By Li Qian, China

In late August of 2020, I was selected as a church leader and partnered with Xin Ran. In early September, our superior called Xin Ran to a gathering out of town while I remained at the church with the several deacons to handle the church’s various items of work. At that time, we noticed that the watering work was ineffective, mainly because the watering supervisor was perfunctory and failed to follow up on things in a timely manner. We prepared to fellowship with him to resolve the problem, but when we sent a letter to Xin Ran about it, she rejected our suggestion outright and told us to wait until she returned to discuss it. I thought to myself, “We’re just fellowshipping with that supervisor. Why do we have to wait for her to come back to do that? But perhaps Xin Ran knows about some other problems the supervisor has and wants to resolve them all together.” After this occurred to me, I kept quiet. But a few days later, Xin Ran returned from the gathering and didn’t provide any explanation at all. This made me think that she had some issues: Surely she didn’t think that we shouldn’t do any work without her? Later, when we discussed the church’s work, I noticed that Xin Ran was always speaking down to us and simply giving us orders, as if she didn’t see the need to discuss things with us. I made some suggestions, which she dismissed without giving any thought. Some of my suggestions were valid, but she deliberately found fault with them and made us listen to her instead. For example, I had discovered some issues after investigating the work of a few teams, and I suggested that I could fellowship with the supervisors to resolve them, but Xin Ran strongly insisted that I didn’t need to. She said that she’d hold a gathering with them when she finished with her other work. I thought that this would delay things, and that I was more familiar with the state of the work in those teams than she was, so I repeated my thoughts to her again, but she still insisted that I do as she said. That made me feel very uncomfortable, and I thought, “We’re partners, but she always wants to have the final say, and leaves no room for discussion. She rejects all of my suggestions, and I always end up having to listen to her ideas. Are none of my suggestions appropriate? Or is she just too arrogant?” But I saw how aggressive she was, and I thought about how she’d been a leader for longer, which meant that she probably understood the brothers’ and sisters’ problems and difficulties better than me. So I decided to do it her way, and didn’t say anything more.

Later on, the two of us split up to gather with each of the teams. When I gathered with the waterers, the supervisor said that more and more newcomers had been accepting the gospel recently, and they couldn’t keep up with the workload. She asked if church leaders and workers could do some watering part-time to ensure that the newcomers were all watered promptly. I thought that this was a good suggestion, so I adopted it. To my surprise, when Xin Ran found out, she wrote a very harsh letter and sent it to all the waterers the very same day. In the letter, she accused me of having a wrong understanding on this matter, and said that arranging the work this way would mess things up. In between the lines, she also scolded the supervisor, saying, “This is a willful and thoughtless arrangement. You’re acting without regard for anything but your own ideas. It is disrupting and disturbing the work of the church, which is very serious in nature.” Reading this letter felt like a slap in the face. My heart was beating out of my chest. I thought, “I was being willful? I disturbed the church’s work?” I was stunned instantly, and feared that I might have really gone astray and caused disturbance and disruption. When I realized that all the brothers and sisters could read this letter, I worried what they would think of me. How would I face them again? I was miserable, and it felt like I had been condemned. I thought to myself, “Even if we really made a mistake, she could have just fellowshipped with us on the principles and let us know where we went wrong so we could fix the problem. Why did she directly write a letter to everyone without fellowshipping anything?” I couldn’t help but burst into tears, and I felt very negative about it for a few days. It was only through eating and drinking God’s words that my state improved. At that time, I had a vague feeling that Xin Ran was quite ferocious, and that I had to be careful in my future interactions with her and try not to anger her, otherwise, who could say when she might punish and humiliate me again. The shadow of that incident stayed with me ever since. I always felt that if I didn’t listen to Xin Ran or refuted her, she would do something to harm me, and I secretly harbored a faint fear of her.

Later, I learned that Xin Ran had insisted on gathering with the team supervisors herself, but because she hadn’t arranged the timings well, this was delayed for several days, and a lot of work wasn’t arranged and implemented in time. I thought that she would share the lessons she had learned from this issue, or talk about the deviations and errors she had made in arranging the work, but surprisingly she didn’t mention it. Just a few days later, our superior sent a letter fellowshipping on the relevant principles. She said that it was appropriate for me to arrange for the leaders and workers to water the newcomers part-time. She explained that this way, brothers and sisters could prepare more good deeds and the newcomers could be watered in time, which was beneficial to the church’s work. I thought Xin Ran would reflect on herself and realize her mistake when she heard this, but she seemed completely indifferent to it. She simply glanced at me contemptuously and turned away. I thought, “She has made mistake after mistake in her duty, yet she doesn’t know herself at all. It’s dangerous for her to go on like this.” I considered reminding her to reflect on herself, but then I saw how high and mighty she was acting and thought about how she had forcefully rejected every suggestion I made to her. Who knew how she’d react to me pointing out her problems? And she had scolded me so harshly last time that I still felt a little afraid and constrained, so I didn’t dare remind her.

