Item Seven: Allocate and Make Use of Different Types of People Sensibly, Based on Their Humanity and Strengths, Such That Each Is Put to Their Best Use (Part Two)

In the last fellowship, the seventh responsibility of leaders and workers was discussed: “Allocate and make use of different types of people sensibly, based on their humanity and strengths, such that each is put to their best use.” We mainly fellowshipped three aspects of this responsibility. What are these three aspects? (One is sensibly using different types of people based on their humanity; another is sensibly using different types of people based on their strengths; and another is how to treat and make use of a few special kinds of people.) The three aspects are basically these. Looking through these three aspects, is the house of God’s principle of using people such that each person is put to their best use? (Yes.) Is this principle accurate? Is it fair to people? (It’s fair.) As for blockheads with impaired intelligence, they are incapable of doing anything, and cannot even do a bit of duty. If you assign them a job, whether it is in professional, technical aspects or in terms of labor, they cannot complete it. Such people absolutely cannot be used, not even for rendering service. This is in terms of intelligence. In terms of humanity, for those whose humanity is bad and who are evil people, although they can do some work and do some duty, because their humanity is too evil, they will cause disturbances and disruptions in doing their duty, leading to more loss than gain, unable to do anything well. Such people are not suitable for doing duty and absolutely cannot be used. If there are people who possess certain strengths, as long as they meet all the conditions required for God’s house’s work—on the basis of having qualified humanity—then they may be sensibly arranged and used. Last time, we also fellowshipped about how to treat and make use of a few special types of people. The first type is people who are like Judas, who are particularly cowardly. Judging from their particular cowardice, once they are captured by the great red dragon, there is a 100% chance that they will become a Judas; if they are assigned important work, once something happens, they will betray everything. Are these not dangerous characters? There’s also a type of people similar to disbelievers, whom we call friends of the church. These people seem to believe in their hearts that there is some Old Man in the sky, but they don’t know whether God really exists, where God is, or whether God has indeed done His new work, often doubting God’s existence. They do not truly believe in and follow God. Therefore, such people cannot be used, they are unsuitable for doing duty in God’s house. Even those who truly believe cannot necessarily do their duty in an up-to-standard manner, let alone a disbeliever, a friend of the church! Another type of people is those who have been dismissed; this group is also divided into several circumstances.

The content of the last fellowship regarding the seventh responsibility of leaders and workers basically covered these three main points: One is sensibly using different types of people based on their humanity; another is sensibly using different types of people based on their strengths; and another is how to treat and make use of a few special kinds of people. These three main points were fellowshipped based on several aspects mentioned in the seventh responsibility, and the principles were all clearly fellowshipped. Some people say: “Although the principles have been clearly fellowshipped, when it comes to some specific matters and special circumstances, we still do not know how to apply these principles, how to treat people, or how to promote and make use of individuals; we are still at a loss most of the time.” Does such a problem exist? (Yes.) How should this problem be resolved? The first consideration in promoting and making use of people is the needs of the work of God’s house. The second consideration is whether the impact of using an individual on the work of God’s house is more beneficial than harmful or vice versa. If an individual’s humanity is flawed, but using them is more beneficial than harmful to the work of God’s house, then such an individual can be temporarily used until someone better is found. If using this person results in more harm than good, more loss than benefit, leading only to botching and bungling the church’s work, then such an individual absolutely cannot be used. This is the principle of weighing pros and cons that must be grasped first in situations where there are no suitable candidates, and it is also the principle for temporarily using people. When unable to find a suitable candidate and it’s unclear who might be relatively better, when it’s not evident who is totally suited for a task and everyone seems generic, what should be done? The only option is to find two people who relatively have spiritual understanding, that is, those who comprehend the truth purely, to cooperate together to do the work. While they do their duties, the truth should be fellowshipped to them more, and their situations should be observed and understood; this makes it possible to determine who has a relatively better caliber, which makes finding the right candidate easier. No matter who is arranged to do duty, it must be based on their caliber, strengths, and character; this is essential. If one cannot see through these aspects and doesn’t understand what strengths the person has, they should first be tasked with a simple duty, or some manual labor, or arranged to do gospel recipient scouting for preaching the gospel. After a trial period, follow-up and further observation make it possible to accurately assess their situation and easier to determine the most suitable duty for them. If their caliber is too poor and they lack strengths, assigning them some physical work will suffice. Leaders and workers must get an understanding of the supervisors of important work, gospel directors, every team leader, directors of film production teams, and so on, from various sources, and more intensely observe and examine these people, before they can be sure of them. Only by carefully assigning duties to people in this way can they ensure the arrangements are appropriate, and that the people will be effective in their duties. Some people say, “Even nonbelievers say, ‘Neither doubt those you employ nor employ those you doubt.’ How can God’s house be so untrusting? They are all believers; how bad can they be? Aren’t they all good people? Why must God’s house get to understand them, supervise them, and observe them?” Are these words valid? Are they problematic? (Yes.) Does getting to understand someone and observing them in depth, and interacting with them in close proximity adhere to the principles? It is in complete adherence to the principles. Which principles is it in adherence to? (Item four of the responsibilities of leaders and workers: “Keep abreast of the circumstances of supervisors of different work and personnel responsible for various important jobs, and promptly alter their duties or dismiss them as necessary, so as to prevent or mitigate losses caused by using unsuitable people, and guarantee the efficiency and smooth progress of the work.”) This is a good point of reference, but what is the actual reason for doing this? It is because people have corrupt dispositions. Although, today, many people do a duty, there are only a few who pursue the truth. Very few people pursue the truth and enter reality as they do their duty; for most, there are still no principles to the way they do things, they are still not people who truly submit to God; they merely claim that they love the truth, and are willing to pursue the truth, and are willing to strive for the truth, yet it is still unknown how long their resolve will last. People who do not pursue the truth are liable to reveal their corrupt dispositions at any time or place. They are devoid of any sense of responsibility toward their duty, they are often perfunctory, they act as they wish, and are even incapable of accepting pruning. As soon as they become negative and weak, they are liable to abandon their duty—this happens often, nothing is more common; such is the way all who do not pursue the truth behave. And so, when people have yet to gain the truth, they are unreliable and untrustworthy. What does it mean that they are untrustworthy? It means that when they encounter difficulties or setbacks, they are likely to fall down, and to become negative and weak. Is someone who is often negative and weak someone who is trustworthy? Definitely not. But people who understand the truth are different. People who truly understand the truth are bound to have a God-fearing heart, and a heart of submission to God, and only people with a God-fearing heart are trustworthy people; people without a God-fearing heart are not trustworthy. How should people without a God-fearing heart be approached? They should, of course, be given loving assistance and support. They should be followed up on more as they do their duty, and given more help and instruction; only then can they be guaranteed to do their duty effectively. And what is the aim of doing this? The chief aim is to uphold the work of God’s house. Secondary to this is in order to promptly identify problems, to promptly provide to them, support them, or prune them, setting right their deviations, and making up for their shortcomings and deficiencies. This is beneficial to people; there is nothing malicious about it. Supervising people, observing them, trying to understand them—this is all in order to help them enter the right track of faith in God, to enable them to do their duty as God asks and according to principle, to stop them from causing any disturbances or disruptions, and to stop them from doing futile work. The aim of doing this is entirely about showing responsibility toward them and toward the work of God’s house; there is no malice to it. Suppose someone says, “So these are the principles by which God’s house treats people, these are the means they use. I need to be careful from now on. There’s no sense of security in God’s house. There’s always someone watching over you; it’s hard to do your duty!” Is this statement correct? What kind of people would say such a thing? (Disbelievers.) Disbelievers, absurd people, and those lacking spiritual understanding—they tend to speak muddled nonsense without understanding the truth. What is the issue here? Are these not words that judge and condemn the work of the church? It is also a judgment and condemnation of the truth and positive things. Those who are capable of speaking such words are definitely muddled people who do not understand the truth, they are all disbelievers who do not love the truth.

