100:00:00,000 –> 00:00:08,440Paul was surely the greatest Christian of his time, a wonderfully mature believer and200:00:08,440 –> 00:00:11,780yet what do you find him saying towards the end of his life? In Philippians in chapter300:00:11,780 –> 00:00:19,340three, I want to know Christ and I want to know the power of his Resurrection more and400:00:19,340 –> 00:00:23,440more in my life, and even the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings.500:00:23,440 –> 00:00:27,740Welcome to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith, I’m David Pick. I’m glad you could600:00:28,639 –> 00:00:34,360And Colin, in the series we’ve been hearing about everything we need for life, and here’s700:00:34,360 –> 00:00:40,299Paul, surely a superapostle even at the end of his life, is saying I still want to grow800:00:40,299 –> 00:00:41,520in my faith.900:00:41,520 –> 00:00:46,259Isn’t that inspiring? And if he feels that, after all that he did, for the cause of Christ1000:00:46,259 –> 00:00:51,099and all that he knew and all the rest of it, then why would any of us be coasting in our1100:00:51,099 –> 00:00:54,540Christian lives? I love the way in which the beginning and the end of second Peter comes1200:00:55,060 –> 00:00:59,799God has given us everything that we need for life. That’s the beginning. Therefore, grow1300:00:59,820 –> 00:01:04,620in godliness. Grow in the knowledge of Jesus Christ, your Saviour and your Lord. That’s1400:01:04,620 –> 00:01:09,379at the end. You put these two things together, Boy, if God has given me everything I need,1500:01:09,379 –> 00:01:13,879why would I not really go for it and develop as a Christian believer.1600:01:13,879 –> 00:01:18,019That is what our series has been all about and today we’ll hear about how we discern1700:01:18,019 –> 00:01:23,720error and how we grow and the end result of all that. So, join us if you can in 2 Peter1800:01:23,760 –> 00:01:29,6393 as we continue the message, Everything You Need For Action. Here is Pastor Colin.1900:01:29,639 –> 00:01:33,720I want you to notice then that the end of this letter, Peter calls us to action and2000:01:33,720 –> 00:01:40,260he does it in three ways. First, there’s something that we’re to guard, verse 17, and we need2100:01:40,260 –> 00:01:46,220to be real proactive about this, guard against distortions of the gospel that diminish Jesus2200:01:46,220 –> 00:01:52,559Christ, something to guard. Second, he wants us to grow, verse 18, grow in the knowledge2300:01:52,580 –> 00:01:59,580of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Thirdly, he wants us to glorify Our Lord and Savior,2400:01:59,580 –> 00:02:07,199Jesus Christ, both now and forevermore. That’s the call to action with which Peter ends this2500:02:07,199 –> 00:02:12,779marvelous, marvelous letter. And I want you to notice how all of his call to action is2600:02:12,779 –> 00:02:17,779centered in Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.2700:02:17,779 –> 00:02:28,300Step One then. Guard. Guard against distortions of the gospel that diminish Jesus Christ.2800:02:28,300 –> 00:02:35,759And of course if we have seen as a congregation that all that we need for life is in Jesus2900:02:35,759 –> 00:02:42,059Christ, we will want to guard very carefully against anything that displaces Jesus Christ,3000:02:42,100 –> 00:02:48,740anything that diminishes Jesus Christ, anything that moves the focus of ministry away from3100:02:48,740 –> 00:02:53,619our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. And that’s where Peter comes at the end of the letter.3200:02:53,619 –> 00:03:03,259Verse 17, Therefore dear friends, since you already know this, be on your guard so that3300:03:03,259 –> 00:03:11,339you may not be carried away by the error of lawless men, and fall from your secure position.3400:03:12,339 –> 00:03:23,419Since you already know this’. Know what? What do we already know that will put us on guard3500:03:23,419 –> 00:03:28,940with regards to the gospel? Well, verse 16 tells us that there are some things in the3600:03:28,940 –> 00:03:38,139Bible, Peter says, which