s scheme.
Amen!
For thousands of years,
people believe in God according to the Bible.
It can be said that believing in God is believing in the Bible,
and believing in the Bible is believing in God! (Amen!)
What he said has gone beyond the Bible.
Brothers and sisters,
don’t believe his words.
Amen!
Enough, enough!
Get away from the pulpit. Go away!
Right. Out!
Go!
Brothers, we invited Brother Shen here. (Go! Go! Go!)
We shouldn’t treat him like that.
Brothers and sisters, please calm down.
The Lord Jesus teaches us to entertain strangers, and love enemies.
Of course. Right! Yeah!
We should walk in the Lord’s way.
Right! Yes!
Brother Yuan, you’ve believed so many years.
You should have discernment.
Right! Yes!
I think what he said is right.
We should seek and investigate.
You’ve been deceived.
I’ll give you one last chance.
Repent to the Lord now.
Reject the “Eastern Lightning.”
I’m not deceived.
“Eastern Lightning” is exactly the true way,
is the Lord Jesus’ return.
Yuan Zhixuan, you’re an apostate.
You’re really irredeemable.
Yes! Yeah!
Now, in the name of the Lord Jesus,
I expel you from the church.
From now, no one can contact him.
Otherwise, you share in his evil.
Amen!
Sister Feng, you can expel me.
But facing such an important matter as the Lord Jesus’ return,
we should investigate carefully.
Unnecessary!
Brothers and sisters,
“Eastern Lightning” is a heresy.
Right! Amen!
Go away!
Drive them away!
Go! Go! Go!
Brother, we’d better go!
Go away. Get out of here! Go!
Brothers and sisters,
let’s quiet our hearts and seek and pray more.
Seek what?
I believe that God will lead us.
Out! Get out. Get out now!
Brothers and sisters,
the “Eastern Lightning” is deceiving people everywhere.
They’ve departed from the Bible and betrayed the Lord’s way.
Now, we must remember
that apart from the Bible, we will have no life.
Amen!
Now, I solemnly declare:
From now on,
no one is allowed to contact the “Eastern Lightning.” (Amen!)
No one is allowed to receive any foreign preacher, (Amen!)
much less take him to the church.
Otherwise, you will be expelled and cursed in prayer.
Amen!
The appearing of the “Eastern Lightning”
shook the whole religious world.
They believed that the way of the “Eastern Lightning” was beyond the Bible.
Beyond the Bible is heresy.
Feng Jiahui also believed that the Bible was God’s testimony
and God’s full manifestation,
if man left the Bible, he would lose life.
She couldn’t allow the heresy to deceive her fellow believers.
As a servant of the Lord,
she’d spare no effort to “safeguard the Lord’s way and protect the flock.”
At the same time,
the fellow churches in Henan and Hebei
were also trying their best to resist the “Eastern Lightning”....
Today, those who came to the service were even fewer.
If this goes on, whom will I preach to?
Ay! Sister Zhang and Sister Liu are completely done.
They won’t come back no matter how we try.
What were you doing? You couldn’t even look after some people?
I did poorly!
I’m indebted to the Lord.
The “Eastern Lightning” has deceived so many of us.
If all the believers are taken away by them,
whom shall we give a meeting and preach to?
Yeah! We should keep the inheritance that the Lord has given us.
We must try every way to stop the “Eastern Lightning.”
Yeah. We can’t sit and wait for death.
Elder Zhuang, look.
The “Eastern Lightning” takes our people away
and the church offerings become less and less.
We must find a way.
Ay!
Come here.
OK. I’ll handle it right away.
Mm, go tomorrow.
I will.
All right.
In these days, they resist more and more crazily.
Now they begin to seal off the churches.
Ay!
I never expected Sister Feng would resist so much.
Actually,
before I accepted God’s end-time work,
I held on to the Bible just like her.
Later, through the brothers and sisters’ lots of fellowshipping.
I understood the inside truth of the Bible,
walked out of the Bible step by step,
and came before God.
Right! What God will accomplish
cannot be hindered by anyone.
Brother,
today we can accept God’s end-time work,
and this is God’s grace to us.
God’s sheep can surely recognize God’s voice.
Amen!
We should have faith.
Brother, I have faith.
Mm.
Ay!
In our church, many brothers and sisters who truly love the Lord
expect the Lord’s coming every day.
Now, the Lord has really come back,
yet they are deceived and bound by men,
falling into darkness and having no way to go.
They’re really pitiful.
Brother, don’t worry.
Today, God descends and works in a hidden way
just to “steal treasures,” to save these people.
Why say “steal treasures”?
You remember the Bible says that the Lord comes “as a thief,” right?
Of course I remember.
The Bible says, the Lord comes “as a thief,”
and it refers to God’s end-time incarnation.
God is incarnated to save all those
who have a good humanity and truly believe in Him.
They are the treasures.
They’ll be brought into God’s family
and taken up before the throne.
This is “stealing treasures” we often mention, (Mm.)
that is, “stealing sheep.”
The Lord comes “as a thief”
just to save these people and perfect these people.
Those who are “stolen”
are “gold, silver, and precious stones”
and are “good sheep.”
Brother,
according to the Bible, where is the place
built of gold, silver, and precious stones?
Of course in the kingdom of heaven.
Right!
The foundation in the kingdom of heaven,
the buildings in the kingdom of heaven,
and the holy city are built with these gold, silver, and precious stones.
We only preach the gospel to those who have a good humanity
and truly believe in God.
We should have patience and love
and try our best to cooperate with God.
Oh! (Right!)
Actually, the Lord comes “as a thief” to “steal treasures.” (Mm.)
This is a mystery!
Mm.
Thank God! (Thank God!)
Now I understand.
Brother Shen, Zheng Yongming is an elder of the church.
He’s a good person and a true believer.
I want to see him again.
Good!
We must bring him before God.
Thank God!
All right!
Let’s pray for them together.
OK!
Elder Mo, how’s your business recently?
Thank the Lord!
It’s all the Lord’s grace. It’s good.
I wanna tell you something….
Recently, we’ve tried some things.
Morning prayer, evening prayer,
Bible study, fasting prayer more and more,
even a correspondence course.
The whole week is occupied.
But, the brothers and sisters are still taken away continuously by the “Eastern Lightning.”
Ay!
Thank the Lord. The church is the Lord’s body.
The Lord will take full responsibility.
Let’s pray more!
Mm!
Oh, look at the time!
Why Liu Shoujun hasn’t come yet?
Humph! He must have some ulterior....
Sister Feng, Brother Liu is here.
Thank the Lord! Brothers and sisters, peace to you!
There you are. Have a seat.
It’s really a long way from Henan to Shanxi.
You must have something important, right?
Yeah!
Here are some Henan specialties from Elder Zhuang.
Just a little gift.
We’re brothers and sisters in the Lord.
Don’t go to so much trouble.
Elder Zhuang planned to come personally this time,
but recently he is really busy with the church work.
Ay!
You also know the matter about the “Eastern Lightning.”
It’s really a headache.
Elder Zhuang hopes that our churches in the three provinces can reunite to resist the “Eastern Lightning.”
I came especially for this matter.
Join with Zhuang Renjun and Tao Airong to resist the “Eastern Lightning”? (Mm!)
Humph!
Zhuang Renjun? Tao Airong?
Humph! Before, to contend for power and profit,
they did many things to hurt Sister Feng.
Even we couldn’t tolerate it.
Right!
Zhuang Renjun often created conflicts among the co-workers and did things to sow discord.
He fabricated rumors to frame Sister Feng
and even drove her out of the church.
He went too far!
To tell the truth, I don’t want to associate with such a person.
Humph!
Elder Zhuang is very regretful.
He said that in the past
he somewhat misunderstood and hurt Sister Feng.
He confessed to the Lord many times.
This time, he especially asked me to convey his apologies
and hoped that brothers and sisters could put aside the past,
forbear and endure each other,
and unite in the Lord.
Now, the “Eastern Lightning” is so rampant.
We must join together to resist the “Eastern Lightning.”
Should we join them or not?
Elder Zhuang has a bad humanity.
That year, they divided the church
and raised jealousy and strife.
It was really hurtful....
However, our strength now is not strong enough
to resist the “Eastern Lightning”….
Co-workers, the “Eastern Lightning”
has taken away so many of our believers.
How can we give account to the Lord?
Now the only way is to join together
to resist the “Eastern Lightning.”
This is most important!
