Rejoice! I Have Attended the Feast of the Lamb

26/06/2021 ~ angela1116 ~ Leave a comment

One day when I was browsing the web, I saw a short story The Frog in the Well Knows Nothing of the Great Ocean. Although I had read it from the textbook as a child, when reading it again I still couldn’t help laughing: The frog was so shortsighted and ignorant. If it jumped out of the well to broaden its outlook, it would certainly be able to see a vaster sky and a wonderful world. At this thought, it suddenly occurred to me that in the past when I believed in God, I was also shortsighted and lived within my conceptions and imaginations. Thank God for His gracious gift. It was after I attended the feast of the Lamb that I gained a bit of true knowledge of God and His work. Looking out of the window, I thought back to the past unconsciously.

In 2011, I came to America alone. I was quite strange to everything here and felt perplexed about my future. By a chance opportunity, Brother Luo preached the gospel of the Lord Jesus to me. Then I started to go to the church to have meetings. I originally thought that I would understand more and surely be more knowledgeable of God in this way, but never did I expect that the fact was contrary to my imaginations. Although I attended meetings at the church for more than half a year, there was no enjoyment in my heart. What the pastors and elders preached was just empty Bible knowledge, which couldn’t solve my practical problems that I confronted in my life or help me in knowing God. Moreover, while the pastor was preaching on the pulpit, the believers sitting in the congregation would just play on their phones or doze off. The brothers and sisters all talked about a life of pleasure when they gathered. Worse still, many advertisements of letting house and jobs were released in the church … I felt very disappointed to see those, and so I didn’t go to church gradually.

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Leave the Desolate “Temple” and Go Home

25/06/202126/06/2021 ~ angela1116 ~ Leave a comment

My aunt is a Catholic. When I was eight or nine years old, together with my family, I believed in Catholicism with my aunt. At that time, I particularly liked to hear my aunt talk about the miracles performed by the Lord Jesus, such as: feeding five thousand with five loaves of bread and two fish, making the blind see, walking on the sea, and so on. Through my aunt’s interpretation, I knew that this one true God is the Lord Jesus: He not only rules over all things in the universe, but also dominates and arranges the fate of all mankind. And I knew that after our ancestors Adam and Eve, because of not keeping God’s words, were enticed by the devil and ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, then mankind began to sin. After being corrupted by Satan, mankind became more and more degenerate, lived under Satan’s influence, and suffered its affliction. God didn’t want to see us being abused by Satan, so He personally became flesh on earth and took on humanity’s sin through crucifixion. God’s love is so great. I was moved by the great love of God, and determined to be a person who likes what God likes and hates what God hates.

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Jeremiah 10:23 Commentary – God Directs Our Steps

24/06/202122/06/2021 ~ angela1116 ~ Leave a comment

Thoughts on Today’s Verse…

This is Jeremiah’s understanding. Indeed, we are incapable of control our own fate. What we are going to do every day, or whom we are going to run across all have been arranged by God. But many times, we are unpleased with what befalls us, and even more, we speak words of complaint. Once God’s arrangement is not in line with our will, we will think what God arranged is not good, and we will use our own way to change it, thus, we live our lives more and more painfully. What’s the root cause of the pain?

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Praise Song 2021 | “God’s Love Encircles My Heart” | English Christian Song

23/06/202122/06/2021 ~ angela1116 ~ Leave a comment

The Sun of righteousness rises in the East.
Oh God! Your glory fills heaven and earth.
My beautiful beloved, Your love surrounds me.
Those who seek truth all love God.
In the early morning, though I rise alone,
joy’s in my heart as I ponder God’s words.
His gentle words, like a loving mother.
His words of judgment, like a father’s reproof.

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Want to Be Someone Who Does God’s Will? Don’t Miss Out This Most Important Step

22/06/2021 ~ angela1116 ~ Leave a comment

Through our discussion yesterday, we have learned that only by practicing God’s words and doing God’s will can we be raptured into the kingdom of heaven. But in real life, we are often bound by sin and cannot practice God’s words. So how can we solve the problem of sin and become people who do God’s will?