ignorant and unstable people distort. Notice that word. As they3700:03:38,139 –> 00:03:45,080do the other scriptures and they do this, verse 16, to their own destruction. Now, that3800:03:45,080 –> 00:03:50,240in the context is why he says that we, as Christian people, individually and together,3900:03:50,240 –> 00:03:57,360always need to be on our guard. Why? Because we know, and we must know this, that in every4000:03:57,360 –> 00:04:01,699generation there will be people who distort the message of the Bible, which of course4100:04:01,839 –> 00:04:07,899is about our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. They will do this, notice what Peter says,4200:04:07,899 –> 00:04:15,880to their own destruction. The problem of course is that the destruction of such ministry has4300:04:15,880 –> 00:04:23,920broader effects within the church as well. Distorting the gospel always diminishes Jesus4400:04:23,920 –> 00:04:29,019Christ. Whenever you have a distortion of the gospel, they always diminish Jesus Christ4500:04:29,440 –> 00:04:36,940Displace Him with something or someone else at the center. Notice what he says one more4600:04:36,940 –> 00:04:44,179time please, in verse 17 here, be on your guard so that you may not be carried away4700:04:44,179 –> 00:04:55,320by the error of lawless men, and fall from your secure position. Fall from your secure4800:04:55,320 –> 00:05:05,920position? Well that sounds scary doesn’t it? Does this mean that I am not secure? No4900:05:05,920 –> 00:05:12,279look at what it says. Peter says you are secure. You’re in a secure position. You are secure5000:05:12,279 –> 00:05:20,019as a believer in Christ. That’s what he says. But remember, your security is in Christ.5100:05:20,480 –> 00:05:25,260That’s the whole point of the danger of the church moving away from Christ or of any person5200:05:25,260 –> 00:05:29,380moving away from Christ, which is what the book of Hebrews is all about. Your security5300:05:29,380 –> 00:05:35,980is in Christ, therefore you hold to Him. And do not move away from him. And you guard against5400:05:35,980 –> 00:05:45,380anything that would diminish the centrality of Jesus Christ in life or in the church.5500:05:45,380 –> 00:05:49,899Social security outside of Christ, which of course is why Paul says to the Corinthians,5600:05:49,899 –> 00:05:55,700do you remember in chapter 15, brothers I want to remind you of the gospel that I preach5700:05:55,700 –> 00:06:02,500to you. The gospel on which you have taken your stand, by which you are saved. If you5800:06:02,500 –> 00:06:09,320hold firmly to the word I preach to you, Paul says otherwise you believed in vain. Do you5900:06:09,320 –> 00:06:13,519not know people who once professed faith in Christ but now have abandoned Him? They were6000:06:13,640 –> 00:06:20,640like the seed that sprung up quickly and then withered. Be on your guard. You cling to the6100:06:22,019 –> 00:06:29,019Lord Jesus Christ and you will find Him clinging to you from here to eternity.6200:06:29,440 –> 00:06:36,440Now you say whose job is it to guard the church against distortions of the gospel, that diminish6300:06:36,940 –> 00:06:43,940our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ? Is it the pastor’s job? Yes. Is it the elder’s job?6400:06:47,679 –> 00:06:54,760Yes. Is it the member’s job? Yes. Is it the volunteer’s job? Yes. Is it the newest6500:06:55,200 –> 00:07:03,459Christian’s job? Yes, all of the above. Now,6600:07:03,459 –> 00:07:10,559at this point, you may be wondering, how in all the world can I do this. I mean, you’re6700:07:10,559 –> 00:07:20,760an ordinary Christian. You’ve never been to seminary. So, how can you discern error6800:07:20,760 –> 00:07:30,119and guard the truth? How can you do that in your own life? How can you do that as part6900:07:30,119 –> 00:07:35,640of the body of Christ in the Church? Well, let me try and give you some practical help7000:07:35,640 –> 00:07:41,380here on this point because it’s very important. I think there are two ways in which we can7100:07:41,380 –> 00:07:43,579discern error.7200:07:43,600 –> 