To protect the flock and save the deceived brothers and sisters,
it can be a way.
Let’s pray more for this matter.
Amen!
Pray in the holy name of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Amen!
Thank the Lord!
Co-workers, we’ve been parted for three years.
Three years.
Today, the Lord brings us important co-workers in the three provinces together.
The church is the Lord’s body.
The Lord’s intention is to let us unite.
We can’t be divided.
Yes! Of course!
The significance of this co-worker meeting is extraordinary.
I believe that everyone present
is not strange to the words “Eastern Lightning.”
Yes!
Actually, the people of the “Eastern Lightning” are not fearsome.
What is fearsome is that we co-workers can’t unite together.
That’s it! Yes! Yes!
As long as we join together,
we can resist the “Eastern Lightning.”
Brothers and sisters,
let’s safeguard the Lord’s way and protect the flock! (Amen!)
I believe that the Lord will be with us
and care for and keep us.
Amen!
Thank the Lord. We can reunite.
It has the Lord’s good purpose.
As long as we join together,
we can resist the “Eastern Lightning.”
Amen! Right!
Thank the Lord!
We must be of one heart and one mind and find some effective ways
to protect the brothers and sisters
from being deceived by the “Eastern Lightning.”
So when the Lord comes, we can give an account.
Amen!
As far as I know,
the brothers and sisters are deceived
mainly because they read the books of the “Eastern Lightning”
and heard their messages.
So, we must find some effective measures
to make the brothers and sisters feel terrified
when they hear “Eastern Lightning” and avoid it like the plague.
As long as they don’t contact the “Eastern Lightning,”
they surely will not be deceived.
Every day, we ask the brothers and sisters
not to contact the “Eastern Lightning,”
but it doesn’t work.
Do you have any better way?
Yeah.
There is a way,
but we need to join together.
We can ask co-workers to give testimony.
Because everyone is familiar with their local co-workers,
they’ll see through it.
So, we can give testimony in other places.
For example, Henan gives testimony in Hebei,
and Hebei gives testimony in Shanxi,
so that the brothers and sisters will believe that the “Eastern Lightning” deceives, afflicts, and is a mafia,
and they will fear and shiver on the name “Eastern Lightning.”
Then, they will naturally stay away from the “Eastern Lightning.”
Mm, yes.
Yes. We should never allow them to contact the “Eastern Lightning.”
We can ask someone to give testimony
and tell them the “Eastern Lightning”
broke the arms and legs of brothers and sisters
and some even disappeared.
Thank the Lord. Good idea!
Isn’t this obviously fabricating rumors?
Isn’t it too much for us to say so?
Right!
As long as we can deal with the “Eastern Lightning” and protect the flock,
whatever we do won’t be too much.
If we don’t make it serious, can they be frightened?
We’ve served the Lord for half of our life.
If all the sheep are taken away by the “Eastern Lightning,”
how can we give account to the Lord?
We’ll be too ashamed to face Him.
Yeah.
We can’t give account.
It says in the Ten Commandments,
This is against the Lord’s will.
Yeah!
We’d better lead the brothers and sisters
to study the Bible and pray more.
Right!
So they can take root
and won’t be deceived by the “Eastern Lightning.”
Right!
Is it useful?
We watch them get taken away group after group.
Studying the Bible, praying can’t solve the problem.
It’s useless!
Once they contact the “Eastern Lightning,”
they couldn’t be brought back as if they had been drugged.
If we still do nothing,
I’m afraid everyone will be gone.
Yeah!
Hmm. I think Elder Zhuang’s idea is good.
We can join together and send the co-workers to give testimony.
That way, we can guard against the “Eastern Lightning.”
I agree.
Thank the Lord!
Co-workers, we are all the Lord’s servants.
Since the Lord lets us watch over His sheep,
we should be faithful to Him.
Yes!
It is just the “Eastern Lightning” is too rampant.
In order to protect the brothers and sisters,
this is the only choice we have.
However,
we can’t let the believers know it,
because they’re still immature in life.
But we co-workers
should understand and sustain each other.
I believe that the Lord understands what we feel now.
Yes! Right!
We really have no choice.
Well, Sister Tao.
Yes!
Who in your place can give testimony?
Our co-workers
Diao Wen and Qu Xin can do it.
They’ll arrive tomorrow.
Good. Thank the Lord!
Sister Feng, what about you?
We agree to resist the “Eastern Lightning.”
But we need to consider the way of how to give the testimony.
Right!
Still need to think?
Sister Feng, you should do it as soon as possible.
If you still hesitate,
all the brothers and sisters will be taken away.
How shall we give account to the Lord?
I’ve thought it over and over.
It’s right to resist the “Eastern Lightning,”
but by giving false testimony, my heart is not peaceful.
Yeah, I feel the same.
It’s not according to the Lord’s teaching.
Giving false testimony is a big sin.
The Bible says that anyone who does it will be cursed.
He seriously offends God’s disposition
and will be punished!
We can’t do such evil.
Yeah! This seriously goes against God’s commandments
and is a great evil.
We mustn’t do it.
We should safeguard the Lord’s way according to the Bible
and put more effort in the Bible….
Brothers and sisters, do not be deceived by them.
Amen!
That’s all for my testimony.
Thank the Lord!
Amen!
Too terrible.... They can’t be right!
Brothers and sisters, peace to you in the Lord!
Amen!
Just now the brothers and sisters from Hebei and Henan
gave their testimony.
To us, the testimony is a great warning.
Right! Yeah! Yes!
Brothers and sisters, do you know?
The “Eastern Lightning” has taken in millions of members in just a few years.
No Way! What?
What does it show?
They are devouring our believers
at the rate of three hundred persons per day.
This is really horrible!
This is a fierce spiritual war.
Amen! Yeah!
In order to have more discernment about the “Eastern Lightning,”
next, let’s welcome Sister Feng
to share with us how to hold on to the Lord’s way
and discern various heresies.
Great. Thank the Lord! Praise the Lord!
Sister Feng studied theology
and devotes herself to studying the Bible.
Brothers and sisters,
in the time to come, let’s beseech the Lord
with a heart of praying and seeking,
asking Him to bestow upon us
the truth in the Bible through His servant.
Amen! Thank the Lord! Yes!
How admirable!
She studied theology before.
I heard that she ran a Bible training class.
Brothers and sisters, peace to you in the Lord!
Amen!
The Bible is the canon of Christianity.
We should know that
the whole Bible is God’s full revelation
and each word is inspired by the Holy Spirit.
Amen!
So, all of God’s word is in the Bible.
Amen!
God’s word doesn’t exist outside the Bible.
Yes....
Any belief apart from the Bible is a heresy.
Amen!
Apart from the Bible, we can’t believe in God, (Yeah.)
and we’ll lose our life.
Amen!
Thank the Lord!
Thank God! Thank God! Good point!
Brothers and sisters,
please turn to 2 Timothy 3:16.
Let’s read it together.
Ok! Right!
Amen!
Thank the Lord!
Brothers and sisters,
the foundation of our belief is the Bible.
Yes. Yeah.
The Bible is the perfect word of God,
without any error at all.
Amen!
Recently, the “Eastern Lightning”
is taking and robbing sheep from various churches.
They not only deny that
“all scripture is given by inspiration of God,”
but they say the Lord is back (Huh? This is unbelievable?)
and has done a new work and spoken new words.
This is exactly a deception.
Amen!
We must see through Satan’s scheme, (Right! Amen!)
and never be deceived by them.
Amen!
We must remember:
If we depart from the Bible in our belief and behavior,
we are extremely unfaithful to the Lord.
Yeah! Yes!
Only holding on to the Bible
is holding on to the Lord’s way.
Amen!
The Bible is the only way that helps us know God.
Yeah! Right! Yes.
We believe in Jesus.
Only if we follow the Bible’s teaching
can we enter the kingdom of heaven.
Amen!
Otherwise, we can’t be saved….
Right! Yes!
Now this heresy is deceiving people.
As long as we hold on to the Bible,
they can’t take us away….
Amen!
Brother, the “Eastern Lightning” didn’t take me away.
It’s after reading a lot of Almighty God’s words
that I believe He is the returned Lord Jesus.
It refers to God’s end-time work and word.
Brother, you and I believed since childhood
and we’ve been expecting the Lord.
Today, the Lord has come back.
This is a great matter, we should treat it carefully.
The Bible says,
You’d better investigate.
You’ve come several times,
talking about this matter.
And I’m also praying.
The Lord’s return is something very important….
