The Responsibilities of Leaders and Workers (9) Part Three
VI. Asset Management
Item six, asset management. Although the work of asset management does not have work arrangements frequently being issued like with gospel work or the various kinds of professional work, God’s house still has specific work arrangements for it. What does asset management involve? It involves how assets are kept, where they are kept, who manages them, and how they’re allocated, managed, and transferred when danger or adverse environments arise, as well as other such special circumstances. The work arrangements do in fact contain stipulations concerning all these things, and when it comes to this item of work, leaders and workers should not wait for the Above to directly give orders or issue work arrangements, and only then passively begin to manage the assets. If there are no immediate work arrangements that require leaders and workers to handle the assets in a specific way, and in special circumstances when they do not know how to handle the assets and aren’t able to receive timely responses from the Above, what should they do? Security is the number one priority, and it is their responsibility to safeguard the assets of God’s house. When it comes to the books of God’s words printed by God’s house, along with all the different kinds of machinery, foodstuffs, money, and other such assets, leaders and workers should keep them all in secure locations in accordance with the arrangements of God’s house, and not let these things get damp, moldy, or eaten by insects, much less allow them to be seized by evil people or the great red dragon. Moreover, besides managing these assets of God’s house well, leaders and workers should also maintain strict confidentiality; people who have nothing to do with these matters should uniformly be kept from knowing about them, and those who do know about them must be tight-lipped and not speak in an indiscreet manner. God’s house has specific work arrangements concerning this item of work, and it is not appropriate to issue or disclose some of them in writing. If leaders and workers come up with better ways and methods to conduct asset management, then, of course, while adhering to the principle of managing and safeguarding the assets of God’s house well to protect them from any losses, they may discuss the matter with other leaders and workers and make a decision independently. This is a special item of work, and those who are not tight-lipped, those who lack a sense of responsibility, those who have improper motives, those who have only just begun to believe and have no foundation in their faith, and those who are always eyeing the assets of God’s house covetously, must uniformly not be allowed to know about it. These things cannot be explicitly stated in the work arrangements of God’s house, but shouldn’t leaders and workers and reliable custodians be aware of this? (Yes.) There is a special circumstance here. Suppose that a newly-elected leader has believed in God for only three years, they are of good caliber, very enthusiastic, and they appear to be fine on the surface, yet it’s not known what their character is like, how they view assets, or whether or not they’re greedy. These things are unknown and uncertain, and the brothers and sisters who have believed in God for a long time don’t know this person well, they don’t know this person through and through. What should be done in such a situation? When it comes time to hand the work over to them, all of the other work gets handed over—should the assets work be handed over to them? (No.) Why not? The main work of leaders and workers is not only to manage assets; assets form only one part of their work. If there really is a suitable person managing the assets and this newly elected leader is not reliable, it’s alright to not hand this work over to them for the time being, as it remains unknown whether they will believe in God for a long time or whether they can stand firm. In the past, someone had just been elected as a church leader and, after taking up his post, the first thing he did was ask God’s chosen people for the bank account numbers and passwords for the accounts where offerings were being kept. He asked who had these bank account numbers and passwords, and he pressed them to hand over this work to him immediately. In this situation, should this work be handed over to him? He wasn’t worried or bothered about any other work, but he was especially serious and worried about this matter—was he a reliable person? Don’t think that someone is reliable because they are a leader or a worker. In reality, only custodians who are truly selected according to the principles are reliable—they are able to lay down their lives to safeguard the assets of God’s house. People like this are the most reliable. So, are all leaders and workers capable of this? Not necessarily. In the past, a regional leader was caught by the great red dragon, and he sold out all of the church’s assets, which led to an enormous amount of them being lost. If he hadn’t known where the church’s assets were, he wouldn’t have been able to reveal this even if he’d been beaten to death, and then wouldn’t the assets of God’s house not have suffered losses? It is precisely because he knew too much that he spilled everything when he couldn’t endure the torture and terrible beatings, that this money ended up in the hands of the great red dragon. If he hadn’t been allowed to know where these assets were, and if the one who was safeguarding them had been reliable, would the