100:00:00,100 –> 00:00:07,000If what you and I need saving from is the destruction of the heavens and the burning200:00:11,680 –> 00:00:17,020up and melting of the earth in fervent heat, what will save you from that? How could morality300:00:17,020 –> 00:00:21,719save you from the destruction of the world. It’s impossible.400:00:21,719 –> 00:00:26,080Welcome to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith. I’m David Pick. Glad you could join500:00:26,559 –> 00:00:31,959us today. And, Colin, any thinking person who hears that would say, No. There’s no way600:00:31,959 –> 00:00:37,160we can be saved from that. So if that’s the future of the world, what hope is there?700:00:37,160 –> 00:00:41,320Oh. Well, the hope is in Jesus Christ. And this is the whole point of the message here800:00:41,320 –> 00:00:47,799today, that hope isn’t found inside ourselves. The whole world of secular psychology is trying900:00:47,799 –> 00:00:52,360to say that life is all about self-discovery and you’ve got to be who you are, and therefore1000:00:52,360 –> 00:00:56,040you’ve got to discover who you are. And basically you become your own saviour on that1100:00:56,060 –> 00:00:56,799ticket.1200:00:57,060 –> 00:01:01,020Well, I mean, if all we’re about is trying to find our way through the world, that might1300:01:01,040 –> 00:01:05,519be a reasonable thing. But if there’s a new heaven and a new earth and everything that1400:01:05,519 –> 00:01:10,080exists is going to be destroyed by fire, which is what Peter says, we’re in an entirely different1500:01:10,080 –> 00:01:15,120world. We need someone who’s bigger than that in order to save us, and that’s huge.1600:01:15,120 –> 00:01:20,419It is. But, Colin, there is some benefit in self-reflection and self-discovery, isn’t1700:01:20,419 –> 00:01:25,779it? But ultimately, if that’s all we do, we’ll end up with frustration and at a dead1800:01:25,779 –> 00:01:25,959end.1900:01:26,019 –> 00:01:31,599That’s right. You know, Al Mohler, I believe, put it in a really, really helpful way. In2000:01:31,599 –> 00:01:38,919the Bible, the answer is out there. That is, in Jesus Christ. The problem is in here. That2100:01:38,919 –> 00:01:43,959is, in my heart. And the problem with our world today is we’ve completely reversed that.2200:01:43,959 –> 00:01:49,040We tend to say the problem is out there and it’s everyone else and all the things that2300:01:49,760 –> 00:01:54,800And the answer is found in here, in my heart. No, that’s not the case. The answer isn’t2400:01:54,800 –> 00:02:00,660found in me. The problem is found in me. The answer is found in Jesus Christ, the Son of2500:02:00,660 –> 00:02:03,099God, who loved me and who gave himself for me.2600:02:03,139 –> 00:02:07,059Well, that’s what our message for today is all about. So join us, if you can, in 2 Peter2700:02:07,059 –> 00:02:11,440chapter 3. As we continue the message, everything you need for hope.2800:02:12,000 –> 00:02:12,539Well, here is Pastor Colin.2900:02:12,639 –> 00:02:20,380Suppose that a revelation was given to you that at some point in your life your home3000:02:20,380 –> 00:02:27,360would be destroyed by fire and everything in it would be laid bare. What would you do?3100:02:28,979 –> 00:02:38,440Well, I’d tell you what I’d do. I’d move as much as I possibly could of what I value to3200:02:38,440 –> 00:02:46,300another place. You’d do the same. Now try and spread this up to the macro scale.3300:02:46,300 –> 00:02:50,740Isn’t this the point that our Lord Jesus is making when he says,3400:02:50,740 –> 00:02:56,679Do not store up for yourselves treasure on the Earth where moth and rust destroy,3500:02:56,679 –> 00:03:02,699where it’s just – you can’t keep it here. But rather store up for yourself treasure3600:03:02,699 –> 00:03:07,039in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy and where thieves do not break in and steal3700:03:07,179 –> 00:03:12,160for where your treasure is there your heart will be also.3800:03:12,160 –> 00:03:18,160See, if everything in this world is going to pass away, then wisdom says that you and3900:03:18,160 –> 00:03:26,720I should seek to live radically God-centered lives. That the way that you and I use our4000:03:26,720 –> 00:03:35,800time, our talent, our money, our years, our energy, our resources, should be moved to4100:03:35,800 –> 00:03:43,360the greatest possible extent to investment in that which will last for eternity.4200:03:43,360 –> 00:03:49,279And it also changes