Fellowship From the Brother Above – April 15, 2025 (Part Four)

Question 6: A potential gospel recipient said, “Every church understands the Lord’s return differently. You say the Lord has already returned—that is your understanding. Our church also has its own understanding. I respect your understanding, but I cannot accept it.” In response to this matter, we fellowshipped that God’s work is always new and never old, and that there are many mysteries that can only be unveiled when the Lord returns. We also fellowshipped that Almighty God has unveiled all of the mysteries of His six-thousand-year management plan, and that we have read God’s new utterances and come to understand many mysteries that we didn’t understand before. We said that all these things serve as proof that the Lord has returned. But despite our saying this, the potential gospel recipient still clung to their own views. I would like to seek your advice on this. In a situation like this, what else can we fellowship on to better guide them?

Answer: This potential gospel recipient said that every church speaks of the Lord’s return, and every church has its own understanding of this matter, so we should respect each other. This is incorrect. Although every church speaks of the Lord’s return, the fact is that only The Church of Almighty God has welcomed the Lord. None of the denominations in the religious world have welcomed the Lord. Thus, the ways in which these denominations understand the Lord’s return are wrong. Is this not the case? (It is.) Now, some denominations believe that the Lord will return after the great catastrophes, while others believe that the Lord might return during the catastrophes, and still others believe that the Lord will return before the catastrophes. These are the three main views held within the religious world regarding when the Lord will return. There are other views on this matter of course, but no matter what the view is, if it isn’t a pure view based on the prophecies spoken by the Lord Jesus Himself, it is inaccurate and wrong. This is beyond a shadow of a doubt. Look at the views on the Lord’s return held by all the denominations of the world. Some are based on words spoken by Paul, while others are based on the prophecies of the Old Testament. They’re all making a common mistake, namely that they do not use the prophecies spoken by the Lord Jesus Himself to welcome the Lord. This is a fatal mistake. In particular, most people don’t use the Lord’s words to welcome Him, but the words of man instead. Is this not ludicrous? (It is.) Such understanding is truly distorted. This potential gospel recipient says that every church understands the Lord’s return differently, and while this is true, we can only welcome the Lord accurately if we base our welcome on His words. The words of man that are in the Bible are certainly not an accurate thing to rely on. Some people even use the words of angels to try and welcome the Lord. This too is not the accurate way to welcome the Lord. Do angels know the hour of the Lord’s arrival? They do not know either. The Lord’s secret descent is known only to the Holy Spirit, and not even the Son nor the angels, much less man, know of this matter. Therefore, do not attempt to determine which understanding of the Lord’s return is right. Just welcome the Lord based on the Lord Jesus’ words. This is the most accurate way to welcome the Lord. So how should you welcome the Lord according to the Lord Jesus’ words? There is only one path to do this, namely to follow what the Lord Jesus said: “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me” (John 10:27). God’s sheep hear God’s voice, and sheep chosen by God can recognize God’s voice and follow Him. Therefore, the key to welcoming the Lord is hearing God’s voice. This is the only path. However, although some people have welcomed the Lord and accepted Almighty God’s work of the last days, they are still not completely certain about it in their hearts. They keep trying to scrutinize whether or not this is God’s work, and as a result, they still have no conclusion even after years of scrutiny. During this period, they do not accept any truth at all, nor do they experience God’s work. They gain no truth, and their life dispositions do not change in the slightest. Although they believe in Almighty God nominally, they ultimately gain nothing. Why do they end up with such an outcome? It is because they are constantly trying to scrutinize and delimit God. What mistakes do people make when they keep trying to scrutinize and delimit God? They don’t believe the truth, they deny the truth, and they do not know the truth. People like this do not accept the truth, and they will have no outcome or destination. They are just like Thomas—he constantly scrutinized the Lord Jesus. When others testified that the Lord Jesus had risen from the dead and appeared to man, he did not believe it, saying, “This is impossible. I have not seen Him with my own eyes. I must see Him with my own eyes and touch Jesus’ nail marks with my own hands before I can be certain that Jesus is the Lord. Otherwise, I will not believe it, no matter what you say.” He did not believe it. Remember this: Out of the Lord Jesus’ twelve disciples and the apostle Paul, only Peter loved the truth. For example, John and James once said to the Lord Jesus, “Lord, when You reign in the kingdom of heaven, please let one of us sit on Your left and the other on Your right, and let us reign and hold power alongside You.” This showed that they sought crowns and blessings. But at the very least, they still believed that Jesus was the Lord, while Thomas and Judas did not believe that the Lord Jesus was God. Judas even betrayed the Lord. They were