5. Why Is It Said That Knowing the Three Stages of God’s Work Is the Path to Knowing God?

(Selected Passage of God’s Word)

Knowing the Three Stages of God’s Work Is the Path to Knowing God

The work of managing mankind is divided into three stages, which means that the work of saving mankind is divided into three stages. These three stages do not include the work of creating the world, but are rather the three stages of the work of the Age of Law, the Age of Grace, and the Age of Kingdom.

1. Why Does God Take Names, and Can One Name Represent the Entirety of God?

Relevant Words of God:

You should know that God originally had no name. He only took on one, or two, or many names because He had work to do and had to manage mankind. Whatever name He is called by—did He not freely choose it Himself? Would He need you—one of His creatures—to decide it? The name by which God is called is a name that accords with what man is capable of apprehending, with the language of mankind, but this name is not something that man can encompass.

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

As a Christian, How Can We Face Trials From God Calmly?

Brothers and sisters of Our Daily Devotionals:

I have met some problems and calamities in my life recently. Although I know from theory that they are trials and refinements from God, which are good environments for me, I’m still afraid of them a lot. What should I do to dare to face them?

The Appearance of God Has Ushered in a New Age

God’s six-thousand-year plan of management is coming to an end, and the gate of the kingdom has already been opened to all those who seek His appearance. Dear brothers and sisters, what are you waiting for? What is it that you seek? Are you waiting for God to appear? Are you searching for His footprints? How one yearns for the appearance of God! And how difficult it is to find God’s footprints! In an age such as this, in a world such as this, what must we do to witness the day on which God appears? What must we do to keep pace with the footsteps of God? Questions of this kind are faced by all those who are waiting for God to appear.

God's Love Is Not Possessed by Any Created Being

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• The Hymn of God's Word
• God's Love Is Not Possessed
• by Any Created Being
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• The words of God are full of life,
• offering us the path
• we should walk,
• the comprehension
• of what the truth is.

The Age of Grace: The Content and Result of God’s Work

Classic Words of God:

In the Age of Grace, Jesus came to redeem the whole fallen mankind (not only the Israelites). He showed mercy and lovingkindness to man. The Jesus that man saw in the Age of Grace was filled with lovingkindness and was always loving, for He had come to deliver man from sin.

The Age of Grace: The Aim and Significance of God’s Work

Classic Words of God:

In the Age of Grace, man had already undergone Satan’s corruption, and so the work of redeeming all humanity required an abundance of grace, infinite forbearance and patience, and even more, an offering sufficient to atone for humanity’s sins, in order to arrive at its effect. What humanity saw in the Age of Grace was merely My offering of atonement for the sins of humanity, that is, Jesus. All they knew was that God could be merciful and forbearing, and all they saw was Jesus’ mercy and lovingkindness.

What are God’s promises to those who have been saved and perfected?

Relevant Words of God:

I am now walking abroad in the midst of My people, I live in the midst of My people. Today, those who bear genuine love toward Me, people like these are blessed; blessed are those who submit to Me, they will surely stay in My kingdom; blessed are those who know Me, they will surely wield power in My kingdom; blessed are those who seek after Me, they will surely escape from Satan’s bonds and enjoy blessing in Me; blessed are those who are able to forsake themselves, they will surely enter into My possession, and inherit My kingdom’s bounty.

The Practice of Forsaking the Flesh

• A Hymn of God's Words
• The Practice of Forsaking the Flesh
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• If something happens that
• requires you to endure hardship,
• understand and be mindful
• of God's will at that time.
• Don't satisfy yourself,
• put yourself aside.
• Nothing's more abject than the flesh.
• You must seek and satisfy God
• and fulfill your duty.
• With such thoughts God will bring you
• special enlightenment in this matter,
• and your heart will find comfort.

We have determined that Almighty God is the second coming of the Lord Jesus. Then may we ask, can those religious believers who died before Almighty God does the judgment work of the last days be able to enter the kingdom of heaven and have eternal life?

