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  • Sell your copper, your iron, your old appliances!

  • Sell your beer bottles, your cans!

  • The chicken for the private room is ready.

  • Coming.

  • Hey, they need to pay some of their tab for once.

  • Here, Mr. Wu, have some more. (Yeah, please eat, have more.)

  • Here you go. (Okay, your chicken is ready.)

  • Ms. Ding, (Yes?)

  • if you need something, just talk to Wu!

  • He'll help you! (From now on, you can count on Mr. Wu!)

  • Call me if you ever need help!

  • Also, get two more packs.

  • Alright.

  • Here, let's try that chicken! (Yeah, dig in.)

  • Hey Yan, come take these cigarettes in. (Okay.)

  • Eat up men, it's delicious! (Here here! Cheers!)

  • The chicken was great.

  • Done eating?

  • All done.

  • Good day.

  • Thank you!

  • Mr. Wu, can you please settle your tab today?

  • Next time. We'll pay, don't worry.

  • Uh, but sir,

  • it's just your tab is so high. At least pay some of it.

  • Sir, listen,

  • we don't have the turnover to sustain this.

  • Just what are you saying? Huh?

  • You'll get paid next time, didn't you hear?

  • We can't wait.

  • We borrowed money to open the restaurant,

  • we haven't paid it back.

  • We can't even pay our workers their salaries.

  • We get our liquor, cigarettes, and food on credit.

  • If you don't pay your bill,

  • we won't be able to remain open.

  • Please, can't the Party take care of us?

  • Mrs. Ding,

  • you must be flexible when you deal with the government.

  • That's the way to keep your business open.

  • Don't you agree, hmm?

  • We can't keep doing this.

  • It's such an evil world!

  • They eat, they drink,

  • but these government scum never pay a cent.

  • They're worse than bandits and robbers!

  • Oh, Mrs. Ding! (Hi.)

  • I'm surprised you have time to see me.

  • I need a favor. (Oh.)

  • We're a bit short at the restaurant and need to borrow more.

  • What?

  • We borrowed money to pay for this truck,

  • I'm really sorry.

  • We'd like to help but we have to pay our loan back.

  • I just ordered more medicine,

  • so money is very tight now.

  • I'm really sorry, but I can't help.

  • It's fine.

  • Yesterday the quality inspectors came.

  • They claimed we're not up to standard, so they fined us.

  • It's just outright tyranny.

  • Ruilin, (Yes?)

  • business is hard just now, and this is all that I have.

  • But I want you to take it.

  • Thank you.

  • You're welcome.

  • Chief Hou, that was some luck last night.

  • You won a lot. (Cheers!)

  • I did pretty well. (Let's drink.)

  • Let's have another.

  • Great night. Another round. (Cheers!)

  • Mr. Chen?

  • Yes, of course.

  • Not to worry, we'll get the job done. (The bureau chief.)

  • Yeah, yeah, yeah.

  • So what's wrong? (What happened?)

  • He wants the job done.

  • Damn! They always do this around the holidays.

  • The damn fine quotas get higher every year.

  • The bosses sit in their office drinking tea,

  • while we run around in a sweat, doing all the work!

  • And they give us the worst jobs every time!

  • It's true. (Come on, don't be mad.)

  • There's no point complaining.

  • If we don't finish it, we don't get a bonus,

  • not to mention promotions.

  • Let's find a reason to give a fine.

  • Come on.

  • Hey. Stay, let's dance. (We're leaving.)

  • Till next time.

  • Here's your change.

  • Two and a half yuan.

  • Here's the money.

  • Thanks.

  • Mr. Zhang, you gave me too much!

  • I must be getting old and senile.

  • You saw a 50 as a 10.

  • How much is it?

  • Yan? What's up?

  • Yeah.

  • Based on just one call of complaint,

  • you say we defraud customers by selling broiler chicken as free-range?

  • We'd never do something like that.

  • Why did you freeze our business license?

  • Yeah, why?

  • We're just following the law. (Following the law?)

  • You've accused us of a crime without any real proof!

  • We can't accept this fine!

  • It's not up to us, so don't waste our time, 'kay?

  • Pay your fine and you'll get your license back.

  • Take it! (If you have a problem, talk to the bureau chief!)

  • What?

  • How much! (How could …)

  • Last time you fined us 5,000,

  • this time you want 18,000? (You …)

  • Please! (You have to at least leave us enough to survive!)

  • Stop! You shut up!

  • Don't pay, we'll close you down!

  • Get out! Go on! Get moving! (But …)

  • What you're doing is blatant robbery! (Where do we go?)

  • Get out of here! (Is this how you serve the people?)

  • Get out!

  • You watch your mouth!

  • Keep it up, you'll be in obstruction. Now go!

  • You can't …

  • This is an outrage! (Go!)

