The Church of Almighty God / Eastern Lightning: 10 False Myths

Most of what you find on the Internet about The Church of Almighty God is false. Here is why, and where to look for more reliable information.

The Church of Almighty God (CAG) is the largest Chinese Christian new religious movement. It is also known as “Eastern Lightning.” It has been founded in 1991, and after its rapid growth alarmed the Chinese regime, it was banned in 1995. It was heavily persecuted since, with hundreds of thousands arrested, hundreds of cases of torture, more than one hundred well-documented instances of death while in custody or as a consequence of police mistreatment, and several cases of organ harvesting. In the 21st century, to justify the persecution, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has launched a massive campaign of fake news against the CAG. Unfortunately, despite having been debunked by independent Western scholars, the fake news has been uncritically spread by some Western media and is still widely available on the Web, where Chinese propaganda is also active with anonymous or pseudonymous texts. Here is a guide to the most common myths and fake news.

God's Word | "You Should Seek the Way of Compatibility With Christ"

God's Word | "You Should Seek the Way of Compatibility With Christ"

Almighty God says, "I have done much work among man, and the words I have expressed during this time have been many. These words are for the sake of man’s salvation, and were expressed so that man might become compatible with Me. Yet I have gained only a few people on earth who are compatible with Me, and so I say that man does not treasure My words, for man is not compatible with Me. In this way, the work I do is not merely so that man can worship Me; more importantly, it is so that man can be compatible with Me."

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English Christian Crosstalk "Waking Up" | The Lord Is Knocking on the Door—Come and Meet the Lord

English Christian Crosstalk "Waking Up"

Just Awake and About To Wake are preachers of a Christian sect who both sincerely believe in the Lord, and who eagerly yearn for His return. But they have always felt puzzled and confused about how the Lord will knock at the door upon His return, and what they should do to welcome Him. When a sister knocks on her door many times to preach God's gospel of the last days, Just Awake finally awakens to reality through a period of seeking and investigation. After hearing Just Awake's experience, About To Wake also awakens from her confusion, and she comes to know that the Lord came in secret long ago, that He incarnated to express His words, that He uses His words to knock at the door of man's heart and that, by carefully listening to God's voice, the wise virgins are able to welcome the return of the Lord and follow God's footprints!

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Christian Crosstalk "There Is Only One God" | Is the Theory of Trinity in Line With the Lord's Word?

For 2,000 years, the theological theory of the Trinity has been seen as a basic tenet of the Christian faith. But, is God truly a Trinity? What, exactly, is the relationship between the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit? One day, Brother Zhang posts a question in his church's online discussion group: Does the Trinity really exist? This question begins an intense debate among the believers, after which Zheng Xun and Li Rui discuss and fellowship on this question. What is their conclusion? Please enjoy the crosstalk There Is Only One God.

Christian Movie "The People of the Heavenly Kingdom" Clip 1 - A Christian Acts Honestly and Receives God's Blessing

The Lord Jesus said, "Truly I say to you, Except you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven" (Matthew 18:3). Christian Cheng Nuo is a doctor. In her life, she strives to be an honest person according to the Lord's words. Once, during a dispute over a patient's treatment, she honestly discloses the hospital's mistakes to a deceased patient's family members. This in turn impacts the hospital's reputation, and she is dismissed by the hospital on the grounds of medical malpractice. Her "bad track record" causes Cheng Nuo to be repeatedly rejected during her search for a new job. She battles fiercely with herself: Telling the truth is the reason she can't find a job, but not telling the truth violates God's word…. How should she follow the Lord's words and be an honest person? Through seeking, she finally finds a way to practice the truth and be an honest person, and unexpectedly receives God's blessing in the process …

English Christian Crosstalk "Waking Up" | The Lord Is Knocking on the Door - Come and Meet the Lord

Just Awake and About To Wake are preachers of a Christian sect who both sincerely believe in the Lord, and who eagerly yearn for His return. But they have always felt puzzled and confused about how the Lord will knock at the door upon His return, and what they should do to welcome Him. When a sister knocks on her door many times to preach God's gospel of the last days, Just Awake finally awakens to reality through a period of seeking and investigation. After hearing Just Awake's experience, About To Wake also awakens from her confusion, and she comes to know that the Lord came in secret long ago, that He incarnated to express His words, that He uses His words to knock at the door of man's heart and that, by carefully listening to God's voice, the wise virgins are able to welcome the return of the Lord and follow God's footprints!

