Daily Words of God Excerpt 33
In this final stage of work, results are achieved through the agency of the word. Through the word, man comes to understand many mysteries and the work that God has done through generations past; through the word, man is enlightened by the Holy Spirit; through the word, man comes to understand the mysteries never before unraveled by past generations, as well as the work of prophets and apostles of times past, and the principles by which they worked; through the word, man also comes to understand the disposition of God Himself, as well as the rebelliousness and resistance of man, and he comes to know his own essence. Through these steps of work and through all the words spoken, man comes to know the work of the Spirit, the work God’s incarnate flesh does, and even more, His entire disposition. Your knowledge of God’s work of management over six thousand years was also gained through the word. Was not the knowledge of your former notions and your success in putting them aside also attained through the word? In the previous stage, Jesus worked signs and wonders, but there are no signs and wonders in this stage. Was not your understanding of why God does not reveal signs and wonders also achieved through the word? Therefore, the words spoken in this stage surpass the work done by the apostles and prophets of generations past. Even the prophecies told by the prophets could not have achieved this result. The prophets spoke only prophecies, they spoke of what would happen in the future, but not of the work God wished to do at the time. Nor did they speak to guide mankind in their lives, or to bestow truths upon mankind, or to reveal mysteries to them, much less to bestow life. Of the words spoken in this stage, there is prophecy and truth, but mainly these words serve to bestow life upon man. The words at present are unlike the prophecies of the prophets. This is a stage of work for the life of man, to change man’s life disposition, and not for the sake of speaking prophecy. The first stage was the work of Jehovah: His work was to prepare a path for man to worship God on earth. It was the work of commencement to find a place of origin for the work on earth. At that time, Jehovah taught the Israelites to observe the Sabbath, honor their parents, and live peaceably with one another. This was because the people of that time did not understand what constituted man, nor did they understand how to live on earth. It was necessary for Him in the first stage of work to guide mankind in leading their lives. All that Jehovah spoke to them had not previously been known to mankind or been in their possession. At that time, God raised up many prophets to speak prophecies, and they all did so under the guidance of Jehovah. This was simply one item in the work of God. In the first stage, God did not become flesh, and so He instructed all tribes and nations through the prophets. When Jesus worked in His time, He did not speak as much as in the present day. This stage of the work of the word in the last days has never been done before in ages and generations past. Though Isaiah, Daniel and John spoke many prophecies, their prophecies were entirely different from the words spoken now. What they spoke were only prophecies, but the words spoken now are not. If I turned all I speak of now into prophecies, would you be able to understand? Supposing that what I spoke of was about matters after I had gone, how could you then gain understanding? The work of the word was never done in the time of Jesus or in the Age of Law. Perhaps some will say, “Did not Jehovah also speak words in the time of His work? Did Jesus not, in addition to healing sickness, casting out demons, and working signs and wonders, also speak words at that time He was working?” There are differences between the things that are said. What was the essence of the words uttered by Jehovah? He was only guiding mankind to lead their lives on earth, which did not touch on spiritual matters in life. Why is it said that, when Jehovah spoke, it was to instruct the people of all places? The word “instruct” means to tell explicitly and command directly. He did not supply man with life; rather, He simply took man by the hand and taught man how to revere Him, without too much in the way of parables. The work Jehovah did in Israel was not to deal with or discipline man or to deliver judgment and chastisement, it was to guide him. Jehovah commanded Moses to tell His people to gather manna in the wilderness. Every morning before sunrise, they were to gather manna, just enough for them to eat that day. The manna could not be kept until the next day, as it would then become moldy. He did not lecture people or expose their natures, nor did He expose their ideas and thoughts. He did not change people but rather guided them in leading their lives. The people of that time were like children, understanding nothing and capable only of some basic mechanical movements, and so Jehovah only decreed laws to guide the multitudes.
—The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. The Mystery of the Incarnation (4)
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全能神經典話語 《神末世審判工作的話語》 選段143
(三)揭示敗壞人類宗教觀念與邪説謬論的話語
143 你們想知道法利賽人抵擋耶穌的根源嗎?你們想知道法利賽人的實質嗎?他們對彌賽亞充滿幻想,而且他們只相信彌賽亞會來却不追求生命真理,所以他們到今天還在等待彌賽亞,因為他們并不認識生命的道,也不知道什麽是真理的道。你們説,他們這樣的愚頑、這樣的無知會得到神的賜福嗎?他們能見到彌賽亞嗎?他們抵擋耶穌是因為他們不認識聖靈作工的方向,是因為他們不認識耶穌口中所説的真理的道,更是因為他們并不了解彌賽亞的緣故,就因為他們并未見過彌賽亞,并未與彌賽亞相處,所以他們都犯了空守彌賽亞的名却不擇手段地抵擋彌賽亞的實質的錯誤。而這些法利賽人的實質則是頑固、狂妄、不服從真理,他們信神的原則是:無論你講的道有多高,無論你的權柄有多高,只要你不叫彌賽亞那你就不是基督。他們這樣的觀點是不是很謬妄,是不是太荒唐?我再問你們:你們對耶穌没有絲毫的了解,那麽你們是不是極容易重犯當初法利賽人的錯誤呢?你會分辨什麽是真理的道嗎?你真會保證你自己不會抵擋基督嗎?你會隨從聖靈的作工嗎?如果你不知道自己會不會抵擋基督,那我説你已是在死亡的邊緣中生活了。不認識彌賽亞的人都能做出抵擋耶穌、弃絶耶穌、毁謗耶穌的事來,不了解耶穌的人都能做出弃絶耶穌、辱駡耶穌的事來,而且更能將耶穌的再來看成是撒但的迷惑,更多的人將會給重返肉身的耶穌定罪,你們不感覺害怕嗎?你們面臨的將是褻瀆聖靈、撕毁聖靈向衆教會的説話、唾弃耶穌口中所發表的言語。你們如此的昏沉又能從耶穌得着什麽呢?你們如此執迷不悟怎麽能明白耶穌駕着白雲重返肉身的工作呢?我告訴你們,那些不領受真理却一味地等待耶穌駕着「白雲朵朵」降臨的人定規是褻瀆聖靈的人,這些人定規是滅亡的種類。你們只想得着從耶穌來的恩典,只想享受天堂的福樂境地,却從來不聽從耶穌口中的言語,從來不領受耶穌重返肉身時所發表的真理。你們拿什麽來交换耶穌駕着白雲重歸的事實呢?是你們屢次犯罪却又口頭認罪的誠心嗎?你們拿什麽來獻給駕着白雲重歸的耶穌作祭物呢?是你們高舉自己的多年作工的資本嗎?你們拿什麽來讓重歸的耶穌信任你們呢?是你們那不順服任何真理的狂妄的本性嗎?
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