  • But

  • plus 1850 equals 7600.

  • 342 plus 275 plus 8 …

  • Mama, the teacher said we have to pay tuition.

  • I know that!

  • If we don't pay, they won't let me go to school.

  • Pay, pay, pay! That's all they ever want!

  • Mama, don't be angry.

  • If you don't have the money, I just won't go to school.

  • Come Lei, go to your room, okay?

  • Let's do your homework.

  • Don't yell at him for money we owe!

  • I said we shouldn't own a restaurant.

  • With the CCP, one can't run a business.

  • You didn't believe me. You insisted on the restaurant.

  • You said we needed it, so Lei could go to college.

  • How'd that turn out? Did we earn anything?

  • The CCP runs China. There'll be no fairness while they rule.

  • Every day it's deceit and blackmail.

  • You couldn't see it, but I did all along!

  • I didn't think they'd be so evil!

  • These corrupt officials!

  • Sanitation, Commerce, Taxation, Health,

  • every department takes bribes.

  • If you can't pay, they find ways to frame you,

  • then they either fine you or close your business.

  • They never pay any of their bills,

  • and now there's forty to fifty thousand we'll never get back.

  • All that we worked so hard for sucked away clean by corrupt officials.

  • Ruilin

  • With the CCP in power, all officials are corrupt.

  • Common people like us have no power.

  • We have no choice but to be oppressed.

  • Running a business and having a decent life in China is nothing but a dream.

  • Forget about a good life.

  • The loans we took to open up the restaurant

  • will take half our lives to pay off.

  • China is an awful place; there's no way to live here.

  • Now you finally understand!

  • This is the darkness we live in with the CCP.

  • Ordinary people can't survive.

  • I asked you to believe in God, but you didn't listen.

  • You both insisted on doing this.

  • And after all of that suffering, you earned nothing and have such large debts.

  • Had I known this would be the result, I'd have believed instead.

  • At the time, I was worried about the CCP's persecution of religious faith.

  • I thought, if I were arrested, our lives would be even worse.

  • I never thought a business would end up like this.

  • Hello?

  • Hey, it's me.

  • Oh, hi.

  • Have you two made a decision about coming to work in Korea?

  • The agent fee alone is more than a hundred thousand.

  • Where will I get it?

  • If we can't find work, we'll have spent a fortune on nothing.

  • Don't worry about it.

  • I'll loan you the money for now.

  • You can pay it back when you have it.

  • Listen, you'd have to work years in China to earn what you make in one year here.

  • I promise you won't regret coming to Korea.

  • If the money problem is solved, we're happy to go abroad!

  • Alright, it sounds like a plan.

  • Okay.

  • Hey, Mingyi, Yongzhi says he'll loan us the money.

  • Let's go to Korea!

  • Korea is a democratic country. There's rule of law.

  • There won't be corrupt officials blackmailing us.

  • If we both get jobs in Korea and work for a few years,

  • we'll be able to pay off our debts,

  • and save the money for Lei to go to college.

  • In Korea, we could go to meetings and believe in God.

  • What do you think?

  • Mama.

  • It's a good plan,

  • but if we both go, what about your mother and Lei?

  • You don't need to worry about us.

  • I'll care for Lei.

  • Go and do what must be done.

  • Mama, call me when you are in Korea

  • Hey, Mingyi!

  • Yeah?

  • Look here, the light is wonderful!

  • Not bad at all.

  • Hey, Ruilin, (Yes?)

  • how's the apartment? It looks alright?

  • Mm. It's great.

  • Here, here you go.

  • Hey! I need soy sauce! Bring me some!

  • Coming!

  • Here, your chicken.

  • There, casserole's ready!

  • Careful, it's hot.

  • Here's table 6. (Got it.)

  • 38,000 won.

  • Okay, just a minute.

  • Hi, what can I get you?

  • Table 7, Shredded Pork.

  • Hmm, it needs a bit more heat.

  • Here, it's table ten's order.

  • Preparing food isn't bad work. Let's do that! (I need a plate!)

  • Coming!

  • Wash this, we're waiting to use it. ('Kay.)

  • Hey, you know those pastries you made?

  • They were very interesting.

  • Maybe one day you can be our pastry chef!

  • Is that so?

  • Hey, you OK?

  • You alright?

  • I'm fine.

  • What's going on?

  • I'm very sorry. I'll pay more attention.

  • Be careful!

  • I will.

  • Everyone keep the pace up!

  • Mr. Guo, you alright?

  • I'm alright. It's an old condition.

  • Stand over ten hours a day, you develop pains.

  • Mr. Guo,

  • you should go get it looked at.

  • You can't keep this up.

  • It's true.

  • You're pushing yourself like a robot.

  • Well, what can I do?

  • I took out a high-interest loan to come with my son to Korea.

  • But he just refuses to learn decent habits, and spends more than he earns.

