100:00:00,000 –> 00:00:12,040The moment you came to faith in Jesus Christ God forgave your sins. He freed you from guilt200:00:12,040 –> 00:00:20,120and he freed you from the condemnation of Hell, there is now no condemnation for those300:00:20,120 –> 00:00:26,580who are in Christ Jesus no condemnation. That is the beginning of your salvation, but it400:00:26,680 –> 00:00:32,080is certainly not the end. Welcome to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith. I’m David500:00:32,080 –> 00:00:35,799Pick. I’m glad you could join us today. And Colin, it sounds as if you’re saying that600:00:35,799 –> 00:00:41,020salvation is a process. Well, you know, the Bible speaks about salvation in three wonderful700:00:41,020 –> 00:00:47,060ways. I mean, it is an event. It is by grace that you have been saved. Passed tents. It’s800:00:47,060 –> 00:00:51,220done. It’s accomplished you’re in Christ. There’s no condemnation. Then there’s a sense900:00:51,220 –> 00:00:57,040in which we are being saved. To us, who are being saved, the cross is the power of God.1000:00:57,040 –> 00:01:01,680And then there is a future expectation of when we will be saved. So it’s all three,1100:01:01,680 –> 00:01:06,139event, process, and it’s a future anticipation of all that’s yet to be in the presence of1200:01:06,139 –> 00:01:11,760Christ. So we believe that we have been saved. Our sins have been forgiven past tense. And1300:01:11,760 –> 00:01:16,440one day we will be in God’s presence in the future tense, but we don’t always understand1400:01:16,440 –> 00:01:20,639what’s in the present tense. Yeah, that’s exactly right. And we’ve often1500:01:20,800 –> 00:01:24,820spoken on this program about the danger of perceiving the gospel as forgiveness for the1600:01:24,820 –> 00:01:29,040past, heaven for the future, and a kind of black hole now. The power of the spirit of1700:01:29,040 –> 00:01:34,120God to grow now, but what we’re going to focus on particularly in the program today is that1800:01:34,120 –> 00:01:38,339as we’re growing and as we’re going through all the struggles of the Christian life, there1900:01:38,339 –> 00:01:42,760is a future anticipation of a day when all of that is going to be behind us. And you’re2000:01:42,760 –> 00:01:48,419going to be in the presence of Jesus. And the salvation that’s been begun and is continuing2100:01:48,519 –> 00:01:53,760through many, many difficulties now is going to be complete. And to get our eye on that2200:01:53,760 –> 00:01:56,720is part of the encouragement for pressing forward today.2300:01:56,720 –> 00:02:01,480So let’s press forward in the Book of Jude, last couple of verses as we begin the message,2400:02:01,480 –> 00:02:04,620Rest in God’s Triumph. Here is Colin.2500:02:04,620 –> 00:02:11,619We come to the last of the seven workouts for a healthy Christian life. We’ve been learning2600:02:12,220 –> 00:02:19,220together that many of us make great efforts to keep ourselves in good physical shape,2700:02:20,979 –> 00:02:25,059but we’ve been discovering that there are specific things that we also need to do if2800:02:25,059 –> 00:02:31,779we’re going to keep ourselves in good spiritual shape. Jude has been our coach, and we have2900:02:31,779 –> 00:02:37,380identified these seven workouts for a healthy Christian life that come at the end of this3000:02:37,380 –> 00:02:41,080little letter, and of course what needs to be said at this point is that3100:02:42,100 –> 00:02:48,339the important thing is not that you know them, but that you do them. I mean I know press-ups.3200:02:48,339 –> 00:02:54,580I know sit-ups. The issue is not knowing these things, it’s3300:02:54,580 –> 00:02:59,639doing them if you’re going to keep yourself in spiritual shape.3400:02:59,639 –> 00:03:06,820Let me give you this encouragement. As you do them, you will become better at3500:03:06,820 –> 00:03:13,220them. And as you do them, you will grow through them. Remember when I was at3600:03:13,220 –> 00:03:17,119college doing sit ups in the gym. I thought I was doing pretty well