Hodgepodge Bible Study

Jesus’s ministry was counter culture. From the beginning he was inviting people into God’s kingdom which would’ve been seen as a direct affront to Caesar.

Jude reminds us that r fight for our Faith by praying in the Spirit, keeping ourselves in God’s love, and looking for His mercy.

John tells us that He who does good has seen God and he who does evil hasn’t seen God. Have you seen God? In what area do you still need to see God?

Often times we think we have to follow God’s commands to get Him to love us. But that is backwards, we need to love God & out of that love we want to follow His commands because God’s commands are for us.

If we truly believe that Jesus is the son of God, and we follow his commands, and we pursue a relationship with him, then we will overcome any situation

Many times we talk about love. Love is not us forcing someone to do what is best for them. Love is doing all that you can to provide them with an opportunity and still caring about them and showing that you care even if they refuse the offer. If people are afraid, or if you are afraid of what the relationship will be, if you refuse the offer it is not perfect love.

We are called to love each other but loving each other is about helping each other pass out of death in any situation and helping them turn it around into life. So if someone is struggling with something like finances and you are able to help them by mentoring them out of that you have shown love to them.

When we are in God’s Word fail we will be able to listen to the Spirit and know the will of God without anyone having to tell us and potentially leading us astray. By this we can “know” Him and we will walk in His way.

Maybe people feel like sharing the gospel is a chore or is a scary intrusive thing but we should want to share the gospel because it connects us to the other person. And that person could be encouraged to join us so we don’t have to walk life alone. Let God’s word encourage you so much that you have to tell other people and transfer that feeling to them.

One of the hardest thing for a Christian is to be faced with all the promises God didn’t answer. 2 Peter 3 encourages us to stay focused on God because the promise will happen. All we can do is prepare ourselves to become the person who will inherit the promise.

Have you ever felt that God allowed all the wicked people get there way? Does it seem like they are winning? 2 Peter 2 reminds us that although it looks like evil is winning God will have his way and He will judge the wicked and save the righteous.

Why did God give us divine power? How do we become who God wants us to be? In fact how can we be successful in this life? 2 Peter 1 has some answers.

Why does God give us strength? Why does God want us to be full of grace? So that His name can be glorified in all the earth and if Christ is glorified God shares that glory with us. Send me an email at nchlshodge@gmail.com

We need to use Gods relationship with the church be the model for our marriages where we give each other love and respect. And living with righteousness is more than getting away from sin but is about putting on Christ. If there is a specific book you would like me to read email me at nchlshodge@gmail.com

We need to honor those who God put in authority and if we are persecuted for doing the right thing we need to trust that God will balance the scales.

This is a bonus episode that is simply the reading of the book of James.

Salvation isn’t just a one time thing. Jesus paid the price and there is nothing that we can do to take that away. It is now our choice if we live in sin.

As we read James 5 true faith is one where our actions and words align with who we are meant to be.

Many times we ask God for things but we don’t get it. But if we draw near to God and do what the word says than we will change and become the person who can receive God’s blessings.

Faith is only made complete or perfect through what we do.

Let us lay aside every weight so we can run with persistent action the life that God gave us.

When we are truly walking in God’s law we see that Jesus died so that we can be free and if we believed that we free it should allow us to live the way God has called us to live.

There is nothing you can do to be removed from God’s hand because He said that He will be our God. Know that when we blow it God is always there.

As we read Hebrews 5&6 we see that Jesus want the High Priest for the whole world because He wanted to be but He was called to be. As we walk in our calling we need to believe God and we ca do this by knowing who God is.

As we read Hebrews 3 & 4 when we believe in who God is and what He wants for us we can boldly go before God’s throne.