  • The burden of the debt falls on me alone.

  • I don't have the time to be sick!

  • I'm like a donkey, that's tied to a millstone.

  • I can only keep going. I can't go back.

  • Mr. Guo,

  • don't be so pessimistic.

  • Now, here's what I think.

  • It's true that things are hard and tiring for us right now, but

  • after a few years, things will change.

  • I won't lie,

  • next month I'm going to Busan to help a friend with his restaurant.

  • So you made the decision?

  • Yeah.

  • And I've made up my mind.

  • Once I save enough, I'll open my own restaurant,

  • then I'll be the boss.

  • People need to have a clear vision.

  • Look past, the here and now.

  • Isn't that right?

  • Indeed.

  • We may suffer now, but as they say,

  • "If you want to appear dignified when people are looking,

  • you have to suffer when they aren't."

  • Once we've saved enough, we'll be our own bosses too.

  • What's bitter will in time turn sweet.

  • Yeah. That's the idea.

  • Yes, but now, let's drink.

  • Mingyi, will you rub my back?

  • Mingyi! (Yeah?)

  • "Time to eat."

  • What's that mean?

  • "Meal time."

  • Wow, your Korean is getting really good.

  • Hello?

  • Mr. Yang.

  • Ah, as soon as we can.

  • What was that?

  • His son is getting married.

  • They need to buy a house.

  • He wants us to pay him back.

  • How much do we have left?

  • Just over 20,000.

  • Over 20,000 …

  • Let's pay back 20,000.

  • OK.

  • Yongzhi found me part-time cleaning work.

  • The owner's a germophobe, and very picky,

  • but the pay is good.

  • Do you think I should take the job?

  • If you work 12 hours a day, then do house cleaning,

  • will your body be able to handle it?

  • It will.

  • Let's pay it back as soon as we can since we owe so much.

  • Then our unease will stop.

  • Yuanyuan, did you drink your milk? (Yeah.)

  • Mrs. Ding!

  • Yes?

  • Come here. Look at this.

  • This does not look clean to me.

  • Look here, here, here! Can't you do your job?

  • I'm sorry. I'll clean it again right now.

  • You know we're busy, yet you're so late!

  • Hey, hi Lei!

  • Mama, look, I got first prize in the art contest!

  • Really? I'm so proud!

  • My teacher said that I should take classes and then enter the city contest.

  • My love, as long as you work hard,

  • I'll support you with whatever you want. 'Kay?

  • Ask mom if she's tired.

  • Mama, are you tired?

  • No, no, I'm not, okay?

  • My love, (Mm?)

  • you be a good boy for grandma. 'Kay? (Mrs. Ding, come here for a minute.)

  • Uh, my love,

  • work is busy, so I have to go.

  • Uh, but I can call you tonight. Okay? (OK.)

  • Oh, boss, you're back!

  • Hello.

  • Back from the mall?

  • You bought so much! (Yes, this is all for my son.)

  • Hey, Jian, I hear you're going to the U.S. soon.

  • Indeed. In a few days.

  • We need to find time to get that looked at.

  • Medicine isn't enough for this.

  • It's fine, it's just a small issue.

  • I'm so busy every day. I live for money,

  • and my heart always feels empty.

  • Is this really all there is to life?

  • And yet, I keep thinking, if we had faith, our lives would be better.

  • Once we're out of debt, we can pursue faith in God.

  • But can we continue existing like this?

  • We really should think about belief in God.

  • Maybe it will help with the emptiness we feel.

  • Let's find someone and seek answers.

  • Alright. You go ahead and seek.

  • Hello there.

  • Hello to you. (Hello there!)

  • We're from The Church of Almighty God.

  • Take a look at this brochure.

  • Ding Ruilin?

  • Lin Zhixin?

  • It's really you!

  • Indeed.

  • You two know each other?

  • We went to high school together.

  • The last few years I ran a restaurant in China.

  • I thought it could make some money.

  • I didn't know of all the demands that the government officials from every department would make.

  • They dined without paying, and had run up a tab of tens of thousands.

  • Not only did I make nothing, I fell into deep debt.

  • With the CCP in power, ordinary people can't survive.

  • True.

  • Our debts from the restaurant were too high.

  • We had no options.

  • So, we came to Korea to get jobs.

  • Now that we're here, things are much better.

  • So tell me, how long have you been in Korea?

  • I've been here 7 or 8 years.

  • Life in a real democracy is so much better than CCP rule.

  • At the very least, there are no officials who try to blackmail you or eat for free.

  • You also don't need to pay out endless bribes.

  • Doing business here is easier.

  • I was right to come to Korea, especially 'cause you're here.

  • It's wonderful to see a friend in a foreign country full of strangers.

  • Hey, may I ask when did you start believing in God?

  • Five years ago.

