100:00:00,880 –> 00:00:02,880I200:00:03,140 –> 00:00:05,840Want to put this case before you300:00:06,760 –> 00:00:10,640That’s a change in how you see Jesus400:00:11,580 –> 00:00:18,940Will lead to a change in how you see others and a change in how you see yourself500:00:20,160 –> 00:00:25,500Welcome to open the Bible with pastor Colin Smith. I’m David pic. Glad you could be with us today600:00:25,520 –> 00:00:31,620And Colin if you ask them many people will admit that they don’t like themselves very much700:00:31,900 –> 00:00:39,180So, how can seeing Jesus differently change how we see ourselves while we’re looking at 2nd Corinthians chapter 5800:00:39,180 –> 00:00:42,360Where we we read that we no longer regard Jesus900:00:42,700 –> 00:00:48,560According to the flesh and then the next thing that the Apostle Paul says is we now regard no one1000:00:49,180 –> 00:00:50,299According to the flesh1100:00:50,299 –> 00:00:54,619So what he’s saying is that there is a way of viewing1200:00:54,939 –> 00:01:02,320Ourselves and of viewing other people that can change radically and when it changes is when we come to a whole new view of1300:01:02,599 –> 00:01:08,639Christ not just as another person in history, but as the unique Lord and Savior and Master you come to that knowledge1400:01:08,720 –> 00:01:14,220It’s going to change how you view yourself and it’s going to change how we view other people1500:01:14,220 –> 00:01:21,739so join us if you can in 2 corinthians and chapter 5 as we continue the message a new perspective is1600:01:22,239 –> 00:01:25,980Colin I want to put this case before you1700:01:26,879 –> 00:01:30,339that a change in how you see Jesus1800:01:31,699 –> 00:01:39,000Will lead to a change in how you see others and a change in how you see yourself1900:01:39,739 –> 00:01:47,239that is the thrust of these verses that are before us as we follow, what the Apostle Paul is saying a2000:01:48,059 –> 00:01:56,440change in how you see Jesus will lead to a change in how you see others and a change in how you see2100:01:57,360 –> 00:01:59,120yourself and this is2200:01:59,120 –> 00:02:01,320Wonderfully liberating for all2300:02:02,099 –> 00:02:06,400who are in Christ let me build that case then in these three steps and start here a2400:02:06,839 –> 00:02:10,080Change in how you see Jesus, this is where it begins2500:02:10,899 –> 00:02:12,899look at verse 162600:02:13,800 –> 00:02:15,759even though2700:02:15,759 –> 00:02:19,220We once regarded Christ according to the flesh2800:02:20,839 –> 00:02:22,839We regard him thus2900:02:23,600 –> 00:02:25,600no longer3000:02:25,919 –> 00:02:31,940you see what Paul is saying he’s talking about the way in which he viewed Jesus the opinion he formed about Jesus and3100:02:32,580 –> 00:02:38,839He’s saying the opinion that I heard of Jesus was formed entirely by what he was according to the flesh a3200:02:40,100 –> 00:02:45,600Jewish man born into a poor family raised in an obscure village a carpenter by trade of3300:02:45,779 –> 00:02:49,100unusual ability in leading others who hung out with3400:02:49,979 –> 00:02:53,220sometimes embarrassing friends and died early in life3500:02:53,500 –> 00:02:59,919Without owning more than the robe for which the soldiers gambled while he hung on the cross3600:02:59,960 –> 00:03:01,919that3700:03:02,559 –> 00:03:05,339Was my opinion of Jesus and3800:03:06,059 –> 00:03:11,539all of these people worshipping him therefore was the most offensive thing imaginable to me as3900:03:12,460 –> 00:03:14,460What Paul is saying?4000:03:15,240 –> 00:03:17,240Now as you read the Gospels4100:03:17,639 –> 00:03:19,639There are actually multiple4200:03:19,839 –> 00:03:22,979examples of people who dismissed Jesus4300:03:23,759 –> 00:03:28,419Because they regarded him according to the flesh and because people still do this today4400:03:28,419 –> 00:03:31,919I want just to take a moment to show you this. Let me give you some examples4500:03:33,259 –> 00:03:38,479In John chapter 6 and verse 42, Jesus says I am the bread of life4600:03:39,160 –> 00:03:42,259He’s been saying I’m the bread of life that came down from heaven4700:03:42,679 –> 00:03:46,839The crowd don’t like what he is saying they begin to grumble and here’s what they said4800:03:47,419 –> 00:03:49,419Is this not