actually3700:03:17,119 –> 00:03:22,479because not the biggest into that sort of thing. But I was rather3800:03:22,479 –> 00:03:25,960discouraged that the guy next to me who’s a good friend was doing exactly3900:03:25,960 –> 00:03:28,960the same exercise with huge metal weights behind his head.4000:03:28,960 –> 00:03:34,919That’s kind of humiliating. But he started what I was starting. He4100:03:34,919 –> 00:03:41,759persevered and he grew in strength and he grew in his ability in these things.4200:03:41,759 –> 00:03:46,660Now these are the things in which we are to grow God says. These are the things4300:03:46,660 –> 00:03:50,419we’re to do if we’re to get ourselves in spiritual shape. And as you do them, you4400:03:50,419 –> 00:03:55,800will grow in them and you will grow through them. So let me remind you of the4500:03:55,800 –> 00:04:00,600workouts for a healthy Christian life. These things that we are to pursue no4600:04:00,600 –> 00:04:05,160matter what is going on around us. Number one, build yourselves up in your4700:04:05,160 –> 00:04:11,520most holy faith. Number two, pray in the Holy Spirit. Three, keep yourselves in4800:04:11,520 –> 00:04:17,799God’s love. Four, wait for Jesus Christ to bring you into everlasting life. Don’t4900:04:17,799 –> 00:04:23,519neglect the value of waiting in getting yourself into spiritual shape. And as you5000:04:23,559 –> 00:04:28,179wait, give yourself to ministry. That’s number five. And as you do that, watch5100:04:28,179 –> 00:04:32,899yourself. Number six. And today we come to the seventh workout. Or perhaps it would5200:04:32,899 –> 00:04:38,619be better described as what we call the warm down. Now after the workouts. My son5300:04:38,619 –> 00:04:42,959tells me very important after you’ve worked out that you have a warm down.5400:04:42,959 –> 00:04:47,239That there’s a point where you settle yourself. And that’s why I’ve called this5500:04:47,440 –> 00:04:55,959one rest in God’s triumph. Now it’s very important as we mentioned last week that5600:04:55,959 –> 00:05:03,420we keep the last two workouts together in our mind. Resting in God’s triumph if5700:05:03,420 –> 00:05:08,600you have not been watching yourself is simply foolishness. Remember that last5800:05:08,600 –> 00:05:12,980time we identified these last two workouts as being rather like two wheels5900:05:13,059 –> 00:05:17,820in a bicycle. You need to remember them both, you need to have them both, and if6000:05:17,820 –> 00:05:22,040you lose either one you won’t get far. You need to watch yourself,6100:05:22,040 –> 00:05:27,339God says, because you live in this Christian life in the body, you live it6200:05:27,339 –> 00:05:32,760in this world in which so easily be could infected by corruption, the spirit6300:05:32,760 –> 00:05:37,619of this world. But at the same time as you watch yourself you also need to rest6400:05:37,940 –> 00:05:43,220God’s triumph because God is able to keep you from falling in this world you6500:05:43,220 –> 00:05:48,059are not alone. His spirit is at work within you and he is able to present you6600:05:48,059 –> 00:05:54,079verse 24, before his glorious presence without fault and with great joy. So, keep6700:05:54,079 –> 00:05:59,959these two wheels of truth within the framework of your understanding because6800:05:59,959 –> 00:06:05,540this is what God has revealed to us. Watch yourself because you do live this6900:06:05,640 –> 00:06:11,299life in the body and you live in a world that has a corrupting influence. Watch7000:06:11,299 –> 00:06:16,739yourself, but at the same time rest in God’s triumph. Your Savior is able to7100:06:16,739 –> 00:06:23,380keep you through everything you face in this world you can be both confident in7200:06:23,380 –> 00:06:29,779him while you need to be careful as you live in this world. Be careful, be7300:06:29,779 –> 00:06:34,679confident. Now, as we look at this confidence that we’re able to have in7400:06:34,720 –> 00:06:39,839Jesus Christ, let’s focus in on verse 24 and verse 25. Notice that they’re all7500:06:39,839 –> 