The house of God supervises, observes, and tries to understand those who do a duty. Are you able to accept this principle of the house of God? (Yes.) It is a wonderful thing if you can accept God’s house supervising, observing, and trying to understand you. It is of help to you in fulfilling your duty, in being able to do your duty in a way that is up to standard and to satisfy God’s intentions. It benefits and helps you, without any downside at all. Once you have understood this principle, should you not then no longer have any feelings of resistance or guardedness against the supervision of leaders, workers, and God’s chosen people? Even though sometimes someone tries to understand you, observes you, and supervises your work, this is not something to take personally. Why do I say this? Because the tasks that are now yours, the duty you perform, and any work that you do are not the private affairs or personal job of any one person; they touch on the work of God’s house and relate to one part of God’s work. Therefore, when anyone spends a little time supervising or observing you, or gets to understand you on a deep level, trying to have a heart-to-heart with you and find out what your state has been like during this time, and even sometimes when their attitude is a little harsher, and they prune, discipline, and reproach you a bit, this is all because they have a conscientious and responsible attitude toward the work of the house of God. You should not have any negative thoughts or emotions toward this. What does it mean if you can accept it when others supervise, observe, and try to understand you? That, in your heart, you accept the scrutiny of God. If you do not accept people’s supervision, observation, and attempts to understand you—if you push back against all this—are you able to accept the scrutiny of God? The scrutiny of God is more detailed, in-depth, and accurate than when people try to understand you; God’s requirements are more specific, exacting, and in-depth. If you cannot accept being supervised by God’s chosen people, are your claims that you can accept God’s scrutiny not empty words? For you to be able to accept God’s scrutiny and examination, you must first accept being supervised by the house of God, the leaders and workers, or the brothers and sisters. Some people say, “I have human rights, I have my freedom, I have my way of working. Being subjected to supervision and inspection in everything I do, isn’t this such a stifled way to live? Where are my human rights? Where is my freedom?” Is this statement correct? Are human rights and freedom the truth? They are not the truth. Human rights and freedom are merely relatively civilized and progressive ways of treating people in human society, but in God’s house, God’s word and the truth are above all—they cannot be mentioned in the same breath as “human rights” and “freedom.” Therefore, in God’s house, whatever is done is not based on the high theories or knowledge of the world of nonbelievers, but on God’s word and the truth. So, when some people say they want human rights and freedom, is this in accordance with the principles? (It is not.) It’s quite clear it does not accord with the principle of doing duty. You are in God’s house, doing the duty of a created being, not working in society to earn money. Thus, there’s no need for anyone to stand up for you to protect your human rights; such things are unnecessary. Do most people possess discernment concerning human rights and freedom? These belong to human thoughts and perspectives and cannot be mentioned in the same breath as the truth; such ideas do not hold in God’s house. A leader supervising your work is a good thing. Why? Because it means they are taking responsibility for the church’s work; this is their duty, their responsibility. Being able to fulfill this responsibility proves they are a competent leader, a good leader. If you were given complete freedom and human rights, and you could do whatever you wanted, follow your desires, and enjoy full freedom and democracy, and regardless of what you did or how you did it, the leader did not care or supervise, never questioned you, did not check your work, did not speak up when issues were found, and only either cajoled or negotiated with you, would they be a good leader? Clearly not. Such a leader is harming you. They indulge your evildoing, allowing you to go against principles and do as you wish—they are shoving you toward a pit of fire. This is not a responsible, up-to-standard leader. On the other hand, if a leader is able to regularly supervise you, identify issues in your work and promptly remind or reprove and expose you, and correct and help with your incorrect pursuits and deviations in doing your duty in a timely manner, and, under their supervision, reproof, provision, and help, your wrong attitude toward your duty changes, you are able to discard some absurd views, your own ideas and things arising from impetuousness gradually reduce, and you are able to calmly accept statements and views that are correct and in accordance with the truth principles, isn’t this beneficial for you? The benefits are indeed immense!

God’s house treats its leaders and workers by applying supervision, observation, and understanding. What is the basis for treating people this way? Why treat people in this manner? Is it not a method and approach generated from principles of being loyal, serious, and responsible toward one’s duty? (Yes.) If a leader never supervises, observes, or deeply understands the people they are responsible for in doing their duties, can they be considered a leader loyal to their duty? Clearly, they cannot. Have your leaders, workers, and supervisors ever checked your work? Have they inquired about the progress of your work? Have they resolved issues that arose in your work? Have they corrected any obvious flaws or deviations in your work? Have they offered help, provision, support, or pruning concerning the various manifestations and revelations of your humanity and your pursuit of life entry? If a leader not only never provides guidance for those doing ordinary duties, but also never provides fellowship, help, or support for those engaged in significant work—not to mention supervision, observation, or deep understanding—without these manifestations and actions, can this leader be considered a leader who does concrete work? Are they up to standard as a leader? (No.) Some people say, “Our leader just holds gatherings for us twice a week, fellowships God’s words for a bit, and then reads some fellowship from the Above, and sometimes they fellowship about their personal experiential understanding. But they have never offered any advice, provisions, or help regarding our various states, as well as the difficulties we encounter while doing our duties or in life entry.” What do you make of this leader? (They’re not up to standard, they’re a false leader.) If a leader does not care about their own job or the various states of the people under them, nor fulfills their responsibilities, then they are not up to standard as a leader. They don’t supervise, observe, or try to understand anyone. Every time, your conversations with them go like this: “How is this person doing now?” “I’m currently observing them.” “How long have you been observing? Are you familiar with them?” “I’ve been observing them for a year or two. I’m still not very familiar with them.” “What about that person?” “I’m still not too clear on them, but they can endure hardship in doing their duty, have resolve, and are willing to expend themselves for God.” “That’s all superficial. How about their pursuit of the truth?” “I have to learn about that too? Well, I’ll look into it.” How much longer you will need to wait for results after they say they’ll look into it is unknown, it’s an uncertainty. Such a false leader is untrustworthy in their work.

Do your church’s leaders and your supervisors have a responsible attitude toward your work? Do they truly grasp and understand your states with regard to work? Has this aspect of the work been properly addressed? (No.) None of them have properly addressed this aspect; none have reached the point of being loyal to their duty and being serious and responsible for the work. Then, is achieving this easy? Is it difficult? It is not difficult. If you truly possess caliber of a certain degree, truly have a grasp of professional skills within the scope of your responsibility, and are not an outsider to your profession, then you just have to abide by one phrase, and you will be able to be loyal to your duty. Which phrase? “Put your heart into it.” If you put your heart into things, and put your heart into people, then you will be able to be loyal and responsible in your duty. Is this phrase easy to practice? How do you put it into practice? It doesn’t mean to use your ears to hear, nor your mind to think—it means using your heart. If a person can truly use their heart, then when their eyes see someone do something, act in some way, or have some sort of response to something, or when their ears hear some people’s opinions or arguments, by using their heart to ponder and contemplate these things, some ideas, views, and attitudes will come up in their mind. These ideas, views, and attitudes will make them have a deep, specific, and correct understanding of the person or thing, and at the same time, will give rise to suitable and correct judgments and principles. Only when a person has these manifestations of using their heart does it mean they are loyal to their duty. But if you don’t put your heart into things, if you lack the heart for this, then your eyes don’t react to whatever you see, and your ears don’t react to whatever you hear. Your eyes never observe people, events, and things; they don’t observe the information you come across. In your heart you won’t discern the various voices and arguments you hear, you will be unable to discern the information you hear. This is akin to being blind despite having open eyes. When a person’s heart is blind, their eyes are blind as well. So, what leads to the formation of ideas, views, and attitudes from observing things with the eyes and receiving information with the ears? It all depends on putting your heart into things and seeking the truth. If you put your heart into things, whenever you receive information, whether seen or heard, you will be able to form views and gain a deep understanding of a person or thing. But if you don’t put your heart into things, no amount of information received is useful; if you don’t put your heart into discerning it or seeing through it, you’ll gain nothing, becoming worthless, of no use. What does someone who’s useless refer to? It refers to someone who doesn’t put their heart into doing their duty—they have eyes and ears, but these are of no use. A person without heart won’t be loyal to their duty nor achieve a serious and responsible attitude toward their work.

God’s house practices supervision over leaders and workers at all levels, observing and understanding them on a deep level, with the aim of improving church work and guiding God’s chosen people onto the right track of believing in God as quickly as possible. Therefore, supervising and observing leaders and workers is essential and must be practiced this way. With the supervision of God’s chosen people, if it is discovered that leaders and workers are not engaging in real work and they are dealt with and addressed promptly, this is beneficial to the progress of church work. Supervising leaders and workers is the responsibility of God’s chosen people, and doing so fully aligns with God’s intentions. Since leaders and workers possess corrupt dispositions, if they are not supervised, it would not only be detrimental to them but also directly impact church work. Under what circumstances do leaders and workers no longer require the supervision of God’s chosen people? It is when leaders and workers fully understand the truth, enter into the truth reality, and act with principles, becoming people perfected and used by God. In such cases, supervision by God’s chosen people becomes unnecessary, and God’s house will no longer emphasize this matter. However, is it guaranteed that someone who has been perfected by God is totally free of mistakes and deviations? Not necessarily. Hence, God’s scrutiny is still necessary, as is the supervision by those who understand the truth; this practice is fully aligned with God’s intentions. Because all humans have corrupt dispositions, only through supervision can leaders and workers be urged to take responsibility for their work and be loyal to their duties. Without supervision, most leaders and workers would act with willful recklessness, and adopt a perfunctory manner—this is an objective fact. If you are a leader or worker, and the brothers and sisters around you often supervise and observe you, trying to understand whether or not you are someone who pursues the truth, then for you, this is a good thing. If they discover a problem with you and you are able to solve it as quickly as possible, this is beneficial to your pursuit of the truth and your life entry. If they discover you committing evil, and that you exhibit numerous evil behaviors in private, and are definitely not someone who pursues the truth, they will expose you and dismiss you from your position, which will remove a scourge for God’s chosen ones, and also allow you to avoid more severe punishment: Such supervision is beneficial to anyone. And so, leaders and workers should have the correct response to the supervision of God’s chosen ones. If you are someone who fears God and shuns evil, you will feel that you need the supervision of God’s chosen ones, and that even more than that, you need their assistance. If you are an evil person, and you have a guilty conscience, you will fear being supervised and try to avoid it; this is inevitable. Therefore, there is no doubt that all who resist and feel averse toward the supervision of God’s chosen ones have something to hide, and are definitely not honest people; no one fears supervision more than deceitful people. So what attitude should leaders and workers adopt toward the supervision of God’s chosen ones? Should it be negativity, guardedness, resistance, and resentment or obedience toward God’s orchestrations and arrangements, and humble acceptance? (Humble acceptance.) What does humble acceptance refer to? It means accepting everything from God, seeking the truth, adopting the right attitude, and not being impetuous. If someone really does discover a problem with you and points it out to you, helping you to discern and understand it, assisting you in solving this issue, then they are being responsible toward you, and being responsible toward the work of God’s house and the life entry of God’s chosen ones; this is the right thing to do, and it is perfectly natural and justified. If there are those who regard supervision of the church as originating from Satan, and from malicious intentions, then they are devils and Satans. With such a devilish nature, they certainly would not accept the scrutiny of God. If someone truly loves the truth, they will have the correct understanding of God’s chosen ones’ supervision, they will be able to regard it as being done out of love, as coming from God, and they will be able to accept it from God. They will definitely not be impetuous or act on impulse, much less will resistance, guardedness, or suspicion appear in their heart. The most correct attitude with which to approach the supervision of God’s chosen ones is this: Any words, actions, supervision, observation, or correction—even pruning—that are helpful to you, you should accept from God; don’t be impetuous. Being impetuous comes from the evil, from Satan, it does not come from God, and it is not the attitude that people should have toward the truth.

