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.