The Tragedy of “Almost”

“For the king knows of these things, to whom also I speak freely. For I am persuaded that none of these things is hidden from him, for this has not been done in a corner. King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.” Agrippa said to Paul, “With a little persuasion are you trying to make me a Christian?” Paul said, “I pray to God, that whether with little or with much, not only you, but also all that hear me today, might become such as I am, except for these bonds.” The king rose up with the governor, and Bernice, and those who sat with them.” (Acts‬ ‭26:26-30‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

The passage above records a very tragic moment. King Agrippa was on the verge of believing in Jesus as Lord, but he hardened his heart and stood up, rejecting the free gift of eternal life.

His actions are essentially saying this, “Stop it. I don’t want to hear anymore. I refuse to accept Jesus Christ as Lord.”

Other translations render Agrippa’s words like this:

“Then Agrippa said to Paul, “In a short time [and with so little effort] you [almost] persuade me to become a Christian.”” (Acts‬ ‭26:28‬ ‭AMP‬‬)

The word “almost” is the great tragedy.

It is like coming so close to the finish line in a race but fainting and being disqualified when you are just a hair’s breadth away.

Hell contains many souls who are “almosts”.

“I should have responded when that preacher asked for us to place our faith in Jesus. Why did I harden my heart? I almost got saved, but now it is too late...”

“Therefore, even as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you will hear his voice, don’t harden your hearts, as in the rebellion, like as in the day of the trial in the wilderness, where your fathers tested me by proving me, and saw my deeds for forty years. Therefore I was displeased with that generation, and said, ‘They always err in their heart, but they didn’t know my ways;’ as I swore in my wrath, ‘They will not enter into my rest.’”” (Hebrews‬ ‭3:7-11‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

It is possible to know with the mind that Jesus is the Son of God and everything that He claims to be, and yet not be saved.

A person has to believe and confess Him as Lord. If you just believe that He is the Son of God but don’t receive Him as Lord, you are not saved.

Even the demons believe that God is real, but they don’t submit to Him as Lord.

The Holy Spirit convicts the hearts of unbelievers about their sinfulness and woos them to receive Jesus Christ as Lord. But they can choose to reject it. Every individual must choose to accept or reject the gift of eternal life.

Yet, it is God’s will for all to hear the Gospel and to be saved. No matter how dark someone’s past is, he can freely receive forgiveness of sins when he places his faith in Jesus as Lord!

If you are already a born-again believer, through faith in Jesus, you have entered God’s rest—the rest of your conscience and also rest from works-based justification.

You are a saint who is already sanctified, justified, saved, holy, righteous, pure, and blameless. The next time you read these words in the Bible, don’t feel condemned or shrink away. These words describe who you already are in Christ.

“Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily; and you are complete in Him, who is the head of all principality and power.” (Colossians‬ ‭2:8-10‬ ‭NKJV‬‬)

Dear brethren, you are not an “almost”. You are complete in Christ.

Let someone know the Gospel so that they are not almost, but fully saved through faith in Jesus Christ!

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One Sacrifice for Sins Forever

“then he has said, “Behold, I have come to do your will.” He takes away the first, that he may establish the second, by which will we have been sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all. Every priest indeed stands day by day serving and often offering the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins, but he, when he had offered one sacrifice for sins forever, sat down on the right hand of God; from that time waiting until his enemies are made the footstool of his feet. For by one offering he has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.” (Hebrews‬ ‭10:9-14‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

Once for all.

One sacrifice for sins forever.

By one offering He has perfected forever those who are being sanctified.

The Holy Spirit inspired the writer to repeat the “one sacrifice for sins forever” idea three times.

He must have foreseen that many people would be trying to offer their own additional sacrifices to earn their salvation; that many would be afraid of somehow committing an unpardonable sin and losing their salvation.

Some believers use the same chapter, Hebrews 10, to show how believers can lose their salvation, but actually Hebrews 10 shows us how perfectly saved and forgiven we are.

You have been sanctified and forever perfected by the one-time offering of the blood of Jesus.

To explain it clearer, you have been born again through the Holy Spirit to become a new creature in Christ that still lives in the body of flesh you were first born with.

““Most certainly I tell you, he who hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has eternal life, and doesn’t come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.” (John‬ ‭5:24‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

Your spirit inside has passed out of death, into eternal life. You can no longer be under the Old Covenant of the Law because you have been set free from it through sharing in Jesus’ death at the cross.

You were also raised from the dead as a new creation in Christ, and you entered into the New Covenant of Grace. This means you are adopted into God’s family as His child, seated with Christ in Heaven. When God looks at you, He sees Jesus because you are a member of His body—you are “in Christ”.

