100:00:00,220 –> 00:00:14,600Here, Jon addresses a very real problem that all Christians deal with sometimes and some200:00:14,600 –> 00:00:22,200Christians deal with often. And that is the problem of the condemning heart.300:00:22,200 –> 00:00:26,540Welcome to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith. I am David Pick. Glad you could be400:00:26,840 –> 00:00:31,620with us today. And Colin we don’t necessarily recognize what it is that’s going on inside500:00:31,620 –> 00:00:36,660of sometimes because we get used to feeling in a certain way. And how would someone know600:00:36,660 –> 00:00:39,020if they have a condemning heart?700:00:39,020 –> 00:00:46,360Oh, well, for example, where you have a regret, you said something that you wished you hadn’t800:00:46,360 –> 00:00:51,799said. And you see why did I open my mouth and say that? You can’t take your words back.900:00:51,860 –> 00:00:57,799You can say sorry, I didn’t mean it. But you can’t unsay what has been said or you hurt1000:00:57,799 –> 00:01:06,300someone in some way and you cannot undo the hurt that was caused. And so you have a sense1100:01:06,300 –> 00:01:11,760within your own heart that you have really messed up here. You have failed. And and it’s1200:01:11,760 –> 00:01:16,959like a cloud that is hanging over you. And though you’re truly sorry and though you may1300:01:16,959 –> 00:01:23,120have apologised, there’s a sense of remaining regret and remaining sadness, and what are1400:01:23,120 –> 00:01:27,139you to do with that? That’s what it looks like, I think, when our hearts condemn us.1500:01:27,139 –> 00:01:31,120And the point that John is making in this wonderful first letter that we’re looking1600:01:31,120 –> 00:01:36,760at is that the normal experience of the Christian life is that we rejoice in peace with God1700:01:36,760 –> 00:01:43,559and forgiveness, and we know that things are right. But then he says whenever our hearts1800:01:43,559 –> 00:01:49,059condemn us. He doesn’t say if ever. It’s quite clear that every Christian at some point1900:01:49,059 –> 00:01:55,239is going to regret something that we said or we did, and we need to know how to deal2000:01:55,239 –> 00:01:59,800with that when our own hearts condemn us. Well John’s going to tell us in the verses2100:01:59,800 –> 00:02:04,959that we’re looking at how we’re to deal with that when that arises in our lives.2200:02:04,959 –> 00:02:10,820Well let’s get into that today. In the First Letter of John chapter three, verses 19-24,2300:02:10,820 –> 00:02:17,100as we continue the message, assurance grows as we lean on the word of the Father. Here’s Colin.2400:02:17,100 –> 00:02:25,779Most Christians know what it is at some time or other in our lives to look into our own2500:02:25,779 –> 00:02:35,979hearts and to say how could a person who has thought what I have thought2600:02:36,259 –> 00:02:45,619and said what I have said and done what I have done really be a Christian? Could it2700:02:45,619 –> 00:02:56,020be that I am in fact deceiving myself and that the truth is not in me?2800:02:56,020 –> 00:03:01,419And if you recognize that kind of thought or something of a similar sort, you’re recognizing2900:03:01,679 –> 00:03:10,800the reality of the condemning heart, and John says whenever that happens, he’s addressing3000:03:10,800 –> 00:03:17,479that problem that all of us at some time are likely to face.3100:03:17,479 –> 00:03:25,259And it may be that you faced it already even while the word of God’s been preached this3200:03:25,339 –> 00:03:36,940Because, you know, as we looked at these three marks, believing God, loving God, obeying3300:03:36,940 –> 00:03:41,979God’s commands, there’s probably some of us here who even within the last 10 minutes3400:03:41,979 –> 00:03:51,679your heart has been saying, as you heard that, yeah, but my faith should be stronger, and3500:03:51,699 –> 00:03:59,440my love should be deeper, and my obedience should be fuller.3600:03:59,440 –> 00:04:04,779And even as you hear what is intended to encourage and strengthen you, your own heart’s been3700:04:04,779 –> 00:04:07,740condemning you, right here and now.3800:04:07,740 –> 00:04:19,799Now, God’s purpose is not that you should live under the sentence of a condemning heart.3900:04:20,160 –> 00:04:27,540So what should you do when your own heart