100:00:00,940 –> 00:00:13,820Malachi tells us that God has a book of remembrance. So when you are tempted to think that perhaps200:00:13,820 –> 00:00:23,320your service for God is in vain, you need to know that God remembers what you have done.300:00:23,320 –> 00:00:28,000Welcome to Open The Bible with Pastor Collin Smith, I’m David Pick. Glad you could join400:00:28,020 –> 00:00:30,000us today, and Collin, last time we began500:00:30,000 –> 00:00:37,419a message called God Remembers based on Malachi 3 verse 16. Those that feared the Lord spoke600:00:37,419 –> 00:00:42,860with one another. The Lord paid attention and heard them and a book of remembrance was700:00:42,860 –> 00:00:44,000written before Him.800:00:44,000 –> 00:00:49,099Yeah, the book of remembrance, back in the time of Malachi, it was the practice that900:00:49,099 –> 00:00:55,259heroic deeds, deeds that should be honored, were written down in what was called a book1000:00:55,259 –> 00:01:01,439of remembrance. And back in the book of Esther, there’s a marvelous example of how the book1100:01:01,439 –> 00:01:09,620of remembrance was brought out and a heroic deed was read out loud to the king and the1200:01:09,620 –> 00:01:14,739person who performed that deed was honored as a result. Now, what a marvelous thought1300:01:14,739 –> 00:01:23,160this is that God has a book of remembrance, that he never forgets what his faithful people1400:01:23,419 –> 00:01:27,559done. And that wonderful truth is written right throughout the Scriptures. Again and1500:01:27,559 –> 00:01:33,480again we’re told of what God remembers. He remembers our words, he remembers our deeds.1600:01:33,480 –> 00:01:39,540All that goes into serving the Lord is present in his mind and in his heart. And it is never1700:01:39,540 –> 00:01:45,320forgotten, and I think this is the most marvelous encouragement. If you think that somehow what1800:01:45,320 –> 00:01:50,980you have done for the Lord has been in vain, that somehow it’s been forgotten, it is never1900:01:51,120 –> 00:01:55,440forgotten by the Lord. And so I hope you’re going to be encouraged by that wonderful truth2000:01:55,440 –> 00:02:00,760today. So, join us if you can in Malachi 3 and verse 16 as we continue the message, God2100:02:00,760 –> 00:02:09,479remembers. Here is pastor Colin. Now, what does God remember? Well let me just identify2200:02:09,479 –> 00:02:18,720a few things. First, God remembers your work. Hebrews chapter 6 and verse 10 states this2300:02:18,720 –> 00:02:29,100so clearly, God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown2400:02:29,100 –> 00:02:38,679for his name in serving the saints as you still do. Now, perhaps you feel that no one2500:02:38,679 –> 00:02:47,960sees what you do and that no one cares about what you do. Who knows the love and the care2600:02:47,960 –> 00:02:54,440that you are putting into the work that has been trusted to you by Almighty God? And the2700:02:54,440 –> 00:03:02,080answer to that question is, God sees what you are doing and he will not overlook your2800:03:02,080 –> 00:03:11,860work and not only does God know and remember your work, God knows and remembers your words.2900:03:12,020 –> 00:03:18,839Malachi 3 and verse 16, remember what we have just learned that those who feared the Lord3000:03:18,839 –> 00:03:26,020spoke, spoke with one another. And the Lord paid attention and heard them. And a Book3100:03:26,020 –> 00:03:32,020of Remembrance was written before the Lord. The connection is very clear. God is remembering3200:03:32,020 –> 00:03:40,779and writing down the words that are spoken, that were words of faith that honored him.3300:03:41,460 –> 00:03:50,100God hears us when we speak to him, but what we’re seeing here is something else.3400:03:50,100 –> 00:03:58,699God hears when we speak about him. Those who feared