100:00:00,160 –> 00:00:10,840Now, we know from the Bible that when Jesus rose from the dead, He ascended into Heaven200:00:10,840 –> 00:00:17,160and, right now, He is seated at the right hand of the Father, where He is interceding300:00:17,160 –> 00:00:18,879for us.400:00:19,540 –> 00:00:28,959If Jesus is at the right hand of the Father, how can He be present 24-7 with each and every500:00:28,959 –> 00:00:30,320one of us?600:00:30,320 –> 00:00:33,020Welcome to Open The Bible with Pastor Colin Smith.700:00:33,020 –> 00:00:34,459I’m David Pick.800:00:34,459 –> 00:00:35,939I’m glad you could be with us today.900:00:35,939 –> 00:00:40,840And Colin, I’m glad you’re here to answer that question, because if Jesus is seated1000:00:40,840 –> 00:00:44,660at the right hand of the Father, how can He be with us here today?1100:00:44,660 –> 00:00:49,680Well, that is the person and work and ministry of the Holy Spirit.1200:00:49,680 –> 00:00:54,540And what a wonderful, central truth in the Christian faith this is, is that the Lord1300:00:54,639 –> 00:01:01,639Jesus is as truly with us today, right now, as He was with the disciples when they were1400:01:01,860 –> 00:01:07,480in the boat on the lake, or wherever they had followed Him in His years on Earth.1500:01:07,480 –> 00:01:14,360And the way in which He is with us is by His Holy Spirit, who is given to everyone who1600:01:14,360 –> 00:01:16,599believes in the Lord Jesus Christ.1700:01:16,599 –> 00:01:21,580We’re looking at this wonderful verse in Colossians 1 and verse 27.1800:01:21,760 –> 00:01:25,660There is Christ in you, the Hope of Glory.1900:01:25,660 –> 00:01:32,839So the Lord Jesus Christ is actually in us, and the way He is in us is by His spirit imparted2000:01:32,839 –> 00:01:33,839to us.2100:01:33,839 –> 00:01:38,019We’re going to look at that wonderful truth and how it makes a difference leading us to2200:01:38,019 –> 00:01:39,019hope.2300:01:39,019 –> 00:01:43,620This is where hope is found, in God through Christ and by means of the Holy Spirit.2400:01:43,620 –> 00:01:50,339Join us today if you can in Colossians 1 verse 27 as we continue the message Hope Through2500:01:50,339 –> 00:01:51,339Christ.2600:01:51,540 –> 00:01:53,440Here is Pastor Colin2700:01:53,440 –> 00:02:02,480Confusing oneself with the Holy Spirit is actually at the root of a great deal of fanaticism,2800:02:02,480 –> 00:02:07,000authoritarianism, and self-deception.2900:02:07,000 –> 00:02:15,580You may even have met someone who has lost sight of the distinction between him or herself3000:02:15,580 –> 00:02:17,139and the Holy Spirit.3100:02:17,500 –> 00:02:22,220And one of the ways that you know that a person has lost sight of that distinction is that3200:02:22,220 –> 00:02:27,059they begin to speak as if everything they say is what God himself says.3300:02:27,059 –> 00:02:30,660And, of course, you cannot reason with such a person.3400:02:30,660 –> 00:02:39,240That’s why I say it’s the root of so much fanaticism, authoritarianism, and self-deception.3500:02:39,240 –> 00:02:44,860The Holy Spirit, Jesus says, will be with you.3600:02:45,059 –> 00:02:47,020That preserves a distinction.3700:02:47,020 –> 00:02:48,619You are not the Holy Spirit.3800:02:48,619 –> 00:02:50,660The Holy Spirit is not you.3900:02:50,660 –> 00:02:57,179And of course, that is why it is possible for a person who is indwelt by the Holy Spirit4000:02:57,179 –> 00:03:07,220of God still at times to speak or act in a way that is foolish or even sinful.4100:03:07,220 –> 00:03:13,020But then Jesus says the Holy Spirit will be in you.4200:03:13,020 –> 00:03:14,699In you.4300:03:14,740 –> 00:03:21,759In other words, the Holy Spirit will actually be present and active in the life of every4400:03:21,759 –> 00:03:25,979believer in Jesus, every one of Jesus’ disciples.4500:03:25,979 –> 00:03:29,860It’s not just that the Holy Spirit is with you.4600:03:29,860 –> 00:03:36,500Wonderful though that is, when you trust yourself to Jesus, the Holy Spirit comes to dwell—that’s4700:03:36,500 –> 00:03:40,100the word Jesus uses—to live in you.4800:03:40,100 –> 00:03:41,339In you.4900:03:41,339 –> 00:03:42,699Now what’s the difference?5000:03:42,740 –> 00:03:44,940Well, the difference is very significant.5100:03:44,940 –> 00:03:51,039This means that the Holy Spirit is more than a mentor, more than someone who walks with5200:03:51,039 –> 00:03:53,320you and simply tells you what to do.5300:03:53,979 –> 00:04:02,059No, the Holy Spirit actually works in you, renewing your mind, changing you from the5400:04:02,059 –> 00:04:08,839inside out, molding and shaping and directing your will, giving you strength that you did5500:04:08,839 –> 00:04:11,520not have before and would not have otherwise.5600:04:11,539 –> 00:04:19,799Producing within you the good fruit of faith, hope, and love.5700:04:20,940 –> 00:04:26,440And you see, that is why there is hope for every person in Jesus Christ.5800:04:27,959 –> 00:04:32,640So, you may be standing at the bottom of Mount Hope, as it were, and saying, you know what?5900:04:32,640 –> 00:04:37,480I don’t think I have the ability to live this Christian life.6000:04:38,160 –> 00:04:40,679And you know what?6100:04:40,679 –> 00:04:42,279That’s true.6200:04:43,820 –> 00:04:51,959But when Christ lives in you, when he is present and active in and through his Holy Spirit,6300:04:51,959 –> 00:04:58,760he will give you an ability that you did not have before and that you would not have otherwise.6400:04:59,720 –> 00:05:06,079So, here is a wonderful, wonderful prospect and promise.6500:05:06,760 –> 00:05:13,579When you believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, his Spirit will not only be with you but in6600:05:13,600 –> 00:05:23,640you, he will produce a new life in you that you did not have before.6700:05:23,640 –> 00:05:29,959And you see, when you grasp the first half of this marvellous verse, well, then you will6800:05:30,000 –> 00:05:38,220begin to experience the second, Christ in you, the hope of glory.6900:05:38,220 –> 00:05:44,799Now let’s think first, then, about this marvellous word, glory.7000:05:44,799 –> 00:05:51,480And Jesus gave this marvellous prayer to the Father, made this marvellous prayer to the7100:05:51,480 –> 00:05:54,920Father on the night that he was betrayed.7200:05:54,920 –> 00:05:58,799And it’s a prayer not only for his disciples then, but also for us.7300:05:58,799 –> 00:06:01,679John 17 in verse 24.7400:06:01,679 –> 00:06:12,040Father, I desire that they also, whom you have given me, may be with me where I am,7500:06:12,040 –> 00:06:18,899to see my glory that you have given me.7600:06:18,899 –> 00:06:28,459Jesus wants you to be with him, Jesus wants you to see his glory.7700:06:28,459 –> 00:06:34,839Will this be a seeing with our eyes or will it be an understanding with our minds and7800:06:34,839 –> 00:06:36,700our hearts?7900:06:36,700 –> 00:06:40,339The answer to that is both.8000:06:40,339 –> 00:06:49,420Thomas Manton, a marvellous Puritan writer, says that there is a glorified eye as well8100:06:49,420 –> 00:06:52,399as a glorified mind.8200:06:52,399 –> 00:06:55,119I love that.8300:06:55,119 –> 00:07:05,399You will have a glorified eye, in other words, your eyes in the resurrection body will be8400:07:05,500 –> 00:07:12,500able to behold the brightness of the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ.8500:07:13,239 –> 00:07:18,619Think about it. If you were to see that glory now, it would be as blinding to you as it8600:07:18,619 –> 00:07:25,619was to Saul of Tarsus on the road to Damascus. But in your resurrection body, you will have8700:07:26,140 –> 00:07:33,220the capacity to see the glory of the Lord Jesus Christ.8800:07:33,260 –> 00:07:45,880We shall behold his face, we shall his power adore, and sing the wonders of his grace forevermore.8900:07:47,380 –> 00:07:53,399But you know there’s more? Think about it, the angels are spirits and do not have bodies,9000:07:53,399 –> 00:08:01,779no eyeballs for the angels, and yet our Lord tells us quite clearly that the angels always9100:08:02,279 –> 00:08:12,640behold the glory of the Father in heaven. So not only will we see the glory of Christ9200:08:12,640 –> 00:08:20,799with our own eyes in our resurrected body, we will have some grasp, some grasp, of his9300:08:20,799 –> 00:08:28,260glory in our hearts and in our minds, and that is going to fuel worship in a way that9400:08:28,260 –> 00:08:35,979we have never known it before changed from glory into glory