Some false leaders not only act cold-hearted, heartless, and irresponsible after some brothers and sisters are misled by antichrists, saying that these people deserved to be misled, but even when the work arrangements of God’s house require that they fulfill their responsibility to recover those who have relatively good humanity and hope of being recovered among them to the greatest extent possible, these false leaders still do no real work. Even when some people request to return to the church, they remain indifferent and dismissive, not treating people’s life as the most precious thing to cherish. They fail to recover those misled brothers and sisters to the greatest extent possible. They cannot fulfill this responsibility, and they make no effort to do so. Even though the work arrangements of God’s house repeatedly demand that this work be done well, the false leaders remain unmoved, taking no action and doing no work. As a result, some people who were misled by the antichrists and were isolated or cleared out still cannot return to God’s house and have not resumed a normal church life. Of course, some people indeed do not meet the conditions for recovery by God’s house in various aspects, but there are others who can be recovered. If, through loving help and patient support, they can understand the truth, discern, and reject the antichrists, they can be recovered. However, because the leaders and workers do not do real work, do not implement the work arrangements of God’s house, and do not treat these people’s life as important, some people are still left to wander outside. These leaders and workers ignore the work arrangements of God’s house using various excuses. They even ignore those brothers and sisters who want to return to the church and meet the church’s conditions for acceptance. They come up with all sorts of excuses, saying that these people have bad humanity, face security risks, love to dress up, enjoy fleshly pleasures, are fond of status, and so on. Using these fabricated excuses and reasons, they refuse to let them return to the church. These people have been misled and are controlled by the antichrists, but their being lost is of no concern to the false leaders. They have no sense of responsibility or no sense of conscience whatsoever. Maybe they think recovering these people is difficult or dangerous, or maybe they are unwilling and disagree deep down. In any case, for various reasons, they do not implement the abovementioned work arrangement of God’s house at all. These are the manifestations of such false leaders. Not only do they fail to actively cooperate and fulfill their responsibilities regarding any task assigned by God or God’s house, but when someone exposes their dereliction of responsibility, they defend themselves, saying things that shirk their responsibilities and justify themselves so as to cover up the truth of their neglect. Aren’t such false leaders even more hateful? (Yes.) In summary, these false leaders are also negligent in dealing with antichrists grievously harming God’s chosen people, doing no real work at all. They ignore every detail of this work required by God’s house. They are unwilling to endure hardship or pay a price, preferring only to do as they please and act however they want—doing a bit if they feel like it and doing nothing if they don’t. They completely disregard the work arrangements of God’s house, they disregard the duties and responsibilities entrusted to them by God’s house, and they especially disregard God’s intentions and requirements. These people have no humanity and no conscience; they are walking corpses. Would you dare entrust this major matter of your life of pursuing salvation in believing in God to people without humanity? (No.) Even if they do not hand you over to antichrists, will they do their utmost to fight against antichrists when they mislead and grievously harm God’s chosen people? No, they will not, because such people are cold-blooded animals with no sense of responsibility. They serve as leaders only to secure benefits for themselves.

False leaders sometimes show concern for the brothers and sisters; they ask them if there’s anything they need, how they are doing in terms of food and accommodation, and so on. They are quite attentive when it comes to matters related to day-to-day life, but when it comes to matters involving God’s commission, the life and death of the brothers and sisters, and the truth principles, they remain indifferent and do nothing regardless of who asks them. They only care about people’s fleshly enjoyment, food, clothing, shelter, transportation, or material benefits, and they only handle such matters. Some people say, “Your words are contradictory. Didn’t You say they are cold-blooded? Would a cold-blooded person be willing to do these things for others?” Would a cold-blooded person be so kind-hearted to do these things for everyone? (No.) In fact, some cold-blooded people would indeed do these things, and there are two reasons for this. One is that, while they are doing things for everyone, they are also doing things for themselves, and they benefit from this. If they can’t derive any benefits from doing something, look and see whether they still do it—they will immediately change their attitude and stop. Moreover, whose money are they using to do these things and seek benefits for everyone? It’s God’s house that foots the bill. Being generous with the resources of God’s house is the specialty of these people. How could they not do these things when they personally gain benefits? While they are seeking benefits for everyone, they are actually doing things for themselves. They are not so kind-hearted as to seek benefits for everyone else’s sake! If they were truly seeking benefits for everyone, they ought to not have any selfish motives, and they ought to handle matters according to the principles of God’s house. However, they are instead always seeking benefits for themselves, and they do not spare any thought for the life entry of God’s chosen people. Additionally, they do things for everyone so that people will esteem them and say, “This person seeks benefits for us and strives to protect our interests. If we lack anything, we should ask them to take care of it. With them around, we will not suffer any poor treatment.” They do these things so that everyone will thank them. By acting in this way, they gain both fame and benefits, so why wouldn’t they do these things? If they sought benefits for everyone, but no one knew it was their doing, and everyone thanked God, and no one ever felt grateful toward them, would they still do it? They would definitely not be in the mood to do so; their true selves would be exposed. When people like this do anything, their nature essence is fully exposed. Therefore, when antichrists disturb the church, they absolutely will never do any real work to protect God’s chosen people.

