PASTOR JOHN CAO’S FIRST TESTIMONY AFTER RELEASE | PART 3: MORE WILLING TO BE BROKEN AND MOLDED

At that time, although there was a high wall trying to block the power of God, the power of God pierced through the high wall, and every day I felt the presence of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit with me, and I felt the presence of my brothers and sisters. Each and every single one of you here, we love God, we love our neighbors, and our Lord loves us. Everything I did could be put out in the open, instead, those who misunderstand us do things that are hard to bring out and say publicly.

Of course, I do not complain about these people. We look at history, starting with the Lord Jesus, if he was not misunderstood and attacked by this world, then the cross would be meaningless. The meaning of the cross is that when God loved the world, He gave His one and only begotten Son, and then, let us experience how much God loves us, His love is long, wide, deep, and high. At this time, we endure hardships, and we also feel joy, for God has made us feel that it is a wonderful thing to rejoice with the Lord when He comes.

Before, I didn’t understand why Wang Mingdao was released, just signed something and he could come out. He really walked out, but later he ran back, which was a bit foolish. According to today’s standards, this is foolish. I said when I was in prison, I had a wonderful communion with the saints. Now I realize why Wang Mingdao was willing to go back to prison and suffer. This is called the benefit of those who love God, and the first person to benefit is ourselves, I wouldn’t have known it if I hadn’t gone through these sufferings.

Now I am more willing to have my life broken. Before, I wondered how can we become a perfect and flawless person as the Bible says? After seven years of suffering, because God is with me, so becoming a flawless person is something we can achieve, not something we cannot achieve because it is not something we can do on our own, it is the strength that God gives us to help us.