condemns you?4000:04:27,540 –> 00:04:32,540Now John gives us the answer, and it is wonderfully clear.4100:04:32,540 –> 00:04:36,700Look at what he says about the reassured heart.4200:04:36,720 –> 00:04:46,179By this, he says, we shall know that we are of the truth, and by this we shall reassure4300:04:46,299 –> 00:04:48,760heart before him.4400:04:48,760 –> 00:04:54,000This is how we are to settle the condemning heart, and this is how we are to deal with4500:04:54,000 –> 00:04:56,000the condemning heart.4600:04:56,000 –> 00:05:06,399For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and he knows everything.4700:05:06,399 –> 00:05:14,679C.H. Spurgeon, a preacher from an earlier century, has a brilliant analogy that gets4800:05:14,679 –> 00:05:17,220to the part of what John is saying here.4900:05:17,220 –> 00:05:23,720So, let me adapt it to our situation here in the United States and give that then to5000:05:23,720 –> 00:05:25,480you.5100:05:25,480 –> 00:05:31,859In our federal justice system, there are three kinds of court.5200:05:31,859 –> 00:05:41,619There are currently ninety-four district courts, there are thirteen courts of appeals, and5300:05:41,619 –> 00:05:45,619of course there is one supreme court.5400:05:45,619 –> 00:05:51,019And the principle at the heart of our justice system is very simple that if a verdict is5500:05:51,019 –> 00:05:59,119given against you in one of the lower courts you have a right of appeal to one of the higher5600:05:59,119 –> 00:06:00,820courts.5700:06:00,820 –> 00:06:05,859Now John is speaking about times when our heart condemns us.5800:06:06,859 –> 00:06:12,279And there will be times in your life and in your experience when your heart is like a5900:06:12,279 –> 00:06:19,040judge in the District Court giving a verdict against you, condemning you.6000:06:19,040 –> 00:06:24,420But you see the point that Spurgeon is making in this analogy is that when your heart condemns6100:06:24,420 –> 00:06:28,480you, you can appeal to a higher court.6200:06:28,480 –> 00:06:30,880And he quoted what he says.6300:06:30,880 –> 00:06:39,119There is another court far higher than the court of the human heart, for God is greater6400:06:39,119 –> 00:06:42,179than our heart, and he knows all things.6500:06:42,179 –> 00:06:50,619Then he says there are some good Christian people who are always distressed because they6600:06:50,619 –> 00:06:54,839never take their case to the Supreme Court.6700:06:55,220 –> 00:06:58,799Now you see what he’s saying.6800:06:58,799 –> 00:07:03,019The normal experience of the Christian life is that your heart does not condemn you, but6900:07:03,019 –> 00:07:08,239there will be times when your heart does condemn you, and when your heart condemns you, here’s7000:07:08,239 –> 00:07:10,440where some Christians make the mistake.7100:07:10,440 –> 00:07:14,660We just sit under the condemnation of our own hearts.7200:07:14,660 –> 00:07:18,239Why would you do that when actually you have the right to take your case to the higher7300:07:18,239 –> 00:07:21,640court to bring it directly before Almighty God?7400:07:22,440 –> 00:07:26,279Now you see this is what John is commending to us.7500:07:26,279 –> 00:07:31,119When your heart condemns you, and sometimes it will, here’s what you have to do.7600:07:31,119 –> 00:07:34,579You bring your case before God.7700:07:34,579 –> 00:07:40,859You bring it from the lower court of the human heart to the highest court, the Supreme Court.7800:07:40,859 –> 00:07:43,839The Court of God Almighty Himself.7900:07:43,839 –> 00:07:49,799This is how your reassure your heart in his presence.8000:07:49,799 –> 00:07:59,160Now notice that John gives us two distinct reasons for taking our case to the higher court.8100:07:59,160 –> 00:08:01,500Bring your case to God.8200:08:01,500 –> 00:08:02,500Why?8300:08:02,500 –> 00:08:08,920First, because God is greater than your heart.8400:08:08,920 –> 00:08:10,019Look at what he says again.8500:08:10,019 –> 00:08:13,420By this we shall know that we are of the truth.8600:08:13,420 –> 00:08:16,559This is how we’re going to reassure our hearts before Him.8700:08:16,559 –> 00:08:24,260For whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart.8800:08:24,260 –> 00:08:37,419Now these six words, God is greater than our heart, they are God’s medicine for the condemning8900:08:37,419 –> 00:08:38,640heart.9000:08:38,640 –> 00:08:53,479When your heart condemns you, tell your heart, God is greater than my heart.9100:08:53,479 –> 00:08:56,359And you see this is supremely good news.9200:08:56,359 –> 00:09:01,559Your heart does not have ultimate authority.9300:09:01,559 –> 00:09:07,960Your heart may condemn you, but your heart does not have the final word about you.9400:09:08,239 –> 00:09:13,679God can overrule your condemning heart.9500:09:13,679 –> 00:09:21,760Your heart’s just like the lower court, but God’s word is like the supreme court.9600:09:21,760 –> 00:09:31,440So when your heart condemns you, bring your case to God, because in Christ, God can and9700:09:31,440 –> 00:09:37,880will overrule any condemnation that your heart may bring against you in the lower courts.9800:09:37,880 –> 00:09:40,280So bring your case to God.9900:09:40,280 –> 00:09:44,679Go to God and tell him that your heart condemns you.10000:09:44,679 –> 00:09:48,200Go to God and tell him why your heart condemns you.10100:09:48,200 –> 00:09:49,659Tell him all that you have done.10200:09:49,659 –> 00:09:53,679Tell him all that you have failed to do.10300:09:53,679 –> 00:09:55,580Think about it with this analogy.10400:09:55,580 –> 00:10:01,960The first order of business in a higher court is always to review the work of the lower10500:10:01,960 –> 00:10:02,960court.10600:10:02,960 –> 00:10:03,960What was the charge?10700:10:03,960 –> 00:10:04,960What was the evidence?10800:10:04,960 –> 00:10:06,679How was the verdict reached?10900:10:06,679 –> 00:10:09,719Lay this all out before God.11000:10:09,719 –> 00:10:16,640God is greater than your heart and he is able to overrule the judgment of the condemning11100:10:16,640 –> 00:10:19,599heart.11200:10:19,599 –> 00:10:24,119Now someone may ask at this point, why would God do that?11300:10:24,119 –> 00:10:31,919The answer is because God sees what our condemning hearts sometimes forget — that we are in11400:10:31,919 –> 00:10:32,919Christ.11500:10:33,919 –> 00:10:46,780Brother, sister, believer, you are in Christ and God sees you in Christ.11600:10:46,780 –> 00:10:52,599And God justifies those who have faith in Jesus.11700:10:52,599 –> 00:11:00,359That’s Romans chapter 3 and verse 26, wonderful promise, God justifies those who have faith11800:11:00,359 –> 00:11:01,479in Jesus.11900:11:01,679 –> 00:11:07,539That word justify means to declare not guilty.12000:11:07,539 –> 00:11:15,559And you see, when God declares us not guilty in his Supreme Court, all the verdicts of12100:11:15,559 –> 00:11:21,039their condemning hearts in the lower courts are overturned and overruled.12200:11:22,559 –> 00:11:28,919And that’s why the Apostle says in Romans chapter 5 and verse 1, since we have been12300:11:29,479 –> 00:11:37,760justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.12400:11:37,760 –> 00:11:47,359That’s why he says in Romans chapter 8 and verse 1, there is therefore now no condemnation12500:11:47,359 –> 00:11:50,840for those who are in Christ Jesus.12600:11:51,780 –> 00:12:00,219You see, the good news of the Gospel is that God is for us in and through Jesus Christ.12700:12:00,219 –> 00:12:05,780Remember that Jesus Christ did not come into the world to condemn the world, but that the12800:12:05,780 –> 00:12:07,880world through Him might be saved.12900:12:07,880 –> 00:12:13,640That is why Jesus Christ, when he went to the cross, took all the condemnation that13000:12:13,640 –> 00:12:22,500is due for our sins upon himself so that there would be no condemnation left for us!13100:12:22,500 –> 00:12:33,359The good news of the gospel is that it is God who justifies and his verdict overrules13200:12:33,359 –> 00:12:35,619any other judgment.13300:12:35,619 –> 00:12:42,880No power on earth, in heaven, or even in hell itself can ever overrule the supreme13400:12:43,039 –> 00:12:45,140judgment of almighty God.13500:12:45,140 –> 00:12:48,859And that is why the Apostle in Romans Chapter 8 says,13600:12:48,859 –> 00:12:53,900If God be for us, who can be against us?13700:12:53,900 –> 00:12:58,359He who did not spare his own Son but freely gave him up for us all,13800:12:58,359 –> 00:13:02,820how will he not also, along with him, graciously give us all things?13900:13:02,820 –> 00:13:06,000And, who shall bring any charge against God’s elect?14000:13:06,000 –> 00:13:10,679It is God who justifies, who is to condemn?14100:13:10,719 –> 00:13:16,679You see, there isn’t a higher authority above the supreme word of almighty God himself,14200:13:16,679 –> 00:13:20,200God justifies you, who in the world can condemn you?14300:13:20,200 –> 00:13:27,359So you see, the verdict that matters most is not the verdict that your condemning heart14400:13:27,359 –> 00:13:29,739may pass upon you.14500:13:29,739 –> 00:13:34,719It’s certainly not the condemning verdict that other people may try to impose on you.14600:13:34,719 –> 00:13:44,359It is the verdict of almighty God, and God justifies those who have faith in Jesus.14700:13:44,359 –> 00:13:46,119Isn’t that good news?14800:13:46,119 –> 00:13:47,880It certainly is good news.14900:13:47,880 –> 00:13:52,719You’re listening to Open The Bible, with Pastor Colin Smith, and a message called Assurance15000:13:52,719 –> 00:13:55,880Grows as you lean on the word of the father.15100:13:55,880 –> 00:14:01,960It’s based on the first letter of John, chapter 3 and verses 19 to 24 today, and if you’ve15200:14:02,099 –> 00:14:06,659missed any of the series so far, don’t forget you can alwise catch up, or go back and listen15300:14:06,659 –> 00:14:14,239again online, at our website, openthebible.org.uk, or find us as a podcast, and those are on15400:14:14,239 –> 00:14:16,179all the main podcast sites.15500:14:16,179 –> 00:14:20,840You can find them while searching for Open The Bible UK, or by following a link from15600:14:20,840 –> 00:14:22,320our website.15700:14:22,320 –> 00:14:23,760Back to the message now.15800:14:23,760 –> 00:14:25,179Here again is Colin.15900:14:25,179 –> 00:14:30,280Then John gives us a second reason for bringing your case to God, and at first sight it might16000:14:30,280 –> 00:14:34,239look a little surprising, but it’s here, look at it.16100:14:34,239 –> 00:14:38,539Bring your case to God, first because God is greater than your heart.16200:14:38,539 –> 00:14:43,799He’s able to overrule the condemning judgment that your heart may make against you.16300:14:43,799 –> 00:14:51,479But second, bring your case to God because God knows everything.16400:14:51,479 –> 00:14:54,580By this we shall know that we are of the truth.16500:14:54,580 –> 00:14:56,099This is how we’re going to get there.16600:14:56,140 –> 00:15:02,039This is how we’re going to settle or reassure our hearts before Him.16700:15:02,039 –> 00:15:12,340Whenever our heart condemns us, God is greater than our heart and He knows everything.16800:15:12,340 –> 00:15:20,119Now, someone might think, God knowing everything sounds to me like a reason for not coming to Him.16900:15:20,119 –> 00:15:24,539You know, other people see me at my best but they don’t see the half.17000:15:24,599 –> 00:15:34,880And, God knows all things, but remember that John is writing to Christian believers.17100:15:34,880 –> 00:15:43,359And he gives to us as Christian believers God’s perfect knowledge as a reason for coming to Him.17200:15:43,359 –> 00:15:48,140God’s knowledge here is not presented as a reason for fear or for dread.17300:15:48,140 –> 00:15:53,440No, the fact that God knows all things is clearly being given to us by John the apostle17400:15:53,539 –> 00:15:56,520as a reason for hope and for confidence.17500:15:56,520 –> 00:16:03,039God knows everything that’s why you should come to him.17600:16:03,039 –> 00:16:09,080Robert Law, who has written a marvelous book on 1st John that I’ve referred to before,17700:16:09,080 –> 00:16:11,760I find it very, very helpful.17800:16:11,760 –> 00:16:16,200He points here to a story that I think almost all of us will know and remember well.17900:16:16,280 –> 00:16:21,880It’s a story of Peter who at one point18000:16:21,880 –> 00:16:26,919denied that he had ever known Jesus.18100:16:26,919 –> 00:16:33,979Peter sinned big time, I mean really big time.18200:16:33,979 –> 00:16:40,619And his sin caused him to weep bitter tears of repentance.18300:16:41,479 –> 00:16:44,479He must have wondered how he could ever get over what he had done.18400:16:44,799 –> 00:16:49,119Why would I have done such a thing?18500:16:49,119 –> 00:16:53,599And you remember that when Jesus rose from the dead,18600:16:53,599 –> 00:16:58,739he appeared to Peter, and said to Peter,18700:16:59,260 –> 00:17:02,400do You love