100:00:00,320 –> 00:00:02,500Really,200:00:03,500 –> 00:00:06,360we once regarded Christ according300:00:06,360 –> 00:00:09,980to the flesh, but we do so no longer.400:00:11,060 –> 00:00:12,900Now what does it mean to regard500:00:12,900 –> 00:00:17,480someone according to the flesh?600:00:18,299 –> 00:00:20,959Welcome to open the Bible with pastor Colin Smith.700:00:21,000 –> 00:00:22,040I’m David Pick.800:00:22,340 –> 00:00:24,360Glad you could be with us today and Colin,900:00:24,580 –> 00:00:26,900we can’t leave that question just hanging there.1000:00:27,260 –> 00:00:29,559What does it mean to regard somebody1100:00:29,719 –> 00:00:30,799according to the flesh?1200:00:30,900 –> 00:00:33,040Well, it means to form an impression or an opinion1300:00:33,040 –> 00:00:35,520about a person on the basis of the most obvious1400:00:35,520 –> 00:00:36,560things about them.1500:00:36,639 –> 00:00:38,820So you’re talking about appearance, height,1600:00:38,860 –> 00:00:40,020weight, that sort of thing.1700:00:40,160 –> 00:00:41,340All of that kind of thing.1800:00:41,599 –> 00:00:43,419And all of these kind of things are the things1900:00:43,599 –> 00:00:45,160actually that make us different, they’re the2000:00:45,160 –> 00:00:46,980things that pull us apart.2100:00:47,299 –> 00:00:49,520They’re often the kinds of things that will either2200:00:49,619 –> 00:00:51,599inflate our view of ourselves that we think,2300:00:52,020 –> 00:00:54,060oh boy, I’m really something here, or depress2400:00:54,880 –> 00:00:56,000our view of ourselves.2500:00:56,020 –> 00:00:57,840Boy, I don’t like the way that I look.2600:00:57,919 –> 00:00:59,380And all of that kind of thing.2700:00:59,380 –> 00:01:01,860So judging according to the flesh2800:01:02,400 –> 00:01:04,800brings us to all kinds of places we do2900:01:05,080 –> 00:01:07,580not want to be in regards to ourselves3000:01:07,839 –> 00:01:09,360and in regards to others.3100:01:09,639 –> 00:01:12,260We’re going to look at how we change3200:01:12,279 –> 00:01:14,459the way in which we view ourselves and others.3300:01:14,760 –> 00:01:16,599And, guess what? How we view Jesus Christ3400:01:17,120 –> 00:01:18,120is right at the center.3500:01:18,559 –> 00:01:20,440So join us today, if you can, in two Corinthians3600:01:21,320 –> 00:01:23,760chapter 5, beginning at verse 16.3700:01:24,199 –> 00:01:27,000As we begin on new message and new perspective.3800:01:27,239 –> 00:01:27,959Here is Colin.3900:01:28,599 –> 00:01:31,120Please open your Bibles at 2 Corinthians4000:01:31,160 –> 00:01:32,480and chapter 5.4100:01:33,199 –> 00:01:35,500We looked last time from verse 144200:01:35,599 –> 00:01:37,239at what it means to be controlled by4300:01:37,639 –> 00:01:38,959the love of Christ.4400:01:39,720 –> 00:01:41,680And we saw the testimony of the Apostle Paul4500:01:42,360 –> 00:01:44,519that the love of Christ really took a grip4600:01:44,580 –> 00:01:46,680in his life, took hold4700:01:46,680 –> 00:01:49,400of his life when he came to conclusions4800:01:49,720 –> 00:01:51,739about the death and the resurrection of the Lord Jesus4900:01:52,199 –> 00:01:52,919Christ.5000:01:53,440 –> 00:01:55,699The first was the Jesus changed death5100:01:55,779 –> 00:01:57,860that he died in our place5200:01:58,139 –> 00:01:59,860in order to change the face of death5300:02:00,279 –> 00:02:02,040forever. That’s why he says one has5400:02:02,360 –> 00:02:04,580died for all and therefore5500:02:04,580 –> 00:02:06,419all have died.5600:02:06,680 –> 00:02:08,580He has changed death from what it would have5700:02:08,899 –> 00:02:11,839been a passing into condemnation5800:02:11,899 –> 00:02:13,860into what it will be for a person who is5900:02:13,979 –> 00:02:15,500in Christ and entering into6000:02:16,199 –> 00:02:17,759celebration is change the face of6100:02:18,419 –> 00:02:20,419death for all of his people6200:02:20,860 –> 00:02:22,259and they’re not only that, we saw that the6300:02:22,380 –> 00:02:24,160Lord Jesus has changed the face6400:02:24,479 –> 00:02:25,380of life.6500:02:25,699 –> 00:02:27,300The whole purpose of life.6600:02:27,320 –> 00:02:29,220He died to bring us from the6700:02:29,300 –> 00:02:31,520miseries of living for so selves6800:02:31,759 –> 00:02:34,119into the joy of living for him.6900:02:34,160 –> 00:02:35,460He died verse 15 that those7000:02:36,399 –> 00:02:37,899who live might no longer live for7100:02:37,919 –> 00:02:39,919themselves but for him who7200:02:39,919 –> 00:02:41,860for their sake died and7300:02:42,220 –> 00:02:43,740was raised now in these verses7400:02:44,639 –> 00:02:46,639we’ve really come to the core7500:02:47,199 –> 00:02:49,539of what God has done in Jesus7600:02:49,539 –> 00:02:51,520Christ for all of His people.7700:02:51,919 –> 00:02:53,080He’s changed death.7800:02:53,360 –> 00:02:54,539He’s changed life and7900:02:55,639 –> 00:02:57,399he’s done it for all who are8000:02:57,479 –> 00:02:59,940in Jesus Christ.8100:03:00,600 –> 00:03:01,880Now today we’re going to8200:03:02,399 –> 00:03:03,479come to the first of8300:03:04,240 –> 00:03:06,380really a series of conclusions8400:03:06,399 –> 00:03:08,559are applications8500:03:08,820 –> 00:03:10,720that come from the great truth8600:03:10,720 –> 00:03:12,259of who Jesus is and what he has8700:03:12,539 –> 00:03:14,559done and what he has accomplished8800:03:14,600 –> 00:03:15,660for his people.8900:03:16,080 –> 00:03:17,100And so we’re really coming9000:03:17,100 –> 00:03:19,500there to a series of conclusions9100:03:19,500 –> 00:03:21,960from this wonderful reality9200:03:22,160 –> 00:03:22,960that the love of Christ9300:03:23,440 –> 00:03:24,919controls us.9400:03:25,320 –> 00:03:26,179And what we’re going to see9500:03:26,179 –> 00:03:27,600today is that when that is the9600:03:27,800 –> 00:03:29,559case it changes the way that we9700:03:29,660 –> 00:03:30,839see other people.9800:03:31,279 –> 00:03:33,440And it also changes the way9900:03:33,679 –> 00:03:36,000in which we see ourselves.10000:03:36,399 –> 00:03:37,580And so I want to try and show10100:03:37,960 –> 00:03:39,559you from the Bible today10200:03:39,919 –> 00:03:41,699how it is that10300:03:41,720 –> 00:03:43,679knowing Jesus Christ10400:03:43,960 –> 00:03:45,360will change the way you view10500:03:45,720 –> 00:03:47,740others and10600:03:48,080 –> 00:03:49,580it will change the way10700:03:49,880 –> 00:03:52,539in which you see yourself.10800:03:52,839 –> 00:03:54,600So we come there to verse 1610900:03:54,619 –> 00:03:55,899and verse 17.11000:03:56,259 –> 00:03:57,339And I’d like to read these11100:03:57,339 –> 00:03:59,000verses again for you now.11200:03:59,639 –> 00:04:01,600From now on therefore11300:04:02,000 –> 00:04:03,460so the word therefore means11400:04:03,460 –> 00:04:04,619this is a conclusion.11500:04:04,660 –> 00:04:05,919This is what comes from what11600:04:05,919 –> 00:04:07,240we’ve been learning before.11700:04:08,080 –> 00:04:09,779From now on therefore11800:04:11,240 –> 00:04:13,039we regard no one according11900:04:13,539 –> 00:04:14,759to the flesh12000:04:16,600 –> 00:04:18,260even though we once regarded12100:04:18,260 –> 00:04:19,679Christ according12200:04:20,579 –> 00:04:21,339to the flesh.12300:04:21,380 –> 00:04:22,799So that same phrase a second12400:04:22,799 –> 00:04:23,299time.12500:04:23,760 –> 00:04:25,040Even though we once did this12600:04:25,040 –> 00:04:27,040we regard him thus no longer.12700:04:27,920 –> 00:04:29,200Then this marvelous verse12800:04:29,200 –> 00:04:30,920therefore if anyone is in12900:04:30,920 –> 00:04:32,799Christ he is a new creation13000:04:33,339 –> 00:04:34,799the old has passed away13100:04:35,040 –> 00:04:37,220behold the new has come.13200:04:38,440 –> 00:04:39,920Now the keywords here are the13300:04:39,920 –> 00:04:42,320words according to the flesh13400:04:42,799 –> 00:04:43,880and you’ll notice that that13500:04:43,880 –> 00:04:45,600little phrase comes twice13600:04:45,660 –> 00:04:47,040in verse 1613700:04:47,440 –> 00:04:48,679as if to underline its13800:04:48,679 –> 00:04:50,339importance from now on we13900:04:50,619 –> 00:04:52,600regard no one according to14000:04:52,600 –> 00:04:55,079the flesh we ones regards14100:04:55,079 –> 00:04:57,100Christ according to the14200:04:57,100 –> 00:04:59,480flesh but we do so no14300:04:59,480 –> 00:05:00,000longer.14400:05:01,480 –> 00:05:02,640Now what does it mean to14500:05:02,640 –> 00:05:06,440regard someone according to14600:05:06,920 –> 00:05:07,859the flesh.14700:05:09,179 –> 00:05:10,380Well very simply to regard14800:05:10,380 –> 00:05:11,359someone according to the14900:05:11,359 –> 00:05:12,899flesh means to form an15000:05:12,899 –> 00:05:14,859impression about a person15100:05:15,299 –> 00:05:17,480from the most obvious things15200:05:17,799 –> 00:05:18,579about them.15300:05:19,380 –> 00:05:22,079Remember the Bible says man15400:05:22,079 –> 00:05:23,500looks on the outward15500:05:23,500 –> 00:05:25,260appearance but God looks on15600:05:25,260 –> 00:05:25,859the heart.15700:05:25,880 –> 00:05:27,420We often emphasize rightly15800:05:27,420 –> 00:05:28,579the second half of that15900:05:28,579 –> 00:05:28,940verse.16000:05:29,140 –> 00:05:30,299God looks on the heart.16100:05:30,500 –> 00:05:31,660We forget the first part16200:05:31,679 –> 00:05:33,220which is that man looks on16300:05:33,220 –> 00:05:34,500the outward appearance.16400:05:34,920 –> 00:05:37,619We form impressions on what16500:05:37,619 –> 00:05:39,779is immediately apparent in16600:05:39,779 –> 00:05:41,660regards to other people.16700:05:42,140 –> 00:05:43,279Off course we do want to16800:05:43,279 –> 00:05:44,500know the heart but as16900:05:44,779 –> 00:05:46,079everyone knows that takes17000:05:46,079 –> 00:05:47,600time and you can’t do that17100:05:47,600 –> 00:05:48,339with everybody.17200:05:48,640 –> 00:05:49,839You’re only able to know the17300:05:49,839 –> 00:05:53,519heart of a limited number of17400:05:53,519 –> 00:05:54,040people.17500:05:55,179 –> 00:05:56,619So I want to list for you17600:05:56,619 –> 00:05:59,179than 10 factors that17700:05:59,179 –> 00:06:02,640distinguish us according to17800:06:02,679 –> 00:06:03,579the flesh.17900:06:03,959 –> 00:06:04,779And let me give you this18000:06:04,779 –> 00:06:06,119health warning before we get18100:06:06,119 –> 00:06:06,700into it.18200:06:07,160 –> 00:06:08,119Every one of them is18300:06:08,119 –> 00:06:08,700sensitive.18400:06:09,399 –> 00:06:10,660Every one of them is18500:06:10,660 –> 00:06:11,100sensitive.18600:06:11,160 –> 00:06:12,040That was the thing as I was18700:06:12,040 –> 00:06:13,899just meditating on this and18800:06:13,899 –> 00:06:14,700listening out.18900:06:15,279 –> 00:06:17,880What does it mean to be in19000:06:17,880 –> 00:06:19,859the flesh and what does this19100:06:19,859 –> 00:06:21,320phrase according to the flesh19200:06:21,320 –> 00:06:22,679mean I’m meditating on it19300:06:22,720 –> 00:06:23,260something oh that’s19400:06:23,260 –> 00:06:23,880sensitive.19500:06:24,239 –> 00:06:24,959Oh so is that.19600:06:25,059 –> 00:06:27,720Oh so that and the reason for19700:06:27,720 –> 