100:00:00,000 –> 00:00:08,540If we do not learn to submit as we grow up through our childhood and our200:00:08,540 –> 00:00:14,200youth we may very well end up like unguided missiles throughout adult life300:00:14,200 –> 00:00:18,780in which we operate by our own independent authority accountable to no400:00:18,780 –> 00:00:21,799one causing damage just about everywhere we go.500:00:21,799 –> 00:00:26,820Welcome to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith. I am David Pick. I’m glad you600:00:26,820 –> 00:00:29,680could be with us today. Colin I imagine that some are listening to this700:00:29,680 –> 00:00:34,200and thinking about how it fits other people but some might be thinking my800:00:34,200 –> 00:00:38,500goodness that describes me. You know I think it’s important to recognize that900:00:38,500 –> 00:00:43,840we have very very different experiences from early life in relation to authority1000:00:43,840 –> 00:00:49,660and it does have a shaping influence. I mean my father was a policeman so that1100:00:49,660 –> 00:00:54,320tells you something and I was raised in a home where authority was well1200:00:54,320 –> 00:00:58,700exercised and lovingly exercised. Well, you grew up in that kind of1300:00:58,820 –> 00:01:03,980environment you tend to think this is a good thing this is part of order. If you1400:01:03,980 –> 00:01:08,699grow up in a very different environment you can feel very very differently about1500:01:08,699 –> 00:01:15,260authority and it can become a real real struggle. So we’re going to look today at1600:01:15,260 –> 00:01:20,300how that can be addressed because there’s always hope and the hope comes1700:01:20,300 –> 00:01:26,059in Jesus Christ. What a marvelous thing. Whatever your experience of authority in1800:01:26,139 –> 00:01:31,400the past good or bad to be able to bring your life under the authority of Christ1900:01:31,400 –> 00:01:35,400so that you’re not an unguided missile you’re not going around kind of full of2000:01:35,400 –> 00:01:39,779this anger and frustration and causing damage wherever you go but there’s an2100:01:39,779 –> 00:01:43,300order that’s brought to your life because of the King of Kings and the2200:01:43,300 –> 00:01:49,260Lord of Lords who exercises supreme authority in his amazing love. With that2300:01:49,260 –> 00:01:54,019introduction we’ll continue the message we began yesterday from Numbers 16 so I2400:01:54,019 –> 00:01:57,919hope you’ll join us if you can in your Bible as we continue the message2500:01:57,919 –> 00:02:04,059here’s Colin. Now as we come to numbers in chapter 16, then, try and imagine2600:02:04,059 –> 00:02:10,039three men sitting round a fire outside their tents in the desert. Their names2700:02:10,039 –> 00:02:18,220are Korah, Dathan and Abiram. They’re talking about Moses. Moses couldn’t2800:02:18,220 –> 00:02:23,740do anything right in their eyes. They didn’t like him and of course the fact2900:02:23,740 –> 00:02:30,539that he had so much authority really stuck in their throats. Well this3000:02:30,539 –> 00:02:37,759conflict continued to rise until the following day the issue came to a head.3100:02:37,759 –> 00:02:45,160Korah and his 250 followers were quite convinced that they could come directly3200:02:45,460 –> 00:02:50,179before the Lord. Remember God had said you only come through the priests3300:02:50,179 –> 00:02:53,759offering a sacrifice. You only come through the priest’s3400:02:53,759 –> 00:02:58,380ministry in the Tabernacle but Korah wasn’t going to accept that3500:02:58,380 –> 00:03:02,720No, we’re all holy. God’s with all of us. We can all come directly to the Lord. We3600:03:02,720 –> 00:03:10,360don’t need the priests. So Korah was invited along with his 250 supporters3700:03:10,399 –> 00:03:19,300Then to do what God had said only priests should do. That was to bring a3800:03:19,300 –> 00:03:24,500censer. That was a bowl and to fill it with fire and with incense and to3900:03:24,500 –> 00:03:28,699present it before the Lord. That was a task given uniquely to the priests in4000:03:28,699 –> 00:03:33,500the Old Testament. Korah says well we can do that. So Moses says, okay you do it4100:03:33,500 –> 00:03:39,740then. So the next day 250 supporters of Korah along with Nathan and Abiram