Relevant Words of God:

Mankind’s existence is predicated upon the incarnation of soul in turn. In other words, each person gains a human life of the flesh upon the incarnation of their soul. After a person’s body is born, that life continues until the greatest limit of the flesh, that is, the final moment when the soul leaves its shell. This process repeats again and again with a person’s soul coming and going, and coming and going, thus maintaining the existence of all mankind. The life of flesh is also the life of man’s soul, and man’s soul supports the existence of man’s flesh. That is to say, each person’s life comes from their soul; it is not their flesh that originally had life. Therefore, man’s nature comes from their soul, not from their flesh.

from “A Very Serious Problem: Betrayal (2)” in The Word Appears in the Flesh

Does Having Our Sins Forgiven Mean We Can Be Raised Up Into the Heavenly Kingdom?

By Qiao Ning

The greatest longing for those of us who believe in the Lord is to enter the heavenly kingdom, and so we often imagine how beautiful it must be there. Of course, we are also confident about our entry into heaven, for it says in the Bible: “In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins” (Colossians 1:14). We therefore believe that our sins are forgiven after we have faith in the Lord, and that we are then no longer sinful. We also believe that, when the Lord comes, we will immediately be raised up into the heavenly kingdom. Thinking of these things gets us very excited, and we long for the Lord to hurry to us. This is what I longed for before too. But later, after fellowshiping and discussing this matter with my brothers and sisters, I came to a new discovery, and here I’d like to fellowship what I gained with you all …

Heart Voice of a Preacher: I Have Found the Way to Get Rid of Sin

By Chuandao, South Korea

The church became desolate and my faith grew cold.

When I was in high school, I suddenly got tuberculosis. Tortured by the disease, I was miserable and helpless, and felt so close to death. In 1980, I started to believe in the Lord in a church near my home. Through reading the Bible, I came to know that it was God who created the heavens and earth and all things. Afterward, I persisted in attending meetings in the church and reading the Bible.

Later, I attended the theology classes held by the church. To my surprise, not long after that, the lung disease that had tortured me for years healed without treatment. I gave true thanks and praise to the Lord from the bottom of my heart. After that, my faith of expending for the Lord became greater, and I wrote a lot of testimony articles about how I was saved and called upon by the Lord. In 1994, I quit my job, and donated all my retirement pay and savings to the church. After a year of training, I formally became a preacher. Since then, I had been energetically preaching, working, and sustaining the church. Such situation lasted for four years.

None Care to Actively Understand God

• A Hymn of God's Words
• None Care to Actively Understand God
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• When God is upset,
• He faces a mankind
• who doesn't pay attention to Him,
• who follows Him, claims to love Him,
• yet neglects what He feels.
• How can His heart not hurt?
• Even those who want to become
• the confidants of God,
• they don't want to get close to Him,
• know Him or care for His heart.

How to Welcome the Lord’s Return to Be After God’s Will

Gao Huimin:

Hello, brothers and sisters! Acts 1:11 says: “You men of Galilee, why stand you gazing up into heaven? this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as you have seen him go into heaven.” The Lord left on a white cloud after His resurrection, and so He will return on a white cloud. Holding fast to this viewpoint, I’ve been on constant lookout for the Lord’s descent on a cloud. However, some time ago, I heard from my classmate that the Lord has returned, and that He has become flesh and come down to the earth as the Son of man to do His work and speak. I can’t see through this matter clearly. It’s true that the prophecies of the Lord’s second coming have basically been fulfilled. But I still haven’t seen the Lord coming with a cloud to take us. I feel confused: Am I right to await the Lord’s coming on a cloud? I’d like to discuss this with you and hope you can give me some help.

2 Reasons Why Most Jewish People Condemn Jesus Christ

By Li Qingming

A couple of days ago, I saw the following scriptures: “But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus” (Matthew 27:20), and “When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see you to it. Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on our children. Then released he Barabbas to them: and when he had scourged Jesus, he delivered him to be crucified” (Matthew 27:24–26). From these words, I learned that most Jewish people followed the Pharisees in resisting and condemning the Lord Jesus and nailing the innocent Lord Jesus to the cross, thereby suffering the curses and punishment of God and bringing about 2000 years of destruction to Israel. This made me sigh with regret. At the same time, I wondered: What was it that caused most Jewish people to follow the Pharisees in resisting and condemning the Lord Jesus? Thanks to God’s guidance. Through my seeking, I found the answer to that in a book.