It’s true!
How about asking Brother Shen to come tomorrow?
We can talk more about it together.
Then, I’ll ask Tianwen and Yang Chen to come.
That’s great….
Jiahui, you just got back. Have a rest.
I’ll cook in a minute, huh.
Let me do it.
I know these days
you must have eaten poorly.
It’s fine, since it was just me.
Hey, how is our daughter’s school?
Did she call home?
Yes.
Hmm.
Recently she didn’t get good grades.
Oh.
You’d better call her often.
Thank the Lord!
Let’s have dinner.
Bring the food here.
All right!
Who is it?
Me.
Hey! (Oh! Sister Han.)
Sister Feng, you’ve finally come back.
Something happened in our church….
Take it easy. Slow down.
Elder Zheng and some others believe in….
Through these days of fellowship,
I understand more than I did in the past decades.
Yeah! The word has authority and power.
It’s really God’s personal utterance.
Yeah!
These words are so practical!
Right!
It’s the truth!
Thank God!
Hearing it, I feel much more clear.
Right!
Let’s read another passage of God’s word.
OK.
Who is it? One minute.
Jiahui!
Sister Feng ... Sister Feng....
Sisters, hello! Please sit down.
I’ve really underestimated you “Eastern Lightning.”
You’re too audacious.
You even dare come to my co-worker while I was away.
You’re robbing sheep openly….
Brothers and sisters,
the Bible clearly records,
You lead others astray to lose the Lord’s salvation.
What’s your intention?
They’re wolves, wolves in sheep’s clothing.
Sister Feng,
we can’t let them get away with this.
Zheng Yongming! As an elder of the church,
you know well “Eastern Lightning” is a heresy,
but you invite wolves into your home.
I trusted you so much,
but you….
Aren’t you bringing the brothers and sisters into hell?
If you want preaching,
I’ll preach to you.
Who is versed in the Bible, me or them?
You even dare to bring the “Eastern Lightning”
to preach in your home?
She’s right!
How can you bring heretics into your home?
You invite the wolves in and harm the brothers and sisters.
How can you face the Lord?
Sister Feng, take it easy.
After these days of listening, I understand
that “Eastern Lightning” isn’t a heresy. (Yeah!)
It’s really the return of the Lord Jesus.
Let’s investigate carefully.
Right! Sister Feng.
The Lord’s return is such an important matter,
we really should think about it.
Yeah!
Sister Feng,
you’re the lead sheep of our church
and know more about the Bible than us.
What they preach these days
is indeed the true way.
That’s right! Sister Feng….
Jiahui, come here.
You see, except Brother Shen and his colleague,
everyone here is a co-worker in your charge.
Didn’t Yang Chen say it just now?
You’re the lead sheep of our church.
We shouldn’t shame the Lord’s name.
Don’t be angry.
With the truth, will we fear dispute?
I graduated from seminary and studied the Bible many years.
How long have they read the Bible?
Dare to dispute with me? Humph!
Then you’d better listen.
That’s being responsible for the lives of the brothers and sisters.
Go. Sit.
Please sit down, Sister Feng.
Brother Shen, Brother Guo, sit down please! Come. Everyone, sit down please.
We can have a talk!
Here, have some water.
Today, I’ll broaden their horizons and let them see how I take down the people of the “Eastern Lightning.”
Humph!
Thank the Lord. First, I want to say something.
Brothers and sisters,
our church used to be burning like fire,
but now it is desolate.
These years, I’ve been pondering:
We’ve tried all kinds of ways,
but why can’t the church be revived?
Last time Brother Shen said that the church is desolate
because the work of the Holy Spirit has moved
and God has done a new work. (Yeah!)
We want to make clear this issue.
I wanted to invite you,
but Sister Tan and you went to Henan.
Thank the Lord for His arrangement.
Today both of you are here. (Yeah!)
Let’s listen together.
That’s right! Sister Feng.
Sister Feng, you’ve served the Lord many years
and studied theology, and you’ve been very faithful to the Lord.
I can understand your feeling.
You just want to protect the flock.
But today the Lord Jesus we’ve been expecting
has really come back.
He has done a new work and expressed new words….
New words?
Have you studied theology?
Have you read the Bible?
Co-workers,
I’ve studied the Bible for more than twenty years.
I’m quite sure
that outside the Bible there is no God’s word.
All God’s word is in the Bible.
Amen!
Any belief against or beyond the Bible is a heresy and a fallacy.
Amen!
Humph!
Sister Feng, you just mentioned that “outside the Bible there is no God’s word
and any belief beyond the Bible is a heresy,” right?
Humph!
You still need to ask? Who doesn’t know it?
All God’s work and word are recorded in the Bible.
Brothers and sisters,
all those who are familiar with the Bible know that in the compilation of the Bible,
because of the compilers’ disagreement and omission,
some of God’s words conveyed through the prophets
were not included in the Old Testament.
This is an acknowledged fact.
How can you say that outside the Bible there are no God’s work and word?
Aren’t those omitted prophecies of the prophets God’s words?
Yeah!
The Lord Jesus said more words than those in the New Testament.
All God’s word is in the Bible.
Sister, John 21:25 says,
Yeah! All right! Yes!
This proves that not all the Lord Jesus’ work and word
are recorded in the New Testament.
So, the saying that outside the Bible
there are no God’s work and word
doesn’t accord with the fact.
Exactly.
Brothers and sisters,
we should also know both the Old and New Testament
came into being from man’s record after God finished one stage of his work.
At first, the Bible only had the Old Testament.
All the Lord Jesus’ work and word
went beyond the Old Testament.
If according to “any belief beyond the Bible is a heresy,”
won’t we condemn the Lord Jesus? (Yeah! Indeed!)
Brothers and sisters,
from these facts we can see the saying “outside the Bible there are no God’s work and word
and any belief beyond the Bible is a heresy”
is groundless.
That’s right!
Before, we never thought about this.
Yeah! Exactly!
Good! That’s right! It’s true!
I never thought of this.
Through this fellowship, I understand more clearly.
Brothers and sisters, as to the truth in this aspect,
let’s see what Almighty God’s word says.
Hmm.
Please turn to page 950.
OK!
Brother Guo, please read it for us.
OK.
Almighty God says,
Of course it’s God!
Yes! Right! Yes! Yeah!
Brothers and sisters,
over so many years, we all thought
that any belief apart from the Bible was heresy.
Today, after reading Almighty God’s word, we know:
God never works according to the Bible
or works by consulting the Bible,
much less does He look for paths in the Bible to lead His followers.
Rather, He’ll bestow to man a newer way and do a newer work.
Brothers and sisters, God is the Ruler of all things.
He is not only the Lord of the Sabbath
but the Lord of the Bible.
Yeah….
God is entitled to do His own work.
He can do a new work according to mankind’s need.
So, “outside the Bible,
there are no God’s word and work,
and any belief apart from the Bible is heresy,”
this saying is untenable.
Yes! Right!
Brothers and sisters,
through the earlier fellowship, we know that
the Bible records the first two stages of God’s work.
The Old Testament records the work in the Age of the Law
Jehovah God did in Israel,
which is what we usually call, the work God did in the Age of the Law.
The New Testament records
the Lord Jesus’ work in the Age of the Grace,
which is what we usually call,
the work God did in the Age of the Grace.
God didn’t do the work of the Age of the Law
according to the Bible.
He didn’t do the work of the Age of the Grace
according to the Bible either.
None of the works God did was according to the Bible.
It’s OK to measure man’s work, preaching, and service, according to the Bible.
But we even more should measure if it has the inspiration
and enlightenment of the Holy Spirit.
If we insist on measuring God’s work
according to the Bible,
we’ll become ones who resist God’s work.
Take the hypocritical Pharisees.
Their work accorded with the Bible,
but it had no working of the Holy Spirit.
Can such service be approved by God?
Though their work was in accordance with the Bible,
it had no working of the Holy Spirit.
So God didn’t approve of it.
They were ones who resisted God’s work
and were condemned by God.
Can we deny such a fact?
They’re right.
After hearing this,
I feel much more clear.
Yes…. Indeed.
Before, I didn’t understand! Thank God!
Brothers and sisters,
don’t be deceived by these newfangled sayings.
The truths in the Bible are already perfect.
The Bible’s enough for us to believe in God.
We don’t need the new word at all.
Amen!
Brothers and sisters,
what the Bible records is limited.
The Old Testament only records the work of Jehovah,
and the New Testament only records the work of the Lord Jesus.