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She Finally Quit a Game Addiction That Had Been Ruining Her For 23 Years

By Yi Xin, Malaysia

    Once she got home after work, Yi Xin fell exhausted to the couch. She thought about how she had once again been unable to keep herself from playing games that day at work and had been scolded and given a warning by her boss. She felt so depressed. For 23 years, Yi Xin had been so addicted to online gaming that she could no longer tell fact from fiction. The characters she played in her games did not eat and did not sleep, nor did they need to study or work, and so when she played these games she did not eat or sleep either, and she came to hate both study and work. Living such an irregular life over a long period had caused her to have frequent health complications. The online games afflicted her with mental and physical exhaustion. She so wanted to quit them, but how could she rid herself of them? She rubbed her temples and frowned deeply.

How She Won Her Unfaithful Husband’s Heart Back

By Jiamei

Her Husband’s Online Entanglement Raises a Red Flag

    “Uncle, none of that online chatting stuff is real. There are lots of people now using that to cheat people, how could there be anyone there that really wants to meet you?”

    “I know where to draw the line. Mind your own business….”

    When Jiamei overheard that exchange between her husband and his niece, her face immediately fell. Why would she say that? Could it be that there was another woman…?

    After his niece left, Jiamei couldn’t hold herself back. She asked him: “Why did your niece say that? Is there someone else?”

    He paused for a moment, and then prevaricated: “I just invited an online friend to a couple of meals. There’s nothing between us—don’t let your mind run wild.”

What Do Three Successive Rare Supermoons in 2019 Signal?

    As predicted by relevant experts, two supermoons will appear successively on 19th February and 21st March 2019, being two fantastic astronomical sights that follow on from the “super blood wolf moon” which appeared on 21st January.

    Related information states that the term “supermoon” refers to when the full moon moves to its closest point to the earth, its perigee, at which point the moon’s diameter is 14% larger than normal and its brightness also increases by 30%—it is the largest, roundest moon visible to the naked eye. Three supermoons will appear in succession this year, which is a rarely seen astronomical sight. In actual fact, wonderful sights such as blood moons and supermoons have been making constant appearances over recent years, for example the blood moons of 2011 and 2013, the series of four blood moons that appeared through 2014 and 2015, the super blue blood moon of 2018, which also occurred 152 years ago, and the super blood wolf moon that appeared on 21st January 2019 which perfectly combined the three astronomical sights of a supermoon, a blood moon and a wolf moon, and it was hailed as the most dazzling astronomical wonder.

What Does the Overcomer in Revelation Mean?

By Xuezhi

    When they hear about “overcomers,” most Christians think those who labor and work for the Lord, who can keep the Lord’s name, who can sit in prison for years without denying the Lord, and who experience all kinds of persecutions and tribulations and yet can still stand witness, are the overcomers referred to in Revelation. Is that view correct? What, exactly, do the overcomers in the Bible refer to?

Christian Song "God's Hopes for Mankind Have Not Changed" | God Wants to Gain a Group of Overcomers

Contemporary Worship Songs "God's Hopes for Mankind Have Not Changed" | God Wants to Gain a Group of Overcomers

Ever since He created man in the beginning,

God has yearned for a group, a group of overcomers,

a group that will walk with Him and are able to understand,

comprehend and know His disposition.

Regardless of how long He still has to wait,

regardless of how hard the road ahead,

no matter how far off the objectives He yearns for,

God has not altered nor given up on His expectations for man.

This wish of God has never changed.

This wish of God remains the same.

This wish of God has never changed.

This wish of God, this wish of God will never fade.

How to Keep Temper When Hurt by Others

By Titie, United States

　　In our life, we always feel we lose face on account of others’ words or looks. And sometimes, we develop prejudices against them for this reason, with our hot blood flaring up, even resulting in a conflict between them. In the face of such a circumstance, as a Christian, how should we treat it in accordance with God’s heart? As regards to this, I’ve found out a path to practice and I want to share it with you.

　　After I arrived in America, I began engaging in nursing in an old couple’s home. There, the following scene was an everyday occurrence …

　　Grandpa shouted: “Xiaomiao, help me make the tea.” While I was going to do it, grandma shouted: “Xiaomiao, give me a cup of juice.” When I was making the juice, grandpa said: “You haven’t poured tea for me.” As I was pouring tea, grandma said: “You haven’t mopped the floor.” When I was cooking, they called me to fetch letters and newspaper. … I worked unceasingly like a spinning top. When I was way too busy, I would reply impatiently: “Could you wait a moment?” At my words, the grandma got angry and lost her temper with me, calling me a blockhead. On hearing what she said, I was filled with rage, thinking to myself: You’re so arrogant and you don’t respect me in the slightest. I really wanted to vent my anger on her by talking back to her. However, I started to have second thoughts: “Forget it. Don’t argue over trivial matters with her. I won’t have face either if I talk back to her. Moreover, I’m a Christian. Well, I’ll suck it up. All I need to care about is doing my own work well.” However, as days went by, this scene still always played itself out, and I harbored deeper and deeper prejudices against them. So every time I went to their home, I hurried to do the work. Then, I left as soon as everything was finished and I wanted to say nothing else to them.