till in heaven we take our9500:08:35,979 –> 00:08:45,219place till we cast our crowns before you lost in wonder love and praise. That’s how it’s9600:08:45,219 –> 00:08:55,520going to be when you see the glory of Christ and not only will we see his glory but Jesus9700:08:55,559 –> 00:09:01,880has promised that we will actually share his glory. John 17 and verse 22 the glory Jesus9800:09:01,880 –> 00:09:11,479says to the Father that you have given me I will give to them. That’s amazing the disciples9900:09:11,479 –> 00:09:17,520of Jesus will share his glory and this is something so certain that Jesus speaks about10000:09:17,520 –> 00:09:20,359it as if it is something that has already happened10100:09:20,700 –> 00:09:27,859but of course you find the same in Romans and chapter 8 where the apostle Paul says10200:09:27,859 –> 00:09:38,919those whom God has justified he also glorified and he tells us what this means that we are10300:09:38,919 –> 00:09:46,380going to be conformed to the image of the Lord Jesus Christ when we see him we’re going10400:09:46,380 –> 00:09:54,679to be like him all of God’s children will reflect forever the beauty the glory of God’s10500:09:54,679 –> 00:10:06,919one and only dearly loved son. Glory. Christ in you, the hope of glory. Now let’s think10600:10:06,919 –> 00:10:13,520about this word hope that is central to our series the apostle Paul does not say Christ10700:10:13,520 –> 00:10:21,919in you is glory now he says Christ in you is the hope of glory.10800:10:21,919 –> 00:10:29,000So you see Christians live in this tension between what we have now and what we will10900:10:29,000 –> 00:10:36,400have one day when we see Christ. We live in the tension to put it another way of the already11000:10:36,440 –> 00:10:46,900and the not yet and the process that’s going to end in you reflecting the glory of the11100:10:46,900 –> 00:10:50,940Lord Jesus Christ, that process has already begun, already11200:10:52,700 –> 00:10:54,719I’m thinking of 2 Corinthians chapter 3 and11300:10:54,719 –> 00:11:00,080verse 18 where Paul says we with unveiled faces beholding the glory of the Lord are11400:11:00,159 –> 00:11:06,859being transformed into the same image from one degree glory to another. This is present11500:11:06,859 –> 00:11:12,539tense, this is what God is doing by his spirit now, the work of changing us into the likeness11600:11:12,539 –> 00:11:20,159of Christ, the work of his glory beginning to be reflected in you is already begun11700:11:20,159 –> 00:11:24,820there’s an already but there’s also a not yet11800:11:24,919 –> 00:11:35,760Romans 8, in verse 23, we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, Paul says grown inwardly11900:11:35,760 –> 00:11:44,080as we wait for adoption of sons, the redemption of our bodies. He’s saying we don’t have that12000:11:44,080 –> 00:11:52,739yet, we’re waiting for it, it’s our hope, it lies in the future, so Christians live12100:11:52,780 –> 00:12:00,719in the tension between what we have in Christ already and what we do not have yet, and John12200:12:00,719 –> 00:12:08,739Stott very helpfully spells out what it is like for us to live as it were between times12300:12:08,739 –> 00:12:14,880in this tension of what we already enjoy in Christ, and what is not yet ours. Let me quote12400:12:14,880 –> 00:12:16,559some words from him.12500:12:17,320 –> 00:12:21,039We affirm that God has revealed himself. We really12600:12:21,039 –> 00:12:28,059do know God because he’s made himself known in Christ but not yet, do we know God as he12700:12:28,059 –> 00:12:34,200knows us. That’s why we live with many mysteries and so many unanswered questions. They’re12800:12:34,200 –> 00:12:41,340already, and they’re not yet. Then he says already. God has put his holy spirit within12900:12:41,340 –> 00:12:49,299us in order to make us holy. You have the power and the capacity to pursue a holy life13000:12:49,299 –> 00:12:58,739already, now, pursue it. And yet, says John Stott, not yet, however, has our fallen nature13100:12:58,739 –> 00:13:04,640been eradicated for still the sinful nature does what is contrary to the spirit so that13200:13:04,640 –> 00:13:12,200if we claim ourselves to be without sin, we deceive ourselves. That’s why we are