Fellowship From the Brother Above – January 15, 2026 (Part Two)

Now, let’s start answering questions. Today, I’ll be answering questions about elections.

Question 1: During elections, how should we discern a person’s caliber? What is the difference between having truly good caliber and just being superficially eloquent?

Answer: This is a question about elections, and questions like these are crucial. Elections involve quite a few truths. What truths are involved at a minimum? The truth of how to discern different types of people. To be able to discern different types of people, we need to understand some truths. So, what results can understanding the truth achieve at a minimum? First, to become able to know yourself; second, to discern people; third, to see things clearly; and fourth, to understand God’s intentions. These are the four direct results achieved by understanding the truth. Apart from these, there are some indirect results. These indirect results are also related to understanding the truth: achieving a transformation in how you view things, and at the same time, bringing about some changes in your life disposition. These are the two indirect results achieved. Remember this: There are four direct results achieved by understanding the truth, and two indirect results. So, are the results achieved by understanding the truth obvious? (Yes.) That’s all I’ll say about the results achieved by understanding the truth. Now let’s ponder this: What is the difference between having truly good caliber and being superficially eloquent? First, let’s talk about what having good caliber is. (Having a pure and deep comprehension of the truth is having good caliber.) Measuring a person’s caliber mainly refers to assessing whether they have the ability to comprehend the truth. Having good caliber means that their comprehension of the truth is pure and has a certain depth; it does not mean merely comprehending the literal meaning of the truth. In addition, if they can grasp the light of the truth and enter into reality, this is also having good caliber and having comprehension ability. Having comprehension ability is a matter of the heart; sometimes it cannot be seen from the outside. Say that after reading a passage of God’s words, a person has some pure comprehension in their heart. They ponder it further, and the more they ponder, the more light they gain; the more they ponder, the more practical things they realize; and the more they ponder, the more they understand God’s intention; then, they have enjoyment in their spirit. Can these things be seen from the outside? (No.) Therefore, having comprehension ability is a matter of the heart. It is not easy to see from the outside, whereas being superficially eloquent is something you can see from the outside. But does being superficially eloquent have anything to do with comprehension ability? (No.) If someone is eloquent, this only shows that they are good with words and have a gift in this area, but people who are good with words often do not have comprehension ability. They like to copy how others speak. When they see how others speak and how articulate they are, they constantly imitate them, constantly train themselves, and constantly study how to say these words. After a period of time, they have learned all those people’s words and mastered some ways of speaking, and so they have become eloquent and articulate. Therefore, being eloquent sometimes really has nothing to do with caliber or comprehension ability. Is that not so? (It is.) Many nonbelievers are also eloquent and articulate. Does this prove that they have good caliber? (No.) It depends on whether what they say accords with the truth, whether what they say accords with the facts, and whether the views they express are correct. In addition, it depends on what intentions they harbor when they speak, and what standpoint they are speaking from. You have to discern those who are superficially eloquent based on these things. If a person always speaks on the side of negative figures and negative things, and always speaks on the side of the devils and Satans and the great red dragon, then they are absolutely not a good person, let alone someone of caliber. A person of caliber has discernment ability. Would they always speak on the side of negative people, events and things? (No.) Look at those who act as mouthpieces and accomplices of the CCP; they are also articulate, but are they good people? Are they people of true caliber? (No.) They have no caliber; they are all muddleheaded people without humanity, and they are all devils and Satans. However, if a believer in God understands the truth, then being eloquent and articulate is related to their caliber. If everything they say accords with the truth and is accurate and without error, if their intentions in speaking are all upright, and if their views on things are also pure, then they possess the truth reality. They are someone who understands the truth and can bear witness for God. In that case, is the fact they are eloquent and articulate not related to their caliber? (It is.) Once they understand the truth, they can testify to God and refute all kinds of fallacies. Such eloquent and articulate people are positive figures. Most of the words spoken by positive figures accord with the truth principles and God’s intentions, and can testify to God. If they had no caliber and no comprehension ability, could they achieve such results? (No.) Now, we can all see that some gospel preachers are eloquent and articulate. They get results in preaching the gospel and have gained quite a few people. So, tell me, is the fact they are eloquent and articulate related to their caliber? (Yes.) Though they do the same gospel preaching duty as others, the experiential testimonies they share and their fellowship of the truth can fully convince people, gaining those who thirst for the truth, whereas others cannot achieve these results when they preach the gospel. Therefore, it is no simple matter that these people are eloquent and articulate. For one thing, they have good caliber and have comprehension ability; for another, they have the work of the Holy Spirit. This is a gift given by God. Such people are positive figures. They are positive figures, people who can accept and pursue the truth, so their being eloquent and articulate is a sign of truly good caliber. Such people can fellowship the light of God’s words after reading them. Their fellowship is practical, can achieve results, convince people fully, and lead people to turn to God. Such people are definitely people of good caliber.