During that time, all of our work was presided over and arranged by Xin Ran alone. Although the two of us were partners, she never communicated or discussed things with me. She was in charge of everything, and she alone had the final say. When discussing work, the deacons and I would express our views, and then she would nitpick problems with them, reframe our suggestions, and finally propose her own “better ideas.” As time went on, we all began to feel that we weren’t any good at our duties, and that Xin Ran was more insightful, had work ability, and saw matters more clearly than us. So most of the time, we acquiesced to her point of view and did what she said. Xin Ran was very aggressive when she was finding faults with or outrightly denying my suggestions, which made me always feel a little frightened of her. I thought that she would do something bad to me if I didn’t listen to her, so I always found myself trying to accommodate her, and I didn’t dare go against her. Because she was always rejecting my suggestions, I gradually stopped wanting to share my ideas during work discussions, even when I felt that they were quite good. I thought that there was no point in voicing them, since Xin Ran would just dismiss them anyway. After that, I became increasingly passive in my duty and I no longer sought how to be more effective. I was just like a puppet. I had no thoughts or views of my own about the various issues in our work. I waited for Xin Ran’s orders before doing anything, and just did whatever she said. The deacons were also in the same condition. During that time, I became more and more negative and passive, but I didn’t know how to turn my state around, and felt very tormented.

Later on, we received a letter from our superior saying that some brothers and sisters had been arrested recently. For our safety, we were asked to divide into two groups to do our duties and not to group together. That way if something went wrong, we wouldn’t all get arrested at once, which would delay the various items of church work. Xin Ran was away at the time, so I discussed the matter with the deacons. I felt that it was a good plan, but they thought that separating into two groups would make it harder to discuss work. In the end, we couldn’t come to a decision, and they wanted to wait until Xin Ran returned to decide. I thought that we’d just be dividing into groups, and it didn’t involve any major issues of principle. Considering the safety risks and the pros and cons of this plan, splitting up was the appropriate thing to do. But no one dared to make that decision. They insisted on waiting for Xin Ran to agree to it first. I saw how much everyone relied upon and worshiped her, how they all waited for her to arrange and decide things, and how they listened to her orders, and I realized that the problem with Xin Ran was quite serious. After that, I told one of the deacons, Sister Li Ruizhi, about my state and the issues I had discovered with Xin Ran. I was surprised to hear that she also felt very constrained by Xin Ran. She told me that she had always felt afraid of Xin Ran and didn’t dare to go against her. She also said that Xin Ran deliberately exaggerated her shortcomings, and scolded her in front of others to make her look bad. Then Ruizhi added, “If we notice Xin Ran’s problems, but don’t discern or expose them, and just act like people-pleasers, without holding to the truth principles at all, then we’ll end up being loathed by God and forsaken by the Holy Spirit.” I felt the same way. I thought of a passage of God’s words that said: “Those within the church who practice the truth are spurned, unable to give their all, while those who disturb the church and spread death run rampage within—and, what’s more, most people follow them. Such churches are ruled by Satan, plain and simple; the devil is their king. If people in such churches do not rise up and reject the head demons, then they, too, will sooner or later come to ruin. From now on, measures must be taken against such churches. If those who are capable of practicing a little of the truth do not seek to, then that church will be expunged. If a church contains no one who is willing to practice the truth and no one who can stand firm in their testimony to God, then that church should be completely isolated, and its connections with other churches must be severed. This is called ‘burying death’; this is what it means to spurn Satan” (The Word, Vol. 1. The Appearance and Work of God. A Warning to Those Who Do Not Practice the Truth). When I contemplated on this passage of God’s words, I felt very afraid. God’s words had exposed exactly the state we were in. Xin Ran had the final say and held the power in the church, but no one dared to expose her. Instead we all listened to her, followed her, and allowed her to call all the shots. Where was God’s place in my heart? How could this behavior not make God hate and despise me? If I went on like this, I would end up being truly spurned by God, and completely lose the work of the Holy Spirit. I had seen that Xin Ran was violating the principles and acting arbitrarily. She had the final say in everything, she behaved tyrannically, and didn’t listen to the advice of her partners and co-workers at all. When others pointed out her problems, she didn’t accept it or reflect on herself. But I was so afraid of offending her and being suppressed that I didn’t dare bring up her issues. I just obeyed her, which caused delays and disturbed the church’s work. This realization made me feel deeply regretful and remorseful. I thought, “I have to practice the truth and expose her. I can’t resign myself to her anymore.”

