What is possession by demons? How is possession by demons manifested?

What is possession by demons? How is possession by demons manifested?

Relevant Words of God:

Tell Me, do you know what spirit you are of? Can you touch your own spirit? If you can feel or touch your spirit, then it is not part of you. It is a thing not of you; it is something extra introduced from outside of you. Do you understand? Are you able to feel your soul? Are you able to touch your soul? Are you able to sense what your soul is doing? You don’t know, do you? If you are able to grasp some such thing, then it is another spirit inside you forcefully doing something—controlling your actions and words. It is something extraneous to you, not of your own body. Those with an evil spirit know this best.

from “How to Understand the Oneness of the Flesh and the Spirit” in Records of Christ’s Talks

What are the differences between the work of the Holy Spirit and the work of evil spirits?

What are the differences between the work of the Holy Spirit and the work of evil spirits?

Relevant Words of God:

You must understand what things arise from God and what things arise from Satan. The things that arise from God cause you to become ever clearer about visions, and they cause you to get closer and closer to God, earnestly sharing love with brothers and sisters; you are capable of showing consideration toward God’s burden, and your God-loving heart does not abate; there is a road ahead for you to walk. The things that arise from Satan cause you to lose visions and all you had before is gone; you become estranged from God, you have no love for brothers and sisters and you have a hateful heart. You become desperate, you no longer wish to live the church life, and your God-loving heart is no more. This is Satan’s work and is also the consequence brought about by the work of evil spirits.

from Utterances and Testimonies of Christ in the Beginning

What is the work of evil spirits? How is the work of evil spirits manifested?

What is the work of evil spirits? How is the work of evil spirits manifested?

Relevant Words of God:

What work comes from Satan? In the work that comes from Satan, the visions in people are vague and abstract, and they are without normal humanity, the motivations behind their actions are wrong, and although they wish to love God, there are always accusations within them, and these accusations and thoughts are always interfering within them, constraining the growth of their life, and stopping them from having normal conditions before God. Which is to say, as soon as there is the work of Satan within people, their hearts can’t be at peace before God, they don’t know what to do with themselves, the sight of an assembly makes them want to run away, and they are unable to close their eyes when others pray.

How can one obtain the work of the Holy Spirit?

How can one obtain the work of the Holy Spirit?

Relevant Words of God:

The work of the Holy Spirit changes from day to day, rising higher with each step; the revelation of tomorrow becomes even higher than today’s, step by step climbing ever higher. Such is the work by which God perfects man. If man cannot keep pace, then he may be forsaken at any time. If man does not have an obedient heart, then he cannot follow to the end. The old age has passed; now is a new age.

What is the work of the Holy Spirit? How is the work of the Holy Spirit manifested?

What is the work of the Holy Spirit? How is the work of the Holy Spirit manifested?

Relevant Words of God:

When the Holy Spirit works, people are able to actively enter; they are not passive or forced, but are proactive. When the Holy Spirit works, people are glad and willing, and they are willing to obey, and happy to humble themselves, and even though they are pained and fragile inside, they have the resolve to cooperate, they suffer gladly, they are able to obey, and they are untainted by human will, untainted by the thinking of man, and are certainly untainted by human desires and motivations.

The church of Almighty God | What is an unbeliever?

What is an unbeliever?

The church of Almighty God | What is an unbeliever?

Relevant Words of God:

I say that all those who do not esteem the truth are all unbelievers and traitors of the truth. Such men shall never receive the approval of Christ.

from “Are You a True Believer of God?” in The Word Appears in the Flesh

Eastern Lightning | What is a false leader or false shepherd?

What is a false leader or false shepherd?

Eastern Lightning | What is a false leader or false shepherd?

Relevant Words of God:

Those who do not follow the present work of the Holy Spirit have not entered into the work of God’s words, and no matter how much they work, or how great their suffering, or how much they run about, none of it means anything to God, and He will not commend them.

The church of Almighty God | What is a false Christ?

What is a false Christ?

The church of Almighty God | What is a false Christ?

Relevant Words of God:

If a man calls himself God yet is unable to express the being of divinity, do the work of God Himself, or represent God, he is undoubtedly not God, for he has not the essence of God, and that which God can inherently achieve does not exist within him.

from “The Difference Between the Ministry of the Incarnate God and the Duty of Man” in The Word Appears in the Flesh

The church of Almighty God | What is an antichrist?

What is an antichrist?

The church of Almighty God | What is an antichrist?

Relevant Words of God:

In the time when God had not become flesh, the measure of whether man opposed God was based on whether man worshiped and looked up to the invisible God in heaven. The definition of “opposition to God” at the time was not so real, for man then could neither see God nor know the image of God or how He worked and spoke.

The church of Almighty God | What is engaging in religious ceremony?

What is engaging in religious ceremony?

The church of Almighty God | What is engaging in religious ceremony?