The Spreading of Almighty God’s Kingdom Gospel in China

　　In 1995, the work of testifying to the kingdom gospel of Almighty God formally began in Mainland China. Through our gratitude to God and with a love that was true, we testified to the appearance and work of Almighty God to the brothers and sisters in various denominations. Little did we expect to suffer extreme resistance and slander from their leaders. We could only come before Almighty God to pray earnestly, beseeching God to work in person. From 1997 onward, we beheld the Holy Spirit work on a great scale. There was a rapid increase in the members of churches in various locations. At the same time, many signs and wonders occurred, and many people in various denominations returned to Almighty God as a result of receiving God’s revelations or seeing these signs and wonders. If the Holy Spirit had not worked, what could man do? This made us realize: Although we understood some truths, we could not testify to Almighty God through our human strength alone. After these people from various denominations accepted Almighty God, they gradually became certain of Almighty God in their hearts through eating and drinking and enjoying the word of Almighty God, and after a period of time, there was produced in them genuine faith and obedience. People from every denomination were thus lifted before the throne, and no longer expected to “meet the Lord in the sky” as they had imagined.

Christian Movie Clip - The Rise of the United States and Its Mission

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On the basis of adhering to its founding principles of freedom, democracy, and equality … the US has played an important role in stabilizing the global situation and providing a balance for world order. It plays an irreplaceable role in safeguarding and stabilizing the global situation. Recommended reading: Spreading and testifying to Almighty God’s work of the last days—this is God’s commission to His chosen people, and the aims of The Church of Almighty God.

Best Christian Movie Clip - God's Destruction of the Earth With a Flood

When you watch the spectacular Christian movie clip God's Destruction of the Earth With a Flood, you'll discover the holy, righteous disposition of God and His care and compassion for mankind, and will find the path to God's salvation amid disasters.

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What God Thinks of Man's Deeds

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God's concern continues to be

the way in which each of you acts

and how you express yourself.

On the basis of this,

He shall determine your end.

God must make this clear to you.

He will give no mercy

to those who aren't loyal

in times of tribulation,

regardless of who you may be.

His mercy only extends so far.

He has no liking for those who betray,

much less does He like to associate

with those who sell out

the interest of friends.

This is God's disposition and His view.

This is God's disposition and His view.

Christian Movie Clip "Child, Come Back Home" (2) - Why Is the World So Dark and Evil

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With many youngsters now enthralled by online gaming and unable to break free, and with each generation of youngsters worse than the last, many people can't help but ask: Why does this society have to constantly advocate, develop and promote online gaming to poison our youngsters? Why is the world so dark and evil?

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　　The ancient Roman Empire and the old British Empire became prosperous and powerful before people knew it, and then took a turn toward decline and ruin. Now, the United States of America has become the undisputed world superpower and it also has the irreplaceable role of maintaining and stabilizing the world situation. What kinds of mysteries are really hidden behind the rise and fall of nations? Who is ruling over the fates of every country and all peoples? This wonderful segment from the Christian movie, The One Who Holds Sovereignty Over Everything, will reveal these answers to you.

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Christian Variety Show | "Pretenders" Crosstalk | Ripping Off Mask of China's "Religious Freedom"

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The CCP sent a deputy of the National People's Congress to guise himself to contact Christians via his nephew believing in God. To get close to brothers and sisters, he not only attended the meetings but preached the gospel. In addition, he spoke lies that the current environment was adverse and asked the church leaders and co-workers to have meetings in his house… The CCP racked it brain to send spies to enter into the church, what exact schemes it has? 

The CCP, an atheist ruling regime, in order to completely ban religious beliefs and make China a godless country, tries every scheme, trick, and trap and uses a variety of despicable methods to arrest and persecute Christians. The crosstalk Pretenders exposes yet another means the CCP uses to arrest Christians—hiding their identity to get inside The Church of Almighty God, shows you the tactics the CCP uses to trap Christians, and rips off the mask of China's "religious freedom."

Christian Movie Clip: A Record of God's Work of Creating the World and Leading and Redeeming Mankind

Do you want to know how God created the world? Do you want to know how God has led mankind step by step until today? This wonderful segment from the Christian movie, The One Who Holds Sovereignty Over Everything, documents God's work of creating the world, and leading and redeeming mankind. It will reveal these answers for you.

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