00:06:49,519about God. Verse 24 , to him who is able to keep you from falling.7600:06:49,519 –> 00:06:54,839So, these verses that are our focus today are all about him. You notice that very7700:06:54,839 –> 00:06:58,519clearly. They are about the glory of God. Now, notice7800:06:58,519 –> 00:07:02,119that’s important because if you glance back to verse 20 you’ll see that all7900:07:02,320 –> 00:07:06,359we’ve been saying in our series so far is about you. Notice verse 20,8000:07:06,359 –> 00:07:12,500but you dear friends, Jude has been talking about what you have to do and8100:07:12,500 –> 00:07:17,459now he switches our attention at the end of these exertations, to focus our mind8200:07:17,459 –> 00:07:23,519and our hearts upon God. You, him. Notice that throughout this series, the8300:07:23,519 –> 00:07:29,399emphasis has been on your responsibility. That’s very important to understand that.8400:07:29,920 –> 00:07:32,559Who is to pray in the Holy Spirit?8500:07:32,559 –> 00:07:37,799You are. Who is to keep themselves in the love of God?8600:07:38,500 –> 00:07:44,540You are. Who is to reach out in ministry, in mercy and snatch people from the fire?8700:07:45,320 –> 00:07:50,320You are. Who is to hate clothing that is stained by corrupted flesh?8800:07:50,980 –> 00:07:55,980You are. Now it is a great mistake therefore for anyone to say,8900:07:56,040 –> 00:07:59,179Oh, the Christian life is all up to God. That is quite unbiblical.9000:07:59,660 –> 00:08:07,160God calls you to do these workouts and if you do them you will grow9100:08:07,420 –> 00:08:11,420and if you do not do them you’ll be like a spiritual couch potato.9200:08:11,420 –> 00:08:16,440There’s a lot of spiritual couch potatoes in the church out there because we don’t do the workouts.9300:08:16,859 –> 00:08:20,760We sit back and we say, Oh well you know, it’s all up to God, what I become.9400:08:20,760 –> 00:08:24,660That’s unbiblical. You. You.9500:08:26,200 –> 00:08:32,260But after placing the responsibility for things that God has called us to do squarely upon our shoulders,9600:08:32,280 –> 00:08:35,940Jude now wants to draw our attention towards God himself.9700:08:36,280 –> 00:08:41,080Here are some things God calls you to do. God will not do them for you.9800:08:42,440 –> 00:08:48,640So don’t spend the whole of your Christian life waiting for God to do the thing that he’s told you to do.9900:08:49,280 –> 00:08:55,359But now as you do the things that God has called you to do as you give yourself to these workouts,10000:08:55,380 –> 00:08:57,380here’s where you’re to keep your confidence,10100:08:58,520 –> 00:09:01,760because you’re confidence isn’t going to come from the fact that you’re doing the work.10200:09:01,760 –> 00:09:05,200Your confidence is going to come from God himself to Him10300:09:06,080 –> 00:09:11,419who’s able to keep you from falling, to him who is able to present you before His10400:09:11,419 –> 00:09:16,859glorious presence without fault and with great joy, to the only God our Savior.10500:09:17,380 –> 00:09:19,380Be glory, majesty, power and authority10600:09:20,419 –> 00:09:22,419through Jesus Christ our Lord.10700:09:23,039 –> 00:09:25,039So, we’re going to focus on God today,10800:09:25,619 –> 00:09:27,619who He is10900:09:27,739 –> 00:09:29,739and what he’ll do for you.11000:09:30,659 –> 00:09:37,659First, who he is. Notice the phrase that Jude uses right in the center of this passage in verse 25 there.11100:09:37,700 –> 00:09:39,760He describes the Lord as11200:09:40,619 –> 00:09:44,400The only God, our Savior.11300:09:45,119 –> 00:09:46,619Our savior.11400:09:46,619 –> 00:09:48,619Who is it that can keep you from falling?11500:09:49,440 –> 00:09:55,419Who is it that can present you faultless in God’s own immediate presence? Answer verse 25.11600:09:55,919 –> 00:10:00,739Jude says, I’m talking about the only God our11700:10:02,280 –> 00:10:03,580Savior.11800:10:03,580 –> 00:10:07,960That is a wonderful phrase isn’t it to relish God our11900:10:08,619 –> 00:10:10,539Savior God12000:10:10,539 –> 00:10:12,520our12100:10:12,520 –> 00:10:13,940Savior.12200:10:13,940 –> 00:10:21,320Now the New Testament speaks specifically about the Lord Jesus Christ as our Savior does this in fact on 1612300:10:21,400 –> 00:10:27,900occasions. You will call his name Jesus for he will save his people from their sins to you in the town of David is born12400:10:27,900 –> 00:10:34,400today a savior who is Christ the Lord the New Testament often refers to Jesus as the savior.12500:10:35,559 –> 00:10:38,780But Jude is reminding us of something else here12600:10:38,780 –> 00:10:47,739that the whole of God has given the whole of himself to save the whole of you12700:10:47,739 –> 00:10:56,919the Father has planned your salvation. The son has purchased your salvation by12800:10:56,919 –> 00:11:03,260the death on the cross the Holy Spirit delivers or applies your salvation.12900:11:03,659 –> 00:11:10,739The whole of God gives the whole of himself to save the whole of you, now you13000:11:10,739 –> 00:11:14,619say that sounds like a theological point what’s his relevance here’s its13100:11:14,619 –> 00:11:21,880relevance, some of us have the sneaking suspicion that part of God loves us but13200:11:21,880 –> 00:11:28,880part of God hates us some of us have the idea that part of God is for us and that13300:11:28,880 –> 00:11:32,179part of God is really actually against us13400:11:32,599 –> 00:11:38,599We believe that Jesus loves us because he died on the cross but we have a sense13500:11:38,599 –> 00:11:47,039somehow that God is reluctant about forgiving us That he is essentially more13600:11:47,039 –> 00:11:52,000concerned about justice and punishment than about opening the doors of13700:11:52,000 –> 00:11:56,659everlasting life and that if he does do this for any of us he’ll only open this13800:11:56,659 –> 00:12:03,460creaking door reluctantly and only because Jesus his son prevails upon him13900:12:03,460 –> 00:12:11,659Now if you think about God like that, you will never be able to rejoice in God14000:12:11,659 –> 00:12:18,520Jude says there is only one God. He is revealed to us as Father and Son and14100:12:18,760 –> 00:12:31,460One God, and God is our saviour. That is why this one God made himself known to14200:12:31,460 –> 00:12:39,559Abraham. That is why he brought his people out of Egypt. That is why David14300:12:39,559 –> 00:12:46,979says in the psalms, God my saviour. That is why Habakkuk, the Old Testament14400:12:47,760 –> 00:12:51,739says, I will rejoice in God my saviour.14500:12:51,739 –> 00:12:58,179This is why Jesus Christ came into the world because this God is savior and he14600:12:58,179 –> 00:13:03,140has taken our flesh in the person of Jesus Christ. The fullness of the Godhead14700:13:03,140 –> 00:13:12,900dwells bodily in our Lord. God is our save. You’re listening to Open the Bible14800:13:13,119 –> 00:13:18,260with Pastor Colin Smith and the message called Rest in God’s Triumph. It’s part14900:13:18,260 –> 00:13:22,419of the series Keeping Yourself in Spiritual Shape – 7 Workouts for a15000:13:22,419 –> 00:13:27,500Healthy Christian Life, which is based on the book of Jude and if you ever miss15100:13:27,500 –> 00:13:30,340one of the series or if you want to go back and listen to the whole series15200:13:30,340 –> 00:13:35,239again you can do that by coming on line to our website openthebible.org.uk15300:13:35,239 –> 00:13:40,059or indeed, you can find it as a podcast on all the main podcasts sites15400:13:40,919 –> 00:13:43,080Search for Open The Bible UK. Back to15500:13:43,080 –> 00:13:44,900the message now here again is Colin15600:13:45,500 –> 00:13:46,760Now there is a great deal of15700:13:46,760 –> 00:13:53,200discussion today about the claims of different religions. Many people assume15800:13:53,200 –> 00:14:00,260that the discussion is merely about how we come to God. You know how it’s often15900:14:00,260 –> 00:14:03,940put you’ll be familiar with this I think in many religious discussions people16000:14:03,940 –> 00:14:07,940tend to speak and think in this way, well