But then, something else unexpected happened. One day, after returning from a gathering, Xin Ran said to me angrily, with a sullen face, “There are two team supervisors who can’t work well together and always criticize each other. I’m planning to dismiss them both.” Hearing this shocked me. I knew a little about those supervisors. Although they sometimes showed an arrogant disposition, they could both accept the truth and do real work. They had only revealed a corrupt disposition and failed to cooperate harmoniously; fellowshipping with them on the truth would be enough to resolve those problems. How could they be dismissed just like that? Wouldn’t it delay the church’s work to arbitrarily dismiss people who could do real work? I knew that I couldn’t keep blindly following Xin Ran this time, so I said, “When it comes to such an important matter, we need to seek how to practice properly. We can’t just dismiss people arbitrarily.” After that, I went to investigate the situation of the two supervisors. I was surprised to find out that they had already been dismissed. While looking into the matter further, I discovered that they weren’t candidates for dismissal at all. I was shocked and angry, and I thought, “Xin Ran made such a major decision without discussing it with anyone. That is so outrageous!” So I wrote a letter to Xin Ran, pointing out her problems, but she didn’t know herself at all. Later, I learned that one deacon, Sister Liang Xinjing, who was originally proactive and responsible in her duty, had recently been in a really negative state and felt unfit to be a deacon because Xin Ran often attacked and belittled her. Hearing this made me very upset. I saw that Xin Ran’s arrogance, tyrannical behavior, and the way that she constantly attacked and constrained others did nothing but make people feel negative and miserable. Wasn’t she an evil person? I knew that I had to expose and stop her—I couldn’t let her keep doing whatever she wanted. However, when it came time to actually face her, I still felt a little timid.

Later, I read a passage of God’s words: “If the truth has not become your life, and you still live within your satanic disposition, then when you discover evil people and devils who cause disruptions and disturbances to the work of the church, you will turn a blind eye and a deaf ear; you will brush them aside, without reproach from your conscience. You will even think that anyone causing disturbances to the work of the church has nothing to do with you. No matter how much the work of the church and the interests of the house of God suffer, you don’t care, intervene, or feel guilty—which makes you someone who has no conscience or reason, a disbeliever, a laborer. You eat what is of God’s, drink what is of God’s, and enjoy all that comes from God, yet feel that any harm to the interests of the house of God is not related to you—which makes you a traitor who bites the hand that feeds you. If you do not protect the interests of the house of God, are you even human? This is a demon that has insinuated itself into the church. You feign belief in God, pretend to be a chosen one, and you want to freeload in God’s house. You are not living the life of a human being, are more like a fiend than a person, and are clearly one of the disbelievers. If you are someone who truly believes in God, then even if you have yet to gain the truth and life, at the very least you will speak and act from the side of God; at the very least, you will not stand idly by when you see the interests of the house of God being compromised. When you have the urge to turn a blind eye, you will feel guilty, and ill at ease, and will say to yourself, ‘I can’t sit here and do nothing, I must stand up and say something, I must take responsibility, I must expose this evil behavior, I must stop it, so that the interests of the house of God are not harmed, and the church life is not disturbed.’ If the truth has become your life, then not only will you have this courage and resolve, and will you be capable of understanding the matter completely, but you will also fulfill the responsibility you should bear for God’s work and for the interests of His house, and your duty will thereby be fulfilled” (The Word, Vol. 3. The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days. Part Three). God’s words say that if people are indifferent and don’t feel reproach from their conscience when they see the work of the church suffer losses, then they are not living the life of a human being. Reading this cut me deeply, because that was exactly how I was behaving. I could clearly see that Xin Ran had problems, but I was never brave enough to stand up to expose and stop her. Because she always found fault with me, dismissed my ideas, and lectured and attacked me from on high, I feared her and didn’t dare offend her. To protect myself, I resigned myself to her and lived out an ignoble existence. I even thought that as long as I remained her dutiful subject, she wouldn’t suppress or punish me. As long as I could protect myself, I was willing to let her be in charge, command and manipulate me. I lived in this state without any consideration for the church’s work. I knew that Xin Ran had already impacted the church’s work by going against the principles and acting like a tyrant, but I still wasn’t brave enough to stand up and expose her. Even when she attacked and constrained people, held all the power, and called all the shots, I didn’t dare come forward to oppose her and stop her from doing evil. I was truly so servile! I was nothing but a useless coward eking out an ignoble existence! Where was the integrity and dignity in living like that? I enjoyed the watering and supply of God’s words, and everything that came from Him, but I always tried to protect myself and failed to practice the truth to protect the church’s work. When I thought of this, I felt very upset and guilty. I hated myself for being so selfish and deceitful. I thought, “I can’t go on like this anymore. This time, even if she punishes me and takes revenge, I have to stand up, expose her evil deeds, and safeguard the church’s work. That is my responsibility.”

