100:00:00,920 –> 00:00:09,120it would be easy when you go through this list to simply assume that someone200:00:09,120 –> 00:00:13,200who has, let’s put them together, been enlightened,300:00:13,200 –> 00:00:17,559tasted the heavenly gift shared in the Holy Spirit,400:00:17,559 –> 00:00:21,740tasted in the goodness of the Word of God and the powers of the age to come,500:00:21,740 –> 00:00:27,680that such a person must belong to Jesus Christ. Hebrews chapter six is quite600:00:27,680 –> 00:00:32,419clearly telling us that that would be a false assumption.700:00:32,419 –> 00:00:36,240Welcome to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith I’m David Pick, glad you800:00:36,240 –> 00:00:40,060could join us today and Colin sounds like today’s message is going to be900:00:40,060 –> 00:00:44,480sobering, it’s based on a talk you gave to some college students at Taylor1000:00:44,480 –> 00:00:48,139University in the U.S., part of their spiritual renewal week?1100:00:48,139 –> 00:00:49,500Yes right and1200:00:49,500 –> 00:00:54,320it’s not only sobering but it’s also highly relevant. I think every Christian1300:00:54,419 –> 00:00:59,799family know someone who has walked away from faith in the Lord Jesus Christ they1400:00:59,799 –> 00:01:03,419were brought up with it they may at one time have professed faith in the Lord1500:01:03,419 –> 00:01:07,720Jesus Christ but now they have no interest whatsoever and what is the1600:01:07,720 –> 00:01:11,879position of that person? People wonder about this well you know if they made a1700:01:11,879 –> 00:01:15,599decision once does that mean that everything’s fine with them forever?1800:01:15,599 –> 00:01:21,220Well Hebrew 6 speaks to this very very directly speaks towards the person who1900:01:21,220 –> 00:01:27,699becomes defiant towards the Lord saying you are crucifying afresh the Son of God2000:01:27,699 –> 00:01:33,680to your own harm so you chose the right words it is sobering but it speaks to2100:01:33,680 –> 00:01:37,879every Christian family we all know someone in this position and I’m so2200:01:37,879 –> 00:01:44,239grateful for the opportunity to put out today in the program the teaching of the2300:01:44,239 –> 00:01:49,900Word of God that calls a person who’s become defiant to come back to faith in2400:01:50,080 –> 00:01:55,599Jesus Christ and the way is always open and that is always possible and if you2500:01:55,599 –> 00:02:00,320have turned away from Christ I’m so glad you’re listening to the program today my2600:02:00,320 –> 00:02:05,059prayer is that you will return to the Lord and Savior who loves you so join us2700:02:05,059 –> 00:02:11,100today if you can in Hebrews chapter 6 as we continue the message defiant. Here is2800:02:11,100 –> 00:02:19,000Colin. Now Hebrews here lists five kinds of spiritual experience that a person2900:02:19,000 –> 00:02:26,580can have without being saved. They have been enlightened that’s number one in3000:02:26,580 –> 00:02:33,360other words it is possible to have the light of truth. To be brought up in a3100:02:33,360 –> 00:02:37,580faithful biblical church to come to a faithful biblical place like Taylor3200:02:37,580 –> 00:02:45,960University and to know the truth and for you to understand it and even as in the3300:02:46,460 –> 00:02:53,860of Judas to teach it because he did that and yet not to be saved. Notice secondly3400:02:53,860 –> 00:02:58,979they have tasted the heavenly gift. What’s the heavenly gift? The heavenly3500:02:58,979 –> 00:03:03,919gift clearly is Jesus himself. God so loved the world that he gave his one and3600:03:03,919 –> 00:03:09,520only son. Jesus is the heavenly gift and what we’re being told here is that it is3700:03:10,419 –> 00:03:15,520possible for someone who is not one of Christ’s sheep to have at least some3800:03:15,520 –> 00:03:23,399taste of the love of God. Remember that tasting is not the same as eating. Now in3900:03:23,399 –> 00:03:30,240the same way it is possible to taste the heavenly gift to have some knowledge of4000:03:30,240 –> 00:03:37,919Jesus and yet not to have any appetite for more. Third they have shared in the4100:03:38,000 –> 00:03:43,979Holy Spirit. Now when I have the opportunity as a pastor of speaking to4200:03:43,979 –> 00:03:50,720someone who has turned away from faith a question that I sometimes ask is this4300:03:50,720 –> 00:03:59,160what was the nearest