In this letter the apostle Paul writes to his disciple Timothy who is a pastor at the church in Ephesus (in modern-day Turkey). The purpose of the letter is to teach “how people ought to conduct themselves in God’s household, which is the church of the living God, the pillar and foundation of the truth” (3:15). The church is the family of God and not a building. We enter the church, that is, we become members of God’s family, by faith in Jesus Christ. This letter then tells us how to live. There are instructions to men and women, to church leaders, to the young and old, to widows, to slaves and masters (of that time), to the rich and the poor.
Do you want to know how to pray, how to help widows, how to serve the Lord, how to use money properly, how to flee the temptations of this world? Listen to this letter, and the Lord will teach you.
This is the Gospel of Jesus Christ told to us by God’s messenger Matthew. In this book we see how people from the East (Arabia or Persia) bring gifts to Jesus at his birth. John the Baptist (Yahya) points people to Christ. Jesus heals the sick, casts out demons, raises the dead, gives sight to the blind, walks on water, and feeds crowds of people. He teaches and preaches and tells many parables. He warns us about hypocrisy and tells us about the judgment on the last day. And he dies on the cross and rises from the dead in order to save us from the punishment and shame of that judgment that we deserve. He then sends us into the world with his message of good news.
The letter to the Philippians is a book of the New Testament in the Bible. The apostle Paul writes to the people of the city of Philippi to express his great joy at how they have helped him to preach and teach God’s word. Through this book we learn about joy, thanksgiving, selflessness, servanthood, and how to overcome worry. We learn how Jesus came to earth, that salvation is not by our works, and that our citizenship is in heaven.
The apostle Paul sent Titus to organize and teach the church on the island of Crete. In this letter Paul tells Titus how to choose elders to lead the church and how to teach the people in the church to “devote themselves to doing what is good” (3:8). “Jesus Christ gave himself for us to redeem us from all wickedness and to purify for himself a people that are his own, eager to do what is good” (2:14).
Do you want to be pure, free from worldly passions, self-controlled? Do you want the hope of eternal life? Then listen to this letter to learn what God wants to do in your life.
Onesimus is a slave who escaped from his master Philemon and went to Rome. While in Rome he met the apostle Paul, heard the message of the gospel, and gave his life to Jesus Christ. Paul writes Philemon to ask him to take Onesimus back “no longer as a slave but as a dear brother” (verse 16) in the Lord. This is a story of faith, salvation, humility and reconciliation.
Do you have relationships that need reconciled? Do you have the courage to ask for forgiveness? Do you have the strength to forgive and accept someone as a brother or sister in the Lord? Listen to this short letter to find deep answers.
This is the third letter of the apostle John. In it he writes to a man named Gaius, a leader in one of the churches, and he commends him for showing hospitality to those who come to announce the good news of the gospel. A man named Diotrephes does not show this kind of hospitality. John tells Gaius, “Do not imitate what is evil but what is good” (verse 11).
Do you want to learn how to be hospitable? Do you want to welcome the good news of the gospel? Then welcome this short letter into your mind and heart.
This is the second letter of the apostle John. In it he writes to a church, whom he calls “the chosen lady and her children” (verse 1), and he rejoices because they walk in truth and love. He also warns them about deceivers, those who teach false things about Jesus Christ.
Do you want to walk in truth and love? Do you know how to recognize those who don’t teach the truth about Jesus Christ? Listen to this short letter to find out how to do these things.
In this letter, the writer named Jude warns us against false teachers. “These men are grumblers and fault finders; they follow their own evil desires; they boast about themselves and flatter others for their own advantage” (verse 16). “They are godless men, who change the grace of our God into a license for immorality and deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord” (verse 4).
Do you know how to recognize a false teacher and a false teaching? Do you want God to give you discernment? Listen to this letter and ask the Lord to reveal the truth to you.
What will happen when Jesus Christ returns? What will the end of the world be like? What is heaven and hell like? Who is the antichrist? What are the new heavens and the new earth? Will I be there? Who will be saved and who will perish? Why are so many people against Christians? Why do people persecute, criticize and despise Christians and make them suffer? Where do Christians get the strength to endure suffering and forgive their enemies? Does God send judgments on the earth? What will the day of judgment be like? What is the second death and how can I avoid it?
Listen to this book and learn the answers to these questions and many others. The author, the apostle John, uses many symbols and pictures to show us the spiritual realities behind things that are happening now and during the whole time between the first and the second comings of Christ.