not only your priorities but it changes your attitude. What is your4300:03:49,279 –> 00:03:55,940attitude towards the future right now? One word, what would it be? Would it be fear?4400:03:55,940 –> 00:04:05,580Look to the future, what do you feel? A black hole? What’s your attitude toward the future?4500:04:06,300 –> 00:04:09,759Force of Love, knowing this great truth that Peter is laying before us, changes our attitude4600:04:09,759 –> 00:04:14,100to the future. Look at what he says in chapter 3 verse 12, since everything will be destroyed4700:04:14,100 –> 00:04:20,459in this way you want to live holy and godly lives as you look forward to the Day of God4800:04:20,459 –> 00:04:28,279and speed its coming. There’s anticipation here, there’s joy here, there’s hope here.4900:04:29,399 –> 00:04:34,700Now you say, wait a minute, why should Christians look forward to this day? I mean does this5000:04:34,779 –> 00:04:38,619mean that Christians are sort of rubbing their hands and rejoicing with glee at the thought5100:04:38,619 –> 00:04:44,059that the earth will be destroyed by fire? Surely not. I mean he said last time, you5200:04:44,059 –> 00:04:49,019know, God takes no pleasure in the death of the wicked. And certainly Christians take5300:04:49,019 –> 00:04:54,959no pleasure in the thought of the judgment coming upon the earth. Cursed is the ground5400:04:54,959 –> 00:05:00,140because of you. So let’s look at this a little more carefully. Notice in verse 12, Peter5500:05:00,299 –> 00:05:07,160says that believers look forward to the Day of God. Of course, scholars debate whether5600:05:07,160 –> 00:05:14,160the Day of God in verse 12 is the same as the Day of the Lord in verse 10. And Dr. John5700:05:15,679 –> 00:05:20,299MacArthur suggests that they are different, and I think that he is right. I find this5800:05:20,299 –> 00:05:24,700helpful in all of my reading. I thought he caught this point most helpfully. He says5900:05:25,700 –> 00:05:30,040Some commentators equate the Day of God with the Day of the Lord,6000:05:30,040 –> 00:05:36,880but they are not synonymous expressions. The Day of God refers to the eternal state when6100:05:36,880 –> 00:05:43,880God will have permanently subdued all of His enemies. Now that helped me. That makes sense6200:05:44,959 –> 00:05:53,959to me. Christ’s people have a different destiny. Our destiny is not to find ourselves6300:05:54,519 –> 00:06:02,959consumed in the judgment of God. The destiny of those who are in Christ is to be with Him6400:06:03,559 –> 00:06:09,779and to enter with all the community that He has redeemed together into the joy of everlasting6500:06:09,779 –> 00:06:16,779life. That is why those who are in Christ find ourselves praying, Lord Jesus, come quickly.6600:06:17,880 –> 00:06:23,320We long for His appearing. We live in anticipation of the day when we who have shared in His6700:06:23,359 –> 00:06:29,059death and in His resurrection will share in His ascension as we are caught up to meet6800:06:29,059 –> 00:06:33,779the Lord together in the air. The day when He will bring us before the Father. And can6900:06:33,779 –> 00:06:38,160you imagine this? Christ, the book of Hebrews says will stand before the Father and He’ll7000:06:38,160 –> 00:06:45,160say, here I am, and here are the children you have given me. And if you’re in Christ7100:06:45,559 –> 00:06:51,399you will be standing there on that day. No wonder Peter says you look forward to the7200:06:51,399 –> 00:06:58,399day of God and you speed its coming. You say wait a minute, speed its coming? How could7300:07:00,100 –> 00:07:07,100we speed the coming of this day? Well, we saw in verse nine last time, that God is actually7400:07:09,399 –> 00:07:16,000holding back the judgment until all of His children are gathered in, all the children7500:07:16,000 –> 00:07:23,000that Christ will present before the father and God gathers His children, how, through7600:07:23,920 –> 00:07:30,920the Gospel and the Gospel is trusted to whom? Us, and we have the inestimable privilege7700:07:33,000 –> 00:07:38,679of investing our lives and talent and treasure and energy, our days and our years, in the7800:07:38,679 –> 00:07:45,679advance of this Gospel. More for the Gospel, that is how you hasten and speed.7900:07:46,619 –> 00:07:50,799The day of His coming, the day when all of His children will be gathered, and not only8000:07:50,799 –> 00:07:56,540here but from around the world and we’re part of what Christ is