  • I wanted to believe back on the mainland. (Really?)

  • But seeing the CCP wildly persecute all religious faiths and arrest Christians,

  • I didn't dare believe.

  • I thought that if I were to start a business and save enough for my child to go to college,

  • it wouldn't be too late to believe in God later.

  • But now here in Korea,

  • I could believe while I work.

  • Wouldn't that be just great?

  • Of course that would.

  • When people live in this world,

  • if they don't grasp truth, no matter what, they will feel miserable.

  • Those in power who have wealth feel empty.

  • When we lack power and are robbed and oppressed,

  • we're even more miserable and empty.

  • That is why life without believing is to live a life in vain,

  • that ends with dying still confused.

  • Isn't that a shame?

  • You're completely right.

  • In the years I've been in business, I've endured so much deceit,

  • I've tasted despotism's bitterness,

  • and it's felt like death is better,

  • but there can't be contentment in death!

  • I've been thinking, just what is true happiness?

  • How can I live so that I feel true happiness?

  • I haven't figured it out.

  • My friend, you believe in God.

  • Would you speak with me?

  • Why do you believe in God?

  • What does your faith bring you?

  • That's what I want to know.

  • Faith brings many good things.

  • Putting it simply,

  • people must grasp why they live; a life in confusion is worthless.

  • Why should we believe in God?

  • Because mankind was created by God.

  • Our lifespans and fate, illnesses and death, happiness

  • are all in God's hands.

  • People often say, "As people act, Heaven watches,"

  • "Man proposes, God disposes."

  • If what we say and do, if our path aligns with God's will,

  • we'll gain God's blessings.

  • If we follow Him, we gain God's protection,

  • and our lives will be peaceful and joyous.

  • Why is our world so dark and evil,

  • and why are people so corrupt?

  • People can't provide clear answers.

  • God saves mankind and explains these matters clearly.

  • Without belief in God, we can not grasp the truth,

  • and we can not walk the path of life.

  • In the years I've believed, I've read a lot of God's word,

  • I've understood the truth about life,

  • I've learned of the root of darkness in the world,

  • and I've come to grasp that people are evil because Satan has corrupted mankind.

  • I have come to know just what kind of people hold power,

  • why people's lives are empty and miserable, as well as the cause,

  • where people came from, where they are going,

  • God's will in creating people, what kinds of people God saves and curses,

  • where people's endings can be found, and so much more.

  • I grasp the truths of these mysteries,

  • and my heart is ever so much brighter.

  • I know how to live to find peace and joy,

  • and how to live to gain God's blessing.

  • In this dark world of ours,

  • only Christ is the truth, the way, and the life.

  • When the Lord Jesus appeared, He said,

  • Now the Lord Jesus has returned,

  • and the kingdom of heaven has come to earth.

  • If we believe in God and follow Him, we'll gain the truth as life,

  • then we can enter the kingdom of heaven, a beautiful destination.

  • This is such a great blessing!

  • Those who don't believe, they can only live in sin,

  • and then, when the great disaster comes, they'll fall directly to hell.

  • The kingdom of heaven has now come,

  • so what will you choose?

  • I didn't know that faith lets you see things so clearly!

  • I'm so happy I could meet with you and discuss belief in God.

  • I would love to hear more of your thoughts.

  • Of course. I know this isn't an easy thing.

  • How's this? First, I'll show you two videos of readings of God's word.

  • Yes. Alright.

  • Never before have I heard such things.

  • These words are wonderful.

  • They describe all of life's mysteries!

  • Yes.

  • When we hear God's words, we can feel God's existence,

  • as if He's speaking right to us.

  • Heaven and earth were created by God, as well as mankind.

  • All of our fates, our gifts and abilities, everything we have is arranged by God.

  • It was in the Age of Law that God proclaimed,

  • People's poverty, wealth, honor, humbleness, life, and death are all preordained by God.

  • The saying goes, "What goes around will come around."

  • This proves that God dominates the fates of all mankind.

  • People say Heaven decides fate. It looks like that's the case.

  • That's right.

  • Then why is there such evil and darkness within the world?

  • What is the root cause?

  • When the Lord Jesus appeared, He proclaimed,

  • The Bible also says

  • In our world, there's nothing more evil than the CCP.

  • They suppress religious faith and persecute believers in God.

  • The land ruled by the CCP is the world's darkest and most evil place.

  • You've seen that their officials are filthy and corrupt, that few are decent.

  • This is the root of the Chinese people's misery.

  • You already have first hand experience of how the CCP teaches people.

  • Every day it promotes evolution and atheism

  • to deceive and corrupt Chinese people.

  • From a young age we are steeped in atheistic education,

  • planting deep in our minds the awful seeds of atheism.

  • No matter how empty we feel as we live in this world,

  • we never know the reason why.