Jesus?4900:03:50,479 –> 00:03:52,479the son of Mary and Joseph5000:03:53,860 –> 00:03:56,860Whose father and mother we know5100:03:56,940 –> 00:04:01,339So you go down your ten factors of what shapes us according to the flesh5200:04:01,339 –> 00:04:07,020And they’re dismissing jesus why on the basis of his family of origin. They’re saying we know his parents5300:04:07,600 –> 00:04:12,800So how can he possibly be the bread of life so they completely dismiss him on the basis of family5400:04:14,419 –> 00:04:16,420Matthew chapter 135500:04:17,019 –> 00:04:22,799When Jesus comes into his hometown of Nazareth and they listen to him speak5600:04:23,459 –> 00:04:26,239the scripture says Matthew 13 in verse 555700:04:26,440 –> 00:04:28,880Is this not?5800:04:29,720 –> 00:04:30,859the5900:04:30,859 –> 00:04:32,859Carpenters son6000:04:32,899 –> 00:04:35,660Now you go down your list of ten. What are they doing there?6100:04:35,660 –> 00:04:42,059They’re dismissing Jesus because they view him according to the flesh and they’ve got him tagged why by his job6200:04:42,100 –> 00:04:47,720He’s a carpenter’s son. He follows in the line of the carpenter. That’s what he does6300:04:47,720 –> 00:04:51,619how how can these things that he’s been saying be true when he’s simply a6400:04:52,339 –> 00:04:53,980carpenter6500:04:53,980 –> 00:05:01,859Mark chapter 2 and verse 16 here are all these people rejecting Jesus dismissing and why because they only view him according to the flesh6600:05:01,980 –> 00:05:09,019The Pharisees see the company that he’s keeping and they ask this question of the disciples. Why does he eat?6700:05:09,880 –> 00:05:12,540with tax collectors and sinners6800:05:13,380 –> 00:05:19,859The Pharisees are dismissing Jesus why because they are judging him according to the flesh and in particular6900:05:20,500 –> 00:05:22,500They have come to this conclusion7000:05:22,660 –> 00:05:27,799Because they’ve looked at the friends. He is keeping he’s in that circle of people there7100:05:27,799 –> 00:05:30,859So we cannot possibly be the Messiah7200:05:31,679 –> 00:05:36,299Let me add this one because there are so so many John chapter 7 and verse7300:05:36,820 –> 00:05:43,55941 when the Pharisees are debating the claims of Jesus and one of them says can the Christ come from7400:05:43,839 –> 00:05:46,519Galilee why you see that’s the location of the home and7500:05:47,200 –> 00:05:48,480they’re7600:05:48,480 –> 00:05:52,339Dismissing Jesus on the basis of judging him according to the flesh7700:05:53,200 –> 00:05:55,440and then you remember pilot and7800:05:56,600 –> 00:06:00,600he puts up this sign above Jesus on the cross and7900:06:01,239 –> 00:06:05,980Pilot has dismissed Jesus because he regards him according to the flesh8000:06:05,980 –> 00:06:10,940She does not see him as the Son of God and so he puts up the sign and what is it this?8100:06:11,239 –> 00:06:13,880Jesus of Nazareth the King of the8200:06:13,880 –> 00:06:15,880Jews and8300:06:16,320 –> 00:06:19,179There’s a racial slur there without doubt8400:06:19,179 –> 00:06:23,399Which is why the Jews the Bible says came back and said, can you change what you’ve written?8500:06:24,559 –> 00:06:31,279Pilots says what I have written I have written. Here’s there’s a racial slur. Here’s the best of them The King of8600:06:33,600 –> 00:06:35,600The Jews8700:06:36,079 –> 00:06:38,079So all through the8800:06:38,559 –> 00:06:41,279Gospels you have clear examples of8900:06:42,040 –> 00:06:44,739People who dismissed Jesus9000:06:45,359 –> 00:06:46,859because9100:06:46,859 –> 00:06:52,920they regarded him according to the flesh they formed an opinion of him based on9200:06:53,480 –> 00:06:59,640Family based on work based on home location based on race9300:07:00,239 –> 00:07:01,880and9400:07:01,880 –> 00:07:05,959The Apostle Paul says in the verse that’s before us today. That’s what I was9500:07:06,000 –> 00:07:10,579Regarding Jesus according to the flesh9600:07:13,119 –> 00:07:15,119Now how did that change9700:07:16,059 –> 00:07:18,179The answer of course is the resurrection9800:07:18,959 –> 00:07:26,660And it changed for the apostle Paul on the road to Damascus when the risen Lord Jesus appeared to him9900:07:28,519 –> 00:07:34,359So a little I am Jesus who you persecute he sees the risen Lord