disbelievers. Then why did the Lord Jesus still use them as apostles? It was mainly because God did not express that many truths in the Age of Grace. At that time, people could not grasp the truth, and God’s requirements for man were not that high; as long as they could labor, that was enough. Therefore, the Lord Jesus’ standard for choosing apostles was this: Anyone who could follow the Lord, forsake things, and preach the gospel and expend themselves for the Lord could be an apostle. But now, in the Age of Kingdom, God’s requirements for man are different. If you want to be a leader or a worker in the church of the Age of Kingdom, you must have spiritual understanding and understand the truth. In addition, you must have true faith in God and be able to forsake everything to follow God. Only such people can gain the Holy Spirit’s work and be perfected. If you just rely on enthusiasm in doing your duty but do not pursue the truth, you will be revealed and eliminated after working for a period of time. You must see all these things clearly. Those who do not pursue the truth cannot be perfected. No matter how many years they labor, and no matter their status in the church, those who do not pursue the truth will ultimately be punished. Paul is a typical example. Although he did a lot of work, he did not accept the truth in the slightest. He did not acknowledge that the Lord Jesus was Christ and God, and could even say things like, “To me to live is christ.” Ultimately, he offended God’s disposition and was eliminated by God. Among the apostles in the Age of Grace, there were also those who, although they could labor for the Lord, never knew Him. They did not determine that the Lord Jesus was God based on the work He did and the truths He expressed; they insisted that the Lord Jesus say from His own mouth that He was God before they would believe it. Would the Lord Jesus tell them that? He would not. You see, when Peter and a few apostles asked the Lord Jesus whether He had done the work of the Age of Law, the Lord Jesus said He had not. What does this mean? There is more to it than you might think. God is wise, and God will not tell anyone whether or not He is God Himself. You will never hear God personally acknowledge that He is God—that is impossible. So, there are some people in each age who do not pursue the truth and do not know God; they are just laboring. Anyone who does not pursue the truth is a laborer, and will ultimately be eliminated. Of the apostles in the Age of Grace—other than Peter, who loved the truth—those who wrote the Four Gospels were a bit better than the others; at the very least, they acknowledged that the Lord Jesus was Christ. Most of the other apostles were disbelievers, and they were all eliminated and punished. The apostles in the Age of Grace who did not pursue the truth or know God were eliminated. Similarly, in the Age of Kingdom, anyone who is an antichrist or a false leader must also be eliminated, because these people do not acknowledge the truth, love the truth, or pursue the truth. Therefore, in their belief in God, it is impossible for them to truly become certain about God, nor is it possible for them to truly understand the truth and achieve knowledge of God. You see, people who believe in Almighty God all acknowledge that God’s words are the truth. Then why have some people still not gained the truth even after believing for ten years? What is the root cause of this problem? It is that they do not love the truth. Could people who do not love the truth truly know God even if they believed in God for ten or twenty years? (No.) They cannot know God. The truth does not show favoritism! If people do not love the truth, they will not gain the truth, and much less will they be able to achieve knowledge of God. You see, this potential gospel recipient believes that every church comprehends the Lord’s return differently, and that they have their own comprehension, so they do not accept what we fellowship—still less do they have an attitude of seeking and investigating. They think, “What basis do you have for saying the Lord has returned? What confirmation is there? Where are the Lord’s words?” They do not have an attitude of seeking and investigating, and instead cling to the idea that every church has its own comprehension. Is their comprehension any basis for welcoming the Lord? (No.) Can human comprehension represent God’s words? Can it represent the truth? (It cannot.) Therefore, people who have not accepted God’s work of the last days are too foolish. The things they say don’t hold up; they are truly absurd and pitiful. This includes the chief priests and scribes of Judaism, as well as the pastors and elders of today’s religious world. They are senior figures, but they are also foolish and ignorant people. Almighty God has expressed so many truths, and seven volumes of The Word Appears in the Flesh have already been published, yet they still cannot recognize that this is God’s voice. Tell me, just how foolish and ignorant must they be, and how dark must their hearts be! Now the great catastrophes have descended, but they not only do not accept God’s work of the last days, they also frantically resist Almighty God. They are already beyond saving. Therefore, when people constantly emphasize their own comprehension, we should tell them, “The basis for welcoming the Lord must be the Lord Jesus’ words. Human comprehension cannot serve as a basis, nor can the words of the apostles or the words of man in the Bible. You must welcome the Lord based on the words spoken by God Himself. This is the only accurate way.” It is enough for you to say this. Whether they can ultimately welcome the Lord depends on whether they themselves can accept the truth.