money of God’s house have suffered losses and been forcibly seized by the great red dragon? No, it wouldn’t have. This is a serious lesson. Therefore, the most important point when it comes to the arrangement of this work is that security comes first, losses must be kept to an absolute minimum, and the work should be done in whatever way is secure. Find someone who shows loyalty in managing the assets of God’s house to manage them—this is the most reliable course of action. Although this person can’t do anything else, they will be loyal and they will definitely be capable when it comes to safeguarding money, so using this person to safeguard assets is the right thing to do. Because this item of work is a single-task job, the arrangements for it are very simple: Find the right people to safeguard assets and find a secure place in which to keep them. Furthermore, there are also specific stipulations in the work arrangements of God’s house concerning the allocation and spending of the assets of God’s house; money can be spent on necessary expenses, but not on unnecessary ones. There is one more thing, which is that there is a strict regulatory system for expenses related to assets, and God’s house has specific stipulations in place for the various processes and procedures, requiring signatures from several individuals, and so on. There’s management, there’s safeguarding, there’s spending, and there’s also accounting—there are specific work arrangements for all these things.
VII. Cleansing Work
Item seven, cleansing work. God’s house is also continually making specific work arrangements for this item of work. The work arrangements are made, in one respect, based on the needs of the work of God’s house, and in another respect, they are made based on the separation of each after their own kind according to the classification and definition of different kinds of people, as well as the manifestations of different kinds of people once they’ve been revealed. God’s house has principles for handling all manner of antichrists, evil people, and disbelievers; some are cleansed away from the ranks of those who perform duties, some are cleansed away from full-time duty churches and sent to part-time duty churches or ordinary churches, some are cleansed away from ordinary churches and sent to B groups, and there are some who are directly cleared out or expelled. God’s house is repeatedly making work arrangements for the work of cleansing the church, and it also has specific work arrangements regarding the different kinds of people who meet the conditions for being cleansed away. Based on the attitudes people have in doing their duties and the transgressions they have committed while doing their duties, as well as the corrupt essence that is revealed in various kinds of people, God’s house ultimately creates specific plans for handling these people. Therefore, the handling of various kinds of evil people, disbelievers, and antichrists by God’s house is done entirely according to God’s words and the truth principles, and it is done entirely in line with God’s intentions. When it comes to these work arrangements, in one respect it is necessary to fellowship on the truth principles so that people understand them and learn how to discern different kinds of people, while in another respect, it is necessary to issue these work arrangements to the churches so that they can be fellowshipped on and implemented. In any case, the work of cleansing the church must be implemented as soon as possible, and it must absolutely never be interrupted. It must continue on until there are no longer any evil people left in the church. It’s not the case that leaders and workers need only perform the cleansing work for a period of time once the Above issues a work arrangement ordering that the church be cleansed, and if it’s discovered again that there are evil people causing disturbances a while after that cleansing is done, but the Above has not made any work arrangements about it, then leaders and workers don’t need to bother about those evil people or cleanse them away—that simply wouldn’t do. The cleansing work of the church must continue to be carried out in an orderly manner; as long as there are people who must be cleared out or expelled, then the cleansing work must continue. Don’t wait passively for the Above to give orders or for upper-level leaders to communicate them to you, and don’t wait passively for more brothers and sisters to report someone. As soon as God’s chosen people expose and report someone, leaders and workers should set about investigating and handling that case. If the leaders and workers withhold the report letter and do not handle the matter, they should be investigated and handled, and if they are found to be shielding an evil person, then they must be cleared out of the church along with the evil person. Any leader or worker who does not perform the work of cleansing the church is a false leader or worker and should be dismissed immediately. If they even shield and protect evil people, then they can be characterized as an antichrist and cleared out and expelled from the church. These are the specific stipulations God’s house has made regarding the work of cleansing the church. The work of cleansing the church is an urgent priority and it has profound significance. Tell Me, is cleansing the church not done to purify the church? If the church has been purified—that is, if no evil people are causing disturbances within it and there are no disbelievers mixed in among its members—it will then be a true