Relevant Words of God:

A normal spiritual life is not limited to prayer, song, church life, eating and drinking the words of God, and other such practices, but it means to live a spiritual life that is fresh and lively. It’s not about the method, but the result. Most people think that in order to have a normal spiritual life one must pray, sing, eat and drink the words of God, or try to figure out the words of God.

Eastern Lightning | What is the difference between doing one’s duty and rendering service?

What is the difference between doing one’s duty and rendering service?

What is the difference between doing one’s duty and rendering service?

Relevant Words of God:

I shall never save any of those who do service for Me. They have no share in My kingdom. This is because these people only busy themselves with external matters rather than carry out My will. Although I am making use of them now, in reality they are the people I hate most, the people I most detest.

Eastern Lightning | Gospel Questions & Answers

In recent years, the various sects and denominations in the religious world have become more and more bleak, people have lost their original faith and love and have become more and more negative and weak. We also perceive the withering of the spirit and we feel that we have nothing to preach and that we have all lost the work of the Holy Spirit. Please tell us, why is the entire religious world so bleak? Does God really hate it and has it been discarded by God? How should we understand God’s cursing of the religious world in the Book of Revelation?

 why is the entire religious world so bleak? 

Answer:

Now, the whole of the world of religion is a widespread desolation, devoid of the work of the Holy Spirit, and many people’s faith and love have cooled—this has already become an accepted fact. What exactly is the primary cause of the desolation in the world of religion is a question that all of us must thoroughly understand.

Eastern Lightning | Gospel Questions & Answers

For two thousand years, man’s belief in the Lord has been based on the Bible, and the coming of the Lord Jesus did not negate the Old Testament Bible. After Almighty God has done His work of judgment in the last days, everyone who accepts Almighty God will focus on eating and drinking the words of Almighty God and will seldom read the Bible anymore. What I would like to pursue is, after one accepts the work of Almighty God in the last days, what exactly is the correct approach one should have to the Bible, and how should one use it? What must one’s belief in God be based on in order for one to walk the path of belief in God and to attain God’s salvation?

Reading God's Word

Answer:

The Bible is a genuine record of the first two stages of God’s work. In other words, it is the testimony of the first two stages of God’s work, which conclude the guidance and redemption of mankind after the creation of the heavens and earth and all things, as well as of mankind.

The Loss and Gain of Gatherings | The church of Almighty God

The Loss and Gain of Gatherings

Guozi, USA

The Loss and Gain of Gatherings | The church of Almighty God

My name is Guozi, and I’m a high school student studying abroad in the USA. I was born in a Christian family, and my mother accepted the work of Almighty God in the last days when I was one year old.

The church of Almighty God | The Road to PurificationThe church of Almighty God | The Road to Purification

The Road to Purification

Christopher, Philippines

The church of Almighty God | The Road to Purification

My name is Christopher and I am a pastor from a family church in the Philippines. In 1987, I was baptized and returned to the Lord Jesus. By the Lord’s grace, in 1996 I became a pastor of the local church.

Fallacy (4): Someone says, “If Almighty God’s work of the last days that you are spreading is the true way, then why isn’t it accepted by the elders, pastors, and priests?”

Response: Determining whether or not something is the true way based on whether the elders, pastors, and priests accept it is really unsound and unreliable. We all know that the work of Jesus Christ is the true way, and we believe it without any doubt.

Fallacy (14): Someone said, “You preach that the Lord Jesus has returned in the flesh, and that He is called Almighty God and in China among you. Have you seen Him? If you haven’t, what basis do you have to say God has returned?”

 the Lord Jesus has returned in the flesh

Response: Our preaching that the Lord Jesus has returned is not based on seeing God in the flesh. The Bible says: “So then faith comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God” (Rom 10:17). We preach that God in the flesh has come to China and is among us because we have seen God’s words and heard God’s voice.

The church of Almighty God | The Loss and Gain of Gatherings

The Loss and Gain of Gatherings

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Guozi, USA

My name is Guozi, and I’m a high school student studying abroad in the USA. I was born in a Christian family, and my mother accepted the work of Almighty God in the last days when I was one year old. I remember when I was very young that my mother would always say to me: “God created heavens, earth, and everything that exists.

The church of Almighty God | I Welcomed the Return of the Lord

I Welcomed the Return of the Lord

Qingxin, Myanmar

My parents are both Christians and from an early age I started going with them to church to attend services. At the age of 12 I attended a grand Christian camp in Myanmar, and while I was there a pastor told me: “The only way to avoid death and enter the kingdom of heaven is to be baptized.” And so in order to enter the kingdom of heaven I decided to get baptized while I was at the camp. From that time on, I became a genuine Christian.

How can you pursue the truth so that you are not taken in by lies? What are the principles of practice? (2)

How can you pursue the truth so that you are not taken in by lies? What are the principles of practice? (2)

The Man’s Fellowship:

Some people listen to so many of God’s words, yet when they listen to one sentence of the great red dragon’s negative propaganda, they start to be suspicious all of a sudden. It is as if God’s words are not true and the work that God does is false.