you ever came to being a Christian? And I often get an4400:03:59,160 –> 00:04:03,440answer like this well, you know, I remember one night at camp and I did4500:04:03,460 –> 00:04:07,199feel that God was speaking to me then, but I and I wanted to respond but I4600:04:07,199 –> 00:04:11,839didn’t. And when I hear a story like this there’s absolutely no question in4700:04:11,839 –> 00:04:18,320my mind that the Holy Spirit touched this person’s life. What happened was4800:04:18,320 –> 00:04:23,760that this person had a spiritual experience but it was not a saving4900:04:23,760 –> 00:04:30,820experience and it is possible to see and experience the Spirit of God at work5000:04:30,899 –> 00:04:40,239without being truly saved. And then number four – they have tasted the goodness of5100:04:40,239 –> 00:04:44,980the Word of God. Notice again the word tasted and remember that tasting is not5200:04:44,980 –> 00:04:50,880the same as eating. It is possible to be well taught in the Word of God over many5300:04:50,880 –> 00:04:56,980many years to have that as a spiritual experience but for it not to be a saving5400:04:57,079 –> 00:05:02,779experience and still not to be one of Christ’s sheep. And then fifthly and5500:05:02,779 –> 00:05:09,480finally they have tasted the powers of the age to come. In other words it is5600:05:09,480 –> 00:05:16,279possible for a person to experience real answers to prayer, even to experience a5700:05:16,279 –> 00:05:20,119miracle, to be used in a remarkable way by God,5800:05:20,119 –> 00:05:23,980even to bring someone else to faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and still not to5900:05:24,019 –> 00:05:30,440be saved yourself. Now it would be easy when you go through this list to simply6000:05:30,440 –> 00:05:37,059assume that someone who has—let’s put them together—been enlightened, tasted6100:05:37,059 –> 00:05:42,119the heavenly gift, shared in the Holy Spirit, tasted in the goodness of the6200:05:42,119 –> 00:05:46,839Word of God and the powers of the age to come, that such a person must belong to6300:05:46,839 –> 00:05:51,899Jesus Christ. And Hebrews chapter 6 is quite clearly telling us that that would6400:05:51,940 –> 00:05:59,959be a false assumption. Now at this point, you might very reasonably be asking and6500:05:59,959 –> 00:06:07,959wondering, well are there any examples, real examples, in the Bible of people who6600:06:07,959 –> 00:06:15,179experienced these five things and were not Christ’s sheep? And the answer to6700:06:15,179 –> 00:06:20,920that is, YES. Plenty of examples. I don’t want to keep you here all night on this6800:06:21,880 –> 00:06:27,799just give you three. The first would be the people of Bethsaida. Listen to what6900:06:27,799 –> 00:06:34,339Jesus says in regards to them. Then Matthew says, Matthew 11 20, ‘… he began to7000:06:34,339 –> 00:06:43,459denounce the cities where most of His mighty works had been done, because they7100:06:43,459 –> 00:06:48,420did not repent.’ Now notice that we’ve been told quite clearly here in the7200:06:48,540 –> 00:06:54,820gospels that Bethsaida was the place, one of the places, where most, most of Jesus’7300:06:54,820 –> 00:07:02,040miracles were done. The light of Christ came to this town.7400:07:02,040 –> 00:07:08,399The people of Bethsaida, they tasted the miraculous powers of the age to come.7500:07:08,399 –> 00:07:14,459They heard the Word of God from the lips of Jesus himself. You can’t get better7600:07:14,500 –> 00:07:20,700than that. They saw the Holy Spirit working in power.7700:07:20,700 –> 00:07:26,619The people of Bethsaida enjoyed remarkable spiritual experiences, but in the end they7800:07:26,619 –> 00:07:34,619rejected Jesus and they did not repent. In contrast, the people of Tyre and Sidon,7900:07:34,619 –> 00:07:39,559and Jesus draws the contrast here, the people of Tyre and Sidon never enjoyed privileges8000:07:39,640 –> 00:07:42,579like the people of Bethsida did. And so Jesus says,8100:07:42,579 –> 00:07:48,420Woe to you, Bethsida! Why? Because if the mighty works that were done8200:07:48,420 –> 00:07:53,519in you had been in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes,8300:07:53,519 –> 00:07:58,119but I tell you it will be more bearable on the day of judgment for Tyre and for Sidon8400:07:58,119 –> 00:08:04,380than for you. Now you see the point here. Great opportunities8500:08:04,700 –> 00:08:11,660were given to the people of Bethsida. And Jesus is quite clear that the judgment upon8600:08:11,660 –> 00:08:17,940the people of Bethsida will be greater. Greater than it will be on the people of Tyre and8700:08:17,940 –> 00:08:22,579Sidon. Why? Because these people of Bethsida squandered the privileges that were given8800:08:22,579 –> 00:08:28,220to them. Second example, John chapter 6 speaks about8900:08:29,160 –> 00:08:35,599turned back. After this, many of his, that’s Jesus’ disciples, turned back and no longer9000:08:35,599 –> 00:08:42,080walked with him. That’s John 6, verse 66. Now the story here begins at the beginning9100:08:42,080 –> 00:08:46,760of John 6 where Jesus feeds 5,000 people with the loaves and the fish that are given to9200:08:46,760 –> 00:08:54,619him by a little boy. And the people were fed — miraculously fed on that day. They heard9300:08:54,859 –> 00:09:00,919of God from the lips of the Son of God and they literally tasted a miracle. Tasted a9400:09:00,919 –> 00:09:06,039miracle. So it’s not surprising that on the next day when they find that Jesus isn’t9500:09:06,039 –> 00:09:10,179in that place, they come to the other side of the lake, they follow him all around there9600:09:10,179 –> 00:09:15,659because they want something more. And Jesus teaches them the significance of the multiplying9700:09:15,659 –> 00:09:22,619of the loaves and the fish. I am the bread of life, he says. Whoever comes to me shall9800:09:22,619 –> 00:09:30,440not hunger and whoever believes in me shall never thirst. Whoever feeds upon me will live9900:09:30,440 –> 00:09:36,219because of me, he teaches them throughout John and chapter 6. But this teaching of Jesus10000:09:36,219 –> 00:09:44,020made them uncomfortable. And John chapter 6 and verse 60 says when many of his disciples,10100:09:44,020 –> 00:09:50,859many of them heard it, they said this is a hard saying, don’t like what Jesus is saying10200:09:50,979 –> 00:09:57,900and who can listen to it, and eventually in John 6sixty-six, many of his disciples turned10300:09:57,900 –> 00:10:05,039back and no longer walked with him. Now here again are people who have heard the word of10400:10:05,039 –> 00:10:12,760God from the Son of God, they have experienced a miracle, and they have followed Jesus around10500:10:12,760 –> 00:10:19,719the lake, they’ve seen enough of Jesus to want to follow him up to a certain point.10600:10:19,719 –> 00:10:26,119But when they are faced with the full implications of his sovereign claim upon their lives, what10700:10:26,119 –> 00:10:31,159do they do? They’re off. They turn back.10800:10:31,159 –> 00:10:34,719And the third example I’ll give you this evening of course is the one that is best10900:10:34,719 –> 00:10:40,479known and that is the example of Judas Iscariot. Everything that is said in Hebrews in chapter11000:10:40,479 –> 00:10:48,0396 was true of Judas Iscariot. For three years he was in the company of Jesus, he was a follower11100:10:48,039 –> 00:10:54,159of Jesus during that time the light of truth came to him he knew it. During that time he11200:10:54,159 –> 00:10:58,080tasted the goodness of the word of God. He’s sitting there when Jesus teaches the sermon11300:10:58,080 –> 00:11:04,479on the mount in that time he shared in the Holy Spirit. He was sent out with the other11400:11:04,479 –> 00:11:11,380disciples on a mission of proclamation and of healing and of casting out demons. He was11500:11:11,460 –> 00:11:18,059engaged in these works, and he tasted the powers of the age to come. He’s in the boat11600:11:18,059 –> 00:11:24,820when Jesus calms the storm, he’s by the tomb when Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead. But11700:11:24,820 –> 00:11:30,700despite all of this spiritual experience that was not saving experience, Judas Iscariot11800:11:30,700 –> 00:11:37,700walks away. Now I’m saying to you from this passage of scripture and from these very clear11900:11:38,239 –> 00:11:45,239examples that it is therefore possible to have spiritual experience that is not saving12000:11:45,679 –> 00:11:52,679experience, it is possible to enjoy spiritual privilege, opportunity, without actually becoming12100:11:53,080 –> 00:12:00,080one of Christ’s sheep. And that puts a person in the most dangerous spiritual position of12200:12:00,080 –> 00:12:07,080all.12300:12:08,119 –> 00:12:12,359Certainly