doing right now in anticipation8100:07:56,540 –> 00:08:03,299of that day. Isn’t that glorious? Isn’t it a glorious thing to be a Christian? But8200:08:03,299 –> 00:08:10,299this world is completely hopeless. That is why, if you live for this world and continue8300:08:10,799 –> 00:08:17,799to do so, you will face a total loss. A loss that is inevitable, unavoidable, and it will8400:08:21,980 –> 00:08:28,980be eternal. Do you see what we need saving from?8500:08:29,000 –> 00:08:36,000See, if it was just that we needed saving from ignorance about knowing the right way8600:08:37,000 –> 00:08:42,940to live or whatever, then a Christian education program could fix that, right?8700:08:42,940 –> 00:08:49,940If it was just that we needed saving from bad behavior then morality could fix that.8800:08:50,539 –> 00:08:57,539But if what you and I need saving from is the destruction of the heavens and the8900:08:57,559 –> 00:09:03,840burning up and melting of the earth in fervent heat, what will save you from that? How could9000:09:04,340 –> 00:09:11,179morality save you from the destruction of the world? It’s impossible.9100:09:11,179 –> 00:09:18,179Now only God can save you and saving you means pulling you out from this world, which is9200:09:18,479 –> 00:09:25,479what is promised to all who are in Jesus Christ. We have to be clear about this. This world9300:09:25,880 –> 00:09:33,599is completely hopeless. Christ came to save us from it and from its destruction.9400:09:38,599 –> 00:09:43,000You’re listening to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith. We’ve got to pause the message9500:09:43,000 –> 00:09:47,619briefly there but we’ll be back shortly, so please do stay with us. The message is9600:09:47,619 –> 00:09:51,960called Everything You Need for Hope and it’s part of our series, Everything You Need for9700:09:52,039 –> 00:09:58,979Life based on the book of 2 Peter. If you ever miss one of the messages in the series9800:09:58,979 –> 00:10:03,500you can catch up or go back and listen again online at our website opennessible.org.uk9900:10:03,500 –> 00:10:10,200or go to your favorite podcast site and search there for Open the Bible UK.10000:10:10,200 –> 00:10:12,580Back to the message now, here again is Pastor Colin10100:10:13,419 –> 00:10:26,460Got to be clear about this, this world is completely hopeless. Christ came to save us10200:10:26,460 –> 00:10:39,820from it and from its destruction. Second, Jesus Christ offers glorious hope. Now this10300:10:39,900 –> 00:10:43,479is the great theme of the New Testament. A hope in the New Testament is never a hope10400:10:43,479 –> 00:10:52,340for the world but it is always a hope that is found in Jesus Christ. Christ in you, that’s10500:10:52,340 –> 00:10:59,659your hope of glory. If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, the old things are gone10600:10:59,659 –> 00:11:07,219and the new thing has come. Peter takes up this theme and I focus in on verse 13 now.10700:11:07,239 –> 00:11:13,719That day will bring about the destruction of the heavens by fire and the elements will10800:11:13,719 –> 00:11:25,799melt in the heat. But in keeping with Christ’s promise, we, that is we who are in Christ,10900:11:25,799 –> 00:11:35,960we are looking for what? A new heaven and a new earth, the home of righteousness. Now11000:11:35,960 –> 00:11:40,900let’s try and put these things together then. What are we learning here? First, the earth11100:11:40,900 –> 00:11:47,919being under a curse that God will fulfil, the earth will be laid bare, everything in11200:11:47,919 –> 00:11:53,960it, the heavens disappear with a roar, but in keeping with God’s promise, we are looking11300:11:53,960 –> 00:11:59,979forward. We’re looking beyond that, to what God will do the other side of this global11400:12:00,140 –> 00:12:07,140destruction, which will be a new heaven and a new earth. Now, this raises an important11500:12:10,400 –> 00:12:17,400question. Are we talking about a whole new cosmos, new planets that do not now exist,11600:12:21,059 –> 00:12:28,059or are we talking about the renovation, the total renovation of planet earth going down11700:12:30,719 –> 00:12:37,159rather like back to the day in Genesis where the earth was without form and void and the11800:12:37,159 –> 00:12:45,880spirit of God brooded over the waters and brought out of it all the glories of this11900:12:45,880 –> 00:12:47,359magnificent creation. Some months ago, Karen and I had lunch with12000:12:47,359 –> 00:12:54,359Dr. Willem Van Gemmeren and his wife, Ivana. They came to our home. Willem teaches at Trinity12100:12:54,359 –> 00:12:59,059International University. He’d been teaching here in one of our Sunday morning classes12200:12:59,059 –> 00:13:04,059and that was how we came to have lunch together. He’d been speaking on the new heaven and12300:13:04,059 –> 00:13:10,760the new earth, so it was kind of natural that we got into that subject over lunch, and something12400:13:10,760 –> 00:13:15,840Willem said really helped me. It made something clear that I hadn’t quite grasped in the12500:13:16,159 –> 00:13:23,159way before, he said this, one of the things that I would like to do in the new earth,12600:13:24,380 –> 00:13:31,299is to climb Mount Everest because that’s something I’ve always felt I’d love to do, but I have12700:13:31,299 –> 00:13:38,299neither the ability nor the opportunity. But I think I’d like to do that.12800:13:38,940 –> 00:13:43,780Now you realize that he’s pretty clearly of the opinion that this is the total renovation12900:13:43,780 –> 00:13:48,700then of this planet that we’re talking about here. I am absolutely convinced that he is13000:13:48,700 –> 00:13:54,460right. There are many reasons for believing that, not least of course it is a new earth13100:13:54,460 –> 00:14:00,640it is talked about, not some other planet. But more specifically and clearly, Romans13200:14:00,640 –> 00:14:06,880chapter 8 and verse 21. Think about this, Paul says the creation itself, now he’s talking13300:14:06,880 –> 00:14:12,739about this creation, it will be liberated from its bondage to decay, and it will be13400:14:12,760 –> 00:14:17,419brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God. So just as the children of God are13500:14:17,419 –> 00:14:23,380liberated from the bondage to decay that is in our body and is in our very nature and13600:14:23,380 –> 00:14:28,400Jesus Christ redeems us from that to give us everlasting life. So the creation, this13700:14:28,400 –> 00:14:33,619creation he is talking about will be liberated and share in the glorious freedom that will13800:14:33,619 –> 00:14:40,000be ours. So here is the big picture, since destroying13900:14:40,200 –> 00:14:48,820work has gone global. It has affected the whole planet, the very course of nature and14000:14:48,820 –> 00:15:01,700Jesus Christ saving work will go global beyond the judgment in which all on earth is destroyed,14100:15:01,700 –> 00:15:06,260the saving, redeeming work of Jesus Christ will bring a new heaven, a new earth, the14200:15:06,260 –> 00:15:15,460two combine together, both, enjoying the glorious presence of Almighty God. Now there are many14300:15:15,460 –> 00:15:19,479things that we do not know about the New Heaven and the New Earth and many, many things, surely14400:15:19,479 –> 00:15:25,979that are well beyond our imagination and remain as delights to be savored when Christ brings14500:15:25,979 –> 00:15:35,219us into the glory of this new creation. But there is one thing that you need to know and14600:15:35,260 –> 00:15:40,780one thing that is absolutely clear and it’s right here in verse 13. Notice that Peter14700:15:40,780 –> 00:15:47,780describes the New Heaven and the New Earth and he says it will be the home of righteousness.14800:15:48,859 –> 00:15:58,700The home of righteousness. There will be, in other words, no sin there, no temptation14900:15:58,940 –> 00:16:05,700and no evil. There will be no suffering, there will be no death, there will be no loss, no15000:16:05,700 –> 00:16:12,700tears, there will be no fear. There will be no sorrow, there will be no depression, there15100:16:13,380 –> 00:16:18,640will be no conflict, there will be no self interest, there will no fractured friendship,15200:16:18,640 –> 00:16:23,219there will be no hidden agendas, there will be no painful revelations there will be no15300:16:23,299 –> 00:16:30,299gut-wrenching goodbyes. Glory of life in the new heaven and the new earth. And god, we15400:16:31,299 –> 00:16:37,559are told in the book of Revelation, will wipe all tears from the eyes of his people. The15500:16:37,559 –> 00:16:44,559old order of things God says has passed away, behold I am making everything new. Now here’s15600:16:45,659 –> 00:16:52,659the question to cut to the chase. How could you live in the humanity of Jesus Christ?15700:16:53,340 –> 00:17:00,340How could you live in the home of righteousness? That’s the real question. If