the Lord spoke to one another and3500:03:58,699 –> 00:04:04,979the Lord heard them. God hears what we say to one another. When you speak to a brother3600:04:04,979 –> 00:04:10,160or a sister, when you speak even to someone who does not believe and you speak with faith3700:04:10,679 –> 00:04:16,519with hope, and you speak with love, and you speak with courage, God hears what you say3800:04:16,519 –> 00:04:26,899and he will never forget it. When they spoke to one another, a book of remembrance was3900:04:26,899 –> 00:04:36,140written before the Lord. And then God remembers your tears. I love this verse in Psalm 564000:04:37,079 –> 00:04:44,420in verse eight, where David says to God, you have kept count of my tossings.4100:04:44,420 –> 00:04:57,140Put my tears in your bottle, are they in your book? In your book?4200:04:57,140 –> 00:05:05,160you see what he’s saying? God knows your highest hopes and God knows4300:05:05,160 –> 00:05:12,299your deepest fears and God knows every tear that has ever rolled4400:05:12,299 –> 00:05:18,540down your face. David says, collect my tears in your bottle.4500:05:18,559 –> 00:05:26,579Are they not written in your book? God knows the pain that you carry4600:05:26,579 –> 00:05:37,880and God remembers your tears and then God remembers your desires.4700:05:38,579 –> 00:05:47,820Psalm 38 and verse 9, David says, Oh, lord, all my longing is before4800:05:47,820 –> 00:05:53,640you. My sighing is not hidden from you. Now4900:05:53,700 –> 00:05:58,839one of the things that you discover very early in the Christian life is5000:05:58,839 –> 00:06:05,059that your desire exceeds your grasp or your reach. You want to be5100:06:05,059 –> 00:06:10,480more godly than you are. You want to accomplish more for the Lord Jesus5200:06:10,480 –> 00:06:14,899Christ than you actually do. This is true of the most mature5300:06:14,899 –> 00:06:20,820believers, Paul. Towards the end of his life says, I want to know Christ5400:06:20,839 –> 00:06:26,559and the power of his resurrection. Not that I’ve already obtained all this.5500:06:26,559 –> 00:06:31,679I’m still pressing on. That’s what he says. God knows what you want to be.5600:06:31,679 –> 00:06:39,559And he knows that you haven’t got there yet. God knows what you want to do.5700:06:39,559 –> 00:06:44,519This is a wonderful encouragement, by the way, in times of disappointment.5800:06:44,519 –> 00:06:49,399Perhaps there was something that you thought you might do,5900:06:49,899 –> 00:06:58,019wanted to do. Something good and the door just didn’t open.6000:06:58,019 –> 00:07:03,619Or perhaps the door that seemed to be open was closed.6100:07:03,619 –> 00:07:09,899And you live with a sense of disappointment. I wish that I’d been able to do this, but…6200:07:09,899 –> 00:07:11,660it was not.6300:07:12,500 –> 00:07:17,019You know, David was in that position, he really6400:07:17,019 –> 00:07:23,859wanted to build a temple for God. And that privilege was given to his son, Solomon.6500:07:23,859 –> 00:07:31,100And this wonderful statement that Solomon makes—he tells us in 1 Kings 8, verse 18—6600:07:31,359 –> 00:07:56,279Now, David didn’t get to build the temple. It was a huge disappointment to him.6700:07:56,279 –> 00:07:59,200But God knew that it was in his heart.6800:07:59,200 –> 00:08:05,079God remembers not only what you did but what you wanted to do.6900:08:05,079 –> 00:08:11,220O’ Lord, all my longing is before you.7000:08:11,220 –> 00:08:20,440Now, friends, here is something wonderful to encourage faithful believers.7100:08:20,519 –> 00:08:31,959Your work, your words, your tears and even your desires are all written down in God’s7200:08:31,959 –> 00:08:33,960Book of Remembrance.7300:08:33,960 –> 00:08:39,159All recorded, never to be forgotten.7400:08:40,140 –> 00:08:54,440Now what God remembers is wonderful