ahead i'll stay and finish this up ok i'll head back and make lunch yes go ahead dad don't you think before mom believed in god she seemed to have all sorts of pain and never smiled at all we were always at our would send since she's believed in god her elements have gotten better she's in higher spirits she can even work in the fields it seems believe in god has been great that's so true not only has her health improved but i think that her outlook on things her viewpoints have also changed she looks at things more philosophically with more insight that's true and i'm seventy eight this year i believed in god for three years since believing in god i have prayed to him and read his words every day i often gather in fellowship with my brothers and sisters and share the experience and the rewards of believing in god my life is very fulfilling and meaningful to me however china is a country ruled by an atheist party and there is no freedom of belief believing in god will result in being arrested and persecuted by the chinese communist government in two thousand and twelve the communist government carried out another mass arrest of christians nationwide some of the people in our church were arrested their homes were raided and they were fined and there were some brothers and sisters subjected to all kinds of brutal punishment and torture who were sentenced and went to labor camps even someone like me an old seventy eight year old woman was not spared by the communist don't you worry because of your age we don't want to put you out we've brought you here just to understand what's going on you're free to go when we're done we hear you believed in god for a few years and there are gatherings in your home so tell me how many people attend gatherings at your house what villages are they from what are their names who is the leader of the church i hold gatherings in my own home this doesn't disturb social order why do you make things difficult for people who believe in god i believed in god for a few years and these have been the happiest years of my life this is entirely god's grace if i didn't believe in god i probably would have died by now i don't understand housewives such as myself and those like me are old and frail we want to believe in god in our autumn years we want to read god's words understand some truth and live like a human being this is a wonderful thing so why do you insist on restricting our belief in god the government of such a great country why must you always look for trouble with old ladies who believe in god well don't misunderstand our government the government has no choice but to restrict the believers if all people believed in god like you do who would follow the party and then who would the party govern over we know that the believers in god are all honest people and don't do anything bad it's an atheist party that doesn't allow belief in god they particularly don't allow private home gatherings this is a national policy having private gatherings in your home is opposition to the government it's more serious than the crime of murder it's creating a disturbance you understand now that you've explained it i do understand no wonder the communist party inhibits and persecute those of us who believe in god it doesn't care about those who have truly committed crimes who have committed corruption bribery robbery and theft and prostitution with the communist party ruling this way how can society not be in chaos and now i can finally see why chinese society is so dark and evil i could never figure out what's wrong with believing in god an old woman like me believes in god and you are so afraid you monitor me and interrogate me what are you actually afraid of enough answer our questions you think will treat you differently because of your old age  continue to interrogate ok she from my mother is an old lady who has little gatherings at home to read the bible and read god's word how could how could that be an illegal gathering or disrupting social order yes chief schieffer i'm asking you to be flexible and let my mother go chief please be flexible this isn't something i can bend on you need to be clear the communist party is atheist and can't accept it will condemn whoever believes in god trying to reason with me is of no use long ago our country determined that christianity is a cult it issued orders to firmly suppress and ban all home churches i haven't reported this case to my superiors if you really want to take your mama something could be done now ma'am just put your fingerprint on this page and you can go home i can put my prints on this what kind of nonsense is this you leave your  you police are so unreasonable on what basis do you randomly malign believers in god and force me to leave a fingerprint at this point it's not up to you if the communist party says you're guilty or guilty just admit it's bad luck enough no ma'am you are free to leave don't go on believing in god if we find out you're still believing in god we must imprison you are you clear on that and when those believers in god go to your house report them right away you can that mom continue to believe if she does our lives will be unlivable mom they didn't do anything to you today let's talk about it at home mom we know that believing in god is a good thing the issue is that the communist party doesn't allow it they'll arrest you because of your belief in god and send you to prison in that case your life could be at risk the fine for this detainment is three thousand you won so how can a family with our circumstances withstand this kind of thing my mom chief ma said that if he finds you still believe in