a sobering place for us to pause the program for a moment, here on Open the12400:12:12,359 –> 00:12:17,000Bible, being in that dangerous position and we’ll get back to the message very shortly.12500:12:17,000 –> 00:12:21,659If you ever miss one of our messages, it’s very easy to catch up or go back and listen12600:12:21,659 –> 00:12:28,659again. Just come online to our website, openthebible.org.UK or find us as a podcast. On all the main podcast12700:12:29,659 –> 00:12:35,640sites, search for Open the Bible UK, or follow the link from our website.12800:12:35,640 –> 00:12:39,640Open the Bible is supported by our listeners and we’re extremely grateful for the support12900:12:39,640 –> 00:12:45,000that you give us. If you’ve been considering making a financial donation to Open the Bible13000:12:45,000 –> 00:12:50,080this year, in this month of January, we do have a special offer for you if you’re new13100:12:50,080 –> 00:12:55,619to supporting Open the Bible in that way. If you’re able to set up a new direct debit13200:12:55,780 –> 00:13:01,080to the work of Open the Bible in the amount of £5 per month or more, or a one-off gift13300:13:01,080 –> 00:13:06,520of £50 or more, we’d love to say thank you by sending you Pastor Colin’s book13400:13:06,520 –> 00:13:11,500Hike Through the Bible. Full details, terms, and conditions are on our website13500:13:11,500 –> 00:13:18,380openthebible.org.uk and you can give online. Back to The Message now, here again is Colin.13600:13:18,559 –> 00:13:23,500Now here we come to the most difficult part of Hebrews and chapter 6. So please13700:13:23,500 –> 00:13:28,080try to follow with me as we walk through these verses . . .13800:13:28,080 –> 00:13:37,039For it is impossible, in the case of those who have once been enlightened and13900:13:37,039 –> 00:13:41,539so forth, through the five different things we’ve seen, it’s impossible in the14000:13:41,539 –> 00:13:44,080case of these people who’ve experienced these things and then have14100:13:45,039 –> 00:13:53,840fallen away, it is impossible to restore them again to repentance since they are14200:13:53,840 –> 00:14:01,679crucifying . . . it’s hard even to read this . . . once again the14300:14:01,679 –> 00:14:13,539Son of God, to their own harm, and holding Him up to contempt . . . now let’s try and14400:14:13,539 –> 00:14:19,820take in this astonishing statement . . . Hebrews is talking about people who’ve14500:14:19,820 –> 00:14:25,659experienced remarkable, they have had remarkable experiences, tasted the14600:14:25,659 –> 00:14:30,659heavenly gift, shared in the Holy Spirit, and have fallen away, that is, they no14700:14:30,679 –> 00:14:38,979longer follow Christ, they’ve walked away from him. They have become defiant14800:14:38,979 –> 00:14:47,580towards Him. They want nothing of His Lordship over their lives. And Hebrews 614900:14:47,580 –> 00:14:57,760says it is impossible to restore such a person to repentance. Why? Notice what it15000:14:57,820 –> 00:15:02,919says. It’s very important. The reason that it is impossible to restore the defiant15100:15:02,919 –> 00:15:11,880person to repentance is that they are… present tense… crucifying once again the15200:15:11,880 –> 00:15:18,580Son of God to their own harm and holding him up to contempt. Notice the present15300:15:18,580 –> 00:15:27,359tense… they are doing… Hebrews says… in effect… what the crowd on Good Friday did15400:15:27,520 –> 00:15:37,080all over again. They said, we’ve got no place for him so crucify him. And what15500:15:37,080 –> 00:15:40,400Hebrews 6 is saying is that when a person has tasted something of the truth15600:15:40,400 –> 00:15:42,780and they’ve decided to go in the opposite way and they have become15700:15:42,780 –> 00:15:46,880defiant and resistant towards Jesus Christ, what is actually happening is15800:15:46,880 –> 00:15:51,200that in that decision and in taking that direction you’re doing exactly the same15900:15:51,200 –> 00:15:55,000thing as was being done on Good Friday. Away with Jesus.16000:15:55,039 –> 00:16:05,760There’s no place for him as sovereign over this life. Now here’s then what I16100:16:05,760 –> 00:16:14,640would want to say to the person who has become defiant. If you once professed16200:16:14,640 –> 00:16:19,239faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and now have fallen away and now are resisting16300:16:19,900 –> 00:16:27,400upon your life, you are my friend in the most dangerous position of all. The16400:16:27,400 –> 00:16:32,919longer you resist the claim of Jesus Christ upon your life the harder your16500:16:32,919 –> 00:16:39,340heart will become. Understand this, that what’s really happening is that with16600:16:39,340 –> 00:16:45,000every day that passes you, in your resistance to Jesus are crucifying once16700:16:45,299 –> 00:16:52,719again the Son of God to your own harm, and then I’d lean forward and I’m doing16800:16:52,719 –> 00:17:02,219this right now in regards to each of us here and I’d say stop doing that! Stop16900:17:02,219 –> 00:17:09,560doing that! I’ve seen friends an awful lot of people17000:17:09,560 –> 00:17:14,760over the years who’ve had some experience of spiritual things, some17100:17:14,760 –> 00:17:20,520taste of the truth, maybe have professed faith at one season of their lives but17200:17:20,520 –> 00:17:29,280it didn’t, it wasn’t a faith at last. And they have drifted, or they have become17300:17:29,280 –> 00:17:39,040defiant, and let me just describe the nightmare scenario that weighs on my17400:17:39,079 –> 00:17:47,199mind. That one day there really will be a vast company of people who will be17500:17:47,199 –> 00:17:57,079gathered with and around the Lord Jesus Christ, and many of them will have been17600:17:57,079 –> 00:18:05,420raised in homes where they never heard the gospel, raised in homes where they17700:18:05,479 –> 00:18:13,619never attended church. Vast numbers of them will be people who were born in17800:18:13,619 –> 00:18:22,900poverty, struggled daily just to survive. Some of them would for some time in17900:18:22,900 –> 00:18:27,920their lives have been immersed in lives of violence and of crime, but they have18000:18:27,920 –> 00:18:33,719come to repentance and faith in the Lord Jesus Christ, and there they stand in18100:18:33,760 –> 00:18:39,479this vast company of people, their faces a light with joy as at last they see18200:18:39,479 –> 00:18:46,540face to face the one they’ve come to love and to trust heart to heart. And in18300:18:46,540 –> 00:18:55,900this nightmare scenario that weighs on my mind, outside there is another crowd18400:18:56,079 –> 00:19:08,280and they will include many who were raised by godly parents, attended worship18500:19:08,280 –> 00:19:16,239in a faithful Church and perhaps even were educated at a marvelous Christian18600:19:16,239 –> 00:19:23,920University. And they enjoyed privileges that others never knew or even dreamed18700:19:23,920 –> 00:19:34,400of and for some years they were close to the kingdom of God. But they drifted. And18800:19:34,400 –> 00:19:43,959then they became defiant. And now they are outside. And I’ve come with this18900:19:44,040 –> 00:19:50,619burden on my heart. Why should any person in this auditorium tonight be in that19000:19:50,619 –> 00:19:58,900crowd? Why should any of you be in that crowd? If the light of truth has shined19100:19:58,900 –> 00:20:03,119on you. And you’ve tasted at least something of the heavenly gift shared in19200:20:03,119 –> 00:20:07,119the Holy Spirit, the goodness of the word of God and the powers of the age to come.19300:20:07,119 –> 00:20:13,239Great, great, great privileges have been given to you. The sin of turning away19400:20:13,300 –> 00:20:17,439from the light that you have received is especially offensive towards God. It is19500:20:17,439 –> 00:20:27,640crucifying afresh, the Son of God, to your own harm and holding him up to contempt,19600:20:27,640 –> 00:20:36,839if you are resisting the claim of Jesus Christ upon your life tonight. Dear19700:20:36,939 –> 00:20:43,599friend, I want to say to you with great love from the heart… stop crucifying19800:20:43,599 –> 00:20:49,800again the Son of God and cast yourself upon his mercy. If you have become19900:20:49,800 –> 00:20:53,959defiant you will know from your own experience, and you may be feeling this20000:20:53,959 –> 00:21:00,800right now, that if God begins to tug your heart, to draw you to submit your life20100:21:00,839 –> 00:21:08,680unconditionally to Jesus Christ, your heart will mount a vigorous defiance, a20200:21:08,680 –> 00:21:17,520resistance to the very thought that you would come back. And that’s why tonight20300:21:17,520 –> 00:21:24,219you need to ask Jesus Christ to do for you what you cannot