  • When people depart from God and live in the evil and darkness of the world,

  • they can only be deceived, trampled upon, and harmed by Satan.

  • Just like children, who run from their parents,

  • they have no support,

  • they've no care or protection,

  • and in society, they can only be seduced, toyed with, and bullied.

  • How could they not be miserable?

  • That really makes a great deal of sense.

  • Ruilin, read this passage of the word of God.

  • Ah, alright.

  • In the last days, God has expressed many words

  • to purify and save mankind,

  • to reveal the truth, so they understand it and escape Satan's corruption.

  • This is God's love for mankind.

  • In the years I've believed,

  • the more I read God's word, the brighter my heart feels.

  • I've come to see things clearly,

  • including family, and life, and work, and marriage,

  • and so much more.

  • Wealth and status no longer attract me;

  • I no longer suffer from their bondage.

  • I now feel more relaxed and free, and life isn't so exhausting.

  • What I think is understanding truth is great.

  • I think truth has value,

  • that the truth is the highest maxim in life.

  • When we live by truth, we can escape Satan's corruption.

  • When we grasp truth, we understand how to live,

  • how to obey and to worship God.

  • And then we can receive God's blessings, and we feel real peace.

  • This is what true happiness means.

  • Hearing you say all that,

  • I think it's important for people to understand truth.

  • For we who don't understand truth, we have one goal.

  • We pursue reputation and status,

  • and though we suffer from it, we won't stop pursuing.

  • We don't understand why the world is so evil, why it's so dark.

  • People really are foolish not to believe in God.

  • It seems believers often read God's word and understand some truth,

  • you see the world so clearly,

  • and you avoid many twisted paths!

  • But what's more, you feel peace and joy, and you have a good destination.

  • We have struggled for our entire lives,

  • and at death we still go to hell.

  • It's better to believe in God!

  • I want to read more of God's word and understand truth.

  • Alright!

  • In that case, I'll help you install The Church of Almighty God app on your phone.

  • Hey, these words actually sound nice!

  • Indeed.

  • And they so warm my heart as I read them.

  • Hey, when you can, you should read God's word.

  • Let's believe together.

  • Huh? Believe in God?

  • Yeah.

  • Belief in God is good,

  • it's being good and on the right path,

  • but we're busy dawn to dusk, day in and day out.

  • We don't have time to believe in God!

  • In the past, we only focused on making money, right?

  • And so our lives seemed so meaningless.

  • Now, I've been reading God's word,

  • I feel like I grasp some things about life,

  • and I feel joy and peace well up in my heart.

  • Hey, it's great to believe in God!

  • Then, you go ahead and believe.

  • Back home in China,

  • you would be persecuted, and maybe put in jail,

  • but Korea is a true democratic country,

  • and so there is no threat of arrest.

  • Go ahead, believe. Great.

  • At lunch, take what we bought mom and Lei to the post office.

  • Sure, okay.

  • Hey you two. (Hey.)

  • You're here early, Mr. Guo. (Hey, Mr. Guo.)

  • Hey.

  • Ruilin, you're here.

  • Yeah, you're early too.

  • Have you all heard the news?

  • What news?

  • Well, what I heard is the boss and her family are moving to the U.S.

  • What of the restaurant? Will it stay open?

  • I don't know.

  • Anyway, we're out of time, let's get to work.

  • Hey, Ruilin, (Yeah?)

  • the restaurant, they're selling it.

  • Yongzhi wants to partner with us, so we could purchase it.

  • This is an opportunity.

  • I heard, everyone was whispering about the sale.

  • But now, I truly believe in God.

  • It was hard to find the right path in life.

  • I now feel so secure and relaxed.

  • And I never want that kind of worry or suffering again.

  • Okay, how about I take care of the worrying?

  • It won't affect your belief in God.

  • Besides, isn't earning money the whole reason we came abroad?

  • Hey,

  • I've done all the math,

  • each month the restaurant brings in over 100,000 yuan.

  • It's an opportunity,

  • and who knows if we'll get another one.

  • Hey. Hi.

  • Have you made your decision?

  • Not many who come to Korea to work get a chance like this.

  • Don't worry about the money, I'll put down the bulk of it.

  • Just invest as much as you can.

  • I'm busy here in Busan.

  • Once we buy the restaurant, it'll be yours to manage.

  • With the restaurant, in a few years, you'll have a car, a house,

  • and everything else you want.

  • You'll also be able to bring your mom and Lei over here.

  • So let me know.

  • Let's work hard and get things done.

  • And so, all our efforts today are so we can build a far better tomorrow.

  • Right. Yes.

  • I always say people need to have

  • People need to have vision.

  • You can't just look at what's in front of you.

  • You've learned it!

  • Starting right now,

  • our next project is to launch a brand-new menu.

  • Hey Yu, move it a bit over this way.