After that, I went to Xin Ran to expose how she’d violated the principles and acted like a tyrant by arbitrarily dismissing those two supervisors. But I had only just begun speaking when she interrupted me, turning it around on me saying that I hadn’t been cooperating harmoniously with her. At that moment, the deacons also exposed her for suppressing and constraining people. When faced with the facts, Xin Ran was unable to refute us, and she just said that she wasn’t aware of these problems, and that she would do some thinking. Finally, with even a smile on her face, she said, “With my high caliber, I’m liable to be arrogant. It can’t be helped.” I was speechless when I heard that. She truly lacked reason! After that, two of the deacons fellowshipped with and helped Xin Ran twice again, hoping that she could repent, but she didn’t accept it at all, and even attacked them, saying that they were targeting her. When I saw that Xin Ran didn’t accept the truth at all and had no understanding of her own evil deeds, I realized that her problems were truly severe.

Afterward, I thought about how Xin Ran had suppressed the deacons and me to the point that we had become weak and negative. Some of us had even stopped wanting to do our duties. How did this happen? Later, I finally gained some discernment of the methods and nature behind Xin Ran’s actions by reading God’s words. God’s words say: “Antichrists have motives and goals behind all of the means they use against those who pursue the truth. Rather than seeking to safeguard the work of God’s house, their purpose is to safeguard their own power and status, as well as their position and image in the hearts of God’s chosen people. Their methods and behaviors are disruptions and disturbances to the work of God’s house, and they also have a destructive effect on church life. Is this not the most common manifestation of an antichrist’s evil deeds? In addition to these evil deeds, antichrists do something even more despicable, which is that they always try to figure out how to gain leverage over those who pursue the truth. For example, if some people have fornicated or committed some other transgression, antichrists seize on these as leverage to attack them, look for opportunities to insult, expose, and slander them, label them to discourage their enthusiasm for performing their duties so that they feel negative. Antichrists also cause God’s chosen people to discriminate against them, shun them, and reject them, so that those who pursue the truth are isolated. In the end, when all those who pursue the truth feel negative and weak, no longer actively perform their duties, and are unwilling to attend gatherings, the goal of antichrists is achieved. Since those who pursue the truth no longer pose a threat to their status and power, and no one dares to report or expose them anymore, antichrists can feel at ease. … What do antichrists think that makes them capable of such evil? ‘If those who pursue the truth often listen to sermons, they may see through my actions one day, and then they will definitely expose me and replace me. While they perform their duties, my status, prestige, and reputation are under threat. It’s better to strike first, find opportunities to seize on leverage to disturb and condemn them, and make them negative, so that they lose any desire to perform their duties. I will also provoke conflicts between the leaders and workers and those who pursue the truth, so that the leaders and workers loathe them, distance themselves from them, and no longer value or promote them. That way, they will no longer have any desire to pursue the truth or perform their duties. It’s best if those who pursue the truth remain negative.’ This is the goal that antichrists wish to achieve” (The Word, Vol. 4. Exposing Antichrists. Item Three: They Exclude and Attack Those Who Pursue the Truth). By reading God’s words, I learned that antichrists have a strong desire for status and that they regard power as life itself. They worry that those who pursue the truth will discern them after understanding the truth, and then gain the support and approval of the brothers and sisters. So, in order to consolidate their position and power, antichrists deliberately seek leverage to attack and belittle those who pursue the truth. They try to make them become negative and lose faith, and not able to do their duties normally. That way, the antichrists can remain in power and always have the final say. I realized that this was exactly what Xin Ran had done. She always found fault with us, seized on our problems and attacked us with her sneers and sarcasm. She also deliberately embarrassed and demeaned us in front of our brothers and sisters, which made us feel that we couldn’t do real work, and left us so weak and negative that we had no desire to do our duties. The public letter she wrote belittling and condemning me for my distorted understanding and willful actions—which were serious in nature—hit me particularly hard. I had been afraid of her ever since. I was terrified that she’d publicly belittle and reprimand me again if I disagreed with her, so I tried my best to go along with her. I didn’t dare to offend her or defy her will again, and I certainly wasn’t brave enough to discern and expose her. She used the same methods on the deacons, attacking everyone until they felt that they were no good at their duties. By doing this, Xin Ran ensured that no one would be able to discern her. It also meant that everyone felt constrained and listened to her, and nobody dared to object to her decisions. That was how she achieved her goal of holding sole power in our church. Xin Ran’s words and actions were very sinister, cunning, and malicious. She spoke and behaved just like an antichrist.

