Fellowship From the Brother Above – July 1, 2025 (Part Two)

Question 2: Since you, brother, fellowshipped on the twenty wise ways of preaching the gospel, some of the gospel preachers have deviated somewhat in their practice. They are quick to classify potential gospel recipients who have listened to all the sermons but still don’t understand as lacking comprehension ability, and they just give up on them. Also, when they encounter potential gospel recipients of poor caliber, they don’t pay much attention to following up on them. We’d like to seek fellowship on how to distinguish between potential gospel recipients of poor caliber and potential gospel recipients who lack comprehension ability. How should we treat those of poor caliber?

Answer: The issue of potential gospel recipients being of poor caliber is a common one, but being of poor caliber is not the same as lacking spiritual understanding. It doesn’t mean they don’t have a human spirit or that they have the spirit of an animal, nor does it mean they have no comprehension ability whatsoever. People of poor caliber are often just slow to comprehend things; they are a bit slow or shallow in their comprehension when listening to sermons. They can’t discern complex issues, and they lack their own opinions and can’t make up their minds. This is what it means to be of poor caliber. But lacking spiritual understanding is different from having poor caliber. Lacking spiritual understanding means being completely unable to see through or understand spiritual matters, matters of life, and especially matters of the spiritual realm; on top of that, they don’t accept the truth. When you speak of matters of the spiritual realm and spiritual matters in life, they don’t acknowledge them. They believe that things they cannot see do not exist. For example, they don’t acknowledge the existence of Satan, evil spirits, Hades, the palace of the king of hell, or the book of life and death in the spiritual realm. They say, “I can’t see these things, so I don’t acknowledge their existence.” This is a person who lacks spiritual understanding. What’s the issue with someone who lacks spiritual understanding? The issue is with their spirit. They are not the reincarnation of a human spirit, but of an animal’s spirit. People who are reincarnated from animals lack spiritual understanding. There’s another type of person—those who are reincarnated from evil spirits. Some of these people lack spiritual understanding, while others have a little bit, but are deeply averse to the truth and hate God. These are people reincarnated from evil spirits or demons. People who are reincarnations of evil spirits or demons are all averse to and hate the truth. They are insatiably greedy, and their entire lives are spent fighting for power and profit, with no regard for the lives or deaths of others. They oppose anything that is not to their advantage, no matter how just it is, and they stick to anything that benefits them, no matter how wrong it is. These are people reincarnated from evil spirits or demons. Such people are all averse to the truth and will not accept it in the slightest. Look at all the truths God has expressed. Which of the world’s famous people, great figures, or politicians have accepted them? (None.) Why is this? First, none of them love the truth; they are all people who are averse to the truth. This is beyond a shadow of a doubt. But there are differences in the circumstances of those who do not love the truth. Some are reincarnated from animals, and they do not love the truth because it is beyond their reach. Others are reincarnated from evil spirits, and not only do they not love the truth, but they also hate the truth and hate God. When they see people who understand the truth, they feel hatred; when they see people who follow God, they persecute them; and when they see people who testify to God, their eyes burn with rage and murderous intent. Tell me, are these people not wicked? (They are.) Therefore, anyone who does not accept God’s work of the last days, no matter who they are—be they a famous politician, or a renowned doctor of theology or religious leader—is not one of God’s sheep, and will not be saved by God. Is this matter clear to you all now? (It is.) After you see this matter clearly, will you still worship those so-called famous people, great figures, and politicians? (No.) Anyone who hates the truth is a devil. Some people say, “These people are all very famous. If we could bring them into the church, the gospel would surely flourish!” Is this way of thinking correct? (No.) Why not? (These people hate the truth. Even if they were brought into the church, they would not accept the truth, and they would also spread baseless rumors and fallacies to disrupt and disturb God’s work.) Their entry into the church would be detrimental to God’s work of making the overcomers. Most of them resist God in the world, so would they stop resisting God if they came into the church? Is that possible? (No.) Their nature essence is one that resists God. No matter where they go, they resist God, and they would resist God even more fiercely in the church. Isn’t that how it is? (It is.) If such a person is your relative, your belief in God will lead them to persecute, judge, and condemn you, and they might even toy with you, because those who are averse to and hate the truth are devils!

