100:00:00,680 –> 00:00:03,440The Bible曰Spirit.200:00:03,840 –> 00:00:10,320How are you going to stand firm when vast numbers of other people are turning away?300:00:10,320 –> 00:00:14,120How are you going to have a faith that lasts?400:00:14,120 –> 00:00:21,540How are you going to move beyond drifting, away from defiance, and beyond doubting, and500:00:21,540 –> 00:00:25,040live as a disciple of Jesus?600:00:25,620 –> 00:00:30,719Welcome to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith. I’m David Pick, glad you could700:00:30,719 –> 00:00:34,720join us today. And Colin, you’re going to answer this question in the message but800:00:34,720 –> 00:00:39,540can we go back a little further and ask why you think it is that so many people900:00:39,540 –> 00:00:42,580are walking away from faith or away from Jesus?1000:00:42,580 –> 00:00:45,419Oh, well, what Jesus says is so radically1100:00:45,419 –> 00:00:50,119counter to the prevailing values in our culture. But the thing is, it has always1200:00:50,119 –> 00:00:55,000been like that. We’re going to look today at John in Chapter 6 where you have a1300:00:55,000 –> 00:01:00,000group of people who were miraculously fed in the multiplying of the loaves and1400:01:00,000 –> 00:01:03,900and the fish, so they experience something of Jesus enough to have an1500:01:03,900 –> 00:01:08,680interest in hearing more but when they hear what He actually says, He speaks1600:01:08,680 –> 00:01:13,260about his own incarnation and speaks about his own death and what that’s1700:01:13,260 –> 00:01:18,040going to involve and therefore speaks about his own absolute uniqueness and1800:01:18,040 –> 00:01:22,820how they are utterly dependent upon grace. None of that sits well with them.1900:01:22,839 –> 00:01:26,300They listen to it and they say, This is a hard saying and we’re out of here.2000:01:26,300 –> 00:01:30,500So nothing has changed in 2000 years. We’re still in the same place. When2100:01:30,500 –> 00:01:35,400people really get to know what Jesus is saying, they will either give themselves2200:01:35,400 –> 00:01:40,180to him completely or else they will have to turn away and sooner or later that2300:01:40,180 –> 00:01:44,500point of decision comes for us all and we’re going to see it in the Bible and2400:01:44,500 –> 00:01:49,440we’re going to see what the compelling reasons are to stay with Jesus, even when2500:01:49,440 –> 00:01:55,300it’s unpopular. Maybe this is especially tough for university students. They grew2600:01:55,300 –> 00:01:59,320up in a Christian home maybe and now they have their first taste of freedom2700:01:59,320 –> 00:02:04,059and they have to work through, What do I believe? Why do I believe what I was told2800:02:04,059 –> 00:02:08,600while I was growing up? and you had the opportunity to give this message to a2900:02:08,600 –> 00:02:11,460group of students recently. And it was an unforgettable occasion3000:02:11,460 –> 00:02:16,699and a great privilege for me . I mean to say to this gathered and wonderful3100:02:16,699 –> 00:02:22,320student body, now you in your generation, are going to face this pressure. You’re3200:02:22,320 –> 00:02:26,119going to see more and more people moving away from faith and you’re going to have3300:02:26,119 –> 00:02:32,320to know how am I going to stand. And here in the Bible in John chapter 6, is how3400:02:32,320 –> 00:02:33,259you are going to stand.3500:02:33,259 –> 00:02:36,759So, those students were at Taylor College in the US and it was part of their3600:02:36,759 –> 00:02:42,559spiritual renewal week. So, join us today if you can in John chapter 6 as we begin3700:02:42,559 –> 00:02:44,679the message, Disciple.3800:02:44,940 –> 00:02:45,660Here’s Colin.3900:02:45,660 –> 00:02:54,199We focused in on a theme that really matters, faith that lasts. And, a faith that4000:02:54,199 –> 00:03:00,399lasts is really the only kind of faith that’s ever worth having. No one is saved4100:03:00,399 –> 00:03:07,020by a passing interest in Jesus Christ. And so we have looked together at three4200:03:07,020 –> 00:03:13,179characters, drifting, defiant and doubting. And I think that we’ve seen something of4300:03:13,220 –> 00:03:18,440ourselves in these characters as we have listened to what God has to say to each4400:03:18,440 –> 00:03:24,000of them from Hebrews and chapter six. And in this last session that4500:03:24,000 –> 00:03:28,800we have together this morning I want to introduce you to a fourth character.4600:03:28,800 –> 00:03:33,160And my prayer from the heart is that each and every one of us will be4700:03:33,160 –> 00:03:41,800increasingly like her. She is not drifting. The basic principles of the word4800:03:41,860 –> 00:03:49,119of God are clearly established in her life. She knows that she is a sinner4900:03:49,119 –> 00:03:54,300and she knows that she needs a savior and that she has a savior in the Lord5000:03:54,300 –> 00:03:59,380Jesus Christ, so she’s not defiant. She’s not among those who are saying no5100:03:59,380 –> 00:04:05,259to the Lord Jesus Christ, not among those who refuse His lordship in her life.5200:04:05,259 –> 00:04:10,380She’s not crucifying again the son of God to her own harm or holding him5300:04:10,380 –> 00:04:16,500up to contempt, and she is not doubting. She believes in the Lord Jesus Christ5400:04:16,500 –> 00:04:21,279and she knows that she belongs to Him and she is thankful for it.5500:04:21,279 –> 00:04:26,799And so I am going to call her today disciple, and again, my prayer for every5600:04:26,799 –> 00:04:35,839one of you is that you will be a true, lifelong disciple of our Lord5700:04:36,640 –> 00:04:40,239Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And here’s what I want to say to you from John in5800:04:40,239 –> 00:04:48,079chapter 6 in this last session. If you are a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ,5900:04:48,079 –> 00:04:58,920if you really follow after Him, you will come under great pressure and it6000:04:58,920 –> 00:05:04,880will keep coming at you all of your life, I promise you. And you need to know how6100:05:04,880 –> 00:05:12,440to stand against it. Now, John chapter 6, tells the story, the whole chapter tells6200:05:12,440 –> 00:05:16,739the story, of the day that Jesus lost His crowd.6300:05:16,739 –> 00:05:21,799The story begins, in fact, the previous day, the beginning of John 6, is the story6400:05:21,799 –> 00:05:26,980of when Jesus fed 5,000 people miraculously from five loaves and two6500:05:26,980 –> 00:05:34,720fish. It was a stunning unveiling of the glory of the Lord. And people were so6600:05:34,739 –> 00:05:39,339impressed, that John tells us, verse 15 of chapter 6, that they wanted, at that6700:05:39,339 –> 00:05:44,179moment, in the desert, after the miracle, to take Jesus by force and make Him6800:05:44,179 –> 00:05:49,220king. In other words, they wanted to politicize Jesus. They wanted to capture6900:05:49,220 –> 00:05:54,260Jesus for their own agenda. And Jesus will never be captured for anyone’s7000:05:54,260 –> 00:06:01,500agenda. And so he slips away, and he goes to the other side of the lake on the7100:06:01,500 –> 00:06:05,820boat, and the next morning, these people who have been miraculously fed, they come7200:06:05,820 –> 00:06:09,839looking for Him, they don’t find Him. And so John records how there’s a little7300:06:09,839 –> 00:06:15,820flotilla of boats that are there, a kind of aquatic Uber service from the first7400:06:15,820 –> 00:06:20,100century. And all these people get on the boat and they come across the other side7500:06:20,100 –> 00:06:25,640of the lake and they come looking for Jesus. And when they find Him, on the7600:06:25,640 –> 00:06:29,760other side of the lake, Jesus begins to teach them. He says, verse 27,7700:06:29,980 –> 00:06:34,739And do not work for food that perishes, but work for the food that endures for7800:06:34,739 –> 00:06:41,000eternal life, which the Son of Man will give you. For on Him, God the Father has7900:06:41,000 –> 00:06:47,320set His seal. Now, these people then had eaten the food that perishes—the bread8000:06:47,320 –> 00:06:51,000and the fish, they’d eaten that the previous day. And Jesus begins to speak8100:06:51,000 –> 00:06:58,440to them about what lasts forever, what endures to eternal life. Now, what happens8200:06:58,480 –> 00:07:04,220next as you follow the story of the chapter is that the crowd that were so8300:07:04,220 –> 00:07:10,459impressed by Jesus at first, so enthusiastic about Jesus at one point,8400:07:10,459 –> 00:07:17,640they take offense at what He then says to them. And I want you to notice8500:07:17,640 –> 00:07:21,700particularly, the three things that Jesus says that really offended these people.8600:07:21,880 –> 00:07:26,500The first is the uniqueness of the incarnation. Verse 41,8700:07:36,959 –> 00:07:40,079Now you see, that’s something that no one else in the history of the world8800:07:40,079 –> 00:07:41,399could ever have said.8900:07:41,399 –> 00:07:47,500That puts Jesus in a category of His own with no peers and no rivals.9000:07:47,500 –> 00:07:50,339I’m the bread that came down from Heaven. Who else in all of the history of the9100:07:50,339 –> 00:07:53,339world could ever have said such a thing?9200:07:53,339 –> 00:07:58,660That makes Jesus unique and they don’t like that.9300:08:06,660 –> 00:08:10,820So the uniqueness of the incarnation, that Jesus is unlike any other person who9400:08:10,820 –> 00:08:13,299has ever lived. That offended them.9500:08:13,299 –> 00:08:17,579Second, they were offended by the necessity of the atonement.9600:08:17,859 –> 00:08:23,619Jesus says to them verse 56 whoever feeds on my flesh and drinks my blood9700:08:23,619 –> 00:08:26,420abides in me and I in him.9800:08:26,420 –> 00:08:30,779Now the flesh and the blood of Jesus of course are a clear reference to the9900:08:30,779 –> 00:08:35,940sacrifice of Jesus when he stood in our place and bore our sins and died for us10000:08:35,940 –> 00:08:38,059on the cross.10100:08:38,059 –> 00:08:42,979And it is by believing in or feeding on as Jesus puts it here, on him, that10200:08:43,059 –> 00:08:49,679we become his and the life that is in him comes to be in us and verse 60 when10300:08:49,679 –> 00:08:52,020many of the disciples heard it,10400:08:52,020 –> 00:08:54,979that’s what he said about the atonement,10500:08:54,979 –> 00:09:00,179they said this is a hard saying who can listen to it.10600:09:00,799 –> 00:09:10,280So they did not like the necessity and the centrality of the Atonement of Jesus10700:09:10,280 –> 00:09:15,739dying on the cross for our sins, that offended them.10800:09:17,260 –> 00:09:19,320And then the third thing that offended these folks,10900:09:19,320 –> 00:09:21,640who initially were very impressed with Jesus,11000:09:21,640 –> 00:09:23,400was dependence upon grace.11100:09:23,400 –> 00:09:25,039Look at it. It’s very clear.11200:09:25,039 –> 00:09:31,359Verse 65, Jesus said this is why I told you that no one can come to me11300:09:31,359 –> 00:09:36,239unless it is granted him by the father and after this11400:09:37,179 –> 00:09:42,859many of his disciples turned back and no longer11500:09:42,859 –> 