The Bible only prophesies God’s end-time work.
However, it doesn’t record the details,
because in the end time God does the work of judgment,
which is a new work outside the Bible.
God is the expresser of truth,
the Ruler of the universe and all things.
His richness is unfailing and inexhaustible,
and no created being can fathom Him.
So, the contents of the Bible alone
can’t make clear all God’s deeds.
Let’s read a passage of Almighty God’s word.
OK!
Please turn to page 984.
Stop. Don’t read!
What you said is wrong!
Brothers and sisters,
the Old and New Testaments are already perfect.
They say the records in the Bible are limited.
They’re despising the Bible.
Despising the Bible means despising God.
Amen!
Right. Over two thousand years,
whoever believes in God reads the Bible.
But you said what the Bible records is limited.
Humph! That’s nonsense.
Yeah! Don’t try to deceive us.
Brothers and sisters,
our fellowship isn’t despising the Bible.
We just want everyone to know the fact.
Brothers and sisters,
we can’t equate the Bible as God.
Does the Bible save man or does God save man?
Yeah! It’s true.
Can the Bible express the truth
or can Christ express the truth?
What he said sounds reasonable?
Let them continue.
John 14:6 says,
Amen!
Thank the Lord. Today I understand.
Only Christ can save man, the Bible can’t.
Yes! Yeah!
Isn’t it from the Bible
that you see Christ saves man?
Without the record of the Bible, could you know it?
The Lord Jesus has redeemed us.
As long as we believe in God according to the Bible,
we can receive life.
Amen!
Sister Feng is right.
Brothers and sisters,
we all read the Bible in the past,
but we weren’t clear about the inside story of the Bible.
Today, Almighty God’s word has disclosed it.
Let’s read a passage of Almighty God’s word.
Okay.
Page 960.
These words really have authority! (Yeah.)
Now, I feel much more clear.
Right. Yes.
Brothers and sisters,
from Almighty God’s words, we see that
the Bible is only a historical record of God’s former works.
It can’t save man.
The Bible can never be compared with God.
God is the spring of living water of life.
His word and utterance, flow unceasingly.
However, what the Bible records is very limited.
This is a fact that no one can deny.
Brothers and sisters,
God is an ever-new and never-old God.
In each age, He does a new work and expresses new words.
Like in the Age of the Grace,
the Lord Jesus did a new work
and expressed new words.
But the Jewish priests and Pharisees
held on to the Old Testament.
They not only rejected and condemned the Lord Jesus,
but even nailed Him on the cross,
committing a monstrous sin.
Today, the end-time Christ, Almighty God,
expresses all the truths,
which are not recorded in the Bible at all.
Since there is no record,
the Bible can’t substitute for God’s end-time work and all His words.
Brothers and sisters, we can no longer hold on to the Bible.
We should seek God’s present will
and search for the Holy Spirit’s working.
Only this is after God’s heart….
Thank God! Good point! That is right!
Let me read this passage of God’s word to you. (Okay.)
Turn to page 950.
Almighty God’s words tell us:
If in the Age of the Grace
you still held on to the Old Testament,
Jesus wouldn’t approve of you
and you couldn’t receive God’s grace or His redemption,
much less receive the peace and joy
after God forgave man’s sin.
Today, Almighty God has come.
If you still hold on to the Old and New Testaments,
you will not receive God’s approval,
much less the end-time salvation God brings to man.
Co-workers,
we must hold fast to the Bible and the Lord’s way.
We can find proof of every step of God’s work in the Bible.
They’re not done without any basis.
So, we must believe in the Lord according to the Bible.
Don’t be deceived by what they say.
Otherwise, we’ll lose the Lord’s salvation. (Amen!)
Yeah, without the Bible as foundation, it is a fallacy.
Elder Zheng, I advise you to wake up earlier.
Sister Feng, this is really the true way.
You’re no longer a member of our church.
You don’t deserve to speak with us.
Humph! Let’s go!
Sister Feng, wait….
Sister Tan, calm down.
We co-workers all hope you can listen.
If this is the true way,
won’t we miss this chance?
Right. Yes.
Right! Sister Feng,
will you just leave like this?
You’re our theological teacher
and have the best judgment.
You can debate with them.
Isn’t it a good thing?
It may not be wise to leave now.
If we do, they’ll….
Sister Feng, on this occasion, how can you leave?
Yeah!
Right, I can’t go.
I’ve studied the Bible over twenty years.
I don’t believe they can beat me.
I must shame them with the Bible.
I must turn the tide.
Let’s go inside.
Humph!
I’ll see what else they can say.
Let’s go back.
Yeah, let’s go.
Thank the Lord! It’s good you’re back. Have a seat.
I tell you, it’s fine to study the Bible.
But, if you continue to deny the Bible,
we’ll have nothing to talk about.
You can fellowship only according to the Bible.
I won’t accept anything against the Bible.
Amen!
Sister Feng, we understand
you worry the brothers and sisters will be deceived.
If there is something you can’t understand,
we can fellowship about it.
Sister Feng,
the Bible says “the new and the old can hardly match.”
When God does a stage of new work,
no one can understand it.
Especially when it comes to some viewpoints of the Bible,
we can’t reach agreement. This is normal.
Brothers and sisters, we think that
when God does a stage of new work,
there must be biblical basis.
Let’s think back to the time
when God did the work of the Age of the Law.
Were there any biblical basis?
I don’t think so.
Yeah.
At that time the Bible didn’t even exist.
Yes!
Yeah, at that time there was no Bible.
Actually, when God created the world,
deluged the world, and burned Sodom
and when the Lord Jesus worked,
He didn’t do them according to the Bible.
From these facts, we can see
that God’s work is never restricted by the Bible.
Yeah! Right!
Whether it’s Jehovah’s work,
the Lord Jesus’ work,
or Almighty God’s work today,
the work in each age
isn’t established on the basis of the Bible.
Brothers and sisters,
each stage of God’s work
is not done according to the Bible,
but according to the need of corrupt mankind.
He works according to His management plan.
Stop it. Humph! I don’t agree with you.
The Lord Jesus personally said that the Bible testified of Him.
So, we must believe in the Lord according to the Bible.
The Bible is the only path for us to know the Lord.
Amen!
Yeah. Just according to the Bible.
Right. How can we know the Lord if not by the Bible?
Brothers and sisters,
then let’s see whether we can really know the Lord according to the Bible.
This question is answered in Almighty God’s word.
Please turn to page 1274.
Okay.
Brother Guo, please read it.
OK.
Brothers and sisters,
the people in the Age of the Law held on to the Bible.
They didn’t seek or investigate God’s new work.
In the end, they nailed the Lord Jesus on the cross.
From this fact, we can see that we can’t know God or God’s work from the Bible alone.
Yes, indeed!
We often read the Bible before,
but have never understood it.
Thank the Lord! Yes!
Brothers and sisters, we all know
the followers of the Lord Jesus could recognize Him
all because of His present work and word
and the inspiration and guidance of the Holy Spirit.
None of them recognized Him according to the Bible.
This is the fact.
Brothers and sisters,
today, when facing Almighty God’s work,
we also couldn’t judge only according to the Bible.
The Bible is only for reference.
We should confirm it mainly according to
whether it has the truth and the working of the Holy Spirit.
Only in this way, can we make a correct choice.
Brothers and sisters,
Almighty God has already made this clear.
Let’s read a passage of Almighty God’s word.
OK!
Page 945.
Yeah.
Let’s read one more passage. Turn to page 9.
Amen!
Brothers and sisters,
Almighty God’s words have told us clearly
that man shouldn’t restrict Himself to the Bible
but should keep up with the pace of the Holy Spirit’s work
and seek God’s footsteps in God’s new work and new word.
To make sure whether it is God’s work or the true way,
we should see whether this way has the working of the Holy Spirit
or the expression of the truth,
and whether it can be man’s life supply.
If what it expresses is the truth and life,
undoubtedly it is God’s work and confirmed by the Holy Spirit.
Right! Yes!
If we want to know God’s end-time work,
we need to seek and investigate in God’s word and utterance
to see whether these words are the expression in the new age,
whether they can bring man the direction in the new age,
whether they contain the truth,
and whether they can be man’s life supply
or transform man’s corrupt disposition and purify him.
These are the standards to confirm the true way.
Brothers and sisters,
we should read God’s utterance and word in the new age.
Humph! Brothers and sisters,
did you hear what he said?
