God has done so much work and said so many words in the last days, and people have experienced it, and witnessed each step of God’s work with their own eyes. No matter what perspective it is viewed from, that God expresses so many truths and saves so many people is indisputable, and no one should question it. However ordinary and normal God incarnate is, however beneath notice He seems to man, people should still accept His words as the truth. Some say, “As god incarnate is so insignificant and so ordinary, and not great at all, how could we be made to admire him? Could such an ordinary flesh be capable of any great work? Can we really receive great blessings from him? We don’t know; all we can do is treat him as an ordinary person.” Others say, “Because some of the things you have done have left us unconvinced, and some have given us notions, and some are incomprehensible to us, and because you have said some things that are unacceptable to us, you cannot represent the god in heaven—and so we must fight you to the very end. If you ask us to spread the gospel, we will not; if you ask us to do our duty, we will not; and if you ask us to accept the truth, we will not. We shall fight the person that you are to the very end—let’s see what you can do to us.” In the hearts of these people who do not accept the truth at all, there are a thousand—ten thousand—reasons to deny the work of God, to deny that the words of God are the truth, and to deny His incarnate flesh. But there is one thing that might not be so clear to them: No matter how many reasons they have, if they do not accept these truths, they will not be saved. If you do not accept the person that I am or submit to the work of God, that is fine—I will not force you. But if you do not acknowledge these words of God to be the truth and put them into practice as the truth, I tell you this in all honesty: You will never be saved, nor will you ever pass through the gate of the kingdom of heaven. If you circumvent these words of God, these truths, and this Christ who works and saves mankind, then no matter how much doctrine you understand, or how great the hardships you endure, you shall not gain the truth; you are just a piece of trash. No matter your reason for believing in God, and no matter your goal in doing your duty, you cannot be saved. And if you cannot be saved, what blessings can you receive? Some people vie with the God in heaven, some vie with the God on earth, and dare to contest the words of God and the truth, to the extent that they do not even care what their own outcome and destination will be like. Is this not vile? These degenerates are so wicked! Every one of them is an evil person. They are all disbelievers, opportunists, people without shame, and this is the essence of antichrists.

I just fellowshipped on the attitude of antichrists toward God’s words. When antichrists approach God’s words, they don’t seek the truth or the principles of practice from within them. They do not seek to understand from God’s words how to attain the way of fearing God and shunning evil, and they certainly do not seek to understand the intentions of God, so that they can become a person who satisfies His intentions. Rather, they want to find their desired destination in God’s words, as well as the various benefits they desire, including whether they can receive blessings and how they can receive more grace in this life, and whether they can receive a hundred times as much in the world to come, and so on. These are the things they search for in God’s words. Therefore, no matter what perspective you look at it from, antichrists never regard God’s words as the truth, nor do they think God’s words are the truth and should be accepted by mankind. Their attitude toward God’s words is that they want to use God’s words to get their desired blessings and destination. They want to use God’s words as a springboard to attain the things they pursue and achieve their goals. Based on their pursuit, the path they take, and their attitude toward God’s words, these people are a bunch of disbelievers, a bunch of opportunists. When antichrists cannot find their desired benefits and destination in God’s words, or when, in the process of studying God’s words, God’s words about prospects and destinies or God’s promises to mankind disappoint them, and their desires cannot be satisfied, they unceremoniously and without hesitation set aside the words of God that they hold in their hands, they forsake and abandon God, and pursue the life they desire. They do not come before God to accept His salvation. When they read God’s words, they do not regard them as the truth, instead they want to use God’s words to achieve their personal goals and satisfy their personal desires and ambitions. As such, they tirelessly search God’s words for their outcome and destination. They search for what God says about disasters, His disclosures about mysteries, His disclosures about mankind’s development, and some behind-the-scenes information about His work. This is the content that they care about. They are not interested in anything outside of this scope. They even frequently despise and resist some of God’s requirements for corrupt mankind. They even feel averse toward God’s exposure of corrupt mankind. They often find fault with the wording and tone of speaking used in God’s words, and try to find something they can use against God. For example, when God exposes mankind as “whores” and “prostitutes,” they say: “How can these be god’s words? God would not speak like this! God should speak in a refined, gentle, and considerate manner.” When it comes to some of God’s words that are not in line with human notions, not in line with human grammar, and not in line with the conventional reasoning of corrupt humans, they think, “These are not god’s words, god would not speak like this! God is so supreme, great, and unfathomable, so how could his words be so ordinary? How could they be so out of line with conventional reasoning? If god’s words are the truth, they should be spoken in such a way that everyone holds them in high esteem, worships them, and admires them. They