The Tuesday Bible Study with Ropah

Help! Im ashamed of the gospel 🙈

Psalms 119:46

KEY THEMES

🔅Why do we struggle to share the word before kings(the great men of this earth, intellectuals,our bosses, colleagues etc.)?

🔅"Wait, aren't you a Christian?" A tale of undercover believers.

🔅Why undercover Christianity is a scam lol Be loud about that which you have believed.

🔅How to develop and nurture fearless confidence in God's word.

🔅What if i brag and God doesn't show up?

Case Study: Ezra

🔅Why when we choose to trust and believe in God and his word we will never know shame.

🔅Being a witness among intellectuals

Freedom, freewill and falsehoods

Psalms 119:45

KEY THEMES

🔅 Obedience, obedience, obedience. Why God places such value on our obedience.

🔅The power of obedience to God's word

🔅The devil cannot create he can duplicate. What is his duplicate for the liberty and freedom we have in God?

🔅The cost of worldy freedom and liberty.

🔅 Freedom from consequences is a myth.

🔅 Where then can we find true freedom/liberty and how do we partake?

🔅True freedom and liberty is a by-product of truth. Lies are incapable of providing freedom..

🔅The importance of curating your TL to protect your mind from strange ideologies and concepts all over social media.

🔅 Are you free or you're "free"

Trust ,hope and willingness

Psalms 119:42-43

KEY THEMES

🔅The fragility of human wisdom and why you should never pin your trust on it

🔅How to trust God and his word.

🔅How much would you say you trust God?lol Let's measure😂

🔅Why God causes some of the things we put too much trust in to fail.

🔅 It's all by God's grace. There was someone prettier, someone more qualified, someone with a stronger support system, someone smarter but you got it. Why? Again,grace.

🔅How God reinforces us and helps us to keep His word in our mouths and why that's important.

🔅Where is your hope anchored and is the anchor stable?

🔅The power of willingness 🔥

Psalms 118:41-42

Reproach, taunting and stillness.

KEY THEMES

🔅The Psalmist asked for God to send his mercies and loving kindness as a response to his taunters.

What is your response in difficult situations?

🔅To clapback and defend my name or to wait on God to do his thing?A battle of wills

🔅 Knowing the appropriate response for each situation in life. Is it time to war/wrestle or is it time to be still(Ps46:10) ?

🔅 Wisdom is profitable to direct (Ecc. 10:10) How to apply wisdom in how we respond to situations.

🔅 "Taking steps is easy, standing still is hard "

🔅 Ignorance is not a defence,know the word. The devil will always use that to his advantage.

🔅Know the word! Read the word! Use the word!

Key themes

🔅The life of a truth teller,John was arrested for speaking his truth regardless of what it may have cost him. He did it anyway.

🔅 The fear of people vs the fear of people. What's the driving factor behind how you act. Herod was afraid to kill John because of what people would say/how they would react. Can you relate? (Prov 29:25)

🔅 Silencing the voice of truth does not validate your wrongdoing.

🔅John died,he was beheaded. So whats the point if he died and we're all gonna die?What do you believe in to the point of death? Purpose chats, again.

🔅A recap of the key themes in John's life and what we learnt in this study.

John the Baptist Character Study

KEY THEMES

🔅 Jesus responds to John's doubt.

🔅By their fruits you shall know them,Jesus pointed the disciples of John to his fruits to validate who he said he was.

What are your fruits and what do they validate or oppose regarding who you claim to be?

🔅Offense. To take it or keep it? lol Also how do we exercise not taking it according to Acts 24:16? Hectic.

🔅A revelation of the love of God in Christ Jesus through his response to John's doubt.

🔅God is not afraid of your questions, frustrations,doubt etc. Take it to him.

🔅The love of God ❤️What does it mean?

🔅"We wrestle (Ephesians 6:12)"The inevitability of spiritual warfare.

John the Baptist character study

KEY POINTS

🔅 Handling life's low points and how they make you question God

🔅The temptation factory is closed.

-1 Cor 10:13 "..No new temptation has befallen you except that which is common to man"

🔅 How God always provides a way out of each temptation .

🔅The importance of keeping records of the battles God has won for you prior.

🔅 Being a witness to the witness. How to be a voice of encouragement to your strong friends when they reach their own moments of doubt and uncertainty.

John the Baptist Character study

*His increase my decrease.

John 3:30-33

KEY THEMES

🔥 He must increase and i must decrease lol why do i need to decrease though?

🔥 John knew it was time to wrap up his ministry. Do you know when it's time to close certain chapters?

🔥 How to enquire the mind of God about whether or not it's time to close certain doors.

🔥He must increase and i must decrease

-How we should become closer and closer in resemblance to Christ with each day in every way i.e. how you speak, react,carry yourself, dress,etc.

🔥Does how you act reflect the Jesus you speak of?

🔥Social media as an altar.

John 322-36

KEY THEMES

🌟Recap :The importance of silence in prayer

🌟 Comparison the thief of joy

🌟 John's disciples bring him gossip.

The age old question:Why are these people telling me this?How to analyze the motive behind the things people tell you.

🌟Being secure in your God given identity and how it helps you stand in the face of competition and strife

🌟 John's response: The bride,the groom and the bestman.

🌟 God's perspective VS Man's perspective

You're winning/losing from who's perspective?

You're late/behind from who's perspective?

🌟Be willing to lose in the sight of people if it means winning in God's sight (Matthew 16:3)

John the Baptist character study

John 1:35-42

KEY THEMES

🌟John points Jesus out again, consistency in purpose.

🌟How the role of John the Baptist mirrors the role of our Pastors and spiritual leaders.

-How they ultimately are meant to lead us to Christ and what's expected of us once they have done that.

🌟Your role after the spiritual leaders in your life point you to Christ.

🌟How to be a disciple that spends time with Jesus and the benefits thereof.

🌟A prayer for hunger for the things of God.

🌟 The importance of silence in prayer.

🌟The Holy Spirit (The search engine)🔥🔥