In the year 2011, my elder sister preached the end-time gospel of Almighty God from The Church of Almighty Godto me, and thereafter, my life changed. I saw Almighty God’s words, “The world is becoming more and more dazzling with its myriad temptations. When people see it, their heart is lured by it. Many people cannot free themselves from there. Those deceivers and sorcerers will deceive a large number of people. If you do not seek progress and have no ideal, you will be swept away by the evil waves. ” (from The Word Appears in the Flesh) From the words of God, I realized: Living in such a world dazzling with its myriad temptations, everyone puts money above everything else. If we do things against our conscience and don’t have the will to pursue the light and righteousness, we will bear the accusation of conscience, live in constant anxiety, and finally step onto the path of no return. God’s words are filled with His intention of saving man. God doesn’t want to see mankind He created being tempted and corrupted by Satan, but wants to awaken man’s heart with His words and save man from this evil world. God’s words made me see the light, and thus I made a resolution to believe in God seriously, listen to His word and no longer do things against my conscience.
Then I began to believe in God while continuing my business. Although sometimes I encountered the temptation of money, God was always keeping me. Once, when it was time to take stock at the end of the year, I found the stock was almost sold out. Then I took my cellphone and tried to call the fake goods dealer to order more knockoffs, yet the call failed to get through after I dialed the number several times. I realized that what I was doing was not approved by God. Meanwhile I thought of what Almighty God says, “…and do not do unpresentable things; do everything aboveboard and be able to bring it before God.” (from The Word Appears in the Flesh) God’s words made me understand God’s will: God hopes that I will do nothing unpresentable, do everything aboveboard, be able to accept the searching of the Holy Spirit and try to be a man who has conscience. When God’s words enlightened me within, the satanic philosophy “fullness for the bold and famine for the timid” popped up again from my heart. At that time I had a fierce battle inside, “What should I do, listen to God’s words or follow the interests of the flesh? If I practice according to God’s words, and do everything aboveboard and try to be a man straightforward, then I should no longer stock fake goods. If so, will my shop keep in business? But if I ignore God’s requirement of me and order fake goods continually, this is not only doing things against the conscience but even more forsaking the truth.” Right the time when I was struggling bitterly in my heart, I put the phone down and came before God to pray and ask Him to keep my heart, so that I could break free from the bondage of satanic philosophies and give up doing things that are against my conscience and the truth. After the prayer, my heart became peaceful little by little, and then I went to read Almighty God’s words, “I have many hopes, hoping that you will conduct yourselves well, conduct yourselves properly, perform your duty faithfully, be a man who has the truth and has humanity….” “On the surface it doesn’t look like such a big deal, but these things show whether you truly love God. If you love God you would be able to stand witness for Him; if you don’t practice loving God, it shows that you are not someone who practices the truth, there is no truth in you and no life, you are mere chaff! For every event you encounter, it is an event which God needs you to stand witness for Him. Although you are not facing an important event and bear no great witness, in the nitty-gritty of daily life, it is all a matter of bearing witness for God.” (from The Word Appears in the Flesh) Under the guidance of God’s words, I understood that every event we encounter in our daily life is an event of our standing witness for God. Every time we practice the truth to satisfy God, there is always a life-and-death war in the background. God requires us to be a man who has humanity, while Satan wants us to follow the interests of the flesh and do things against our conscience. If we want to satisfy God and be a real man, we should put aside the interests of the flesh and bear resounding witness for God. After understanding God’s will, I felt a great peace. The enlightenment and guidance of God’s words made me thirsty for being a man with great inner strength and have the faith and courage to walk toward the bright path of human life. Therefore, I knelt before God and prayed, “O God, I’m no longer willing to do those unpresentable things for the sake of making money. I’m willing to be a man who has normal humanity to comfort Your heart.” After my prayer, I felt very assured within. Then I took my phone and dialed the number of the authorized factory which I hadn’t contacted for a long time, and ordered auto repair parts for the next year.
Several days later, the fake fittings dealer went to my shop and asked me why I didn’t order goods from him at the end of the year, for he felt strange. I told him that I became a Christian and wanted to conduct myself properly according to God’s requirements, and that I would never order counterfeit fittings from him in the future. I also exhorted him to repent earlier and to make conscience money. After hearing my words, he said very angrily, “You don’t order goods from me, but there’s still someone else needing them. And I tell you, I’ve prepared these goods for you in advance. If you don’t want them, I’ll sell them to Xiaoliu. I hope you won’t regret!” When he finished speaking, I felt a little sad in my heart. But at the thought of God’s words, I was no longer restrained by him and so I refused him flatly. The dealer left my shop furiously and then sold that block of counterfeit fittings to Xiaoliu. They two even deliberately laughed at me loudly, “You don’t make such easy money; you will go bankrupt!” Hearing this, I prayed to God silently in my heart, asking God to give me strength and faith to practice the truth and satisfy God. Then I thought, “Even if my shop eventually goes bankrupt, I shouldn’t harm others and myself any longer!” When I made the determination to practice the truth and walk toward the right path of human life, I felt unprecedentedly free and released in my heart.
Soon it came to one day in the middle of June, and I was reading Almighty God’s word in my shop. Suddenly four or five police cars appeared in the street with their horns blowing. Several policemen got off the car and ran directly to Xiaoliu’s shop across to mine, handcuffed him and took him away. Later I learned that he installed some fake repair parts on the car of a customer, and the inferior fitting could not stand abrasion and broke off, which finally caused a car accident, with two dead and one injured. As a result, both Xiaoliu and the dealer were arrested. After hearing that, I was so scared that I broke out in a cold sweat, and at the same time I could not stop thanking God in my heart. If it were not for the protection of Almighty God’s word, I would have been the one who was arrested then! After experiencing this matter, I saw God’s faithfulness and salvation. Today, I come to realize that only the word of Almighty God is the truth on which man can survive in the world and that only if man lives by the word of God, will we truly step onto the bright right path!