I also pondered on why we had all looked up to and obeyed Xin Ran when she was clearly suppressing us. We didn’t even dare make decisions without her there. How did she mislead and control us to such a degree? Later, I read another passage of God’s words: “The most common phenomenon of the antichrist’s control is that within their sphere of authority, they alone have the final say. If they are not present, nobody dares to make decisions or settle a matter. Without them, others become like lost children, ignorant of how to pray, seek, or confer with each other, behaving like puppets or dead people. Concerning what antichrists often say to mislead and control people, we won’t go into detail here. Surely there are many statements and tactics they employ, and the resulting consequences can be seen played out on those who are misled. … For example, if you propose a reasonable suggestion, everyone should surround this correct proposal and keep on fellowshipping about it, and this is the right path and demonstrates loyalty and responsibility to their duty, but in their heart an antichrist thinks, ‘How come I didn’t think of that proposal first?’ They admit deep down that the proposal is right, but can they accept it? Due to their nature, they absolutely will not accept your correct suggestion. They will do everything possible to reject your proposal, then come up with an alternative plan to make you feel that your proposal is utterly unworkable, and their plan is better. They want you to feel that you can’t do without them and that only with them working can everyone be effective. Without them, no work can be done right, and everyone becomes worthless and can’t get anything done. The antichrist’s strategy is to always appear novel and unique and make grandiose claims. No matter how correct someone else’s statements are, they will reject them. Even though other people’s suggestions are consistent with their own ideas, if they weren’t proposed by them first, they will never acknowledge or adopt them. Instead, they will do everything they can to belittle them, then negate and condemn them, persistently criticizing them until the person offering the suggestions feels that their ideas were wrong and admits their own mistake. Only then will the antichrist finally let it go. Antichrists enjoy establishing themselves while belittling others, aiming to make others worship them and put them at the center. They allow only themselves to shine, while others can only stand in the background. Whatever they say or do is right, and whatever others say or do is wrong. They often put forward novel viewpoints to negate others’ viewpoints and actions, finding fault with others’ suggestions and disrupting and rejecting others’ proposals. This way, other people must listen to them and act according to their plans. They use these methods and strategies to persistently deny you, attack you, and make you feel like you’re incompetent, thereby making you increasingly more submissive to them, admiring them more and holding them in higher esteem. That way, you become thoroughly controlled by them. This is the process through which antichrists subdue and control people” (The Word, Vol. 4. Exposing Antichrists. Item Five: They Mislead, Draw In, Threaten, and Control People). After reading God’s words, my heart brightened. In the past, when Xin Ran constantly rejected our ideas, I just thought that she was arrogant, but I didn’t discern her intentions and goals, or the nature of her actions. I only understood after reading God’s words that whenever she dismissed our viewpoints, she was just picking out problems from our viewpoints so she could refute them and make us feel that our suggestions might be unsuitable. She’d then summarize an idea or some high-sounding rhetoric on this basis. After a while, we began to feel that we were inferior to her, and that she saw things more deeply and insightfully. Not only did we fail to discern her, we increasingly looked up to and admired her, and in the end we couldn’t help but deny ourselves. We felt that our ideas and suggestions were basically useless, that it was pointless to mention them, and that we should just listen to her. By doing this, she had achieved her goal of controlling other people’s thoughts. After being manipulated by her like this for a long time, we stopped seeking and contemplating when things happened to us, and in the end, we no longer had any thoughts of our own. We were like puppets, and we were completely useless in our duties. I finally understood that this was a method that antichrists employ to dominate and control people. Xin Ran used this as a means to control us, to make us listen to her and obey her. She was so insidious, cunning, and evil!