and10000:07:34,679 –> 00:07:41,519And from that moment he cannot possibly write off Jesus as a misguided Jew who died on the cross10100:07:43,940 –> 00:07:50,279Friends for those of you who are struggling with whether you should really come to a commitment of faith in Jesus Christ10200:07:50,399 –> 00:07:53,000Let me try and make this very simple for you today10300:07:54,420 –> 00:07:56,720either Jesus Christ is10400:07:57,679 –> 00:08:00,260the sovereign risen Lord10500:08:01,119 –> 00:08:05,959Who by virtue of who he is and what he did in his birth life death and resurrection10600:08:07,040 –> 00:08:11,720Either he’s the sovereign Lord who by virtue of who he is and what he has done10700:08:12,459 –> 00:08:17,019lays claim to your life and to every life or10800:08:19,920 –> 00:08:21,920Christianity should be thrown out completely10900:08:23,459 –> 00:08:27,100If Jesus Christ truly is raised from the dead11000:08:27,700 –> 00:08:30,279He is in a category of one as11100:08:31,320 –> 00:08:39,760the unique sovereign Lord if Jesus rose from the dead for you to push him away is the height of madness then11200:08:41,020 –> 00:08:46,419If he is not the reigning Lord. Why are you even tinkering with Christianity? What would be the point?11300:08:48,539 –> 00:08:50,780Now you see this is the great transformation11400:08:51,679 –> 00:08:55,919That has come in the mind of the Apostle Paul11500:08:56,539 –> 00:09:03,580He had come to the conclusion that christianity should be rejected completely because he judged Jesus according to the flesh11600:09:04,340 –> 00:09:08,700That’s why he persecuted the church. That’s why he set out to destroy it11700:09:08,700 –> 00:09:14,140Why because he regarded Jesus according to the flesh and as long as he did that11800:09:15,260 –> 00:09:17,460the idea of one man11900:09:18,440 –> 00:09:23,700Laying claim to the lives and the loyalty of h of all others12000:09:24,140 –> 00:09:28,539seemed to him to be completely and utterly preposterous and12100:09:29,280 –> 00:09:32,140Of course there are many who have come to that conclusion today12200:09:32,140 –> 00:09:33,659How can you say that?12300:09:33,659 –> 00:09:36,479Jesus is the only person by whom we can come to god12400:09:37,059 –> 00:09:38,419How can you say that?12500:09:38,419 –> 00:09:44,419Jesus can claim to be first in your life and first in every person’s life. Isn’t that preposterous?12600:09:44,419 –> 00:09:46,940Well, it would be if you regarded Jesus according to the flesh12700:09:48,219 –> 00:09:52,299But you see, when Paul is confronted by the raised lord12800:09:52,679 –> 00:09:59,960He finds himself offering his own life into the hands of the one he had previously despised12900:10:01,460 –> 00:10:09,260And that’s why he says even though we once regarded Christ according to the flesh we regard him thus no longer13000:10:09,580 –> 00:10:10,859and13100:10:10,859 –> 00:10:15,520I want you to notice the significance of the word we hear it’s not I it’s we13200:10:16,179 –> 00:10:21,960He includes himself because this great transformation in his view about Jesus has happened in his own life13300:10:22,000 –> 00:10:25,119But it’s not limited to him as a person who directly13400:10:25,640 –> 00:10:28,000saw the risen, Lord, Jesus Christ13500:10:29,039 –> 00:10:35,260Now what he’s saying is that this is the core truth about every person who really is a Christian13600:10:35,799 –> 00:10:42,859That a Christian is a person who has come to a new opinion about Jesus on the basis of the resurrection13700:10:43,219 –> 00:10:45,619We no longer regard him as a figure of history13800:10:46,080 –> 00:10:47,320according to the flesh13900:10:47,320 –> 00:10:51,119we see much more than that we’ve come to worship him as the14000:10:51,780 –> 00:10:58,700risen, Lord as the Sovereign King as the gracious Redeemer as God with us and God14100:10:59,460 –> 00:11:01,460for us14200:11:02,460 –> 00:11:04,460Now that’s at the core14300:11:04,700 –> 00:11:09,359To put it in the New Testament question, what do you think of Jesus Christ?14400:11:10,359 –> 00:11:15,679Because what he claims and how he is presented in the Bible to you is this that he is the14500:11:16,039 –> 00:11:21,280sovereign Lord who lays claim to your life and to every life and14600:11:22,260 –> 00:11:27,020That