god it won't be as simple as a fine they will arrest you and send you to prison at this advanced age if you are arrested how could that work the police also said if you go on believing in god there will be an impact later when your grandson and granddaughter go to university look for a job or try to get an official post mom you have got to think of their futures now police have pressured us they have find us and frightened us we are all living in fear afraid of what they'll do it's really hard for me to now more than ever the communist party knows that believers in god are good people and we're taking the right path but they still arrest us and persecute us they are constantly at odds with god they are doing evil they will certainly be punished you can't listen to their nonsense and get in the way of me believing in god that would be an offense to god we've enjoyed no small amount of his grace and blessings while i believed in god you have all seen this as human beings we can't be without a conscience and we can't be ungrateful in other things i can do as you wish but as for believing in god i cannot do that you believe in god and our family has enjoyed his grace i don't deny this but now that the government knows about your belief if you continue to believe isn't that just looking for trouble right now the communist party has the final say so if you don't listen to them we won't have a day of peace in any case you simply can't believe in god anymore don't talk to mom like that can't you say something nice or carrying if you believe in god and are arrested again all of us will suffer along with you you see how long can these old bones of ours continue on don't create such problems for the kids i understand the chinese communist party has always been ruthless with believers they have done all sorts of unconscionable things like during the cultural revolution they said that believers in god were counter revolutionaries who knows how many people were denounced and sent to their deaths and how many families met with disaster along with them now the government persecutes believers in god more and more fiercely listen to a word of advice from me stop believing for now you cotton is ripe so if you're sitting at home feeling depressed go into the fields and pick cotton at first everyone in the family supported my belief but now because of the chinese communist governments threats and intimidation my son my daughter in law and even my husband are trying to stand in my way this is so painful i feel so if many things come upon you that are not in line with your notions but you are able to put them aside and know god's actions from these things and in the midst of refinements you reveal your heart of love for god this is standing witness if your home is peaceful you enjoy comforts of the flesh no one is persecuting you and your brothers and sisters in the church obey you can you display your heart of love for god can this refined you it is only through refinement that your love for god can be shown and it is only through things occurring that are not in line with your conceptions that you can be perfected it is through many negative things many adversities that god perfect you it is through many of satan's actions accusations and its expression in many people that god allows you to acquire knowledge thus perfecting you no matter how god works or what kind of environment you are in you will be able to pursue life pursue the development of god's work in you and pursue the truth you will have an understanding of god's actions and you will be able to act according to the truth this is your genuine faith and this shows that you have not lost hope in god you will still seek the truth in refinement you will be able to truly love god and will not develop doubts of him no matter what he does you will still practice the truth to satisfy him and you will be able to deeply seek out his will and be considerate of his will only this is true faith in god it turns out it is through environments of persecution and difficulties that god perfect my confidence and love for him today i have finally understood what his will is it seems whatever i encounter god's good intentions are within it and i cannot misunderstand him before long the police came twice more to take me to the station for questioning they threatened and intimidated me for getting me from believing in god they even got neighbors to monitor me so that they could arrest more brothers and sisters my daughter in law was afraid of their persecution and got rid of my books of god's words i could not read his words or see my brothers and sisters oftentimes i found myself unable to sleep at night during that period i often missed the happy times of having gatherings with brothers and sisters the brothers and sisters are all really concerned about you and are praying for you thanks be to god have you been doing ok i've been persecuted by the chinese communist government and it seems i've understood some things we who believe in god are taking the right path but the government wants to find some way to arrest and persecute us they want us to depart from god and betray him to lose his salvation the police are still monitoring me and they want to arrest other brothers and sisters through me to disrupt and ruin the work of god the c c p government is so evil until you this persecution you've been suffering from has allowed you to gain some understanding of it being the enemy of god of this is god's guidance thanks be to god that's right if it weren't for god's guidance i could never get through this i haven't been able to read god's words and gather with brothers