Selections of the Records of the Three Stages of God’s Work | God’s Work in the Age of Kingdom (29)

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The Church of Almighty God | God’s Work in the Age of Kingdom | Only Christ of the Last Days Can Give Man the Way of Eternal Life

The way of life is not something that can be possessed by just anyone, nor is it easily obtainable by all. That is because life can only come from God, which is to say, only God Himself possesses the substance of life, there is no way of life without God Himself, and so only God is the source of life, and the ever-flowing wellspring of living water of life. From when He created the world, God has done much work involving the vitality of life, has done much work that brings life to man, and has paid a great price so that man might gain life, for God Himself is eternal life, and God Himself is the way by which man is resurrected. God is never absent from the heart of man, and lives among man at all times. He has been the driving force of man’s living, the fundament of man’s existence, and a rich deposit for man’s existence after birth. He causes man to be reborn, and enables him to tenaciously live in his every role. Thanks to His power, and His inextinguishable life force, man has lived for generation after generation, throughout which the power of God’s life has been the mainstay of man’s existence, and for which God has paid a price that no ordinary man has ever paid. God’s life force can prevail over any power; moreover, it exceeds any power. His life is eternal, His power extraordinary, and His life force not easily overwhelmed by any created being or enemy force. The life force of God exists, and shines its brilliant radiance, regardless of time or place. God’s life remains forever unchanged throughout the upheavals of heaven and earth. All things pass away, but God’s life still remains, for God is the source of the existence of all things, and the root of their existence. Man’s life originates from God, the existence of the heaven is because of God, and the existence of the earth stems from the power of God’s life. No object possessed of vitality can transcend the sovereignty of God, and no thing with vigor can break away from the ambit of God’s authority. In this way, regardless of who they are, everyone must submit under the dominion of God, everyone must live under God’s command, and no one can escape from His control.

Christian Documentary Trailer "The One Who Holds Sovereignty Over Everything" | Exploring the Universe

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The Church of Almighty God | Christian Documentary Trailer "The One Who Holds Sovereignty Over Everything" | Exploring the Universe

🌾God says: “He is able to command the operations of the universe, and hold sovereignty over the life and death of all things, and, moreover, is able to maneuver all things so that they serve Him; He can manage all the workings of the mountains, rivers, and lakes, and rule all things within them, and, what’s more, is able to provide that which is needed by all things. This is the manifestation of the unique authority of the Creator amongst all things besides mankind. Such a manifestation is not just for a lifetime, and shall never cease, or rest….”

🌾 How to know God’s creation? Looking up to the sky, who is the One that arranges the moon as the satellite of earth to protect it from being attacked by meteorites? Who is the One that placed us mankind to live on earth? Who is the One that makes the earth's axis tilt that the sun can illuminate every corner of the land? Who is the One that makes the earth to revolve round the sun so that we have the interchanging of four seasons, and the change of the weather, the wind, frost, snow, and rain? …… Are all of the rules and principles just by chance?

🌾 Who is the One that created and commands all things? The vast universe, the wonderful miraculous world, unique, splendor, beautiful, in perfect order and full of vitality. Who is the One that created everything, and who is the One that commands and supplies all things? What’s the close relationship of all of these with humans’ living and multiplying?

Selections of the Records of the Three Stages of God’s Work | The Disposition God Expressed in the Age of Grace

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Almighty God Reveals the Inside Story of the Work of the Age of Grace | The Disposition God Expressed in the Age of Grace

As for the work of the Age of Grace, Jesus was the God who saved man. What He had and was was grace, love, compassion, forbearance, patience, humility, care, and tolerance, and so much of the work that He did was the redemption of man. As for His disposition, it was one of compassion and love, and because He was compassionate and loving, He had to be nailed to the cross for man, in order to show that God loved man as Himself, so much so that He offered up Himself in His entirety.

from “The Vision of God’s Work (3)” in The Word Appears in the Flesh

Selections of the Records of the Three Stages of God’s Work | God’s Work in the Age of Grace

Almighty God Reveals the Inside Story of the Work of the Age of Grace | God’s Work in the Age of Grace

