41. Liang X, female, 38 years old, from the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, formerly a leader from the Justification by Faith Church. In late July 2001, my mother and two sisters came to testify about God’s end-time work to me. At the time when I listened to it, I felt it was quite good; but because of our elder’s words “Just accept what you accepted in the beginning. Stick to what you believed in before…,” I refused to accept it. What’s more, I condemned, slandered, and blasphemed God’s end-time work with our elder and several other leaders.

From January 2002 on, illnesses came upon me one after another. At the beginning of that month, all my teeth suddenly hurt. They hurt so badly that I could not have meals. For over ten days, I could only eat congee to pass my days. On January 21, I came to work in Tongliao city. On that day, I suddenly felt an unbearable pain in my belly; I had no choice but to go to the hospital for an examination. The doctor diagnosed me with hysteromyoma and said that I needed an operation. The news was like a thunderbolt out of a clear sky, and I could hardly believe it; but it was the fact after all. On the 23rd, I had an operation. On the sixth day after my operation, my mother came to the hospital to visit me. She advised me, “You should think about it carefully. How come the illnesses came upon you one after another! In the future, if anyone preaches Almighty God’s new work to you again, don’t reject it anymore!” I did not say a word but thought to myself, “You believe in yours and I believe in mine.” My heart remained hardened. In late February, before the operative wound had healed, I got a severe pain below my left ribs. Neither medicines nor injections took effect, so I could only go to the hospital again for an examination. Through an examination by a doctor, I was found to have gallbladder polyp and renal calculus, and the calculus needed to be taken out via an operation. Then, I was hospitalized again. Only four days of hospitalization made me penniless, and I had no choice but to leave the hospital and go back home to recuperate.

When I got back home, unexpectedly, the brothers and sisters were very cold to me and their former love had disappeared. I felt extremely disappointed. That night, I could not fall asleep. I thought to myself, “Is it because I did not accept the true way which was preached to me but resisted, slandered, and blasphemed it that this series of illnesses come upon me?” The more I thought about it, the more I felt distressed in my heart. I found that I had truly come to a dead end. On March 9, with a seeking heart, I went back to my mother’s home and started to read God’s word. When I read “The Testimony of the Holy Spirit,” I was moved to tears; and right at that time, I believed in God’s end-time work with certainty.

On March 20, two sisters and I went back to our former denomination to testify about Almighty God’s new work. I recollected and told of how I had the illnesses and confessed the reason I got them was that I had resisted, slandered, and blasphemed Almighty God’s new work. Since these true experiences of mine were obvious to them all, twenty-three people accepted God’s end-time work altogether. Now we are all performing our duties actively in God’s family.

42. Gao X, female, 39 years old, from Beijing Municipality, formerly a pillar from the Three Grades of Servants Church. From 1995 to 1999, the kingdom gospel was preached to me many times. I was touched and knew clearly that it was the true God’s work, but I still refused to accept it because I could not put aside vanity and my face. What’s more, I closed the meeting places to outsiders and hindered the brothers and sisters from accepting it. I also sneered with disdain, “Female Christ….” Once, I even picked up an iron strip and drove those brothers and sisters who preached to me out of the door. As I drove them, I shouted, “I won’t accept it. Don’t come to me anymore….”

On May 9, 2000, while I was riding a three-wheeler in the street, I saw buses and jeeps rushing at me like crazy. I was scared stiff, and my three-wheeler overturned. Although I was not hurt anywhere, my mind was disturbed by excessive fear. I was treated in many hospitals but never cured. Gradually, I felt pain all over and it became so unbearably that I even lost my reason, wailing like a wild animal and roaring like a ghost, and the sound was bloodcurdling. I was sent to the hospital as a lunatic, but the hospital rejected me. Later, I was admitted to a psychiatric hospital, but I was not cured even though tens of thousands of yuan were spent. I was bound to the bed by doctors, unable to move. The “pillar” who was originally good at speaking, singing, and dancing now turned into an immovable “monster.”

The torture of the illness made me forget all of my Bible knowledge. Lying in bed, I did nothing but call on the name of God in my heart. One day, a voice suddenly said to me, “If you still stay here, you will die. You should leave here quickly.” Then I thought to myself, “I cannot stay here anymore. I should listen to the Lord’s words and leave here.” At my repeated request, my husband brought me home to recuperate. Later, although my condition was a little better, I still had difficulty moving around.

In mid-February of 2002, brothers and sisters preached the kingdom gospel to me again; only then did I wake up to the fact that it was because I had resisted God that I received such a punishment. So, I accepted God’s new work immediately. And soon afterward, my health was restored as well. Thank God for giving me a new life. I regret waking up so late and grieving God’s heart too much. I only wish to cooperate with God actively in the future and fulfill the duty that I should fulfill to repay God’s love.

43. Yang X, female, 68 years old, from Shanghai Municipality, formerly a leading singer of the Justification by Faith Church. From the second half of 1999 to the first half of 2001, a sister preached God’s end-time work to me many times, but I never accepted it and even said some words of resisting God. Not long afterward, my left leg suddenly hurt unbearably, and half of my body could not move. I could only lie in bed, and my left leg became much thinner than the right one. I was extremely scared at that time, but I did not realize that it was God’s discipline. On the morning of December 26 of the same year, while my son was chopping the firewood, a piece of wood suddenly hit me on the head. Immediately, my head bled profusely, and I became a “blood person” in no time. When I was treated in the hospital, I learned that the wound was as long as 7.5 cm. The next day, the people of our denomination came to pray for me. Before they prayed, I was all right; but immediately after their prayers, I felt an unbearable pain in my belly and could hardly pass my water. On March 20, 2002, another sister preached the end-time gospel to me again. Only then did I realize that all these misfortunes were the punishments for my resistance against God. So I accepted God’s end-time work without any hesitation.

44. Wu X, female, 34 years old, from Zhejiang Province, formerly a believer from the Justification by Faith Church. One day in early March 2002, a brother preached Almighty God’s end-time gospel to me. However, I not only refused to accept it but also condemned it as false and deceptive. From that night on, I could not fall asleep for several nights and felt uncomfortable all over as if I had been burned by fire. And my complexion turned yellowish; my hair fell off wisp by wisp so that some parts of my scalp were black and some parts white. Though I received medical treatment, I did not get better. Soon, a sister came to fellowship with me, and only then did I realize that it was God’s punishment that came upon me. So I wept bitterly and confessed my sins before God. After I believed with certainty that Almighty God was precisely the only true God, I recovered from my illness completely.

45. Zha X, female, 38 years old, from Jiangxi Province, formerly a believer from the Head Covering sect. In late June 1998, my husband accepted Almighty God’s end-time work. I did not allow him to believe, and even less did I allow him to perform his duty. However, whenever I hindered him, I would either have a toothache or feel dizzy; and I even passed out many times. Once, I cursed my husband for busying himself with belief in God instead of going out to make money. Right on the next morning, my mouth swelled like a pig’s. It did not return to normal until two days later. But even so, I still said many words of resisting God willfully. On November 23, 2001, I broke my ankle bones. I lay in bed for over 40 days, unable to look after myself. Several months later, I could only walk on crutches. Then, I became afraid and realized that I was punished for my resistance against God. So I did not dare to hinder my husband from performing his duty anymore. At the same time, I accepted God’s end-time new work.