He said the book is God’s new word.
Brothers and sisters, Revelation clearly says,
What they do is adding to the Bible and resisting God.
God shall add to them the plagues written in the Bible!
Amen!
Sister Feng really knows the Bible well.
Yeah.
Thank God! Just now, Sister Feng mentioned
“no adding and no removing from the Bible.”
And she thinks that we’re adding to the Bible.
Ok, let’s have a discussion about this issue.
OK!
Brothers and sisters, at that time what John said was
if any man shall add to this “prophecy,”
but not if any man shall add to the “Bible.”
Besides, when John said this,
the New Testament didn’t exist.
Right!
The New Testament came into being after 300 A.D.,
and Revelation was recorded about 90 A.D.
after John saw the vision on the island of Patmos.
Obviously, “this book” John spoke of
means Revelation, the book of prophecy, not the entire Bible.
So, “no one shall add”
doesn’t mean God won’t do new work
or speak new words in the future.
Sister Feng,
is my fellowship in accordance with the fact?
He’s right! Sister Feng,
before, we did misinterpret this verse.
Brothers and sisters,
what John saw was only a vision
but not the fact of God’s end-time work.
Almighty God’s end-time work and word
are not an addition to the prophecies in Revelation
but the fulfillment of the prophecies.
Let’s read a few verses from the Bible.
Okay.
Revelation 2:17 says,
“What the Spirit said to the churches”
and “the hidden manna,” mentioned in this verse
actually refer to the words
Almighty God expresses in the end time.
Also, Revelation 5:1-5 says this.
Let me read it.
Right.
Yes.
Brothers and sisters,
we used to think that book referred to the Bible.
Yeah.
But this verse says
no one has read the book.
So, the book doesn’t refer to the Bible.
The verse says,
So the content of the book isn’t recorded in Revelation.
Right! Yeah!
What Revelation tells us is only the last Christ
is worthy to open the book and loose the seven seals.
Yeah…. It’s so clear!
It’s so clear!
Right. Sister Feng,
before, we felt that Revelation is a “mystery.”
Now, through reading Almighty God’s word,
we do know a lot.
Yes....
Yes. Indeed!
Thank God!
Lord, what they said sounds reasonable.
No. Anyway,
I must take them down today.
Otherwise, how could I preach
before the co-workers in the future?
Brothers and sisters, John also didn’t write about
the “utterance of the seven thunders” in Revelation.
So, these mysteries are some things
waiting for God to unlock in the end time.
If we restrict God’s work and word with “no one shall add,”
then how can the book be opened?
How can the prophecies in Revelation be fulfilled?
Yes! Yeah!
Brothers and sisters, now Almighty God has come.
He has loosed the seven seals, opened the book,
and unlocked the mysteries
people in the past ages didn’t understand.
This is the utterance of the seven thunders,
and is what the Spirit says to the churches.
Brothers and sisters, this is true!
Amen!
Brothers and sisters,
let’s read another passage of Almighty God’s word.
OK! Thank God!
Please turn to page 5.
Hmm.
So all this is true. (Yes!)
Thank the Lord!
Stop!
You’ve already left the Bible.
Brothers and sisters, they know nothing about the Bible.
They interpret it at will and out of context.
You believe me or believe them?
I know the Bible or they know the Bible?
Brothers and sisters, I advise you again.
Repent to the Lord and reject them now!
Co-workers, Sister Feng graduated from seminary
and is familiar with the Bible.
She has worked for the Lord many years
and has been leading us with all her heart.
We should listen to her.
Don’t listen to the deceptive words
from the “Eastern Lightning” any more.
Sister Tan, you shouldn’t say that. We can’t exalt man.
The Lord taught us only have God’s place in our hearts.
Right! Sister Tan.
Sister Feng, the Lord’s return is a serious matter.
We must take it seriously.
In the past, we all believed the rumors
but never investigated it carefully.
Almighty God’s word
indeed unlocks all the mysteries in the Bible.
Almighty God is the returned Lord Jesus. (Yes!)
The Lord has come back. Please try to know it.
Right! Sister Feng. Read it carefully!
You’re completely deceived.
You forgot the Lord’s teaching.
You … will regret it. Let’s go!
Sister Feng, please stay. Sister Feng….
You’ll regret it. Humph! Sister Feng....
Jiahui, are you OK? (I’m fine.)
I’d have never thought
veteran believers like them could still be deceived.
Yeah, they’re all important co-workers
and have great influence in the churches.
Zheng Yongming is an apostate.
I’ll personally go check all the churches he’s in charge of.
Sister Han, call other co-workers together.
We must stop the “Eastern Lightning” from deceiving others!
Okay, I’ll go.
Let’s go. (OK.)
I never expected that Sister Feng would be like this.
Yeah. What should we do? What should we do?
I never thought she’d resist like this.
Brothers and sisters, don’t worry.
Now we need to know God’s will all the more.
Let’s read a passage of God’s word.
Okay. Yes!
Page 1270.
Brother Zheng, please read it to us. (OK.)
It starts here.
This is really God’s word….
Right. Amen!
Except God, who can show mercy to us,
tolerate us, forgive us, be patient with us like this?
Only God could save us in such a way.
From God’s words, we see that
God’s will is to save everyone to the utmost.
God knows that man is deeply corrupted by Satan
and is full of disobedience and resistance.
So, God gives everyone many opportunities.
We can see that God is merciful and tolerant of us.
So, we should have love and patience and rely on God
to bring Sister Feng and the others before God.
Right! Yes!
I know Sister Feng well.
She resists because she hasn’t realized
“Eastern Lightning” is the Lord Jesus’ return.
She thinks that she’s defending the way faithfully. (Exactly!)
If she understands, I believe she’ll come around.
She works for the Lord.
She just hasn’t quieted her heart yet.
How about meeting her again?
Okay.
Yeah, let’s go see her.
I agree.
We should bring the brothers and sisters before God.
Through these days of fellowship,
I’m certain this is the true way.
I’m willing to cooperate with you. (Amen! Thank God!)
I believe God has His time in everything.
We should pray for them and try our best to bring them before God.
Okay!
Everyone here is an important co-worker
who leads several hundred believers.
The brothers and sisters trust us so much.
We must be responsible for them.
Well, let us pray for them together.
May God move them. (Amen!)
Brothers and sisters,
that’s all for today’s meeting. (Amen!)
May the Lord be with us. Thank the Lord!
Amen!
It’s always the same. Nothing new!
It sure is!
In the past, Brother Zheng could give us some supply.
But now…. Let’s go!
Lord! Where are You?
I put my heart in defending Your way
and protecting the flock, but why….
This moment, Feng Jiahui was so depressed.
She felt weak and limp all over,
without any strength.
For the first time in her life,
she had such a feeling.
Feng Jiahui kept thinking over
what she did in that period of time.
Apart from resisting the “Eastern Lightning,”
she couldn’t remember what else she had done.
What puzzled her the most was that
she faithfully defended the Lord’s way every day,
but still couldn’t stop the “Eastern Lightning.”
On the contrary, the more she resisted,
the more she felt dark and distressed...
Jiahui,
Elder Zheng and the others are here to see you.
Please come in.
Sister Feng, we came to visit you.
Sister Feng, do you feel better?
Are you better now, Sister Feng?
Please have a seat.
Sister Feng.
We heard that you’re not well these days,
so we came to see you. (Mm.)
Yeah. Are you all right?
I also want to share some heartfelt words with you.
Sister Feng,
we’ve served the Lord together for years.
You know well what kind of person I am.
I take believing in the Lord quite seriously.
Yeah, we know this very well.
Have some tea. (Okay.)
Elder Zheng, please. (OK.)
Brothers, please. Help yourselves. (OK.)
Sister Feng, cooperating all these years,
we all know that you’re zealous about serving the Lord.
The Lord’s coming back is such a serious matter.
We should seek and investigate it carefully.
Right! Sister Feng.
It’s after reading many of Almighty God’s words
that I was certain Almighty God is the returned Lord.
Please seek and investigate it carefully.
This is being responsible for your own life
and also for the lives of the brothers and sisters.
The religious world
has condemned “Eastern Lightning” as a heresy.
It is for the good of the brothers and sisters
that I don’t allow contact with it.
However, you’re not only deceived
but try to harm the brothers and sisters.
Now the churches are in chaos because of you people.
Jiahui, is it right to follow the religious world
and condemn “Eastern Lightning” as a heresy?
Can the religious world represent God?