My entire management plan, a plan that spans six thousand years, consists of three stages, or three ages: the Age of Law in the beginning; the Age of Grace (which is also the Age of Redemption); and the Age of Kingdom in the last days. My work in these three ages differs in content according to the nature of each age, but at each stage it accords with man’s needs—or, to be more precise, it is done according to the tricks that Satan employs in the war that I wage against it. The purpose of My work is to defeat Satan, to make manifest My wisdom and omnipotence, to expose all of Satan’s tricks, and thereby to save the entire human race, which lives under its domain. It is to show My wisdom and omnipotence while at the same time revealing the unbearable hideousness of Satan. Even more, it is to teach My creations to discriminate between good and evil, to know that I am the Ruler of all things, to see clearly that Satan is humanity’s foe, the lowest of the low, the evil one, and to tell, with absolute certainty, the difference between good and evil, truth and falsehood, holiness and filth, and what is great and what is ignoble. This way, ignorant humanity will become able to bear witness to Me that it is not I who corrupt humanity, and only I—the Lord of creation—can save humanity, can bestow upon man things for their enjoyment; and they will come to know that I am the Ruler of all things and Satan is merely one of the beings that I created and that later turned against Me. My six-thousand-year management plan is divided into three stages so as to achieve the following effect: to enable My creations to become My witnesses, to comprehend My will, and to know that I am the truth. Thus, during the initial phase of work in My six-thousand-year management plan, I did the work of the law, which was the work in which Jehovah led His people. The second stage initiated the work of the Age of Grace in the villages of Judea. Jesus represents all the work of the Age of Grace; He was incarnated in the flesh and crucified on the cross, and He also inaugurated the Age of Grace. He was crucified in order to complete the work of redemption, to end the Age of Law and begin the Age of Grace, and so He was called the “Supreme Commander,” the “Sin Offering,” the “Redeemer.” Thus the work of Jesus differed in content from the work of Jehovah, although they were the same in principle. Jehovah began the Age of Law, established the home base, that is, the point of origin, of His work on earth, and issued the commandments; these were two of His accomplishments, which represent the Age of Law. The work Jesus did in the Age of Grace was not to issue commandments but to fulfill the Commandments, thereby ushering in the Age of Grace and concluding the Age of Law that had lasted two thousand years. He was the trailblazer, who came in order to begin the Age of Grace, yet the main part of His work lay in redemption. And so His accomplishments were also twofold: opening up a new age, and completing the work of redemption through His crucifixion. Then He departed. At this point, the Age of Law came to an end and mankind entered into the Age of Grace.

Selections of the Records of the Three Stages of God’s Work | Why God Worked in Israel in the Age of Law

Almighty God Reveals the Inside Story of the Work of the Age of Law | Why God Worked in Israel in the Age of Law

The work that Jehovah did upon the Israelites established among humanity God’s earthly place of origin, which was also the sacred place where He was present. He confined His work to the people of Israel. At first, He did not work outside of Israel; instead, He chose a people He found suitable in order to restrict the scope of His work. Israel is the place where God created Adam and Eve, and out of the dust of that place Jehovah made man; this place became the base of His work on earth. The Israelites, who were the descendants of Noah and also the descendants of Adam, were the human foundation of Jehovah’s work on earth.

At this time, the significance, purpose, and phases of Jehovah’s work in Israel were to initiate His work on the whole earth, which, taking Israel as its center, gradually spread into the Gentile nations. This is the principle according to which He works throughout the universe—to establish a model and then broaden it until all people in the universe shall have received His gospel. … Not only this, but the work He began in Israel was meant so that other peoples and nations (who in fact were not separate from Israel, but rather had branched off from the Israelites, yet were still descended from Adam and Eve) might receive the gospel of Jehovah from Israel, so that all created beings in the universe might be able to revere Jehovah and hold Him to be great.

from “The Work in the Age of Law” in The Word Appears in the Flesh

Selections of the Records of the Three Stages of God’s Work | God’s Primary Work in the Age of Law

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Almighty God Reveals the Inside Story of the Work of the Age of Law | God’s Primary Work in the Age of Law

During the Age of Law, the work of guiding mankind was done under the name of Jehovah, and the first stage of work was initiated on earth. At this stage, the work consisted of building the temple and the altar, and using the law to guide the people of Israel and to work in their midst. By guiding the people of Israel, He launched a base for His work on earth. From this base, He expanded His work beyond Israel, which is to say that, starting from Israel, He extended His work outward, so that later generations gradually came to know that Jehovah was God, and that it was Jehovah who created the heavens and earth and all things, and that it was Jehovah who made all creatures. He spread His work through the people of Israel outward beyond them. The land of Israel was the first holy place of Jehovah’s work on earth, and it was in the land of Israel that God first went to work on earth. That was the work of the Age of Law.

from “The Vision of God’s Work (3)” in The Word Appears in the Flesh

Testimonies of Experience of Christ’s Judgment Volume I (69)

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Embarking on the Path of Belief in God

By Rongguang, Heilongjiang Province

In 1991, by the grace of God, I began to follow Almighty God because of an illness. At that time I didn’t know anything about believing in God, but the amazing thing is that, when reading the words expressed by Almighty God, I enjoyed it. I felt that His words were so good, and when I sang or prayed I was frequently moved by the Holy Spirit to the point of weeping. That sweetness in my heart, that enjoyment was as if a joyous event had come upon me.

Testimonies of Experience of Christ’s Judgment Volume I (67)

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The Church of Almighty God | Testimonies of Experience of Christ’s Judgment Volume I

67. The Finest Gift God Has Given Me

Yixin    Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province

Before, I would frequently hear my brothers and sisters say, “Everything that God does is for the best; it is all what people need.” I admitted this and agreed with it, but I didn’t have any understanding through my own experience. Later on I gained some understanding of it through an environment that God created for me.