Just now we fellowshipped that after God’s chosen people suffer the misleading, control, and harm of antichrists, false leaders still turn a blind eye to it. They do not think of any means to recover God’s chosen people, nor do they fulfill their obligations and responsibilities. They only consider their own feelings, moods, and interests. They do not fulfill their responsibilities and they do not hold themselves accountable; instead, they shirk their responsibilities and evade them. And they even pass judgment on God’s chosen people after they are misled and controlled by antichrists, saying that they do not sincerely believe in God, to shirk their own responsibility, without feeling any pangs of conscience whatsoever. These false leaders are the most hateful. The different kinds of manifestations of false leaders that we have discussed are all quite disgusting, but this last type of person simply has no humanity at all. This kind of person is a cold-blooded animal, a beast in human attire; they cannot be considered part of humankind, but should be classified among beasts. Why do they not fulfill their responsibilities? Because they have no humanity, no conscience or reason. Responsibilities, obligations, love, patience, compassion, protecting the brothers and sisters—none of these things are in their heart; they do not possess these qualities. Not having these qualities in their humanity is equivalent to having no humanity. These are the manifestations of the fourth type of false leader.

These are more or less the four kinds of manifestations of false leaders that need to be exposed within the thirteenth responsibility of leaders and workers. Of course, there are some other similar manifestations, but these four types can basically already represent the various manifestations of false leaders in performing this work, as well as their humanity essence. No matter how many categories we divide their manifestations into, the two prominent manifestations of false leaders can, in any case, still be found within these four categories: One of them is not doing actual work, and the other is being unable to do actual work. These are the two most prominent manifestations of false leaders. Regardless of what false leaders’ humanity and caliber are like, and regardless of how they treat the truth, in any case, these two manifestations are embodied within these four categories. This is the end of the content about exposing false leaders in our fellowship today on the thirteenth responsibility of leaders and workers.

