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This List of skills is still very true this second time around (:

List of Skills

I’ve learned quite a bit during my personal journey these few weeks.

Some things I have worked on and improved on are:

•Time Management

•Quality of work

•Acquiring interpretations of scripture

•What Jesus actually taught and stood for

•My role and place as a Believer who studies

•The true meaning of following Jesus and becoming a Disciple

"If you had Jesus physically in front of you, face to face, and you asked him what the whole Bible is about, He would say to you: 'You are already seeing the answer.'"

Si tuvieses a Jesús físicamente frente a ti, cara a cara, y le preguntaras de qué se trata toda la Biblia, Él te diría: “Ya estás viendo la respuesta”.

Galatians 5:24

January 11th, 2019

And there we have it friends! The final documentation in this chapter of study. I've decided to end it on 2 Timothy 4- The charge to preach.

"In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2 Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. 3 For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. 4 They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5 But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.

6 For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. 7 I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8 Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing."

Preaching is the God-ordained means to Prevent defection from the truth. Teachers who appeal to itching ears tell people what they want to hear, not what they need to hear. Thus, both shall be turned into fables. (Snippet from a footnote in my bible.)

"For I delivered them to you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that he was buried in that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures; and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the 12; after that, he was seeing of above 500 brethren at once of whom the greater part remain on to this present, but some are falling asleep." 2 Corinthians 15:3-6

Documentation 1- January 11th, 2019

Ephesians: Testimony and Ministry (Large Content Creation)

The whole idea backed behind the book of Ephesians is the idea of encouraging believers to walk with Christ, the the entire could be described as solely based on ministry. Paul wrote to the Ephesians so that they would be fruitful in their journey with Christ, serving with love and unity while being burdened with persecution.

In the first three chapters of the book, Paul stresses that every single believer has been chosen by God before the foundation of the world.  "He chose us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we would be holy and blameless before Him. In love He predestined us to adoption as sons through Jesus Christ to Himself, according to the kind intention of His will.” (1:4-5) The unification of the church was very important for Paul to bring attention to. Those who followed Christ are adopted sons of Jesus, redeemed through his blood, and sealed by the holy spirit. Paul introduces in chapter two, verses eight and nine that salvation is by the grace of God. "For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; not as a result of works, so that no one may boast'' (2:8-9).

To fulfill a calling of ministry, which we are all called to do as Believers, Paul says that we have to “walk in a manner worthy of the calling.” This means that in order to truly touch the hearts of those we want to minister to, our lives have to correspond with those preachings we, ourselves, give to those who are less knowledgeable about the calling and the grace and the love of the Heavenly Father.  “To equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.” (4:12-14) When Paul refers to us being children, he meant the spiritual maturity before fully submitting to a life of ministry, service, and worship.  Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into him who is the head, into Christ, from whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.” (4:15-16)

It is not easy participating in ministry and fellowship while in unity with other believers. This is why we must walk in a manner worthy of the calling, because is evil all around us all of the time serving the Devil,, trying to get us to turn away from God. This is why it takes such hard work and dedication to engage in ministry and unity. When we become imitators of God, evil cannot stand against us. In chapter 5, Paul brings up the idea of ministry even to the person we think we know the most- our spouse. "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her.” (5:25)  In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. (5:28)

Finally, in chapter 6, Paul introduces the dressing of the full armor of God. Referring back to walking in a manner worthy of the calling, Ephesians 6:12 says, “For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms.’’ Paul repeats the command to “stand firm”, because being a believer in a word ruled by evil will not be easy. By becoming equipped with the full armor of God and utilizing prayer, we can be the victorious Christian soldiers that God has called us to be.

(This is 2 pages long on Google docs, 12 pt font, Times New Roman and double spaced)

Documentation 2 - January 4th, 2019

Documentation 1- January 4th

Recently I got into an emotional conversation with a dear friend about what love really is. She described the way she was feeling as simply a feeling... She did not understand that love is so much more than that. It is doing and showing and believing.

She said to me: "I know how much it means to you but I really don't agree like I 100 percent get where your coming from and it makes sense but, it's just not how I see it" (a direct copy and paste from her text message.)

We then discussed what Paul said about love in Ephesians and Philippians.

"Whoever lives in love lives in God, and God in them." Ephesians 4:2: “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love."

"Therefore be imitators of God as dear children. 2 And walk in love, as Christ also has loved us and given Himself for us, an offering and a sacrifice to God for a sweet-smelling aroma." Ephesians 5

Love comes from God, not our emotions which is so fleshly.

Don't believe that the Christ is forgiving?

He is Forgiving beyond belief.

Down, down, down into the darkness of our fleshly desires,

Gently it goes - the unvindictive, the exonerative, the absolvitory.

I cannot help but stop and look at the ignorance.

Down, down, down into the darkness of the unknown,

Gently it goes - the disinclined, the loth, the uneager.

I saw the the sympathy of my generation destroyed,

How I mourned the compassion.

Are you upset by how obvious it is?

Does it tear you apart to see the compassion so groundbreaking?

Small content creation 4 - December 21, 2018

Hebrews 8 - Documentation 2 - December 21st

we could talk about literally anything and i’d just be happy i got to talk to you

Documentation 1 - December 21st

If you think someone’s shirt is cool, tell them! If you think your friend is beautiful, tell them! If you love someone’s art, tell them! Speak goodness into the world, it is time to stop suppressing kind thoughts.

December 14th, 2018

Documentation 2