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This is Ringo Wong. Some of you have known me, some of you have not. How are you all doing in these days? I have not written anything over the Internet for quite a long time. Don't catch me wrong, I have not been backsliding; in fact the LORD has brought me through some really tough training processes ... oh, boy, they were not fun ¡V even so, all my Father's plans for us are to prosper us, not to harm, plans to give us hope and future. Therefore, it is for our goodness sake that our Father trains us; rejoice, therefore, and be exceedingly glad in it! Amen !

I love you all, and therefore, I want to make myself clear as an opened book without any hidden agenda. The LORD has called me to El Salvador mission trip to shine the light of Jesus. And the LORD has spoken to me about having a fund raising and asking for prayer request for raising fund and gathering prayers to go there. Therefore, I am doing it here just as HE asked me to. At the same time, the LORD wants me to use this opportunity to strengthen the foundation and bring forth the deeper revelations, which HE has given me in these past few years, for and to my brothers and sisters whoever have chances to come across my articles. Therefore, may whoever read these be blessed, and be encouraged to know our blessed LORD and Savior by the name Jesus Christ. The trip is going to be in the middle of July, and the trip will cost me $1100 (for covering everything that I need; the first deposit of $650 has to be made by May 1^st, and my deadline is July 1st), and it will cost unlimited prayers. I will put a button link of donation below. Please pray about it, help out however much the LORD puts in your heart, and knowing that you are being a part of something big that God is doing. And, also please let me know your prayer request too (my email address is w_ringo@yahoo.com ), so that I can keep you in prayer too.

I will post these articles every other 3 to 4 days as a series of teaching; so, if you miss any of them, or don't quite understand because of not having the previous piece of the puzzle, you can always go back a few days before and find connection. Even if the LORD had financially provided me all that I need for the mission trip before me finishing posting the series, I would still keep posting until the series is finished.

The series of "Let's come to know Jesus"

The series has -

0 - Introduction

1 - The Blood of Jesus (The Manifestation of the Love God)

2 - The Purpose of the Cross (The Power of Resurrection ¡V The secret of victorious Christian life)

3 - The Past Glory (Living for HIM today)

4 - Who is Jesus? (The Minglement of Compassion and Righteous)

5 - I see Jesus TODAY ! (What is true and effective witnessing?)

6 - Living in days of miraculous (Bring in Revival)

The series of "Let's come to know Jesus"

0 - Introduction

When we encounter unbelievers, we often talks about what Jesus did for us, and in our life ... how HE provided us, how HE comforted our friends, how HE saved us etc. Things like what HE has done. They are all great things, and people need to hear about them; and we should talk about them often to, so that we will not forget HIS goodness. Don't catch me wrong. It is great to talk about Jesus - we were told to do so, and we like to do so, because it feels good. However, let say, there suddenly comes our down time, we have been struggling and fighting to see breakthrough in our lives; or we have not been feeling God lately; or old sins start sneaking back into our lives again, etc.. During these down time, can we still bouncing up and down in front of unbelievers and tell them about the goodness of our LORD with true joy and true smile from the depth of our heart? Be very honest, many of us will be quite afraid to talk to people about Jesus - we are afraid if people start asking us, "what now? Where is your Jesus now, huh?" And we don't know how to answer them. Some of us will be so afraid that don't even want people to know that we are Christian.

Is God fragile? Or are we fragile? When the eternal truth is always true, why often time we are affected by our surrounding, which is only true for that very moment, rather than by the eternal truth, which is true always - including that very down-time moment. If you are a soul winner, or looking forward to be a true soul winner; or if you just love God so much that you are looking forward to have deeper relationship with Christ in your life, then please read on.

1 - The Blood of Jesus (The Manifestation of the Love of God)

We often time say; the Blood of Jesus wash our sins away. How? By the way, what is the blood there for at the first place anyway? We said it is for atonement. Well said. These are the church answer ¡K but the blood means deeper than simply "for atonement", "pay for our sins", "wash our sins away" ......

Godward

The Blood was shaded for God HIMself to see at the very first place. As a Judge, someone has to be punished to fulfill righteousness sake for the many sins that have been done through human races. God came down from heaven, cloth HIMself with flesh, and died at our place, for us, instead of we die. HIS blood paid the price that should be paid by us. HE could die for us individually, because HE was a man (HE was a fully man when on earth HE walked); HE could die for all every single one of us once and for all, because HE is God (HE was, is, and always will be). As God instructed Moses to put lamb's blood outside the door at the night before the great exodus - it was HIM who wanted to see the blood, not the devil, not the people (they were eating in the house, they could see nothing; but they heard, all the screaming voices from Egyptians as they lost their first born). At the very first place, God is the very one wants to see the Blood, because the Blood represents the full payment of unrighteousness.

God stands at our side (Jesus, the Son, the Lamb of God) - We are not able to pay for it, HE paid for us.

God stands as the Judge (The King) - HE is righteous, therefore, HE must hold someone accountable for the many sins that have been done.

God stands at our side (Christ, the High Priest, our Attorney) - The Lamb has shaded blood, the High Priest, our Attorney, came before the Judge for us on our behalf to offer the blood to the Judge ... to satisfy the Judge with the full payment of unrighteousness - the Blood.

God now has NOTHING to hold against us.

Only the Blood can satisfy God, and it was always God (not us, nor Satan) wanted to be satisfied by the Blood for complete righteousness sake.