there’s15800:17:05,760 –> 00:17:12,760no sin there, how could you be there? If there’s no fear there, how could you be there? If15900:17:12,839 –> 00:17:19,839there’s no conflict there, how could you be there? How could you live in the home of righteousness?16000:17:24,800 –> 00:17:30,439If you’re to live in the home of righteousness, you have to be righteous and you have to16100:17:30,439 –> 00:17:37,439love righteousness. And there’s only one way in this world that that can happen for you16200:17:37,520 –> 00:17:43,979as there is only one way in the world that that can happen for me. If you are clothed16300:17:43,979 –> 00:17:50,979in the righteousness of Christ, you will be righteous. And if you are filled with the16400:17:53,560 –> 00:18:00,560spirit of Christ, you will love righteousness. That’s why we’re saying today from the Bible16500:18:01,459 –> 00:18:08,459only God can save you. Only God can make that kind of fundamental change in who you are,16600:18:11,699 –> 00:18:18,699who I am. Here’s how a person like me or you could be in the home of righteousness,16700:18:22,520 –> 00:18:27,900and there’s only one way. It’s through an offering and a sacrifice, the sacrifice16800:18:27,920 –> 00:18:34,520of Jesus Christ on the cross by which his righteousness is counted as yours if you will16900:18:34,520 –> 00:18:41,520come to be in him a new creation. And the Holy Spirit’s energy is the life, the power,17000:18:42,479 –> 00:18:49,479the newness of the Holy Spirit changing you from the inside out giving you a hunger and17100:18:50,540 –> 00:18:54,800thirst after righteousness that will go on to all eternity so you’ll love righteousness17200:18:54,859 –> 00:19:01,859and love heaven, which sinners would never do. An Advocate with God, Jesus Christ standing17300:19:02,859 –> 00:19:09,439before the Father and saying, Here’s Colin, here’s whatever your name is, let him in17400:19:09,439 –> 00:19:16,439for my sake, for my sake. God has to save you, no other way. God has to make you righteous,17500:19:17,040 –> 00:19:24,040he has to fill you with a new love for righteousness and he will do this for you. If you will humble17600:19:28,359 –> 00:19:35,359yourself before him, end your rebellion against him. Come before him in repentance and trust17700:19:38,560 –> 00:19:45,560in his son Jesus Christ who died and rose again for you, to save your sin. God has to17800:19:46,819 –> 00:19:53,819save you from this world and from its future destruction, and from your own part in it,17900:19:57,560 –> 00:20:04,219and bring you as one of His people into the everlasting glory of His new heaven and His18000:20:04,219 –> 00:20:11,219new earth that will be the home of righteousness. He can make you a person who belongs there.18100:20:11,219 –> 00:20:18,219Now the very last thing is this in these last moments. I want you to notice please verse18200:20:20,040 –> 00:20:27,04014, because Peter kind of earthed this with one more application that is to Christian18300:20:27,660 –> 00:20:31,939believers. So I want us to see it today. So then dear friends, since you are looking forward18400:20:31,939 –> 00:20:37,900to this, make every effort to be found spotless, blameless, and at peace with him. Now when18500:20:37,900 –> 00:20:43,180he says dear friends here and he says you are looking forward to the glory of this day18600:20:43,180 –> 00:20:48,520he is obviously talking to Christian believers. So if you are a Christian and by the grace18700:20:48,520 –> 00:20:52,540of the Lord Jesus you expect to have a share in the new heaven and the new earth would18800:20:52,540 –> 00:20:59,540you listen up to what he says to us as his final application of this message. He says18900:21:00,160 –> 00:21:06,719to us make every effort, he wants us to do something as a result of this, to be found19000:21:06,719 –> 00:21:13,719spotless and blameless and at peace with him, that is with the Lord Jesus Christ. Why does19100:21:15,319 –> 00:21:21,579he say that? Because the easiest thing in the world is for us to profess repentance19200:21:21,579 –> 00:21:26,199towards God and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and then spend much of the rest of our lives19300:21:26,199 –> 00:21:33,199resisting what he wants to do in us. And if you’ve got your minds set on this future what19400:21:34,140 –> 00:21:39,280he says is here’s what you must do now if you’ve really got hold of this, make every19500:21:39,280 –> 00:21:46,219effort, go to any length to