00:06:29,820that is that these things19800:06:30,279 –> 00:06:32,720reflect our life in this world19900:06:32,739 –> 00:06:34,100and as you will see they are20000:06:34,100 –> 00:06:35,440therefore the focus of great20100:06:35,440 –> 00:06:38,559tension in many spheres.20200:06:39,059 –> 00:06:39,820Here is number one.20300:06:40,640 –> 00:06:42,660Appearance the most obvious of20400:06:42,660 –> 00:06:43,220them all.20500:06:44,079 –> 00:06:45,640This is obviously the first20600:06:45,640 –> 00:06:47,500way in which we identify20700:06:47,519 –> 00:06:48,700people in ordinary20800:06:48,700 –> 00:06:49,779conversation.20900:06:50,299 –> 00:06:51,380Kahn will say.21000:06:52,140 –> 00:06:53,459Oh you know I spoke to Mary21100:06:53,459 –> 00:06:55,160Jones this morning and I’ll21200:06:55,160 –> 00:06:56,779say now who is she and then21300:06:56,820 –> 00:06:57,820and you say what she’s the21400:06:57,820 –> 00:06:59,380tall lady with the dark curly21500:06:59,380 –> 00:07:00,399hair and she walks with a21600:07:00,399 –> 00:07:01,459bit of a stoop and she always21700:07:01,459 –> 00:07:02,440wears a green coat.21800:07:02,679 –> 00:07:03,600I mean that that’s the kind of21900:07:03,660 –> 00:07:05,640ordinary conversation that we22000:07:05,640 –> 00:07:07,000have all of the time in22100:07:07,000 –> 00:07:09,380regards to how we describe or22200:07:09,399 –> 00:07:11,260identify people according to22300:07:11,260 –> 00:07:12,200the flesh.22400:07:13,000 –> 00:07:15,579You have a certain height and22500:07:15,579 –> 00:07:16,720you may either like that or22600:07:16,720 –> 00:07:17,339not like it.22700:07:18,040 –> 00:07:19,600You are of a certain weight22800:07:19,899 –> 00:07:21,320and you may either like that22900:07:21,359 –> 00:07:22,799or you may not like that.23000:07:22,839 –> 00:07:24,480You have your own style you23100:07:24,480 –> 00:07:25,600have your own level of23200:07:25,600 –> 00:07:26,859fitness and all of these23300:07:26,859 –> 00:07:28,440things are immediately23400:07:28,480 –> 00:07:29,140apparent.23500:07:29,940 –> 00:07:31,359All of us have thoughts about23600:07:31,359 –> 00:07:32,480our own appearance.23700:07:32,760 –> 00:07:33,940Whether we like it or whether23800:07:33,940 –> 00:07:35,160we don’t like it how it23900:07:35,160 –> 00:07:36,459compares with the appearance24000:07:36,459 –> 00:07:37,440of others and that’s why24100:07:37,440 –> 00:07:39,000these things become sensitive24200:07:39,399 –> 00:07:41,260but our appearance is a24300:07:41,260 –> 00:07:43,380factor that distinguishes us24400:07:43,380 –> 00:07:44,619according to the flesh.24500:07:44,640 –> 00:07:46,119That’s number one number two24600:07:46,660 –> 00:07:47,320ability.24700:07:48,119 –> 00:07:49,600I’m thinking here about gifts24800:07:49,600 –> 00:07:51,839talents abilities that each24900:07:51,839 –> 00:07:52,940of us have in different25000:07:52,940 –> 00:07:55,980spheres sports arts music25100:07:56,359 –> 00:07:57,559so forth and so on.25200:07:58,079 –> 00:08:00,220And our abilities in25300:08:00,220 –> 00:08:01,940different areas are part of25400:08:01,940 –> 00:08:05,000what we are according to25500:08:05,619 –> 00:08:06,540the flesh.25600:08:08,019 –> 00:08:10,640Now I went to high school for25700:08:10,959 –> 00:08:12,320six years.25800:08:12,359 –> 00:08:14,279And the reason I hasten to add25900:08:14,279 –> 00:08:15,100is not that I did26000:08:15,100 –> 00:08:16,399particularly badly.26100:08:17,179 –> 00:08:18,339It was that we didn’t have26200:08:18,339 –> 00:08:19,239middle school.26300:08:19,299 –> 00:08:21,100And so at the age of 12 you26400:08:21,100 –> 00:08:22,380went to what was called26500:08:22,380 –> 00:08:24,459secondary school effectively26600:08:24,459 –> 00:08:26,299high school and were there for26700:08:26,720 –> 00:08:27,339six years.26800:08:27,380 –> 00:08:29,959So I began there at the age of26900:08:29,980 –> 00:08:32,97912 and in the high school27000:08:32,979 –> 00:08:35,179that I attended for which I27100:08:35,179 –> 00:08:36,659will always be grateful.27200:08:37,280 –> 00:08:39,820We were divided into streams27300:08:39,900 –> 00:08:42,020according to ability and many27400:08:42,619 –> 00:08:44,500others we’ll have had this27500:08:44,500 –> 00:08:46,739kind of experience there were27600:08:47,059 –> 00:08:50,780five classes in each year.27700:08:51,760 –> 00:08:53,400And if you’re curious to know27800:08:53,400 –> 00:08:54,960where I was the answer actually27900:08:54,960 –> 00:08:56,380is very very boring as28000:08:56,419 –> 00:08:58,580absolutely slap bang right in28100:08:58,659 –> 00:08:59,299the middle.28200:08:59,760 –> 00:09:01,859Well I guess the school didn’t28300:09:01,859 –> 00:09:04,340want it to be too obvious that28400:09:04,340 –> 00:09:07,460the classes were streamed and28500:09:07,460 –> 00:09:10,460so the classes we’re given what28600:09:10,460 –> 00:09:13,159seems to be random names.28700:09:13,760 –> 00:09:19,520They were X G T H and K and so28800:09:19,520 –> 00:09:20,719you would go into one eggs or28900:09:20,719 –> 00:09:22,919one and two x and two g and so29000:09:22,919 –> 00:09:24,119forth and so on.29100:09:24,179 –> 00:09:25,440Well of course all the kids as29200:09:25,440 –> 00:09:27,159is always the case knew who was29300:09:27,159 –> 00:09:28,440at the top and who was at the29400:09:28,440 –> 00:09:28,880bottom.29500:09:29,159 –> 00:09:32,239And so here we were 12 years old29600:09:32,239 –> 00:09:35,080trying to work out what these29700:09:35,380 –> 00:09:38,679apparently random letters might29800:09:38,700 –> 00:09:42,719actually stand for and we worked29900:09:42,859 –> 00:09:45,719out x we decided for sure must be30000:09:45,719 –> 00:09:47,520for excellent because these kids30100:09:47,520 –> 00:09:49,640were the high fliers G.30200:09:49,659 –> 00:09:50,820which was the next slot30300:09:50,820 –> 00:09:53,440therefore must be for Good T.30400:09:53,479 –> 00:09:56,299which was us we dubbed Terrific30500:09:56,479 –> 00:09:58,119though other classes reckon that30600:09:58,119 –> 00:10:01,000it may well be terrible H.30700:10:01,020 –> 00:10:03,440was obviously for horrible which30800:10:03,479 –> 00:10:05,020left K..30900:10:05,219 –> 00:10:07,359Which by universal acclamation31000:10:07,359 –> 00:10:08,940was regarded as standing for31100:10:08,940 –> 00:10:12,239chronic and these kids lived with31200:10:12,260 –> 00:10:16,500that for six years nowοw this is31300:10:16,500 –> 00:10:18,039the world in which we live and31400:10:18,940 –> 00:10:21,020how many of you have these awful31500:10:21,059 –> 00:10:23,299memories of you know two captains31600:10:23,299 –> 00:10:25,080picking teams for some kick about31700:10:25,080 –> 00:10:27,080game with a ball and and there31800:10:27,080 –> 00:10:28,599you are all the kids standing on31900:10:28,659 –> 00:10:30,460the wall I know I I love this32000:10:30,460 –> 00:10:31,919personal I love this person and32100:10:31,919 –> 00:10:33,460the first ones to be chosen they32200:10:33,460 –> 00:10:34,460walk out with that kind of32300:10:34,520 –> 00:10:36,440swagger because they’re obviously32400:10:36,440 –> 00:10:38,140the best players and then the32500:10:38,140 –> 00:10:39,940number that are standing by the32600:10:39,940 –> 00:10:41,640wall becomes lower and lower in32700:10:41,640 –> 00:10:43,400the last kids to be chosen can32800:10:43,400 –> 00:10:45,200walk out with with their heads32900:10:45,200 –> 00:10:47,280hanging because everybody knows33000:10:47,280 –> 00:10:48,200that the other ones who are33100:10:48,200 –> 00:10:49,760least wanted on the team why33200:10:49,760 –> 00:10:50,700because they’ve got a lower33300:10:51,159 –> 00:10:52,679level of ability when it comes33400:10:52,679 –> 00:10:55,140to this particular game.33500:10:56,059 –> 00:10:58,880We have different abilities that33600:10:58,880 –> 00:11:02,679distinguish us according to the33700:11:02,679 –> 00:11:03,340flash.33800:11:04,719 –> 00:11:05,960You’re listening to open the33900:11:05,960 –> 00:11:07,840Bible with Pastor Colin Smith and34000:11:07,840 –> 00:11:09,200a message called A New34100:11:09,200 –> 00:11:10,919Perspective if you have a miss34200:11:10,919 –> 00:11:12,299one of Collins messages it’s34300:11:12,299 –> 00:11:14,419very easy to go back or listen34400:11:14,419 –> 00:11:16,599again online at our website34500:11:16,840 –> 00:11:19,719Open the Bible org dot UK or34600:11:19,719 –> 00:11:21,359find us as a podcast and those34700:11:21,359 –> 00:11:22,880run all the main podcast sites34800:11:23,159 –> 00:11:25,440search for open the Bible UK or34900:11:25,440 –> 00:11:26,500follow the link from our35000:11:26,500 –> 00:11:27,159website.35100:11:27,679 –> 00:11:29,380Open the Bible is supported by35200:11:29,380 –> 00:11:30,679our listeners it’s your support35300:11:30,679 –> 00:11:32,200that keeps us on this station35400:11:32,280 –> 00:11:33,900and on the Internet and we’re35500:11:33,900 –> 00:11:35,419extremely grateful for the35600:11:35,440 –> 00:11:36,780support that you give us.35700:11:37,280 –> 00:11:38,599If that’s something you’ve been35800:11:38,599 –> 00:11:40,659considering doing this month we35900:11:40,659 –> 00:11:42,099have a special offer and I’ll be36000:11:42,099 –> 00:11:43,719talking to Colin later in the36100:11:43,719 –> 00:11:44,739programme about that.36200:11:44,780 –> 00:11:46,059So I hope you’ll stay with us36300:11:46,580 –> 00:11:47,780back to the message now.36400:11:47,979 –> 00:11:49,140Here again is Colin.36500:11:49,340 –> 00:11:50,739number three age.36600:11:51,559 –> 00:11:53,219The young and the old and36700:11:53,219 –> 00:11:54,559everything in between.36800:11:55,780 –> 00:11:58,500Paul says to Timothy, let no one36900:11:58,500 –> 00:11:59,880despise your youth.37000:12:00,780 –> 00:12:02,080What’s the point of him saying37100:12:02,080 –> 00:12:03,380that was some people will not37200:12:03,380 –> 00:12:05,000give him a lot of credibility37300:12:05,299 –> 00:12:06,559because he is young and he’s37400:12:06,559 –> 00:12:09,020going to have to to earn their37500:12:09,299 –> 00:12:11,539trust and their respect.37600:12:12,020 –> 00:12:13,640Similarly older people often37700:12:13,640 –> 00:12:15,979feel pushed to the margins in a37800:12:15,979 –> 00:12:19,219society that chases increasingly37900:12:19,219 –> 00:12:20,919after the young.38000:12:20,960 –> 00:12:22,719And so how many tensions in38100:12:22,719 –> 00:12:24,440society relate to these38200:12:24,440 –> 00:12:26,520differences between us relating38300:12:26,520 –> 00:12:27,419to age?38400:12:28,140 –> 00:12:30,619Number four, friends.38500:12:31,140 –> 00:12:32,340When you’re at school this can38600:12:32,340 –> 00:12:34,460be a huge factor in your life.38700:12:34,500 –> 00:12:35,840Who are your friends?38800:12:36,539 –> 00:12:37,960What’s the group to which you38900:12:37,960 –> 00:12:38,380belong?39000:12:38,380 –> 00:12:39,859Which group wants you in and39100:12:39,859 –> 00:12:41,580which group doesn’t want you in?39200:12:41,820 –> 00:12:43,940This remains true throughout39300:12:43,940 –> 00:12:44,359life.39400:12:44,619 –> 00:12:46,960We talk about social circle and39500:12:46,960 –> 00:12:48,599it becomes important and39600:12:48,599 –> 00:12:50,859significant with regards to who39700:12:50,859 –> 00:12:52,179we are in the flesh.39800:12:52,200 –> 00:12:54,460Number five, race.39900:12:54,760 –> 00:12:56,320We’re talking about the things40000:12:56,320 –> 00:12:58,599that distinguish us according to40100:12:58,599 –> 00:13:00,919the flesh and clearly race or40200:13:00,919 –> 00:13:04,440ethnicity is one of these, and40300:13:04,440 –> 00:13:06,500it’s very striking how often in40400:13:06,500 –> 00:13:08,440the Bible you have reference to40500:13:08,440 –> 00:13:11,219the Jews and the Gentiles and40600:13:11,219 –> 00:13:13,260often the great tensions between40700:13:13,260 –> 00:13:15,419these two and how they might be40800:13:15,460 –> 00:13:16,580overcome.40900:13:16,739 –> 00:13:19,039You can’t understand the history41000:13:19,039 –> 00:13:21,739of America or of the tensions in41100:13:21,739 –> 00:13:24,219our country today apart from41200:13:24,219 –> 00:13:26,179this issue and the many many41300:13:26,179 –> 00:13:28,299injustices that have gone with41400:13:28,299 –> 00:13:29,239it.41500:13:29,500 –> 00:13:31,059Number six, gender.41600:13:31,299 –> 00:13:34,260God has made us male and female41700:13:34,460 –> 00:13:36,599and this distinguishes us41800:13:36,859 –> 00:13:40,059according to the flesh as we41900:13:40,059 –> 00:13:41,679think about race and about42000:13:41,679 –> 00:13:42,479gender.42100:13:42,580 –> 00:13:43,580Just think about this.42200:13:43,780 –> 00:13:45,419These are the great issues that42300:13:45,419 –> 00:13:48,039cause so much tension, so much42400:13:48,039 –> 00:13:50,039debate within our society.42500:13:50,219 –> 00:13:51,619We’re trying to work out how we42600:13:51,619 –> 00:13:53,460live together well with what42700:13:53,460 –> 00:13:56,700distinguishes us according to42800:13:57,159 –> 00:13:58,739the flesh.42900:13:59,020 –> 00:14:01,780Number seven, work.43000:14:02,039 –> 00:14:04,099According to the flesh our life43100:14:04,099 –> 00:14:06,739in this world, the kind of work43200:14:07,200 –> 00:14:10,059that a person does leads to a43300:14:10,059 –> 00:14:11,979very different kind of43400:14:11,979 –> 00:14:15,260experience in life, manual43500:14:15,260 –> 00:14:18,700labor, business, education,43600:14:18,700 –> 00:14:20,780health, art, science or as you’re43700:14:20,780 –> 00:14:22,380working the home and with the43800:14:22,380 –> 00:14:25,460family and the kind of work you43900:14:25,460 –> 00:14:27,320do relates very much to the kind44000:14:27,320 –> 00:14:29,659of experience that you have in44100:14:29,659 –> 00:14:30,099your life.44200:14:30,119 –> 00:14:31,859I’m always interested to ask44300:14:31,859 –> 00:14:33,619people, what’s your work?44400:14:33,659 –> 00:14:34,780Because that gives a great44500:14:34,799 –> 00:14:37,260insight into what a person’s44600:14:37,260 –> 00:14:40,200experience of life actually is44700:14:40,640 –> 00:14:43,739according to the flesh.44800:14:44,479 –> 00:14:46,619Number eight, home.44900:14:47,440 –> 00:14:48,659I find it difficult to know what45000:14:48,659 –> 00:14:50,960to call this one, uh, but think45100:14:50,960 –> 00:14:52,359about everything that goes into45200:14:52,359 –> 00:14:53,919a person’s lifestyle.45300:14:55,099 –> 00:14:57,099The home you live in, the car45400:14:57,099 –> 00:14:59,700that you drive, the vacations45500:14:59,700 –> 00:15:01,919you enjoy the restaurants you45600:15:01,960 –> 00:15:04,260frequent, the entertainment that45700:15:04,260 –> 00:15:05,799you choose, the leisure45800:15:05,799 –> 00:15:08,020activities you pursue, all of45900:15:08,059 –> 00:15:09,679this is driven in very46000:15:09,679 –> 00:15:11,700significant measure by what the46100:15:11,700 –> 00:15:15,440underlying means that are46200:15:15,440 –> 00:15:19,020available to you to sustain this46300:15:19,020 –> 00:15:21,460particular style of life.46400:15:21,460 –> 00:15:22,380So I could have called it46500:15:22,380 –> 00:15:22,799wealth.46600:15:22,799 –> 00:15:23,580I could have called it46700:15:23,580 –> 00:15:24,359lifestyle.46800:15:24,599 –> 00:15:26,979I called it simply home.46900:15:27,940 –> 00:15:29,419Home has associations.47000:15:29,419 –> 00:15:30,919We sometimes use the phrase, you47100:15:30,919 –> 00:15:32,380know, brought up on the wrong47200:15:32,380 –> 00:15:33,640side of the tracks.47300:15:33,640 –> 00:15:35,599Why do we use that phrase?47400:15:36,080 –> 00:15:37,820Because so many communities have47500:15:37,820 –> 00:15:40,440a more prosperous part of the47600:15:40,440 –> 00:15:42,359community that is one side of47700:15:42,359 –> 00:15:43,979a railway line and a less47800:15:43,979 –> 00:15:45,760prosperous part of a community47900:15:45,919 –> 00:15:48,900that is on the other side of48000:15:49,539 –> 00:15:50,780the tracks.48100:15:51,400 –> 00:15:52,679Number nine family.48200:15:53,119 –> 00:15:54,880And here we can include a48300:15:54,880 –> 00:15:57,679family of origin, family by48400:15:57,679 –> 00:16:01,479adoption and family by marriage.48500:16:01,960 –> 00:16:04,840And there’s the whole issue of48600:16:05,200 –> 00:16:08,440the mix that gets scooped out of48700:16:08,440 –> 00:16:11,080the gene pool and gets poured48800:16:11,080 –> 00:16:12,239into you.48900:16:12,619 –> 00:16:15,460And we think most of us perhaps49000:16:15,500 –> 00:16:17,520a great deal from time to time49100:16:17,960 –> 00:16:20,119about that gifts and talents