  • Like this?

  • Further down. (Like this?)

  • Hey, hey, that side up. (How's this?)

  • Let me.

  • You take a break.

  • There, a little bit higher. (Okay.)

  • Hello! (My friends just opened this restaurant.)

  • Welcome!

  • Right this way if you please.

  • Welcome! Come right in.

  • Pardon, just the check please. (Thank you so much.)

  • Thanks! (Thank you!)

  • Have a nice day, sir!

  • Welcome everyone!

  • Table 5!

  • That's everything you ordered. (Bring us some more water.)

  • 'Kay.

  • There. Enjoy. (Thank you!)

  • You're welcome.

  • Please bring us some soda and wine.

  • Have a nice day!

  • Is it ready? Table 7 is getting impatient.

  • Cheers!

  • Mrs. Ding!

  • Excuse me, we're short on these ingredients.

  • You'll have to call the supplier!

  • It's so good.

  • Hello welcome!

  • Hey, Yu, come here.

  • Yes, Mrs. Ding? (I have an appointment at 2 p.m.)

  • And I'm late. Can you watch the register?

  • Okay then. Goodbye. (Thanks!)

  • You're finally here.

  • I'm sorry I'm late. I'm so sorry.

  • It's fine.

  • Work's been busy?

  • Yes, there's been so much to do.

  • Your coffee, ma'am.

  • Thanks.

  • Be careful of your health.

  • I'm fine.

  • I'm sorry, I need to take this.

  • Sure, go ahead.

  • Hello there. Yes, Mr. Kim?

  • Yes.

  • Right now?

  • Finished?

  • Sorry. It's the restaurant. It's urgent.

  • We'll have to meet another day.

  • Yes, another time.

  • Goodbye then.

  • Take it easy, be careful.

  • Sure. See you.

  • This is their specialty. It sure looks tasty.

  • Then Mr. Lee, I'll leave my business in your hands!

  • Okay, here comes the soup!

  • It's a great recipe. (It all looks great.)

  • I can't wait! (We can eat! Enjoy it.)

  • First, let me say a few words.

  • The tremendous success that our restaurant has achieved

  • couldn't have happened without your hard work and effort. (Right!)

  • Thank you all.

  • Thank you for all you've done! (It's nothing, Mrs. Ding. Our pleasure.)

  • Here, Yu. (Thank you.)

  • I'll work even harder in the future. (Limei.)

  • Thank you so much! Thank you, Mrs. Ding!

  • Here Zhang.

  • Thank you, Mrs. Ding!

  • We've worked together for so long. Enjoy yourselves.

  • Yeah.

  • Mr. Guo.

  • Thank you so much!

  • No, thank you!

  • Mrs. Ding, have a seat. (Thanks.)

  • Enjoy yourselves.

  • Mrs. Ding,

  • a toast to you.

  • Thanks.

  • It's delicious!

  • Everyone keep eating, let's enjoy ourselves.

  • I'm just so happy today.

  • What's wrong?

  • Don't move me!

  • My waist! (What's the matter?)

  • Get her to a hospital!

  • Call an ambulance! (Hurry, we need an ambulance!)

  • Go call now! (Okay. I'm going.)

  • The lumbar disc in your wife's spine is severely herniated,

  • and is pressing against the nerve.

  • This is numbing her legs and making it impossible for her to walk right now.

  • I'm sorry to say that if we do not treat the condition,

  • your wife is at risk for long-term paralysis.

  • We advise operating as soon as possible.

  • Doctor, does the operation itself carry any risks?

  • Isn't there anything else we can do?

  • We can apply traction to her spine for now,

  • but if her condition doesn't improve

  • Here. You need to eat.

  • Don't start thinking too much.

  • You're sick, you need treatment.

  • That's all there is to it.

  • I'm still so young,

  • and I'm already paralyzed and bed-ridden?

  • God, please have mercy on me.

  • The words of God are ever so practical.

  • People labor and run themselves ragged for wealth and fame,

  • but on the brink of death,

  • neither their wealth nor their fame can save them.

  • Even if people are fabulously wealthy and have a prominent position,

  • of what use are these things?

  • They can't take those things when they die.

  • Wealth and status are empty and worthless.

  • They pass in an instant.

  • I've struggled for so many years,

  • and endured so much suffering and humiliation.

  • In the end, what have I gained for it?

  • While people live,

  • we should pursue the truth and follow God.

  • The results of your traction the last few days have been good.

  • Now you just need rest.

  • Thank you very much.

  • You're welcome.

  • How are you feeling?

  • Hello.

  • Hello to you. (Mingyi.)

  • Hey, Zhixin! Good to see you!

  • Look.

  • Hello.

  • Do you feel better?

  • When you preached me the gospel,

  • it sounded grand, and I wanted to believe.