That’s as much as we’ll add on and fellowship regarding the seventh responsibility of leaders and workers. So does this mean the responsibility has been fully fellowshipped without any more specific content to add? No, every responsibility still contains much more specific and detailed content. What I fellowshipped about are the overarching principles; the rest, how to implement the specific details and practice and apply these principles, depends on your own engagement through experience. If you still can’t see through these principles or know how to apply them, then seek and fellowship together. If fellowshipping together still doesn’t lead to results, then make inquiries to those higher up than you. In short, whether it’s dealing with any type of person or deciding whom to promote and make use of, it all must adhere to principles. For certain talented individuals, in situations where no one can fully see through or understand them, they can be preliminarily promoted and used according to the needs of church work—don’t delay the work, and don’t delay the cultivation of people; this is key. Some people ask, “What if they mess up the work after being used? Who’s responsible?” When you use someone, is it as if you place them on a deserted island with no way for anyone to contact them? Aren’t there actually many others around them engaged in specific tasks? There are ways to resolve all these matters; namely, supervising, observing, and understanding them, and, if conditions allow, through close contact. What exactly does close contact entail? It entails working together with them; the process of working is the process of understanding them. Won’t you gradually come to understand them through this sort of contact? If you have the opportunity to make contact but don’t, and merely make a phone call to ask a few questions and then leave it at that, it’s impossible to understand them. You must make contact with those you can in order to solve problems. Therefore, leaders and workers must not be lazy in their work. So, if you want to observe and understand someone, how should you do so? (By making contact with them.) Right? The key is to put your heart into it! The information you can hold in your minds can be likened to a monkey picking corn—picking as it goes, dropping as it picks, and in the end, only one ear of corn is left, making the entire effort futile. At the end of listening to a sermon, you can’t remember the content fellowshipped earlier; what’s the reason for this? (We don’t put our hearts into it.) You usually do not focus on practicing the truth, so your hearts do not focus on these matters. Regarding how to understand the truth and enter into reality, how to know yourselves, and how to see through the essence of various people, events, and things with the truth, you have no entry whatsoever; thus, these matters have no foundation in your hearts. As for those things involving entering into the truth reality, you always feel perplexed. Now, you still attend gatherings every week to listen to sermons. If you don’t listen to sermons, isn’t the little faith in God within your hearts fading away, disappearing bit by bit? This is a dangerous signal! Can you put your hearts into it or not? I’ve told you all the details; if you truly have the heart, you will be able to do so. If you do not have the heart, no matter how I speak, you won’t understand. That’s all for our fellowship on this topic.

Item Eight: Promptly Report and Seek How to Resolve Confusions and Difficulties Encountered in the Work (Part One)

Leaders and Workers Must Promptly Identify and Resolve Difficulties

Today, we’re going to fellowship on the eighth responsibility of leaders and workers: “Promptly report and seek how to resolve confusions and difficulties encountered in the work.” We will expose the various manifestations of false leaders in regard to this responsibility. Promptly reporting and seeking how to resolve confusions and difficulties encountered in the work—isn’t this a part of the work and duties of leaders and workers? (Yes.) Leaders and workers will inevitably face some thorny issues in their work, or encounter difficulties beyond the scope of church work, or encounter special cases that do not involve the truth principles, and be unaware of how to deal with these situations. Or, because they have poor caliber and are thus unable to grasp the principles accurately, they inevitably encounter some hard-to-resolve confusions and difficulties. These confusions and difficulties may relate to issues of personnel use, work-related issues, problems stemming from the external environment, issues concerning people’s life entry, disruptions and disturbances caused by evil people, as well as issues of clearing out or expelling people, and so on. For all these issues, God’s house has specific requirements and regulations, or there are some verbal instructions. Beyond these specific regulations, there inevitably are some unmentioned special cases. Regarding these special cases, some leaders can handle them by adhering to the principles required by God’s house, such as protecting the interests of God’s house, ensuring the safety of the brothers and sisters, and maintaining the smooth operation of the church’s work—and, furthermore, they do so very well—while some leaders fail to do so. What should be done about the problems that can’t be handled? Some leaders and workers work in a muddled way, unable to identify problems, and even if they do, they can’t resolve them. They just muddle through without seeking solutions from the Above, simply telling the brothers and sisters, “Solve it yourselves; rely on God and look to God for solutions,” and then they consider it all settled. No matter how many issues pile up, they can’t resolve them themselves, yet they don’t report it upward or seek how to resolve them, possibly fearing that the Above will see through them and they will lose face. There are also some leaders and workers who never report problems to the Above, and I don’t know why. Reporting upward doesn’t necessarily mean directly to the Above; one can certainly report to the leaders of a district or region first. And if they can’t solve it, then you can ask leaders and workers to report it directly to the Above. If you ask a leader or worker to report a matter to the Above, clarifying the situation, can they just suppress it and ignore the matter? Such people are rare. Even if there are indeed such leaders, you can still clarify the matter with other leaders and workers to expose the one who suppresses the issue and does not report it. If these other leaders and workers still do not report the matter, there is one last resort: You can write directly to God’s house’s website to have it forwarded to the Above, thus ensuring the issue is reported to the Above. This is because the Above has dealt with such letters multiple times before, and they subsequently directly entrusted leaders and workers to handle the matter. In fact, there are multiple avenues for reporting an issue upward; it’s easy to practice, it just depends on whether the person truly wants to resolve the problem. Even if you don’t trust a certain leader or worker, you should still believe that God is righteous and that the Above operates according to the truth principles. If you do not have real faith in God, and you do not believe that the truth reigns in the house of God, then you cannot accomplish anything. Many people do not understand the truth; they do not believe the truth reigns in the house of God, and they do not have a God-fearing heart. They are always thinking that the officials of the world all cover for each other, and that God’s house must be the same. They do not believe that God is the truth and righteousness. Therefore, a person like this can be called a disbeliever. However, a minority of people are able to report actual problems. People such as this may be called people who protect the interests of God’s house; they are responsible people. Some leaders and workers do not just fail to resolve severe problems when they find them; they also do not report them upward. They only start to sense the severity of the issue when the Above investigates it. This delays things. Therefore, no matter whether you are an ordinary brother or sister, or a leader or a worker, whenever you encounter an issue that you cannot resolve and that pertains to the larger principles of work, you should report it upward and seek a solution in a timely manner. If you encounter confusions or difficulties but do not resolve them, some work will be unable to progress; it will have to be put aside and stopped. This affects the progress of the church’s work. Therefore, when such problems arise that can directly affect the progress of the work, they must be uncovered and resolved in a timely manner. If a problem is not easy to resolve, you must find people who understand the truth and people with expertise in the field, then sit with them and investigate and resolve the problem together. Problems of this sort cannot be delayed! Every day you delay in resolving them is a day’s delay in the progress of the work. It is not hampering the affairs of a single person; it affects the church’s work, as well as how God’s chosen ones do their duties. Therefore, when you encounter a confusion or difficulty of this sort, it must be resolved promptly, it cannot be delayed. If you truly cannot resolve it, then quickly report it to the Above. They will directly come forward to solve it, or tell you the path. If a leader is unable to handle problems of this sort, and sits on the problem rather than reporting it to the Above and seeking a solution from them, then that leader is blind; they are brain-dead, and they are useless. They should be dismissed and removed from their position. If they are not removed from their position, the work of the church will be unable to advance; it will be ruined in their hands. Hence, this must be dealt with immediately.