Just as Jesus is seated at the right hand of Abba God, waiting for His enemies to be put under His feet as a footstool, so are you seated there as Him because you are in Him.

The posture we ought to live by is not as the Jesus that was tested by the devil in the wilderness and humiliatingly beaten by men on the way to the cross.

We are now living as the Jesus who is seated in Heaven next to Abba God, far above all principalities, powers, and every dominion in existence.

“and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might which he worked in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and made him to sit at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule, and authority, and power, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in that which is to come. He put all things in subjection under his feet, and gave him to be head over all things for the assembly, which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.” (Ephesians‬ ‭1:19-23‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

Now what we are waiting for is the last part of our redemption, which is the salvation of our body. When Jesus returns for His saints, our mortal bodies will be transformed into immortal glorified bodies, and our outward perfection will match what has already happened in our spirit. This is what all Christians ought to be focusing on and waiting for. It is our blessed hope!

Declare: “Just like Jesus, I am forever perfected and sanctified, seated at the right hand of Abba God, far above all principalities and powers. I have passed out of death into eternal life, and I am just waiting for Abba God to put every enemy under my feet as a footstool. The last enemy to be abolished is death, and that will happen when Jesus returns, and my mortal body is transformed into an immortal body. I am not waiting for death, but looking forward to eternal life in a new body. Thank You Abba God for this blessed hope. In Jesus’ name, Amen!”

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What “In Christ” Means

“For by him all things were created, in the heavens and on the earth, things visible and things invisible, whether thrones or dominions or principalities or powers; all things have been created through him, and for him. He is before all things, and in him all things are held together. He is the head of the body, the assembly, who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. For all the fullness was pleased to dwell in him; and through him to reconcile all things to himself, by him, whether things on the earth, or things in the heavens, having made peace through the blood of his cross.” (Colossians‬ ‭1:16-20‬ ‭WEB‬)

The central focus of Heaven is our Lord Jesus Christ.

He is the head of the church. When we received Him as Lord, we became members of His body. This is what it means to be IN CHRIST.

We all have different callings and purposes, just like different parts of the body. But we need each other, and the whole body is built up in love.

To be in Christ means that whatever He is and has, is also yours. Your new identity is inseparable from Him.

If a person touches a table, we say, “John just touched the table.” We don’t say, “The hand that is on John touched the table.”You are part of the body of Christ, so God treats you as Christ.

“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places in Christ;” (Ephesians‬ ‭1:3‬ ‭WEB‬‬)

God has placed every spiritual blessing in Heaven in Christ. When we identify with Christ and realize that whatever is His is also ours, we can begin to experience these truths as observable realities in our life.

Say this with me, “Because I am in Christ, God’s righteousness, grace, favor, mercy, power, honor, protection, divine life, and every spiritual gift is also mine. This truth overrides all temporal facts in my life right now, in Jesus’ name, Amen!”

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新型コロナウイルスの影響で私たちの食習慣は変化してしまいました。
そう、たくさん食べるようになってしまったの。

食欲を抑えるために、わたしたちには何ができるのか。
食べ物の選び方、そして食べ過ぎを防ぐ方法をまとめてみました。

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▼関連動画
97%の確率で食欲を抑える方法
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hQe5Mekrqk&t=90s

朝食べると痩せる最強ダイエットメニューと組合せ！【ルーティーン】
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lIXbsSicsu8&t=801s

ドカ食いには原因があった！食欲を抑え「食べ過ぎ」を防ぐ方法とは？
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsaxLW8VUTM

食欲を抑える方法。糖質ばかり食べてしまう人へ。【ダイエットは科学】
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORJ-N9-ABvE&t=7s


▼参考研究論文&参考資料
Food texture influences on satiety: systematic review and meta-analysis
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-020-69504-y

Empty calories and phantom fullness: a randomized trial studying the relative effects of energy density and viscosity on gastric emptying determined by MRI and satiety
https://academic.oup.com/ajcn/article/104/1/73/4633921

Repeated consumption of a large volume of liquid and semi-solid foods increases ad libitum intake, but does not change expected satiety
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22721908/

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Jia rong wu /Let's dance
Acrylic, 30* 30 cm , 2018

She said: “Circles represent fullness, every dance from the beginning to end is a process, circles also act as restraint of movements, boundaries in life, to live and grow within the circle could be pleasant. This relationship is exceptionally pivotal.” In the process of depicting dancers, starting with details in sketches then employing the colors to extract reality, Wu’s art is an elegant dance on the paintings, flexibly pondering and exploring between reality and illusion, discussing the female gaze from the outlook that is female.

Text by Jason Chung Tang Yen

Music /Dancing in the Moonlight.