Question 3: It’s written, “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus …” (Rom 8:1). Because we believe in Christ Jesus, it has already been guaranteed that we won’t be condemned and can enter the kingdom of heaven!

Answer: You think that as long as man believes in Jesus Christ, he’s already in Jesus Christ. That is man’s conception. “Them which are in Christ Jesus” does not refer to everyone that believes in the Lord Jesus The majority of people that believe in the Lord Jesus cannot obtain God’s praise, just as the Lord Jesus said, “Many Are Called, but Few Are Chosen.” Among those who are not chosen, some only believe in the Lord to gain temporary benefits from their faith; some never love the truth, nor do they practice the truth; some even do evil in resistance to God. Especially religious leaders, the majority of them walk the path of the Pharisees; they are all antichrists. Some of them just believe in God in name; they’re non-believers. You say all those who believe in the Lord Jesus are already in Christ Jesus; those words don’t make any sense. “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.” Which group of people does this really refer to? Those who can keep God’s commandments, practice the truth, and obey God, that is to say, those who pursue the truth and obtain life, who can obey Christ, refrain from committing acts of evil in resistance to God, and are fully compatible with Christ. Those are the people who are in Christ. It’s certainly not the case that everyone who believes in the Lord Jesus is in Christ Jesus. There are some believers whose faith is not acknowledged by God. For instance, the Lord Jesus once said, “Many will say to Me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name? and in Your name have cast out devils? and in Your name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess to them, I never knew you: depart from Me, you that work iniquity” (Mat 7:22–23). Can you say those mentioned here who prophesy, cast out devils, and do many wonderful works in the Lord’s name are all in Christ? Are they not all people that have been condemned by God? Therefore, "faith in Jesus Christ" and "being in Christ" are two different things. Those that believe in the Lord but cannot earn His praise are not in Christ, because God’s work of salvation does not proceed the way everyone thinks it does. It’s not like all people who believe in God can be saved. Many of them will be eliminated, especially those who sin willfully after they have received the knowledge of the truth. These sins include stealing offerings, denying God, betraying God, failing to practice the truth, being timid or adulterous, etc. Those people will still be condemned and abandoned by God. Those who commit great acts of evil will be punished. It is just as it says in Hebrews 10:26: “For if we sin willfully after that we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remains no more sacrifice for sins.” Therefore, we can see that not all believers of the Lord are in Christ. Only believers that love the truth, are able to pursue the truth, and thereby obey Christ, really know Christ, have no conceptions about Christ, do not rebel against or resist Him, take Christ’s heart as their heart and can do God’s will are the people who are in Christ. They are the ones who will obtain God’s praise and enter His kingdom.

—The movie script of Stinging Memories

Previous: Question 2: It is said in the Bible, “Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifies. Who is he that condemns?” (Rom 8:33–34). This proves that the Lord Jesus’ crucifixion on the cross forgives us of all sin. The Lord doesn’t see us as sinners anymore. Who can accuse us now?

Next: Question 4: People are sinful, but the sin offering of the Lord Jesus is forever effective. As long as we confess our sins to the Lord, He will forgive us. We are sinless in the Lord’s eyes, so we can enter the kingdom of heaven!

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Question: Please share detailed fellowship on what is obeying and following God, and what is obeying and following man. Understanding this aspect of the truth is critical for us.

Almighty God says, “The most important thing in following God is to do everything according to God’s present word. Whether you pursue to enter into life or to satisfy God’s heart’s desire, you have to focus on God’s present word. If what you fellowship and what you pursue to enter into are not centered around God’s present word, you are one outside God’s word and absolutely do not have the work of the Holy Spirit. … Those who can keep up with the Holy Spirit’s present work, walk in God’s footsteps, and follow wherever God leads will have God’s blessing."

Question 3: No matter what, pastors and elders all preach based on the Bible. Isn’t explaining the Bible and making people hold on to the Bible exalting and bearing witness to the Lord? Is it wrong for pastors and elders to explain the Bible? How could you say they are hypocritical Pharisees?

Almighty God says, “Look at the leaders of every denomination and sect. They are all arrogant and self-right, and they interpret the Bible out of context and according to their own imagination. They all rely on gifts and erudition to do their work. If they were incapable of preaching anything, would those people follow them? They do, after all, possess some learning, and can speak a little of doctrine, or know how to win over others and how to use some artifices, through which they have brought people before themselves and have deceived them. ”

Question 1: In all my years of faith, despite knowing that the Lord Jesus is God’s incarnation, I didn’t understand the truth of the incarnation. If the Lord’s appearance in the second coming is similar to how the Lord Jesus was incarnated as the Son of man to do His work, then we’ll be unable to recognize the Lord Jesus, we’ll be unable to greet the Lord’s coming. I believe that the incarnation is a great mystery. Few are able to truly understand the truth of the incarnation. Please commune with us on this issue, what exactly is the incarnation.

Almighty God says, “The meaning of incarnation is that God appears in the flesh, and He comes to work among man of His creation in the image of a flesh. So, for God to be incarnated, He must first be flesh, flesh with normal humanity; this, at the very least, must be true. In fact, the implication of God’s incarnation is that God lives and works in the flesh, God in His very essence becomes flesh, becomes a man.”

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