and sisters i have felt such a void in my heart sometimes i think the government is so madly resisting god arresting and persecuting us who believe in him why doesn't god just wipe them out right away if he wiped out those demons of the party we would be free to believe in to worship god that would be so wonderful until you you've been persecuted by the c c p you have suffered we understand that and why you would think this believing in god in this country ruled by the atheist party there was always the danger of being arrested we're on edge every single day on top of that our families and friends are misled by the c c p and they block us and persecute us it is so painful for us we're so oppressed we hope that god will soon destroy the communist party demons that way we would no longer need to suffer like this yes so then why doesn't god do that why does he allow us to undergo persecution and suffering and in this there is profound significance truth that we should seek and understand until you let's look together at what it says in god's words great almighty god says in my plan they can have ever snapped at the heels of every step and as the voile of my wisdom has always tried to find ways and means to disrupt my original plan but could i succumb to its deceitful schemes all in heaven and on earth serves me could the deceitful schemes of satan be any different this is precisely the intersection of my wisdom it is precisely that which is wondrous about my deeds and it is the principle by which my entire management plan is carried out during the time of the building of the kingdom still i do not avoid the deceitful schemes of satan but continue to do the work i must do among all things in the universe i have chosen the deed of satan as my for oil is this not my wisdom is this not precisely that which is wondrous about my work when i formally begin my work all people move as i move such that people throughout the universe occupy themselves in step with me there is jubilation across the universe and man is spurred on word by me in consequence the great red dragon itself is whipped into a state of frenzy and be willed are meant by me and serves my work and despite being unwilling is unable to follow its own desires leaving it no choice but to submit to my control in all of my plans the great red dragon is my fourth my enemy and also my servant as such i have never relaxed my requirements of it therefore the final stage of the work of my incarnation is completed in its household in this way the great red dragon is more able to do service for me properly through which i will conquer it and complete my clas you read this and god intends to use a portion of evil spirits work to perfect a portion of man so that these people can completely see through demons deeds and allow everyone to truly understand ancestors only then can humans completely break free not only forsaking the posterity of the demons but even more so their ancestors this is the original intent of god completely defeating the great red dragon and to make it so that all of man knows the great red dragons true form completely tearing off its mask and seeing its true for this is what god wants to achieve and it is his final goal on earth for which he has done so much work he aims to accomplish this in all of man this is known as the maneuver of all things for god's purpose when the people have all been made complete and all the nations of earth become christ's kingdom then will be the time when the seven thunders peal the current days the stride forth in the direction of that stage the charge has been unleashed on the coming time this is god's plan in the near future it will be realized however god has already accomplished all which he has said thus it is clear that the nations of earth are but castles in the sand trembling as high tide nears the last day imminent and the great red dragon will topple under god's word to ensure that god's plan is carried out successfully the angels of heaven have descended upon earth during their utmost to satisfy god the incarnate god himself has deployed to the field of battle to wage war on the enemy were ever the incarnation appears so the enemy is destroyed from that place china is the first to be annihilated to be laid to waste by the hand of god god gives absolutely no quarter to china until you after reading god's words do you understand now why god's not lighting up the c c p which is madly resisting god and persecuting his  is not wiping it out now because he wants to use it as a foil to use it to serve his work to perfect us to understand the truth god's disposition to discern satan to turn our backs on satan and to be witnesses of god's victory this is god's almightiness and wisdom without this mad persecution and the c c p governments arrests would we be able to clearly see the truth of the government's evil forces its hatred and resistance toward god we could would we be able to see the demonic nature of the c c p resisting god and harming his chosen people we could if we were unable to clearly see the god opposing evil essence of the c c p as pack of demons we wouldn't be able to turn our backs on the devil old satan we couldn't cast off the dark forces of the c c p satanic regime and be saved by god it's true god has maneuvered it's the tanach regime to serve to perfect those who love god to form a group of overcomers and bring them into god's kingdom this allows us to see how practical is god's work to save mankind this way and how genuine is his love for men it's true a few years ago i was arrested by the police when preaching the gospel they tortured me for a confession wanting me