Later, I read another passage of God’s words: “If someone is smart, if their words and actions are always full of schemes, if they are a formidable character, and when you are with them, they always want to control and take charge of you, do you feel that this person is kindhearted or vicious? (Vicious.) You fear them, and think, ‘This person always wants to control me. I have to get away from them as soon as I can. If I don’t do what they say, they’ll think up a way to get revenge on me, and who knows what methods they’ll use to punish me.’ You can sense that their disposition is vicious, can’t you? (Yes.) How can you sense it? (They always make people do things according to their demands and ideas.) Is it wrong for them to demand that others do things in a certain way? Is it necessarily wrong if other people make demands of you? Is this logic correct? Is this in accordance with the truth? (It is not.) Is it their methods or disposition that makes you feel uncomfortable? (Their disposition.) That’s right, their disposition makes you feel uncomfortable. It makes you feel that this disposition comes from Satan, that it does not accord with the truth, and that it is disturbing, controlling, and binding you. Not only does it make you feel uncomfortable, but it makes you feel afraid, and it makes you think that if you don’t do what they say, there is a possibility that they could punish you. The disposition of this kind of person is so vicious! They don’t just casually say something—they want to control you. They make such strong demands of you to do things, and demand that you do them a certain way, and this is laden with a certain type of disposition. They don’t merely demand that you do something, they want to control you. If they control you, you will become their puppet, a doll in their hands. If you listen to them completely in whatever you say, whatever you do, and how you do it, then they will be happy. When you sense this disposition, what do you feel in your heart? (I feel afraid.) And when you feel afraid, how do you define this disposition of theirs? Is it responsible, is it kindhearted, or is it vicious? You feel that it is vicious. When you perceive someone’s disposition to be vicious, do you feel pleased, or do you feel detestation, aversion, and fear? (Detestation, aversion, and fear.) These bad feelings arise in you. When you feel detestation, aversion, and fear, do you feel liberated and free, or do you feel bound? (Bound.) Where do these kinds of sentiments and feelings come from? They come from Satan” (The Word, Vol. 3. The Discourses of Christ of the Last Days. Knowing One’s Disposition Is the Foundation of Changing It). After reading God’s words, I understood why I was so afraid of Xin Ran and didn’t dare to defy her. It was mainly because she was so vicious when she scolded me and dismissed my ideas, which made me feel constrained and oppressed. I believed that if I didn’t listen to her, she would suppress and punish me. Xin Ran viciously attacked us and found flaws in our ideas so that she could dismiss them—her goal in doing this was to make us compromise, and eventually turn us into her puppets. She wanted to make everyone listen to her, eliminate all disobedience, and thus achieve her objective of holding complete power. Her desire for control was so strong!

Later, the deacons and I fellowshipped on these words of God together. The more we discussed them, the clearer we felt. We gained some discernment of Xin Ran’s methods of misleading, controlling, and suppressing us, and we saw that she had an arrogant and vicious nature. In order to consolidate her status and power, she used these methods to suppress and control others. She held all the power and had the final say among the brothers and sisters. She had already disturbed and caused loss to the church’s work by frequently violating the principles and acting arbitrarily. And although she had been exposed and fellowshipped with multiple times, she wouldn’t accept this at all, and she lacked knowledge of herself and an attitude of repentance. Based on God’s words, we were able to discern with certainty that Xin Ran was the same type of person as an antichrist, which meant that she had to be dismissed and isolated for observation. So, on the very same day, we gave our superior an account of Xin Ran’s behavior and our conclusions. After investigating and looking into the situation, our superior discovered that Xin Ran had committed too many evil deeds, and confirmed that she was an antichrist. She consulted the brothers and sisters, and after more than 80% gave their approval, Xin Ran was expelled from the church. After she was expelled, the brothers and sisters were overjoyed, and we all saw that God is so righteous and that the truth rules in God’s house. We learned that although antichrists and evil people might run rampant in the church temporarily, in the end they will always be revealed and cleansed away. I also felt deep regret and remorse after all this. I realized that I had been too concerned with protecting myself while an antichrist was doing evil. I would rather be oppressed by her than seek the truth, discern and expose her. I had tacitly condoned her evildoing and the disruption she caused to the church’s work, which meant that I had a share in her evil deeds. Now, I understand that as leaders and workers we must uphold the truth principles and dare to expose antichrists and evil people. That is the only way that we can safeguard the church’s work and do our duty well.