God's Perfect Care Over All

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• A Hymn of God's Words
• God's Perfect Care Over All
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• Greatness, holiness,
• sovereignty and love,
• details of God's essence
• and disposition
• are revealed every time
• He implements His work,
• seen in His will toward man,
• fulfilled in the lives of all people.
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• Regardless of whether
• you have felt it in your life,
• God cares for each person
• in every way.
• With sincerity, wisdom,
• in so many ways,
• He warms the heart, stirs the soul.
• This is true today and forever.
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• Greatness, holiness,
• sovereignty and love,
• details of God's essence
• and disposition
• are revealed every time
• He implements His work,
• seen in His will toward man,
• fulfilled in the lives of all people.
• This is true today and forever.
• from "God's Work, God's Disposition, and God Himself I" in Continuation of The Word Appears in the Flesh
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True Faith Comes Only From Knowing God

2019 Christian Music | "True Faith Comes Only From Knowing God" | Know God From His Words and Work

God’s work now is to speak, no more signs, nor wonders. It’s not the Age of Grace. God is normal and real. In the last days He’s not the supernatural Jesus, but a practical God in flesh, no different from man. So man’s belief in God is because of His many works, words and deeds. Yes, it is God’s utterance that conquers and perfects man. Signs and wonders aren’t the root of their faith. Yes, it’s God’s deeds that make man know Him. In every age God reveals different dispositions, a different part of His deeds. But they all, still give a deeper knowledge of Him, a more down-to-earth and true belief in God. So man’s belief in God is because of His many works, words and deeds. Yes, it is God’s utterance that conquers and perfects man. Signs and wonders aren’t the root of their faith. Yes, it’s God’s deeds that make man know Him. Comprehend His reality, understand His disposition only by knowing His actual deeds, how He works and speaks, employs His wisdom, makes people perfect ones. Comprehend how He works upon man, understand His likes and dislikes. This can help differentiate right from wrong, and through this knowledge of God there’s progress in your life. So man’s belief in God is because of His many works, words and deeds. Yes, it is God’s utterance that conquers and perfects man. Signs and wonders aren’t the root of their faith. Yes, it’s God’s deeds that make man know Him. from Follow the Lamb and Sing New Songs

Know God’s Sovereignty and No Longer Be a Slave to Money

By Kaoshen, Germany

When I was little, my father would often say to me, “My son, our family is not well-off, so if you want anything you have to earn money. When you have money, you have everything!” From then on, my dream was to have a career making big bucks so that my family could live a good life.

Once I’d grown up and left school, I worked as an apprentice in a restaurant and a warehouseman at a chemical plant. Although working tired me out, seeing the money I was earning gradually grow, I thought it was all worth it no matter how hard the work was.

Having experienced the judgment and chastisement of God, as well as all manner of persecution and suffering, the overcomers made by God during the last days bear resounding testimony. So what does this testimony refer to?

Bible Verses for Reference:

“And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven, Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God, and the power of his Christ: for the accuser of our brothers is cast down, which accused them before our God day and night. And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives to the death” (Revelation 12:10-11).

Classic Words of God:

It was said before that God would select and gain this group. The greater the work He carries out within you, the deeper and purer your love. The greater the work of God, the more man is able to get a taste of His wisdom and the deeper is man’s knowledge of Him. During the last days, 6,000 years of God’s plan for management will come to an end.

There Are Many Opinions Concerning the Standard With Which God Establishes Man’s Outcome

Let’s come back to this topic and continue discussing the matter of outcome.

Since every person is concerned with their outcome, do you know how God determines that outcome? In what manner does God establish a person’s outcome? And what kind of standard does He use to establish a person’s outcome? And when man’s outcome has yet to be established, what does God do to reveal this outcome? Does anyone know this? As I just said, there are some who have already researched God’s word a long time. These people are searching for clues about mankind’s outcome, about the categories that this outcome is divided into, and about the different outcomes awaiting different kinds of people.