to fight against him is a battle you can never never never14700:11:28,440 –> 00:11:33,020You’re listening to open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith and a message called a new perspective14800:11:33,679 –> 00:11:35,260It’s part of our series14900:11:35,559 –> 00:11:38,260don’t lose heart and if you’ve missed any of the series15000:11:38,260 –> 00:11:43,020So far, you can easily catch up or go back and listen again online at our website15100:11:45,159 –> 00:11:52,599Or by going to your favorite podcast site and searching for open the Bible UK back to the message now15200:11:52,619 –> 00:11:56,280We’re in 2 Corinthians chapter 5 here again is Colin15300:11:56,280 –> 00:12:01,479Here’s the application that Paul is making a change in how you see Jesus will lead15400:12:02,359 –> 00:12:04,619To a change in how you see others15500:12:06,119 –> 00:12:09,340we no longer regard Jesus according to the flesh and15600:12:10,400 –> 00:12:14,280From now on verse 16. Therefore, we regard no one15700:12:15,340 –> 00:12:17,340according15800:12:17,359 –> 00:12:19,359to the flesh15900:12:20,219 –> 00:12:23,539Friends here’s something that is beautiful and unique16000:12:24,940 –> 00:12:26,940To the body of Christ16100:12:26,979 –> 00:12:28,979The16200:12:30,080 –> 00:12:33,799Things that make us different according to the flesh are16300:12:35,679 –> 00:12:41,960Overwhelmed by the new life that is enjoyed by those who are in Jesus Christ in16400:12:43,000 –> 00:12:46,479The flesh our life was living for ourselves. And so it’s all about16500:12:47,599 –> 00:12:49,599Which group is?16600:12:49,599 –> 00:12:51,119going to gain16700:12:51,119 –> 00:12:52,500precedence in16800:12:52,539 –> 00:12:57,520The endless struggle that revolves around the ten factors that differentiate us16900:12:58,500 –> 00:13:00,500Make us different17000:13:01,460 –> 00:13:06,619But in the body of Christ where new life has come, through Jesus Christ17100:13:07,599 –> 00:13:11,479These things that make us different are simply overwhelmed17200:13:11,859 –> 00:13:19,320By what now binds us together in our new life that is received from him and shared in him17300:13:20,320 –> 00:13:27,479That is why very wonderfully in Galatians in chapter 3 the Apostle says this of those who are in Christ17400:13:28,359 –> 00:13:32,359He says in Christ. That is neither. Jew nor Greek in17500:13:32,880 –> 00:13:35,900Christ there is neither slave nor free in17600:13:36,859 –> 00:13:39,599Christ there is neither male nor female17700:13:40,599 –> 00:13:42,960For you are all one in17800:13:43,979 –> 00:13:45,400Christ17900:13:45,400 –> 00:13:49,080Jesus that’s something that’s not possible in the world because18000:13:49,640 –> 00:13:51,640world18100:13:51,640 –> 00:13:53,719It’s all about what we are in the flesh18200:13:55,479 –> 00:14:00,539But in the body there is a new life that is about who we are in Jesus Christ18300:14:01,460 –> 00:14:02,440and18400:14:02,440 –> 00:14:07,580That is why the church offers for all who are in Jesus Christ II18500:14:08,640 –> 00:14:14,479Wonderful possibility of pursuing a new community in which that which makes us different is overcome18600:14:14,840 –> 00:14:17,500by that which makes us one a18700:14:17,539 –> 00:14:18,739a18800:14:18,739 –> 00:14:22,820community in in which men and women of every race18900:14:23,559 –> 00:14:28,400people of every appearance and age people of every background and19000:14:28,880 –> 00:14:32,280experience people from every trade and profession every19100:14:32,940 –> 00:14:37,239Level of ability are brought together in one body19200:14:37,979 –> 00:14:39,979in19300:14:40,099 –> 00:14:41,820the Lord19400:14:41,919 –> 00:14:47,719why because we’ve all been brought to peace with the same God through the blood of the same Savior and19500:14:47,919 –> 00:14:54,799We have submitted our very very different lives to the authority off the same Lord. That’s beautiful and19600:14:55,539 –> 00:14:59,919it’s only possible when Christ is at the center and19700:15:00,520 –> 00:15:02,520Where Christ is?19800:15:03,039 –> 00:15:04,140Exalted19900:15:04,140 –> 00:15:11,099It’s why we want to be a church. That is Christ exalting because that’s what’s going to pull people together around him20000:15:11,359 –> 00:15:15,020exalt