should all be unfathomable—that’s how god’s words should be!” When it comes to God’s words, they have various notions, various delimitations, and even various requirements. Based on their requirements and delimitations, it can be seen that the essence of antichrists is the essence of Satan. Their attitude toward God and God’s words is to research, to resist, to judge, to look for something to use against God, and to find fault. They do not put any effort into the truth in God’s words, nor do they submit to, accept, or practice it. Therefore, the essence of antichrists is the essence of Satan and evil spirits. How antichrists treat God’s words is also how they treat God. God’s words represent God Himself. All truths expressed by God represent His disposition, His essence, and even more, His identity and status. No matter if these words are expressed by God’s flesh or God’s Spirit, and no matter what content He expresses, these words undoubtedly represent God. Therefore, antichrists researching and analyzing God’s words and developing notions about them, is equal to developing notions about God. They are scrutinizing God. Since they don’t believe God’s words and don’t accept God’s words, they don’t believe in God’s existence, they certainly don’t believe that God’s words are the truth, and cannot submit to God. This is the essence of antichrists.

Some say: “God incarnate is too insignificant and too ordinary. His words and actions often make me develop notions, and are not at all in line with my imaginings. I see that god incarnate is just an ordinary person. He does not represent god, so no matter how many truths he expresses in his words and work, he’s not like god.” Where do these words come from? What do they represent? Do they not represent Satan? From start to finish, Satan has never acknowledged God’s identity and status. It has never believed that God’s words are the truth and it has certainly never accepted God’s words. As such, when Satan speaks to God, it wants to do so on an equal footing. The way it speaks is to ridicule and mock God, to trick God, and it has no place for God in its heart. And the things that antichrists do and the words that antichrists say are exactly the same as those of Satan. Their essence is the same, except that Satan is invisible to mankind, while antichrists are visible and tangible; they are Satans clothed in human skin. Were they not Satans, they would not be able to do and say such things. Satan often lies, and it believes that God’s words are also lies. Satan often tricks people and is crooked, deceitful, and wicked, and it believes that God speaks in the same way. No matter what God says, antichrists will always add something to God’s words, attaching their own meaning and making arbitrary explanations. What’s more, they even think that some of God’s words are not as brilliant as theirs, not up to their level and high standards, and not sufficient to conquer corrupt mankind. Therefore, they want to bring the means, tone, and content of God’s words before some people to analyze and judge them, and even more so, to criticize and condemn them. What is their purpose in doing this? While following God, they look forward to gaining the prospects and destiny they want from this God, and wait to gain the destination they want from this God. So why do they still act like this? Isn’t this slapping themselves in the face? There is only one reason. That is, in their eyes, the words spoken by such a God are too common and ordinary—His actions are too ordinary as well. Such a God is not the one they want to revere, or the one in their imaginings, and He is not compatible with them. If they follow such a God, their destination and their prospects and destiny may all fall through. Therefore, they vehemently defy such a God. They judge Him, undermine Him, and they try to sabotage, disturb, and ruin His work, so that He cannot do it. Then their purpose will be achieved. Some say: “If they achieve their purpose, then won’t their destination be gone?” This type of person simply does not acknowledge the existence of God, nor do they acknowledge God’s incarnate flesh, let alone the fact of His management work saving mankind. They are simply betting and gambling. If this God is really brought down, then they can do whatever they want and they will no longer have to suffer such hardships in God’s house. Then, they can feel at ease returning to the world, to wicked trends, and to what they call a normal life. They won’t need to endure any disasters, they won’t need to undergo any kind of refinement, and they certainly won’t have to endure the judgment and chastisement of God’s words. All this will cease to exist, and the world will continue on as usual. This is what they long for in their dreams. Are these people not bad? What is the root of them being so bad? (Their essence is Satan, so they hate God.) In fact, deep in the hearts of these antichrist demons, in their spirits, they can feel it—they know how God sees people like them. God hates people like them. They are incompatible with God. Their humanity and nature essence are detested by God. Therefore, no matter how hard they work and no matter how much they wish to receive blessings, their final result will not hinge on their will. They cannot change any of the facts. They are incompatible with God. They are incompatible with God’s words. They are incompatible with Christ. So how will they ultimately end up? They are all destined to perish. They have a faint understanding of this result in their hearts, so why do they still stay in God’s house? They just aren’t willing to give up such a good opportunity to receive blessings, so they want to take a gamble, “If I make a gamble like this, maybe I can still receive blessings. Maybe I can still slip by and survive. Maybe if god isn’t careful and doesn’t pay attention, I can slip through the gate of the kingdom of heaven.” With this wishful thinking of “maybes,” they continue to drift along in God’s house, but their viewpoint and their attitude toward God never change. They despise God’s words, despise the truth, and despise all positive things.