Supplement: Answering Questions

Do you have any questions? (God, I want to ask a question. At the beginning of the gathering, God asked us what the difference is between people with the disposition of antichrists and actual antichrists, and what the typical characteristics of the essence of antichrists are. At that time, we felt our minds go blank, and after pondering for a while, we could only think of some very simple words and doctrines. God has been fellowshipping truths about exposing antichrists for more than a year now, but we are only able to understand and practice a very small amount of them. One reason for this is that we have not put effort into these truths, and another is that we have encountered relatively few antichrists and have not come to understand these truths by seeing how they link to actual situations. Therefore, even now we don’t really have any entry into these truths, we do not have much discernment of antichrists, and there are many manifestations of the disposition of antichrists in ourselves that we have not identified yet. I want to ask how to solve this problem.) For any aspect of the truth, you must have some real experiences and experiential knowledge, and achieve a genuine understanding, in order for the words of the truth to be engraved in your heart. The process of gaining the truth is always like this. The things you can remember are those you have gained through your experiences; they are the most profound impressions. Therefore, as we were fellowshipping on the topic of antichrists today, I got you to review this content first. You were able to recall some of it. Of the things you could recall, some of it is theoretical to you, but naturally there are some manifestations of antichrists that you can more or less match up to real life—everyone must experience it in this way. The normal situation for people is that no matter how well they seem to understand while listening to sermons, they are only understanding theoretically and in terms of doctrine, and they do not have knowledge of the truth. When can one understand the truth? It is only when one has experienced these things that they can have some practical knowledge. Without experiencing real circumstances, no one can gain knowledge. And so, as we were fellowshipping on the topic of antichrists today, it was necessary to do a quick review and give you a simple reminder. After this, regardless of whether we fellowshipped about the responsibilities of leaders and workers or the various manifestations of false leaders, it at least wouldn’t be too hollow for you—that’s all. However, you still need to gain exposure to the various manifestations of antichrists. Some people say, “If God doesn’t arrange some real people, events, and things, where can we gain exposure? We can’t seek out antichrists ourselves, can we?” You don’t need to seek them out. The simplest solution is that when you encounter antichrists, try your best to match them up with God’s words. Match up their external revelations, statements, actions, and dispositions, as well as their thoughts and viewpoints, and even their way of comporting themselves and dealing with the world, their lifestyle, and so on—that is, match them against the fifteen manifestations of antichrists that we have discussed. Match up as many of them as you can. This is how people’s comprehension is: They cannot recall much from memory because human memory is limited. People can speak consummately about the things they’ve truly gained through first-hand experiences. No matter how much they say, it is not based on memory but on experience and what they’ve undergone. These things they’ve gained are closest to the truth and to what is factually true—these are things people have gained through experience. Aside from them, things that conform to human notions and imaginings and things that are knowledge-based do not conform to the truth, no matter how many years they have occupied a predominant position in your mind after entering it first. When you genuinely understand the truth, these things will be eliminated and discarded. However, those things that are close to the truth and conform to the truth, which you have gained through experience, are the ones that are valuable. Whether or not you fully understand the questions that I’ve asked today, there is certainly a part of the topic of discerning antichrists that you can understand, because you have all experienced some misleading and disturbance from antichrists. This has given you a bit of discernment, and when you encounter antichrists doing evil and disturbing the church’s work, these truths can come into effect for you. These words only come into effect when you encounter real environments. If you haven’t experienced the misleading of antichrists and merely imagine their actions with your mind, this is useless. No matter how good your imagination is, it will not mean that you’ll be able to discern them. It is only when facing real environments that people instinctively react, using their own thoughts and viewpoints, some theories they have been exposed to, and some doctrines, methods, and ways they have learned, to face and handle these matters, ultimately making various choices. But before people have encountered these situations, it is already quite good if they have a pure comprehension and impression of various theories. Some people say, “What’s the use of You saying so much before we’ve encountered antichrists?” It is useful. Aren’t the words exposing antichrists printed in a book? Are those words something you can fully experience and see through in one or two days? No. The purpose of printing them in that book is to save you and to allow you to read these words often, and understand these truths, as well as to read God’s words and receive a supply of life when you encounter various situations in the future—whether it’s an antichrist incident, difficulties in changing your own disposition, or anything else. The words of God in this book are the source for you to experience and handle these matters and to enter into these aspects of the truth. How much you can understand when listening to sermons does not represent how much reality you possess. If you cannot figure out or remember something at one time, it does not mean you will never experience it or never come to understand it in the future. In short, you must understand that only things people gain through experience and come to know based on God’s words are related to the truth. The things people remember and the things they understand in their minds are mostly unrelated to the truth; they are just doctrinal. What are the most important things when it comes to the truth? The most important things are experience and entry. With any aspect of the truth, when people actually experience it, their final harvest is the fruit of the truth and the path for their survival. Therefore, not remembering is not a problem.