church, and it will also see the best results for the church life. Wouldn’t this be another big step toward the realization of the kingdom of Christ? A pure church like this would be most beneficial for the spreading of the gospel of the kingdom, as everyone would possess the truth reality, everyone would be able to bear testimony to God and be made complete as God’s people, and there would no longer be any evil people causing disturbances. Naturally, a church like this would be the most blessed. Therefore, cleansing the church is a most meaningful item of work and it is done entirely to make the environment in which God’s chosen people do their duties more peaceful, and devoid of the disturbances of evil people. Moreover, God’s house does not support loafers and good-for-nothings, and it does not support parasites who indulge in comfort and eat their fill of loaves. All of those who don’t do duties at all and disturb and impact other people doing their duties, and all those who make irresponsible comments, meddle, and do not attend to their proper work in the church, are also to be cleared out. All different kinds of people have now been totally revealed, the cleansing work of the church is imperative, and it must be done thoroughly and well. All these evil people, antichrists, disbelievers, good-for-nothings, and parasites that have been revealed are those who are spurned by God, and they are beyond saving. If the church did not undertake the cleansing work, then this would impact the work of spreading the gospel. Therefore, the work of cleansing the church is an important item of work that urgently needs to be done well at present. Only those leaders and workers who can do the work of cleansing the church well are worth cultivating and can continue to be leaders and workers. Any leader or worker who obstructs the work of cleansing the church is a stumbling block and an obstacle, and God’s chosen people must expose and report them. Leaders and workers at all levels must first thoroughly clear out and resolve all of these stumbling blocks and obstacles to the church work—this accords with God’s intentions. Only this is conducive to the smooth progression of the various items of church work, and to the church carrying out God’s will so that God can gain all glory.
VIII. External Affairs
Item eight, external affairs. The work of external affairs is not a big item of work, nor is it a small one, and there are several principles within the work arrangements of God’s house regarding external affairs. One is to learn about local laws and specific local regulations. That is, no matter what the church does in a certain place, you must first learn about the local laws—this is one principle. Another principle is that, when you encounter problems related to external affairs that you don’t understand or aren’t clear about, you must consult with a lawyer and the relevant legal professionals, and not make uninformed judgments by yourself; you must create specific plans for handling matters according to the different national conditions in different countries. So, how do these plans come about? You must go by what the lawyer says and let the lawyer make the decisions—do not make arbitrary judgments or decisions on your own. The national conditions, policies, laws, and regulations are different in each country, so don’t act based on your imagination. For example, say that you see someone being mugged on the street in China. The laws in China stipulate that any passer-by who witnesses this can bravely intervene, first capturing the thief, and then handing them over to the police. If you do this, you will become a have-a-go-hero, you will not need to bear any legal responsibility, and you should be praised. This is the national situation and system in China, and it is a kind of traditional culture in China—Chinese people describe it by the pleasant-sounding name of “traditional virtue.” In the West, however, especially in countries like the U.S. and Canada, if, upon seeing a thief stealing something, you capture them immediately and wait for the police to come arrest them, then that’s wrong, it’s breaking the law. This is because you are just an ordinary citizen and not a law enforcement officer, and you have no right to arrest anyone; only the police have the right to arrest someone. When you see a thief stealing something, you can report it to the police, but you cannot arrest the thief yourself. If you randomly arrest a thief, then you are acting illegally—this is the law in the West. It’s not appropriate to practice Chinese people’s “traditional virtue” in the West; the West has its own laws. If you see someone fall over on the street in a country in the West, what does the law stipulate? You must go over and ask, “Are you okay? Do you need help?” If the person says they don’t need any help, then you can go. If you see someone fall over but you don’t ask them if they’re okay or check on them, and just keep on walking, then you’re breaking the law. If you encounter such a situation in China, it may be a scam, and nothing will happen to you if you ignore it. If you ask, “Are you okay? Do you need help?” it may be troublesome for you, the person might scam you, and then you can forget about ever living a good life again. What do these two matters tell you? The education in different countries and among different races is completely different, as are the social environments and social systems and, of course, the laws and regulations. When it comes to the work of external affairs, in one respect, people performing