The Lord Jesus said, “I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. However, when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth: for He shall not speak of Himself; but whatever He shall hear, that shall He speak: and He will show you things to come” (John 16:12–13). “He that rejects Me, and receives not My words, has one that judges him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day” (John 12:48). “Sanctify them through Your truth: Your word is truth” (John 17:17).

God says, “Before man was redeemed, many of Satan’s poisons had already been planted within him and, after thousands of years of being corrupted by Satan, he has within him an established nature that resists God. Therefore, when man has been redeemed, it is nothing more than a case of redemption in which man is bought at a high price, but the poisonous nature within him has not been eliminated. Man that is so defiled must undergo a change before becoming worthy to serve God. By means of this work of judgment and chastisement, man will fully come to know the filthy and corrupt essence within his own self, and he will be able to change completely and become clean. Only in this way can man become worthy to return before the throne of God. All the work done this day is so that man can be made clean and be changed; through judgment and chastisement by the word, as well as through refinement, man can purge away his corruption and be made pure. Rather than deeming this stage of work to be that of salvation, it would be more apt to say it is the work of purification. In truth, this stage is that of conquest as well as the second stage in the work of salvation.” “By means of this work of judgment and chastisement, man will fully come to know the filthy and corrupt essence within his own self, and he will be able to change completely and become clean. Only in this way can man become worthy to return before the throne of God. All the work done this day is so that man can be made clean and be changed; through judgment and chastisement by the word, as well as through refinement, man can purge away his corruption and be made pure. Rather than deeming this stage of work to be that of salvation, it would be more apt to say it is the work of purification. In truth, this stage is that of conquest as well as the second stage in the work of salvation.”

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Once Missing God’s Salvation, You Will Bitterly Regret

21/06/2021 ~ angela1116 ~ Leave a comment

Chen Si

A Sober Reflection on the Lesson and Sorrow of the Jews

As is known to all, two thousand years ago, the Lord Jesus began the Age of Grace, spread the gospel of the kingdom of heaven, and did the work of redeeming mankind. No sooner had He uttered the words than the lame could walk, the dead were resurrected, the wind and the waves became calm, and so on. He was able to accomplish all things and possessed of authority and power, just like the Creator, who used the words to create the heavens and earth and all things. Moreover, He brought man new ways of practice by expressing the truth of loving your neighbor as yourself, loving your enemies, and being patient and forbearing. Although the Lord Jesus preached the way of repentance beyond the scope of the law, all those who truly believed in God and longed for the arrival of the Messiah at the time, such as Peter, John, Jacob, and other disciples, knew from what He had said and done that He was God’s incarnate flesh and lived vivid and lifelike among the people with His identity as Christ. Thus, they followed Him steadfastly. On the contrary, the Pharisees and the leaders in Judaism not only didn’t recognize the Lord Jesus as the incarnate God Himself, but stuck to the words of the Old Testament to condemn and oppose Him. And the Jews didn’t have their own views and discernment and were hence deceived. In the end, they colluded with the Roman government to nail the Lord Jesus to the cross. In no way could they receive the Lord Jesus’ forgiveness and pardon after they committed the heinous crime of blasphemy against God. At the mention of the destruction of the Jewish nation nearly two thousand years ago, later generations always feel depressed, and are overcome with emotion.

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1 Peter 4:17 – Judgment of the Last Days

20/06/2021 ~ angela1116 ~ Leave a comment

Thoughts on Today’s Verse…

In the last days, God will do the work of judgment. The Lord Jesus once predicted: “And if any man hear my words, and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejects me, and receives not my words, has one that judges him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day” (Jhn 12:47-48). “For the Father judges no man, but has committed all judgment to the Son” (Jhn 5:22). “And has given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man” (Jhn 5:27). From these verses, we can confirm that the Lord will do the work of judgment and purification when He comes again. Then how will He do this work? Not long ago, I read a passage of words: “The work of judgment is God’s own work, so it should naturally be done by God Himself; it cannot be done by man in His stead. Because judgment is the conquering of the human race through the truth, it is unquestionable that God still appears as the incarnate image to do this work among men. That is to say, in the last days, Christ shall use the truth to teach men around the earth and make all truths known to them. This is God’s work of judgment.” God will show all the truths to us when He returns, and teach us with truths. If we follow His footsteps and accept all of the truths He expresses, we will gain the life, that is to say, we can gain the eternal life. How exciting it is!