  • Once we took over the restaurant,

  • I was so busy and didn't have time for meetings.

  • I only cared about money.

  • In the end I exhausted myself.

  • As I was lying here,

  • I finally calmed down and read God's words,

  • and considered my life.

  • I finally realized

  • that if people only pursue wealth and status, or fame,

  • they find only emptiness and misery.

  • Only by pursuing the truth, following God,

  • can I feel peace, safety, and security.

  • It's wonderful you understand.

  • While I've been in here,

  • I've seen so many people just tormented by illness.

  • Some who are here one day, pass away the next.

  • People's lives are really ever so fragile.

  • I started to think,

  • why do people get sick and die?

  • Why do we feel so empty and so miserable in our lives?

  • I so want to believe in God,

  • but why can I not escape the temptation of wealth?

  • Life is so easy for you now that you believe.

  • I admire you for that.

  • Ruilin, when we suffer illness,

  • being able to calmly reflect on our path,

  • being able to discover our weakness and rebelliousness, and seeking the truth

  • is a wonderful thing.

  • God saves those who genuinely believe in Him.

  • Many will claim to believe in God just to gain blessings,

  • and no matter how many times they fail or how much they suffer,

  • they never reflect on themselves.

  • They never seek the truth and will never be able to grasp God's will.

  • Such people have no way of gaining the truth as life.

  • No matter how long they believe, their effort is in vain.

  • But you, after just a few months of believing, when you experience setbacks,

  • you're able to self-reflect and seek the truth.

  • That's extremely rare.

  • It's true,

  • those who truly believe in God experience God's work in this way,

  • and ultimately gain understanding of truth and knowledge of God.

  • In time, all of their difficulties are resolved,

  • and they no longer suffer the constraints of wealth or of status.

  • Let's read some of God's word.

  • Please.

  • Help me sit up.

  • Are you sure?

  • Yes.

  • Okay?

  • Yes.

  • I can read the next one. (OK.)

  • Yes.

  • Almighty God's words so clearly explain how Satan both deceives and corrupts mankind.

  • All of mankind's misery comes directly from Satan's corruption.

  • Because mankind has been corrupted by Satan and we have betrayed God,

  • we live in darkness and misery.

  • For millennia, Satan has used the kings of devils, famous men

  • to fabricate fallacious theories to corrupt mankind.

  • Ideas like "This world is devoid of God, and there has never been a Savior,"

  • "One's fate is within his own hands,"

  • "Every man for himself and the devil take the hindmost,"

  • "Those who use their minds will rule over those who don't."

  • Also, "Attain fame to honor ancestors,"

  • "Money is first,"

  • "Money isn't everything, but without it, there is nothing you can do," and so on.

  • These are the fallacious theories that Satan uses to deceive and corrupt mankind. (Yes!)

  • From the moment we start school, we start a satanic education.

  • Satanic forces promote theories like evolution.

  • They use knowledge and science to replace the truth,

  • which leads people to deny and betray God.

  • Once mankind accepts Satan's evil sayings and false theories,

  • they deny God's existence,

  • they deny God's creation and dominion.

  • They even deny and condemn all God's work to redeem and to save mankind.

  • They deny the truth,

  • and instead live by these satanic laws,

  • which causes their dispositions to become ever more self-important, deceitful, and greedy.

  • They become completely consumed by desire

  • for wealth, fame, status, and pleasures of the flesh.

  • To attain these, people will even kill one another.

  • They are capable of any act, no matter how immoral.

  • They sell their bodies and betray their dignity.

  • They deceive, steal, and even commit murder just to further their own interests.

  • Yes.

  • For the sake of their interests,

  • best of friends, even spouses, will deceive and betray one another too,

  • parent against child, siblings turned foes.

  • They lost all normal humanity and live more like devils than humans.

  • Having been so corrupted, how can mankind not be miserable?

  • Life in this dark world's no different

  • than living in the darkness of hell.

  • Where is there any happiness or joy to speak of?

  • The harm done to mankind by Satan's toxins is inestimable.

  • Ideas like the saying,

  • "One's fate is within his own hands,"

  • and such mottos of the CCP as, "Man rules nature,"

  • "To battle with Heaven is fun!

  • To battle with earth is fun!

  • To battle with people is fun!"

  • Once these lies take root in people,

  • they look down upon God, become arrogant.

  • They come to believe that they can control and change their own fates,

  • so they try to fight their destinies.

  • Many people struggle their entire lives,

  • and what is the result?

  • They not only fail to change their own fate,

  • they bloody their brows and live in utter torment,

  • and in the end admit fate controls all.

  • When people don't know God's dominance,

  • they live by Satan's evil philosophies,

  • and struggle to attain their ambitions.

  • But doing this is only hurting them.

  • Now we should be able to clearly see the reason

  • why people's lives are full of emptiness and misery.