and49200:16:20,119 –> 00:16:21,599physical features that were49300:16:21,599 –> 00:16:24,119passed to you from your parents.49400:16:24,979 –> 00:16:26,919But then along with that battles49500:16:26,919 –> 00:16:29,539and struggles and desires that49600:16:29,580 –> 00:16:31,159were in your father and mother49700:16:31,159 –> 00:16:33,859and may also in some degree now49800:16:33,859 –> 00:16:34,940be in you.49900:16:36,159 –> 00:16:37,760And most of us therefore try to50000:16:37,760 –> 00:16:39,479spend some time figuring out50100:16:39,520 –> 00:16:42,739now what is in us and where did50200:16:42,739 –> 00:16:43,960it come from.50300:16:44,679 –> 00:16:46,320And when we do this we are very50400:16:46,320 –> 00:16:48,900simply trying to figure out who50500:16:48,900 –> 00:16:52,780we are according to the flesh.50600:16:52,799 –> 00:16:54,359This is all part of what’s being50700:16:54,359 –> 00:16:56,559spoken of in Second Corinthians50800:16:56,559 –> 00:16:58,359chapter five and verse 16.50900:16:59,479 –> 00:17:01,099And for some this whole business51000:17:01,119 –> 00:17:03,039has many more blessings than it51100:17:03,039 –> 00:17:03,880has sorrows.51200:17:04,119 –> 00:17:05,640You think primarily of what51300:17:05,640 –> 00:17:07,800you’ve received genetically in51400:17:07,800 –> 00:17:10,060terms of what you aspire to in51500:17:10,239 –> 00:17:11,400those you have seen that you’ve51600:17:11,400 –> 00:17:14,359gone before and for others there51700:17:14,359 –> 00:17:15,660are many more sorrows than there51800:17:15,660 –> 00:17:17,219are blessings and when you think51900:17:17,219 –> 00:17:18,420of this whole thing you’re52000:17:18,420 –> 00:17:19,680thinking of what you want to try52100:17:19,680 –> 00:17:22,500and avoid in terms of what has52200:17:22,500 –> 00:17:23,699gone before.52300:17:24,880 –> 00:17:26,199For some who don’t know who52400:17:26,239 –> 00:17:28,000their biological parents are52500:17:28,040 –> 00:17:30,260there are open questions and52600:17:30,459 –> 00:17:33,719curiosity about what is in me52700:17:34,579 –> 00:17:36,339but what I’m saying to you is52800:17:36,339 –> 00:17:38,199that for every single one of us52900:17:38,459 –> 00:17:41,199this whole business is a mixed53000:17:41,500 –> 00:17:45,160bag according to the flesh53100:17:46,199 –> 00:17:47,500which leads to number 1053200:17:48,199 –> 00:17:51,459experience who we are according53300:17:51,459 –> 00:17:53,339to the flesh is shaped not only53400:17:53,339 –> 00:17:56,160by nature but by nurture not53500:17:56,160 –> 00:17:57,459only by the genes that have53600:17:57,459 –> 00:17:59,079been passed to us but also by53700:17:59,079 –> 00:18:00,219the environment of our53800:18:00,219 –> 00:18:03,040experience and so our early53900:18:03,040 –> 00:18:04,680experiences either of great54000:18:04,680 –> 00:18:06,680love or of great neglect54100:18:06,959 –> 00:18:08,839will have significant influence54200:18:08,839 –> 00:18:10,339on the shaping of our lives54300:18:10,359 –> 00:18:13,060according to the flesh the54400:18:13,079 –> 00:18:15,020opportunities that come or do54500:18:15,020 –> 00:18:17,280not come to us in our growing54600:18:17,319 –> 00:18:18,760up years also will be54700:18:18,760 –> 00:18:21,839significant some people seem to54800:18:21,839 –> 00:18:23,459have a track in which all the54900:18:23,459 –> 00:18:26,140doors open for them and others55000:18:26,160 –> 00:18:27,140have a track in which it55100:18:27,140 –> 00:18:29,020seems all the doors close for55200:18:29,020 –> 00:18:31,079them and it makes a55300:18:31,079 –> 00:18:33,459significant difference in our55400:18:33,520 –> 00:18:36,239experience of life according55500:18:36,239 –> 00:18:38,560to the flesh.55600:18:39,939 –> 00:18:41,180So there are ten factors when55700:18:41,180 –> 00:18:42,160I got to ten I thought I’ve55800:18:42,160 –> 00:18:44,040got to stop otherwise I’ll55900:18:44,040 –> 00:18:44,880go on forever.56000:18:45,000 –> 00:18:46,619You can discuss this in the56100:18:46,619 –> 00:18:47,160life groups.56200:18:47,199 –> 00:18:49,099You can add other factors and56300:18:50,040 –> 00:18:51,579to the list.56400:18:52,300 –> 00:18:53,800But as I’ve been reflecting on56500:18:53,800 –> 00:18:55,160these issues and just going56600:18:55,160 –> 00:18:56,180through the list and saying56700:18:56,219 –> 00:18:57,420why is it that these are the56800:18:57,420 –> 00:19:00,060issues that are so sensitive in56900:19:00,060 –> 00:19:02,760our world.57000:19:02,760 –> 00:19:04,180I think it’s for this reason57100:19:04,180 –> 00:19:04,900that because.57200:19:05,939 –> 00:19:08,380For many people what we are57300:19:08,380 –> 00:19:09,739according to the flesh is the57400:19:09,739 –> 00:19:10,660only thing that is.57500:19:12,640 –> 00:19:14,020And if what you are according57600:19:14,020 –> 00:19:15,359to the flesh is the only thing57700:19:15,359 –> 00:19:15,640you.57800:19:16,420 –> 00:19:17,020There is.57900:19:17,339 –> 00:19:18,959You will always be uptight58000:19:19,040 –> 00:19:20,920about who you are according to58100:19:20,920 –> 00:19:22,020the flesh you have to be.58200:19:23,060 –> 00:19:24,219If that’s all there is.58300:19:25,839 –> 00:19:27,079You’ll always be battling it.58400:19:28,719 –> 00:19:29,900and never find a way of coming58500:19:29,900 –> 00:19:30,819to peace with it.58600:19:32,780 –> 00:19:34,199And now that we’ve looked at58700:19:34,199 –> 00:19:35,060these ten.58800:19:36,660 –> 00:19:39,199I want you to see, hear, and58900:19:39,199 –> 00:19:40,140feel.59000:19:41,420 –> 00:19:43,760The extraordinary power of what59100:19:43,760 –> 00:19:46,219God says to us in 2nd59200:19:46,219 –> 00:19:47,819Corinthians chapter 5 and verse59300:19:47,819 –> 00:19:48,43916.59400:19:50,479 –> 00:19:53,439From now on therefore.59500:19:54,380 –> 00:19:57,780We that is, we who are in Christ59600:19:57,780 –> 00:19:58,959regard.59700:19:58,959 –> 00:20:01,680No one according59800:20:01,680 –> 00:20:03,680to the flesh59900:20:05,959 –> 00:20:07,959That is an extraordinary,60000:20:07,959 –> 00:20:08,959radical statement.60100:20:10,560 –> 00:20:12,719In a world in which everything60200:20:12,719 –> 00:20:14,459is about what we are in the60300:20:14,459 –> 00:20:16,500flesh the Apostle Paul says60400:20:16,500 –> 00:20:19,280from now on we regard no one60500:20:19,280 –> 00:20:21,199according to the flesh.60600:20:21,939 –> 00:20:25,140In a world in which peoples60700:20:25,140 –> 00:20:27,040lives are perceived to be60800:20:27,040 –> 00:20:29,119shaped and defined by the60900:20:29,119 –> 00:20:30,280ten factors that we have61000:20:30,280 –> 00:20:31,420looked at and others that61100:20:31,420 –> 00:20:34,140may be added the Apostle61200:20:34,140 –> 00:20:35,400says that for us who are61300:20:35,400 –> 00:20:39,099in Christ we don’t see61400:20:39,099 –> 00:20:41,160these things as ultimately61500:20:41,160 –> 00:20:43,800defining of any person.61600:20:43,800 –> 00:20:46,959From now on we regard61700:20:46,959 –> 00:20:49,219no one according61800:20:50,180 –> 00:20:52,140to the flesh.61900:20:52,140 –> 00:20:53,479So now that we have tuned62000:20:53,479 –> 00:20:54,520our minds into how62100:20:54,520 –> 00:20:56,180extraordinarily important62200:20:56,180 –> 00:20:57,819this is and how deeply62300:20:57,819 –> 00:20:59,380it speaks to our entire62400:20:59,380 –> 00:21:01,260world and to our personal62500:21:01,260 –> 00:21:02,920lives I want to put this62600:21:02,920 –> 00:21:05,760case before you.62700:21:05,760 –> 00:21:08,260That a change in how you62800:21:08,260 –> 00:21:11,479see Jesus will lead to a62900:21:11,479 –> 00:21:13,560change in how you see63000:21:13,560 –> 00:21:16,420others and a change in63100:21:16,420 –> 00:21:19,079how you see yourself.63200:21:19,140 –> 00:21:21,219That is the thrust of63300:21:21,219 –> 00:21:22,339these verses that are63400:21:22,339 –> 00:21:24,119before us as we follow63500:21:24,119 –> 00:21:25,319what the apostle Paul63600:21:25,319 –> 00:21:26,680is saying.63700:21:26,680 –> 00:21:28,140A change in how you see63800:21:28,140 –> 00:21:29,719Jesus will lead to a63900:21:29,719 –> 00:21:31,180change in how you see64000:21:31,180 –> 00:21:34,319others and a change in64100:21:34,319 –> 00:21:36,780how you see yourself.64200:21:36,780 –> 00:21:38,520And this is wonderfully64300:21:38,520 –> 00:21:41,339liberating for all who64400:21:41,339 –> 00:21:43,140are in Christ.64500:21:43,140 –> 00:21:43,979We’ve been listening to64600:21:43,979 –> 00:21:44,780open the Bible with64700:21:44,780 –> 00:21:45,880Pastor Colin Smith64800:21:45,880 –> 00:21:46,979in a message called64900:21:46,979 –> 00:21:48,439A New Perspective.65000:21:48,479 –> 00:21:49,479Looking today at ten65100:21:49,479 –> 00:21:51,400factors which distinguish65200:21:51,400 –> 00:21:52,579us according to the65300:21:52,579 –> 00:21:54,040flesh, which is how we65400:21:54,040 –> 00:21:55,099tend to look at people65500:21:55,099 –> 00:21:57,439we meet and know, but65600:21:57,439 –> 00:21:59,000the Apostle Paul writes65700:21:59,000 –> 00:22:00,300in 2 Corinthians chapter65800:22:00,300 –> 00:22:02,3805 that we may get to65900:22:02,380 –> 00:22:03,479the point where we don’t66000:22:03,479 –> 00:22:04,479regard one another66100:22:04,479 –> 00:22:06,000according to the flesh.66200:22:06,000 –> 00:22:07,239If we change how we see66300:22:07,239 –> 00:22:09,000Jesus it can lead to a66400:22:09,000 –> 00:22:10,099change in how we see66500:22:10,099 –> 00:22:11,780others and how we see66600:22:11,780 –> 00:22:13,640ourselves.66700:22:13,640 –> 00:22:14,780It’s a subject we’ll look66800:22:14,780 –> 00:22:15,880at next time so I66900:22:15,880 –> 00:22:16,680hope you’ll join us67000:22:16,680 –> 00:22:17,839for that.67100:22:18,500 –> 00:22:19,699If you ever miss one of67200:22:19,699 –> 00:22:20,939our messages you67300:22:20,939 –> 00:22:21,839can easily catch up or67400:22:21,839 –> 00:22:22,900go back and listen again67500:22:22,900 –> 00:22:24,439online at our website67600:22:24,439 –> 00:22:26,199open the bible dot org dot67700:22:26,199 –> 00:22:27,439UK, or on all the67800:22:27,439 –> 00:22:29,140podcast sites search for67900:22:29,140 –> 00:22:32,239open the bible UK.68000:22:32,239 –> 00:22:33,500Open the Bible is68100:22:33,500 –> 00:22:34,640supported by our68200:22:34,640 –> 00:22:35,939listeners financially68300:22:35,939 –> 00:22:37,099and if that’s something68400:22:37,099 –> 00:22:38,300you’ve been considering68500:22:38,300 –> 00:22:39,959doing, this month we68600:22:39,959 –> 00:22:41,140have an offer for you.68700:22:41,140 –> 00:22:41,939If you are able to set up68800:22:41,939 –> 00:22:43,140a new direct debit in68900:22:43,140 –> 00:22:45,040the amount of 5 pounds69000:22:45,040 –> 00:22:46,760per month or more or a69100:22:47,719 –> 00:22:48,680one-off gift of £50 or69200:22:48,680 –> 00:22:49,780more, this month we’ll69300:22:49,780 –> 00:22:51,760send you 2 copies of the69400:22:51,760 –> 00:22:53,380book Christmas Stories69500:22:53,380 –> 00:22:55,079by Colin Smith and also69600:22:55,079 –> 00:22:56,5605 beautiful