God requires people to be honest. Some, upon hearing this, think: “Isn’t this a very low standard? We’ve believed in god for a number of years now, why is he telling us now to ‘be honest’? If this is the word of god, then it should be profound, it should be ever loftier, ever more impenetrable, ever more out of the reach of man. What we need is higher standards of requirements, not these ordinary, inconsequential, low-standard requirements.” Such people don’t understand what the truth reality is. When those who don’t understand the truth hear this preaching, they feel upset, but with fellowship, experience, and a period of going through this, they come to realize that these words from God are those that humans need. Why are they what humans need? Man has been corrupted by Satan to the deepest extent, and so no person is honest; this world is full of lies, and this is also true of those who believe in God. Every day people tell one lie after the next; their speech is full to the brim with Satan’s lies and deceit. So God has put forward this most simple and straightforward requirement for man: be honest. With time and experience, people develop an understanding of the words of God, and a comprehension of His demands and His intentions; under the guidance and direction of His words, they gradually come to realize how practical His words are, how every single word of His should be understood and entered into, how none of His words are empty, that all of His words are what humanity needs, how God comprehends people so thoroughly and can see through them, and that He understands their corruption very well. This is the course that an ordinary person undergoes. Yet when antichrists see this phrase where God requires people to be honest, they look upon it with an attitude of scorn, derision, sarcasm, and even resistance. After they’ve developed an opinion about this phrase, they push it to the back of their minds, their contempt for God increases, and they look upon Him and His word with increasing disdain, to the point where they don’t even study His word anymore. When some people speak of their experiences regarding how they revealed their deceitful disposition, and how they repented and tried to be honest, resistance, repulsion, and contempt arise in the minds of these antichrists. Not only do they refuse to accept what those people say, they feel resistant and repulsed toward the experience and knowledge that the brothers and sisters fellowship on, to the extent that they feel hatred and contempt for those who fellowship more and possess better knowledge. They think, “You are fools. God tells you to be honest and you just do it. How can you be so obedient? Why do you not heed the words that I speak? Look at me—none of you know what my true state is, nobody knows how deceitful and shrewd I am. And I’m not going to tell you about those things; do you think you deserve to hear them?” This is the attitude they have toward God’s requirement; not only do they refuse to accept it, they are resistant toward it and they condemn it. Aren’t these the manifestations of disbelievers? These are standard disbelievers. On the surface, they have not openly condemned the word of God, they have not thrown books of His word to burn in the furnace. On the outside, they read the word of God and listen to sermons every day, and they fellowship during gatherings, but in actual fact, profound abhorrence, resistance, and rejection have arisen in the depths of their hearts toward the word of God. In other words, at the very moment that they developed notions about the word of God, they had already rejected it. There are some who say: “Had those antichrists already rejected God’s word before He said those things?” At that point, they hadn’t yet rejected it. Why is that? It’s because they had many notions and imaginings about God, and these made them esteem and admire Him, and regard Him as a great man. But when God expressed His words, their view of Him changed completely, and they said: “The words that god speaks are in actual fact so ordinary! They are so simple, so straightforward, so easy to understand: I can speak such words myself! Doesn’t everyone say that god is great? Why then would he tell us to be honest? If god is so great, if he is truly supreme, he shouldn’t give people such small and lowly requirements!” When they read the word of God, and felt it to be shallow, and felt that it didn’t match people’s notions, or accord with the grand image and identity of God, they developed notions about God’s words. In the background of them developing these notions, a deep abhorrence for the words of God arose within them, and subsequently the embankment in the depths of their hearts that held their imaginings and notions about God collapsed completely. What is the result of this collapse? From the very depths of their hearts, they rejected and condemned the word of God. So, what goes through the minds of antichrists when people preach the word of God? They are like bystanders, watching from the sidelines. When they hear