Christian Daily Devotional: Finding Insight From the Story of Abraham Sacrificing Isaac

By Xiaoguo

The Bible tells the story of Abraham. When Abraham was one hundred years old, God gave him a son, Isaac. However, when Isaac had grown up, God commanded Abraham to offer him as a sacrifice. Yet when Abraham placed his only son on God’s altar and raised his knife ready to slay the boy, God stopped him. In fact, not only did God stop Abraham from sacrificing Isaac, He also lavished Abraham with great blessings and made his descendants into a great nation.

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God’s Will Behind Moses Wandering in the Wilderness for 40 Years

God’s Will Behind Moses Wandering in the Wilderness for 40 Years

By Chang Ping

Whenever I read through the Book of Exodus I read about Moses’ life; he was adopted by the Pharaoh’s daughter and he was educated just like an Egyptian, but he never forgot that he was an Israelite. Once when he went to see his brothers, he saw an Egyptian beating an Israelite and stepped in to help him, beating the Egyptian to death. He then fled to the Midian wilderness to escape the Pharaoh who was seeking his death. He stayed there for 40 years, and then Jehovah God called upon Moses to have him lead the Israelites in their exodus from Egypt. Continue reading “God’s Will Behind Moses Wandering in the Wilderness for 40 Years”

6. You testify that The Word Appears in the Flesh is the little scroll opened by the Lamb foretold in the Book of Revelation. We do not believe so. We believe that the “little scroll” refers to the Bible, the Bible is the little scroll, and it is enough that we only read the Bible.

The Word Appears in the Flesh | Little Scroll in the Revelation

Bible Verses for Reference:

“And I saw in the right hand of Him that sat on the throne a book written within and on the backside, sealed with seven seals. And I saw a strong angel proclaiming with a loud voice, Who is worthy to open the book, and to loose the seals thereof? And no man in heaven, nor in earth, neither under the earth, was able to open the book, neither to look thereon. Continue reading “6. You testify that The Word Appears in the Flesh is the little scroll opened by the Lamb foretold in the Book of Revelation. We do not believe so. We believe that the “little scroll” refers to the Bible, the Bible is the little scroll, and it is enough that we only read the Bible.”

English Christian Song 2021 | “Is the Whole Bible Given by Inspiration of God?”

English Christian Song 2021 | “Is the Whole Bible Given by Inspiration of God?”

Intro

Men today think the Bible and God are one.

They believe that all the words of the Bible

were the only words God spoke,

and that they were all said by God.

Verse 1

Those who believe in God even think that

though men wrote the Old and New Testament books,

they were given by God’s inspiration

and recorded the Holy Spirit’s words. Continue reading “English Christian Song 2021 | “Is the Whole Bible Given by Inspiration of God?””

Daily Words of God | “God’s Work, God’s Disposition, and God Himself III” | Excerpt 79

Jesus’ Words to His Disciples After His Resurrection

(Jhn 20:26–29) And after eight days again His disciples were within, and Thomas with them: then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the middle, and said, Peace be to you. Then said He to Thomas, Reach here your finger, and behold My hands; and reach here your hand, and thrust it into My side: and be not faithless, but believing. And Thomas answered and said to Him, My LORD and my God. Jesus said to him, Thomas, because you have seen Me, you have believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed.

(Jhn 21:16–17) He said to him again the second time, Simon, son of John, love you Me? He said to Him, Yes, Lord; You know that I love You. He said to him, Feed My sheep. He said to him the third time, Simon, son of John, love you Me? Peter was grieved because He said to him the third time, Love you Me? And he said to Him, Lord, You know all things; You know that I love You. Jesus said to him, Feed My sheep. Continue reading “Daily Words of God | “God’s Work, God’s Disposition, and God Himself III” | Excerpt 79″

After the Lord Jesus’ Resurrection, Why Did He Appear to Man?

By Cheng Hang

In the Bible, it is recorded: “And as they thus spoke, Jesus Himself stood in the middle of them, and said to them, Peace be to you. But they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And He said to them, Why are you troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? 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. And when He had thus spoken, He showed them His hands and His feet. And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, He said to them, Have you here any meat? And they gave Him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And He took it, and did eat before them” (Luke 24:36–43). Whenever I read these verses, I feel envious of Peter, John and the others. While Jesus was performing His work in Judea, He was always with His disciples day and night and, after He was resurrected, He took care of them just as He had before, and He appeared to them, expounded on the scriptures to them and gave them teachings. Continue reading “After the Lord Jesus’ Resurrection, Why Did He Appear to Man?”

Concerning the Bible (2)

Concerning the Bible | The Church of Almighty God
The Bible is also called the Old and New Testament. Do you know what “testament” refers to? The “testament” in the Old Testament comes from Jehovah’s covenant with the people of Israel when He killed the Egyptians and saved the Israelites from the Pharaoh. Of course, the proof of this covenant was the lamb’s blood daubed on lintels, through which God established a covenant with man, one in which it was said that all those who had lamb’s blood on the top and sides of the doorframe were Israelites, they were God’s chosen people, and they would all be spared by Jehovah (for Jehovah was then about to kill all the firstborn sons of Egypt and firstborn sheep and cattle). This covenant has two levels of meaning. Continue reading “Concerning the Bible (2)”

Concerning the Bible (1)

Concerning the Bible | The Church of Almighty God
How should the Bible be approached in the belief in God? This is a question of principle. Why are we communing this question? Because in the future you will spread the gospel and widen the work of the Age of Kingdom, and it is not enough to merely be able to talk of God’s work today. To broaden His work, it is more important that you are able to resolve people’s old religious notions and old means of belief and leave them utterly convinced—and getting to that point involves the Bible. For many years, people’s traditional means of belief (that of Christianity, one of the world’s three major religions) has been to read the Bible; departure from the Bible is not a belief in the Lord, departure from the Bible is heterodoxy and heresy, and even when people read other books, the foundation of these books must be the explanation of the Bible.

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1. What Truly Are the Foolish Virgins?

Revelation prophesies, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me” (Revelation 3:20). The Lord Jesus said, “And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom comes; go you out to meet him” (Matthew 25:6). “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me” (John 10:27). It can be seen that in the last days when the Lord returns, He will speak His words to knock at man’s door and look for His sheep. The wise virgins pay attention to listening to the Lord’s voice. When they hear someone testifying the returned Lord’s work and words, they humbly seek and carefully investigate, and follow and obey God after recognizing the voice of the Lord from His words, and now they have greeted the Lord and attended the banquet of the kingdom of heaven. So, the most important thing to be a wise virgin is to listen to the voice of God. Those who do not seek or hear the voice of God are foolish virgins and will eventually be abandoned and eliminated by the Lord.

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