to sell out the leader of the church i relied on god and did not give in they sentenced me to three years of re education through labor at the labor camp i couldn't read god's words or see my brothers and sisters the police found different ways to torture me in so much pain i hope that god would soon destroy the chinese communist party busy evil party so that i wouldn't have to suffer any more only later through prayer and seeking god's will did i realize that god allowing me to suffer in the environment of persecution by the c c p government had meaning it was only through that experience that i was able to clearly see how the c c p oppressors got in harms people the demonic essence of it being an enemy of god i came to genuinely despise it reject and turn my back on it turning my heart toward god from my experience i finally understood the authority and power of god's words at many times when i was brutally beaten by the police and i couldn't take any more it was god's words that in lightened and guided me giving me confidence and strength through this i could stand firm after these experiences passed my faith in god was more genuine than before i had understanding of god's good intentions in saving mankind his almightiness and his wisdom and his essence of holiness and goodness my heart is now more intimate and closer to god  god until you would you say that the c c p is an object of service and of oil for god i would without it being an object of service on a foil we wouldn't have the opportunity to experience these environments it'd be difficult to gain this benefit that's right yes from god's words and our actual experiences we have seen that god's wisdom truly is exercised based on satan's trickery the c c p government uses all sorts of despicable and cruel methods to oppress us wishfully thinking that we will lose our faith and that we will depart from and betray god but god is using the oppression of the c c p government to perfect our faith and to make us into overcomers this is god's almight and wisdom furthermore the governments arrest and persecution have had the effect of exposing people there are those who truly believe and love the truth who follow god resolutely and without wavering however the communist devils oppress them are saved and perfected by god and will ultimately enter into god's kingdom there are those who don't truly believe who are cowards they don't dare to continue to believe that kind of person is exposed and eliminate if god just destroyed the c c p after the present arrested his chosen people there would be no way to expose who was a true believer and who is a false believer there'd be no way to tell them apart we'd also not have the opportunity to undergo the suppression and be perfected by god as overcomers until you wouldn't you say that the significance behind god not destroying the c c p devens now is very deep i would the c c p has yet to complete its service once god makes a group of o the work of judgement that has begun in god's house will be completed thanks be to god god will send down the great disaster reward good and punish evil then the demons of the c c p will be destroyed after listening to your fellowship i understand better god isn't destroying it now because he is making a group of overcomers through the effects of its oppression god's work and salvation of mankind are so practical i didn't know god's work or understand his will but i always hoped that he would soon destroy the government and take the suffering away i was being so foolish in the future i must pray and rely more on god and pursue the truth break through the dark influence of the satanic c c p regime stand witness for god i'm its persecution and difficulties thank to god your understanding it this way really is wonderful let's set a time when you come to pick cotton and we can come meet with you for a bit will that work for you want to tell you what do you think that's wonderful ma the village head held a town meeting and then came to our house he said and the believers in god from our village were arrested by the police were beaten and that they've all been sentenced when he left he left a message if you continue to believe in god you will certainly be arrested and go to prison mom some of those believers in god had their home searched and some were fined don't you know any of this the village head just said the government's going to confiscate their contracted land and cancel their medical insurance it's obvious the government wants to push believers in god onto the road to death if you continue to believe our family will be ruined i can understand how can believing in god be that important is it worth paying so great a price and taking such a risk yes mom what do you really think insisting on believing in god you're concerned the government will persecute me for my belief in god and the family implicated i can understand that but you don't believe in god and you haven't read his words you don't understand why people do believe in god and how important it is for people's existence god is the lord of creation and all people were created by him belief and worship of god is an unalterable principle besides the last days are here and people are becoming more and more evil and to pray for they constantly eat drink merrily and fight with each other they all love to  they hate the truth and deny and resist god humans are so terrible if we don't repent to god we will all be destroyed in the great disaster god has become flesh to express the truth and save mankind but the chinese communist party hates god's work so much it prevents people from believing in god it doesn't