this work need to accurately understand the laws, regulations, and provisions related to church work, and, in another respect, they should also disseminate some common life knowledge or legal provisions that the brothers and sisters need to know. Therefore, God’s house has work arrangements concerning this item of work requiring those who perform it to always consult the relevant laws and government regulations first in anything they do. Especially when encountering issues that are difficult to resolve, they must consult with a lawyer and not blindly make their own judgments or formulate solutions according to Chinese people’s thinking and logic—this is a foolish and ignorant way to act. Once you understand these things, you should then know the significance of external affairs work, what results it is meant to achieve, as well as how necessary it is for God’s house to make these work arrangements. The scope of this item of work is not very big, so in most circumstances it is enough to just get the personnel involved in this work to have a clear understanding of its work arrangements. If it is something that the brothers and sisters need to know, then help them to understand and grasp it. External affairs work is very important, too, because it won’t do if the brothers and sisters don’t understand the laws and regulations related to them living and working abroad. God’s house has specific work arrangements concerning what is required in this respect, and it is just necessary to implement this based on the work arrangements. If special circumstances arise, God’s house will create some emergency solutions. If a job relates to external affairs work, you must consult with external affairs personnel and see what specific arrangements God’s house has regarding the job, do not blindly rely on your imagination and take uninformed action. Acting in that way will be liable to cause trouble, and the consequences will be unthinkable. External affairs work is also a single-task job, it is not complicated, and you should be able to find most specific work matters in the work arrangements. When people first begin to do external affairs work abroad, it can feel somewhat complicated, but after doing it for a while, they find patterns and methods, and it no longer seems so complicated. At first, Chinese people who went overseas were reported for littering, going to bed too late at night, getting up too early in the morning, disturbing people with their barking dogs, hanging clothes on balconies, and parking improperly—they were reported for many things. Ultimately, they got reported a lot of times, the police always came knocking on their doors to give them guidance, and only after a long time had passed did they realize that they were abroad and not in China. Bit by bit, they became alert, they came to have some awareness of the law, and they came to understand some of the rules concerning life, work, driving, and so on. When Chinese people first went overseas, they only understood some basic etiquette on how to conduct themselves and had no common sense knowledge of most legal matters; they were just like wild animals, without any awareness of the law. After a few years, they gained some knowledge and understood some rules, as though they’d been domesticated, and they improved a bit.
IX. Church Welfare
Item nine, church welfare. God’s house previously made work arrangements regarding church welfare, and if those doing their duties full time or their families need help making ends meet, church leaders must resolve this issue. Specific implementation plans and principles can be found in these work arrangements, and God’s house has provided specific statements and stipulations. Concerning brothers and sisters who have been imprisoned for their belief in God, thereby causing hardship for the day-to-day lives of their families; parents who are doing their duties for long periods away from home and don’t have anybody to look after their children; and ill brothers and sisters who have done their duties for many years, the church should provide assistance and resolution for these and other such difficulties. There is a special circumstance related to this item of work, and that is when certain families meet the conditions to host brothers and sisters in their homes, but don’t have a source of income—how then should their expenses for hosting brothers and sisters be handled? This falls under the work of church welfare. Stipulations concerning this can be found in the work arrangements, or leaders and workers can reasonably allocate church resources according to the local situation in order to carry out hosting work—the church has specific stipulations for all these things. If some special circumstances crop up outside of the scope of these specific stipulations, then leaders and workers may fellowship and discuss the matter, and make concrete, reasonable arrangements based on the normal living standards of that locality. Although this is not a large-scale item of work, nor is it a very important task, it is work that falls within the scope of the responsibilities of leaders and workers, and it cannot be overlooked. If there is no one who needs support to make ends meet or financial help, then there is no need for leaders and workers to go out of their way to find people who do. If there are such people, then leaders and workers should not avoid them, and much less should they ignore them, stand idly by, or pretend that they don’t see them. They should act according to the principles—this is their responsibility.
