Fellowship From the Brother Above – February 2, 2026 (Part Six)

Question 11: Some leaders and workers just go through the motions when they follow up on the work: They just ask what the result is and report it to the higher-level leaders, but they do not truly try to discover the problems in the church and resolve them by fellowshipping on the truth in a timely manner. How should this problem be resolved?

Answer: With leaders and workers like these, there is usually this kind of situation: They do not know how to discover or resolve problems. Some people might not believe this, saying, “Leaders and workers not knowing how to discover problems? That’s impossible, right?” In fact, there really are leaders and workers who do not know how to discover problems. So, what kind of person cannot discover problems? People who do not have spiritual understanding cannot discover problems, and those who do not bear a burden cannot discover them either. Can people of poor caliber discover problems? (No.) People of poor caliber cannot even recognize what needs to be done when it comes to external matters. Suppose you tell such a person, “Look at the room—clean it up wherever it is dirty.” They won’t be able to see where it’s dirty, and will say, “I think it looks quite clean everywhere; there’s no need to clean.” Others can notice whenever a spot in a room is a bit dirty or dusty, but even if there is a lot of dust in his room, this type of person doesn’t think it’s dirty. They think that as long as there isn’t a pile of trash in it, the room is very clean. You see, when people are of different calibers, can their views on things be the same? (No.) It is the same for leaders and workers; their calibers also differ. Some have poor caliber and cannot discover problems while doing their work. If you fellowship with them, pointing out a problem and asking, “Look, this person is always negative in doing his duty—is this not a problem? He’s had this problem for a long time; he has notions about God and so is always negative. Have you not discovered that this is a problem?” they will say, “I didn’t think this was a problem. He hasn’t said anything negative, nor did he say he’d stop believing. I thought he was doing well in his belief.” What kind of issue is this? These leaders and workers lack the truth and cannot see things clearly, so they can’t discover any problems at all. If you tried to teach such a leader or worker how to discover problems, could they learn? (No.) Then what should be done? If they still can’t discover problems after you’ve tried to teach them a few times, then dismiss them and reassign them immediately—that is the best course of action. Their caliber is too poor, and there is no use in teaching them further; they must be dismissed quickly so as not to delay the work. Besides being able to discover problems, a leader must also be able to handle the big picture. Some people are okay at doing single tasks but don’t know how to handle the bigger picture. In that case, you can first teach them how to do it. If they still can’t learn after you try to teach them a few times, then it is an issue of caliber, which shows that they are only suited to doing single tasks. Such a person should be reassigned quickly; they might be okay as a deacon, but since they cannot see things clearly and cannot handle the big picture, they are not suited to being a leader. Never being able to see things clearly is an issue of caliber, and such people need to be reassigned. Some people are suited to handling the big picture, and so they can be leaders and be responsible for the big picture; some are suited to doing single tasks, and so they should do single tasks. It’s like how in some families, the husband doesn’t like going out to work, and instead likes doing housework. In that case, the man can stay at home and do the housework, taking care of various matters in the house. Meanwhile, the woman in the family happens to like going out to earn money and is a natural at any job. So, she can go out to work, and their roles are simply reversed. Is this a good thing? (Yes.) In short, the work a person can do depends on their caliber. Arrangements should be made based on the work they are suited for, as this is beneficial both for them personally and for the church’s work.

Question 12: Currently, we are training to work independently, but some testifying directors care only for their own work results and are quite passive about organizing and following up on the work as a whole—most of the time, they just wait for others to make arrangements. How should we fellowship with them to help them develop the awareness and burden to proactively do the work and follow up on the overall work?