they4200:03:40,139 –> 00:03:45,699and they bring these censers and they present them before the Lord and then4300:03:45,699 –> 00:03:50,199we’re told verse 19 that the glory of the Lord appeared to the entire4400:03:50,199 –> 00:03:56,339assembly and at that moment the whole assembly was faced with a choice. Moses4500:03:56,339 –> 00:04:05,259said to them, verse 24, move away from the tents of Korah, Nathan and Abiram.4600:04:05,979 –> 00:04:10,919And then God gave to Moses these words. He spoke as a prophet. Verse 28,4700:04:10,919 –> 00:04:15,100this is how you will know that the Lord has sent me and that it was not my idea4800:04:15,100 –> 00:04:19,299in other words Moses is saying I’m not in this position because I put myself4900:04:19,299 –> 00:04:24,179here it is God who has put me here and this is how you’ll know, if the earth5000:04:24,179 –> 00:04:30,299opens its mouth and swallows them, then you will know that these men have5100:04:30,299 –> 00:04:38,540treated the Lord with contempt and as soon as he said it the ground of the5200:04:38,540 –> 00:04:44,239desert split apart a crevice, a crack, rather like an earthquake, opened up in5300:04:44,239 –> 00:04:50,420the floor of the desert directly beneath Korah, Dathan, Abiram and the 250 who had5400:04:50,420 –> 00:04:56,079brought these unauthorized censers before the Lord and they took a plunge5500:04:57,040 –> 00:05:05,799disaster. Now that’s the story and there is one very simple lesson that we are to5600:05:05,799 –> 00:05:16,459take from it today, if you want to avoid Korah’s plunge to disaster learn to5700:05:16,459 –> 00:05:28,299submit to authority. Now that means first to learn to submit yourself to others5800:05:28,299 –> 00:05:33,299the fundamental principle of the Christian life for of course a5900:05:33,299 –> 00:05:41,100Christian is first of all a person who has learned to submit to God and one of6000:05:41,700 –> 00:05:46,459the expressions of our submission to God is our ability to submit to others and6100:05:46,459 –> 00:05:52,059it is of course the very purpose of God that we learn that from the earliest6200:05:52,059 –> 00:05:57,779stages in our lives that is one of the good reasons of course why God places us6300:05:57,779 –> 00:06:04,100in families God places children in families not just so that we may be6400:06:04,100 –> 00:06:07,859surrounded by love and protection and care that’s a very important thing but6500:06:08,040 –> 00:06:13,739there’s also something else so that we will learn from early in life what6600:06:13,739 –> 00:06:21,980it is to submit God has organized as it were a structure of authority within the6700:06:21,980 –> 00:06:27,660world it operates within the family as well as within others fears and where a6800:06:27,660 –> 00:06:32,179child or a young person living at home is rebellious against the authority of6900:06:32,339 –> 00:06:39,019parents that may very well be a resistance to the authority of God from7000:06:39,019 –> 00:06:45,619whom their authority is derived if we do not learn to submit as we grow up7100:06:45,619 –> 00:06:50,079through our childhood and our youth we may very end will end up like unguided7200:06:50,079 –> 00:06:55,179missiles throughout adult life in which we operate by our own independent7300:06:55,179 –> 00:07:01,820authority accountable to no one causing damage just about everywhere we go if7400:07:01,820 –> 00:07:10,679you do not learn to submit you become a law to yourself you become your own God7500:07:10,679 –> 00:07:18,980and you cannot if you become your own God be a Christian now this principle of7600:07:18,980 –> 00:07:22,779submission is brought before us in the scriptures not only in relation to7700:07:22,779 –> 00:07:30,359childhood and youth but also for example in relation to marriage wives submit to7800:07:30,600 –> 00:07:36,079husbands as is fitting in the Lord and then alongside that the scripture says7900:07:36,079 –> 00:07:42,239husbands love your wives as Christ loved the church and then get this and gave8000:07:42,239 –> 00:07:51,320himself up for her what did Christ do in relation to the church he submitted his8100:07:51,320 –> 00:07:58,920own interests and walked a costly path for the sake of the flourishing of his8200:07:58,980 –> 