If I had started discussing the main topic directly at the beginning of the gathering, wouldn’t you have been unable to react in time? Therefore, I needed to use some methods, and first ask you, “Do you remember the difference between people with the essence of antichrists and people with the disposition of antichrists?” My purpose in asking this question first was not to leave you dumbstruck or to lay you bare, but to give you a prompt. Then, we did a review, and some people gradually remembered: “We have fellowshipped before about how antichrists treat the truth, and what the humanity of antichrists is like.” Some of the content on antichrists has already left a deep impression on you; this content is waiting to be used by you when you experience such things, to serve as a guide and direction for your practice. But there is even more content that you had no impression of at all after you first heard it. This content also needs to be experienced. When you go through these experiences and then eat and drink, and pray-read these words, you will gain even more. Whether it is content that you have an impression of or not, after you go through these things, it will all get mixed together. The doctrines you remembered will become your practical understanding and your gains after you experience them. As for the content you had no impression of, after experiencing it once, you might have some impression, but it will just be a bit of perceptual knowledge. This perceptual knowledge can only stay at the level of doctrine. It remains for you to experience similar things again, at which point it will then guide you, give you direction, and provide you with a path for practice. Experiencing God’s words and experiencing the truth is this kind of process. Is it embarrassing that you didn’t know how to answer the question I asked? It’s not embarrassing. If you ask Me a question out of the blue, I will also need to mull it over on the spot, considering what the question means and which aspects of the truth it involves. The human brain and mind work like this—they need time to respond. Even if it’s something you are very familiar with, if you haven’t encountered it for many years, you will still need time to respond when you suddenly come across it again. No matter how deeply you’ve experienced something, if you encounter it again after many days or years, you will still need time to respond—not to mention, your understanding of the topic of antichrists is only at the level of words and doctrines, you cannot yet match it with the antichrists you encounter in real life, and it can be said that you still basically cannot discern antichrists. So, these truths are waiting for you to practically experience them—only then can you verify the authenticity and accuracy of God’s words. For example, we previously fellowshipped that antichrists are staunchly unrepentant. Suppose that you memorized this and you say, “God said that antichrists are staunchly unrepentant. They will defy God and oppose Him to the end. They do not accept the truth and they will never admit that God’s words are the truth, no matter what. They are averse to the truth.” It is only doctrinally that you understand, accept, or have an impression of this statement; it is just a bit of perceptual knowledge. In your subconscious, you feel that this statement is correct, but which specific words that antichrists say, which corrupt dispositions that they reveal, and what nature that drives them, and so on, match up and correlate with God’s words that expose antichrists? Which of them can demonstrate that God’s exposure is factual? This requires you to either meet an antichrist in person, or hear from observers about an antichrist’s deeds and words, and in the end, you realize, “God’s words are so practical, they are completely correct. This person has been characterized as an antichrist and dismissed several times. Although they have not yet been expelled or cleared out, their manifestations and revelations show that they do not accept the truth at all, are staunchly unrepentant, and not only have the disposition of antichrists but also the nature essence of antichrists—they are truly a thoroughgoing antichrist.” And one day, when this person is expelled, you confirm in your heart: “God’s words are so accurate! People with the disposition of antichrists can change, but those with the essence of antichrists will not change.” These words take root in your heart. It is not just a memory or a bit of an impression, nor is it just a kind of perceptual knowledge. Instead, you deeply understand and accept God’s words: “An antichrist will not change; they will oppose God to the end. No wonder God does not save them; no wonder God does not work on such people. No wonder they never have enlightenment or light when doing their duty and show no growth whatsoever—they are determined to go their own way. This truly is an antichrist!” When you verify the accuracy of God’s words, you think to yourself: “God’s words are truly the truth. These words are correct. Amen!” What does it mean for you to say Amen? It means that through your experiences, you have come to understand that God’s words are the criterion for measuring all things, that God’s words are the truth, and that even when this age and this humankind pass away, God’s words will not pass away. Why will they not pass away? Because no matter when, the essence of antichrists will never change, and the words of God that expose the essence of antichrists will never change. Even though this age will pass away, even though this corrupt humankind will pass away, these words of God will always be the truth of the facts—nobody can deny this. This is the word of God! When you feel that God’s words correspond and match up to the facts you see and encounter, and your heart gains confirmation, and it is not just a feeling that God’s words must be right or that God’s words are not wrong, and instead you have seen and personally experienced and gone through it, then you will naturally say Amen to God’s words. At that time, if I ask again, “What are the manifestations of people with the essence of antichrists?” your inner understanding will come out immediately. You won’t just have an impression, a remembered phrase, or a kind of awareness or perceptual knowledge. You will immediately say, “Antichrists absolutely do not accept the truth and are staunchly unrepentant!” Though this statement may not have much logical structure to it, though it is spoken quite abruptly, and people will not get it at first, you know what it means because you have experienced it and seen it with your own eyes. Antichrists are precisely such wretched things—they will never repent. These words need to be experienced; anyone who does not experience them will not gain anything.

October 2, 2021