26/02/2026
Good evening. Unfortunately, My memory card got corrupted and I lost this week's bible study. thus, here is instead a summary of it here below (pour les francophones, voyez la publication précédente)
We continue our previous Bible studies where we saw that Jesus strongly protects those
who are like little children in His eyes, that is, those who believe in Him and depend on Him
completely. It is a personal matter that He takes very seriously. Jesus gave his disciples two
warnings. The first was not to be a stumbling block, an offense, or a scandal to others,
especially our brothers and sisters in the body of Christ. Offenses in the world are necessary,
yes, but all the more reason to avoid being the source of offense ourselves. The second
warning was to avoid contempt for God's children, because all believers have an angel
assigned specifically to them and constantly standing before God's face, ready to intervene
immediately at God's command in our favor.
We read Matthew 18, verse 11, which says: “For the Son of Man came to save that which is
lost.” Here, we see not only Jesus’ mission in coming to earth, which was to save us, but the
use of the word “lost” here adds another dimension to the work Jesus did. Something that is
lost means that it is not where we expect to find it; therefore, we must seek it. And indeed,
Jesus did not just save us; he sought after us so that he could find and save us. Although as
humans we often say that we have found God, it is actually God who finds us.
Seeking here is, of course, not to be taken literally; it is not as if we were hiding and God had
to find us physically. We must understand that it refers to the openness of our hearts, our
willingness to surrender ourselves completely to God. Let's take the example of Adam and
Eve. When they sinned in the Garden of Eden, they hid after realizing they were naked, and
God then called to Adam, asking where he was. Sin created a distance between God and
Adam, which separated Adam from God's grace and blessing.
Jesus' mission was therefore more complex than simply saving us. He also made the effort
to find us, who were lost, and bring us back to his Father. And, depending on the person, this
wasn't always easy. Some heard God's call and responded immediately, like Matthew (at
that time Levi, the tax collector) or James and John, fishermen like their father Zebedee.
They immediately followed Jesus when he said, "Follow me," and left everything behind.
There is also the opposite case where some hear God's call but resist and reject it, like
Paul/Saul. God doesn't only speak through his voice; sometimes he uses visions, sometimes
circumstances, to try to reach us, and God tried to reach Saul for a long time. During the
martyrdom of the Christians, when Stephen was stoned, the boy who received the first stone
was Saul. And God was trying to speak to Saul at that moment through the impression
Stephen gave; he appeared like an angel, despite the literal rain of stones and the hatred
that surrounded him. It was a sign that God sent to Saul, to show him that the God Stephen
confessed was indeed real. And yet, Saul continued to harden his heart and persecute the
Christians until the day God used a more direct and violent method. He appeared to Saul in
a vision and caused him to fall from his horse. In Acts 9, verse 5, Jesus tells him, “I am
Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard to kick against the pricks.” This expression
means to struggle in vain, like Saul resisting God's will all that time. After that, Paul finally
gave his heart to God and converted. Sometimes, it's the same for us; we struggle against
God's will until situations break us, where, after hitting rock bottom, we can finally surrender
everything to God.
Jesus seeks us out to save us because, in sin, we are lost. And sometimes, we resist this,
we fight against God. This is dangerous for us because at the end of it lies eternal
damnation, Hell. By resisting God, by remaining under the sway of the kingdom of darkness,
by remaining lost, all that awaits us is our second and final death, eternity in Hell. That is
why it is not we who find Jesus through our own efforts; it is Jesus who does all this work to
find us, to bring our hearts back to the ways of his Father, and thus spare us this fate. It is to
this extent that Jesus will act for those who decide to believe in him.
In short, Jesus strongly protects those who believe in him, for this is the mission for which he
came from heaven to earth. And this mission is more than just saving us; it is also to find us,
we who were lost, and to bring us back to the Father. This is how He saves us. Sometimes,
this process of seeking us takes time because we resist God's voice, His call. But this
resistance can be a sign that Jesus is working within us, and the situations we face during
this time can be meant to humble us so that we can surrender completely to Him. And above
all, it is not through our own efforts that we have found Jesus. He is the one who has gone
all the way to find us in order to save us.
May God bless you all.