Now, regarding the question of how to distinguish between potential gospel recipients of poor caliber and those who lack spiritual understanding, you need to know that people can’t comprehend or understand God’s words just by hearing them once; it requires a process. You should just keep reading God’s words to them and keep fellowshipping the truth with them. Sometimes, after you fellowship once, they might look blank and show no reaction, as if they can’t grasp it. Tell me, is this normal? (It is.) No one really understands God’s words when they first hear them; I was the same. When God first began to express His words, I heard them and said, “These are words of revelation from the Holy Spirit; these are the utterances of the Holy Spirit. These words are so profound!” But what do you all think of this understanding? It’s too shallow; it’s not deep enough. So, if someone can recognize God’s words as His voice, as the truth, and as coming from the Holy Spirit right from the start, that’s already quite remarkable. Most people don’t have that comprehension ability, do they? (They don’t.) Now, if you fellowship two or three times and they start to show some reaction—their eyes light up, a smile appears on their face, they feel that what you’re saying sounds right, and the more they listen, the more they understand—tell me, does such a person have spiritual understanding? (They do.) That’s someone with spiritual understanding. Therefore, if a potential gospel recipient looks blank the first time they hear our fellowship, you must not be too quick to classify them. Don’t say, “Oh, this person lacks spiritual understanding, they’re not a potential gospel recipient, I’m not going to preach to them anymore.” It’s too early to say that. If they gradually start to react after you fellowship two or three, or four or five times, they have spiritual understanding. If, after two or three, or three to five times, they really like it and feel particularly liberated in their spirit, and they say, “This time I’ve found someone who truly understands the truth. I’ve met someone who can fellowship on the truth. I gained a lot from listening to you speak. I must interact with you and associate with you,” tell me, what kind of person is this? (Someone with relatively good spiritual understanding.) Not only do they have spiritual understanding, but they are also someone who loves the truth. Is that certain? (It is.) Can someone who loves the truth show such interest after hearing us fellowship just once? (No.) So, how many times do they generally need to be fellowshipped with before this result is achieved? It takes at least three to five times. So don’t make overly high demands of people. If you see that someone still does not have a very obvious reaction after hearing us fellowship three or four times, and you say, “This person probably lacks spiritual understanding, and those who lack spiritual understanding will not be saved by God, so I should give up on them,” is this way of thinking correct? (No.) In this situation, you should recall your own reaction when someone first preached the gospel to you for three to five days. If you say, “My reaction back then was probably even worse than theirs. I was even more dull and numb than they are. Their reaction is actually a bit better than mine was,” then you’ll be able to take a tolerant attitude toward them and won’t be so quick to classify them as lacking spiritual understanding. That’s the right approach. You have to put yourself in their shoes, don’t you? (Yes.) Some people, when looking for a romantic partner, always think other people are ugly. But then they look in the mirror and think, “Oh, I’m even uglier, so why was I always complaining about others being ugly?” They then regret having called others ugly. They clearly are uglier than other people but can’t see it. Isn’t this a lack of self-awareness? Isn’t this foolish? (It is.) Therefore, we can’t classify a potential gospel recipient as being of poor caliber or lacking spiritual understanding and decide to give up on them after just one or two gatherings. We should observe them over multiple gatherings. If most people understand but they still don’t, then there might be a problem. Furthermore, tell me—even if they don’t have much spiritual understanding and don’t quite comprehend or understand your fellowship, but they agree with what you say, believe it’s all correct, and are willing to accept it, should we give up on them? (No.) Why not? Such people at least have some humanity and speak with reason. Even if they don’t have the comprehension ability where the truth is concerned, as long as they are not repelled by it and do not hate it, that’s enough. They are good people. The Lord Jesus said these words in the Age of Grace: “He that is not against us is for us” (Luke 9:50). What do you all think of these words? (They’re good.) Why did the Lord say this? (In this evil age, mankind is deeply corrupt, their nature is particularly vicious, and especially hates the truth and positive things. When we preach the gospel, if they don’t oppose, resist, or persecute us, they can be considered a good person.) What the Lord Jesus meant by this is that such people are very rare; it’s not easy to gain even one of them. Very few people among this wicked mankind can accept the truth. When you preach the gospel to someone, as long as they don’t oppose or condemn it and are willing to accept, then they are a person with good humanity. You should preach to them earnestly and by no means give up on them. Even if they don’t gain the truth in the end, they can at least render service. If they are an evil person, someone who hates the truth, then don’t preach to them. Even if you bring them into the church, they won’t even be able to render service. So, when preaching the gospel, don’t focus on whether a potential gospel recipient’s caliber is good or not, or whether they have spiritual understanding or how well they comprehend. As long as they are willing to listen and accept, we should treat them with love and gain them responsibly. How does that sound? (Good.) So, what do you think of what I fellowshipped on this question? (Good, it’s clear now.)

Question 3: Some potential gospel recipients believe, “God is love; He won’t judge us.” When we mention that the disasters are God’s judgment upon mankind, they say, “Disasters have always happened; this has nothing to do with God’s judgment.” How can we fellowship on this issue more effectively?

