I can see your glowing expression and radiant grin,

it looks like you have some good news.

I've happily received the Lord's return,

and now I am dining at the wedding banquet of the Lamb.

- Of course I'm happy! - Yes!

That's worth celebrating.

- Thanks be to the Lord. - Yes.

But I have to tell you about the process of receiving the Lord.

It was like pushing a wheelbarrow up the stairs.

What do you mean?

It was bumpy at every step!

It seems like there were quite a few obstacles.

The point is, there's no way to guard against them.

There are some people who specifically say evil things and fallacies

to make right and wrong confusing

and prevent people from investigating the true way in myriad ways.

- Who could put up with that? - Wait, who does that?

Deceiving people?

They're evil!

Yes.

These people are hidden within the church,

and if you don't pay attention,

you will be deceived,

and that will ruin your chance to be lifted up and enter the kingdom of heaven.

Yes.

Then tell us everything…

Yes.

…so we can all develop some discernment.

That day,

Brother Yang in our church told me,

"The Lord Jesus has returned.

He is Almighty God,

and He has come to express the truth and do the work of judgment beginning with God's house."

That really is fantastic news!

Absolutely!

When I heard that news, I can't tell you how happy I felt…

Happy!

…and excited.

Excited!

Words can't express the emotions I felt at that moment …

But don't just think about being happy,

we have to listen for the Lord's voice and receive the Lord!

That's right.

And several of us were investigating Almighty God's work of the last days

when our church's Pastor Wei rushed back from out of town.

Here he comes.

It looks like you're all having a meeting!

Pastor Wei.

Yes?

We're all reading Almighty God's words.

Would you like to read with us?

Brothers and sisters,

I understand how much you all yearn for the Lord's return,

but you can't listen to sermons from Eastern Lightning!

No, no.

- No, Pastor Wei. - Yes?

Almighty God actually is the returned Lord Jesus.

Almighty God expresses the truth,

and opens us to all truths regarding the inside story of the Bible,

the mystery of incarnation,

how God judges and purifies people, and—

And how God determines each kind of people's destination and ending.

Yes.

He also points out the path for people to gain salvation, enter the kingdom of heaven.

Yes!

How could that be possible?

The Bible contains the entirety of God's salvation,

and God couldn't possibly work or speak outside the Bible.

You see that?

I've been investigating the Bible my whole life,

and I am certain

that all of God's words and work are recorded in the Bible.

Anything that goes outside the Bible is heresy.

No, look, that's not—

So, yes,

no matter what, you must not investigate Eastern Lightning!

If there's any sermon you'd like to hear …

I …

I can preach it!

It looks like Pastor Wei is specifically trying to prevent believers

from investigating the true way.

Absolutely!

Fortunately, I've read Almighty God's words

and understood some of the inside story of the Bible,

so I wasn't fooled.

Right.

Then you'd better have a talk with your pastor

and tell him not to deceive his brothers and sisters.

I did that.

Pastor Wei grunted and moaned, but he ignored me.

What did you say?

Pastor Wei, you say,

"All of God's words and work are in the Bible,

and anything outside the Bible is heresy,"

but I'm afraid I don't agree with that.

Right.

Do you have a biblical basis for that claim?

Did the Lord Jesus ever say those words?

Did the Holy Spirit ever say such things?

That's the right question.

You say, "All of God's words and work are in the Bible,"

but the apostle John said,

That's right.

How do you explain that verse?

Yes.

There's a conflict here.

You say, "Anything outside the Bible is heresy,"

but when the Lord Jesus did the work of redemption,

didn't that go outside the Old Testament?

Right.

So, given what you say,

doesn't that also deny and condemn the Lord Jesus' words and work?

You—

It's worse than that.

His words even condemn the Lord's appearance and work in the last days!

What did the Lord Jesus prophesy?

What did He say?

Revelation also prophesies,

Yes.

When the Lord comes, He will open the scroll and break the seven seals.

Yes.

This refers to the returned Lord's utterances and words in the last days.

That's right.

That's what I said.

- You told him all that? - Yes.

- Look at how impatient I get. - Yes.

Keep going, keep going.

Fine.

Pastor Wei,

would the words the Lord expresses in the last days be recorded ahead of time in the Bible?

Certainly not!

At each stage of God's work,

God begins a new age and expresses new words.

Yes.

How could those be recorded in the Bible beforehand?

Right.

Which one of them came first,

the Bible or God's work?

Did the Bible produce God's work, or did God's work produce the Bible?

Of course God's work came first!

The Bible

is only a record of God's work in the Age of Law and the Age of Grace.

Right.

Bluntly speaking…

Yes?

…the Bible is just a historical book of God's past work.

Yes.

That's absolutely right.

Pastor Wei,

you say God's words and work are limited to what's in the Bible,

and that "anything beyond the Bible is heresy,"

but isn't that just a fallacy?

Exactly.

God is the Lord of creation,

and His richness is all-encompassing.

Yes.

Could the entirety of God's work really be only the limited amount recorded in the Bible?

God couldn't do new work or speak new words outside the Bible?

Isn't that delimiting, belittling, and blaspheming God?

Right.

So, I asked him:

Pastor Wei,

Almighty God, Christ of the last days, opens the scroll,

and expresses the truth needed to purify and save mankind…

Yes.

…but you condemn and resist because Almighty God's words and work go beyond the Bible,

and you deceive and block us from investigating the true way.

Are you purposely trying to keep us from hearing the Lord's voice and receiving Him?

Exactly.

I really can't tell

whether you're a servant or an enemy of the Lord.

Right.

Hey, everything I asked him was the truth, wasn't it?

Yes, it was.