00:09:45,520walked with him.11600:09:47,320 –> 00:09:51,940Now friends, the world seems to be always changing11700:09:52,940 –> 00:09:57,419but in the most profound ways the world never changes.11800:09:57,419 –> 00:10:01,000In the most profound ways the world is always the same11900:10:01,159 –> 00:10:05,059and today in the 21st century in your generation12000:10:05,059 –> 00:10:08,919and in mine the world is still offended12100:10:08,919 –> 00:10:11,280by the same three things that caused offence12200:10:11,280 –> 00:10:13,140right back there in the first century.12300:10:13,140 –> 00:10:16,719We live in a culture that boldly proclaims12400:10:16,719 –> 00:10:21,099that we are all able to be our own Saviour12500:10:21,099 –> 00:10:23,859and therefore our own Lord and therefore we don’t need12600:10:23,859 –> 00:10:26,159the unique one who comes down from heaven.12700:10:26,159 –> 00:10:28,080In fact we deny his uniqueness at all.12800:10:28,080 –> 00:10:30,700That’s what the culture does.12900:10:30,739 –> 00:10:34,239The culture loudly proclaims that in our hearts13000:10:34,239 –> 00:10:36,080we are all essentially good,13100:10:36,080 –> 00:10:38,059if you dig down deep enough you’ll always find13200:10:38,059 –> 00:10:40,219good at the bottom of the heart13300:10:40,219 –> 00:10:41,859and therefore why in the world13400:10:41,859 –> 00:10:43,979would we need an atonement for sin13500:10:45,400 –> 00:10:47,979and our culture loudly proclaims13600:10:47,979 –> 00:10:50,559that we all have our own truth,13700:10:50,559 –> 00:10:52,719that it all lies within us13800:10:52,719 –> 00:10:55,780and therefore essentially life is a journey13900:10:55,780 –> 00:11:00,479and why would anyone need therefore to depend upon God14000:11:00,479 –> 00:11:04,520if the truth already lies inherently within you14100:11:05,799 –> 00:11:07,739and so this vast crowd of people14200:11:07,739 –> 00:11:09,479who have experienced a miracle,14300:11:09,479 –> 00:11:11,359remember, just the previous day,14400:11:11,359 –> 00:11:12,659they’ve eaten the loaves and the fish,14500:11:12,659 –> 00:11:15,159then they’ve come across on the little boats to seek Jesus,14600:11:15,159 –> 00:11:16,960they’re so interested in learning more14700:11:16,960 –> 00:11:18,059and he speaks to them14800:11:18,059 –> 00:11:21,119and when it gets to what his message really is,14900:11:22,239 –> 00:11:23,679the uniqueness of the incarnation,15000:11:23,679 –> 00:11:25,619the necessity of the atonement15100:11:25,619 –> 00:11:28,080and our absolute dependence upon his grace,15200:11:28,080 –> 00:11:31,039they say, we are so out of here15300:11:32,179 –> 00:11:34,400and this vast crowd of people,15400:11:34,400 –> 00:11:36,640thousands of people, thousands,15500:11:36,640 –> 00:11:39,400who have shown some interest of Jesus in Jesus15600:11:39,400 –> 00:11:42,719now are offended and so verse 66 after this,15700:11:42,719 –> 00:11:46,219after this, many, many of his disciples,15800:11:46,219 –> 00:11:49,159notice that word, people had followed him,15900:11:49,159 –> 00:11:51,679people you never would have expected this from,16000:11:52,520 –> 00:11:53,760they turned back16100:11:54,739 –> 00:11:58,979and they no longer walked with him.16200:12:00,359 –> 00:12:02,880Now, friends, you really don’t need me to tell you16300:12:02,880 –> 00:12:06,119that we are living at a time16400:12:06,119 –> 00:12:09,260when unprecedented numbers of people16500:12:09,260 –> 00:12:11,280are abandoning a faith in Jesus16600:12:11,280 –> 00:12:13,599that they once professed,16700:12:13,599 –> 00:12:16,520the secularization of the culture in which we live16800:12:16,520 –> 00:12:20,039is progressing at an astonishing pace16900:12:21,039 –> 00:12:26,159and what that means is that your experience17000:12:26,159 –> 00:12:27,500throughout your lifetime17100:12:28,479 –> 00:12:30,719is that you will be shaken to the core17200:12:31,760 –> 00:12:33,659by people who once professed faith17300:12:33,659 –> 00:12:35,000and you thought were really the Lord’s17400:12:35,000 –> 00:12:35,840and they walk away17500:12:35,840 –> 00:12:37,359and they don’t want anything else to do with it17600:12:37,359 –> 00:12:38,859and it will shake you17700:12:40,380 –> 00:12:42,719every time it happens to someone you know17800:12:43,739 –> 00:12:45,020and someone that you love17900:12:46,059 –> 00:12:47,880and remember for the Disciples18000:12:47,940 –> 00:12:51,140this was more than simply a cultural pressure18100:12:51,960 –> 00:12:54,219these events took place in Galilee18200:12:55,099 –> 00:12:56,719a rural area18300:12:59,140 –> 00:13:00,619Bethsaida18400:13:01,039 –> 00:13:03,039a very small town18500:13:04,299 –> 00:13:06,080and so we’re talking about18600:13:07,200 –> 00:13:09,400a very small population and18700:13:10,460 –> 00:13:12,520many of the people who walked away18800:13:12,520 –> 00:13:13,719would have been neighbours18900:13:13,719 –> 00:13:15,099extended family members19000:13:15,099 –> 00:13:16,119of the Disciples19100:13:18,000 –> 00:13:20,440it’s one thing to talk about the drift of the culture19200:13:20,440 –> 00:13:22,919it’s another thing when people you know and love19300:13:23,979 –> 00:13:27,840walk away from faith in the Lord Jesus Christ19400:13:29,099 –> 00:13:30,900and how are you going to stand19500:13:32,200 –> 00:13:33,940when that happens to you19600:13:34,880 –> 00:13:37,380you’re listening to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith19700:13:37,380 –> 00:13:39,739and we’ve got to pause the message briefly there19800:13:39,739 –> 00:13:41,179but we’ll be back shortly19900:13:41,179 –> 00:13:42,559so I hope you’ll stay with us20000:13:43,119 –> 00:13:44,880the message is called Disciple20100:13:44,880 –> 00:13:46,739and it’s part of our series20200:13:47,659 –> 00:13:50,140if you ever miss one of the messages in the series20300:13:50,140 –> 00:13:52,780you can easily catch up or go back and listen again20400:13:52,780 –> 00:13:54,979by coming online to our website20500:13:57,919 –> 00:14:01,900there you’ll find all the messages that have already gone out on air20600:14:02,539 –> 00:14:03,880back to the message now20700:14:03,880 –> 00:14:05,200here again is Colin20800:14:05,200 –> 00:14:08,000now this scene and I want you to try and picture it with me20900:14:08,000 –> 00:14:09,919for a moment in your mind’s eye21000:14:09,919 –> 00:14:10,960this scene21100:14:11,820 –> 00:14:14,299of thousands of people21200:14:14,299 –> 00:14:15,140thousands21300:14:16,140 –> 00:14:18,460walking away from Jesus21400:14:19,299 –> 00:14:21,200by the shore of the lake21500:14:22,280 –> 00:14:24,739it speaks so powerfully to us today21600:14:26,359 –> 00:14:31,640the vast majority of people in our culture today21700:14:31,640 –> 00:14:35,559absolutely convinced that we can all be our own Savior21800:14:35,559 –> 00:14:39,039absolutely convinced that we’re all inherently good21900:14:39,039 –> 00:14:42,500absolutely convinced that we all have our own truth22000:14:43,460 –> 00:14:44,840and here are you22100:14:45,700 –> 00:14:47,940and you’re going to take a stand believing in22200:14:47,940 –> 00:14:49,799the uniqueness of Jesus22300:14:49,799 –> 00:14:51,580the uniqueness of the incarnation22400:14:52,260 –> 00:14:54,500the necessity of the atonement22500:14:55,340 –> 00:14:57,900and dependence upon grace22600:14:58,900 –> 00:15:02,119you can see you are going to be under enormous