Question 7: When we testify to potential gospel recipients that God has become incarnate as the Son of man in the last days, some of them believe that the “coming of the Son of man” mentioned in the Bible refers to the coming of the Lord Jesus’ body after His resurrection from the dead, and does not refer to incarnation. We fellowship that after the Lord Jesus’ resurrection, He became a spiritual body and was no longer of the flesh. However, they still believe that the Lord Jesus remained in the flesh after His resurrection from the dead. They quote the scripture, “Behold My hands and My feet, that it is I Myself: handle Me, and see; for a spirit has not flesh and bones, as you see Me have” (Luke 24:39). They try to use this verse to rebut us, saying, “After the Lord Jesus was resurrected, He was still of the flesh; it’s just that it was a glorious flesh, a flesh that had conquered death.” Therefore, they believe that the “coming of the Son of man” refers to the coming of the resurrected Lord Jesus. Brother, I would like to ask: How should we fellowship to resolve this issue?

Answer: When potential gospel recipients raise this kind of issue, you do not need to argue with them about whether the Lord Jesus returns as a spiritual body or in the flesh, because they are misinterpreting the Bible. Arguing about this issue is meaningless. In fact, the key to resolving this issue lies in whether you can hear God’s voice. If you can hear God’s voice, then listen for whether these words expressed by Almighty God, Christ of the last days, are God’s voice, and whether they are the words spoken by the Spirit of the Lord Jesus. If you acknowledge that these words are all God’s words, then you can accept them. If you cannot recognize that this is God’s voice, and do not acknowledge that Almighty God’s words are the truth and come from God, then you do not have to accept them. I will not argue with you about whether the Lord Jesus comes as a spiritual body or in the flesh, for arguing will yield no result. Tell me, why should we not argue with them? (Because they do not seek the truth.) That’s right. It mainly depends on whether they seek the truth. If they are someone who seeks the truth, we must fellowship the truth clearly to them no matter how much we suffer or what price we pay. If they are not someone who seeks the truth, and do not want to listen to our fellowship, then it is meaningless for us to fellowship the truth any further, and we do not need to fellowship with them anymore. I have encountered many people over my many years of doing church work. Some people feel that Almighty God’s words are good, thirst for the truth in their hearts, and want to read more of God’s words. I will fellowship the truth more to such people. If they can truly understand God’s words and also practice the truth, God will bless them, and enlighten and illuminate them to understand more truths. But some people do not love the truth. No matter how you fellowship with them, they show no reaction and do not accept it. In that case, there is no need to spend any more time fellowshipping with them, because God does not force people to pursue the truth. When we preach the gospel, we must remember this, no matter what kind of potential gospel recipient we encounter: If we find that this person has comprehension ability and is willing to seek the truth, then we must pay more of a price and earnestly fellowship the truth with them; we should even fellowship for several days if we need to. But if we find that their comprehension is too distorted and the views they express are too absurd, just answer their questions in a simple manner. If they do not seek and investigate, give up on them; there is no need to spend more time preaching the gospel to them. Is that understood? (Yes.)