00:07:53,160One is by zooming in and the other is by zooming out. Zooming in is quite demanding. Zooming7300:07:53,160 –> 00:08:00,500out is incredibly easy and anybody can do it. Let me explain these two to you. Zooming7400:08:00,500 –> 00:08:07,720in involves developing a careful understanding of what is being said by leaders and movements7500:08:07,739 –> 00:08:14,739in our time. Now frankly, that is especially a job and a responsibility for pastors and7600:08:14,739 –> 00:08:23,619elders. The Bible makes that clear, Paul said to Timothy, who was a pastor to a local congregation7700:08:23,619 –> 00:08:29,839in Ephesus…Paul said to Timothy as the pastor, guard the gospel. That’s 2 Timothy chapter7800:08:29,839 –> 00:08:35,9401 and verse 14. Then he says in the first letter, command certain people not to teach7900:08:35,979 –> 00:08:41,200false doctrines, nor to devote themselves to myths. In other words, Paul says to Timothy,8000:08:41,200 –> 00:08:46,960you’re the pastor, it is your job to know what is going on. To know what is going on8100:08:46,960 –> 00:08:53,960in a particular degree and to be able to address that and to take responsibility for guarding8200:08:55,119 –> 00:09:02,119the church against that. So let me make this application, will you thank God for pastors8300:09:02,320 –> 00:09:08,659and elders who are determined to guard the gospel by keeping it at the center of the8400:09:08,659 –> 00:09:15,659church, and will you pray for us in that great responsibility? Because it is never easy,8500:09:16,739 –> 00:09:23,739never has been, and it never will be. That’s zooming in. Here is zooming out. Zooming8600:09:24,520 –> 00:09:31,520out, which is much simpler, and every Christian can do this, and by the way, this is how ordinary8700:09:33,739 –> 00:09:39,580believers can check the pastors, which is a very important thing to be able to do. How8800:09:39,580 –> 00:09:43,679do you do it? Well, let me put it this way. Zooming out,8900:09:43,679 –> 00:09:49,219when you listen to Christian teaching, and you’re trying to get a handle on a new movement9000:09:49,219 –> 00:09:52,719or a discussion in Christian magazines or whatever it is. When you are trying to evaluate9100:09:53,080 –> 00:09:57,239simply another person’s ideas, they’re talking about this or that in relation to the faith,9200:09:57,239 –> 00:10:02,500when you go into the Christian bookshop and you’re browsing around, and there are a thousand9300:10:02,500 –> 00:10:07,200options as to what you could read, and you have that long to look at 10 titles, and you’re9400:10:07,200 –> 00:10:11,460trying to decide should I buy this one or should I buy that one. We all have to make9500:10:11,460 –> 00:10:18,460these kind of decisions that shape what comes into us all the time. Ask this single question,9600:10:18,679 –> 00:10:25,679ask this single question. Does this, this teaching, this book, this trend, does this9700:10:28,520 –> 00:10:35,520make more of me or more of Jesus? It’s a great question. Ask it all the time, does this make9800:10:39,700 –> 00:10:46,700more of me or more of Jesus? And I found that a helpful question for some time, but just9900:10:47,700 –> 00:10:54,700because I wanted to be up to date I googled yesterday. I just did bestselling Christian10000:10:54,700 –> 00:10:59,679books, and of course because there are so many different distributors I got any number10100:10:59,679 –> 00:11:05,900of different lists of Christian book, and I just picked one at random and looked at10200:11:05,900 –> 00:11:11,719a top 10. And I just applied that question and immediately one thing was very obvious.10300:11:11,719 –> 00:11:18,859I found two books out of the ten that apparently just from looking at the title were going10400:11:18,859 –> 00:11:25,020to be more about Jesus than they are about me. The other eight looked interesting and10500:11:25,020 –> 00:11:31,200perhaps helpful. But at least just from an initial glance, and frankly that’s all that10600:11:31,200 –> 00:11:34,880any of us have when we’re making a lot of these choices, it was pretty evident that10700:11:34,880 –> 