Film production work is also an important item of work for God’s house. Film production teams often encounter a problem where everyone has disputes over the script. For example, the director believes the script differs or diverges from real life and would feel unrealistic when filmed, and so they want to make changes. However, the scriptwriter firmly disagrees, believing that the script is written reasonably and demanding that the director shoot according to the script. The actors also have their own objections, disagreeing with both the scriptwriter and the director. An actor says, “If the director insists on shooting it that way, I won’t act!” The scriptwriter says, “If the director changes the script, then you’ll all be responsible when any problems arise!” The director says, “If I’m made to shoot it as the script dictates and mistakes occur, God’s house will hold me accountable. If you want me to shoot, it has to be done based on my own thought; if it’s not, then I won’t do it.” Now, all three parties are at an impasse, right? The work is clearly unable to proceed. Is this not a confusion that has arisen? So, who is actually correct? Everyone has their own theories, their own arguments, and no one is willing to compromise. With the three parties at an impasse like this, what gets harmed? (The work of God’s house.) The work of God’s house is obstructed and harmed. Have you felt anxious and worried when faced with such situations? If not, that proves you haven’t really put your hearts into it. When such confusions and deadlocks arise, some people become so anxious they can’t eat or sleep, thinking, “What should be done? Arguing and refusing to budge like this leads nowhere. Isn’t this affecting the filming progress? It has already caused a delay of several days and can’t be postponed any longer. How can we solve this problem to ensure that the shoot goes smoothly and the work isn’t delayed? To whom should we turn to solve this issue?” If you have the heart, you should seek solutions from the leaders, and if the leaders can’t resolve it, you should quickly report it to the Above. If you are truly considerate of God’s intentions, you should do all you can to resolve the problem as quickly as possible; this is the most crucial thing. And if you’re not worried? You may ponder it, thinking, “They are in the wrong. I’ll stick to my point of view—I doubt they can do anything to me. I’ll eat and then nap for a while, there’s nothing to do in the afternoon anyway.” Your legs become heavy, your head gets dizzy, your heart loses its vigor, and you grow sluggish. There’s a pile of difficulties, but you’re inattentive and sluggish, so there’s no way to resolve the problem. Why not? Because you lack the drive and the desire to resolve it, so you can’t think of a solution. You think to yourself: “It’s not often that difficulties arise and the work comes to a halt. I’ll take this chance to rest for a couple of days and to relax a bit. Why be so tired all the time? If I take a break now, no one can say anything about it. After all, I’m not slacking off or being irresponsible toward my work. I want to be responsible, but there’s this difficulty in our way—who’s going to resolve it? How can we shoot without resolving it? If there are difficulties that prevent us from shooting, shouldn’t we just take a break?” With such a major issue in front of you, what will be the consequences if it’s not resolved promptly? If problems keep cropping up and none can be resolved, can the work continue to progress? This will cause untold delays. Work progress can only move forward, not backward, so knowing that this problem presents difficulties, you shouldn’t procrastinate any further; you need to resolve it quickly. Once this problem is resolved, rush to resolve the next one when it arises, striving not to waste time so that the work can proceed smoothly and be completed as scheduled. How does that sound? (Good.) Those with heart face confusions and difficulties with this attitude. They do not waste time, do not make excuses for themselves, and do not covet fleshly comforts. Those without heart, on the other hand, will exploit loopholes; they will make excuses and look for opportunities to take a break, doing everything at a leisurely pace and without a sense of urgency or anxiety, lacking any resolve to endure suffering or pay a price. And then what happens in the end? When faced with a confusion or difficulty, everyone finds themselves at an impasse for many days. Neither the directors, actors, nor scriptwriters report the issue. Leaders, meanwhile, are blind and unable to recognize it as a problem; even if they do recognize it as a problem but can’t solve it themselves, they do not report it upward. By the time it’s reported level-by-level to the Above, ten days or half a month have passed. What was done during these ten days to half a month? Was anyone doing their duties? No, they were whiling away their time in eating, drinking, and merrymaking! Aren’t they just freeloading? All those supervisors who cannot promptly seek solutions to the confusions and difficulties encountered in their work are merely freeloading, passing the days without purpose. Such people are known in short as “idlers.” Why “idlers”? Because these people do not approach their duties with an attitude of seriousness, responsibility, rigor, or positivity, but rather are perfunctory, are negative, and slack off, just hoping for some difficulty or deadlock to arise so that they have an excuse to shut up shop and stop work.

Leaders and workers should not only promptly resolve the confusions and difficulties encountered in the work but also promptly check for and identify these issues. Why should this be done? There’s only one goal in doing it: to safeguard God’s work and the work of God’s house, ensuring that every item of work progresses smoothly and is successfully completed within the normal work timeline. To ensure that the work progresses smoothly, what issues need to be resolved? First, it’s essential to thoroughly clear out any stumbling blocks or hindrances that disturb the church’s work, to restrict disbelievers and evil people to prevent them from causing trouble. Additionally, the supervisors of each item of the work and the brothers and sisters must be guided to understand the truth and find a path of practice, to learn to cooperate harmoniously and supervise each other. Only in this way can the completion of the work be guaranteed. Regardless of the difficulties or confusions faced, if leaders and supervisors cannot resolve them, they should quickly report the issues to the Above and seek solutions. Leaders and supervisors should, regardless of the work they do, prioritize resolving problems, addressing both technical problems and issues of principle related to the work, as well as the various difficulties people encounter in terms of their life entry. If you can’t resolve confusions and difficulties, you won’t be able to do your work well. Therefore, when you encounter unusual difficulties or confusions that you can’t resolve, you should promptly report them to the Above. Don’t waste time, as a delay of three to five days can cause losses to the work, and if it’s delayed for half a month or a month, the losses will be too great. Moreover, regardless of the issue, it must be dealt with based on the truth principles. No matter what, never use man’s philosophies for worldly dealings to resolve problems. Don’t turn serious issues into minor ones, and then turn minor ones into nothing, or merely scold both parties involved in the issues and then pacify them with something sweet, always resorting to negotiating with and cajoling them, fearing the escalation of issues. This leads to problems not being solved on a fundamental level, which leaves lingering issues. Isn’t this a way of just trying to smooth things over? If you feel that you’ve exhausted all human solutions for a problem and it genuinely cannot be resolved, and you cannot find the principles for technical issues within the work at all, then you should quickly report these issues to the Above and seek solutions without waiting or procrastinating. Any problem that can’t be resolved should be promptly reported to the Above to seek a solution. How does this principle sound to you? (Good.)

Do the film production and scriptwriting teams often become deadlocked over shooting issues? Each has their own reasoning, and they are unable to reach a consensus, always engaging in verbal spats. Can leaders resolve these issues when they arise? (Sometimes they can.) Have you ever encountered a situation where a leader resolved some problems through fellowship, and it sounded perfectly reasonable and theoretically solid, but you were still unsure if it conformed to the requirements of God’s house or the truth principles? (Yes.) How did you handle such situations? (Sometimes we would seek from the Above.) That’s the right approach. Have you ever been in a situation where you decided not to inquire about an issue because you saw that the brother Above was quite busy, and you thought it was okay as long as the matter was theoretically correct, and then decided to proceed to shoot first regardless of whether or not it complied with the truth? (We had serious issues with this in the past. It led to us having to redo things and caused disruptions and disturbances to the work.) That situation is serious! Many of the problems encountered by the film production teams are ultimately actually the responsibility of the scriptwriting team. For instance, if a movie turns out to be two and a half hours of rambling narrative, the scriptwriters are primarily responsible. But what about the directors’ responsibility? If the script is a ramble, should the directors be able to see this? In theory, they should. However, directors can still spend months and consume considerable manpower, material resources, and finances to complete the filming under such circumstances. What sort of problem is this? As directors, what is your responsibility? Upon receiving a script, you should think, “This script is lengthy and quite rich in content, but it lacks a core, a theme; the whole structure is soulless. This script cannot be filmed; it must be returned to the scriptwriters for them to revise.” Are you capable of doing this? Have you ever returned a script? (No.) Is it because you can’t see the issues, or because you’re afraid to return it? Or are you afraid that someone will judge you, saying, “They gave you this finished script and you rejected it with just a word, sending it back—you’re far too arrogant, aren’t you?” Just what is it that you’re afraid of? You see the problem, so why not return the script to the writers? (We are not responsible for our film production work.) For the film production teams, besides the church leaders, the directors should act as the supervisors, the ones who make decisions and have the final say. Given that you are the director, you ought to take full responsibility for this matter, carefully checking the script from the moment you receive it. Let’s say you receive a script and review it from start to finish, finding the content to be quite good. It has a core and theme, the plot revolves around a main storyline, and the overall script appears to have no major issues—it looks good, worth shooting, and so the script can be accepted. However, if the script is lengthy, narrating a person’s story from beginning to end without a focus or prominent theme, leaving it unclear what the script aims to express, what it aims to achieve in viewers, or what its central idea and spiritual meaning are—it’s basically just a rambling account, a muddled script—can this script be accepted? What should the directors do in such a situation? They must return the script and make suggestions for the scriptwriters’ revision. People from the scriptwriting team may object, saying, “This isn’t fair! Who are they to audit the script we wrote? Why do they get to decide? God’s house should treat people fairly and reasonably!” What should be done then? If the directors can identify issues in the script, they shouldn’t rush to make a decision but should first fellowship the matter with the church leaders and members of the film production team. If everyone, based on their past years of filming experience and understanding of scripts, unanimously deems a script not up to standard, and believes that filming it would not only delay the film production work but also waste all the human, material, and financial resources involved, and no one can bear such a responsibility, then this script should be returned. A rambling script must absolutely not be filmed; this is a principle. If everyone feels the same way about the script, the scriptwriters should unconditionally accept it and revise the script according to the suggestions from the film production team. If there are still disagreements, members and leaders from both sides can debate together to see whose arguments conform to the truth principles. If a stalemate persists without a conclusion being reached, the last resort should be employed, which is the eighth responsibility of leaders and workers fellowshipped today: “Promptly report and seek how to resolve confusions and difficulties encountered in the work.” Issues that are deadlocked and can’t be resolved are known as confusions and difficulties. Each side thinks their reasoning is correct, and no one is able to make a decision. Going back and forth like this muddles the issue, blurring everyone’s understanding of all the ins and outs of the issue and the direction to take. At this point, leaders and workers should take up their responsibility to promptly report and seek solutions to these issues and confusions that emerge in the work, striving to resolve them promptly to prevent them from hindering the progress of the work, and even more so to prevent them from accumulating further. Promptly reporting and seeking how to resolve these issues—is this not doing work? Is this not showing a serious and responsible attitude toward work? Is this not putting one’s heart into doing one’s duty? Is this not being loyal? (Yes.) This is having loyalty to one’s duty.