So, can you now discern the difference between having truly good caliber and being superficially eloquent? The difference lies in whether a person can comprehend the truth. A person of good caliber can comprehend the truth. After reading God’s words, they can gain light and understand the truth. This is truly good caliber. If, in reading God’s words and fellowshipping the truth, someone is merely eloquent but cannot bring light when they speak, and has no true comprehension of God’s words but only understands the literal meaning—just like the Pharisees who could only explain the words and doctrines of the Bible but could not achieve the result of making people understand the truth—then does such eloquence represent good caliber? (No.) Can you distinguish the two now? (Yes.) Then how should leaders and workers be elected? Is it right to only look at whether someone is superficially eloquent? (No.) You must also look at their caliber, whether they can comprehend the truth, whether their comprehension is pure, and whether they possess the truth reality. Once you understand these things, you will be able to discern and know who to vote for. If you do not look at whether a person’s comprehension of the truth is pure, and do not look at whether they can explain problems clearly when fellowshipping the truth, but only look at their eloquence and assume they must understand the truth, then this is a grave mistake! Being superficially eloquent does not mean understanding the truth. Therefore, to discern a person, you must mainly look at whether they can comprehend the truth and whether they possess the truth reality. Everyone who believes in God has some enthusiasm. If they can only speak some enthusiastic words but have no truth reality at all, then they are not people who understand the truth. You see, in the video reports produced by God’s house, many people say things in interviews that sound correct on the surface, but there are actually significant differences between different words. Some words have depth, while others are too superficial; some are words born of enthusiasm—external words—while others are born of true experiential understanding in the spirit—words from the heart. So, can you discern which people’s words have the truth reality and reflect a true understanding of themselves? And which people’s words are born of enthusiasm, external words without any truth reality at all? If you can discern these things, you are sure not to make mistakes when electing leaders and workers. If you cannot discern these things, and only vote for someone because they are superficially eloquent and you think they possess the truth reality, then you will elect the wrong person. Now, if you were asked to elect either Paul or Peter to be a leader, who would you vote for? (Peter.) But can you discern who is of Peter’s type and who is of Paul’s type? Paul had gifts and was good with words, and he was educated at the feet of Gamaliel. He memorized biblical knowledge until he knew it inside out, but he never talked about his experiential understanding of the Lord’s words. Peter, on the other hand, although he had never attended a seminary and was not as good with words as Paul, had the truth reality and could speak of his practical understanding of the Lord’s words. If you cannot discern people with the truth reality from people who merely have gifts and are good with words but do not have the truth reality, then you are sure to vote for someone of Paul’s type when the elections come, and that will cause trouble. If someone of Paul’s type becomes a leader, they will definitely lead God’s chosen people onto the wrong path.

How was the fellowship on the first question? (Good.) If you encounter someone who is eloquent, how should you discern them? You should look at whether what they say is an enlightened understanding of God’s words or just doctrines and regulations. Look at whether what they say contains understanding of themselves and is understanding gained from life experience, or if they are just speaking external, enthusiastic words that lack any understanding of the truth reality. By looking at it this way, you will know the nature of their eloquence. Do you understand? (Yes.) Some people do not seem to be good with words on the outside, but they have comprehension ability. Every word they say is very practical and comes from the heart. If the words coming from their heart are an enlightened comprehension of the truth, then these words carry weight; if they are words of knowing themselves, then these words also carry weight; if they are words of practical understanding gained from experience, words that bear testimony to God, then they carry even more weight. Look at the words Job spoke when he experienced trials and refinement. Although he did not say much, his words carried great weight. He said, “Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: Jehovah gave, and Jehovah has taken away; blessed be the name of Jehovah” (Job 1:21). What does this mean? It means, “Everything I have gained was bestowed upon me by God, not earned by my own mind. Today, my possessions were taken away by robbers—this was permitted by God. I do not know in what way I have sinned and offended God to provoke His anger, or for what reason God has deprived me of these things, but no matter what, it is God who gave, and it is God who has taken away. Blessed be the name of God. I have no complaints.” What do you think of Job’s words? (They are practical.) These words are so practical; they are all words from the heart. Are these words that those eloquent people could say? (No.) Job spoke such practical words only after he had some understanding of God. He spoke these words when he had believed in God up to the age of seventy. He had borne testimony, and his belief in God bore fruit. So, can you now discern people who speak words from the heart and practical words from those who speak theories and regulations? Some people cannot discern this. They cannot discern whether what people say comes from true experience, whether it contains true understanding of themselves, or whether it possesses truth reality. Nor can they discern whether what people say is theory, regulation, or the product of enthusiasm. They simply worship those who are eloquent and are particularly good with words and gifted. They just worship whoever speaks logically and clearly. Are they not muddleheaded? (They are.) They are muddleheaded.