Short Christian Reflections | Why Does God Let Us Experience Trials and Refinement? (Part 2)

May 25, 2019

By Li Tong

Can Material Grace Help Us Grow in Our Lives?

Oftentimes, we lack understanding of God’s good intentions, and hope that things go as we wish them to. We are particularly unwilling to undergo trials and refinement. Instead, we hope for an entirely peaceful life without any catastrophes in our lives or our loved ones’ lives. We want everything to go smoothly, and to enjoy God’s blessings and grace. But do we ever consider whether a comfortable environment can allow us to cast off our corrupt dispositions? Can material blessings really help us know God’s disposition and being? If we only enjoy His mercy and grace, can that increase our faith in Him and allow us to develop true love for and submission to God? God’s words say, “If you only enjoy the grace of God, with a peaceful family life or material blessings, then you have not gained God, and your belief in God has failed. God has already carried out one stage of the work of grace in the flesh, and has already bestowed material blessings upon man—but man cannot be made perfect with grace, love, and mercy alone. In man’s experiences he encounters some of God’s love, and sees the love and mercy of God, yet having experienced for a period of time, he sees that God’s grace and His love and mercy are incapable of making man perfect, and incapable of revealing that which is corrupt within man, nor are they able to rid man of his corrupt disposition, or make perfect his love and faith. God’s work of grace was the work of one period, and man cannot rely on enjoying the grace of God in order to know God” (“Only by Experiencing Painful Trials Can You Know the Loveliness of God”).

Short Christian Reflections | Why Does God Let Us Experience Trials and Refinement? (Part 1)

May 25, 2019

By Li Tong

Many Christians feel confused: God is love and He is almighty, so why does He allow us to suffer? Could it be that He has abandoned us? This question always used to puzzle me, but lately, through prayer and seeking, I’ve gained a bit of enlightenment and light. This has resolved my misunderstandings of God, and I’ve come to understand that suffering is not God casting us aside, but instead is very carefully arranged by God in order to purify and save us. These trials and refinement are God’s greatest grace for us!

Gospel Music Video | God Has Revealed His Entire Disposition to Man

Gospel Music Video | God Has Revealed His Entire Disposition to Man 

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The Spirit of God has done such great work ever since the world was created. He has done different works in different nations, and across different ages. The people of each age see His different dispositions naturally revealed for all people to see and shown through works that are different. He is God, filled with mercy, filled with loving kindness. He's man's sin offering and shepherd. Yet He gives judgment, curse, and chastisement. A curse on man.

Why is it said that God’s two incarnations complete the significance of the incarnation?

Bible Verses for Reference:

“So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and to them that look for Him shall He appear the second time without sin to salvation” (Heb 9:28).

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (Jhn 1:1).

Best Hymns of Faith | What God Wants in Trials Is Man's True Heart. | Knowing God's Will

Best Hymns of Faith | What God Wants in Trials Is Man's True Heart.

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As a new follower, your reliance is low; it's hard to know what to do when you are new to the truth. In the face of your trials, you can pray sincerely, let God rule your heart, give all you hold dear. The more you listen, the more you understand (understand) the meanings in preaching, the truth in God's word. The more you grow, the more He expects; His standards will grow with you in respect. When God gives you a trial, He will see where you stand, if your heart is with Him, with your flesh, or Satan. When God gives you a trial, He will see where you stand. Will you be on His side, in harmony with His mind?

Testimonies of Christians | God’s Word Led Me to Forge Testimony

Testimonies of Christians | God’s Word Led Me to Forge Testimony

Jan 19, 2015

Xiao Min    Shandong Province

I was born in a poor and backward village, and lived in poverty from childhood. After I got married, to make my little life become rich as soon as possible, I worked and labored like crazy. In the end, I fell sick from overwork. The previously healthy me got many illnesses. Since then, I lived in the affliction of illnesses and began to see doctors and seek remedies everywhere. I spent a lot of money, but my illnesses never got better. In the spring of 1999, two sisters preached Almighty God’s end-time work to me. Through reading Almighty God’s word, I knew that Almighty God is the returned Savior Jesus and He can save man from all the miseries. As I read more and more of God’s words, I understood some truths, my outlook on life and my values changed somewhat, and my distressed and oppressed heart was released. Gradually, I recovered from my illnesses. I was deeply grateful to God, so I preached the gospel to testify God’s end-time work actively.

However, not long afterward, I was arrested by the CCP government three times in succession because of that. Every time, I overcame satan’s persecution under the leading of Almighty God. In 2012, once when performing duty, I fell into the devil’s den again and was tortured cruelly by satan the devil….

Gospel Music - You Should Be Someone Who Accepts the Truth

Gospel Music - You Should Be Someone Who Accepts the Truth

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Choose your own path,

don't reject the truth

or blaspheme against the Holy Spirit.

Don't be ignorant, don't be arrogant.

Obey the guidance of the Holy Spirit.