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Praise Song 2021 | “God’s Love Encircles My Heart” | English Christian Song

19/06/202120/06/2021 ~ angela1116 ~ Leave a comment

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Crying Out to God in Distress

18/06/2021 ~ angela1116 ~ Leave a comment

One evening in early August of 2016, my husband and I had just finished supper, when suddenly the lightning flashed and the thunder crashed outside, and then it started to rain cats and dogs. I went out of the door and saw that the street was soon flooded. And, because of the violent rain, the accumulated water began to flow swiftly toward our house. Frightened, I hastened back into the room and shouted to my husband, “Hurry up! The water is about to enter the room!” My husband got startled and said, “Just now the forecaster said there would be no rain. The National Weather Bureau didn’t forecast accurately.” As he said that, he hastily brought a board and propped it against the door. I rushed into the inner room and took some quilts and shoved them under the door. When we stood up, we saw there was a flash of lightning outside the windows. It rained ever harder. The rain was violently beating against the windows, and the accumulated water outside our door was rising higher and higher. I was extremely fearful: Once the water flows into the room, our books of God’s words and all the possessions we have accumulated all our life will be swamped or be washed away. In a panic, I didn’t know what to do. At that moment, my husband said loudly, “Don’t panic! Pray to God quickly!” Reminded by him, I came to my senses. “Right! I’m a believer in Almighty God, and Almighty God is our strong tower!” Then we knelt down at once, and I prayed desperately, “O Almighty God, now there is a flood outside, and the water is coming into our house soon. If the house is flooded, our books of Your words and possessions will be damaged. O God! May You care for and protect our house….” My husband also prayed, “O Almighty God! In the face of such heavy rain, as human beings, we are too small to do anything. May You care for us and protect us from the big flood….”

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God’s name may change, but His essence will never change

17/06/2021 ~ angela1116 ~ Leave a comment

Relevant Words of God:

There are those who say that God is immutable. That is correct, but it refers to the immutability of God’s disposition and His substance. Changes in His name and work do not prove that His substance has altered; in other words, God will always be God, and this will never change. If you say that the work of God is unchanging, then would He be able to finish His six-thousand-year plan of management? You only know that God is forever unchanging, but do you know that God is always new and never old? If the work of God is unchanging, then could He have led mankind all the way to the present day? If God is immutable, then why is it that He has already done the work of two ages? His work never ceases to move forward, which is to say that His disposition is gradually revealed to man, and what is revealed is His inherent disposition. In the beginning, God’s disposition was hidden from man, He never openly revealed His disposition to man, and man simply had no knowledge of Him. Because of this, He uses His work to gradually reveal His disposition to man, but working in this way does not mean that God’s disposition changes in every age. It is not the case that God’s disposition is constantly changing because His will is always changing. Rather, it is that, because the ages of His work are different, God takes His inherent disposition in its entirety and, step by step, reveals it to man, so that man may be able to know Him. But this is by no means proof that God originally has no particular disposition or that His disposition has gradually changed with the passing of the ages—such an understanding would be erroneous. God reveals to man His inherent and particular disposition—what He is—according to the passing of the ages; the work of a single age cannot express the entire disposition of God. And so, the words “God is always new and never old” refer to His work, and the words “God is immutable” to what God inherently has and is. Regardless, you cannot make the work of six thousand years hinge upon a single point, or circumscribe it with dead words. Such is the stupidity of man. God is not as simple as man imagines, and His work cannot linger in any one age. Jehovah, for example, cannot always stand for the name of God; God can also do His work under the name of Jesus. This is a sign that God’s work is always moving in a forward progression.

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