Leaders and workers in charge of work must promptly notice and resolve any problems that arise in the work, as only doing this can ensure the smooth progress of the work. All leaders and workers who cannot resolve problems lack the truth reality and are false leaders and workers. Anyone who discovers issues but fails to resolve them, instead avoiding or covering them up, is a worthless good-for-nothing who only sabotages the work. Disputed issues must be resolved through fellowship and debate. If these do not yield the correct results but instead muddy the waters even further, then the primary leader should personally take charge of dealing with the matter, promptly proposing solutions and methods while also promptly observing, understanding, and judging to see how the situation’s outcome will turn out. When disputes still persist over some problem and no verdict can be reached, the issue must be quickly reported to the Above to seek a solution, rather than just trying to smooth things over, waiting, or procrastinating, and especially rather than just ignoring the issue. Is this how your current leaders and workers do the work? They should be promptly following up and pushing the progress of work, and at the same time identifying the various conflicts that emerge in the work while also not overlooking the various minor issues. When significant problems are identified, the main leaders and workers should be present to participate in resolving them, getting an accurate understanding of the ins and outs, the reason that the problem has arisen, and the perspectives of those involved, so as to accurately grasp what’s actually going on. At the same time, they should participate in fellowshipping, debating, and even disputing these issues. This is a necessity; participation is crucial, as it helps you make judgments on and resolve problems that arise in the work. If you only listen without getting involved, always standing off to the side with folded arms and acting like someone sitting in on a class, thinking that any problem that arises in the work is none of your concern and not having any particular view or attitude toward the matter, then you are clearly a false leader. When you get involved, you’ll know in detail just what problems have arisen in the work, what caused them, who is responsible, where the key issue lies, and whether it’s due to people’s notions and imaginings or technical and professional inadequacy—all of which must be clarified in order for problems to be handled and solved fairly. When you participate in this work and discover that the problems are not man-made or intentionally caused by anyone, yet you find it hard to pinpoint the essence of the issue and don’t know how to resolve it, with both sides disputing it for a long time, or when everyone has devoted their heart and effort to a problem yet still cannot resolve it, and is unable to find the principles or find a direction, causing the work to stall, and also fears that continuing would cause further mistakes, disruptions, and negative consequences, then what should you do? What leaders and workers most ought to do is not discuss countermeasures or solutions with everyone, but rather report the issue to the Above as soon as possible. Leaders and workers should summarize and record the problems in the work and promptly report them to the Above without procrastinating, waiting, or harboring a mindset of relying on luck, thinking a night’s sleep might bring inspiration or sudden clarity—a rare occurrence that is not likely to happen. So, the best solution is to report the issue to the Above and seek a solution as quickly as possible, ensuring the issue is resolved promptly and as quickly as possible; this is truly performing work.

Confusions and Difficulties That Leaders and Workers Often Encounter in Their Work

I. Confusions

Based on the content we just discussed, let’s summarize what exactly is meant by “confusions” and “difficulties.” These two are not the same thing. First, I’ll explain the term “confusion.” A confusion is when you cannot see through some matter; you do not know how to judge or discern in a way that conforms to principles or is accurate. Even if you can somewhat see through it, you’re unsure whether your view is correct, you do not know how to handle or resolve the matter, and it’s difficult for you to reach a conclusion about it. In short, you’re uncertain about it and unable to make a decision. If you don’t understand even a bit of the truth and no one else resolves the problem, then it becomes unsolvable. Isn’t this facing a tough challenge? When faced with such problems, leaders and workers should report them to the Above and seek from the Above so as to resolve the issues more quickly. Do you frequently face confusions? (Yes.) Regularly facing confusions is itself a problem. Let’s say you’re faced with an issue and you don’t know the appropriate way to handle it. Someone proposes a solution that you think is reasonable while another person proposes a different one that you also think is reasonable, and if you can’t clearly see which solution is more appropriate, with everyone’s opinions varying and no one grasping the problem’s root cause or essence, then slip-ups are bound to appear in the resolution of the problem. Thus, to resolve a problem, it is crucial and important to determine its root cause and essence. If leaders and workers are not discerning, fail to grasp the essence of the problem, and cannot reach the correct conclusion, they must promptly report the issue to the Above and seek a solution from them; this is necessary and not an overreaction. Unresolved problems can lead to severe consequences and impact the church’s work—this must be thoroughly understood. If you’re filled with apprehension, always fearing that the Above might see through to your true measure, or that they might alter your duty or dismiss you when they see through to you not being able to do real work, and therefore you dare not report the issue, this can easily delay matters. If you encounter confusions that you cannot resolve on your own, yet do not report them to the Above, when this causes severe consequences and the Above holds you accountable, you’ll be in a world of trouble. Isn’t this only having yourself to blame? When faced with such confusions, if leaders and workers are not responsible and merely speak some doctrines and apply some regulations to perfunctorily settle the issue, then the issue remains unresolved and things stay where they are, the work unable to move forward. This is exactly what happens when confusions go unresolved; it causes delays quite easily.

When confusions arise, some leaders and workers can sense that a problem has occurred, while other leaders and workers are unable to detect the issue—those of the latter group have excessively poor caliber, and are numb and dull-witted; they lack sensitivity to any problem. No matter how great the confusion that presents itself, what they exhibit is numbness and dull-wittedness; they disregard the issue and try to circumvent the problem—this is false leaders not engaging in real work. Those leaders and workers who possess a certain amount of caliber and work capability are able to realize when such situations arise: “This is a problem. I must take notes of it. The Above has never mentioned this sort of issue before, and it’s our first encounter with it, so what exactly are the principles for handling this type of situation? How should this specific issue be resolved? It seems like I have some intuitive thoughts but they are unclear, and I have a bit of an attitude toward such matters, but having just an attitude is insufficient; it is crucial to seek the truth to resolve the problem. We need to bring this matter out for everyone to fellowship and discuss together.” After a round of fellowshipping and discussing, if they still do not know how to proceed, without a precise plan of practice to resolve the issue, and the confusion persists, then they must seek a solution from the Above. At this point, it is the responsibility of the leaders and workers to note down the points of confusion about the problem, so that when the time comes they can clearly explain what exactly the problem of the confusion is and what exactly is being sought. This is what leaders and workers ought to do.

II. Difficulties

A. What Difficulties Are

Next, let’s look at the term “difficulties.” From a literal perspective, difficulties are more severe than confusions. So, what exactly do difficulties refer to? Someone explain. (God, our understanding is that difficulties are the actual problems encountered, which one has already tried to resolve but still cannot resolve; these are considered difficulties.) (To add a point, sometimes one may encounter some very tricky problems that have never been encountered before, where everyone lacks experience, is utterly perplexed, and has no opinions or ideas—these are a type of very challenging problems.) Very challenging problems are called difficulties, right? The simplest, most direct explanation of difficulties is that they are problems that actually exist. For example, a person’s caliber, professional skills, physical ailments, as well as environmental and temporal issues, and so on, these actually existing problems are called difficulties. However, the eighth responsibility of leaders and workers about which we’re now fellowshipping is that they must promptly report and seek how to resolve confusions and difficulties encountered in the work. Here, the difficulties referred to are not those broadly defined, actually existing problems, but particularly thorny issues encountered in work that cannot be handled. What kind of problems are these? They are external affairs not particularly related to the truth principles. Although these issues do not involve the truth principles, they are trickier than general problems. How are they trickier? For instance, they involve legal and governmental regulations, or concern the safety of some people within the church, and so on. These are all difficulties encountered by leaders and workers in their work. For example, in believing in God overseas, no matter which country one resides in, all church work and the living environments of the brothers and sisters must comply with the local government regulations and require an understanding of the local laws and policies. These matters involve interfacing with the outside world and dealing with external affairs; they are relatively more complex compared to internal church personnel issues. Where does the complexity lie? It’s not as simple as just telling people in the church to submit to God, be obedient, practice the truth, loyally do duty, and understand the truth and handle matters according to principles—just saying these things alone will not solve the problems. Instead, it requires an understanding of every aspect of the country’s laws, policies, and regulations, and the local customs and practices, among others. There are many factors involved in these external affairs, and it is common for unexpected issues or issues that are difficult to address using the church’s principles to arise, and the emergence of these issues constitutes difficulties. For instance, internally within the church, if some people do their duties perfunctorily, these issues can be resolved by fellowshipping the truth, by pruning, or by providing help and support. But externally, can you use these principles and methods to handle matters? Can this approach solve such problems? (No.) What should be done then? Some wise methods must be used to handle and respond to such issues. In the process of dealing with these external affairs, God’s house has also laid down some principles, but no matter how these are explained, all sorts of difficulties still frequently arise. Because this world, this society, and this humankind are too dark and too complicated, and because of the disturbance of the great red dragon’s evil forces, when dealing with these external affairs, there will be some unexpected and additional difficulties. When these difficulties arise, if you are only given a simple principle, saying, “Just submit to God’s arrangements; everything is orchestrated by God, just ignore the problem,” can this solve the issue? (No.) If the problem cannot be solved, then what happens is that the environment in which the brothers and sisters do their duties, and their living environment, get disturbed, harassed, and damaged. Doesn’t this lead to the emergence of difficulties? What should be done then? Can it be addressed with impetuousness? Obviously not. Some say, “Then can we resolve it by legal means?” Many things cannot be resolved by law. For instance, in places where the great red dragon meddles and interferes, can the law resolve issues? The law does not have any effect there. In many places, human power often exceeds the law, so do not expect to resolve problems by relying on the law. Using human methods or impetuousness to resolve them is also not suitable. What should leaders and workers do in such situations? Can those who only know how to spout words and doctrines solve these problems when they arise? Aren’t these particularly thorny issues? Do you think hiring a lawyer and going to court to solve them would work? Do those people understand the truth? There is no place in this world for reasoning; even judges in a legalistic country do not always act according to the law, but rather, they adjust their judgments based on who is involved, lacking fairness. In this world, wherever it is, people rely on force, on power, to bolster their speech. So, what should we who believe in God rely on? We should treat people and handle matters according to God’s words, according to the truth. But can everything proceed smoothly for us in the world if we rely on God’s words and the truth? No, it cannot; this requires wisdom. Therefore, when leaders and workers face such issues, if they feel the matter is extremely significant and fear that they might handle it inappropriately and thus bring trouble to God’s house, causing undesirable impacts or consequences, then such issues are difficulties for them. When faced with difficulties that they can’t solve, they must promptly report them to the Above and seek suitable methods to resolve the issues; this is what leaders and workers should do.