there’s one God everyone agrees about16100:14:07,940 –> 00:14:12,659that. There’s one God but of course there are many different ways of coming to him.16200:14:12,659 –> 00:14:16,659it’s rather like one mountain. There are different paths up different sides and16300:14:16,659 –> 00:14:20,179all the religions represent different paths up this same mountain of course16400:14:20,179 –> 00:14:23,340whichever path you follow and it’ll depend largely where you’re starting16500:14:23,340 –> 00:14:26,599from, it will essentially lead you to the same point at the summit we’ll all16600:14:26,599 –> 00:14:33,099meet there. Now I want to suggest to you that the essential question that is16700:14:33,119 –> 00:14:42,200being addressed in our culture today is not about how we come to God at all. The16800:14:42,200 –> 00:14:50,320essential question is about who God is. And Jude says to us, and this is very16900:14:50,320 –> 00:14:55,159important, there is only one God. Notice that phrase, the only God, there’s no17000:14:55,159 –> 00:15:03,679other and the only God is our Savior. The only God who exists, the God who has17100:15:03,679 –> 00:15:07,559created heaven and earth, the God who exists in three persons, Father, Son, and17200:15:07,559 –> 00:15:14,239Holy Spirit, is the Savior God. He always has been, He is, and He always will be.17300:15:14,239 –> 00:15:19,039This is Who God is. Now in practical application, here’s one place to go with17400:15:19,039 –> 00:15:24,059that. When you find yourself in one of these discussions about religion and all17500:15:24,059 –> 00:15:27,619different routes to God, and so forth and so on, here’s a good question for you17600:15:27,619 –> 00:15:37,140to ask of a spiritually confused person. Tell me about how God saves you. It’s a17700:15:37,140 –> 00:15:44,659great question to ask. Tell me about how God saves you. Tell me about what God17800:15:44,659 –> 00:15:53,760does for you. And let me tell you about what the God of the Bible does for me.17900:15:54,760 –> 00:15:59,880Because the sad reality is that a great many people in our world today are18000:15:59,880 –> 00:16:06,159actually following after idols that do nothing but make demands. And Jude’s word18100:16:06,159 –> 00:16:12,780is so powerful for us in evangelism today. There is one God, and the only God18200:16:13,640 –> 00:16:25,599is our Savior. Isn’t it marvellous to know the savior God, the savior God? Now what18300:16:25,599 –> 00:16:31,820does it mean for God to save us? Let me go through very simply three dimensions18400:16:31,820 –> 00:16:38,239of God’s saving work in a person’s life. Number one,18500:16:38,239 –> 00:16:45,140God is our Saviour from sins penalty. Now this is a completed reality for18600:16:45,140 –> 00:16:51,700anyone who is in Jesus Christ. The moment you came to faith in Jesus Christ,18700:16:51,700 –> 00:16:58,260God forgave your sins. He freed you from guilt and he freed you from the18800:16:58,260 –> 00:17:05,599condemnation of hell. There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ18900:17:05,699 –> 00:17:11,400Jesus. No condemnation. That is the beginning of your salvation but it is19000:17:11,400 –> 00:17:17,819certainly not the end. For our Savior God not only frees us from sins penalty,19100:17:17,819 –> 00:17:23,800secondly the Bible makes clear that he frees us from sins power. This is an19200:17:23,800 –> 00:17:30,939ongoing process and a lot of folks have become confused at this point. Sin is19300:17:30,979 –> 00:17:37,420still our enemy. Sin is still powerful. I find myself every day struggling with19400:17:37,420 –> 00:17:44,739the ways in which it tries to make inroads into my life. We all do but when19500:17:44,739 –> 00:17:48,900you become a Christian, when you put your faith in Jesus Christ, the Bible makes it19600:17:48,900 –> 00:17:58,199very clear that you are no longer under sin’s power. Sin shall not be your master19700:17:58,199 –> 00:18:04,560Paul says in Romans, that’s chapter 6 and verse 14. He doesn’t say sin will cease19800:18:04,560 –> 00:18:10,459to be powerful, he doesn’t say sin will no longer be your enemy, no but he does19900:18:10,459 –> 00:18:17,719say sin will no longer be your master. It’s still dangerous but it is no longer20000:18:17,719 –> 00:18:28,180in a position of power over you. God has saved you from that. Now, let me try and20100:18:28,260 –> 00:18:32,199offer an illustration that at least has helped me to grapple with this a little20200:18:32,199 –> 00:18:36,560bit because it’s not easy to get hold of. How is it that we’re released from the20300:18:36,560 –> 00:18:41,079power of sin when we’re still engaged in a struggle? Well, try and think of it20400:18:41,079 –> 00:18:48,900perhaps like this. Before you came to Jesus Christ, you were a prisoner.20500:18:48,900 –> 00:18:53,959Think of yourself as being like a prisoner of war in a dreadful cell with a cruel20600:18:54,199 –> 00:19:02,979master, even a torturer, and your hands are tied and you are blindfolded and20700:19:02,979 –> 00:19:09,540whatever this cruel guard wishes to do with you, he can do with you because you20800:19:09,540 –> 00:19:13,739are helpless. He may leave you alone for a long time and not be too hard on you20900:19:13,739 –> 00:19:22,520but you’re still helpless. You are not in a position to resist the blows that21000:19:22,579 –> 00:19:31,900rained in from Him upon you. You’re a prisoner, but now in Jesus Christ, the21100:19:31,900 –> 00:19:39,380Bible is saying, you are no longer sin’s prisoner. God has come into the prison, he21200:19:39,380 –> 00:19:44,000has taken off the blindfold, he has taken off the handcuffs, he’s led you out of21300:19:44,040 –> 00:19:53,459the prison. You are no longer sin’s prisoner. Sin shall no longer be your21400:19:53,459 –> 00:19:59,599master, right? Get the picture? Now the question is, when God takes you out of21500:19:59,599 –> 00:20:06,180the cell and takes off the blindfold and unties your hands, where does he take you?21600:20:06,180 –> 00:20:09,979Some of us have the idea he takes us into a sun lounge for the rest of our21700:20:10,040 –> 00:20:15,119lives. That’s not where he takes you. He leads you out of the cell, he takes the21800:20:15,119 –> 00:20:20,300blindfold off, he takes the handcuffs off and he says, here now is a gymnasium and21900:20:20,300 –> 00:20:27,760in the gymnasium you see that there is a boxing ring and he gives you the gloves22000:20:27,760 –> 00:20:32,780and he’s says, there your hands are free, you are now empowered by my Holy Spirit.22100:20:32,780 –> 00:20:35,800I want you to get in the ring, so you get in the ring, you sit down on the little22200:20:36,140 –> 00:20:41,459stool and there to your absolute astonishment in the opposite corner is22300:20:41,459 –> 00:20:53,800the guard who beat you. Let me at him. Let me at him. Of course he’s still22400:20:53,800 –> 00:21:00,160desperate to get at you. He’s gonna come out with all his fists22500:21:00,160 –> 00:21:10,060lying but you’re not defenseless now. God puts you in a position to fight.22600:21:10,060 –> 00:21:16,979That’s the Christian life. Sin shall no longer be your master. You are now22700:21:16,979 –> 00:21:20,540empowered by the Holy Spirit. Does that mean you’re lying on a sun lounger for22800:21:20,540 –> 00:21:24,540the rest of your life? No. You’re in a battle. You can get hit. You need to22900:21:24,540 –> 00:21:28,939watch yourself. You need to have your guard up but you are in an entirely23000:21:29,000 –> 00:21:35,099different position now in this lifelong battle. God puts you in a position to23100:21:35,099 –> 00:21:41,400fight. Aren’t you thankful for that? There’s all the difference in the world.23200:21:41,400 –> 00:21:46,579Before, as it were, you were in sin’s power. If we personalize sin, as the23300:21:46,579 –> 00:21:51,520Bible sometimes does, he could strike you at will. There was nothing you could do23400:21:51,520 –> 00:21:56,719about it. You couldn’t lay a hand on him back but now you’re in a different23500:21:56,800 –> 00:22:03,359position. He saves you, not only