but what’s even better is what God chooses not to remember.7500:08:54,440 –> 00:09:03,280You see there are other things about us that the Bible tells us are also written down.7600:09:03,280 –> 00:09:13,760Jeremiah tells us the sin of Judah is written with a pen of iron.7700:09:13,760 –> 00:09:23,940With a point of diamond, it is engraved on the tablet of their heart and on the horns of their altars.7800:09:23,940 –> 00:09:32,000Now you see what Jeremiah is telling us, that our sins are also recorded.7900:09:32,000 –> 00:09:36,380They’re not written in pencil so they can be easily erased.8000:09:36,380 –> 00:09:40,179They’re not even written in ink.8100:09:40,179 –> 00:09:45,979They are, he says, engraved with a pen of iron.8200:09:45,979 –> 00:09:51,679They’re chiseled out with a diamond point.8300:09:51,679 –> 00:09:55,900Our sins are written down.8400:09:55,900 –> 00:10:02,280The small things, small sins that you hardly remember,8500:10:02,280 –> 00:10:08,479the secret sins that you think no one else knows about,8600:10:08,479 –> 00:10:13,880the great sins that you wish that you could forget, they’re all written.8700:10:13,880 –> 00:10:20,940And with every year that passes, the list gets longer.8800:10:20,940 –> 00:10:26,900Now here is the wonderful news of God’s grace.8900:10:26,900 –> 00:10:38,260In Jesus Christ, God remembers your work, your words, your tears, and your desires,9000:10:38,260 –> 00:10:46,340but in Jesus Christ, God does not remember your sins.9100:10:46,400 –> 00:10:50,000Jeremiah 31 and verse 34.9200:10:50,000 –> 00:10:54,900God says, I will forgive their iniquity.9300:10:54,900 –> 00:11:01,299I will remember their sin no more.9400:11:01,299 –> 00:11:09,340Now, you ask the question, how can God remember our sin no more if it is written with a pen9500:11:09,340 –> 00:11:10,340of iron?9600:11:10,340 –> 00:11:21,119Well, Paul tells us that when Jesus went to the cross, he canceled the writing that stood9700:11:21,119 –> 00:11:22,679against us.9800:11:22,679 –> 00:11:31,260Colossians 2, in verse 14, he tells us that God forgave our sins by cancelling the record9900:11:31,260 –> 00:11:39,520of debt, literally, the writing, the record of debt, the writing that stood against us10000:11:39,559 –> 00:11:43,260with its legal demands, he set it aside.10100:11:43,260 –> 00:11:44,059How?10200:11:44,059 –> 00:11:48,280By nailing it to the cross!10300:11:48,280 –> 00:11:55,960The written charge sheet, with all of the accumulated writing over all the years of10400:11:55,960 –> 00:12:02,260our lives, the small sins, the secret sins, the great sins, all that was written against10500:12:03,080 –> 00:12:04,080us.10600:12:04,080 –> 00:12:10,039Jesus Christ took that charge sheet and nailed it to the cross.10700:12:10,039 –> 00:12:16,599When he was nailed to the cross, our sins were nailed there with him.10800:12:16,599 –> 00:12:28,880And when he hung there, under the charge sheet, he dealt with all that would have been ours,10900:12:28,900 –> 00:12:36,739and all that would rightly have been otherwise charged against us, so that in Jesus Christ,11000:12:36,739 –> 00:12:46,239God says, Your sins and your iniquities, I will remember no more.’11100:12:48,239 –> 00:12:52,159Pastor Colin Smith opened the Bible with a message called, God Remembers.11200:12:52,159 –> 00:12:57,320It’s one of the messages which has been most popular, most listened to in the past year.11300:12:57,559 –> 00:13:02,320Bundled them all together and called them Listener Favorites 2026.11400:13:02,320 –> 00:13:07,919If you ever miss one of the messages, you can easily catch up or go back and listen again online at our website.11500:13:07,919 –> 00:13:10,979That’s at openthebible.ivo.uk11600:13:10,979 –> 00:13:16,000Or find them on your favourite podcast site by searching for Open the Bible