Meeting With Christ

The coming of the Messiah is a major theme of the OT. It is constantly repeated throughout the pages of the OT. In the NT, we are told that it is the angels who have the privilege to announce the imminent coming of Christ. We read in the gospel of Luke, in the nativity account, the incident in which an angel makes this surprising revelation: … I bring you good news of a great joy which shall be fo...

You will remember that in our last lesson, we were talking about the message of the angels found in Luke 2:14. The angels gave glory to God and they said in that verse, On earth peace among men with whom He is pleased . Peace toward men of good will. Text format available. Read and download this episode in text format on our website at the following address: https://meetingwithchrist.com/project/l...

The first recorded words of our Lord Jesus are found in Luke 2.49. This is what we read. Luke 2.49. And He (Jesus) said to them (to his parents), "Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father's business?" We know the context of these words. This incident happened when Jesus was about twelve years old. Mary and Joseph brought him to Jerusalem for the Passover festival. After...

We will study today a topic that is not necessarily too popular nowadays. And this topic is about submission . Today we want to insist on equality. Equality of rights. Equality between the genders. Equality between the different races. Equality between the social classes. And thank God that by this insistence on equality, we have dealt, at least to a certain extent, with some injustice in our worl...

I would like to invite you to open your Bible and read Luke 4.1-4. This is what we find. Luke 4.1. And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led about by the Spirit in the wilderness 2 for forty days, being tempted by the devil. And He ate nothing during those days; and when they had ended, He became hungry. 3 And the devil said to Him, "If You are the Son of God, tell t...

We will continue today our study of the temptation of Christ, as we explore more deeply the meaning of the temptation. Text format available. Read and download this episode in text format on our website at the following address: https://meetingwithchrist.com/project/luke-45-8-the-temptation-of-christ-2

Today we will continue and conclude our study of the temptation of Jesus in the wilderness. If you have heard the first two lessons of this series, I hope that you are beginning to see how Satan can be subtle. The devil usually comes behind your back and before you even know it, you have already stumbled. And it is precisely because we want to avoid that to happen to us that we are studying these...

The Jews considered the temple to be God’s house. But the arrival of Jesus altered this understanding of the temple. The glory of God will be found somewhere else. Jesus alluded to this change early in His ministry, in John 2.13-22. Let’s look at this incident. John 2.13. And the Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 And He found in the temple those who were selling...

If I were to ask you to quote John 3.16, I am pretty sure that most of you would be able to do it. For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish, but have eternal life . But if I ask you, ‘What are the two verses that come before John 3.16,’ I am not sure that the response will be as quick. Have you ever noticed the words that preced...

I would like to invite you to open your Bible and to turn with me to Matthew 4.17. And this is what we read. Matthew 4.17. From that time Jesus began to preach and say, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Text format available. Read and download this episode in text format on our website at the following address: https://entretienschretiens.com/project/matthieu-4-17-repentez-vous

Today I would like to talk to you about Jesus’ concept of discipleship, the Lord’s teaching concerning discipleship. And for this, we will look at the passage in Matthew 4.18-22. This is what we read. Matthew 4.18. And Jesus, walking by the Sea of Galilee, saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. 19 Then He said to them, ‘Fo...

In our previous lesson, we were studying Matthew 4.18-22. And you will remember that we focused our attention on Jesus’ statement when He said, Follow Me, and I will make you fishers of men . It was a lesson in which we stressed the notion of discipleship, discipleship from Jesus’ perspective. And I drew your attention to the fact that the word ‘disciple’ is used 268 times in the NT: 238 times in...

With this lesson, we will begin a series of studies on the Beatitudes. The Beatitudes, as you know, is the Lord's description of what a Christian should be in his character. If you want to know what are the spiritual qualities that God expects of a Christian, meditate on the Beatitudes. I am sure that you have heard and read a lot of material on the Beatitudes. But this part of the Lord's teaching...

We will continue today our exposition of the teaching of our Lord Jesus on the Beatitudes. And here is the second Beatitude that we find in the gospel of Matthew. Matthew 5.4 reads like this. Matthew 5.4. Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be comforted. Text format available. Read and download this episode in text format on our website at the following address: https://meetingwithchrist.c...

We will continue today our exploration of the Beatitudes of our Lord Jesus. We come now to the third Beatitude found in the gospel of Matthew. This is what we read in Matthew 5.5. Matthew 5.5. Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth. Happy is the man who is meek. Happy is he because God has blessed this man, because he shall inherit the earth. What does it mean to be meek? In today’...

In our last lesson, we studied the third Beatitude of the Lord Jesus, Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherit the earth . In that lesson, we focused our attention on the meaning of meekness. We tried to answer the question, ‘What did Jesus have in might when He speaks of the meek?’ We saw that the meek are those who are righteous. You cannot be meek without being righteous. We saw also that t...

The fourth Beatitude taught by our Lord Jesus in the gospel of Matthew reads like this. Matthew 5.6. Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be filled. Text format available. Read and download this episode in text format on our website at the following address: https://meetingwithchrist.com/project/matthew-56-blessed-are-those-who-hunger-and-thirst-for-righteousne...

We will continue today our study of the Beatitudes. In Matthew 5.7, we find the fifth Beatitude and we read this. Matthew 5.7. Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy. Text format available. Read and download this episode in text format on our website at the following address: https://meetingwithchrist.com/project/matthew-57-blessed-are-the-merciful

We will study today the sixth Beatitude of our Lord Jesus. This is what we read in Matthew 5.8. Matthew 5.8. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God . Text format available. Read and download this episode in text format on our website at the following address: https://meetingwithchrist.com/project/matthew-58-blessed-are-the-pure-in-heart

The Bible is very much concerned about peace. The Lord Jesus makes mention of those who make peace in the Beatitudes. This is what He says in Matthew 5.9. Matthew 5.9. Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God. Text format available. Read and download this episode in text format on our website at the following address: https://meetingwithchrist.com/project/matthew-59-blesse...

The last Beatitude in the gospel of Matthew reads like this. Matthew 5.10. Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. 11 Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. 12 Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who...

We have now studied all the Beatitudes individually. Today, we want to consider them together and see whether there is an internal relationship between these Beatitudes. Is there some kind of order, some kind of unity, some kind of direction in these Beatitudes? Text format available. Read and download this episode in text format on our website at the following address: https://meetingwithchrist.c...

We saw in our previous lesson that there is an internal unity in the Beatitudes, and we described this unity in terms of the relationship between the Beatitudes and the fruit of the Spirit. We mentioned that the Beatitudes have to do with the qualities of the heart of the Christian whereas the fruit of the Spirit deals with the work of the Holy Spirit in the person who has these qualities. Text fo...

After studying the Beatitudes one by one, we looked at them together to see whether they form some kind of unified whole. This led us to see the connection between the Beatitudes and the fruit of the Spirit. Today, we will consider another kind of relationship, and it is the connection between the Beatitudes and the Lord’s Prayer. We mentioned at the conclusion of our last lesson that the Beatitud...

We have completed our study in the Beatitudes and we come now to Matthew 5.13, a passage that describes the Christians as being the salt of the earth. Let us read Matthew 5.13. Matthew 5.13. You are the salt of the earth; but if salt has lost its taste, how can its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything, but is thrown out and trampled under foot. Text format available. Read and d...