X. Emergency Plans
Item ten, emergency plans. Emergency plans address special issues that arise in any part of the work of God’s house. Regardless of whether problems that urgently need resolving appear in the gospel work, or the administrative work, or the professional work, or if a case involving antichrists or false leaders is being handled, or if some special situation where people have been misled is being discerned, all these belong to the category of emergency plans. For instance, if someone causes disruptions and disturbances, or if an antichrist is being arbitrary and dictatorial and trying to establish their own kingdom, and so on, as soon as God’s house discovers that it is worth creating a work arrangement for specific planning regarding one of these situations, it will make a corresponding written communication. Emergency plans are based on certain emergency situations that are occurring in the church at the time, and the Above creates specific work arrangements according to the severity of the circumstances, and then issues and communicates them. The specific plan may relate to any item of work that leaders and workers should do, as long as it is arranged by the Above and leaders and workers are required to implement it by the Above, then leaders and workers must issue it and implement it in accordance with the Above’s work arrangements. They must not be flippant about these work arrangements. When the Above makes these kinds of work arrangements, they are not second to any administrative work or any specific professional work. Although these work arrangements are only temporary, leaders and workers should still issue, communicate, implement, and follow up on them like regular work arrangements, and later provide an account and a report to the Above—this is the responsibility of leaders and workers. Emergency plans are not targeted at any particular item of work, that is, at any time the Above will assign a task, make a requirement, or give a work arrangement to leaders of all levels in all areas, and leaders and workers must not ignore this kind of work. Since they are work arrangements, and they are issued to leaders of all levels and to all areas, they’re work that falls within the scope of the responsibilities of leaders and workers. Leaders and workers should not stand idly by or classify work in terms of scope, or in terms of whether it is work that falls to them or not, or speculate on the Above’s tone and urgency in the work arrangements to determine whether to implement them in a timely manner. Such things should not happen, instead leaders and workers should carry the work out as they would a regular piece of work, and complete it while treating it as an important task and commission—this is the responsibility of leaders and workers. There are emergency plans in special circumstances, and this is work that is carried out in special contexts. When certain specific and special things happen, the Above will use these contexts and events to get leaders and workers or brothers and sisters to utilize this opportunity to come to discern people and things using the truth in a more practical way, to learn how to see through people and things, and achieve a greater understanding of the truth. The purpose of doing this is to enable people to discern false leaders and antichrists. Besides this, it is done to enable the brothers and sisters to have a quiet, appropriate, and undisturbed environment for their church life. In another respect, it is done to enable people to learn various lessons in a timely way and receive training; after being trained once in this way, people will make tremendous progress in their lives. This is a way in which the Above trains leaders and workers of all levels and brothers and sisters, in particular those brothers and sisters who pursue the truth. There is no malice to it, the Above is not tormenting people, or making a big deal out of nothing. Although they are emergency plans, which are temporary work arrangements, they are still significant and valuable, and I hope that leaders and workers of all levels and brothers and sisters can understand this and approach them correctly.