UK.11700:13:16,020 –> 00:13:19,979Back to the message now, we’re in Malachi 3, Chapter 16.11800:13:19,979 –> 00:13:22,320Here again is Pastor Colin.11900:13:22,320 –> 00:13:26,119How are we to use this wonderful truth12000:13:26,820 –> 00:13:31,400that we’ve been focusing on in Malachi 3, Verse 16,12100:13:31,400 –> 00:13:35,239that God remembers?12200:13:35,260 –> 00:13:38,919Well, let me suggest four ways that we can make this very practical12300:13:38,919 –> 00:13:42,440and use this wonderful truth in our lives.12400:13:42,440 –> 00:13:45,159And the first is very simply,12500:13:45,159 –> 00:13:48,840use this to help you12600:13:48,840 –> 00:13:50,919treasure Jesus.12700:13:50,919 –> 00:13:53,299See, think about it.12800:13:53,539 –> 00:13:56,260How can it be12900:13:56,260 –> 00:13:59,539that God would remember your works,13000:13:59,539 –> 00:14:02,659your words, your tears, and your desires,13100:14:02,659 –> 00:14:06,739but he would not remember your sins?13200:14:06,739 –> 00:14:10,340And the answer to that is, as we’ve just seen,13300:14:10,340 –> 00:14:15,380because of his great mercy to us13400:14:15,380 –> 00:14:18,700in and through Jesus Christ.13500:14:18,700 –> 00:14:22,020Lord this is amazing.13600:14:22,020 –> 00:14:24,099That you would remember my work,13700:14:24,099 –> 00:14:28,460but you would not remember my sins.13800:14:28,460 –> 00:14:31,140That is mercy indeed.13900:14:31,140 –> 00:14:34,099Use this wonderful truth14000:14:34,099 –> 00:14:39,659to help you treasure the Lord Jesus Christ.14100:14:39,659 –> 00:14:41,380And here’s a second application.14200:14:41,380 –> 00:14:47,020Use this to strengthen you in service.14300:14:47,020 –> 00:14:48,940Remember that when Malachi says,14400:14:48,940 –> 00:14:52,500a book of remembrance was written before the Lord,14500:14:52,500 –> 00:14:56,179he says this by way of answer14600:14:56,179 –> 00:14:58,859to those who were tempted to think14700:14:58,859 –> 00:15:02,840that it might be vain to serve the Lord.14800:15:04,020 –> 00:15:10,659Friends, it is never vain to serve the Lord.14900:15:10,659 –> 00:15:12,380And here’s why.15000:15:12,380 –> 00:15:15,940A book of remembrance is written before him.15100:15:15,940 –> 00:15:18,460God remembers your work, your words,15200:15:18,619 –> 00:15:20,559your tears and your desires,15300:15:20,559 –> 00:15:22,979and even a cup of cold water15400:15:22,979 –> 00:15:25,340given in the name of Jesus Christ15500:15:25,340 –> 00:15:27,580will not go without its reward.15600:15:27,580 –> 00:15:29,799It will be rewarded, Jesus says.15700:15:31,260 –> 00:15:36,260So use this wonderful truth to strengthen you in service.15800:15:37,739 –> 00:15:40,099Your labor in the Lord is not in vain.15900:15:40,099 –> 00:15:41,500He remembers.16000:15:43,320 –> 00:15:45,140And then here’s a third application.16100:15:45,140 –> 00:15:49,479Use this to sustain you in patience.16200:15:49,479 –> 00:15:54,479A Book of Remembrance was written before the Lord.16300:15:55,619 –> 00:16:00,299Now, of course, the whole point of a Book of Remembrance,16400:16:00,299 –> 00:16:04,559as we saw from the illustration in the Book of Esther,16500:16:04,559 –> 00:16:08,880is that there will be a day of future reward.16600:16:08,880 –> 00:16:11,080God does not promise to us,16700:16:11,080 –> 00:16:15,679immediate recognition or immediate reward in this life.16800:16:15,679 –> 00:16:19,640What he does tell us is that he remembers.16900:16:21,000 –> 00:16:23,039And when you know that he remembers,17000:16:23,039 –> 00:16:25,739that will sustain you in patience.17100:16:25,739 –> 00:16:27,359Jesus said repeatedly,17200:16:28,559 –> 00:16:32,919when you pray, when you give,17300:16:32,919 –> 00:16:34,320you do this in secret,17400:16:34,320 –> 00:16:37,460but your father who sees what you do in