someone praise God’s words or fellowship on their experience of God’s words, these antichrists are also bystanders, watching from the sidelines, and they never say “Amen” in the depths of their hearts. At times, they even scoff at people, saying, “What have you gained from being honest? Although you are trying to be honest, god won’t necessarily save you, and you won’t necessarily be blessed, either. Very few people will receive blessings. If I don’t get any blessings, then none of you shall get any either!” An antichrist’s nature essence is antagonistic toward the word of God and toward God Himself, and due to this antichrists are unable to accept, and even less submit to, the word of God. If they do not accept and submit to the word of God, can they gain experience of it? They cannot, so what is the personal knowledge that they speak of? It is all just imaginings, inferences, doctrines, or theories, or sometimes even just some nice-sounding words that they echo from other people, and as such, it is impossible for any experience or knowledge of the words of God to arise in them. So, due to the various attitudes antichrists harbor toward God and His word, and due to their nature essence, regardless of whether they have believed in God for 10 years, 20 years, or even longer, to this day, you will never hear from them or see in them any experience of the word of God, and even less will you see the slightest knowledge of God. In their speech, you won’t hear about them having notions and misunderstandings about God, and being enlightened through the exposure of God, and eventually coming to the point where they no longer misunderstand God or harbor notions about Him. They do not have this experience, nor do they have this knowledge. This is the reason why antichrists cannot obtain the truth or talk about any personal experience or knowledge at all, no matter how much effort they put into studying God’s word. They just follow along in reading and memorizing some famous passages from the word of God that brothers and sisters often quote; they go through the motions and go with the flow, and then they continue to think in the same way that they always have. They do not resolve the notions that arise in them about God, or the conflicts and problems that arise between them and God, no matter how significant they are. These notions and problems always follow them around. What are the consequences of them not solving these problems? The resentment in their hearts gets deeper and deeper, and their hatred of God grows bigger and bigger. Going on in this way, what consequences will there be the longer they believe in God? Can these accumulated resentments and notions make them let go of their prospects, destiny, and intent to gain blessings? (No.) If these problems are not solved, what will the final result be? (They will explode.) The word “explode” is quite straightforward. How will they explode? How many ways are there? (I am reminded of some words of God I read before, “Even in the space of just one night, they may go from a smiling, ‘kind-hearted’ person to an ugly-looking and ferocious killer” (The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. God’s Work and Man’s Practice).) What is the background of them becoming killers? When their desire to obtain blessings is shattered, the gloves come off, and they say, “None of us are going to have it easy, so I don’t have to conceal or hide this—I believe in god just to obtain blessings. If I had known that I wasn’t going to obtain blessings, I would have left long ago!” They say all the words that are in their hearts and they are not afraid of being condemned. Why are they not afraid of condemnation? Why are they able to throw off all pretense of civility and explode? It’s because they don’t want to believe anymore and wish to leave. They have been enduring humiliation and hardship for the sake of their goals for all these years, and they practice according to these strategies and use these strategies as their spiritual support. Today when they see that there is no hope of them obtaining blessings, they feel they might as well throw off all pretense of civility and say openly, “I’m just a disbeliever. I don’t like positive things. I like pursuing worldly things and I like wicked trends. They say that god’s words are the truth and that god’s words can change people and save them. Why haven’t I seen that? Why can’t I experience it or feel it? What has god’s word changed about people? I think god’s words are nothing. There’s just one thing that has the most tangible benefits, and that is that those who follow god will be blessed and enter the kingdom of heaven. These words are true. I wouldn’t believe in god if it weren’t for the sake of gaining blessings! Where is god? If god could save people, why was he crucified? He couldn’t even save himself!” They say what they really think—isn’t their demonic side revealed in this? The notions and resentments accumulated over the years explode out of them. This is antichrists finally showing their true colors.