We have listed a total of 10 items of work arrangements, and I’ve basically finished fellowshipping on these 10 items now. I haven’t fellowshipped on them in much detail, but what I have fellowshipped is enough to enable you to understand and comprehend what exactly work arrangements are and what specific work God’s house does. In another respect, you have been enabled to understand just what exactly God is doing in the church and among those whom He has chosen through these specific items. The work of God’s house is not engaging in an enterprise, or in politics, or in human rights, nor is it engaging in any commercial activity; the items of work that God’s house does are those found in the work arrangements. And so, some ruling parties and social institutions are always tracking, researching, and investigating what’s going on with The Church of Almighty God, and perhaps by looking into this—through seeing the videos and websites of God’s house—they’ve confirmed that The Church of Almighty God is a true faith, and that it isn’t involved in the political activities of any country. The Church of Almighty God has suffered the frantic oppression and attacks of the CCP for many years and yet still it continues to preach the gospel and bear witness to God, and it has uploaded God’s words, the truth, and all kinds of testimonial videos online, bringing such great and numerous benefits to human society and fully substantiating that God is constantly expressing the truth and saving mankind in the last days. They keep researching and researching, and what result do they get from their research? Don’t they get horribly disappointed? They even pondered on what leverage they might find to pin the label of “cult” on our church, and label the church anti-party and anti-state. But now they see that they can’t do this—judging from the work arrangements issued by the church over the years, they have no way to pin these labels on the church, and their research has all been in vain. This is just the same as when the Jews studied the Lord Jesus back in those days. The scribes, Pharisees, and the senior government officials studied what the Lord Jesus said and did and found that nothing He did was against the law or political, that everything the Lord Jesus said and did was right, was the truth, and was entirely in conformity with the Scriptures, and in the end they were disappointed. The religious world now sees that God’s house is producing more and more movies and experiential testimony videos, and books and recitals of God’s words in particular are growing in number, and so what do they think? If they can’t see that all these things are coming from God, then they really are incredibly foolish! That which comes from God must flourish—this is the result of the Holy Spirit’s work, and no one can conceal this. God’s words have now spread across the entire world and the truths He expresses are laid in front of all mankind; God’s appearance and work stream powerfully onward, no nation or force can oppose it. The great red dragon has already been thoroughly shamed and defeated! No matter how the religious world might condemn it, they cannot resist God’s work, and in the end, they can only be eliminated and drowned by its rolling tide.
I’ve finished fellowshipping now on the items of work arrangements. Isn’t what I’ve fellowshipped on all the work that’s done by God’s house? This work is what you see with your eyes, what you hear with your ears, and what you personally experience and appreciate—there is nothing confidential about it. The great red dragon has all the church’s work arrangements from over the years—the work arrangements they possess are numerous and comprehensive. They study them every day, and they keep studying and studying them until finally they reach this conclusion: “If these people constantly spread God’s words and bear testimony to God’s work in this way, then that will be terrible! All these people must be exterminated, and they must not be spared even if they flee overseas.” You see, devils are not the same as ordinary corrupt people—they will oppose God till the bitter end. If ordinary corrupt people see the testimonies from the church, they are able to understand them, they think they’re reasonable, and they won’t engage in any persecution. Satan and devils, however, aren’t like this. When they see you following God and bearing testimony to God, they hate you, they want to kill you, and they do not permit you to live. If you don’t do what they say and don’t worship them, then they’ll never be finished with you, and they won’t let you live. They’ll hunt you to death wherever you go; even if you go to the ends of the earth, they still won’t let you go. This is what the great red dragon does. This is the wickedness of Satan, and it is different from ordinary corrupt people. You must be clear on this point.
