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  • Finally,

  • we are in a democratic country,

  • where we can freely believe in God,

  • and I have to admit, I'm very happy to be here! (Yes!)

  • In China, there is no religious freedom.

  • The Communist Party doesn't allow it!

  • At home, Christians don't dare sing hymns too loudly.

  • That's very true.

  • And if they want to go to meetings,

  • they'll have to fight a guerilla war.

  • A guerrilla war? (Yeah.)

  • Oh? Well, you're going to have to explain that one.

  • What I mean is (Yeah?)

  • they have to avoid the eyes of the CCP,

  • learn to counter surveillance, ditch trackers, use their brains.

  • It's not much different than war.

  • If you're talking about the CCP's eyes, (Yeah?)

  • every single venue and industry has them.

  • They're unavoidable!

  • Absolutely!

  • I've met quite a few people like that. (Oh?)

  • Let's use me as an example. ('K.)

  • Leaving my neighborhood, there's always someone I have to avoid.

  • Security guard?

  • The old committee lady!

  • Why would you need to avoid her?

  • Ever since I started believing in God, (Yeah.)

  • the neighborhood committee lady has been very "friendly" with me. (Really?)

  • She's always hanging around my house,

  • and she's always saying to wear a coat or bring an umbrella.

  • Wow! She really cares about you!

  • When she sees me,

  • "Hey, Xiao Zhen, (Yeah?)

  • where are you going?"

  • "Hey, Xiao Zhen,

  • why weren't the lights on in your house last night?"

  • "Hey, Xiao Zhen,

  • why haven't I seen you come home the last few days?"

  • "Hey, Xiao Zhen—" (Don't worry, that's enough!)

  • This old lady really sounds like a woman with a beardabnormal!

  • Yep, you are absolutely right. (Yeah?)

  • One day, I was going downstairs,

  • and I accidentally overheard that old lady on the phone in the hallway.

  • "Hello? Director,

  • I got the new policy from the Central Committee!

  • I won't drag my feet. I'll take care of it.

  • I'll tell you what,

  • I even follow Zhen Xin to the market when she buys cucumbers, (What?)

  • and I stay closer when she goes to meetings!"

  • Oh boy!

  • She's really just a devil with a pretty face! (Yeah.)

  • A monster in disguise! (Yep.)

  • Hey, you have to think of a way to avoid her!

  • Well. (Yeah?)

  • When I leave my community, I dodge left and right,

  • take back alleys and shortcuts, and oh man

  • Couldn't shake her?

  • Only after a lot of work.

  • Wow. Finally! What a relief!

  • You think it's that easy?

  • What happened?

  • Listen to what I'll tell you next. ('K.)

  • I got out on the road, I was walking along,

  • and I felt like there was someone following me.

  • Following you?

  • I glanced back,

  • and I saw a man in sunglasses. (What?)

  • When I walked faster, he walked faster.

  • When I went slower, he went slower.

  • I went left, he went left.

  • I went right, he did too.

  • He was matching my pace and footsteps exactly!

  • He must have been a thief?

  • At first that's what I thought.

  • I retie my shoe and look back

  • Xiao Hou from the police station.

  • You're saying that the police were watching you?

  • Oh no!

  • That's just … (I was so nervous!)

  • All I could do was pray to God!

  • Yes. Rely on God.

  • Well! (Yeah?)

  • Right in front of me there happened to be a big market.

  • I started walking faster, turned into the market,

  • and went straight into the bathroom. ('K. Hold on!)

  • You're hiding in the bathroom?

  • You could be trapped there!

  • Don't worry! I had a great plan.

  • What plan?

  • I put on a wig (Oh?)

  • and some glasses, (Yeah?)

  • and changed my coat!

  • You certainly are prepared for this kind of thing!

  • I looked in the mirror, (Yeah?)

  • and never mind that police officer outside,

  • not even my own mother would have recognized me!

  • You know, that's called being

  • Right! I have to use my wits to fight him. (Yes.)

  • Once I had my disguise on,

  • I casually strolled out of the bathroom. (Yeah.)

  • Xiao Hou didn't recognize me as I went by!

  • You need faith, courage and brains if you want to believe in God in China.

  • That's right.

  • Once I shook that pair of eyes, I continued on my way,

  • and reached the courtyard of Sister Zhao's neighborhood.

  • Oh, she enters the courtyard.