B. The Correct Viewpoints and Attitudes That One Should Possess When Encountering Difficulties

What I need to explain to you here is not only directed at leaders and workers, but also to everyone present—it is a most important principle. Wherever it is you are carrying out the church’s work, doing your duties, or preaching the gospel, there are always going to be choppy waters. Even God’s own work is fraught with difficulties—have you all noticed this fact? Although you may not know or clearly understand the specifics, you are all aware of the overall circumstances. Spreading God’s gospel work is not smooth sailing, and you should all be mentally prepared and recognize this. This established fact is laid out here, so what attitude should we adopt toward these matters to be most proper, most reasonable, and most correct? Is it right to be timid and fearful inside? (No.) Since being timid and fearful is not right, then is it right to have the attitude and viewpoint that you do not fear either heaven or earth, are enemies with the entire world, resist the entire world to the end, and go against the current? (No.) Is this the rationality of normal humanity or impetuousness? These incorrect viewpoints are all a reflection of impetuousness, not genuine faith. What kind of viewpoints and attitudes are correct, then? Let Me list a few for you. This is the first viewpoint people should have: Whether overseas or in China, to wholeheartedly expend themselves for God and do their duties is the most just cause among all of humankind from ancient times to the present. Our doing duty is open and aboveboard, not secretive, because what we are doing now is the most just cause among humankind. What does this “just” refer to? It refers to the truth, to God’s will, to the arrangements and commissions of the Creator; it completely surpasses human morals, ethics, and laws, and is a cause carried out under the leadership and care of the Creator. Is this not the most correct viewpoint? For one thing, this viewpoint is a truly existing fact; for another, it is also the most correct recognition of the duty one does. This is the second viewpoint people should have: God is sovereign over all things and all events. Everything, including the rulers of the world and any power, religion, organization, and ethnicity in the world is ruled over and controlled by God’s hand—no one’s destiny is controlled by themselves. We are no exception; our destinies are ruled over and controlled by God’s hand, and no one can change the direction of where we go and where we stay, nor can anyone change our future and destination. Just as the Bible says, “The king’s heart is in the hand of Jehovah, as the rivers of water: He turns it wherever He will” (Proverbs 21:1). How much more so for the destinies of us insignificant humans! The rule and system of the ruler of the country we reside in, as well as the living environment of this country, whether they are threatening, hostile, or friendly toward us—all of this is under God’s sovereignty, and we have nothing to worry or be concerned about. This is the viewpoint people should hold and the awareness they should have, as well as the truth they should possess and understand. And this is the third viewpoint, which is also of course the most important: No matter where we live, in which country, and regardless of our capabilities or caliber, we are merely one part of the mass of insignificant created beings. The only responsibility and duty we should fulfill is to submit to the Creator’s sovereignty, arrangements, and orchestrations; there is nothing else, it’s that simple. Even though we are currently in a free country and a free environment, if one day God raises up a hostile force to persecute and harm us, we should have no complaints whatsoever. Why should we have no complaints? Because we have long been prepared; our obligation, responsibility, and duty is to submit to all that God does, everything that God orchestrates. Is this submission the truth? Is it the attitude that people should have? (Yes.) If one day, all of humankind and the entire environment turn against us, and we face death, should we have complaints? (We should not.) Some say, “Didn’t God lead us overseas so that we wouldn’t have to suffer Satan’s cruel persecution anymore? Wasn’t it so that we could freely do our duties and breathe the air of freedom? Then why does God still intend for us to face death?” These words are not correct. Submitting to God’s orchestrations and arrangements is an attitude, the attitude that people should have toward God, toward God’s sovereignty. It is the attitude that a created being should possess.

There is another most crucial point that people should realize: Although it is relatively stable and free overseas, it is still difficult to avoid being frequently harassed by the great red dragon. Facing the harassment of the great red dragon, some people worry: “The power of the great red dragon is too great. It can pay off important figures around the world to render service for it, to work on its behalf. Thus, even if we flee overseas, we are still in danger, still in imminent peril! What can we do?” Each time these pieces of news are heard, some people become worried and frightened, wanting to compromise, wanting to flee, not knowing where they should hide. Whenever this happens, some think, “The world is so vast, yet there’s no place for me! Under the power of the great red dragon, I suffer its persecution, and even outside the scope of its authority, why is it that I’m still disturbed by it? The power of the great red dragon is too great; even if I flee to the ends of the earth, why is it that it’s still able to find me?” People can’t help but become terrified and unsure of what to do. Is this a manifestation of having faith? What is the problem here? (Lack of faith in God.) Is it just a lack of faith in God? Do you feel deep down that you are less than others? Do you feel a bit secretive, like a thief, in believing in Almighty God and doing your duty in the church? Do you feel somewhat inferior to those in the religious world? “Look at their power; they have official pastors and state-recognized grand cathedrals, it’s so luxurious! They have choirs and enterprises in various countries. But look at us, always being bullied, facing ostracization wherever we go—why are we different from them? Why can’t we be open about it wherever we go? Why do we have to live so miserably? In particular, there’s all that negative propaganda online. Why don’t other churches endure this, why do we always have to suffer these things? Other believers in God openly proclaim their faith in Christianity wherever they go, but we believers in Almighty God dare not speak openly, fearing bad people might report us and then we’ll be arrested.” Recently, I heard that a person claiming to be a government official asked some brothers and sisters a few questions. Seeing that an official was questioning them, they became fearful and disclosed everything they knew, answering whatever they were asked. What was the problem with them acting this way? You are a believer in God—why should you fear officials? If you haven’t done anything illegal, there’s no need to be afraid. If you have the truth, why fear devils and Satan? Do you think believing in God is not the right way? Do you feel you have done something illegal? Then why are you afraid of an official? Are such people not foolish and ignorant? Some people suffered being hunted and persecuted to a great extent in the mainland; after coming overseas, do they feel guilty about believing in God? Do they feel disgraced by the persecution of the great red dragon? Do they feel ashamed to face their ancestors and dishonored because they have been forced to flee overseas to believe in God and do their duty? Do they see the satanic regime and the religious community treating God and the church antagonistically, and feel inferior, perhaps even more disgraceful than having committed a crime? Do you have these feelings? (No.) You may shake your heads on the surface, not wanting to entertain these thoughts and feelings, but when faced with actual situations, a person’s mentality, their behaviors, and the unconscious actions they undertake inevitably expose the deepest, most hidden aspects of their heart. What’s going on here? If you don’t have these things, why are you afraid? Does a person who hasn’t broken the law fear the police? Do they fear the judge? No. Only those who have broken the law fear the police the most, and only the Chinese, who have grown accustomed to being oppressed by the police, fear them the most because the CCP police are lawless and do whatever they want. Therefore, when Chinese people first arrive overseas, just seeing the police makes them feel scared. This is a result of being frightened by the rule of the great red dragon, it’s something revealed in their subconscious. In Western countries, your status is legal, you have residency rights, you have not violated any laws, nor have you attacked the government, and you haven’t committed any crimes. No matter how much controversy your faith may stir up in the religious community, one fact remains certain: Your faith is legally protected, it is lawful and free, and this is your rightful human right. You have not violated any laws whatsoever, so if someone claims to be a police officer and questions you, “Do you believe in Almighty God? Show me your ID! Where are you from? How old are you? How many years have you been a believer? Where do you live? Tell me your address!” how would you respond? To the first question, “Do you believe in Almighty God?” how would you answer? (Yes.) Why would you say “yes”? Is this based on fact? Or is this your responsibility as a citizen, that you must say “yes” if asked? Or has God instructed you to say “yes”? What is your basis? As for the second thing they asked, “Show me your ID!” would you show it? (No.) And the third question: “Where do you live? Write down your address.” Would you write it down? (No.) The fourth question: “How many years have you believed in God? Who introduced you to the faith? Why do you believe? How many years have you been abroad?” Would you answer these? (No.) The fifth question: “What duty are you doing here? Who is your leader?” Would you respond to this? (No.) Why not? (I am not obligated to tell them.) Then returning to the first question: If asked if you believe in Almighty God, you all unanimously said you’d answer “yes.” Is answering this way correct? (No.) Why is it incorrect? (Because faith is a personal freedom. The police have no authority to interfere. Thus, I have the right not to tell them.) Then why wouldn’t you tell them? (Because I need to first clarify why they are questioning me, in what capacity they are doing so, and whether their questioning is lawful or not. If their purpose and identity are unclear, I am not obligated to answer their questions.) This statement is correct. At first, you all stated you’d answer “yes,” but as I continued asking, you began to feel something was amiss, feeling that your response was incorrect. Did you identify where the problem was? In this matter, this is the understanding you should have: We have not violated any laws by believing in God, we are not criminals, we have our human rights and freedom. Not just anyone can interrogate or question us at will. It is not the case that whoever asks us questions, we must answer truthfully; we are not obligated to do this. Are these words correct? (Yes.) It is illegal for anyone, regardless of whom, to interrogate us arbitrarily; we must understand the law and learn how to use it to protect ourselves. This is the wisdom that God’s chosen people should possess. So, what should you do if you encounter such a situation in the future? If someone asks you if you believe in Almighty God, how would you respond, how would you handle it? The first thing you say is, “Who are you? By what right do you ask me this? Do I know you?” If they say they are an employee of some government agency, then you should ask them to show their credentials. If they don’t show their credentials, you say, “You are not qualified to speak to me, and I am under no obligation to answer you. There are many government workers; am I supposed to answer all of them? The government has designated people to handle certain tasks—are you really in charge of this matter? Even if you are, I haven’t broken the law, so why should I answer you? Why should I tell you everything? If you think I’ve done something wrong and broken the law, you can present evidence. But if you want me to answer any of your questions, go talk to my lawyer. I am not obliged to answer you, and you don’t have the right to ask!” How is this method of response? Does it convey dignity? (Yes.) Then what did your response show? Did it convey dignity? (No.) Responding in your way shows an ignorance of the law. You just answer whatever others ask, and what happens in the end? You become a Judas. You can answer recklessly, and here’s a reason for that: People in the country of the great red dragon have been indoctrinated and brainwashed to think that believers in God are ignorant, lower-class, and persecuted by the state, that in this country they should live without human rights or dignity; thus, believers relegate themselves to a lower status. After coming to Western countries, they do not understand such things as what human rights are, what dignity is, or what the obligations of a citizen are. So, when someone asks if you believe in God, you hastily admit it out of fear, telling them everything you know and showing no stature at all. Who caused all this? It is the indoctrination and rule of the great red dragon that caused it. Deep in the subconscious of everyone in the mainland, there’s an idea that once you believe in God, you occupy the lowest status in this society, among humankind; you become disconnected from society and humankind. Thus, these people lack dignity, human rights, and the awareness to protect themselves; they are foolish, ignorant, and lack insight, allowing others to bully and manipulate them at will. This is your mindset. Far from standing firm in your testimony for God, you sell Him out at any moment, becoming a Judas at any moment. So, how can you act with dignity? How should you face a stranger who asks you questions? First, ask who they are, then ask them to show their credentials. This is the proper legal procedure. In Western countries, police or any other government workers, when interacting with the public as representatives working on behalf of the government, always present their credentials first. After verifying their identity based on their credentials, you then decide how to respond to their questions or how to deal with their demands on you. Of course, in this matter, you definitely have room for making choices, you absolutely have autonomy, you are not a puppet. Although you are Chinese and a member of The Church of Almighty God, you are also a legal and recognized member of the country in which you reside. Don’t forget that you have autonomy; you are not a slave or a prisoner of any country, you are someone who can enjoy the laws, human rights, and systems of this country.