from the penalty of sin, but he delivers you from23600:22:03,359 –> 00:22:09,920the power of sin by putting you in a position to fight. You have been listening23700:22:09,920 –> 00:22:14,319to Pastor Colin Smith on Open the Bible and a message called Rest in God’s23800:22:14,319 –> 00:22:19,560Triumph. Part of our series, Keeping Yourself in Spiritual Shape 7 Workouts23900:22:19,560 –> 00:22:24,359for a Healthy Christian Life based on the book of Jude. And don’t forget if you24000:22:24,400 –> 00:22:28,160ever miss one of the series, you can easily catch up or go back and listen24100:22:28,160 –> 00:22:34,260again by coming to our website that’s at openthebible.org.uk or you can24200:22:34,260 –> 00:22:38,439find Pastor Colin’s messages as a podcast on all the main podcast sites.24300:22:38,439 –> 00:22:45,099Search for Open the Bible UK or follow the link from our website. Open the24400:22:45,099 –> 00:22:49,359Bible is able to stay on this station and the Internet and available as a24500:22:49,359 –> 00:22:52,739podcast because of the generous financial support of our listeners.24600:22:53,099 –> 00:22:57,920That’s people like you and if you already give to Support the Work thank24700:22:57,920 –> 00:23:02,540you so much. If supporting Open the Bible is something you’d like to start doing24800:23:02,540 –> 00:23:07,900this month we’re delighted to offer a free gift. When you set up a new direct24900:23:07,900 –> 00:23:12,119debit to the work of Open the Bible for the amount of £5 per month or25000:23:12,119 –> 00:23:17,459more or a one-off gift of £50 or more, we’d love to say thank you by sending25100:23:17,739 –> 00:23:23,579you a free copy of pastor Colin’s new book, Hike Through the Bible. Colin, where25200:23:23,579 –> 00:23:29,439did the idea for this book come from? Well, we have fly through the Bible for25300:23:29,439 –> 00:23:33,640those who are looking for a place to begin, then drive through the Bible25400:23:33,640 –> 00:23:38,119obviously takes people a bit further, but for everyone that wants to get serious25500:23:38,119 –> 00:23:42,819about the Bible story, hike through the Bible is for you. I mean this is where25600:23:43,079 –> 00:23:48,459your boots on the ground and really get to grips with what the Bible is all25700:23:48,459 –> 00:23:52,979about and you’ll discover that the whole Bible is one story that the whole of it25800:23:52,979 –> 00:23:58,520points to our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And I wrote this for people who25900:23:58,520 –> 00:24:02,979want to have a better grasp of the Bible. I wrote it for people who want to have a26000:24:02,979 –> 00:24:07,739deeper love for the Lord Jesus Christ and just by way of encouragement, if you26100:24:07,739 –> 00:24:12,780think that hiking sounds like hard work, while you can hike at a gentle pace, this26200:24:12,780 –> 00:24:17,800is 50 chapters and that’s designed so that you could do one a week a nice26300:24:17,800 –> 00:24:22,339gentle hike through the Bible so that at the end of the year you really have26400:24:22,339 –> 00:24:26,939grasped the Bible as a whole and you’ve got a clearer grip on what it is that26500:24:26,939 –> 00:24:31,939God’s saying into your life. Well we’d love to send you Colin’s new book when26600:24:31,939 –> 00:24:37,079you set up a new direct debit of five pounds per month or more or a one-off26700:24:37,079 –> 00:24:42,420gift of 50 pounds or more this month. Full terms and conditions online at our26800:24:42,420 –> 00:24:49,060website openthebible.org.uk and you can give online. Don’t forget to26900:24:49,060 –> 00:24:54,020leave your name and address so we can send you your gift. For Open the Bible27000:24:54,020 –> 00:24:58,239and Pastor Colin Smith, I’m David Pick and I look forward to being with you27100:24:58,239 –> 00:25:09,560again next time27200:25:09,760 –> 00:25:14,699if you’re a Christian sin is still powerful, it’s still dangerous but it’s27300:25:14,699 –> 00:25:21,839no longer your master. Find out what that means next time on Open the Bible