in a13300:13:12,200 –> 00:13:18,520battle. The spirit indwells you and yet you still know this temptation with many pools13400:13:18,520 –> 00:13:21,239towards sin.13500:13:21,239 –> 00:13:28,440Third example, already, Jesus’s gathering, Stott says, around him, a people characterized13600:13:28,440 –> 00:13:34,239by truth and love and holiness. These are distinguishing marks of the church, but then13700:13:34,239 –> 00:13:40,020he adds this, not yet, however, has Christ presented his bride to himself as a radiant13800:13:40,020 –> 00:13:46,739church without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish. The marks of the new life of Christ13900:13:46,739 –> 00:13:54,000can be seen in other believers, but you’ll never find it perfectly anywhere.14000:13:54,000 –> 00:14:02,780One more. Already, we affirm, Stott says, God is at work in human society. Not yet,14100:14:03,440 –> 00:14:11,280however, as God created the promised new heaven and new earth, the home of righteousness.14200:14:11,280 –> 00:14:15,119That is why for all the blessings that we enjoy, the Apostle Paul says that the whole14300:14:15,119 –> 00:14:22,359creation has been groaning as in the pains of childbirth right up until the present time.14400:14:23,179 –> 00:14:30,780At present, we are living in between times, the hope of glory.14500:14:30,780 –> 00:14:41,059We live between the grace that we grasp by faith, and the glory that we anticipate in hope.14600:14:41,059 –> 00:14:48,419Christ in you, the hope of glory.14700:14:48,419 –> 00:14:51,299And these two belong together.14800:14:51,299 –> 00:14:58,940If Christ is yours, living hope will be yours, as well.14900:14:58,940 –> 00:15:03,099It comes from God and through Christ.15000:15:03,099 –> 00:15:06,359You’re listening to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith.15100:15:06,359 –> 00:15:10,500We have to pause the message briefly here, but will be back very shortly, so stay with15200:15:10,500 –> 00:15:11,500us.15300:15:11,500 –> 00:15:15,719The message today is called, Hope Through Christ and it’s part of our series, Grow15400:15:15,719 –> 00:15:21,119In Hope, and that’s available if you ever miss an episode by coming online to our website,15500:15:21,260 –> 00:15:23,960that’s at openthebible.org.uk15600:15:24,520 –> 00:15:27,159Back to the message now, here again is Pastor Colin.15700:15:27,159 –> 00:15:33,260Now I want this series to be as practical as possible so let me try and give now three15800:15:33,260 –> 00:15:39,820applications in which we see further how to grow in hope.15900:15:39,820 –> 00:15:44,500The first very obviously from this verse is if you’re to grow in hope, you must believe16000:15:44,500 –> 00:15:46,700in the Lord Jesus Christ.16100:15:47,280 –> 00:15:53,960There is hope for you in God and that hope will become yours in and through the Lord16200:15:53,960 –> 00:15:55,200Jesus Christ.16300:15:56,059 –> 00:16:01,940The hope of glory is Christ in you.16400:16:01,940 –> 00:16:06,380If Christ is yours, glory will be yours.16500:16:07,900 –> 00:16:11,799Christ becomes yours in and through faith.16600:16:12,640 –> 00:16:18,820And this is why the Apostle Paul says I have been crucified with Christ.16700:16:19,840 –> 00:16:27,159It is no longer I who live but Christ who lives in me, and the life I now live I live16800:16:27,159 –> 00:16:33,940by faith in the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me.16900:16:34,820 –> 00:16:42,700Hope comes from God, it comes through Christ, and Christ becomes yours through faith as17000:16:42,700 –> 00:16:45,000you believe in him.17100:16:45,000 –> 00:16:51,219Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ, and Christ will be in you.17200:16:51,219 –> 00:16:58,960And when Christ is yours, living hope will be yours as well.17300:16:59,099 –> 00:17:03,659And of course, it follows that without Christ you really have no ground for hope.17400:17:03,659 –> 00:17:09,859You know the Apostle does not say good in you is the hope of glory.17500:17:09,859 –> 00:17:16,920He didn’t say trying your best in you will be the hope of glory.17600:17:16,920 –> 00:17:23,739No, Christ in you, the hope of glory.17700:17:23,780 –> 00:17:27,560So believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.17800:17:27,560 –> 00:17:33,839Trust yourself to him and hope will be yours.17900:17:33,839 –> 00:17:41,540Then secondly, let’s learn today to enjoy what Christ has given.18000:17:41,540 –> 00:17:46,060You know when we talk about hope, it would be very easy to fall into the mistaken idea18100:17:46,079 –> 00:17:54,400that somehow the Christian faith is all about jam tomorrow and no jam today.18200:17:54,400 –> 00:18:03,079But God’s promise is not only the hope of glory, God’s promise is Christ in you.18300:18:03,079 –> 00:18:07,060So enjoy what is yours in Jesus Christ today.18400:18:07,060 –> 00:18:08,060Think about it.18500:18:08,060 –> 00:18:12,040In Jesus Christ, you are forgiven.18600:18:12,040 –> 00:18:15,640In Jesus Christ, you are loved.18700:18:15,640 –> 00:18:21,599In Jesus Christ right now, you are a new creation.18800:18:21,599 –> 00:18:27,180The apostle Paul says in Romans and chapter five that being justified by faith we have18900:18:27,180 –> 00:18:36,000peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ so he says we rejoice in the hope of the glory19000:18:36,000 –> 00:18:43,579of God and then he says hope does not disappoint us.19100:18:43,579 –> 00:18:45,660Why are we not disappointed by hope?19200:18:45,660 –> 00:18:51,160Well he gives the answer here’s why we’re not miserable in this world while we’re waiting19300:18:51,160 –> 00:18:53,739for the better one to come.19400:18:53,739 –> 00:19:00,640Hope does not disappoint us because God’s love has been poured out into our hearts through19500:19:00,640 –> 00:19:05,619the Holy Spirit whom he has given to us.19600:19:05,619 –> 00:19:14,640Christ lives in you and you therefore already have a taste of what is to come, so enjoy19700:19:14,640 –> 00:19:18,060what is yours in Jesus Christ now.19800:19:18,060 –> 00:19:21,560How are you to grow in hope?19900:19:21,560 –> 00:19:25,099You’ve got to believe in the Lord Jesus Christ.20000:19:25,099 –> 00:19:35,540You got to enjoy what is yours in Jesus Christ, and here’s the last thing anticipate what20100:19:35,739 –> 00:19:38,780Jesus Christ has promised.20200:19:38,780 –> 00:19:45,680Believers in the Lord Jesus Christ have the most marvelous future, no eye has seen, no20300:19:45,680 –> 00:19:57,599ear has heard nor has the heart of man imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.20400:19:57,599 –> 00:20:04,500Some people talk about living your best life now.20500:20:04,500 –> 00:20:10,739Living your best life now is what a person does if they re going to hell.20600:20:10,739 –> 00:20:16,660If Christ is not in you the only happiness you re ever going to know is the happiness20700:20:16,660 –> 00:20:21,420that you have in this world, if Christ is not in you you d better enjoy all that you20800:20:21,420 –> 00:20:25,680can right now because there ll certainly nothing in the future for you to enjoy, not beyond20900:20:25,680 –> 00:20:28,680this world.21000:20:28,920 –> 00:20:32,859And you see if Christ is in you, your best life lies ahead of you.21100:20:32,859 –> 00:20:35,900You re in an altogether different position.21200:20:35,900 –> 00:20:38,699You have living hope.21300:20:38,699 –> 00:20:45,079Listen to how the David describes it in the Psalms, he says to God in your presence is21400:20:45,079 –> 00:20:51,079fullness of joy and at your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.21500:20:51,719 –> 00:21:01,859And then he says this, As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness.21600:21:01,859 –> 00:21:09,500When I awake I shall be satisfied with your likeness.21700:21:09,500 –> 00:21:16,079Brother sister in Christ, ahead of you are joys that are greater than anything21800:21:16,079 –> 00:21:18,839you have ever known.21900:21:18,839 –> 00:21:25,560Ahead of you is strength greater than anything you have previously enjoyed.22000:21:25,560 –> 00:21:34,459Ahead of you lies peace, and love, and flourishing in a perfect world where faith is turned to22100:21:34,459 –> 00:21:41,479sight, where God’s redeemed people will be made perfect in love, where sin and sorrow22200:21:41,579 –> 00:21:48,699and suffering are no more, and every tear is wiped away from your eyes.22300:21:48,699 –> 00:21:56,079And in that perfect world