Answer: This question is similar to the previous one. You must first teach them how to follow up on the work as a whole. If they can’t learn to do this even after you’ve tried to teach them a few times, then the only option is to reassign them to another duty. To achieve the ability to work independently, they must possess the necessary caliber. If they don’t have that caliber, how can they be independent? They cannot—this is determined by their caliber. Tell me, can just any horse take the lead in a team of horses? Not all horses can lead a team; some horses can pull a cart but are not necessarily able to lead a team. So, what abilities must a horse that can lead a team possess? It must be able to understand its master’s words; when the master tells it to run, it runs, and when the master tells it to stop, it stops. But the other horses pulling the cart cannot understand the master’s intentions; they can only follow the horse that leads the team. When the horse in the lead moves forward, they follow along; when the horse in the lead stops, they stop too. Therefore, a horse that can lead a team is no ordinary horse; it simply must be able to understand its master’s words. It is the same for those who are supervisors, leaders, or workers in God’s house: They must be able to understand God’s words, understand the truth principles, and know how to work according to the work arrangements. Only those with this kind of caliber can be supervisors, leaders, or workers. Those with slightly poorer caliber can only be partners or assistants. Is there not this distinction between people? (Yes.) The distinction does not lie in a person’s height or the level of their knowledge, but in their innate caliber. Everyone’s innate caliber is different; if someone’s caliber makes them suitable to be a leader, they should be a leader, and if it makes them suitable to be a partner, they should be a partner. So, is it right to judge whether someone can be a leader or worker based on their level of knowledge? No, it isn’t; a person with a lot of knowledge might not necessarily be able to be a leader. What about judging based on appearance? Appearance can only serve as a reference; it should not be the main basis. The most crucial factor in judging whether someone can be a leader or worker is their caliber. So, what exactly is the difference between one person’s caliber and another’s? The difference is huge. If a problem suddenly arises in the church, the person who can clearly understand the problem and resolve it immediately has the best caliber. Some people have knowledge and brains, but they cannot clearly understand problems; once they face an actual problem, they are dumbfounded and at a loss—they just think that it is a thorny issue and they don’t know how to resolve it. What kind of issue is this? It’s simply that their caliber isn’t up to it. Therefore, those whose caliber isn’t up to it cannot shoulder major work. Does a person’s caliber have anything to do with their height, age, or education? (No.) Caliber is preordained by God and has nothing to do with these things. If God has preordained that someone has a certain level of caliber, then they can take the helm and shoulder this burden. When any problem arises in the church, as long as they are there, there will be a path to resolve it; without them, the problem would go unresolved for a long time, delaying the work or even causing it to fall into disorganization and chaos, like loose sand. A person’s caliber is preordained by God. When you choose leaders and workers, you must look for people with caliber, with comprehension ability, who are steady in their actions and suited to taking the helm, who can bring people into the truth reality, and who can lead people to know God and enter God’s kingdom. Such people have spiritual understanding, understand the truth, know God, and have a God-fearing heart, which is why their work can achieve this result and fulfill this commission. You will certainly not go wrong if you choose such people as leaders or workers. If they do not have the truth reality, they will only work blindly out of enthusiasm, only speak words and doctrines, and be unable to clearly understand or resolve any problem they encounter. What kind of people only do things out of enthusiasm and only speak words and doctrines? Pharisees. Choosing such a person as a leader not only won’t bring you onto the right track of belief in God so that you can attain salvation, but will instead lead you onto the path of resisting God and onto the path of antichrists. Is this not very troublesome? (Yes.) Therefore, the key to choosing leaders and workers is to choose those who pursue the truth and those with good caliber and comprehension ability, especially those who understand the truth and have the work of the Holy Spirit. Just like the man used by God—he has the work of the Holy Spirit and the truth reality, and he walks the right path of pursuing the truth; if you choose such a person as a leader, they can lead you onto the right path. If you do not choose the right person and instead choose as a leader a Pharisee who only speaks spiritual theories to mislead people, then it will be troublesome; they will ultimately lead you onto the path of antichrists, and by following them, you will come to resist God and be condemned by God. Back when the Lord Jesus was working, the apostles all followed Him. Later, the Lord Jesus appointed Peter as the shepherd of the church, but Paul tried to win over the apostles and get them to reject Peter. Some of the apostles then came to worship and follow Paul, and as a result, they ended up walking the path of antichrists. You see, though they all believed in God, the paths these people walked differed depending on who they chose to follow. So what determines which path a person walks? It is determined by their nature essence. If a person’s nature does not love the truth and only worships spiritual theories and knowledge, they will ultimately walk the path of resisting God and become someone who resists God—will their belief then not have been in vain? So, is being unable to discern who has the work of the Holy Spirit and who has the truth and life not a fatal problem? Such people are blind followers; their Achilles’ heel is that they cannot discern, and this is a serious problem. Such people are prone to following the wrong person and walking the wrong path, and in the end, if they cannot get on the right path, they will go to perdition and be destroyed. Can you resolve this problem now? (Yes.) It doesn’t matter if someone is a leader, a worker, or a supervisor—whether they can do the overall work well depends on their caliber. First try to teach them how to do the work. If they simply can’t learn, then you can be certain that they don’t have the right caliber, and so they must be reassigned to avoid delaying the work.