The religious world began to condemn God’s work
since the Age of the Grace.
When the Lord Jesus came,
the religious world condemned Him
and nailed Him onto the cross.
The religious leaders are ones
who serve God but resist God.
They have been condemning God since ancient times.
Jiahui,
the religious world believes in God, but resists God.
This fact, can’t you see clearly?
Right, Sister Feng.
Jiahui. Do you remember? In the past
when we preached, we had endless words.
The brothers and sisters were moved when listening
and were full of faith.
And they preached the Lord’s gospel enthusiastically.
That was from the Holy Spirit’s working,
and not man’s ability.
Right. Mm.
And now? No new light in preaching.
The brothers and sisters have no enjoyment. (Mm.)
They gossip or doze off.
Some simply don’t come. (Right!)
We’ve done everything we could do,
but without the Holy Spirit working,
we are simply working in vain.
Just as the Bible says,
Jiahui,
not only our church has no working of the Holy Spirit,
but the entire religious world has no working of the Holy Spirit.
Uh huh. Right.
You see, we have no working of the Holy Spirit,
and this shows the Holy Spirit’s work has moved. (Mm.)
It’s enough to see that God’s new work has already begun.
Right! Yeah!
It’s time to think it over.
It’s true...
We had great faith at that time.
It was quite different from now.
Look at the Church of Almighty God.
Though we’ve tried every means to hinder and seal,
they still develop rapidly.
I just couldn’t figure out why.
Through the investigation
and my personal experience in the Church of Almighty God,
I really feel the comfort I had from the Holy Spirit’s working
and got back my former faith and love.
Sister Feng,
we all have experienced the Holy Spirit’s working.
Where there is the Holy Spirit’s working,
there is God’s presence.
Don’t we feel God’s presence
after experiencing the Holy Spirit’s work?
Sister Feng, we should be wise virgins.
When someone shouts “the bridegroom has come,”
we should go out to meet him.
Sister Feng, we’ve investigated carefully.
It’s not a heresy. It’s God’s new work.
Do you remember two months ago?
At that time, I was somewhat weak.
Though you and Sister Tan, Brother Zheng,
came to sustain and help me,
I still felt my problem wasn’t solved.
I was still very weak in my heart.
As a preacher,
I read and talked the Bible every day,
but I couldn’t solve the brothers and sisters’ problems.
And I, like them,
lived in the condition
of committing and confessing sins.
So, I began to think
whether reading the Bible could solve my problem.
Thank God! This time,
after listening to Brother Shen’s fellowship,
I truly found out the root.
That is, no matter how much Bible,
if one doesn’t follow the Holy Spirit’s work,
he can’t understand God’s will.
If he goes on like this, he won’t be approved by God.
So, reading the Bible can’t save man.
Only God’s new work can save man. (Mm.)
Yes! Sister Feng.
Sister Feng, we’ve just accepted God’s new work
and there are many things we can’t clarify.
But we really hope
that you can discuss more with Brother Shen.
Yeah.
Jiahui, I think what they said sounds reasonable.
Maybe, we should investigate?
Brothers and sisters,
thank God for giving us such a good opportunity
so that we can meet again.
I know that some brothers and sisters
have many notions about the Lord Jesus’ return
and can’t accept now.
The Lord’s return is a great matter.
We should investigate it carefully.
Matthew 5:6 says,
So we should quiet our heart.
Brother Shen, please continue your fellowship.
Okay!
Brothers and sisters,
actually I was the same as you before.
I believed in Jesus in the house church from childhood.
When God’s end-time salvation came upon me,
I held on to the Bible,
measured God’s new work with the Bible,
refused the work of the returned Lord Jesus,
and even said many words to resist and judge it.
Later, after reading Almighty God’s word,
I knew the hidden truth of the Bible
and understood God’s heartfelt intention to save man.
Then I was certain
that Almighty God is the returned Lord Jesus.
Brothers and sisters,
if you have any notions, just speak them out.
We can fellowship about them.
I believe Almighty God’s word
will certainly solve our problems.
Brothers and sisters, today I came to discuss the Bible.
My point is: Only the truth in the Bible
can lead us into the kingdom of heaven.
Paul said in 2 Timothy 3:16,
Amen!
So, what is written in the Bible
are all the words of God.
But some people say not all of them are God’s words.
Aren’t they denying the Bible and deceiving others?
Right! … Amen! …
Humph!
They’ve got such a nerve. They even dare deny God’s word.
That’s right.
You denied the Bible. Are you a believer in God?
The Bible is obviously inspired by God.
Amen!
Brothers and sisters,
regarding “all scripture is given by inspiration of God,”
first we need to know the background of Paul’s word.
When Paul wrote letters to Timothy,
there was only the Old Testament.
The New Testament hadn’t been compiled yet.
And there were just dozens of letters
kept in the churches.
So Paul’s word refers to the Old Testament,
because the Israelites
only regarded the Old Testament as scripture.
The New Testament came into being after 300 A.D.
At that time, the leaders of those churches
had a meeting together.
They thought the end time was near,
they should collect Jesus’ words and the apostles’ letters,
compile them into a book, like the Old Testament,
and give it out to every church.
So, they gathered the letters
Jesus’ disciples and apostles had written.
Finally, through study and confirmation,
they selected 27 letters, as the canon of the New Testament.
Later they were compiled with the Old Testament,
which is the full content of the Bible.
This is how the Old and New Testaments came into being.
Besides, about the Bible’s formation, we have to know
who had written it and who had recorded it.
The Bible has scores of authors,
but none of them said that their letters were all inspired by God.
Brothers and sisters,
if God said the whole Bible was inspired by Him,
He would have said it through the prophets.
But there was no such word in the books of the prophets.
The Lord Jesus never said it,
and the apostles never said
that their letters and testimonies were all inspired by God,
much less dared say they were God’s words.
That’s the fact!
But later, the believers in God all believed
that God only spoke those words in the Bible.
Although the Testaments were written by men,
they were inspired by God.
Then, have we considered whether the saying is factual?
The Bible is inspired by God,
and all the words in the Bible are God’s words.
It’s a fact acknowledged by Christianity.
The words in the Bible represent the highest authority.
Could it be wrong?
Brothers and sisters, these are only man’s views.
Man’s views can’t represent God.
Only God is clear about the Bible.
Let’s see how Almighty God’s word tells us.
OK!
Please turn to page 956.
Let’s read another passage of God’s word. Page 955.
Brother Zheng, please read it for us.
OK!
Brothers and sisters,
Almighty God’s words have made it very clear.
The Bible isn’t a record of all God’s personal utterance
but an account of God’s work.
In the Bible, Jehovah’s words, Jesus’ words,
and the words God revealed to the prophets are truly God’s words,
and the rest are mostly the record of history and man’s experiences.
So, “the Bible is all inspired by God and is all God’s word”
doesn’t match historical facts!
Right, it doesn’t fit the facts!
It seems the “Eastern Lightning” is not simple.
They are quite clear about the formation
and structure of the Bible....
Jiahui,
the key point of today’s lesson
lies in 2 Timothy 3:16.
You must remember it!
Every word in the Bible is inspired by God.
They are God’s words.
Anything that denies the Bible is all inspired by God
is a heresy.
Among the students, you are the most excellent.
To be a good servant of the Lord in the future,
you should put more effort in the Bible.
As long as you obey the teaching in the Bible,
the Lord will surely approve you....
All the words in the Bible are God’s words
and have God’s authority.
It’s acknowledged by all Christians. (Amen!)
Since Paul said that the Bible was all inspired by God,
it can’t be wrong.
God told people through Paul
that the Bible was all inspired by God
and was God’s word.
Amen!
This fact, how dare you deny?
Right! The Bible is God’s word.
If you deny the Bible, you deny God!
Right! What Paul said can’t be wrong!
Amen!
Sister Feng,
the issue you mention is very typical.
Next, let’s fellowship about
whether the epistles written by Paul and other apostles
were inspired by God
and whether they can represent God’s word.
Then we’ll know how to treat these apostles’ letters.
Before we fellowship,
let’s read two passages of Almighty God’s word.
OK!
Page 956.
Right! God’s words make a very good point
and have disclosed the mystery about the Bible.
Brothers and sisters,
from Almighty God’s words we can see
although the apostles’ letters
mostly agreed with God’s will,
yet agreeing with God’s will
is different from being God’s word.
Peter and Paul’s epistles
appeared after the Lord Jesus’ resurrection and ascension.