you will behold him.22400:21:56,079 –> 00:21:58,800You will dwell with him.22500:21:58,800 –> 00:22:01,040And he with you.22600:22:01,040 –> 00:22:06,979You will glorify him, and you will enjoy him forever.22700:22:07,560 –> 00:22:14,300What an encouraging way to wrap up our message today – Thinking about glorifying22800:22:14,300 –> 00:22:19,300and enjoying God forever. You have been listening to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin22900:22:19,300 –> 00:22:24,500Smith and a message called Hope Through Christ, based on Colossians 1, verse 27.23000:22:24,500 –> 00:22:30,459It is part of our series Grow in Hope. If you ever miss one of the series, don’t worry23100:22:30,459 –> 00:22:34,939you can catch up or go back and listen again by coming online to our website23200:22:35,599 –> 00:22:36,099Openthebible.org.uk23300:22:36,099 –> 00:22:42,560Also as a podcast if that’s a better way for you to keep up with Pastor Colin’s teaching23400:22:42,560 –> 00:22:47,459and those are on all the main podcast sites you can find them by searching for Open the23500:22:47,459 –> 00:22:53,380Bible UK or follow the link from our website. Open the Bible is supported by our listeners.23600:22:53,380 –> 00:23:00,060We’re able to bring you pastor Colin’s teaching on the radio, internet and podcasts as a result23700:23:00,060 –> 00:23:04,900of the generosity of listeners like you. So if you already give to support our work,23800:23:04,900 –> 00:23:10,839thank you so much we do appreciate it. This month when you begin to support Open the Bible23900:23:10,839 –> 00:23:15,359for the first time, we’d love to say thank you by sending you a copy of Pastor Colin’s24000:23:15,359 –> 00:23:20,920brand new book, Grow in Faith. This devotional book is not yet available in the UK so our24100:23:20,920 –> 00:23:25,319offer is very exclusive. Colin why did you write this book?24200:23:25,920 –> 00:23:32,400Well the Bible speaks to us repeatedly about the central importance of faith and of hope24300:23:32,400 –> 00:23:37,119and of love. At the end of first Corinthians 13, Paul speaks about everything else that’s24400:23:37,119 –> 00:23:42,839going to pass away but these things are going to remain. Faith, hope and love. So they’re24500:23:42,839 –> 00:23:48,560of central importance and of course they speak to the needs of our world today. I mean we’re24600:23:48,560 –> 00:23:55,040living in days where so many people experience fear and a sense of gloom and where there’s24700:23:55,079 –> 00:24:00,880so much conflict. We need faith, hope and love. And so Grow In Faith is actually the24800:24:00,880 –> 00:24:07,020first of a series of three books that are coming out beginning this month and then in24900:24:07,020 –> 00:24:13,280the two months to follow. Really excited and grateful for the opportunity to do this. If25000:24:13,280 –> 00:24:20,280God’s people can grow in faith, grow in hope and grow in love then the world is going to25100:24:21,280 –> 00:24:27,500see something distinct about us that is very powerfully attractive. And so I hope that25200:24:27,500 –> 00:24:32,020these books are going to be a means of God’s blessing and encouragement to many. Start25300:24:32,020 –> 00:24:37,079this month with Grow In Faith and follow up next month with Grow In Hope. And the month25400:24:37,079 –> 00:24:39,119after that with Grow In Love.25500:24:39,119 –> 00:24:44,199Well, Pastor Colin’s book Grow In Faith is our special offer to you this month when you25600:24:44,199 –> 00:24:49,719support Open the Bible Financially for the first time with a one off gift of £60 or25700:24:50,400 –> 00:24:56,719a monthly direct debit of £5 per month or more. Full terms and conditions are on our25800:24:56,719 –> 00:25:03,500website, that’s at OpenTheBible.org.uk and you can give online. Please do remember25900:25:03,500 –> 00:25:08,300to leave your full name and address when you set up your payment so we can send you your26000:25:08,300 –> 00:25:14,020free gift. For Open the Bible and Pastor Colin Smith, I am David Pick, and I look forward26100:25:14,020 –> 00:25:17,959to you joining us again next time on Open the Bible.26200:25:17,959 –> 00:25:29,079What is meant by the word grace? Find out next time on Open the Bible.