allow people to accept god salvation they insist on arresting and sentencing people who believe in god and they coerce people by threatening to confiscate their land and cancel their health insurance they incite others to persecute believers along with them and to do things to resist god isn't the c c p pushing people into the pit of fire and pushing them into hell god is love his work is for the purpose of saving mankind leading them to a wonderful final destination he has bestowed so much grace and so many blessings upon us the government's restriction and oppression of religious belief has led to so much trouble in one good household one after another it's to the point where we don't have a single day of peace not one if the government didn't persecute christians would there be these consequences you don't hate the government on the contrary you resist god and try to stop me from believing in him along with them isn't that not knowing right from wrong don't you do anything foolish and don't stop me from believing in god mom you're easy to talk to on other issues so why won't you give any ground on this belief thing if you insist on this don't blame my rejection we are old and were useless don't cause problems for our children you can start believing in god again when the communist party collapses and stops arresting believers you don't understand if i start believing again at that point everything will be over the great disaster will have occurred and i will have already missed the opportunity to be saved and perfected by god in this life i have had the great fortune to see god in the flesh come speak and work to save mankind whatever you say i will not give up on believing in god don't bother giving me any more advice since mom won't listen to us you must keep a close watch over her and don't let her believe any more winter is almost here the cotton leaves are going to drop her also won't be any crops in the ground that can provide cover for our gatherings once again i'll be unable to meet with my brothers and sisters to have fellowship on god's words in the following days the c c p government has been constantly monitoring me my family is under pressure by the government they are watching me and even more strictly these painful difficult days continue for over another year i've told you not to go out alone but you will listen good you save us a bit of worry oh god i am in pain i feel so helpless i'm begging for you to help me to guide me doctor how is my mother yeah the patient has been in a coma for eighteen hours we've done everything we can so please you should prepare yourself dr i'm begging you please save my mother save her yes begging you you must save her doctor please think of something else to do i can understand how you feel but i'm a doctor and all i can do is treat illnesses i can't perform miracles words we didn't even give her the freedom to do that where am i you're in the hospital you woke up dr hurry and look at her look ma'am don't move right now let me check your vital it's a miracle her vital signs are normal and there are no other health problems that that's so wonderful it really is a miracle it's simply unbelievable i've done clinical work two decades oh god i give thanks to you leslie she really belts back so well especially given her age this is really uncommon in the future i'm sure she'll have great fortune ye everyone in the village says that you are extremely lucky extremely fortunate yes really blessed as you can plainly see that i was able to come to is just good fortune but the truth is something i know in my heart it's almighty god's salvation of me and it's a second life that he has given to me it's true when the doctors looked at her he said they were helpless and wanted us to prepare for the worst what's amazing is that she came to after eighteen hours in a coma the doctor and the nurse said that it was a miracle this was her being saved by the god she believes in  is you say that it's your god that saved you i'm really curious about that can you explain it to us in more detail yes ok great let's talk it over if you'd like here with yes tell us sure well during this illness i saw some things clearly i didn't have a say over my own fate it wasn't in the hands of my husband son and daughter or the doctor either we humans were created by god our lives were given to us by him we are in his hands and under his rule if god ordains that we should live no matter what catastrophes or illness has come upon us if only a single breath left in the end we can be saved yes if god ordains that it is a person's time to die then even the best doctor in the world cannot save him it's true this is true god is all powerful people's birth ageing illness and death are all in his hands no one can change this before i believed in god my health was really poor it wasn't one health problem it was another we spent a lot of money but i couldn't be cured yes yes yes all of you know this yes yes drew very true at that time i had no idea when everything would just end for me and i spent every day in pain then a relative came and share the gospel with me only then did i know that in the last days almighty god has expressed many truths and has done a stage of the work of judgment and chastisement he has come to purify and save mankind to bring  end to this old evil age and bring people into god's kingdom from that time on i began to frequently gather with my brothers and sisters and often read god's words the more i read them the more i understood t how satan the devil corrupts mankind and how god saves mankind i came to some understanding of god's almightiness and his rule i