secret,17500:16:37,460 –> 00:16:40,380well the day is going to come when he rewards you openly.17600:16:42,280 –> 00:16:45,780Right now, we are like servants17700:16:45,780 –> 00:16:49,140who are trusted by a great king17800:16:50,359 –> 00:16:54,859to do certain work that has been given to our hands by him.17900:16:55,940 –> 00:16:58,099The king has gone to a far country18000:16:59,539 –> 00:17:01,380and no one really sees the work18100:17:01,380 –> 00:17:03,460that we are doing in his name,18200:17:03,460 –> 00:17:06,660but one day, this king will return.18300:17:07,819 –> 00:17:12,599And when he returns, what we have done will be made known.18400:17:13,660 –> 00:17:15,000Then the king will say,18500:17:15,000 –> 00:17:18,979well done, good and faithful servant,18600:17:18,979 –> 00:17:22,400enter into your master’s joy.18700:17:23,599 –> 00:17:27,420The day of your reward is coming.18800:17:28,619 –> 00:17:33,619Well now use that to sustain you in patience,18900:17:33,739 –> 00:17:34,760in patience.19000:17:36,619 –> 00:17:39,160But then I want to give you one more application19100:17:39,160 –> 00:17:42,020of this truth that I think speaks very powerfully19200:17:42,020 –> 00:17:47,020to us in these difficult days in which we are living.19300:17:47,400 –> 00:17:51,579And that is, that we use this truth19400:17:51,579 –> 00:17:55,000to help us grow in grace.19500:17:56,380 –> 00:17:59,020Brothers and sisters, you don’t need me to tell you19600:17:59,979 –> 00:18:04,979how desperately our world needs an infusion19700:18:07,020 –> 00:18:11,579of kindness, of grace,19800:18:11,579 –> 00:18:12,680of love,19900:18:13,699 –> 00:18:15,180of patience,20000:18:16,060 –> 00:18:17,520of forgiveness,20100:18:18,780 –> 00:18:20,099and of peace.20200:18:21,819 –> 00:18:25,819We live at a time where people have so often become20300:18:25,819 –> 00:18:29,400used to thinking the very worst about each other,20400:18:30,939 –> 00:18:33,400and we’re not immune from the effects of that20500:18:33,400 –> 00:18:35,619in our own hearts and in our minds.20600:18:37,219 –> 00:18:40,079The Apostle Paul says brothers, sisters,20700:18:40,079 –> 00:18:42,579whatever is honorable,20800:18:42,579 –> 00:18:44,680whatever is true,20900:18:44,680 –> 00:18:48,579whatever is just and pure and lovely and commendable,21000:18:48,579 –> 00:18:50,939if anything’s worthy of praise,21100:18:50,939 –> 00:18:55,020think about these things.21200:18:56,420 –> 00:19:00,819The Puritan Thomas Watson21300:19:00,819 –> 00:19:03,979makes reference to a story21400:19:03,979 –> 00:19:06,099about Alexander the Great.21500:19:06,099 –> 00:19:11,099Apparently, Alexander the Great had an ugly scar21600:19:11,819 –> 00:19:13,939down one side of his face.21700:19:14,939 –> 00:19:18,939And when his portrait was painted,21800:19:18,939 –> 00:19:22,380the story goes that the artist chose21900:19:22,420 –> 00:19:27,420to have him seated with his elbow on a table22000:19:27,800 –> 00:19:32,800so that the fingers of his hand covered the scar.22100:19:33,979 –> 00:19:36,199Watson says, and I quote,22200:19:36,199 –> 00:19:40,180The painter who drew Alexander’s picture22300:19:40,180 –> 00:19:44,180drew him with his finger upon the scar.22400:19:45,760 –> 00:19:50,760So God puts a finger of mercy22500:19:51,699 –> 00:19:54,780on the scars of his children.22600:19:54,780 –> 00:19:55,859That’s beautiful.22700:19:57,380 –> 00:20:02,079God puts a finger of mercy22800:20:03,459 –> 00:20:06,920on the scars of his children.22900:20:08,939 –> 00:20:12,859Sarah once laughed at the promises of God,23000:20:14,660 –> 00:20:16,040but in the New Testament,23100:20:16,099 –> 00:20:21,099God just passes over that and simply commends her.23200:20:22,540 –> 00:20:26,540As a woman with a gentle and quiet spirit,23300:20:27,560 –> 00:20:30,979God’s finger