anything else and what makes us different will be all that will be20100:15:16,039 –> 00:15:18,039apparent20200:15:18,219 –> 00:15:21,219So change in how you see Jesus20300:15:22,460 –> 00:15:25,960No longer according to the flesh, but as exalted in the risen Lord20400:15:26,500 –> 00:15:32,619leading directly to a change in how we regard and relate to one another and20500:15:34,020 –> 00:15:35,520lastly20600:15:35,580 –> 00:15:41,739The change in how you see Jesus will lead to a change in how you see others and a change in how you see yourself20700:15:41,880 –> 00:15:47,340why because verse 17 if anyone is in Christ he or she is a20800:15:48,159 –> 00:15:49,799new creation20900:15:49,799 –> 00:15:51,799That’s true of every21000:15:51,799 –> 00:15:53,539Christian21100:15:53,539 –> 00:15:57,500Being a new creation means very simply that there is more to you21200:15:58,979 –> 00:16:02,119Than what is in you according to the flesh?21300:16:03,440 –> 00:16:05,440There is more to you21400:16:05,520 –> 00:16:11,739Than what is in you according to the flesh you have been reconciled to God21500:16:12,599 –> 00:16:15,000You have been adopted into his family21600:16:16,179 –> 00:16:18,039you have an21700:16:18,039 –> 00:16:23,000Inheritance in heaven that can never spoil or fade the Holy Spirit lives within you21800:16:23,359 –> 00:16:27,280Your little life my little life has been caught up into the eternal21900:16:27,799 –> 00:16:29,359sweep of22000:16:29,359 –> 00:16:30,719the great22100:16:30,719 –> 00:16:32,940redeeming purpose of God22200:16:33,500 –> 00:16:38,900And so when you are tempted to lose heart because of what you are according to the flesh22300:16:39,359 –> 00:16:44,239take heart from who you are Christian brother or sister in22400:16:44,840 –> 00:16:46,840Jesus Christ and22500:16:47,700 –> 00:16:51,679Remember this when you become discouraged about issues relating to the flesh22600:16:51,859 –> 00:16:56,900There are natural gifts that may impress people who judge according to the flesh22700:16:57,239 –> 00:17:04,000But there are spiritual gifts that Christ may gives that will make you really useful in life for him22800:17:04,719 –> 00:17:09,500There is a natural beauty that may get a face on the cover of a magazine22900:17:09,979 –> 00:17:15,599But there is a spiritual beauty that brings pleasure to the heart of God23000:17:16,239 –> 00:17:17,900There is a natural strength23100:17:17,900 –> 00:17:20,560That can come from developing your muscles23200:17:20,599 –> 00:17:27,400but there is a spiritual strength that God can give to bring you through the hardest of Trials there is a23300:17:27,780 –> 00:17:31,380Material wealth that will last only for a time23400:17:31,780 –> 00:17:38,420but there is a spiritual wealth that will last for an eternity and if you have had23500:17:39,300 –> 00:17:42,479Experiences in the flesh that have broken your heart23600:17:44,400 –> 00:17:45,939Remember this23700:17:45,939 –> 00:17:47,359That there are23800:17:47,359 –> 00:17:50,119experiences of the love of Christ in the spirit23900:17:50,900 –> 00:17:52,900that are able to24000:17:52,979 –> 00:17:54,979rebuild your soul24100:17:55,540 –> 00:18:02,400So from now on we regard no one according to the flesh why because if anyone is in Christ24200:18:03,439 –> 00:18:06,000he or she is a new creation24300:18:07,739 –> 00:18:11,339So a change in how you see Jesus24400:18:12,680 –> 00:18:15,280Going to lead to a change in how you see others24500:18:16,280 –> 00:18:23,339And as he’s the sovereign Lord of your life, it’s going to lead to a change in how you see24600:18:24,800 –> 00:18:26,680yourself24700:18:26,680 –> 00:18:28,920So wrapping this up in these last moments24800:18:29,760 –> 00:18:31,760if you24900:18:32,300 –> 00:18:34,760judge yourself according to the flesh25000:18:36,739 –> 00:18:42,800You’ll either spend your life looking down on other people because you see yourself as superior more gifted and all this kind of thing25100:18:43,079 –> 00:18:45,079more successful25200:18:45,319 –> 00:18:48,079Or you will always be losing heart25300:18:49,719 –> 00:18:55,920Because you see that others have more gifts, more talents, more advantages in life and more opportunities than you do25400:18:57,479 –> 00:18:59,479And here is the wonderfully