Normally, people read books. But as a new Christian once said when trying to describe the impact of the Bible on his life, “The Bible is the book that reads me!” Here are the Bible passages that were used in the preparation of this message: Psalm 119:11, 89, 105 Isaiah 5:20 Malachi 3:6 Matthew 4:1-11 John 17:17 Acts 17:11 Romans 1:25; 15:4 Philippians 2:10-11 1 Thessalonians 2:13 2 Timothy 3:14-17; 4:2-4 Hebrews 4:12-13; 13:8 2 Peter 1:21 You can download a free Bible app to your computer or smartphone here: https://www.youversion.com/the-bible-app/ You can learn more about the Protestant Evangelical Church of Narbonne here: http://epe-narbonne.fr/en/ Have questions? You can contact me by e-mail at: pasteur.epen@protonmail.com

Today I will be talking to you about heaven. In Matthew 5:34-35, Jesus tells us that heaven is God’s throne and the earth is his footstool. By this, he is telling us that God is both transcendent and imminent. Transcendent means that God is “out there” in heaven, distinct and separate from his creation. But he is also imminent, meaning that he enters his creation and interacts with us in time and space here on earth. However, Jesus was talking about the current heaven and earth, and that is not the heaven that I am going to talk about today. Jesus told us that heaven and earth will pass away (Mt. 24:35; Mk 13:31). Peter tells us that they will pass away with a great noise and the elements will melt with fervent heat so that everything will be burned up (2 Peter 3:10-13). Isaiah, Peter and John tell us that God will replace what exists now with new heavens and a new earth (Is. 65:17-19; 66:22; 2 Peter 3:13; Rev. 21:1). What does the Bible tell us about this new heaven and what does it tell us about those who will dwell there? Here are the Bible passages that were used in the preparation of this message: Job 19:25-27 Isaiah 65:17-19; 66:22 Matthew 5:12, 34-35; 6:20; 24:35; 25:14-30 Mark 13:31 John 14:1-3 1 Corinthians 2:9; 15:35-38, 42-43, 51-52 2 Corinthians 12:2-4 Philippians 1:6 1 Thessalonians 3:12-13; 5:23 Hebrews 11:9-10 2 Peter 3:10-13 1 John 3:2-3 Revelation 21:1-5, 9-27; 22:1-5 You can download a free Bible app to your computer or smartphone here: https://www.youversion.com/the-bible-app/ You can learn more about the Protestant Evangelical Church of Narbonne here: http://epe-narbonne.fr/en/ Have questions? You can contact me by e-mail at: pasteur.epen@protonmail.com

As pastor, it is my responsibility to teach you biblical principles that will help you to make wise decisions, but it is not my responsibility to make your decisions for you. Each person is responsible before God to choose wisely what they believe and what they do. But this responsibility to choose wisely applies to all of life, and not just to the things that we consider to be spiritual. You need to make a wise choice when you choose a spouse. You need to make wise choices when you look for a job, buy a car, decide where to live, what to eat, who you are going to spend time with, where you go to get information about what is happening in the world, what politicians you support, what you buy, and many other choices that you have to make as you go through life. In order to make wise decisions, you need to have discernment. Discernment is something that everyone needs, but which many people lack. It is a word that is sometimes used as a synonym for wisdom, understanding or knowledge, but is also used to describe a quality that is complementary to these things. Discernment usually refers to the ability to distinguish between truth and error, good and evil, right and wrong, or between any two or more things. Occasionally, discernment refers to the ability to correctly interpret the meaning of something. There are many passages in the Bible that talk about discernment without using the word. And while discernment is something that everyone needs, it is especially necessary for Christians who want to faithfully follow God. In today’s message, we will look at discernment and how it provides comprehension, direction and protection. All three of these aspects of discernment are found in Proverbs 2. Here are the Bible passages that were used in the preparation of this message: Genesis 41:28-40 1 Kings 3:5-15 Nehemiah 6:10-13 Proverbs 2:1-22 Isaiah 30:21 Matthew 10:16; 25:21, 23 Romans 12:1-2 1 Corinthians 2:14-15; 12:10 Ephesians 4:14 Philippians 1:9-11 1 Timothy 4:1-5 Hebrews 5:14 James 4:4 You can download a free Bible app to your computer or smartphone here: https://www.youversion.com/the-bible-app/ You can learn more about the Protestant Evangelical Church of Narbonne here: http://epe-narbonne.fr/en/ Have questions? You can contact me by e-mail at: pasteur.epen@protonmail.com

In 1 and 2 Kings and 1 and 2 Chronicles we find stories of the kings of Israel and Judah. Some of the accounts are very brief. Most of them revolve around whether or not a particular king did “what was right in the eyes of the LORD”. One of the indications of whether or not a king did what was right was whether he removed the high places, failed to remove the high places, or rebuilt the high places that had been destroyed by his predecessor. What was a high place in the Old Testament? And how does what the Bible teaches about high places apply to us today? Here are the Bible passages that were used in the preparation of this message: 1 Samuel 9:5-14 1 Kings 3:2-15 2 Kings 16:2-4; 17:6-9; 18:1-4 2 Chronicles 33:10-17 Matthew 7:22-23 Hebrews 13:15 You can download a free Bible app to your computer or smartphone here: https://www.youversion.com/the-bible-app/ You can learn more about the Protestant Evangelical Church of Narbonne here: http://epe-narbonne.fr/en/ Have questions? You can contact me by e-mail at: pasteur.epen@protonmail.com