Live in God's Love | Praise Dance "Song of Sweet Love" | Hallelujah, Praise God

The Church of Almighty God | Live in God's Love | Praise Dance "Song of Sweet Love" | Hallelujah, Praise God

Deep in my heart, it is Your love. So sweet, I get close to You. Caring about You sweetens my heart; serving You with all my mind. Guiding my heart, it is Your love; I follow Your footsteps of love. I shift myself according to Your eyes; love’s showing my heart’s joy. Love’s showing my heart’s joy. Now I live in another world, no one but You are with me. You love me, I love You; no grief or sorrow bothers us. No grief or sorrow bothers us. Painful memories pass away. Painful memories pass away.

Best Christian Dance | God Has Come to China | Worship Song "Christ's Kingdom Is Realized Among Men"

The Church of Almighty God | Best Christian Dance | God Has Come to China | Worship Song "Christ's Kingdom Is Realized Among Men"

Almighty God incarnate appears in the last days in the East, just like a righteous sun arising; mankind has seen the true light appear. The righteous and majestic, loving and merciful God humbly hides among men, issuing truth, speaking and working. Almighty God is face-to-face with us. The God you thirsted for, the God I waited for, today appears to us practically. We sought the truth, we yearned for righteousness; truth and righteousness have come among men. You love God, I love God; mankind is so full of renewed hope. Peoples obey, nations worship the practical God incarnate.

The Hymn of God's Word | Almighty God Has Been Seated on the Glorious Throne

The Hymn of God's Word | Almighty God Has Been Seated on the Glorious Throne

The King has gained the victory, seated on the glorious throne, has redeemed His people and is leading them to appear in His glory. Firmly everything is in His hand; through His holy wisdom and power, He's built and fortified Zion, built and fortified Zion. By the majesty of His, He judged this evil world, judged all nations and peoples, the earth, sea, and all living things, and also those who are drunk with the wine of licentiousness. God will surely judge them, surely God will judge them.

Christian Documentary Trailer: Exploring Mystery of Human Life "The One Who Holds Sovereignty Over Everything"

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The Church of Almighty God | Christian Documentary Trailer: Exploring Mystery of Human Life "The One Who Holds Sovereignty Over Everything"

🌱Mankind has been living until now generation after generation, repeated the same rule over and over. Are you wondering: Why do we humans live in this way? What do we live for? A wonderful documentary that you must see in this life, leads you to explore the mystery of life.

🌱How can we live a valuable life? From ancient to modern times, different people in different ages obey the same rules of life. We run about from we utter our first words to having grey hair, finally we return to ashes. How can our years on earth be not in vain? How to live a valuable life?

🌱A wonderful documentary which bears testimony to the Creator. It gives me a new knowledge of God’s sovereignty. God dominates all things, which includes not only the material world but also the spiritual world. The birth, aging, sickness, and death of us humans are in God’s dominion, as well as the conditions of our birth, our growing-up environments, and so on. God cares for and looks on us at every moment. That’s what I didn’t know by reading the Bible alone. Awesome video! Thanks be to God!

Christian Short Sketch "A Warning From History"

The Church of Almighty God | Christian Short Sketch "A Warning From History"

Two thousand years ago, when the Lord Jesus appeared and worked, the Pharisees clung to the laws and condemned His work, saying that His work went beyond the Scriptures. To protect their status and livelihood, they strove with all their might to stop people from seeking the Lord Jesus' work, and joined forces with the Roman government to nail Him to the cross. In the last days, as the Lord Jesus again appears in the flesh to do work, the leaders of the religious world repeat the historical tragedy of the Pharisees' resistance of Lord Jesus. How do they resist God's work of the last days? Through a pastor acting a Pharisee in a performance, this skit exposes how modern pastors and elders hold on to the Bible to resist God, and shows clearly that the path they walk is exactly the same as that of the Pharisees.

Gospel Music "Follow the Holy Spirit's New Work and Gain God's Praise"

The Church of Almighty God | Gospel Music "Follow the Holy Spirit's New Work and Gain God's Praise"

Wow ... wow … wow … Following the Holy Spirit’s work means one understands God’s will of today, acts according to God’s demands, follows the God of today, obeys His present requirements and enters by His newest utterances. Such people follow the Spirit’s work. They are in the Holy Spirit’s stream, can see God and receive God’s praise. They can know God’s disposition, of man’s conception and disobedience, and of man’s nature and substance. Furthermore, their disposition will be changed during their service to God. Only people such as this are those who are able to gain God. Only people such as this are those who have genuinely found the one true way. To possess the knowledge of God’s latest work is not easy. But if people can intentionally obey and seek the work of God, they will have the chance to see God and gain the new guidance of the Holy Spirit. Furthermore, their disposition will be changed during their service to God. Only people such as this are those who are able to gain God. Only people such as this are those who have genuinely found the one true way. Those who intentionally oppose the work of God can’t receive the Holy Spirit’s enlightenment or the guidance of God. Thus whether people can receive the latest work of God depends on the grace of God and upon their pursuit, and depends on their intentions. (Wow … wow … wow … wow …)

 from The Word Appears in the Flesh