Question 13: Recently, God fellowshipped that “not constraining people” is not a truth principle, but “fulfilling one’s duty with all one’s heart and mind” is. I’d like to seek on this: How can we strike the right balance in practicing this principle? Some brothers and sisters have believed in God for three to five years and have been doing their duty all this time, but when we point out their problems, they feel we are too strict and do not understand them. How should we fellowship on this?

Answer: What is a truth principle? Once you understand the truth, you will have principles in how you act. Where do these principles come from? They come from the truth, are produced based on the truth, and are produced based on how you can achieve results by practicing the truth. If you establish a principle for how to practice the truth to achieve results and practice according to it, then you are sure to be practicing the truth. This is how truth principles are produced. That is, if a way of practicing the truth can achieve certain results without any deviations, then that way of practicing is a truth principle. Now, what is most crucial in leading people into the truth reality? Fellowshipping on the truth. If you fellowship on the truth thoroughly, people will be able to enter into the truth reality once they understand the truth. If you don’t fellowship on the truth thoroughly and only try to solve problems by pruning, constraining, and disciplining people, can your work achieve results? (No.) If you only ever constrain people in your work, forcing others to listen to you and follow your intentions, will they be able to do their duty well? (No.) Constraining people cannot achieve results. But if you fellowship on the truth with them thoroughly, they will immediately understand what to do, and there will be no need for you to constantly watch them or constrain them. This is how I work: When I discover work that should be done or a problem that should be solved, I act proactively as soon as I am certain of it. I don’t need God to urge or supervise me, nor do I need to wait for God’s arrangements. Whenever I see God fellowship on a certain aspect of the truth, I quickly lead God’s chosen people to enter into that truth. This is my crucial work, and this is how I have been practicing for all these years. If God needs me to implement some work, I do so as soon as I am told of it, and I do it in accordance with God’s intentions and requirements. To achieve this kind of practice, you must first understand God’s intentions and requirements. If you don’t understand them, then you will be prone to disrupting God’s work when implementing work. You must understand what role we play: We are created beings, and we are here to cooperate with the work of the incarnate God. We do our duty in step with the work of the incarnate God and the truths He expresses. This is our role; we are always in a supporting role. We must have reason, keep to our own place, stand properly in our own position, and fulfill our duty—this is true submission to God. Therefore, doing work doesn’t primarily depend on others urging you, but on you taking the initiative, understanding the truth, bearing a true burden, and following the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