Answer: Most religious people hold this notion. In that case, you should ask them: “Tell me, do the prophecies in the Bible mention the judgment of the last days? Does the Book of Revelation prophesy the judgment of the last days? Do the prophetic books prophesy the judgment of the last days?” The things most prophesied in the Bible are, first, the return of God—that is, God becoming incarnate and coming among men as the Son of man—and second, the judgment of the last days. This judgment refers to God’s work of the last days; both the prophetic books of the Old Testament and the Book of Revelation in the New Testament prophesy that God will come to do the work of judgment in the last days. The Bible prophesies that God’s work of judgment in the last days will be like the refining of gold and silver, that it is through trials and refinement that He will cleanse and save mankind. This is clearly prophesied in the Bible. The Bible says: “And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried” (Zechariah 13:9). So, do you still dare to say that God won’t use judgment to save mankind? Do you still dare to say God won’t judge people? On what basis do you delimit God by saying He won’t judge people? You believe that because God is love, He won’t judge people. So, what is your understanding of God’s love? God does the work of judgment to cleanse and save people. So, if judgment can achieve the result of cleansing and saving people, isn’t that love? (It is.) If a potential gospel recipient has this notion, you should ask them this: “Do you dare to say that because God is love, He won’t judge people? In the last days, Almighty God is doing the work of judgment and has already cleansed and saved a group of people. These people have escaped from Satan’s influence and have been saved, and in the end, they will be brought into the kingdom by God. So, tell me, is God’s judgment of man not love? Is it not salvation?” When you ask them this, they’ll be left speechless. God’s judgment is true love. Without God’s judgment, people cannot attain salvation. So why has God’s love for man now changed from the mercy and lovingkindness of the Age of Grace to judgment and chastisement? It is because mankind has been too deeply corrupted by Satan, and their resistance and rebellion against God are too severe. Without the method of judgment and chastisement, there is no way to save mankind. So, tell me, is judgment and chastisement love? (It is.) Let’s take an example. All parents love their children. In what ways do parents love their children? Caring for them lovingly is love, and kind words of exhortation are also love. Then is strict discipline love? Is chastening and punishing them love? (It is.) You see, parents’ love for their children has many expressions. Could God’s love for mankind really be as simple as you imagine? Could it really be merely mercy and lovingkindness, without righteous judgment? Can that achieve the result of cleansing and saving people? (It cannot.) If, after you’ve fellowshipped with them like this, you mention the prophecies from the prophetic books of the Bible and the Book of Revelation, and read some of Almighty God’s words to them, and clearly fellowship on how God does the work of judgment to save people in the last days, the significance of His work of judgment, and the results it achieves—if after you’ve fellowshipped all this with them clearly, they still don’t accept it, then they are someone who lacks spiritual understanding. They’re just a stubborn mule! There’s no communicating with such people, so just don’t talk to them anymore.

Question 4: Recently, some potential gospel recipients have been unwilling to continue listening to our sermons after hearing us preach. Their viewpoint is: “I feel that what you preach is good, and I’m quite interested, but we’re not from the same church, so I don’t want to listen anymore.” The gospel preachers have also gone to see them a few times, but they have all politely refused. How can we fellowship more effectively in this situation?

Answer: So, tell me, what causes this situation? Why do they politely refuse you? What is the main reason here? Go ahead and analyze it. (Some of them may have heard some negative propaganda online or from their pastors and elders, so they’ve become guarded.) When it comes to matters like this, you must first see through to the essence of the issue. If you can find the root cause, you’ll know how to resolve it, right? (Right.) Let’s take an example. Say you’ve been set up to go on a date, and you’ve told the other person all about yourself, including your interests, your personality, and what you pursue. After listening, they say, “You’re a great person, but I just don’t think I can fall in love with you. We’re not suited to live together.” They’ve politely refused you. Tell me, what’s the issue here? (They’re not interested; they don’t truly like you.) You’ve understood that quite accurately. Similarly, when you preach the gospel and have talked about everything you should, if a potential gospel recipient understands your fellowship but still says such things, then there’s only one reason: they do not love the truth. Can we put it like this? (Yes.) It’s a bit of a generalization. We can’t say all these people don’t love the truth. Some might not be willing to listen because they have poor caliber and lack comprehension ability, and don’t understand the significance of what we’re fellowshipping on. But if someone with comprehension ability still says this, then there’s only one reason: They do not love the truth. Is this discernment correct? (It is.) Now, are there people who, after hearing what you’ve said, completely admit in their hearts that you’re correct and that what you say aligns with the Bible, but they just won’t accept it? Are there people like that? (Yes.) What’s the issue here? They clearly admit these words align with the Bible, so if they sincerely believe in God, why don’t they accept? Isn’t this a contradiction? This can only mean that they do not love the truth. Can we say this? (Yes.) So what should you do when they politely refuse you? For example, you invite them to listen to a sermon, and they say, “I don’t want to listen anymore; I’m too busy.” What should you say next? You should ask them: “Tell me, is there anything in my fellowship with you that harms you? Is it detrimental to your future? To your faith in the Lord? If you believe that what I’ve said is detrimental to your faith in the Lord or to your life growth, you can refuse, and I won’t speak of it to you anymore. However, if you acknowledge that what I’ve said is beneficial to your faith in the Lord, your pursuit of the truth, and your outcome and destination, then you shouldn’t refuse.” After you say something like that to them, see how they respond. If they say, “Look, I’m too busy; I just don’t want to listen,” and they won’t listen no matter what you say, then in that situation, you should give up. Don’t waste your efforts on them; it’s meaningless. So, what do you think of resolving the issue this way? (Good.)