Christ Church Jerusalem
681 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 18 hours ago - ★★★★★ - 23 ratingsSermons, lectures and teachings from Christ Church Jerusalem, founded 1849 as a center of prayer for all nations with worship reflecting the Jewish context of the gospel.
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Matthew 5: Rising up to be Salt and Light
February 04, 2017 00:00 - 23.7 MB5 Feb. 2017 - Matthew - Rising up to be Salt and Light - Our Responsibility in the fulfilled Law of God Rev. David Pileggi continues the theme of the Kingdom of God reviewing last weeks key points and then linking forward by stating that with the blessings, found in the beatitudes, comes the responsibility of being the salt and light of the world. He stresses that Jesus came not to cancel the law but to fulfil it by giving Torah it’s proper interpretation. He states that the least commandmen...
Matthew 5: The Kingdom and Discipleship
January 29, 2017 20:19 - 26.3 MB29 Jan 2017 - Rev. David Pileggi continues the subject of healing and asks the questions; Who are these words for? How are they applied? Are they really doable? He looks in detail at the Kingdom of Heaven and the message of Discipleship, suggesting that it is in the people who have made Jesus King, that He rules and reigns. He goes on to say that we enter the Kingdom by repentance and stay there by being broken and poor in spirit; God’s original intention, from the beginning, is to bring us i...
Matthew 4: The call to repentance, discipleship and healing
January 22, 2017 00:00 - 21.8 MB22 Jan 2017 - Rev. David Pileggi reaffirms the importance of Jesus hearing the voice of God, saying “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased,” giving His identity and direction. He equates this to us hearing the voice of Jesus, which has the ability to transform our lives. Our relationship is based on repentance and on being transformed by the power of the Holy Spirit to change the way we live and to walk with The Lord. Salvation is more than escape from punishment, it is union wi...
John 1: The Lamb of God
January 15, 2017 00:00 - 20.8 MB16 Jan 2017 - Rev. Aaron Eime reminds us of the joy of our salvation, introducing Jesus as the Lamb of God, reminding us that the bible is divine language. He introduces the idea of a pre-existent messiah, reflected in the passage of the binding of Isaac where God will provide 'The Lamb.' He reflects upon the richness behind the term ‘sacrificial Lamb’ and on the descending of the Holy Spirit upon Jesus reflected in the art of various Christian cultures. Readings - Isaiah 49: 1-7 - Psalm 40:...
Matthew 3: The Baptism of the Lord
January 08, 2017 14:05 - 23.4 MB8 Jan 2017 - Rev. David Pileggi teaches on the historical and cultural relevance surrounding the baptism of the Lord. Whilst it is not possible to pinpoint the exact location of Jesus' baptism, he answers the "why?" and "how?", in accordance with Jewish custom at the time and ties this in to the continuing emphasis of a lifestyle of repentance. Rev Pileggi concludes by saying that in hearing the voice of God for ourselves, we obtain our personal affirmation and identity. Bible readings Isaia...
Feast of the Circumcision of Jesus the Messiah
January 01, 2017 18:59 - 28.6 MBFeast of the Circumcision of Jesus the Messiah Readings: Joshua 5: 2-10, Ephesians 2: 11-22, Luke 2: 15-21 Rev. David Pileggi looks at the challenges concerning circumcision and remarks on the Jewishness of Jesus the Messiah. He shares how the ’church’ has tried to remove ‘Jewishness’ from Jewish believers and that, as gentile believers, we become one family with the Jewish people and one with the commonwealth of Israel.
Matthew 1: Mary, Bearer of God
December 18, 2016 16:10 - 21.8 MBRev. Aaron Eime recounts the importance of sacred times in the calendar of God and exhorts us to remember God's feasts by retelling the story and by doing it. Readings: Fourth Sunday of Advent Isaiah 7: 10-16; Psalm 80; Matthew 1: 18-25
I Corinthians 3 & 4: Whose wisdom?
December 12, 2016 21:14 - 31.3 MBRev. Aaron Eime led us through I Corinthians 3:18-23 & 4:1-7. We looked back at Job to see why Paul references the ancient wisdom book in his exhortation to the church in Corinth.
I Corinthians 3: The maturity of unity
December 12, 2016 21:08 - 31.3 MBRev. Aaron Eime led us as we dissected chapter 3 in Paul's first letter to the Corinthians. We discussed rewards vs. salvation as well as milk vs. solid food and how God will deal with those who destroy the unity of the church.
I Corinthians 2: Our common source
December 12, 2016 20:59 - 28.4 MBRev. Aaron Eime led us through I Corinthians 2, where Paul reminds the fractured church that, despite their different teachers, they all have a common source, the Holy Spirit that gives us all access to the mind of Messiah.
I Corinthians 1: Unifying a divided church
December 12, 2016 20:50 - 26.8 MBRev. Aaron Eime led us through a discussion of I Corinthians 1 as we looked at what Paul quickly affirmed in this community before he extorted them to drop their divisions.
Intro to I Corinthians
December 12, 2016 20:47 - 30.2 MBRev. Aaron Eime led us through Acts 18:1-21, which tells of the founding of the church in Corinth to set the scene before we look at Paul's letter to this church in Greece.
Matthew 11: What does a messiah do?
December 12, 2016 09:21 - 23.1 MBRev. David Pileggi spoke on how John the Baptist and Jesus had a different view of what Messiah should look like. Like most Second-Temple-era Jews, Jesus and John have a conversation using the language of the scriptures and speak volumes by the snippets of Bible they quote at each other. Jesus exhorts John and us to not be put off by his delaying judgment for mercy's sake. Bible readings Isaiah 35:1-10 James 5:7-10 Matthew 11:2-11
Matthew 3: Repent, for Jubilee is at hand
December 04, 2016 00:00 - 31.5 MBRev. David Pileggi, on the second Sunday of Advent, spoke on John the Baptist's announcement of the coming judgment and its relationship with the coming restoration. Bible readings Isaiah 11:1-10 Psalm 72 Matthew 3:1-12