  • I saw the old men and women tai chi outside.

  • Tai Chi is good exercise. Especially for seniors.

  • As I passed them,

  • I suddenly realized they were having a little meeting.

  • What kind of meeting?

  • The old lady said, (Yeah?)

  • "Hey, Mr. Sun,

  • who is that person up ahead?

  • Hey, I don't think I've ever seen her before."

  • And what did Mr. Sun say?

  • "Oh, it's Xiao Wang, just moved in next door."

  • Oh, she's new here.

  • "Do you think that person looks like a believer in God? (What?)

  • There's a reward if we report them to the government!"

  • These people

  • "I think the thought of that money is making you crazy!

  • That's my son-in-law!"

  • All these old men and women are spies the CCP pays too!

  • Yes, they are!

  • Then the old woman said, (What?)

  • "No, I'm talking about the woman behind your son-in-law.

  • Whose relative is she? I've never seen her before."

  • Oh no! She was looking at you!

  • The moment she finished speaking, (Yeah?)

  • a woman with a red armband showed up.

  • "Hey, that woman looks like a believer in God!

  • Quick,

  • everyone pay attention. See whose house she goes into."

  • Here is trouble again!

  • Then this Mr. Sun said,

  • "Huh!

  • If you ask me, the government's going off the rails here.

  • They're not breaking the law by simply believing in God.

  • Why is it any of your business?"

  • Exactly!

  • "They're driving ordinary people crazy, making us all watch each other.

  • Isn't that inciting the masses against each other?

  • Oh, it's just like it was in the Cultural Revolution.

  • They're making it impossible for people to live in peace!" (Yeah.)

  • Mr. Sun knows what he's talking about.

  • So, what did the woman in the red armband say to that?

  • "Huh! I know all that you said,

  • but the government gives you a reward if you report on believers!

  • Who doesn't like money?"

  • Even after dirty money?

  • "Alright, enough.

  • I don't have time to talk to you.

  • I need to go find out what she's doing!"

  • This is too dangerous for you!

  • My heart was thumping in my chest.

  • I'd be nervous too!

  • That woman in the red armband was coming straight for me.

  • Well, get out of there!

  • Where could I go?

  • Sister Zhao's house was right there, but I couldn't go inside.

  • Why not?

  • If she called the police,

  • they'd arrest me and it would expose Zhao's house!

  • That's true. You should just go back home!

  • She had just accepted God's work in the last days.

  • I had to support her by fellowshiping the truth.

  • Between a rock and a hard place.

  • I was

  • There's no time to waste. Hurry up and do something!

  • I said a prayer to God,

  • and suddenly I remembered God's words,

  • Amen!

  • God's words gave me faith and courage!

  • Thanks be to God!

  • Hey! (Yeah?)

  • I got it!

  • You know what to do?

  • "Hello?

  • Mom, I'm bringing Miss Zhao her medicine.

  • I'll be back in a bit.

  • Okay, I'm hanging up."

  • Oh! You pretended to deliver medicine!

  • And after that?

  • And after that, Mr. Sun said,

  • "You see that? She is only delivering medicine."

  • Yep.

  • "I think you all are way too oversensitive.

  • You think everyone's a believer in God!"

  • Well, at least you were safe.

  • Yeah.

  • I went to Sister Zhao's door, and knocked gently.

  • She opened the door?

  • Her neighbor's door opened too.

  • A young man stuck his head out and looked me up and down like a thief.

  • Why?

  • "Oh, Miss Zhao, you have a guest?

  • Is she one of your relatives?

  • I don't think I've ever seen her before."

  • Being watched again!

  • They have eyes everywhere!

  • Shocked, Sister Zhao looked at me.

  • In your disguise, there was no way she could recognize you!

  • I raced up to answer.

  • Go.

  • "Miss Zhao, I've brought your medicine."

  • What did she say?

  • She caught on right away.

  • "Oh, this is my colleague.

  • Come on in."

  • Oh good! She made it inside.

  • Sister Zhao and I went inside and shut the door.

  • So scary!

  • Your journey sounds like you were walking through a minefield!

  • But now it's time for your meeting.

  • But,

  • Sister Zhao seemed really worried.

  • What about?

  • "Sister Zhen Xin, a few days ago,

  • the neighborhood committee came to my house

  • and told me that the government decided that anyone who believes in God

  • will be fired from their jobs, arrested, and sentenced.