When those letters were sent to the churches,
how would the brothers and sisters of that time treat them?
They would say, “These letters are from Brother Peter.
Those are from Brother Paul.”
The brothers and sisters at that time
wouldn’t treat those epistles as God’s words.
Because the apostles had never said
that they themselves were God.
They just claimed to be disciples
who followed the Lord Jesus.
So, the brothers and sisters of that time
would treat their epistles and their words
as the words from a brother.
Peter and Paul had never said that
their words were inspired by God and were God’s words.
This is the historical background.
But today we treat the letters of the apostles
and the words of the apostles as God’s words,
and even equate them as God’s words.
It’s against the historical facts!
He’s right!
The apostles’ letters
were only written out of their burden for the churches
and were for sustaining the churches of that time.
Their epistles couldn’t represent God’s words.
Why didn’t I ever think of that?
I’ve read the Bible for so many years.
I’m sure the apostles’ letters are inspired by God.
They are God’s words.
Amen!
Brothers and sisters,
God’s words are God’s words
and man’s words are man’s words.
If we don’t discern in the Bible
which are God’s words and which are man’s,
this is a serious problem.
In fact,
only a part of words in the Bible are God’s words.
Only the words Jehovah personally said,
the words Jehovah revealed to Moses,
the words Jehovah let the prophets convey,
and the words Jesus said personally
are truly God’s words.
We can see that
there is a special mark in all the prophets’ words.
They said, “Thus said the LORD”
and “Thus says the LORD.”
It shows that they were conveying God’s words.
And people could see clearly
that they were simply repeating God’s words.
So, only God’s words conveyed by the prophets,
and Jehovah’s words which were recorded,
and Jesus’ words recorded by the apostles,
are truly God’s words.
In the Bible, only this part is truly God’s words.
Except for this part,
the words spoken by the apostles
and the things recorded by God’s servants
are man’s testimonies and man’s words.
“Thus said the LORD.”
“The LORD God of Israel said.”
It was what the prophets said.
Why didn’t I notice them when reading the Bible before?
Brothers and sisters,
if according to only one word in the apostles’ letters,
we say that the Bible is inspired by God
and is all God’s word,
this is not correct.
In the age of apostles,
no one treated the letters
of the apostles Peter and Paul
as God’s words.
And no one regarded apostles as Christ.
And those apostles never dared to call themselves Christ.
Only Christ represents God and the Holy Spirit.
So, we shouldn’t treat the apostles’ words
as God’s words.
The apostles’ words don’t represent God,
much less the Holy Spirit.
Besides, God has never testified the Bible like that.
The Lord Jesus only acknowledged
the Bible was God’s testimony,
but didn’t say it was inspired by God
and was all God’s word.
Besides, the Holy Spirit
had never testified the Bible to anyone like that.
Only the Holy Spirit and God’s incarnation
are clear about the Bible’s inside truth.
No one else can fathom it.
The Bible is an account of God’s work
written by those who served God
and is testimony of men’s experiences.
It’s only men’s conveying of God’s words
or their testimony of God’s work through their experience
after being inspired and enlightened by the Holy Spirit.
All these weren’t written by God personally.
It’s a fact.
Mm!
Although the apostles’ records and letters
had the Holy Spirit’s inspiration,
they couldn’t represent God’s words.
So, the view that “the Bible is all inspired by God
and is all God’s word” is wrong.
It goes against the facts.
Mm. Right! It’s not factual.
I feel much more clear on their words.
What you are saying has no biblical basis.
It completely departs from the Bible.
It’s Satan’s view.
Don’t try to deceive us.
Amen!
Brother,
in fact, I had the same view as you in the past.
Since we’re here to seek the truth,
just let the brothers finish their words.
Quiet your heart first. Don’t rush.
No matter what you say,
even if you can raise the dead,
I won’t accept it.
Sister Han, don’t be impulsive.
Everyone, calm down.
Just let them finish before making your decision.
Now, let them continue.
Brothers and sisters,
for what do we believe in God?
Isn’t it for gaining the truth and life?
I’ve believed for decades.
No one has explained the Bible
as clearly and plainly as they do.
What they said completely matches the truth.
This is God’s word.
Brothers and sisters,
quiet your heart please.
Let them finish their words.
Brother Zheng is right.
These words brightened our mind.
It’s worthwhile to seek.
Right!
After hearing them talk about the formation of the Bible,
I understand that not the whole Bible
is the inspiration of God or God’s word.
This is very important to us believers in God.
Right!
This is the true God’s utterance,
the returned Lord Jesus
you’ve been expecting for so many years.
Brothers and sisters,
God’s word is the truth.
Through all one’s life,
he can only live out a limited part of it.
However well one knows God,
he can’t express God’s word.
However powerful one’s testimony is,
it still can’t be mentioned
in the same breath as God’s word,
because man’s substance is vastly different from God’s.
Man can never express God’s word.
Even the prophets could only convey God’s word.
Even if used by the Holy Spirit,
they couldn’t express God’s words.
They could only talk about
their experiences and testimonies.
Christ has divine substance,
so naturally what He expresses is God’s words.
Man’s substance is humanity,
so naturally what he expresses
are man’s experience and knowledge.
While matching the truth,
they can’t be mentioned
in the same breath with God’s word.
People go against the historical fact
and insist that man’s words in the Bible are God’s words.
It is completely deceiving man, resisting God,
and this is blaspheming God.
Feng Jiahui was shocked by their fellowship.
The Bible wasn’t all the inspiration of God,
or completely God’s word.
Her holding on to the thought that the Bible had no mistakes
was actually treating some of man’s words in the Bible
as the words of God.
By doing so, wasn’t she blaspheming God?
She dared not think more.
Unexpectedly, the biblical knowledge and theology
she’d devoted herself to studying
were not only feeble before Almighty God’s words
but also made her one who resisted God.
It was hard for Feng Jiahui to accept the fact.
She had believed in God for so many years.
Could she just fail like this?
She was unwilling....
I’ve studied the Bible more than 20 years.
Although the Bible had more than 40 authors
in different times,
what they wrote has no mistakes.
This shows that God is the true author of the Bible.
The Bible is from the Holy Spirit.
Right! No one says the Bible has mistakes.
It proves that the Bible is from the Holy Spirit.
One must believe in God according to the Bible.
Only holding on to the Bible
is holding on to the true way.
If not holding on to the Bible, it’s betraying God.
Never expect me to leave the Bible.
I won’t listen any more.
Elder Mo!
Brother Mo, Brother Huang.... I won’t listen, either....
I don’t want to share in their evil....
Elder Mo, Brother Huang....
Sister Han.... Sister Han....
Sit down. Jiahui, please sit down.
Sister Jiahui, the Bible says
that God’s sheep hear God’s voice.
We’ve served God together for so many years.
All of us know
that you are a person who seeks the truth.
I’ve listened for several days.
I’m sure it’s the true way.
The more you hear, the more you’ll understand.
Better listen more to their fellowship.
Brothers and sisters,
now, let’s draw our hearts back.
Just now, Sister Feng mentioned
the Bible had more than 40 authors.
Sister Feng thinks there is no mistake in it.
Is there really no mistake?
Certainly not.
There isn’t the slightest mistake.
OK.
Let’s fellowship about this issue.
Actually, the end-time Christ, Almighty God,
has disclosed these mysteries to us.
Let’s read a passage of Almighty God’s word.
Page 958.
Ah.... Yeah.... Yes!
Brothers and sisters,
from God’s words, we know
Matthew wrote the genealogy not of God’s will.
How can God have a genealogy?
He knew Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit
but still wrote a genealogy,
saying that He was David’s offspring
and Joseph’s son.
Wasn’t he denying Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit?
Jesus had nothing to do with Joseph.
Matthew’s words are contradictory.
Obviously, writing this genealogy is not from the Holy Spirit but from man’s will.
Brothers and sisters, I want to ask a question.
Did Jesus acknowledge
that He was the offspring of Abraham?
Of course He did....
Then, concerning John 8:58,
how will you explain it?
Yeah.... Yes! … It’s true.
Thank God!
Now I understand
actually Jesus has nothing to do with Abraham.
These years, I’ve always believed
that the Bible is all inspired by God.
I never thought
that Jesus’ genealogy was from man’s will.
Then, “all scripture is given by inspiration of God”
isn’t correct.
O Lord....
Yes.... Such a fellowship is good!
Here we see that Jesus’ genealogy is from man’s will.