Question 8: Based on what is said in Hebrews 9:12, “Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by His own blood He entered in once into the Most Holy Place, having obtained eternal redemption for us,” some potential gospel recipients believe that the Lord Jesus has already redeemed mankind, and that once a person enters the Most Holy Place, their sins are forever forgiven, and thus they do not need to accept the returned Lord’s work of judgment. How should we fellowship to resolve this issue?

Answer: Tell me, who spoke this verse in Hebrews 9:12? Was it spoken by the Lord Jesus or by a human? The author of the Book of Hebrews remains undetermined to this day. None of us know exactly who it is, and it is not stated in the Bible. Then does it quote the words of the Lord Jesus? No, it does not. So can we delimit the work of the returned Lord based on this verse? (No.) This verse cannot serve as any sort of basis. In addition, they say, based on this verse, that the Lord Jesus has already redeemed man, and that once a person enters the Most Holy Place, their sins are forever forgiven. Is this comprehension accurate? Where is this Most Holy Place they speak of? Is it in the temple of Judaism? There is a Most Holy Place there, but if you enter that Most Holy Place, does it mean that you have entered the kingdom of heaven and come before the Lord? (It does not.) Therefore, it is wrong for them to determine, based on this verse in Hebrews, that their sins are forever forgiven and that they do not need to experience the work of judgment, because this verse in Hebrews is not the Lord Jesus’ words. The Lord Jesus never said these words. The Lord Jesus personally said: “I have yet many things to say to you, but you cannot bear them now. However, when He, the Spirit of truth, is come, He will guide you into all truth” (John 16:12–13). What does the Lord Jesus mean by this? He means that in the last days, the Lord will come again to do a stage of work, which is to lead people to enter into all truths. People must accept God’s work of the last days and gain the truths expressed by God in order to enter the kingdom of heaven. This has a basis in the words spoken by the Lord Jesus Himself. But the words they quote from Hebrews were not spoken by the Lord Jesus Himself, so how can they represent the Lord’s intentions? The words in the Bible are not all God’s words, because the Bible contains not only God’s words, but also the words of angels, the words of man, and even the words of Satan. However, the Bible states clearly which words were spoken by whom. Whoever spoke them spoke them; this is very clear. For example, the words spoken by Jehovah God are clearly stated in the Bible as “thus says Jehovah” or “so says Jehovah,” and the words spoken by the Lord Jesus are also marked with phrases such as “Jesus said” or “truly, truly I say to you.” It is made perfectly clear which words in the Bible were spoken by God and which were spoken by man—there is not the slightest ambiguity. So, these words in Hebrews are not stated as having been spoken by the Lord Jesus, and much less are they stated as having been spoken by the Holy Spirit. They are simply the understanding and viewpoint of the author of this book, and they absolutely cannot represent the words of God. They say that the Lord Jesus has redeemed them—that their sins are forever forgiven after they have entered the Most Holy Place once. Is this claim valid? That Most Holy Place is in the temple, but can entering a physical temple represent entering the kingdom of heaven? Say the Most Holy Place could represent the kingdom of heaven. So many people have entered the Most Holy Place, but have these people entered the kingdom of heaven? Do you have any basis to prove that they have entered the kingdom of heaven? There is no such basis. Therefore, this claim simply does not hold up. So what is a powerful way to rebut this argument and fellowship on this issue? Just rebut them like this: “These words you quote were not spoken by the Lord Jesus. To this day, many people are studying where the Book of Hebrews came from and which apostle wrote it, and no one has ever been able to determine this. But one thing’s for sure—these words are absolutely not the words of the Lord Jesus. Therefore, we cannot delimit God’s work based on this single sentence from the Book of Hebrews.” What do you think of answering this question in this way? (It is good.)