Hodgepodge Bible Study

Jesus suffered so that His work, salvation, can be perfect. What do you have to suffer so that your work can be perfect?

In Matthew 2 we see that Gentiles find Jesus, where Herod, a Jew, is afraid. How can we keep the wonder and the mystery to go after God instead of being afraid of what he is doing?

We are in Luke 2. Why did the angels appear to the shepherds? Why was Jesus born at the time when Caesar was claiming to be god’s son? Join me for breakfast as we read Luke 2 & ask these questions.

We are in Matthew 1 looking at Jesus’ history and asking questions.

After reading Luke 1, I have questions. What does it mean to be righteous and blameless? What does it mean to turn the hearts of the fathers to their children? If you have questions join us as we read the scriptures. Find me on the Bible App under ‘Friends’ search Nicholas Hodge.

The only way to live the life you want and the life God has for you is to be willing to become “undignified” or be considered stupid. By going against conventional wisdom we can be truly innovative and walk into a purpose far greater than we could even imagine.

We enter into God’s peace by knowing in who we are that God is in charge and that He is going to make his name great!

It is hard to glorify God when we know when destruction is imminent but when we glorify God with who we are that witness brings more glory to His name than when we are in a time of prosperity.

Many times we are afraid that God won’t hold up His end of of His word so instead we do things to make it happen. But if we can be like David we can succeed in a greater and more peaceful way than we could if we “made it happen”

Sarai out of her insecurity told Abram to have a child by Hagar, her servant, so that Abram could have the son that he always wanted, but when Ishmael came it was not what Sarai intended and she ended up hating Hagar for it, but God didn't ignore Hagar or leave Ishmael without anything even though that was Sarai's intention. God blessed Ishmael because he was from Abram and also part of the covena...

Whenever God enters into a covenant with man we are always unable to hold up our end of the bargain. So what does God do when He wants to bless us? He makes a covenant with Himself and because God can't lie it is unbreakable and will reveal his goodness. You can make a commitment today whether it's to follow God for the first time or to commit a specific part of your life to him.

God honored Abram because Abram gave back to God.

God told Abram to all the land that God would give him, but Abram doesn’t so God allows Lot to be captured so Abram has to walk the land in order to save his nephew.

Abram out of the Pharaoh goes against gives his wife to Pharaoh but God’s goodness won’t let Abram be put to shame.

God chose Abram even though Abram had nothing to offer God.

God is good. He separated us so we can get stuff done.

We give Noah a bad wrap for being a drunkard but a lack of respect even for people who have “lost” says more about us than about them. A lack of respect often leads to a lack of trust.

How did the destruction of the world show God’s goodness?

Even when someone does a terrible act God is still good and provides the murderer a way to turn his life around.

Just like in the garden Eden the world is accusing God of not being good, but even when we accuse Him of not being good I am grateful that God is still good.

We use God’s Word when we define the Bible but he didn’t write it. The Bible is a book of people testifying that God is good.

Why is God good? Why does he care about us? From the beginning people have accused God of not being good, but He is still good to us. Why? Because His name is on trial and God is willing to prove to us that He is good all the time!

Continuing reading Proverbs the things that lure us into a false sense of security like women & material things. Is like an evil seductress that takes our wealth and gives it to other people to make them rich.

As we continue to learn more about Godly wisdom. It is also important for us as adults to really pass on our wisdom to the next generation.

How do we combat anxiety? By making God’s law per of who we are so we know that if things are bad. We can make it back.