Paul Irving

Jesus Christ was meaning the spirit of the person is who you truly are weather it be good and of God or evil and of the devil. You are either full of light if you are of God or full of darkness if you are of the devil. Therefore Jesus is telling the people which kingdom do they serve. It teaches us that Jesus Christ is giving the people free will to either accept Him or deny Him.

The Messiah is the decendant of David who is prophesied to reign over the people of Israel and Judah. Daniel’s Son of man reigns over the entire world. He didn’t want to upset the Jews, because they would have thought He was blaspheming. So Jesus Christ used Son of man instead of the Son of God. He only used Son of God on very rare occasions like before He was crucified they asked are you the Son of the blessed and He says I am. Also Jesus Christ wanted to prove himself to the people by His mighty works and His divine wisdom.

In night visions Daniel saw one like the Son of man coming in the clouds of Heaven. He came to the Ancient of days. He is given dominion, glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages should serve Him: His dominion is an everlasting dominion which shall never pass away.

Moses wasn’t sure he could lead God’s people out of oppression from The Egyptians. He doubted himself because he had a speech impediment, so Moses wanted to see God’s glory to give him strength. Paul presses on because of the glorious vision of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the commandment the Lord gave to him. All throughout the entire Holy Bible God chooses people that you wouldn’t think He would, but He knows what He’s doing as He said the Word I send will accomplish what I want it to it will not come back to Me void. To glorify the Lord God, to learn as much as I can about God and to teach people about Him. To preach good tidings to as many people as will listen to me, to pull as many people from the power of Satan and darkness to the power of God and light. To fulfill all that the Lord has sent me to do. Nothing is going to stop me, Satan has tried everything to hinder me from achieving my goals and more importantly the goals God has for me. By becoming an ordained minister and building a reputation as a great motivator and a light of God.

Reputation glory is honor, beauty, and praise earned by what people have stated through the years, you have to earn reputation glory. Derived glory is glory derived from another source. Like the mountains are glorious when the sun shines on them in a certain way. Inherent glory is glory already in something. It is there weather people acknowledge it or not, like God has inherent glory and no one can take that away. All three different glories when you praise God. God has built up a superior glory through his mighty acts. The Lord God has derived glory as the Church glorifies Him. God also has inherent glory which He has always had also, no matter what people say or think about God, He is glorious. Reputation glory because I’m a mild mannered person, I try to be good all of the time. I have built a reputation of being a pretty good man, a man of God.

Because things that can make it through fire are put to the utmost test and are purified. God’s been judging people from the beginning of creation, so He knows exactly what He is doing, He always has. He knew Lucifer was going to try and take over Yahweh’s Kingdom, and that there was going to be a battle in Heaven between the Holy angels with Michael leading them and the dragon and his angels. As we know Lucifer was defeated by Michael and it really wasn’t even close. When you look at a statue of Michael and the devil or a painting, Michael the great prince is treading down the wicked one smashing him into the ground. God punishes those that don’t obey His commandments and statues. He has done that from the beginning of creation to the end, or the alpha to the omega. Sometimes people get away from His wrath or so they think or it seems that way. However there will be a day of judgement where everyone will be judged according to their works and if they have accepted Jesus Christ into their souls. Jesus Christ is the only way to God being the Son of God. If people don’t repent or accept Jesus Christ then they will be cast into the lake of fire and brimstone. A place made as punishment for the devil and his angels, but God is kind to the evil and unthankful as Jesus Christ said. God is so Holy there cannot be any sin anywhere close to Him, that’s why no flesh can ever see Him. There’s no sin in God whatsoever, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost now and forever be dominion and glory and power beyond our imaginations.