Based on the content I have fellowshipped, how should you face sudden environments and unexpected events? This is the fourth point we are to fellowship—do not be timid. Some people ask, “Does not being timid mean just acting in a foolishly bold way?” No, not being timid means not fearing any power because we are not criminals, we are not slaves; we are the dignified chosen people of God, the dignified created human beings under the sovereignty of the Creator. In your approach to this matter, first and foremost, do not be timid; additionally, actively maintain your duty and the environment in which you do your duty, and also confront various environments and the statements, actions, and other things of various powers that target us with a proactive attitude. Facing them actively and not being timid—what do you think of this attitude? (It’s good.) Living this way is dignified, like a person; it’s not living ignobly just to get by. We come overseas to do our duty, not to fill our stomachs or eke out a living; we haven’t broken any laws, haven’t caused trouble for any country, and we certainly are not slaves to any country. We are doing the duty of created beings within God’s house; we support ourselves, not depending on others; this is completely legal.

Of the four points we just discussed, each one is crucial. What was the first point? (Whether overseas or in China, to wholeheartedly expend oneself for God and do their duties is the most just cause among all of humankind from ancient times to the present. Our doing duty is open and aboveboard, not secretive, because what we are doing now is the most just cause among humankind.) And the second? (God is sovereign over all things and all events. Everything, including the rulers of the world and any power in the world is ruled over and controlled by God’s hand—no one’s destiny is controlled by themselves. We are no exception; our destinies are ruled over and controlled by God’s hand, and no one can change the direction of where we go and where we stay. What the rule and system of the ruler of the country we reside in are like, what the living environment of this country is like, and whether they are threatening, hostile, or friendly toward us—all of this is under God’s sovereignty, and we have nothing to worry or be concerned about.) The third point? (No matter where we are and regardless of our capabilities or caliber, we are merely one part of the mass of insignificant created beings. The only responsibility and duty we should fulfill is to submit to the Creator’s sovereignty, arrangements, and orchestrations. Even though we are currently in a free country, if one day God raises up a hostile force to persecute and harm us, we should have no complaints whatsoever. This is because our obligation, responsibility, and duty is to submit to all that God does, everything that God orchestrates.) The fourth point is to actively face all external people, events, and things, without timidity. These four points are the attitudes and understandings that everyone who does their duty should have, and they are also the truths that everyone who does their duty should understand. Although these four points are not very related to the eighth responsibility of leaders and workers fellowshipped today, since we’re talking about the difficulties in work, we still need to touch upon these matters; it’s not for nothing.

C. The Principles That Leaders and Workers Should Practice When Encountering Difficulties

Some leaders and workers encounter rather difficult-to-handle issues in external affairs and end up at a loss, unable to see through to the root of the problem, nor knowing how to approach it. They simply ignore it, resulting in the matter being delayed. What problem is this? It’s false leaders not being able to do work and only causing delays. False leaders lack the reason of a normal person; since they cannot handle problems, why don’t they report them to the Above? If you report a problem to the Above, we can face it together, and the problem will eventually be resolved. There are some things you cannot see through; I will help you analyze them. As long as we do not violate the law or government regulations, there is no problem too big to overcome. For issues involving the truth principles, we resolve them ourselves; for issues involving the law, we can seek legal advice for help and resolve them through legal means. No matter what evil forces intentionally disturb and sabotage the work of God’s house, remember one thing: As long as we do not break the law or violate government regulations, no one can do anything to us. This is because most overseas countries are democratic and governed by law; even if evil forces act against the law, they also fear exposure and legal sanctions. This is a fact. No matter how the dark hands of the great red dragon disturb and sabotage the work of God’s house, or harass our normal lives, or pay off someone to do bad things, we must take photos and make authentic videos, seriously keep accurate records, and clearly write down the time, place, and people involved. When the time is ripe, we will resolve it through legal means, and we need not fear it. Despite how insane the suppression of the great red dragon is, we are not afraid of it because God is our support, and one day God will send disasters to destroy it, God will directly administer retribution against it, and we need not do anything. Sometimes you cannot see through some issues; in that case, you should quickly report it upward, and the Above will show you a path, making big issues small and small issues resolved. In fact, for many issues, you do not know how to analyze them and cannot see through to their essence, and think a situation is significant and serious, but after analysis from the Above, you will realize it’s basically nothing; it’s nothing to fear and nothing significant—just adopt a hands-off approach, and it will resolve itself after a while. The disturbances of evil forces cannot cause a great stir; they are most afraid of public exposure, so they do not dare to overstep boundaries. If a handful of buffoons dare to cross boundaries, we can resolve it legally, taking legal measures. This is something all leaders and workers should see through. No matter what situation you encounter, you absolutely mustn’t act muddled or foolish. If you cannot see through a situation or handle it, you should immediately report it upward and let the Above give you advice and strategies. The only true fear is that false leaders cannot see through issues or handle them and yet do not report them to the Above or inform the Above about them; they wait until the situation escalates and delays work before reporting it upward, likely losing the best opportunity to handle the problem. It’s like someone who has cancer but doesn’t check or treat it in time, only going to the hospital for treatment by the late stage of cancer, but by then it’s too late and they can only wait for death. Thus, false leaders are the most likely to delay matters in their work. False leaders are mentally impaired, they are scoundrels, neither responsible nor upholding the work of God’s house. Why say that false leaders are scum, harbingers of doom, idiots who are most lacking in reason? That is the reason why. Any false leader with such poor caliber that they can’t even handle external matters should be immediately dismissed and eliminated, never to be used again, to prevent further delay to the work of God’s house. The work of false leaders is the most hampering. Often, when a problem arises, it could be resolved through timely consultation with everyone; the only worry is that the false leader in charge is mentally impaired, that they are unable to resolve the problem themselves and yet do not discuss it with the decision-making group or report it to the Above, and they adopt an attitude of negligence, covering up and suppressing the problem—this is what delays matters the most. If the issue is delayed and circumstances change, it might lead to losing the initiative in handling the problem, leading to a passive situation. What does this prove? Some things cannot be delayed and must be dealt with promptly, at the first opportunity. However, false leaders are not aware of this, so individuals of extremely poor caliber should absolutely not lead. False leaders only know to spout some words and doctrines and cannot resolve any actual problems; they only either harm people or cause delays. Only by dismissing these false leaders and choosing individuals with a burden and a sense of responsibility to be leaders and workers can the church’s work progress normally. Regardless of the problems faced, as long as you can seek the truth, there is a way to resolve them. External matters and disturbances caused by the great red dragon can be resolved through legal means when necessary, that’s nothing major. As long as we do not break the law or violate government regulations, no one can do anything to us, and with this confidence, we need not fear any disturbances from Satan or devils.