00:11:40,159they were more about me than they were about Jesus. They covered issues like the purpose10800:11:40,159 –> 00:11:45,140of my life, the future of my country, dealing with difficulties with my children, improving10900:11:45,140 –> 00:11:54,659my diet, finding passion in my work, and developing my leadership skills.11000:11:54,659 –> 00:12:00,280I will read some of these books, but I need to remember this, they make much of me. They11100:12:00,280 –> 00:12:03,900are pitched to the idea that I’m the most important person in the world, which is how11200:12:04,460 –> 00:12:14,679sells. And if Christ is simply there to serve me, my country, my children, my life, my diet,11300:12:14,679 –> 00:12:19,219my leadership skills, or my fulfillment and satisfaction at work, then Jesus Christ is11400:12:19,219 –> 00:12:25,679diminished because He’s a means to an end, isn’t He? I find that a very, very helpful11500:12:25,679 –> 00:12:33,500grid to evaluate what’s actually gonna help my spiritual life and what’s really gonna11600:12:33,500 –> 00:12:41,400have Jesus at the margins. And you can apply that in all kinds of spheres. And may it be11700:12:41,400 –> 00:12:46,659for the glory of God, until Jesus Christ returns that Jesus Christ, His person, His work and11800:12:46,659 –> 00:12:52,000His glory will always be at the center of this pulpit of this church and of every ministry11900:12:52,000 –> 00:12:57,679of this church. Until He shall come, guard it.12000:12:57,679 –> 00:13:02,239You know, I was talking with someone just the other day, and he said to me, you know,12100:13:02,320 –> 00:13:06,179I am really trying to get on a diet and I have actually been making some progress. You12200:13:06,179 –> 00:13:10,840know that discussion? And he said, you know, there is one thing someone said to me that12300:13:10,840 –> 00:13:14,000has really helped me on a diet. Now, here we are, you see I have just mentioned diet12400:13:14,000 –> 00:13:20,159so I’m pitching in on that now. He said, someone said to me, remember your body isn’t12500:13:20,159 –> 00:13:26,460a trash can. That is helpful, isn’t it, you think about all that goes in there, you12600:13:26,460 –> 00:13:30,239know. I will just have an extra piece of that whatever. Your body isn’t a trash can.12700:13:31,239 –> 00:13:33,520He says, it has really helped me. I have lost some weight since I’ve been thinking about12800:13:33,520 –> 00:13:45,840that. Your soul isn’t a trash can. Your soul doesn’t exist for the inflation of12900:13:45,840 –> 00:13:53,739your own ego. Your soul will not grow in grace if you constantly told that you’re the most13000:13:54,200 –> 00:14:01,200person in all of the world. When you think about your spiritual diet,13100:14:02,640 –> 00:14:09,640fill your soul with a diet that will make much of Christ if you want to grow in grace.13200:14:10,219 –> 00:14:17,140And treat the stuff that’s mainly about you as you do fast food. It’s okay once in a while,13300:14:17,280 –> 00:14:24,280but it’s deadly if it becomes your regular staple diet. Hope that’s helpful.13400:14:24,739 –> 00:14:29,599But you see what we take in shapes who we are and it shapes what the church is and13500:14:29,599 –> 00:14:32,280we’ve got to guard the Gospel.13600:14:33,280 –> 00:14:36,280Grow in discernment by zooming out,13700:14:36,280 –> 00:14:39,280and you will make better choices about what you’re taking in.13800:14:40,679 –> 00:14:42,280Will it make more of me?13900:14:42,280 –> 00:14:45,280Or will it make more of Jesus?14000:14:45,419 –> 00:14:49,320You’re listening to Open The Bible with Pastor Colin Smith and a message called14100:14:49,400 –> 00:14:53,320Everything You Need for Action. We’ve got to pause the message briefly here, but we’ll14200:14:53,320 –> 00:14:56,320be back very shortly so do stay with us.14300:14:56,320 –> 00:15:00,320The message is part of our series Everything You Need for Life,14400:15:00,320 –> 00:15:05,000all based on the Book of 2 Peter, and if you’ve missed any of the series so far14500:15:05,000 –> 00:15:09,299it’s easy to catch up or go back and listen again by