Christmas69700:22:56,560 –> 00:22:58,479cards with illustrations69800:22:58,479 –> 00:22:59,880from the book.69900:22:59,880 –> 00:23:02,160Christmas Stories is a70000:23:02,160 –> 00:23:03,319retelling of the70100:23:03,319 –> 00:23:04,959Christmas Story from the70200:23:04,959 –> 00:23:05,959point of view of several70300:23:05,959 –> 00:23:07,280biblical characters.70400:23:07,280 –> 00:23:08,859Characters like Adam,70500:23:08,859 –> 00:23:10,560Joseph, Herod, Mary’s70600:23:10,560 –> 00:23:11,880cousin Elizabeth and70700:23:11,880 –> 00:23:14,780even the angel Gabriel!70800:23:14,780 –> 00:23:16,660You know, I have really70900:23:17,060 –> 00:23:18,560enjoyed telling the71000:23:18,560 –> 00:23:19,819Christmas Story from the71100:23:19,819 –> 00:23:21,020perspective of different71200:23:21,020 –> 00:23:21,800characters who were71300:23:21,800 –> 00:23:23,260involved. And the one71400:23:23,260 –> 00:23:24,420exception to that is71500:23:24,420 –> 00:23:25,859Herod. I can’t say I71600:23:25,859 –> 00:23:27,000enjoyed that because of71700:23:27,000 –> 00:23:27,760course he was on the71800:23:27,760 –> 00:23:28,900wrong side of the71900:23:28,900 –> 00:23:30,099Christmas Story.72000:23:30,099 –> 00:23:31,959Absolutely opposed the72100:23:31,959 –> 00:23:33,199coming of the Lord Jesus72200:23:33,199 –> 00:23:35,219Christ into the world slash72300:23:35,219 –> 00:23:36,800whereas telling the story72400:23:36,800 –> 00:23:38,400from Mary and Joseph’s72500:23:38,400 –> 00:23:39,959perspective or Simeon’s72600:23:39,959 –> 00:23:41,599perspective, you know72700:23:41,599 –> 00:23:42,520you’re able to think72800:23:42,520 –> 00:23:43,359about, well here’s a72900:23:43,359 –> 00:23:45,359person who’s in heaven73000:23:45,359 –> 00:23:46,719looking back on this73100:23:46,719 –> 00:23:48,020most marvelous good73200:23:48,020 –> 00:23:48,859news of the birth of73300:23:48,859 –> 00:23:50,760Jesus into the world.73400:23:50,760 –> 00:23:51,760Well Herod’s certainly73500:23:51,760 –> 00:23:53,819not there! And the73600:23:53,819 –> 00:23:55,000message that comes from73700:23:55,000 –> 00:23:56,020his rejection of73800:23:56,020 –> 00:23:57,319Jesus is, it’s too late73900:23:57,319 –> 00:23:58,500now for him to change74000:23:58,500 –> 00:24:00,060direction, but it’s not74100:24:00,060 –> 00:24:01,760too late for you. And74200:24:01,760 –> 00:24:02,760what a marvelous thing74300:24:02,760 –> 00:24:04,900it is that we are in the74400:24:04,900 –> 00:24:05,760day of God’s74500:24:05,760 –> 00:24:08,459grace, where mercy and74600:24:08,459 –> 00:24:09,520love are extended74700:24:09,520 –> 00:24:11,099towards every person in74800:24:11,099 –> 00:24:12,560Jesus Christ. And what74900:24:12,560 –> 00:24:13,599a marvelous thing to be75000:24:13,599 –> 00:24:14,520able to invite our75100:24:14,520 –> 00:24:15,300friends and our75200:24:15,380 –> 00:24:16,400loved ones to receive75300:24:16,400 –> 00:24:17,599that mercy and that75400:24:17,599 –> 00:24:18,979grace. I hope that this75500:24:18,979 –> 00:24:20,400book will be a real75600:24:20,400 –> 00:24:23,300help to many folks in75700:24:23,300 –> 00:24:24,699sharing the Gospel, it75800:24:24,699 –> 00:24:25,500would be a lovely gift75900:24:25,500 –> 00:24:26,239just to give to76000:24:26,239 –> 00:24:27,000someone. It’s twenty four76100:24:27,000 –> 00:24:28,079pages, beautifully76200:24:28,079 –> 00:24:29,479produced and it tells76300:24:29,479 –> 00:24:30,540the Christmas story from76400:24:30,540 –> 00:24:32,099these different angles76500:24:32,099 –> 00:24:33,479in the first person76600:24:33,479 –> 00:24:34,699through the eyes of76700:24:34,699 –> 00:24:35,400people who were76800:24:35,400 –> 00:24:36,640actually involved.76900:24:36,640 –> 00:24:37,439Well we’d love to send77000:24:37,439 –> 00:24:38,680you two Copies of f77100:24:38,680 –> 00:24:39,380this Book and the77200:24:39,380 –> 00:24:40,339Five Beautiful77300:24:40,339 –> 00:24:41,939Christmas Cards if77400:24:41,939 –> 00:24:43,000you’re able to set up77500:24:43,000 –> 00:24:44,180a new Direct Debit77600:24:44,420 –> 00:24:45,920gift of five pounds per77700:24:45,920 –> 00:24:47,359month or more or a77800:24:47,359 –> 00:24:49,359one off gift of £50 or77900:24:49,359 –> 00:24:50,719more this month.78000:24:50,719 –> 00:24:51,920Full terms and78100:24:51,920 –> 00:24:53,119conditions of on our78200:24:53,119 –> 00:24:54,079website open the78300:24:54,079 –> 00:24:56,479Bible dot org dot uk78400:24:56,479 –> 00:24:57,619and please remember if78500:24:57,619 –> 00:24:58,579you want to take78600:24:58,579 –> 00:25:00,180advantage of this offer78700:25:00,180 –> 00:25:02,160don’t give anonymously78800:25:02,160 –> 00:25:03,660and remember to leave78900:25:03,660 –> 00:25:04,959your full Name and79000:25:04,959 –> 00:25:06,160address so we can send79100:25:06,160 –> 00:25:08,260you your free gift for79200:25:08,260 –> 00:25:09,380Open the Bible and79300:25:09,380 –> 00:25:10,660pastor Colin Smith.79400:25:10,660 –> 00:25:11,880I’m David Pick, and I79500:25:11,880 –> 00:25:12,780hope you’ll join us79600:25:12,780 –> 00:25:14,060again next time on79700:25:14,800 –> 00:25:15,660Open the Bible.79800:25:18,359 –> 00:25:19,439A change in how you79900:25:19,439 –> 00:25:21,140see Jesus will lead to80000:25:21,140 –> 00:25:22,339a change in how you80100:25:22,339 –> 00:25:23,900view others and a80200:25:23,900 –> 00:25:25,359change in how you see80300:25:25,359 –> 00:25:26,959yourself to find out80400:25:26,959 –> 00:25:28,500why next time on80500:25:28,500 –> 00:25:30,900Open the Bible.