pressure22700:15:02,119 –> 00:15:03,500it’s going to last all of your life22800:15:05,780 –> 00:15:07,380now picture the scene then22900:15:07,380 –> 00:15:08,739of the thousands walking away23000:15:08,739 –> 00:15:11,020I mean they’re not walking away quietly23100:15:11,020 –> 00:15:12,260they’re walking away in disgust23200:15:13,320 –> 00:15:15,820they’re spitting in the ground as they go23300:15:16,719 –> 00:15:18,340they’re outraged23400:15:19,880 –> 00:15:23,080and you’re standing with the disciples23500:15:23,080 –> 00:15:25,859and you’re seeing thousands walk away23600:15:25,859 –> 00:15:26,919and you say23700:15:27,539 –> 00:15:30,140wow look at everyone who’s no longer believing23800:15:30,140 –> 00:15:31,400how many of us are left23900:15:31,400 –> 00:15:33,179and you look around and how many are left24000:15:33,179 –> 00:15:34,3201224100:15:35,900 –> 00:15:36,460and you say24200:15:36,460 –> 00:15:38,520well how can so many people be so wrong24300:15:38,520 –> 00:15:40,400and so few people be right24400:15:41,200 –> 00:15:43,219you’re going to feel that pressure in your life24500:15:45,520 –> 00:15:46,500so24600:15:47,479 –> 00:15:49,099John 6 verse 6724700:15:49,320 –> 00:15:50,179at that moment24800:15:50,179 –> 00:15:52,859Jesus said to the 1224900:15:54,419 –> 00:15:55,700do you want to go away as well?25000:15:58,020 –> 00:15:58,960Now this is the question25100:16:00,719 –> 00:16:03,859how are you going to stand firm25200:16:05,099 –> 00:16:07,719when vast numbers of other people are turning away25300:16:08,159 –> 00:16:10,599how are you going to have a faith that lasts25400:16:12,020 –> 00:16:14,020how are you going to move beyond drifting25500:16:15,460 –> 00:16:18,260away from defiance25600:16:18,260 –> 00:16:19,719and beyond doubting25700:16:19,719 –> 00:16:23,820and live as a disciple of Jesus25800:16:25,880 –> 00:16:30,179and I want in this last session therefore just to leave with you very simply25900:16:31,400 –> 00:16:35,239the marvelous answer that Peter gave to Jesus’ question26000:16:35,580 –> 00:16:36,659do you want to go away as well?26100:16:37,739 –> 00:16:42,200notice three things very simply here26200:16:42,200 –> 00:16:46,440the first is here’s how you’ll stand for a lifetime with Jesus26300:16:47,280 –> 00:16:50,580because you know the richness of life with Jesus26400:16:50,580 –> 00:16:52,500the richness of life with Jesus26500:16:54,659 –> 00:16:56,159Simon Peter answered him26600:16:56,159 –> 00:16:59,799Lord to whom shall we go?26700:17:01,059 –> 00:17:03,799you have the words of eternal life26800:17:04,420 –> 00:17:05,780of eternal life26900:17:08,260 –> 00:17:11,520when I was in high school in Scotland27000:17:11,520 –> 00:17:13,979we had a math teacher27100:17:13,979 –> 00:17:16,180delightfully eccentric27200:17:16,180 –> 00:17:17,459who would give us27300:17:17,459 –> 00:17:20,579an equation or whatever to work on27400:17:20,579 –> 00:17:22,859and a certain amount of time for us to work on this thing27500:17:22,859 –> 00:17:23,880and to resolve it27600:17:23,880 –> 00:17:26,439and he would always say the same thing27700:17:26,439 –> 00:17:28,979after he’d finished doing his thing up front27800:17:28,979 –> 00:17:31,319and then got us to do an exercise together27900:17:31,420 –> 00:17:34,640he said, you’re going to have to get going on this28000:17:34,640 –> 00:17:37,439because you’re short on time28100:17:37,439 –> 00:17:39,119and he said that every time28200:17:39,119 –> 00:17:40,400I mean every day28300:17:40,400 –> 00:17:40,819you know28400:17:40,819 –> 00:17:44,040so of course we helped him out as a class28500:17:44,040 –> 00:17:46,719you know, as soon as he said the first part of the tagline28600:17:46,719 –> 00:17:48,719you