was over the scar.23400:20:33,239 –> 00:20:36,760We saw earlier that Job said in his darkest days23500:20:37,619 –> 00:20:39,540some terrible things.23600:20:39,540 –> 00:20:43,300On one occasion, he cursed the very day that he was born,23700:20:44,239 –> 00:20:45,459but as we saw last time,23800:20:45,459 –> 00:20:49,520at the end of the Book of Job, God passes over all that.23900:20:49,520 –> 00:20:51,760He puts his finger on the scar24000:20:53,219 –> 00:20:56,979and simply drawn us to the attention of his friends,24100:20:56,979 –> 00:21:00,859the ways in which Job has spoken well of the Lord.24200:21:02,219 –> 00:21:04,540Peter denies the Lord Jesus Christ24300:21:04,540 –> 00:21:07,000with cursing and with blasphemy.24400:21:07,000 –> 00:21:10,199And when the Risen Christ restores him,24500:21:11,060 –> 00:21:12,719there’s simply a question.24600:21:13,599 –> 00:21:15,359Peter, do you love me?24700:21:16,800 –> 00:21:19,339And Peter says, Lord, you know that I love you.24800:21:20,800 –> 00:21:25,119And Jesus does not go back to rehearse24900:21:25,119 –> 00:21:28,180all that went on on that awful night.25000:21:28,180 –> 00:21:30,780He simply says to Peter who loves him,25100:21:31,619 –> 00:21:36,040feed my sheep, feed my lambs.25200:21:36,479 –> 00:21:41,479God puts a finger of mercy25300:21:42,699 –> 00:21:45,760on the scars of His children.25400:21:46,699 –> 00:21:51,699His love covers a multitude of sins.25500:21:53,239 –> 00:21:58,239And if God can remember our works25600:21:59,800 –> 00:22:03,880and our words and our tears and our desires25700:22:03,880 –> 00:22:07,160and yet, not remember our sins,25800:22:08,640 –> 00:22:13,619then we can learn also to do the same towards others.25900:22:15,119 –> 00:22:16,560You’ve been listening to Open the Bible26000:22:16,560 –> 00:22:18,160with Pastor Colin Smith26100:22:18,160 –> 00:22:20,640and a message called God Remembers.26200:22:20,640 –> 00:22:23,920Part of our series, listener favorites 2026,26300:22:23,920 –> 00:22:27,040where we’ve bundled all the most listened to messages26400:22:27,040 –> 00:22:29,560of the past 12 months all together.26500:22:29,560 –> 00:22:32,020If you ever miss one of the messages in the series,26600:22:32,020 –> 00:22:34,199you can catch up or go back and listen again26700:22:34,199 –> 00:22:39,199by coming online to our website, openthebible.org.uk.26800:22:39,400 –> 00:22:40,839There, you’ll find all the messages26900:22:40,839 –> 00:22:42,920which have already gone out on air,27000:22:42,920 –> 00:22:45,380and you’ll also find them as a podcast27100:22:45,380 –> 00:22:48,859if you prefer that way of listening to pastor Colin.27200:22:48,859 –> 00:22:51,020That’s on all the main podcast 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going to abide,30100:24:05,459 –> 00:24:07,500and the greatest of these is love.30200:24:07,500 –> 00:24:11,680So I’m absolutely convinced that the greatest need30300:24:11,680 –> 00:24:13,280of the Christian church today is30400:24:13,280 –> 00:24:17,500a fresh outpouring of faith, and of hope, and of love.30500:24:17,500 –> 00:24:21,040I mean, think about it, everybody is looking for love,30600:24:21,040 –> 00:24:22,699everybody wants to find hope,30700:24:22,699 –> 00:24:25,660everybody needs someone to believe in.30800:24:25,660 –> 00:24:27,939And God has given us these things30900:24:27,939 –> 00:24:30,900in Jesus Christ, and the more we grow in faith,31000:24:30,900 –> 00:24:34,099the more we grow in hope, and the more we grow in love,31100:24:34,099 –> 00:24:36,359the more effective we’re going to be in the world,31200:24:36,359 –> 00:24:38,520and the more we’re going to be like our savior.31300:24:38,520 –> 00:24:39,739Well, we’d love to send you31400:24:39,739 –> 00:24:41,540a 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