  • Their children's army, university, and public servant qualifications will be canceled.

  • Their parents will also be punished."

  • In China, it's impossible for Christians to survive!

  • "Right now, my neighbor already suspects I believe in God.

  • If the CCP finds about this,

  • what will happen to my parents and children?"

  • It sounds like she was losing faith.

  • I read her a passage from God's word:

  • Amen!

  • The CCP is a devil, an embodiment of Satan.

  • They know that the moment God finishes His work of salvation on earth,

  • the CCP is doomed. (That's right!)

  • That's why it's always scheming to disrupt and destroy God's work,

  • and why it so frenziedly arrests and persecutes Christians.

  • The CCP would rather drag people down to hell with it

  • than allow them to believe in God.

  • It is truly an evil demon.

  • That's absolutely right!

  • But without the crazed actions of the CCP,

  • would we be able to see clearly how it corrupts and harms people?

  • Nope!

  • Would we be able to see its demonic nature?

  • No way!

  • Would we be able to loathe it and unwaveringly follow God?

  • Not at all!

  • The CCP's persecution

  • allows us to see its essence and nature of resisting God.

  • We also know God's wisdom and almightiness,

  • and that God is lovable.

  • Exactly!

  • The CCP doesn't realize

  • that its arrests actually help God to perfect all His chosen people!

  • Amen!

  • So after that fellowship, how did she feel?

  • She understood God's will and regained her faith!

  • That's Great! Thanks be to God!

  • "Knock, knock, knock …"

  • Someone at the door?

  • Sister looked through the peephole,

  • Lao Ma from the committee!

  • Oh no! This can't be good!

  • "Oh, hey there, Miss Zhao,

  • I heard that you had a visitor?

  • Oh, and who is this?"

  • What did she say?

  • "Oh, this is my colleague. She brought me my medicine."

  • "Colleague?

  • What is the name of your office again?

  • My memory is failing me."

  • That's not something you'd know.

  • Luckily, she had told me before.

  • That's just so

  • But I wasn't expecting this. (What?)

  • "What kind of medicine is that?

  • Would you mind showing me?"

  • Oh no! He's gonna figure it out!

  • I was so nervous, (Yeah?)

  • so I prayed to God with all my might.

  • And what happened?

  • What coincidence! (A coincidence?)

  • Yesterday, I had a headache,

  • and the pills my mom gave me were still in my pocket!

  • Thanks be to God! You were safe all along!

  • "Here. Are you sick?

  • Do you need it?"

  • I think he'd have to be very sick

  • to monitor Christians for the CCP!

  • "Oh, yes, it really is medicine.

  • Miss Zhao,

  • there's a new government policy.

  • Believers in God have to be found and watched.

  • If any strangers come to spread their religions,

  • report them to the police.

  • They'll give you a reward.

  • I'm on my way."

  • These people really are despicable!

  • They try to stop people from believing in God.

  • To protect its dictatorship,

  • the CCP spends huge sums to import advanced surveillance equipment.

  • They force and entice people to act as their spies.

  • That's right.

  • The Communist Party will resort to any means

  • to attack and persecute religious believers.

  • That's right.

  • It's just as God's word says,

  • Almighty God's words expose the true state of the CCP's control of China.

  • The CCP has cruelly persecuted Christians and committed countless evil deeds

  • ever since they took over.

  • The CCP is a natural-born enemy of God.

  • To turn China into an atheist country,

  • they have built a dense surveillance network to monitor Christians.

  • No matter where you go, their eyes are watching you.

  • You can be arrested, jailed, tortured, or even killed at any moment.

  • That's right.

  • They want nothing more than to eliminate everyone who believes in God.

  • They are a satanic devil that resists God.

  • And now we can clearly see its true face.

  • Believing in God in the demonic jail ruled by the CCP,

  • we wouldn't have been able to have faith and follow God until now

  • without the encouragement of God's word.

  • Through our experience of cruel persecution,

  • we finally can loathe the devil from the bottom of our hearts,

  • completely forsake the great red dragon, and turn toward God,

  • which is the glory to God!

  • Thanks be to God!

  • The CCP's madness is futile in its attempts to stop God's work.

  • Almighty God's gospel of the kingdom

  • has already spread to the whole of mainland China,

  • and is rapidly spreading all over the whole world!

  • This is the almightiness and wisdom of God!

Finally,

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