The tabernacle in the wilderness is the place for God’s people on earth to worship Him. They considered it to be the holiest place made to honor God. God’s not a false god or idol made out of gold, silver, brass or any precious stones. He can hear, He gives good gifts to those that He’s happy with, He’s the Almighty God and can do anything and everything. God’s tabernacle in Heaven is so glorious words have to be carefully chosen. His Heavenly tabernacle is made beautiful with gold, and precious stones, and everything that is beautiful and worth a lot of money by man’s standards. God speaks to His prophets and they speak to the multitudes of people, the ark of the covenant is in the tabernacle in a safe place where no one can touch it, remember Uzzah who died instantly because he touched the ark accidentally because his ox tripped. God is Holy and will not share His Glory with anyone else, a man must put God as number one, the most important being to bow to with the utmost reverence.

God has established His reputation throughout the entire Holy Bible from the beginning to the end. In Exodus He overthrew the Pharaoh and his people by returning the sea to it’s full strength. The Israelites saw all of the Egyptians dead on the shore, and Yahweh showed His power and established His Glory. Throughout the Old and New Testament of the Bible God is proving His Glory. He overthrows the evil kings while He blesses those that are obedient to Him. Yahweh is God and there is no other like Him. God’s inherent Glory is simply because He is God and the supreme being. We must recognize that God will not give His Glory to anyone or anything else, it is His and His alone. When I worship God I do it by acknowledging all of His Glory, we have a great master in God. A merciful, powerful, truthful, Omnipresent, omnipotent, and omniscient God in Yahweh. Glory be to God in the Highest.

It shows us that Jesus Christ is the head of the Church which God appointed to Him. Each Church has an angel watching over it, and Jesus expects a lot from them. The seven candlesticks represent the seven Churches in Asia. It teaches that Jesus is indeed the Son of God and that God has given Him power over all flesh. Jesus Christ died and is alive for evermore.

The flesh speaks of lusts like material possessions, pride, envious of what other people have, sexual desires, lying, swearing. The world would sound like everyone else does it so I can do it as well. But God doesn’t compare us to one another He judges us from our heart, weather it is good or evil. The devil would sound like the world, go ahead do it everyone else is doing it. Satan has set up traps all over the world to catch us in sin and therefore accuse us to God. Satan accuses us day and night before our God. The scripture is the truth a great weapon against evil that the devil cannot fight against. Jesus Christ used the Word of God to rebuke him three times. We need to know scripture to fight evil of all kind, know the Bible and live by it.

The Middle East is an area where Christians are being persecuted greatly. So Iran, Afghanistan, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Kuwait, all of the Muslin counties are areas where Christians are being persecuted even put to death. That ultimately good is going to prevail and evil will be destroyed. Also reading the Revelation God pours out His fury upon those that oppress His people. Surely God is a God that judgeth in the world, there’s one event to the righteous and one event to the evil. Christ is going to come when we don’t think he’s going to come like a thief in the night. And of that hour knows no man, no not the angels, nor the Son, but the Father only.

That He the beginning and the end, the Alpha and the Omega. Jesus Christ also says this showing that they are one. Which is, and which was, and which is to come the Almighty. God will give freely the water of life. Jesus Christ says fear not I’m the first and the last, very similar to what the Father said. Jesus Christ and God are one, they never argue or disagree. Jesus Christ comes quickly to give every man according as his work shall be. Jesus Christ is to be respected as God is, he that doesn’t honor the Son doesn’t honor the Father.

To strengthen His Church as it will be attacked by Satan and his legions of demons, which is already happening. The reason testimony and witness is so important is because the devil is a liar and hates humans because we are God’s creation. Also the devil is going to speak atrocities against God and blasphemy the Holy Ghost, for He is completely evil and does everything contrary to God. He keeps us strong in the faith that His Church will not be overtaken by evil. I wouldn’t say we don’t get persecuted, I get persecuted a lot and it’s suffering because I have done these people no wrong yet they hate me because I let my light shine. I don’t know how but evil people know me and they don’t like me, but I only care a little as long as I have God in my side how can I lose??

I’m Paul Irving and I live in Hillside, IL in the USA. I’ve been a Christian for most of my life but my faith is growing everyday. I work for Comcast as a collector of devices and get people to pay their bills. It’s alright for now, but I think God has more in store for me. I’m excited about doing this Bible study and to see how others answer the questions

I know that all of us have sinned and fall short of the Glory of God. However we are saved by Jesus Christ dying on the cross for remission of sins. We must be believers but also doers of the Word, while at best you can be accepted by a Holy God. Jesus Christ made the covenant of God with man.