There are some antichrists who often say things like: “I gave up my family and career, exerted so much, and suffered so much in my belief in god, and what did it get me? Isn’t god a god who blesses people? Isn’t god a god who gives people grace? So what did I get?” God has supplied man with so many truths, and He has given so much without asking for anything; though people oppose and rebel against God so much, He does not remember this, and He still comes to save man. Antichrists can’t see how much man has obtained from God. What do they really mean when they say, “What did I get?” (Blessings.) Antichrists want everything. They are able to give everything up to believe in God and follow God, and they think that, by doing this, they will have a chance at succeeding, and that it’ll be worth their while. They give up the world and their prospects, and in the future they want to own the whole world. What they want in exchange must be worth more than the things they have given up. It must be more valuable than those things, and provide them with greater advantages, only then will they make the exchange. Do you think antichrists say these words in a moment of anger during their explosions? (No.) They definitely hold these words in for a long time before they finally explode out of them. After this, all that the antichrists have been thinking and pursuing over the years are exposed, all of their disguises are torn off. What is the key point of what they say? “I believed in god and followed him all these years, and what did I get?” What they want to gain isn’t the truth. They don’t want the truth. They don’t want life, they don’t want dispositional change, they don’t want God’s salvation. They think they are perfect people and they don’t want to gain these things. They want to gain something extra, some greater blessings than those that can be obtained in this world. That is, they want to exchange the things of the world they have given up for the blessings God has promised. They want to receive the greatest blessing from God. When they see they cannot achieve their desires, and that all hope is lost, they must give up. But when the time comes to do so, considering their disposition, will they be able to stop there? They will not. There are some families where everyone is a believer, and antichrists emerge among them. When these antichrists see that they will not receive blessings, they start to disturb their families to prevent them from believing. Are these still families? They’re close families in terms of outward physical or blood relationships. But when we look at the path each member follows, though they’ve all believed in God for over 10 years, some are revealed as antichrists, some are pursuing the truth and doing their duties quite well, and some are pursuing the truth to an average standard—their nature essences are thereby revealed. Of course, the worst of them are antichrists, who should be rejected by man and expelled by God’s house. So, are these families? Are real families like this? These are not even the same types of people! Some people have lived with devils for so many years and still regard them as family members. They can’t give up on them and even foolishly believe they’re their loved ones. What kind of loved ones are these? After antichrists show themselves, they engage in all manner of evil. They may even persecute the true believers in their families. Even worse, they may deliver their family members to wicked governments. Some parents sell out their children, and some children sell out their parents. No matter how close or intimate their relationship is, there’s nothing that antichrists won’t do. Since antichrists can sell out and persecute the true believers in their families, doesn’t this mean they are enemies? (Yes.) The emergence of one or two antichrists in the church means danger for the brothers and sisters. As soon as the antichrists see that they will not receive blessings, they write themselves off, they throw caution to the wind, the gloves come off, and they begin to think about disturbing other brothers and sisters. Some brothers and sisters are weak, small in stature, and do not understand the truth. Antichrists show these brothers and sisters some rumors on the internet, and then fan the flames by adding their own embellished explanations, thereby disturbing and misleading those brothers and sisters, and ultimately ruining them. Of course, some of the brothers and sisters have discernment and immediately recognize the antichrists. If they deal with the antichrists publicly it will cause trouble, so it’s enough if they just find a wise way to isolate them so that they can’t disturb or plague others. When dealing with Satans, people must act wisely.