me?18800:17:02,400 –> 00:17:08,079And Peter replied, Yes, Lord, You know that I love you.18900:17:08,079 –> 00:17:13,439And then Jesus asked him again Peter do You love me?19000:17:13,520 –> 00:17:20,239And Peter said, Yes, Lord, you know that I love you.19100:17:20,239 –> 00:17:27,780And Jesus then asked him a third time, Peter, do you love me?19200:17:27,780 –> 00:17:31,140And do you remember what Peter said the third time?19300:17:31,140 –> 00:17:39,520He said, Lord, you know everything.19400:17:39,520 –> 00:17:40,839You know everything!19500:17:40,839 –> 00:17:44,099He appealed to the perfect knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ.19600:17:44,099 –> 00:17:46,380You know everything!19700:17:46,380 –> 00:17:50,640So you know that I love you!19800:17:50,640 –> 00:17:57,339You know my sin, but you also know my repentance.19900:17:57,339 –> 00:18:03,859You know my weakness, but you also know my desire.20000:18:03,859 –> 00:18:10,020Lord, you know everything!20100:18:10,020 –> 00:18:13,339You know that I love you!20200:18:13,339 –> 00:18:18,839God’s perfect knowledge is not a reason to stand at a distance from Him.20300:18:18,839 –> 00:18:23,680It is a reason for you, as a Christian believer, to come to Him.20400:18:23,680 –> 00:18:24,680He knows everything.20500:18:24,680 –> 00:18:32,599That means that He knows the work of His Son for you and He knows the work of His Spirit20600:18:32,599 –> 00:18:33,599in you.20700:18:33,599 –> 00:18:37,939He knows that you love Him.20800:18:38,000 –> 00:18:41,939So here is something very practical that is being laid before us today.20900:18:41,939 –> 00:18:46,400We’re all going to experience times when our own hearts condemn us.21000:18:46,400 –> 00:18:52,979And John has telling us as clearly as can be, this is what you do when your heart condemns21100:18:52,979 –> 00:18:53,979you.21200:18:53,979 –> 00:18:56,800You bring your case to God.21300:18:56,800 –> 00:19:02,439You draw near to God and you bring it all before Him because God is greater than your21400:19:02,439 –> 00:19:06,380heart and because God knows all things.21500:19:06,660 –> 00:19:08,660Let’s take this in today.21600:19:08,660 –> 00:19:12,000It’s medicine for the condemning heart.21700:19:12,000 –> 00:19:17,160God is greater than your heart.21800:19:17,160 –> 00:19:21,920God is greater than your heart, so why in the world would you carry on listening more21900:19:21,920 –> 00:19:25,459to the condemning voice of your own heart than you listen to the word of God?22000:19:25,459 –> 00:19:29,239Why would you do that?22100:19:29,380 –> 00:19:38,880What would you think of a person who had been vindicated by the Supreme Court, and then22200:19:38,920 –> 00:19:42,739spent the rest of their lives grieving over the fact that at one point a judgement had22300:19:42,739 –> 00:19:46,239once been made against them in one of the lower courts?22400:19:46,239 –> 00:19:49,660Well, you would say to that person, wouldn’t you?22500:19:49,660 –> 00:19:57,380You’d say, my dear friend, you don’t have to worry about that now.22600:19:57,380 –> 00:20:01,540Your case has been settled at the very highest level.22700:20:01,540 –> 00:20:06,479Your case has been settled in the Supreme Court and any other judgement that has ever22800:20:06,479 –> 00:20:11,939been made against you has thereby been vacated.22900:20:11,939 –> 00:20:24,579God is greater than your heart, so quit putting your heart above the very Word of God.23000:20:24,680 –> 00:20:26,880Bring your case to God.23100:20:26,880 –> 00:20:35,699And hear the Word of grace that He speaks to you in and through the Lord Jesus Christ.23200:20:35,699 –> 00:20:39,199And then tell your condemning heart.23300:20:39,199 –> 00:20:46,319Jesus died for my sins and rose again.23400:20:46,319 –> 00:20:54,339Tell your condemning heart that God justifies those who have faith in Jesus.23500:20:54,339 –> 00:21:03,140Tell your condemning heart that there is therefore now no condemnation for those who23600:21:03,140 –> 00:21:05,359are in Christ.23700:21:05,359 –> 00:21:10,439Who shall bring any charge against God’s elect?23800:21:10,439 –> 00:21:12,619It is God who justifies.23900:21:12,619 –> 00:21:17,199Well, who is to condemn?24000:21:17,300 –> 00:21:28,479Assurance grows as we lean on the gracious word of God the Father.24100:21:28,500 –> 