do for yourself, ask20400:21:24,859 –> 00:21:31,579him to change your hard defiant resistant rebellious heart and deliver you from20500:21:31,579 –> 00:21:42,060the power of your own rebellion and make you therefore his own. Friends, many of20600:21:42,060 –> 00:21:50,280you here tonight will have a mother, a father, a grandmother, a grandfather, a20700:21:50,939 –> 00:22:00,920friend, a colleague, a pastor who has been praying for you and maybe praying for20800:22:00,920 –> 00:22:10,500you for years. And there is an urgency in the hearts of those who love you because20900:22:10,500 –> 00:22:18,219they see the spiritual danger you’re in. And here in God’s mercy you’re here in21000:22:18,219 –> 00:22:26,760this Chapel, and I am pleading with you if you have been resisting, defiant21100:22:26,760 –> 00:22:32,199towards the claim of the Lord Jesus Christ upon your life, you know He’s been21200:22:32,199 –> 00:22:35,760pressing in on you, you feel him pressing in on your now and you’re even now21300:22:35,760 –> 00:22:43,020tempted to try and push Him away. Stop defing the claim of Jesus Christ upon21400:22:43,180 –> 00:22:50,339your life and embrace Him humbly in repentance and in faith.21500:22:50,339 –> 00:22:56,339If you sense God calling you to himself today, take a moment to look up Hebrews21600:22:56,339 –> 00:23:03,4593.15 it says, if you hear His voice do not harden your heart, come to21700:23:03,459 –> 00:23:07,660Jesus, ask Him to save you from any rebellion and defiance that you’re21800:23:07,660 –> 00:23:12,500harboring, and know that He will indeed do that. You’ve been listening to21900:23:12,800 –> 00:23:17,540Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith and a message called Defiant. If you22000:23:17,540 –> 00:23:20,959ever miss one of the messages, don’t forget you can catch up or go back and22100:23:20,959 –> 00:23:27,140listen again online at our website openthebible.org.uk. You can also22200:23:27,140 –> 00:23:31,359find Pastor Colin’s messages as a podcast on all the main podcast sites.22300:23:31,359 –> 00:23:37,079Search open the Bible UK or follow the link from our website. While you’re on22400:23:37,079 –> 00:23:42,219our website why not check out Open the Bible Daily? That’s our series of short22500:23:42,439 –> 00:23:46,760two to three minute daily reflections based on Pastor Colin’s teachings.22600:23:46,780 –> 00:23:50,459There’s a new one every day and many Christians find it’s a brilliant way to22700:23:50,459 –> 00:23:55,199start the day. That’s Open the Bible Daily! Available on our website22800:23:55,199 –> 00:24:01,380openthebible.org.uk also as a podcast on all the main podcast sites.22900:24:01,380 –> 00:24:06,020Many of us love reading but our busy lives don’t allow much time for that. So we23000:24:06,020 –> 00:24:11,040often listen to audiobooks and podcasts maybe when we’re driving or out for a23100:24:11,520 –> 00:24:18,400walk. So we have a new podcast starting this month and it’s called Hike Through23200:24:18,400 –> 00:24:20,900the Bible. And the Hike Through the Bible podcast will take you on a journey23300:24:20,900 –> 00:24:25,859through the entire Bible story, giving you the option of listening or watching23400:24:25,859 –> 00:24:30,939rather than reading. And in each episode I’ll read a chapter of my book, Hike23500:24:30,959 –> 00:24:35,040Through the Bible, and then I’ll discuss it with some friends. I hope you’ll23600:24:35,040 –> 00:24:40,800join me in Hiking Through the Bible. You’ll grow in your faith, you’ll deepen23700:24:40,800 –> 00:24:45,920your grasp of Scripture, and you’ll come to love Jesus more. So that’s the Hike23800:24:45,920 –> 00:24:50,719Through the Bible podcast and it’s not too late to get started. You’ll find the23900:24:50,719 –> 00:24:55,540Hike Through the Bible podcast wherever you get your podcasts, and there’s a link24000:24:55,540 –> 00:25:00,760on our website at openthebible.org.uk. You’ll also find more24100:25:00,760 –> 00:25:06,079information about the podcast. For Open the Bible and Pastor Colin Smith, I’m24200:25:06,160 –> 00:25:11,979David Pick and I hope you’ll join us again next time on Open the Bible.24300:25:19,180 –> 00:25:24,500you know you’re a sinner and you want to draw closer to God but you’re not sure24400:25:24,500 –> 00:25:31,280if you’re a Christian find out about assurance next time on Open the Bible