Manward

There is an old saying, "In a family, if mom is happy, everybody is happy!" God HIMself said, "I am satisfied with the blood that I see." The blood secondarily is made for us, so that we can have confidence to come before God, and KNOWING, HE does not hold anything against us; in fact HE is FOR us in everyway. We cannot make God more nor less satisfied - HE is already satisfied with the blood of Jesus, and HE will ONLY be satisfied with the Blood of Jesus. And remember, HE is an eternal God, when HE died for you and me, HE saw all of our sins - past sins, present sins, and future sins (from our limited perspectives); from Father's eternal perspective, these sins are all PAST sins; from Jesus "on-the-cross" perspective, these sins were all future sins. Yet, HE died for us once and for all ... HIS blood is always UP-TO-DATE - however bad you have sinned, or will be sinning, you are still always covered by HIS Grace; does it mean we can take it for granted? By NO means - HE has opened an umbrella for us, and HE came to cover us - HE is a loving Father, and that's what HE always does; yet, as "stupid" children, we have choices to make - including we are able to choose running out of HIS protection and get hurt. Same principle ... you can choose to sin, and if you truly repent, the LORD will still (and always) forgive you (in fact, if you keep sinning, and keep repenting, the LORD will still forgive you - but is forgiveness the only thing you are looking for? Or deliverance? And what is the point of falling down, and then getting back up, so that you can fall down again?) To people, the blood was shaded for us, so that IN CASE we fall down, we can get back up by the power of HIS Love, which manifested through the Blood of Jesus; NOT "so that" we can sin however more we want without worrying consequences.

You may ask, "well, even if it is grace, there suppose to have a limit that if someone keep sinning, he might fall out of grace." This is the very part many Christians mess up, and start living in fear - The answer is "No, and Yes". No, there is no limit on God's grace ... but yes, a person keep sinning will one day fall out of grace - not that God is not faithful, but it is the person that is not faithful ... grace is kept being offered, but the person, because keep sinning, and repenting (or trying to repent) - one day the person's heart will grow cold, and because of sin, the heart will be harden - not that God doesn't offer grace, but at this point, it is the person who rejects grace, because the person doesn't "feel" worthy to receive grace anymore, and stop coming back to God for grace (no one is worthy anyway, but we should receive grace - that's the Love of God). If a person has fallen away, God will surely try HIS best to woo this person back into HIS presence, but it is up to this person to be wooed or not.

Remember, and always remember, the very reason why Jesus came is to forgive (and also bring deliverance - 2nd Chapter); because through HIS eyes of compassion, HE sees through our hearts that most of the time we mess up, not that we really want to, but simply we cannot help; that's why Jesus' heart cry is always "forgive them Father, for they know not what they are doing" ........ when was the last time when you lied, in your heart you said to yourself, "Ha ha ha, let me lie!!! Ha ha ha!" ? When was the last time when you sinned or messed up, in heart you said, "ah ha ... I love to sin, I love cheat, I love hate people." ? You may say, "well there are people actually purposed to sin in their heart!" Our enemy is Satan, NOT human. Do you know that Jesus will and always want to forgive those purposely sin against God (yet, will they be forgiven depends on if they were willing or not to receive the forgiveness that has been offered), how much more HE wants to forgive many who "know not what they are doing" ?

This is the fact of "one saved, always saved" - to God, this is true, because HE never changes; to man it is true IF the man chooses God; if the man chooses Satan, then it is not true - the choice depends on us, not on God. (Again, our choices can change through out our lives, and we are allowed to change them as long as we are alive on this planet earth. Yet, since if none of us even know if we had tomorrow or not, therefore, choose wisely TODAY - who will you serve? No one can fall out of God's grace; if you have fallen down, as long as you have a willing heart to come back to God, you are always safe and will always have hope, because the LORD is always having HIS door opened for you and waiting for your back)

Satanward

Our accuser is always there at God's side to accuse us, and guess what God tells him? "Have you seen what My Son has done for them? Have you not seen the Blood lately?" The accuser is always by our side to accuse us ... our answer to his accusing should always be, "well, the Judge is satisfied with the price that has been paid, therefore, I am satisfied too, because my satisfaction is according to what the Judge says, but not according to my feeling, nor my surrounding ...... The case is settled, because the Judge says so. Then, where is your accusing, huh? huh? huh?"

Do not allow any place for condemnation ... because it is not from God, but from mostly our own selfish or self-pity feeling and from our enemy. Always know this, if you fell down, the LORD knew it before even you were born; and HE is standing by your side (right where you fall) ready to pick you back up - allow HIM to do so, and walk with HIM again.

There is still Power in the Blood - As long as HE lives, as long as the power will last ! Be covered by HIS Blood today (and everyday) ! Live without regret nor condemnation; fall down? Look up, reach up, and get right back up! The Bible did not say "righteous man is someone will not fall", but says "righteous man is someone will fall seven times, yet will RISE UP seven times". A righteous person is someone always trust God, even in the darkest hour of his life. And it is in the darkest hour of his life, his trust to God is the most precious .... because only in the darkest hour we can tell what we are made of, where our trust truly is, and where our eyes are always looking at (God? or false hope).

Coming Next -

2 - The Purpose of the Cross (The Power of Resurrection ¡V The secret of victorious Christian life)

God bless ...

Ringo <><
"As for me and my household, we will serve the LORD!"
Joshua 24:15

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