coming online to our14600:15:09,320 –> 00:15:14,340website upenthebible.org.uk or if you prefer14700:15:14,340 –> 00:15:18,119go and find it as a podcast and those are on all the podcast sites,14800:15:18,119 –> 00:15:22,580search there for Open The Bible UK and subscribe if you want to receive regular14900:15:22,580 –> 00:15:27,580updates. Back to the message now here again is Pastor Colin.15000:15:27,580 –> 00:15:30,940Now I said that there were three things and we were going to be way longest on the first15100:15:30,940 –> 00:15:35,460and we have been much more briefly the second two. We’re to guard15200:15:35,460 –> 00:15:38,979we’re to guard against any distortion of the gospel that diminishes Jesus Christ15300:15:39,020 –> 00:15:42,919and all distortions of the gospel diminish Jesus Christ. Second we’re to15400:15:42,919 –> 00:15:48,960grow verse 18 in we’re to grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and15500:15:48,960 –> 00:15:54,260Saviour Jesus Christ. Now of course the best way to make sure that we do not15600:15:54,260 –> 00:16:01,580diminish Christ is that we vigorously pursue Christ personally, together as a15700:16:01,580 –> 00:16:08,059congregation, that knowing Christ is our one holy passion. Finding everything that15800:16:08,320 –> 00:16:16,200we need for life and for ministry in him and then sharing him with the world.15900:16:16,200 –> 00:16:21,099Paul was surely the greatest Christian of his time a wonderfully mature16000:16:21,099 –> 00:16:24,080believer and yet what do you find him saying towards the end of his life? In16100:16:24,080 –> 00:16:31,039Philippians in chapter three, I want to know Christ and I want to know the power16200:16:31,039 –> 00:16:35,559of his resurrection more and more in my life and even the fellowship of sharing16300:16:35,840 –> 00:16:42,039his sufferings. See when you come to know Christ it is like buying a field that is16400:16:42,039 –> 00:16:46,080full of very treasure.16500:16:46,159 –> 00:16:50,200And it’s a wonderful thing when you come to know Christ to do a little bit of16600:16:50,200 –> 00:16:55,479digging and you find some treasure and you say look at this discovered about16700:16:55,479 –> 00:16:58,960Jesus Christ and you have some glimpse of his greatness and you’re thrilled16800:16:58,960 –> 00:17:03,400with it but oh if ten years time you’re still holding that one little bit of16900:17:03,460 –> 00:17:07,719treasure and you’ve got one little hole in the ground when the whole field is17000:17:07,719 –> 00:17:16,920full of buried treasure that’s a tragedy. You’ve missed the greatest gift and17100:17:16,920 –> 00:17:24,199privilege of life. No, keep digging. Dig all the time because17200:17:24,199 –> 00:17:27,979as Paul was expressing when he says I want to know Christ you never come to17300:17:27,979 –> 00:17:33,260the end of seeing his greatness and his glory and the wonder of his gospel which17400:17:33,280 –> 00:17:38,979is the breath of fresh air that runs through the Christians life it’s the joy17500:17:38,979 –> 00:17:45,000of our worship we never tired of Jesus because we never exhaust the greatness17600:17:45,000 –> 00:17:51,780of his glory grow grow in the grace and the knowledge of our Lord and Savior17700:17:51,780 –> 00:17:58,800Jesus Christ and notice how grace and knowledge go together that the sure sign17800:17:58,959 –> 00:18:07,160that you know Jesus is that you are growing in grace John says in his gospel17900:18:07,160 –> 00:18:16,040that Christ came from the Father and he was full of grace and truth and so the18000:18:16,040 –> 00:18:19,319more that we come to know him individually and together the evidence18100:18:19,319 –> 00:18:26,319of that is going to be the centrality of truth in relation to the one who is the18200:18:26,319 –> 00:18:36,560truth and the evidence of grace in our words in our character in our18300:18:36,560 –> 00:18:42,739disposition you’re making progress in knowing Christ or let me put it another18400:18:42,739 –> 00:18:51,640way are you growing in grace are you more patient with your kids with those18500:18:51,640 –> 