  • If people refuse to accept God's words,

  • and submit to Satan's power and the lies of devils,

  • they'll fall into darkness and a life of misery.

  • Only through believing in God and accepting God's word,

  • can we escape the sway of Satan and satanic corruption,

  • and live free and at ease in the presence of God,

  • and live out a meaningful life.

  • In the past, I couldn't see this clearly,

  • but now I get it.

  • The reason people's lives are miserable

  • is due to Satan's corrupting influence and harm.

  • Right.

  • In the past,

  • I regarded these ubiquitous sayings by famous people as truths to live by.

  • Having heard your fellowship, I now see

  • that these are Satan's tricks used to deceive and corrupt people.

  • Without believing in God and reading God's words,

  • it's impossible to see this. (That's right.)

  • It's good to believe in God and understand the truth.

  • From now on,

  • I will read more of God's word and attend more meetings.

  • Then, I will understand truth and see into the essence of problems.

  • I'll be able to escape the bondage of the flesh.

  • My life won't be so bitter and exhausting.

  • Yes.

  • When we believe in God, attain the truth,

  • once we are purified and have attained God's salvation,

  • God will bring us to His kingdom.

  • When that happens,

  • we'll have genuine happiness and beautiful lives.

  • It's just like the prophecy in Revelation,

  • Let's watch a recitation of the words of God.

  • Sure.

  • Life in the kingdom looks so wonderful!

  • Hey, Zhixin,

  • the last few days, I've been reading God's words,

  • and I've come to see how God's words reveal the methods

  • that Satan uses in order to corrupt people.

  • I've really gained discernment!

  • For instance,

  • Satan uses such notions as "Money is first,"

  • "Money makes the world go round" to trick and corrupt man,

  • to make people feel that they are unable to live without money,

  • that money is a requirement to live with dignity,

  • and that without it they're second-class citizens.

  • I nearly worked myself to death just to earn some money,

  • and all I achieved was illness and injury.

  • I was simply a slave to Satan and money!

  • Ruilin, thanks be to God you now understand this.

  • I finally see clearly

  • that without God and God's words, people can't live.

  • When people don't grasp truth,

  • Satan will corrupt them and subject them to bondage and constraints,

  • which is terrible!

  • Yes.

  • Thankfully, I believe in God,

  • and from reading God's word, I finally understand this about life.

  • Without believing in God or reading God's words,

  • there's no way to escape Satan's corruption;

  • we can only struggle in darkness and torment,

  • with no hope of escape.

  • It seems believing in God is the path to salvation,

  • that only by accepting the truth are we able to live with true dignity,

  • and that this is genuine happiness.

  • Since you've read Almighty God's word and gained insight,

  • you seem more, more relaxed and at ease.

  • Hey, let's sit here.

  • It's good to believe in God!

  • And it's my good fortune I followed your lead in believing.

  • How sad that most can't see the absurdity of these satanic toxins.

  • Therefore they still live by them.

  • They think money is everything, that it brings happiness,

  • but is that really the truth of the matter?

  • Can money help people to escape emptiness?

  • Can it save us from disaster?

  • Can it allow people to escape the bondage of their satanic dispositions

  • and bring them into God's kingdom?

  • It can not.

  • Money can just change your material life,

  • and improve your fleshly enjoyment.

  • But those things are just temporary.

  • If people don't believe, they can't gain truth,

  • and so when the great disaster comes,

  • they will die all the same.

  • To solve the crucial questions of our fate, destination, and our ending,

  • we must believe in God and accept truth.

  • God's work to save man is expressing truth to solve people's corrupt dispositions.

  • God has expressed the truth so that man may gain it as life.

  • Only when we gain the truth can we gain eternal life.

  • So the truth is what's most valuable of all.

  • If people gain the truth, then they can gain God's approval.

  • That's the greatest blessing of all!

  • Hearing your words has been beneficial.

  • When I reflect back,

  • I realize we became money-making machines,

  • and we suffered for it.

  • We gained wealth but never felt peace.

  • I've spent years simply being busy with work.

  • I'm almost 40, yet I still don't know what it is to truly be alive.

  • If I don't believe in God, won't I have lived in vain?

  • Right.

  • We're lucky God has come to save us.

  • That we could hear God's words and come before God

  • means we're truly blessed.

  • And here out, I'll make changes.

  • I'll pursue God and the truth.

  • Indeed. In my experience,

  • if people lack the guidance of the word of God,

  • they are only groping in darkness,

  • and they will endure endless suffering,

  • yet never find the correct path.

  • I finally grasp that having wealth is not important in life.

  • Believing in God, gaining the truth, and being saved

  • is what's most important.

  • Thanks to God for bringing me back into His house.

  • I've finally found where my spirit belongs.

  • No longer must I wander!

Sell your copper, your iron, your old appliances!

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