Antichrists believe in God and follow God for the sake of their prospects and destiny. They clutch onto their desire for blessings and bring their ambitions with them when they enter God’s house, and read, accept, and preach God’s word. They make concessions, bear humiliation, and endure all manner of hardships in God’s house for the sake of their prospects and destiny. And after many years of waiting and watching, when their hopes are shattered, they also leave the church and the house of God because of their prospects and destiny, because their desire and intent to gain blessings cannot be realized. What is the outcome of such people? They will be eliminated. And why will they be eliminated? Does God decide not to save them from the moment they enter His house, or is it that they have some problems of their own? (They have problems of their own.) When antichrists enter the house of God, they blend in like tares among wheat. Some people say, “But doesn’t God know about this?” God knows about it; God scrutinizes all of this. People like this cannot change. Even if they have read all the words of God, even if they have read about the mysteries, the destination of man, and the various corrupt dispositions of man that have been revealed by God, and other such words, it’s of no use, because they do not accept the truth. The words spoken by God are addressed to all mankind. They are not hidden from anyone and are given to all equally. Everyone can read and hear God’s words, but in the end, antichrists will never gain them, because they are antichrists, devils, and Satans. Satan did not change after so many years by God’s side, so wouldn’t the same be true for antichrists? Even if you make them read God’s word every day, they will not gain it, because they are antichrists, and they have the essence of an antichrist. It’s not possible to make antichrists give up their own interests or their prospects and destiny. It’s like making a pig climb a tree. It’s an impossible task. Antichrists want to see immediate benefits, and they also want to see eternal benefits in the future. If they can’t attain or satisfy one of these things, they’ll immediately become hostile, and might leave at any time. Antichrists read between the lines of God’s words, listening to their tone and inflection, trying to guess the meaning and intent of His words, in order to measure those various benefits that they care about and wish to obtain. Will it be possible for them to understand the truth when they approach God’s word with this attitude? (No.) Therefore, in any case, antichrists are in opposition to, and are mortal enemies of God and His word. Some people say: “So-and-so used to be really good. Why are they acting like this now? After the word of God was fellowshipped to them, they said that they understood it and promised to work hard to do their duties, so why can’t they change?” I’ll tell you the truth. It’s not just that they can’t change now—they won’t be able to change in the future either. Why is this? It’s because they have no intention of changing. Think about it: If a wolf can’t find a sheep to eat, when it’s starving it will sometimes eat a few mouthfuls of grass and drink some water to assuage its hunger. But does this mean its nature has changed? (It does not.) So, when antichrists don’t do anything evil and display some good behaviors temporarily, it doesn’t mean they’ve changed or accepted the truth. As soon as they’re seriously pruned in a way that touches on their power and status, and they see that they have no hope—that they are certain to be eliminated—they will immediately become negative, and throw up their work, and their original, true colors will come to light. Who can change people like this? God does not plan to save them, He just uses the facts to reveal them and eliminate them. So, these servants of Satan must be discerned and rejected by all.

Discerning antichrists is like discerning evil people and Satan, and dissecting antichrists is like dissecting the invisible Satan and devils. The antichrists we are dissecting today can be seen by man. You can see what they do and hear what they say; you can see all of their manifestations and figure out their intentions. You can’t see or touch Satan or the devils of the spiritual realm, so they will always be just a concept and a title to you. But the antichrists we are dissecting today are different. These are living devils and Satans. They are tangible devils and Satans of flesh and blood. These devils and Satans oppose God and reject God in the spiritual realm, and they are averse to every word that God has spoken. When they come to the church, they still do these things. They still oppose, feel averse toward, and reject God’s words as they did before. Often, they even despise God’s words. As long as it comes from God’s mouth, even a very small thing will raise many question marks in their hearts. They will research it, analyze it, and process it using their minds. Therefore, for antichrists, God’s words are not the object of their belief. They will never believe in God’s words. No matter how practical, true, or faithful God’s words are, they will not believe in them. So, judging from these points, aren’t antichrists enemies of God? Isn’t their inborn nature in enmity with the truth? These kinds of people were born enemies of God, they were born averse to the truth. They will never treat or hold to God’s words as the truth. Because of their essence, their various manifestations toward God, and their various attitudes toward God’s words, in the end these kinds of people are condemned by God’s words and spurned by God. So, will they be able to gain the greatest benefit that they pursue—their prospects and destiny? Never. Therefore, to whom does God speak of the promises and blessings He will give to mankind, and the destination He has prepared for mankind? Is there any share in these things for antichrists? (No.) The wonderful destination spoken of by God and promised to mankind is given to the objects of God’s salvation, to people who believe in God’s words and accept God’s words as the truth. It is not given to antichrists who are antagonistic toward God and who regard God’s word as the lies of a trickster.

April 11, 2020