It was written by Matthew after 50 A.D.
The Holy Spirit didn’t directly reveal Matthew to write it.
Wow. So ... this is the truth! So true.
The Bible is not completely from the Holy Spirit.
Is this ... is this possible?
Contradictories in the Bible? Why didn’t I find them?
Yes! Jesus was conceived by the Holy Spirit.
So how could He have a genealogy?
Yes! This is unbelievable!
Another passage of God’s word also talks about this.
I’ll read for you.
OK.
Page 1249.
Right! Yes! Yeah!
Brothers and sisters, we can see from the Gospels
the records concerning Peter’s denying the Lord three times
are different.
Matthew 26:75 says,
But Mark 14:72 says,
It’s true! Yes! That’s right!
It’s really recorded like this.
The content of their records is the same
but the time is different.
If they were completely from the inspiration of the Holy Spirit,
there would be no mistake.
Yeah.
The fact proves that they’re from man’s record,
not the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
Oh. Yeah!
The Bible isn’t completely from the inspiration of God.
I never expected that there were mistakes
in some records of the Bible.
Right.
Well! Never expected that.... Never expected that.
I don’t believe it.
I’ve read the Bible for decades.
How come I haven’t found them?
O Lord! I’ve read the Bible for so many years.
Why haven’t I found the mistakes in the Bible?
O Lord! Their words are really irrefutable.
O Lord.... May You guard my heart....
Brother Shen, why does the Bible have mistakes?
Brothers and sisters,
through Almighty God’s words, we see
that the four Gospels are man’s records,
not the inspiration of the Holy Spirit.
So there are mistakes.
If they were God’s words,
they should be completely correct.
Just as Luke says,
So, the four Gospels were written
according to what the authors saw and heard
or what they investigated after they heard the preaching.
They weren’t directly inspired by God.
As books of history were written
according to man’s memory and others’ preaching,
naturally, there are mistakes and mixture of man’s will.
Brothers and sisters,
since the Bible isn’t all inspired by God
or all God’s words,
then who is the true author of the Bible?
Let’s see what Almighty God’s words say.
Please turn to page 960.
Brother Guo, read it for us, please.
OK!
Brothers and sisters,
Almighty God’s words clearly tell us,
the author of the Bible is man, not God.
It’s natural to have some mixtures of man’s will and mistakes in man’s record.
Today, if Almighty God didn’t come
and disclose the mystery concerning the Bible to us,
we would never understand.
Right. Yes.
Brother Shen,
I understand what you just fellowshipped.
Then, how will we believe in the Lord and receive life
if we leave the Bible?
Sister Feng, your question is very crucial.
This is what we believers all want to know.
The Lord Jesus once said this,
Before, we also studied the Bible again and again,
thinking we could gain eternal life from it.
Actually, the Bible only testifies God.
Brothers and sisters,
if we want to gain truth and life in believing in God,
the Bible’s testimony is not enough.
Sister Feng, please read Almighty God’s words.
Thank you!
Sister Tan.
Let’s read a passage of Almighty God’s word.
Please turn to page 1460.
Brother Guo, read it, please. (OK!)
Brothers and sisters, from Almighty God’s words,
we understand only Christ can express the truth,
redeem mankind, and save mankind.
Only if man comes to Christ
can he receive truth and life.
The Bible can’t replace God’s authority and power
and can’t give man life on behalf of God,
much less replace the Holy Spirit’s working.
Only if we accept and obey the end-time Christ
can we receive the Holy Spirit’s working
and gain truth and life.
If man doesn’t accept the words
expressed by the end-time Christ, he can’t gain life,
because the Bible isn’t God
but just the testimony of God’s work.
Here we see,
life isn’t from the Bible
but from Christ.
Only Christ is the Lord of the Bible
and the spring of life.
Amen!
Your fellowship is very practical.
Yes!
Now I understand that
one can’t receive life by holding on to the Bible.
I also understand that life can only come from God.
I feel I gained a lot through such a fellowship.
Yes! Indeed!
Brothers and sisters,
before, we believed in God only according to the Bible.
In our eyes, the Bible represented the Lord and God.
The Bible replaced God in our hearts.
Rather than believe in God,
we believed in the Bible.
Yes!
So, when Almighty God, the end-time Christ, works,
we think what He speaks and does doesn’t agree with the Bible
and then deny and reject
and even condemn and resist.
Brothers and sisters,
we know God’s disposition is righteous
and doesn’t tolerate man’s offense.
In the past, the chief priests, teachers of the law,
and Pharisees, though believing in God for generations,
held on to the Old Testament,
and by the law, they condemned the Lord Jesus,
and crucified the Lord Jesus.
Today, when Almighty God came,
we resist His work by the Bible once again.
Isn’t it the same
as the Pharisees’ resisting the Lord Jesus
in the Age of the Grace?
We should draw a lesson from the Pharisees’ failure.
Brothers and sisters,
Before I accepted God’s end-time work,
I didn’t understand the meaning of this word.
Today, I understand, only the last Christ
is the gate to enter the kingdom of heaven.
Only if we accept and obey the last Christ
can we be led onto the way of being saved.
Let’s read a passage of Almighty God’s word.
OK!
Page 1461.
God’s word doesn’t exist outside the Bible.
Any belief apart from the Bible is a heresy.
As long as we hold on to the Bible,
they can’t take us away...
Amen!
Thank God!
Brothers and sisters,
from God’s words, we see
no one can enter into the kingdom of heaven
if not through the last Christ.
When God’s new work comes upon man,
whether he accepts it or rejects it
decides his destiny.
We can say that man’s attitude toward the last Christ
is his attitude toward God.
If man always resists and rejects the last Christ,
he’ll lose the opportunity to be saved
and the eternal salvation.
Here we see God’s righteous disposition.
Brothers and sisters, since 1991,
the last Christ, Almighty God,
has expressed millions of words,
that is, this book The Word Appears in the Flesh.
It discloses the biggest mystery,
God’s six-thousand-year management plan, (Amen!)
and points out the only way for us to be saved
and to gain truth.
Brothers and sisters,
let’s read another passage of God’s word.
Ok.
Please turn to page 17.
The last paragraph. Sister Feng, can you read it?
Thank the Lord!
Amen!
This is the voice of the Lord Jesus
I’ve always been expecting. (Yes!)
The Lord has come back.
Brothers and sisters, let’s pray to God together.
O Lord, you’ve come back. You’ve really come back....
Amen!
I was so blind....
O Lord....
Everyone has shared some experiences and knowledge.
Who else wants to fellowship?
Thank God! Brothers and sisters,
I want to fellowship something.
Through reading Almighty God’s words these days,
I know
that I always believed in the Bible
and replaced God with the Bible.
This is a great blasphemy against God.
I’m indeed one who resists God.
I’m a Pharisee
and an out-and-out antichrist.
But God still gave me opportunities,
trying to save me through brothers and sisters many times.
Thinking of my attitude toward God,
I’m really a great sinner!
I deserve to go to hell....
Brothers and sister,
let’s pray!
Thank God!
O God! O Almighty God....
Now I see that while believing in You for so many years,
I’ve been believing in the Bible
rather than believing in You.
I was a slave of the Bible
and a puppet of the Bible!
Amen!
O Almighty God!
Everything I did before
was to exalt the Bible, testify the Bible,
and safeguard the Bible. (Amen!)
I also condemned and resisted You with the Bible.
Yes.
I became Satan’s accomplice.
I never dreamed that
I would be an antichrist who serves You but resists You.
This is the consequence of my worshiping
and blindly believing in the Bible....
Amen!
It is the last Christ, Almighty God,
who unlocks all the mysteries in the Bible,
lifts the veil of secrecy from the Bible,
and returns the Bible to its right position.
He also discloses the biggest mystery,
God’s management plan of saving mankind.
Feng Jiahui finally understood:
The Bible is only the record of
God’s former two stages of work.
There’s no life in the Bible.
No matter how man holds on to the Bible,
he can’t gain life,
because only God is the source of life.
Only if man accepts the last Christ, Almighty God,
and keeps up with the footsteps of God’s work
can he gain the eternal life.
From then on, Feng Jiahui and her co-workers
began to run around Henan, Hebei, and Shanxi provinces
and testify God’s end-time work
to the co-workers and believers.
Under their cooperation,
many believers
returned before Almighty God one after another.
Thank you for watching!
Focus on “Ironclad Proofs,”
focus on God’s work,
and focus on the destiny of mankind.
See you next time!