Now, the issue of false leaders must be dissected and understood. This is crucial for carrying out the church’s work well! Let us now fellowship about why false leaders, when faced with issues they cannot resolve on their own, still do not report them to the Above. How should we view this? You all can analyze this and benefit from doing so. The problem of false leaders not doing actual work is already severe, but there is an even more serious issue: When the church encounters disturbances from evil people and antichrists, false leaders not only do not handle it; what’s even worse is that they also fail to report it to the Above, letting evil people and antichrists disturb the church—they just watch safely from the sidelines, not offending anyone. No matter to what extent the church’s work is disturbed, false leaders do not care. What is the problem here? Are such false leaders too devoid of morals? This fact alone is enough to expel such false leaders. False leaders allowing evil people and antichrists to freely disturb the church is tantamount to handing over the church and God’s chosen people to these evil people and antichrists, acting as a shield for evil people and antichrists. This brings too great a loss to the church’s work! On this point alone, the question is not whether false leaders should be dismissed, but whether they should be cleared out. Which is of a more serious nature: false leaders not doing actual work or false leaders letting evil people and antichrists disturb the church? Not doing actual work can affect the life entry of God’s chosen people and the progress of church work; this already causes delays to significant matters. However, when false leaders allow evil people and antichrists to arbitrarily disturb the church, without seeking a solution or reporting it to the Above, the consequences become unimaginable. At a minimum, church life is thrown into complete chaos and disorder by evil people and antichrists, and in addition, the church’s work is botched and paralyzed. Doesn’t this directly affect the spreading of gospel work? The consequences are indeed severe! Therefore, if false leaders make this mistake, they must be expelled. Many leaders and workers always have a divergent thought and notion about reporting issues to the Above. Some say, “Even reporting issues to the Above might not solve them.” This is absurd talk! What do you mean “might not solve them”? Just because you can’t solve it doesn’t mean the Above can’t. If the Above gives you a path, the problem is essentially solved in actuality; if the Above doesn’t provide a path, you are left without one. You can’t see through even this minor issue; you’re too arrogant and self-righteous! Some also say, “When we encounter difficulties or issues, we need to ponder for a few days first, and only report it if we really can’t find a solution.” It might sound like those who say this have some reason, but aren’t these days of pondering likely to cause delays? Can you be certain that a few days of pondering will resolve the issue? Can you guarantee it won’t cause further delay? Others say, “If we report an issue immediately, won’t the Above think we can’t even see through this minor issue? Won’t they call us foolish and ignorant and prune us?” They’re wrong to say this—regardless of whether you report the issue or not, the quality of your caliber is already apparent; the Above knows it all. Do you think the Above will regard you highly if you don’t report some issue? If you do report the issue, and it hasn’t caused delays to significant matters, God’s house will not hold you accountable. However, if you don’t report it and it leads to delays, you will be held directly responsible, and you will be immediately dismissed, never to be used again. God’s chosen people will also see you as ignorant, foolish, feeble-minded, and mentally unhinged, and they will hate you and forever despise you. Those who are always afraid of being pruned or looked down upon by the Above for reporting problems, are of poor caliber and the most foolish; they must be dismissed, never to be used again. Having such poor caliber and still wanting to save face—isn’t that utterly shameless? Tell Me, aren’t false leaders, who not only do their work poorly but also cause delays to significant matters, detestable? Should they be dismissed? (Yes.) If faced with a major issue and they can promptly report it without causing delays or serious consequences, how should such leaders be viewed? At least they are considered to have reason and are able to uphold the church’s work. Should such leaders continue to be used? They should. Only the most mentally impaired leaders would refrain from reporting issues for fear of being pruned. Can such leaders still be used in the future? I think they cannot be used anymore because using them causes too much delay. By now, you all should be able to see through these kinds of problems, right? When you encounter issues you cannot handle, quickly report them and fellowship for solutions with the decision-making group. If the decision-making group can’t handle them, immediately report them to the Above; don’t worry about this or that, being able to promptly resolve the issue is what’s most crucial. The example just mentioned occurs in all churches; these difficulties and problems will crop up. Compared to some internal difficulties of the church, these external issues involve more severe consequences. Thus, the difficulty of external issues is somewhat greater compared to that of the church’s internal issues. If you face external issues, you should quickly resolve them through consultation or report them to the Above; this is essential. Only practicing in this way can ensure the normal progress of church work and guarantee that the spreading of the kingdom gospel is not hindered. That’s all for our fellowship on the principles of handling the church’s external issues.

In each church, there are some people of poor caliber, and they always encounter difficulties in doing their duties, unable to find principles of practice no matter how the truth is fellowshipped to them, just blindly applying regulations without any real effectiveness. In such cases, these people’s duties need to be reassigned. This reassigning of duties is the reallocation of personnel. For example, there’s a person assigned to an important job, but they have some issues in their work that can’t be resolved no matter how you fellowship with them. You can’t see through to the essence of the problem or whether or not this person is still usable, and observation or further fellowship yields no results either. Although this person does not cause too many delays in the work, the critical issues never get resolved, which always leaves you feeling somewhat uneasy. What should you do when faced with this? This is a crucial issue. If you cannot resolve it yourself, you should bring it to a gathering of leaders and workers for fellowship, dissection, and analysis. If eventually a consensus can be reached, the problem will be resolved. If practicing in this way doesn’t resolve the problem, as it drags on, could it cause delays to significant matters? If it could, then you should report it to the Above and seek a solution as soon as possible. In short, no matter what confusions or difficulties you encounter in your work, as long as they can affect God’s chosen people in doing their duties or hinder the normal progress of church work, the issues should be resolved promptly. If you cannot resolve an issue on your own, you should seek out a few people who understand the truth to resolve it with. If even this does not work, then you must bring the issue forward and report it to the Above to seek a solution. This is the responsibility and obligation of leaders and workers. Leaders and workers must take seriously whatever difficulties or confusions they encounter, not just casually preaching some words and doctrines, shouting slogans to fire up the brothers and sisters, or pruning them and then considering it done after discovering issues or difficulties. Sometimes speaking words and doctrines might solve some superficial issues, but when all is said and done it cannot solve the root problems. Issues involving the root, corrupt dispositions, and people’s notions and imaginings must be resolved through fellowship of the truth based on God’s words. There are also people’s individual difficulties, environmental issues, and problems related to professional knowledge necessary for doing duties; these practical issues all require solutions by leaders and workers. Among these issues, any confusions and difficulties that leaders and workers cannot resolve can either be brought to a gathering of leaders and workers for dissection, analysis, and resolution, or they can directly report it to the Above to seek the truth for a solution. This is called doing real work, and only by training to do real work in this way can one’s stature grow and can one do their duties well. Leaders and workers, as long as they have a sense of responsibility, will identify problems at any time and place; there are problems that they should resolve every day. For example, I just mentioned an incident where someone asks if you believe in Almighty God, and you all were perplexed. Initially, everyone stated they would answer “yes,” but later some said that wasn’t the right response, and others said they didn’t know; there were all sorts of responses. In the end, the leaders and workers were also baffled, thinking, “Saying ‘no’ to believing in Almighty God would be to deny God in front of others, and then God would not acknowledge us—but what would be the consequences of saying ‘yes’ to believing in Almighty God? Either choice seems incorrect.” The leaders and workers did not know how to resolve this and could not make a decision; thus, when the brothers and sisters encounter such situations again, they will still lack the correct viewpoints and attitudes, and the problem will remain unresolved, which means the leaders and workers have not fulfilled their responsibilities and have neglected their duties. Neglecting one’s duties is a problem of ability and of caliber, but when such issues arise, what should you do if you know they haven’t been resolved? You shouldn’t ignore them or suppress the matter to let it cool down, allowing everyone to act freely and do however they feel. Instead, you must report it to the Above, seeking the appropriate actions and path of practice to take in such situations. Ultimately, everyone should be made to understand what God’s intentions are in these situations, what principles people should uphold, and what attitudes and stances they should adopt. Then, when faced with such situations again in the future, they will understand the truth principles and have a path of practice. In this way, leaders and workers fulfill their responsibilities. So why did you all initially say you would answer “yes” when asked if you believe in Almighty God? There is a reason for this: Leaders and workers have never fellowshipped with you on how to resolve such issues. They consider these as minor matters where everyone has their own comprehension, where everyone can comprehend it how they like and practice as they see fit. Thus, when you were asked this question, there were all sorts of responses. So, have you now reached a conclusion on this matter? What should you do if someone asks you if you believe in Almighty God? First, ask who they are. Second, ask them to show credentials. If they ask you for other personal information, give no answer. Even if they show credentials, do not tell them, because this is your personal privacy. How many years you have believed in God, who preached the gospel to you, where you have performed your duties, how strong your faith is, how you choose your future path, how you pursue and obtain the truth—these matters are too precious for us to casually disclose to any stranger. They have no right to inquire about such important information. If leaders and workers cannot resolve such issues, they should promptly report them to the Above to seek solutions and ask for appropriate ways to respond. The Above won’t mock you; at most, they will say you are too foolish. Regardless, being able to resolve the problem is the best result.

Today, regarding the eighth responsibility of leaders and workers—promptly reporting and seeking how to resolve confusions and difficulties encountered in the work—we primarily fellowshipped what constitutes confusions and difficulties, as well as how leaders and workers should handle and resolve these issues when they face them, and how to approach these matters. As for what the manifestations of false leaders are when they encounter these issues, we will cover that part in the next fellowship.

March 27, 2021