I’m Paul Irving and I live in Hillside, IL I read the Holy Bible daily and have been praying daily to God as well. I’m enthusiastic about learning more about God, and feel that He is calling me to ministry.

The Church is to be beautiful and glorious without blemish or anything out of place. Paul is talking about the Church in the future when Christ comes back in His Glorious Spirit. Because many Churches have allowed things not acceptable to God like homosexuality, Satan is trying to get in the Church. He will be defeated though when Jesus Christ comes back to gather people together to Armageddon where the beast and the false prophet are taken and cast into the lake of fire and brimstone. Then Satan is bound for a thousand years.

We are members of Christ’s body, of His flesh, and of His bones. The Lord cherishes His Church as a man should cherish his wife as their own body. He that loves his wife loves himself. The love that lasts forever, through the good and the bad times. Because the Church is good at least most are and they mean well. However you go to some Churches and they lack faith, they are spiritually dead. A woman at my Church was coughing through the whole service. After the service I asked what her name was, and said that I would pray for her to be healed. Her response was kind but lacked faith she said I have a condition in my lungs that I will always have. I was thinking God could cure her in less than a second of time if she had the faith. I still prayed for her, and believe she will be cured for I have the faith, it’s her faith I question. I want to place a bolt of faith in my Church with the help of God. Believers not doubters, you don’t just go to Church on Sunday and listen to the message the Spirit of the Lord is there.

The Church is under Christ’s power and it should be submissive to Him. Let Christ take over in your life as a Christian is a person who has Jesus Christ in them, the old you is gone now you walk in the light and that light is Jesus. Not worried about how much people are tithing or the Churches budget. It would not be a business like so many Churches are today. Christ started His Church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Jesus Christ is to be glorified just as the Father is. God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost now and forever.

Because you get different input from one another and that strengthens our faith. God is a Spirit and we must worship God in the spirit and in the truth said Jesus Christ. Some people will hear different things from God or different interpretations of what is being said to the believers. A mentor can help you understand the harder versus of the Bible. A mentor can help you obtain more wisdom by having gone through some of the things you are going through. Sometimes God is speaking to only us and we don’t need confirmation of another person just God. Because through the years ministers of God have learned more and more through the centuries. So when we’re learning about God we can be taught the tricks of the trade so to speak.

Paul see’s many qualities in Timothy that he has. Paul begs them to be like him, he calls Timothy his son he loves him so much. Timothy was faithful in the Lord as Paul was. Paul hopes that by sending them Timothy it will bring a remembrance of Paul’s ways in Christ. Yes, I would accept it because God knows what He is doing and He doesn’t send people unless they are equipped with everything necessary to achieve His plans.

The prophets and apostles built up the body by glorifying God and Jesus Christ through the work of the Holy Ghost. Christ set the example and his apostles followed him as well as they could. It is Jesus Christ who really built up the body by dying an innocent man to the glorious resurrection of His Spirit, from death to life eternal which He is the way to it. For Jesus Christ said no man gets to the Father but by me.

God gives us all spiritual gifts, some have more than others but don’t let those with more think they are better, but be humble not proud for God hates a proud look. Some people receive gifts of prophecy, or ministry wait on our ministry, or teaching wait on our teaching, or exhortate on exhortation. Let the whole body fit together jointly, making increase of the body in to the edifying of itself in love.

Because God loves obedience and expects it from us. Throughout the whole Holy Bible God blesses people that were obedient to him and punished the disobedient. God knows what’s best for us always, He see’s the big picture. Obedience to God brings us closer to Him, and through obedience we can find what He expects from us.

Lowliness and meekness to keep us from having pride which God really hates. Suffering with other Christians, pray with them, have sorrow when they are sad, be glad when they are happy. Be one with them in Christ’s love. Meekness because it prevents us from thinking we’re better than others and thus making us proud which was the downfall of Satan.