How to Accurately Communicate and Implement Work Arrangements
I. How to Communicate Work Arrangements
These 10 items of work arrangements are the range and content of all the different work that God performs in the church and among God’s chosen people. Understanding the content and range of this work helps God’s chosen people to supervise leaders and workers in doing this work well. In another respect, it primarily helps leaders and workers to understand and grasp the scope of their responsibilities, and the work they should be doing and the responsibilities they should be fulfilling, and to have an accurate definition of the title “leaders and workers.” What are the responsibilities of leaders and workers? What likeness should they live out? Should they be like the officials of a state government? (No.) “Leaders and workers” is not an official position or title. One should understand what leaders and workers are from the duties leaders and workers do, and from the commission God entrusts to them and the standards He requires of them. In this way, one will come to have a relatively concrete understanding of the designation of “leaders and workers,” and become clearer on the definition of leaders and workers. What are the responsibilities leaders and workers should fulfill at a minimum? They should accurately communicate, issue, and implement each work arrangement in accordance with the requirements of God’s house, as mentioned in item nine. Regardless of what aspect the work arrangement relates to, so long as it is communicated through the leaders and workers, what they must do is communicate the work arrangement to the churches without delay and without stop, after they have an entirely accurate understanding of it. As for those whom the work arrangements are being communicated to, if God’s house requires the work arrangements to be communicated to all levels of leaders and workers, including people at the level of preachers, church leaders, and church deacons, then they should be communicated all the way down to people at this level, and that’s it; if the work arrangements are to be communicated to every brother and sister, then they should be communicated to every brother and sister in strict accordance with the requirements of God’s house. If the environment makes it inconvenient for work arrangements to be communicated in written form, and to do this would bring safety risks or even greater troubles, then the important and principal content of the work arrangements should be accurately communicated to each person orally. So, how must this be done for the work arrangements to be considered communicated? If the work arrangements are being communicated in writing, it must be confirmed that everyone has received them, that everyone knows about them, and that everyone is taking them seriously; if they are being communicated orally, then once they have been communicated, people must be asked repeatedly whether they understand them clearly and remember them, and they can even be asked to repeat the work arrangements back—only in this way can the work arrangements be considered to have truly been communicated. If people can repeat back and clearly state what the required principles of God’s house are, and what the specific content is, this proves that the work arrangements have already been communicated into their minds, that they have remembered them, and understand them clearly. Only then can the work arrangements be considered to have truly been communicated. If the conditions, environment, and other such factors are all appropriate for communicating the work arrangements in writing, then they must absolutely be communicated in writing; if they cannot be communicated in writing because the environment does not allow for this and must instead be communicated orally, then it must be confirmed that what’s being communicated orally is identical to the work arrangements, that they are not distorted, and no personal understanding has been added to them, and the original text is being related—only in this way can the work arrangements be considered to have been truly and accurately communicated. Work arrangements should be communicated entirely according to their specific wording; they should not be communicated in an irresponsible manner or with distorted or absurd interpretations based on people’s personal understandings and imaginings. When it comes to communicating them accurately, people should understand the level of strictness for communicating work arrangements; that is, communicating them must be done accurately. Some people say, “Do we have to communicate them precisely?” No, there’s no need for that. Precision is what’s required of devices; if people can just communicate them accurately, they’ll be doing pretty well. For example, concerning the church life, the work arrangements of God’s house require God’s chosen people to eat and drink God’s words on knowing God—is this easy to communicate? (Yes.) Work arrangements give people a scope and they can read all these relevant words of God. However, if someone misinterprets the work arrangements, adding their personal understanding and notions and imaginings and communicating some extra words, doesn’t this mean that they’ve diverged from the work arrangements? Are they accurately communicating the work arrangements? (No.) They are communicating the work arrangements with their own additions—this is pure nonsense. One must read every work arrangement that comes from the Above several times over and be clear on its correct meaning, the significance of issuing this work arrangement, and what results it’s intended to achieve, and then figure out the correct way to practice the specific items of work arranged by the Above, avoiding making any mistakes. Communicating the work arrangement after these things have been fellowshipped and understood will be entirely accurate. What must be done first is for the leaders and workers of the pastoral areas to communicate the work arrangements to all other levels of leaders and workers, finally sending them on to the supervisor of every team in every church. Then the work arrangements of God’s house must be fellowshipped on several times at gatherings so that all God’s chosen people understand them and know how to put them into practice—only when this effect is achieved can they be considered to have been communicated. Work arrangements must be communicated according to the method and scope required by God’s house. Of course, the content that is communicated must be accurate and free from error. You must not casually misinterpret them and add your own ideas—that is not communicating them accurately, and it constitutes being remiss in your duties as a leader or a worker. This is how communicating and implementing work arrangements accurately is to be understood.
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