came to have genuine faith in and reliance upon god i no longer worried about my own life or death i only paid attention to pursuing the truth acting and being based on god's words in my heart i felt a release i felt carefree before i knew it i was no longer sick these years i believed in god i have gained so very much from him you have this time before i passed out i felt the earth spinning my heart beating i felt terrible so i hurried to plead to god oh god what is going on with me oh god i give myself up to you whether i live or die will be as you arrange i wasn't aware of anything after that later on the doctor said that i was beyond hope it was god who saved me who allowed me to wake up yet after going through this i have seen that people's fates are truly within his hands as long as people genuinely believe in god and pursue the truth they will be cared for and protected by god even if they encounter illness or calamity god will guide them through the difficulty hearing you say this think that god is powerful believing in god really is a wonderful thing yes yes yes yes yes i see you're all happy to hear about believing in god how about this i'll play a reading of a passage of almighty god's how many creatures are there living and reproducing in the vast expanse of the universe following the laws of life over and over adhering to one constant rule who die take with them the stories of the living and those who are living repeat the same tragic history of those who have died and so mankind can't help but ask itself why do we live and why do we have to die who was in command of this world and who created this mankind was mankind really created by mother nature is mankind really in control of its own fate mankind does not know who is the sovereign of all things in the universe much less does he know the beginning in future of mankind mankind merely lives perforce amidst this law none can escape it and none can change it for among all things and in the heavens there is but one from everlasting to everlasting who holds sovereignty over everything he is the one who has never been be held by man the one who mankind has never known in whose existence mankind has never believed yet he is the one who breathed the breath and to mankind's ancestors and gave life to mankind he is the one who supplies and nourishes mankind for its existence and guides mankind up to the present day moreover he and he alone is whom mankind depends on for its survival he holds sovereignty over all things and rules all living beings beneath the universe he commands the four seasons and it is he who calls forth wind frost snow and rain he gives mankind a sun shine and brings the coming of night it was he who laid out the heavens and earth providing man with mountains lakes and rivers and all the living things within them his deed is everywhere his power is everywhere his wisdom is everywhere and his authority is everywhere each of these laws and rules are the embodiment of his deed and every one of them reveals his wisdom and authority who can exempt themselves from his sovereignty and who can discharge themselves from his designs all things exist beneath his gaze and moreover all things live beneath his sovereignty his deed and his power leave mankind with no choice but to acknowledge the fact that he really does exist and holds sovereignty over all things no other thing apart from him can command the universe much less can its ceaseless leap provide for this mankind regardless of whether you were able to recognize the deed of god and irrespective of whether you believe in the existence of god there is no doubt that your fate lies within the ordination of god and there is no doubt that god will always hold sovereignty over all thing what do you think of them how wonderful they are wonderful are you able to feel that god truly exists and that he rules over everything i can feel that yes i feel that as well people say god is watching you from three feet above your head people do things heaven watch as the will of heaven man's fate is determined by heaven cultivation lies with men harvest lies with heaven and what goes around comes around through these show the existence of god and that it is god ruling over all things ruling people's lives and fates right we've gotten to this age just think about it who could escape the arrangements of heaven can you have a say in these matters of fate no that doesn't happen when any person is born into this life whatever home they're born into what kind of work they do after growing up what their marriage is like how many children they have if they are rich or poor if they are in good health how long they live all of this is determined on arranged by god yes we have no say in it and we cannot choose for ourselves even though we can't see god we are able to feel that he really exists from our lifetime of experiences and feel his authority and his power we have something to rely on in our hearts and no longer have so many worries or concerns and if we can obey god's arrangements and  determinations then we can live with his blessings  you've understood so much believing in god in the past i believed in destiny i agree with the sayings man's fate is determined by heaven and you know your destiny by fifty when everything is going fine people tr happily and they say something like your fate is in your own hands but when disaster illness really strike there's really nothing you can do yes you have sometimes a minor illness will completely defeat you people are so near death and coming to again was a miracle the user ends life was spared this truly is a blessing from god the saying that man's