00:21:30,520It is indeed good news.24200:21:30,520 –> 00:21:34,959You’ve been listening to Open The Bible with Pastor Colin Smith and a message called Assurance24300:21:34,959 –> 00:21:38,420Grows as you lean on the word of the Father.24400:21:38,420 –> 00:21:41,780The message is part of our larger series How Can I Be Sure?24500:21:41,780 –> 00:21:44,300all about the assurance of salvation.24600:21:44,300 –> 00:21:48,219And if you’ve missed any of the messages so far in the series, or if you want to go back24700:21:48,219 –> 00:21:54,479and listen again you can come to our website openthebible.org.uk and there you’ll find24800:21:54,479 –> 00:21:57,239all the messages that have already been broadcast.24900:21:57,239 –> 00:22:01,280You can also find them as a podcast and those on all the main podcast sites.25000:22:01,280 –> 00:22:05,839Simply search for Open The Bible UK or follow the link from our website.25100:22:05,839 –> 00:22:09,699At open the bible we welcome contact with our listeners.25200:22:09,699 –> 00:22:18,420You can email us by using the contact form on our website openthebible.org.uk.25300:22:18,420 –> 00:22:28,160You can write to us at Open The Bible POWO Box 1420 Cheltenham GL 50 9PG.25400:22:28,160 –> 00:22:36,180Or you can phone us on 0330 335 8089.25500:23:06,239 –> 00:23:09,859Along with five beautiful Psalm 23 notecards.25600:23:09,859 –> 00:23:14,579Colin, what are you hoping that readers will take away from reading this book?25700:23:14,579 –> 00:23:20,660Well there are so many people who have only heard a message that is basically do this25800:23:20,660 –> 00:23:26,119and don’t do that and have become tired of it and may even have walked away from it.25900:23:26,119 –> 00:23:30,760Folks who are listening to us right now and that’s been your experience, do this, do this,26000:23:30,760 –> 00:23:34,739do this, don’t do that, don’t do that, and so forth and so on.26100:23:35,339 –> 00:23:40,099But the wonderful thing that’s at the very heart of the Gospel is that God gives what26200:23:40,099 –> 00:23:41,619He commands.26300:23:41,619 –> 00:23:47,579So when we look at the Ten Commandments, we’re looking at what God actually offers to give26400:23:47,579 –> 00:23:54,319to us by the power of His Holy Spirit when we put our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.26500:23:54,319 –> 00:24:01,079He’s able to give us a new life in which it’s possible to pursue purity, in which it’s possible26600:24:01,079 –> 00:24:07,479to find contentment, in which it’s possible for us to make wise and good use of our time.26700:24:07,479 –> 00:24:10,560All of these issues are addressed in the Ten Commandments.26800:24:10,560 –> 00:24:14,760And therefore they point to a new life that is full of the most wonderful hope.26900:24:14,760 –> 00:24:21,099If you’ve only heard a bunch of do’s and don’ts, you haven’t yet discovered the good27000:24:21,099 –> 00:24:23,859news of the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.27100:24:23,859 –> 00:24:27,339And so my hope and prayer for this book is that it will help many people to have their27200:24:27,479 –> 00:24:32,520eyes opened to the new life that’s possible through the faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.27300:24:32,520 –> 00:24:35,500So that’s our gift to you this month of September.27400:24:35,500 –> 00:24:40,859If you were able to set up a new Direct Debit of £5 per month or more or a one-off gift27500:24:40,859 –> 00:24:44,619of £50 or more to the work of Open the Bible.27600:24:44,619 –> 00:24:50,579Full terms and conditions on our website, that’s at OpenTheBible.org.uk, and you can27700:24:50,579 –> 00:24:51,760give online.27800:24:51,760 –> 00:24:56,560If you’d like us to send you this gift, please don’t give anonymously and remember to include27900:24:56,599 –> 00:24:59,959your address so that we can send you your gift.28000:24:59,959 –> 00:25:04,180For Open The Bible and Pastor Colin Smith, I’m David Pick and I hope you’ll join us28100:25:04,180 –> 00:25:07,099again next time on Open The Bible.28200:25:12,979 –> 00:25:18,219There is a special ministry of the Holy Spirit as he assures believers that they are the28300:25:18,219 –> 00:25:20,060children of God.28400:25:20,060 –> 00:25:22,459Find out more next time 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