00:18:58,739who work with you than you were five years ago right you becoming a sort of18600:18:58,739 –> 00:19:05,300angry Christian do you know there is all the difference in the world between18700:19:05,300 –> 00:19:14,020religion and Christ they’re different trees and they produce different fruit18800:19:14,239 –> 00:19:23,199and you see this in the world religion makes a person hard christ makes a18900:19:23,199 –> 00:19:35,280person tender religion makes a person proud opinionated christ makes a person19000:19:35,280 –> 00:19:43,459humble teachable religion makes a person angry don’t we see that all around the19100:19:43,459 –> 00:19:51,839world religious people are angry about this and that the other uptight religion19200:19:51,839 –> 00:19:57,219makes people angry christ brings a person to love these are different19300:19:57,219 –> 00:20:05,420trees they produce different kind of fruit and the kind of fruit you bear19400:20:05,420 –> 00:20:12,900shows the kind of person you are now you come here this morning and you are angry19500:20:12,979 –> 00:20:18,479and you’re impatient and you’re opinionated I want to invite you around19600:20:18,479 –> 00:20:22,079the Lord’s table to come with me and with all of us and to say Lord Jesus19700:20:22,079 –> 00:20:29,719Christ meet me and change me because the wrong fruit is coming out of this life19800:20:29,719 –> 00:20:41,599this is not a small thing grow in the grace and knowledge of Our Lord and19900:20:41,680 –> 00:20:49,719Savior Jesus Christ and we grow like him as we walk with him then here’s the very20000:20:49,719 –> 00:20:54,439last thing we’re to guard we’re to grow we’re to glorify the Lord Jesus Christ20100:20:54,439 –> 00:21:00,319verse 18 now and forever grow in the grace and knowledge of Our Lord and20200:21:00,319 –> 00:21:09,180Savior Jesus Christ to him be the glory both now and forever20300:21:09,880 –> 00:21:13,979boy put these three things together these three calls to action and don’t20400:21:13,979 –> 00:21:23,339you have the most marvellous vision to pursue to be a truth embracing grace20500:21:23,339 –> 00:21:30,880displaying Christ exalting believer church that’s what Peter wants for the20600:21:31,079 –> 00:21:39,640Church that’s my prayer for us make it your prayer today the more we see the20700:21:39,640 –> 00:21:45,599grace of the Lord Jesus Christ who loved us and gave himself for us the more20800:21:45,599 –> 00:21:50,500you’re going to find yourself saying you know I really see it now Lord knowing20900:21:50,500 –> 00:21:57,479you is the greatest treasure of my life and for all your grace and for all your21000:21:57,479 –> 00:22:03,979love and for all your patience to me not just in the past but now I say to21100:22:03,979 –> 00:22:09,959your name the all the praise and all the glory both now and forever in my life21200:22:09,959 –> 00:22:17,199and in the church until Christ shall come and then for all eternity and to21300:22:17,199 –> 00:22:22,420the message of 2nd Peter all the people of God say21400:22:22,420 –> 00:22:25,640You’ve been listening to Open the Bible with pastor Colin Smith and a message21500:22:25,900 –> 00:22:30,760Everything you need for action. it’s the last message in our series21600:22:30,760 –> 00:22:35,739Everything You Need For Life based on the book of 2 Peter. 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Well it would be very practical because every Christian knows23000:23:37,579 –> 00:23:42,180what it is to go through dark times when we feel discouraged, we’re down, we23100:23:42,180 –> 00:23:46,780don’t know how to move forward and when these times come in your life you need23200:23:46,839 –> 00:23:52,140to know how to handle your own soul, how to encourage and strengthen yourself.23300:23:52,140 –> 00:23:57,479David of course speaks about this, he knew what this was like, in Psalm 42 he23400:23:57,479 –> 00:24:02,719speaks to himself, he says why are you cast down? o’ my soul, why are you in23500:24:02,719 –> 00:24:08,839turmoil within me and then he says, Hope in God. 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