As leaders and workers, how should you resolve the various problems in the duties done by the brothers and sisters? First, some people’s problems can be resolved by fellowshipping on the truth. In addition, when it comes to those who always cause disruptions and disturbances, or are always negative, or have too much scumminess, prune them as well, and use slightly harsher words. This will resolve the problems of those people. By working this way, you will achieve results. What is the principle here? It is to treat different people differently. But no matter what method you use to solve a problem, fellowshipping on the truth always comes first; it is the main way, and other methods are supplementary. Do you understand? (Yes.) Church work should center on fellowshipping on the truth, supplemented by methods such as pruning, discipline, and restraint. By adopting different methods for different people, your work will achieve results with everyone. Some people pursue the truth; they love and can accept the truth. With such people, you can achieve results by fellowshipping on the truth. But if someone does not pursue the truth, it is no use no matter how much you fellowship. They do not love the truth and will not accept it, so no matter how much you fellowship with them, it is all for nothing. In addition, for those whose caliber is so poor that they cannot grasp the truth when you fellowship it with them, what should be done? You must tell them some of the shallowest things—even just some regulations and doctrines for them to keep to. For instance, you could give them one or two methods of practice and have them follow these directly. If they find your methods to be good and simple, they will understand and know what to do. Although these people are of poor caliber and do not have spiritual understanding, they are very guileless and obedient, so it is enough to teach them some regulations and doctrines; once they understand them, they will be able to abide by them. As for those who do not pursue the truth, who not only do not accept the truth but are also arrogant and self-righteous, and who attack or constrain others, or those with severe scumminess who always cause disruptions and disturbances in their duties—you must discipline and prune such people, and expose and dissect them based on their problems so that they may reflect on and know themselves. If they are unconvinced, you can have everyone fellowship on the truth to dissect them. Once they see that everyone has discernment of them, they will behave. If they still do not behave, then they are an evil person. There is one last resort for evil people, which is for everyone to reject them. If everyone rejects and ignores them, how can they survive in the church? They simply won’t be able to. They’ll say, “No one in this church likes me, and no one pays attention to me. I can’t survive here, so I’d better leave,” and they’ll have to leave the church. The way to treat evil people is to reject them—this is the trick to use, a form of the “cold shoulder.” If people like Paul are discovered in the church, is it right to give them the cold shoulder? (No.) Why not? You can have them render service in preaching the gospel—that is wisdom. Just look at why the Lord Jesus used Paul: to render service in preaching the gospel. However, God gave him a chance to repent; it was just that he would not accept the truth, so he merely ended up rendering service. So, how should we treat those who can render service in preaching the gospel but are particularly arrogant and conceited and yield to no one? (Use them to render service.) Let them render service. When they become negative, encourage them so they can continue to render service in preaching the gospel; when they are too arrogant, they must be pruned appropriately so that they restrain themselves, and that will be enough. This is wisdom. If they don’t preach the gospel and always cause disruptions and disturbances, then reject them and ignore them so they withdraw of their own accord. Is this a good approach? (It is.) You must have methods for all kinds of people. Some like to abide by regulations, saying, “To resolve the problems of anyone in the church, you should fellowship on the truth. You can only resolve problems by fellowshipping on the truth.” Is this statement correct? (No.) What is wrong with it? (It is too dogmatic. Some people do not accept the truth, so even fellowshipping on the truth with them will not resolve their problems.) It is because the church is not entirely made up of people who love the truth and people of good caliber like you imagine. Some do not love the truth, some are of such poor caliber that they cannot grasp the truth, and some are muddleheaded and absurd and do not accept the truth at all. The problems of these people cannot be resolved by fellowshipping on the truth alone. Someone might ask, “How can someone who doesn’t accept the truth at all still believe in God? Why would they believe in God?” They believe in God to get blessings and a good destination, not to fulfill their duty or follow God’s will. There are all kinds of people in the church, so you must know how to treat them differently. For people who pursue the truth and who are of good caliber, we can resolve their problems through fellowshipping on the truth; for those of poor caliber who cannot grasp the truth, we can tell them some doctrines and have them abide by some regulations. As for those who do not pursue the truth, who are arrogant and conceited and yield to no one, and who constantly show off as soon as they understand some words and doctrines, we must warn them. You can say, “Have you gained any truth since coming to believe in God? What path are you taking in your belief? Have you ever reflected on this?” If they do not accept this and say, “It’s none of your business. I understand much more than you,” then what should you do? If they don’t accept the truth, then reject them. If you see that they are like Paul and do not accept the truth at all, then just ignore them. There is no need to show love to such people.