be at peace with Jesus today and make sure if there is anything19600:21:46,219 –> 00:21:51,079that you can identify in your life that you wouldn’t want to have in your hands when you’re19700:21:51,079 –> 00:21:55,920standing before him that you get rid of it right now.19800:21:55,920 –> 00:21:59,819Make every effort to be at peace with him Christian because this is the one thing that19900:22:00,800 –> 00:22:10,300matters. You see, are you ready to meet him today? If Jesus Christ gathered his people20000:22:10,300 –> 00:22:15,300and there you are among them into his presence today, are you ready to look Jesus Christ20100:22:15,300 –> 00:22:24,260in the eye today? Now, Peter says make every effort to be in that position of being ready20200:22:24,260 –> 00:22:30,060to meet with the Lord, and to live ready to meet with the Lord, because that’s what you20300:22:30,060 –> 00:22:34,300know and have staked your life on believing is going to happen.20400:22:34,300 –> 00:22:42,099My friend, the thing that you need to be worried about is not the destruction of the world.20500:22:42,099 –> 00:22:47,979The thing you need to concern yourself with is being ready to look into the eyes of Jesus20600:22:47,979 –> 00:22:54,060Christ. That’s the issue. And Peter says,20700:22:54,060 –> 00:23:02,900If you’ve understood what lies ahead, then make every effort to be found blameless and20800:23:02,900 –> 00:23:09,199spotless and at peace with your Savior, Jesus.20900:23:09,199 –> 00:23:13,900A reminder there from Pastor Colin that it’s not really the things of this world today21000:23:14,180 –> 00:23:18,319that are important. It’s that one day we will stand before Christ.21100:23:18,319 –> 00:23:21,400You have been listening to Open the Bible with21200:23:21,400 –> 00:23:26,599Pastor Colin Smith and a message called Everything You Need for Hope, part of our series based21300:23:26,599 –> 00:23:32,040on 2 Peter called Everything You Need for Life. You can catch up or go back and listen21400:23:32,040 –> 00:23:36,660again to any of the messages by coming to our website openthebible.org.uk.21500:23:36,660 –> 00:23:40,339At Open the Bible we’re able to do the work21600:23:40,359 –> 00:23:46,099we do in bringing you the radio programme and the internet and the podcasts only because21700:23:46,099 –> 00:23:50,939of the generous support which we receive from our listeners. So if you already give to support21800:23:50,939 –> 00:23:56,540Open the Bible’s work, thank you so much. This month, if you want to begin to support21900:23:56,540 –> 00:24:01,599Open the Bible, financially, we’d love to say thank you by sending you a free gift.22000:24:01,599 –> 00:24:05,140Here’s Open the Bible’s Amanda Cunningham to tell us about it.22100:24:05,219 –> 00:24:08,939When life is uncertain, where do you find hope?22200:24:09,359 –> 00:24:15,739Grow in Hope by Colin Smith is a 30 day devotional that will help you anchor your heart in God’s22300:24:15,739 –> 00:24:20,939promises and discover the confidence that comes from trusting Him.22400:24:20,939 –> 00:24:25,979Through daily scripture readings and practical encouragement, you’ll learn how to grow in22500:24:25,979 –> 00:24:30,579a hope that remains steady through every season of life.22600:24:30,680 –> 00:24:37,339Get your free copy of Grow in Hope when you give a one-off gift of at least £60 or start22700:24:37,339 –> 00:24:44,160a new monthly gift of £5 or more, but please do remember to leave your name and address22800:24:44,160 –> 00:24:48,219when you give so that we know where to send your gift.22900:24:48,219 –> 00:24:53,219So Pastor Colin’s book, Grow in Hope, is our gift to you when you set up a new direct23000:24:53,219 –> 00:24:58,359debit to the Worker Pope and the Bible in the amount of £5 per month or more, or a23100:24:58,699 –> 00:25:03,739one-off gift of £60 or more this month. Full terms and conditions are on our website23200:25:03,739 –> 00:25:08,619and you can give online. Please remember though as Amanda says to leave your full name and23300:25:08,619 –> 00:25:11,359address so we can send you your gift.23400:25:11,359 –> 00:25:14,520For Open the Bible and Pastor Colin Smith, I’m David Pick23500:25:14,520 –> 00:25:20,520glad you joined us today and I hope you’ll be able to join us again in our next programme.23600:25:21,319 –> 00:25:25,319Who’s job is it to guard the Church against distortions of the Gospel?23700:25:25,319 –> 00:25:29,040Find out next time on Open the Bible.