00:08:07,200bride the church he went through that which was incredibly costly so that his8300:08:07,200 –> 00:08:12,119bride should flourish so here within marriage there are these different8400:08:12,119 –> 00:08:17,119expressions of submission that are wonderful reflections of the very8500:08:17,119 –> 00:08:23,739character of our Lord Jesus Christ it’s the same in the church Ephesians 5.218600:08:24,119 –> 00:08:29,899submit to one another out of reverence for Christ the way in which we regard8700:08:29,899 –> 00:08:35,760one another as brothers is with a kind of respect and mutual submission that8800:08:35,760 –> 00:08:40,419enables the body of Christ to function as we’ve read from Hebrews in chapter8900:08:40,419 –> 00:08:45,73913 the word says obey your leaders and submit to there authority because they9000:08:45,739 –> 00:08:51,780keep watch over you as men who must give an account the same principle of9100:08:51,780 –> 00:08:55,280submitting to authority runs for every Christian believer in the wider9200:08:55,280 –> 00:09:01,479community as we live as citizens one Peter in chapter two submit yourselves9300:09:01,479 –> 00:09:09,219for the Lord’s sake to every authority instituted amongst men whether it be to9400:09:09,219 –> 00:09:15,559the King as the supreme authority or to governors who are sent by him to punish9500:09:15,559 –> 00:09:20,940those who do wrong and to commend those who do right live as free men but don’t9600:09:21,179 –> 00:09:26,679use your freedom as a cover-up for evil show proper respect to everyone9700:09:26,679 –> 00:09:33,940fear God honor the king or as Paul puts it again in Romans and chapter 13 we9800:09:33,940 –> 00:09:40,340are to submit to the authorities because there is no authority except that which9900:09:40,340 –> 00:09:49,739is established by God that includes a teacher at school even a bad one that10000:09:49,739 –> 00:09:54,820includes the authority of courts in our land that should make us think as10100:09:54,820 –> 00:09:59,500parents about how we talk about the President or the government we may have10200:09:59,500 –> 00:10:03,780criticisms on different issues but we want to raise children to have respect10300:10:03,780 –> 00:10:10,559for all those who have been placed in authority now this was the pattern of10400:10:10,559 –> 00:10:17,140course of our Lord Jesus Christ during his days on earth we’re told in10500:10:17,140 –> 00:10:27,260the book of Hebrews his prayers were heard why because of his reverent10600:10:27,260 –> 00:10:34,000submission I take I think it’s a very legitimate application for that that if10700:10:34,000 –> 00:10:40,099I do not show reverent submission as God calls me to do I can’t expect my prayers10800:10:40,099 –> 00:10:49,559to be heard he was heard because of his reverent submission although he was a10900:10:49,559 –> 00:10:54,460son I mean you can’t get higher authority than that to be the Son of God11000:10:54,460 –> 00:10:59,479although he was in that exalted position more exalted than any other person who11100:11:00,179 –> 00:11:06,979He learned obedience he learned obedience11200:11:06,979 –> 00:11:16,239think about that he who was in the very nature of God subjected himself to the11300:11:16,239 –> 00:11:21,140authority of the Father for us and for our salvation he is born into the world11400:11:21,140 –> 00:11:26,659as a baby through his childhood we’re told in Luke’s gospel he was subject to11500:11:26,760 –> 00:11:33,119his parents and he became obedient to his own father even when it was11600:11:33,119 –> 00:11:38,500incredibly costly even to the point of death on a cross11700:11:38,500 –> 00:11:49,179now it is this Jesus who said follow me when he said follow me he didn’t mean do11800:11:49,179 –> 00:11:52,419your own thing you’re listening to open the Bible with11900:11:53,140 –> 00:11:57,460with Pastor Colin Smith and a message called submit to authority looking today at how12000:11:57,460 –> 00:12:02,919Cora and his followers did not submit to authority and plunged a disaster as a12100:12:02,919 –> 00:12:06,979result don’t forget if you ever miss one of our broadcasts you can always catch12200:12:06,979 –> 00:12:12,599up or go back and listen again online at our website open the Bible dot org dot12300:12:12,599 –> 00:12:18,140UK or as a podcast on all the main podcast sites search for open the Bible12400:12:18,179 –> 00:12:21,820UK we’re in number 16 so join us if you12500:12:21,820 –> 00:12:24,919can as we continue the message submit to authority12600:12:24,919 –> 00:12:30,380here’s Colin he became obedient to his own father even when it was incredibly12700:12:30,380 –> 00:12:39,900costly even to the point of death on a cross now it is this Jesus who said12800:12:39,900 –> 00:12:49,000follow me when he said follow me he didn’t mean do your own thing now I12900:12:49,000 –> 00:12:52,859find that this is raised very penetrating questions for me this week13000:12:52,859 –> 00:12:58,299I’m sat with a piece of paper and tried to write down answers to these questions13100:12:58,299 –> 00:13:08,039that I now want to ask you who do you recognize as being an authority in your13200:13:08,119 –> 00:13:19,260life who do you submit to who do you listen to now the older you get and the13300:13:19,260 –> 00:13:25,380more powerful you become the more difficult this issue will be who is13400:13:25,380 –> 00:13:31,679there in your life who is a higher authority than yourself13500:13:31,679 –> 00:13:36,520for if there is no higher authority in your life than what you think what you13600:13:36,520 –> 00:13:44,500want and what you believe you are set for a plunge to disaster a human soul13700:13:44,500 –> 00:13:51,760that has never learned to submit is a soul in desperate trouble it is a soul13800:13:51,760 –> 00:14:00,119ravaged by pride and by self-will it will be a soul in constant turmoil it is13900:14:00,200 –> 00:14:08,640the soul of a tyrant it is the soul of Korah and it is a soul that is destined14000:14:08,640 –> 00:14:15,960for hell now that is the lesson of Korea’s rebellion and I want to suggest14100:14:15,960 –> 00:14:21,479that it is one of the most difficult lessons for us to learn in our culture14200:14:21,479 –> 00:14:28,320of rampant individualism those who will not submit themselves to others end up14300:14:28,559 –> 00:14:34,460like unguided missiles doing untold damage wherever they go be it at work in14400:14:34,460 –> 00:14:44,619the family in the body of Christ the spirit of Korah is within them. I know a14500:14:44,619 –> 00:14:53,599pastor who last year not in this country stood before his congregation in a14600:14:53,599 –> 00:15:01,200meeting and said I listen to nobody14700:15:01,440 –> 00:15:08,059he thought of course that he was listening to God but his words were the14800:15:08,059 –> 00:15:14,900surest indication that he was not I shudder to think where that man will end14900:15:15,239 –> 00:15:24,340up beware the person who thinks that they are listening to God and listens to15000:15:24,340 –> 00:15:36,520nobody else it’s a delusion it’s the verge of a plunge to disaster it’s very15100:15:36,520 –> 00:15:41,359interesting to me that at the end of the New Testament Jude identified some very15200:15:41,359 –> 00:15:46,599destructive people who got their way into the early church. And he15300:15:46,599 –> 00:15:50,760characterize them in three ways and if you look in Jude in verse 11 there’s15400:15:50,760 –> 00:15:54,539just one chapter of Jude you’ll see where at least I had the idea for three15500:15:54,539 –> 00:15:59,219of the characters in this series. Because Jude talks about people in the early15600:15:59,219 –> 00:16:06,559church who had taken the way of Cain who had rushed for profit into Balaam’s15700:16:06,659 –> 00:16:16,400error and would be those destroyed in Korah’s rebellion.15800:16:17,159 –> 00:16:24,140If you want to avoid a plunge to disaster learn to submit to others. And here’s the15900:16:24,140 –> 00:16:29,760very last thing if you want to avoid an ultimate plunge to disaster an eternal16000:16:30,260 –> 00:16:37,739disaster then learn to submit yourself to Jesus Christ. Now think about this for16100:16:37,739 –> 00:16:42,419just a moment as we close the special position that was given to Moses in the16200:16:42,419 –> 00:16:49,080Old Testament really points forward to the unique position that was given to16300:16:49,080 –> 00:16:53,820our Lord Jesus Christ in the new. Remember what God said about Moses. He16400:16:53,820 –> 00:17:04,939sees the form of God. I