know, you’re going to have to get going on this28700:17:48,719 –> 00:17:49,760we’d all shout out28800:17:49,760 –> 00:17:52,319because we’re short on time28900:17:53,300 –> 00:17:57,420and that phrase is embedded in my mind forever29000:17:57,839 –> 00:18:02,479without eternal life29100:18:02,479 –> 00:18:05,459we would be short on time29200:18:05,459 –> 00:18:08,699put yourself for one minute29300:18:08,699 –> 00:18:13,479in the shoes of a person who doesn’t have eternal life29400:18:13,479 –> 00:18:18,060if you don’t have eternal life29500:18:18,060 –> 00:18:20,079I feel sorry for you29600:18:20,079 –> 00:18:23,300your life is so short29700:18:23,300 –> 00:18:27,859and you will always feel that it is slipping away29800:18:27,859 –> 00:18:30,760and if the only good29900:18:30,760 –> 00:18:32,219you are ever going to enjoy30000:18:32,219 –> 00:18:33,739is the good that you hold of30100:18:33,739 –> 00:18:35,780now you are going to live30200:18:35,780 –> 00:18:38,180with the fear of what you might miss30300:18:38,180 –> 00:18:40,739formal will be written all over your fear of missing out30400:18:40,739 –> 00:18:42,520because you’ve only got this very, very little life30500:18:42,520 –> 00:18:45,819and with so little life30600:18:45,819 –> 00:18:48,060if something should happen to you30700:18:48,060 –> 00:18:52,180that harms or spoils your life30800:18:52,500 –> 00:18:56,160you will feel ultimate loss30900:18:56,160 –> 00:18:57,819this life is all that I have31000:18:57,819 –> 00:19:01,160and now it has been spoilt31100:19:01,160 –> 00:19:02,780without eternal life31200:19:02,780 –> 00:19:04,520you will inevitably be drawn31300:19:04,520 –> 00:19:06,880to one of two alternatives31400:19:06,880 –> 00:19:09,599one would be to throw yourself31500:19:09,599 –> 00:19:12,979into a life of indulgence31600:19:12,979 –> 00:19:14,819try everything31700:19:14,819 –> 00:19:16,060eat, drink and be merry31800:19:16,060 –> 00:19:17,900for tomorrow we die31900:19:17,900 –> 00:19:19,180I’ve only got a little life32000:19:19,180 –> 00:19:21,500so I’ve just got to try everything32100:19:22,339 –> 00:19:24,699or if you don’t do that32200:19:24,699 –> 00:19:25,420you go the other way32300:19:25,420 –> 00:19:27,319you will live with fear32400:19:27,319 –> 00:19:28,859caution32500:19:28,859 –> 00:19:30,880grasping on32600:19:30,880 –> 00:19:32,119to this little life32700:19:32,119 –> 00:19:32,979that you have32800:19:32,979 –> 00:19:34,479desperately trying to make sure32900:19:34,479 –> 00:19:35,359that you don’t let it slip33000:19:35,359 –> 00:19:38,040through your fingers33100:19:38,040 –> 00:19:40,420now brothers and sisters33200:19:40,420 –> 00:19:43,719in Jesus Christ33300:19:43,719 –> 00:19:44,719think about the reality33400:19:44,719 –> 00:19:46,719of your position in Christ33500:19:46,760 –> 00:19:53,880You have eternal life33600:19:53,880 –> 00:19:58,859you have life stored up33700:19:58,859 –> 00:20:00,660inexhaustible33800:20:00,660 –> 00:20:03,079never-ending33900:20:03,079 –> 00:20:05,739pleasures greater by far34000:20:05,739 –> 00:20:07,319than all the joys of life34100:20:07,319 –> 00:20:08,300and love that you can34200:20:08,300 –> 00:20:09,699experience here34300:20:09,699 –> 00:20:12,479lie ahead of you34400:20:12,479 –> 00:20:13,880and when you live your life here34500:20:13,880 –> 00:20:16,260knowing that this is your position34600:20:16,319 –> 00:20:20,380you will be in an entirely different place34700:20:20,380 –> 00:20:21,859if you know that34800:20:21,859 –> 00:20:24,260you have eternal life34900:20:24,260 –> 00:20:25,819you will feel that35000:20:25,819 –> 00:20:27,160you can give the life35100:20:27,160 –> 00:20:28,699that you have now freely35200:20:28,699 –> 00:20:30,920to the one who gave his life for you35300:20:30,920 –> 00:20:32,959you will be freed35400:20:32,959 –> 00:20:36,020from this terrible fear35500:20:36,020 –> 00:20:37,020the haunting fear35600:20:37,020 –> 00:20:40,380that sometime you might be missing out35700:20:40,380 –> 00:20:41,880and if something should35800:20:41,880 –> 00:20:43,040come into your life35900:20:43,040 –> 00:20:44,859that spoils36000:20:44,959 –> 00:20:46,260or harms36100:20:46,260 –> 00:20:47,260or hurts36200:20:47,260 –> 00:20:50,079or wounds36300:20:50,099 –> 00:20:51,760and you no longer have the life36400:20:51,760 –> 00:20:53,260that you thought you would have36500:20:53,260 –> 00:20:54,180in this world36600:20:54,180 –> 00:20:56,739well you will grieve36700:20:56,739 –> 00:20:58,000but36800:20:58,000 –> 00:20:59,079you will grieve knowing36900:20:59,079 –> 00:21:00,640that you have an inheritance37000:21:00,640 –> 00:21:03,079that can never spoil or fade37100:21:03,079 –> 00:21:05,280and it’s kept in heaven for you37200:21:05,280 –> 00:21:06,239and when you feel37300:21:06,239 –> 00:21:07,280that your ears are37400:21:07,280 –> 00:21:08,719slipping away37500:21:08,719 –> 00:21:09,459you will say37600:21:09,760 –> 00:21:11,300I am getting nearer37700:21:11,300 –> 00:21:16,280to incomparable joy37800:21:16,300 –> 00:21:18,140Now I’m saying to you37900:21:18,140 –> 00:21:19,560when you know38000:21:19,560 –> 00:21:22,560that you have eternal life38100:21:22,560 –> 00:21:24,219you will be free then38200:21:24,219 –> 00:21:26,219to pour out your life38300:21:26,219 –> 00:21:28,359in service for Jesus Christ38400:21:28,359 –> 00:21:30,180that’s the key38500:21:30,180 –> 00:21:30,800you’ve got to know38600:21:30,800 –> 00:21:32,359how rich you are in Jesus Christ38700:21:32,359 –> 00:21:33,180if you’re gonna pour out38800:21:33,180 –> 00:21:35,020your life in service38900:21:35,020 –> 00:21:36,160you’ve gotta be able to know39000:21:36,160 –> 00:21:37,000and say as it says39100:21:37,000 –> 00:21:37,979in the New Testament39200:21:38,000 –> 00:21:40,180all things are yours39300:21:40,180 –> 00:21:41,040life39400:21:41,040 –> 00:21:41,579death39500:21:41,579 –> 00:21:42,180the present39600:21:42,180 –> 00:21:42,780the future39700:21:42,780 –> 00:21:43,839all things are yours39800:21:43,839 –> 00:21:44,719and you’re Christ39900:21:44,719 –> 00:21:46,040and Christ is God40000:21:46,040 –> 00:21:50,160you are rich in life40100:21:50,160 –> 00:21:50,979and when you know40200:21:50,979 –> 00:21:52,599that you are more rich in life40300:21:52,599 –> 00:21:53,939even than you can fathom40400:21:53,939 –> 00:21:56,859you will be free40500:21:56,859 –> 00:21:57,880to go out40600:21:57,880 –> 00:21:59,219and to give yourself40700:21:59,219 –> 00:22:01,020in serving the Lord Jesus Christ40800:22:01,020 –> 00:22:02,000for a lifetime40900:22:02,000 –> 00:22:04,040irrespective41000:22:04,040 –> 00:22:05,520of what it costs41100:22:05,520 –> 00:22:07,239we’ve got to pause the message there41200:22:07,859 –> 00:22:09,300the second part of it41300:22:09,300 –> 00:22:10,579in our next broadcast41400:22:10,579 –> 00:22:12,439so I hope you’ll tune in for that41500:22:12,900 –> 00:22:13,939the message is called41600:22:13,939 –> 00:22:14,739Disciple41700:22:14,739 –> 00:22:16,380and it’s part of our series41800:22:16,380 –> 00:22:18,160Faith That Lasts41900:22:18,160 –> 00:22:19,520and if you ever miss42000:22:19,520 –> 00:22:20,300one of the series42100:22:20,300 –> 00:22:21,459you can easily catch up42200:22:21,459 –> 00:22:23,060or go back and listen again42300:22:23,060 –> 00:22:23,839by coming online42400:22:23,839 –> 00:22:25,020to our 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