good news25500:19:00,160 –> 00:19:06,439That Jesus Christ does not regard us according to the flesh. Aren’t you thankful for that?25600:19:09,099 –> 00:19:13,699Jesus Christ does not regard us accordingly to the flesh25700:19:15,560 –> 00:19:17,680If Jesus Christ25800:19:17,680 –> 00:19:24,060regarded us according to the flesh who would be in heaven. All the ones who were in class X and25900:19:24,319 –> 00:19:31,939Possibly class G and the rest of us in TH and K would not have a chance if Christ regarded us according to the flesh26000:19:33,300 –> 00:19:39,020Who would be in heaven if Christ regarded us according to the flesh. The super talented26100:19:39,020 –> 00:19:44,699God would take an interest in them. The super successful, the super rich perhaps, the super healthy26200:19:46,239 –> 00:19:48,239Thank God26300:19:49,239 –> 00:19:57,439Jesus Christ does not regard us according to the flesh. In fact he says this, you he says to the Pharisees26400:19:57,699 –> 00:19:59,239Judge26500:19:59,239 –> 00:20:05,160According to the flesh I judge no one. Of course he doesn’t mean that he’s not the judge the Bible tells us26600:20:05,160 –> 00:20:10,619He is the judge, what he’s saying here is I don’t judge as you do. You judge according to the flesh. I don’t26700:20:10,660 –> 00:20:12,180I don’t26800:20:12,180 –> 00:20:18,780I don’t form an opinion about people and decide whether I’m going to take an interest in them on the basis of their appearance their26900:20:18,780 –> 00:20:24,020Ability their age their friends their race their gender their work their home their family or their experience27000:20:25,900 –> 00:20:33,780What you are according to the flesh friend will not make Jesus more interested in you and it cannot make Jesus less interested in27100:20:35,459 –> 00:20:39,180He’s not drawn to you because of these things because of what you are in the flesh27200:20:39,260 –> 00:20:41,599And he certainly will not be kept from you27300:20:42,699 –> 00:20:44,699Because of what you are in the flesh27400:20:46,180 –> 00:20:51,619so our Jesus offers himself to every person of every race of27500:20:52,459 –> 00:20:58,640Every ability of every background at every economic level every kind of work, and he does it without27600:20:59,140 –> 00:21:01,060partiality and27700:21:01,060 –> 00:21:07,500He offers himself as the living Savior and as the reigning Lord and whatever you are27800:21:07,780 –> 00:21:09,780according to the flesh27900:21:10,900 –> 00:21:16,579He is able to make of you a new creation if anyone is in Christ28000:21:18,619 –> 00:21:20,619He she is a new creation28100:21:22,540 –> 00:21:29,040So what matters most about you is not what you are in the flesh in any one or even all of these ten areas28200:21:31,719 –> 00:21:34,219But are you in Christ and28300:21:34,479 –> 00:21:38,000And when you are in Christ and he is your28400:21:39,660 –> 00:21:42,280Risen Savior and your reigning Lord28500:21:44,459 –> 00:21:48,900Then what he thinks of you what he thinks of you is28600:21:49,459 –> 00:21:54,219the one thing and ultimately the only thing that really matters28700:21:56,500 –> 00:22:03,199Which is why a change in the way you see Jesus is going to lead to a change in the way you see others and28800:22:03,680 –> 00:22:09,000a change in the way that you see yourself so that you will not28900:22:09,680 –> 00:22:11,680lose a29000:22:12,400 –> 00:22:16,239Challenge there from Colin that we need to look at Jesus correctly29100:22:16,239 –> 00:22:22,339And as we do that it leads to a change in how we see others and how we see ourselves29200:22:23,760 –> 00:22:27,560There was a message called a New Perspective part of our series29300:22:27,760 –> 00:22:31,319Don’t Lose Heart based on 2 Corinthians chapter 529400:22:31,739 –> 00:22:33,699If you’ve missed any of the series29500:22:33,699 –> 00:22:38,040It’s easy to catch up or go back and listen again by coming online to our website29600:22:38,520 –> 00:22:44,479Open the bible.org.uk and there you’ll find all the messages which have already been broadcast29700:22:45,479 –> 00:22:50,439Open the Bible is able to stay on the air and on the internet because of the very generous29800:22:50,839 –> 00:22:53,599Financial support that we 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