speak with him face to face. Now Koro of course could16500:17:04,939 –> 00:17:09,640never accept that. He was fundamentally opposed to the idea that God could place16600:17:09,640 –> 00:17:14,479anybody in such a position of privilege. No, no, no Koro thought that anybody16700:17:14,479 –> 00:17:18,599could come to God in their own way. He couldn’t see why people should be16800:17:18,599 –> 00:17:21,540restricted to hearing the word of God through Moses, why they should be16900:17:21,540 –> 00:17:26,540restricted to the offering that was made by Aaron, why should there only be17000:17:26,540 –> 00:17:32,439one high priest? Answer Koro, because God says so. The issue boils down to17100:17:32,439 –> 00:17:36,680one of authority, who says how you can come to God, is it you who says how you17200:17:36,680 –> 00:17:41,199come to God, or is it God who says how you come to God. It is God who says how17300:17:41,199 –> 00:17:46,199you may come to God, and the fundamental issue here is the authority of God and17400:17:46,359 –> 00:17:51,560that takes us right to the heart of the gospel because in the New Testament we17500:17:51,560 –> 00:17:58,380have the one to whom Moses could only point, of whom Moses was only a shadow.17600:17:58,380 –> 00:18:04,400When Jesus Christ comes into the world we discover he not only saw the form of17700:18:04,420 –> 00:18:10,060God as Moses did, he is the form of God.17800:18:10,060 –> 00:18:20,979He not only heard the Word of God he is the Word of God, and when he came into17900:18:20,979 –> 00:18:24,900the world of course he faced another version of Korah’s rebellion. This time18000:18:24,900 –> 00:18:28,979it was Pharisees and Herodians, who had precious little in common, who found18100:18:28,979 –> 00:18:33,900common ground in a little small group that began the attitude towards Jesus18200:18:34,500 –> 00:18:39,660up with a great crowd crying crucify him. His own family at one point said that18300:18:39,660 –> 00:18:44,780he was out of his mind. The leaders rose up and said we will not have this man to18400:18:44,780 –> 00:18:52,780reign over us, and so Christ gave a sign as to who he is. It wasn’t that the18500:18:52,780 –> 00:18:58,760ground swallowed him up. It was that the ground couldn’t hold him, and on the18600:18:58,760 –> 00:19:03,260third day he rose from the dead. And in this way Paul says was declared with18700:19:03,260 –> 00:19:10,760power to be the Son of God by his resurrection from the dead and there18800:19:10,760 –> 00:19:17,880are many people today who still take Kora’s position. You’ll hear them in18900:19:17,880 –> 00:19:23,400your office, you’ll hear them in conversations with friends who do not19000:19:23,400 –> 00:19:28,859yet believe, and they’ll say as Kora would have said how can you say that19100:19:28,939 –> 00:19:35,859people can only come to God through Jesus Christ? Aren’t all the people holy?19200:19:35,859 –> 00:19:39,640Isn’t God amongst all the hope, all the people? Aren’t we all God’s19300:19:39,640 –> 00:19:50,819children anyway? No we’re not, no we’re not Kora. God has made a way in which we19400:19:50,819 –> 00:19:57,819may come to him. That’s why in the Gospels there’s that great moment where19500:19:57,979 –> 00:20:02,859Jesus’ glory is revealed. And God says on the mountain of19600:20:02,859 –> 00:20:12,160Transfiguration, this is my son, listen to him. Don’t listen to the voice of19700:20:12,160 –> 00:20:15,359every religious movement that the various cultures of the world have19800:20:15,359 –> 00:20:22,199thrown up through history. This is my son, listen to him. If you want to avoid19900:20:22,239 –> 00:20:31,000an eternal plunge to disaster submit to the authority of Jesus Christ.20000:20:31,000 –> 00:20:37,380He has died the righteous for the unrighteous to bring you to God and no20100:20:37,380 –> 00:20:43,800one else can do that. And on the last day there will be people who will stand20200:20:43,800 –> 00:20:47,739before God like Korah with their own little censors. They’ll love their own20300:20:47,880 –> 00:20:52,000sincerity, their own good works and they will come before God and they’ll say20400:20:52,000 –> 00:20:58,680here I am and here’s the good life that I’ve lived. And if that’s how you come20500:20:58,680 –> 00:21:07,880you take a plunge to disaster. How must you come? You must come through the High20600:21:07,959 –> 00:21:16,579Priest who has offered the sacrifice acceptable to God, Jesus Christ our20700:21:16,579 –> 00:21:25,760Saviour the Son of God, who has come to reconcile you to God and through faith20800:21:25,760 –> 00:21:37,060in his blood you may stand before him and on the last day find acceptance with20900:21:37,060 –> 00:21:41,920God. You’ve been listening to open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith and a21000:21:41,920 –> 00:21:47,040message called submit to authority. A powerful message today of warning looking21100:21:47,040 –> 00:21:52,239at the story of Korah as he plunged to disaster. It contains lessons for our own21200:21:52,239 –> 00:21:57,199lives and how we can avoid following in his footsteps. He was just one of the21300:21:57,199 –> 00:22:01,420eight characters in the Bible who we’ve been studying in our series deck chairs21400:22:01,420 –> 00:22:06,459on the Titanic how to avoid plunging to disaster, and if you’ve missed any of the21500:22:06,459 –> 00:22:09,979series or if you want to go back and listen again you can do that by coming21600:22:09,979 –> 00:22:15,900online to our website openthebible.org.uk or you can find us as a21700:22:15,900 –> 00:22:20,660podcast and those are available on all the main podcast sites. Search for Open21800:22:20,660 –> 00:22:25,660the Bible UK or follow the link from our website. Also on our website and as a21900:22:25,660 –> 00:22:30,979podcast is open the Bible daily and that’s a series of short two to three22000:22:30,979 –> 00:22:35,819minute daily reflections based on Pastor Colin’s teaching and read in the UK by22100:22:36,819 –> 00:22:40,319Sue MacLeish. 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We’d love to say thank you by sending you a copy of23100:23:30,380 –> 00:23:35,979Pastor Colin’s book Heaven How I Got Here the story of the thief on the cross.23200:23:35,979 –> 00:23:39,939And we’ll also send you a copy of the booklet How Can I Be Sure of Heaven23300:23:39,939 –> 00:23:44,699along with a special Open the Bible pen and bookmark.23400:23:44,699 –> 00:23:50,459Full details terms and conditions are on our website openthebible.org.uk23500:23:50,459 –> 00:23:53,939Colin what’s the theme of Heaven How I Got Here.23600:23:53,939 –> 00:23:59,140A little booklet again based on the wonderful story of the thief on the cross23700:23:59,359 –> 00:24:03,099and just capturing what it was that this man did.23800:24:03,099 –> 00:24:07,900He turned to Jesus he asked Jesus to save him23900:24:07,900 –> 00:24:11,500and he trusted the promise that Jesus gave him.24000:24:11,500 –> 00:24:15,780So these three simple words turn and ask and trust24100:24:15,780 –> 00:24:19,060at the heart of this booklet that’s all about Jesus24200:24:19,060 –> 00:24:23,819and how he saves us illustrated through the story of the thief on the cross.24300:24:23,819 –> 00:24:28,939It’s a booklet that you could give away to someone very easily just a few pages24400:24:28,939 –> 00:24:33,040but it will give them the heart of the gospel and a simple presentation24500:24:33,040 –> 00:24:36,479of how to respond to the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ24600:24:36,479 –> 00:24:42,339Well this book, Heaven How I Got Here, along with the booklet, How Can I Be Sure of Heaven,24700:24:42,339 –> 00:24:46,680as well as a special open the Bible pen and bookmark24800:24:46,680 –> 00:24:49,560are our way of saying thank you if you’re able to set up24900:24:49,560 –> 00:24:53,400a new direct debit of five pounds per month or more25000:24:53,400 –> 00:24:58,160to the work of Open the Bible or a one-off gift of fifty pounds or more.25100:24:58,359 –> 00:25:04,479Full details, terms and conditions on our website openthebible.org.uk25200:25:04,540 –> 00:25:08,719For Open the Bible and Pastor Colin Smith I’m David Pick25300:25:08,719 –> 00:25:12,459I hope you’ll join us again next time25400:25:15,699 –> 00:25:20,439It’s quite possible to have God’s spirit, to be called to a ministry25500:25:20,439 –> 00:25:24,560and used by God and yet still plunge to disaster25600:25:24,560 –> 00:25:27,819Find out why next time on Open the Bible