100:00:01,000 –> 00:00:03,260Creatures of turns200:00:03,360 –> 00:00:12,280David states this as a fact, a given. There’s not something that you have to300:00:12,280 –> 00:00:19,360do in order to make this happen. If you are in the flock of God this is true of400:00:19,360 –> 00:00:25,480you, this is what he does for you, he leads you. Welcome to Open the Bible with500:00:26,480 –> 00:00:29,600Pastor Colin Smith I’m David Pick, glad you could be with us and today we’re600:00:29,600 –> 00:00:33,639looking at how the Lord leads us and Colin that’s an encouragement to us as700:00:33,639 –> 00:00:36,020we learn about it.800:00:36,020 –> 00:00:38,299It really is and I think one of the reasons that900:00:38,299 –> 00:00:44,000psalm 23 is so popular and has been for generations among Christian believers is1000:00:44,000 –> 00:00:49,520that its focus is all on what the Lord does for us we hear a lot about what we1100:00:49,520 –> 00:00:53,560are called on to do for the Lord and that’s important the Bible has much to1200:00:53,759 –> 00:00:59,119say about that but if we only ever hear about what we are called to do for God1300:00:59,119 –> 00:01:04,139then we end up becoming quite crushed and discouraged what lifts us up is to1400:01:04,139 –> 00:01:09,980hear what the Lord himself does for us and that’s the focus of Psalm 23 and1500:01:09,980 –> 00:01:14,720that’s why it’s such a wonderful source of encouragement it really lifts us up I1600:01:14,720 –> 00:01:18,919find this in my own life I come back to it and I say here are the things that1700:01:19,860 –> 00:01:25,440me you know when i’m really down he’s gonna restore me when I don’t feel I have1800:01:25,440 –> 00:01:29,059strength to go on he’s going to feed me and nourish me he’s going to protect me1900:01:29,059 –> 00:01:33,919and guard me when I face danger these are givens these are things that are2000:01:33,919 –> 00:01:37,800part of what it means to be a sheep belonging to the shepherd so most2100:01:37,800 –> 00:01:42,400wonderful thing in the world to be wholly owned by the Son of God and we’re2200:01:42,400 –> 00:01:46,199looking today at one of the great gifts that comes to us in that relationship2300:01:46,199 –> 00:01:50,739that he will always lead us you don’t need to fear he will lead you he’s2400:01:50,739 –> 00:01:55,019committed to that and you can count on it so let’s see that truth in Psalm2500:01:55,019 –> 00:02:01,13923 as we begin the message he leads me here’s Colin you were here last week you2600:02:01,139 –> 00:02:07,239will recall that we began by seeing that this is a song first about the Lord the2700:02:07,239 –> 00:02:13,679Lord is my shepherd every line of the Psalm is about who he is and what he2800:02:14,320 –> 00:02:19,259people he makes me lie down in green pastures he leads me beside still2900:02:19,259 –> 00:02:25,139waters he leads me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake but3000:02:25,139 –> 00:02:29,639then we also saw that very wonderfully this is a Psalm about us it’s about God3100:02:29,639 –> 00:02:37,240in his relationship with us the Lord is my Shepherd every line of the song is3200:02:37,240 –> 00:02:43,460about us and what is ours in and through our Lord he makes me lie down in green3300:02:43,520 –> 00:02:49,880pastures he leads me beside still waters he leads me in paths of righteousness3400:02:49,880 –> 00:02:55,399for his own namesake and we saw last time that the very first and most3500:02:55,399 –> 00:02:59,240important thing about the relationship between the Shepherd and the sheep is3600:02:59,240 –> 00:03:09,119that the Shepherd owns the flock so when I say the Lord is my Shepherd what that3700:03:09,940 –> 00:03:18,320the Lord owns me, I really am His and we saw last time that a shepherd takes3800:03:18,320 –> 00:03:24,979ownership of sheep in one of two ways either sheep are bought into the flock3900:03:24,979 –> 00:03:30,639or they are born into the flock and we saw that with regards to our4000:03:30,639 –> 00:03:35,979relationship with our Shepherd that both of these things are true you were bought4100:03:35,979 –> 00:03:41,779with a price the Lord Jesus ransomed you purchased you by the shedding of his4200:03:41,779 –> 00:03:47,119own blood and you have been born into the flock of God. Born again4300:03:47,119 –> 00:03:54,080by the Spirit of God through the living and enduring Word of God so being the4400:03:54,080 –> 00:04:01,339flock of God we are wholly owned by the Shepherd and the question that is then4500:04:01,559 –> 00:04:06,960answered by this very wonderful Psalm is very simply this what will the shepherd4600:04:06,960 –> 00:04:14,139do for the flock that he owns? and the Psalm gives five marvelous answers to4700:04:14,139 –> 00:04:19,299that question we’re going to look at the first today that he will lead you4800:04:19,299 –> 00:04:24,760because you’re in his flock because you are his sheep he will lead you then we4900:04:24,760 –> 00:04:30,260will see that he will restore you he will guard you he will feed you and he5000:04:30,260 –> 00:04:36,399will love you forever and forever now today then the first of these the5100:04:36,399 –> 00:04:43,739shepherd will lead you you’re his born bought into the flock of God and here’s5200:04:43,739 –> 00:04:48,899what that means you can absolutely count on this that your Shepherd the Lord will5300:04:48,899 –> 00:04:54,239always lead you notice that David states it twice he makes me lie down in green5400:04:54,959 –> 00:05:02,899leads me besides still waters he restores my soul he leads me in paths of5500:05:02,899 –> 00:05:10,559righteousness for his own namesake now do you see then that the first blessing5600:05:10,559 –> 00:05:15,299this first wonderful truth that belongs to all those who are wholly owned by the5700:05:15,459 –> 00:05:27,440Son of God is that he leads you and David’s dates this as a fact a given5800:05:27,440 –> 00:05:34,320there’s not something that you have to do in order to make this happen if you5900:05:34,320 –> 00:05:40,040are in the flock of God this is true of you this is what he does for you he6000:05:40,279 –> 00:05:45,619leads you what that means very wonderfully brothers and sisters is that6100:05:45,619 –> 00:05:50,000whatever is happening in your life and whatever is going on in the world is not6200:05:50,000 –> 00:05:56,559a matter of random chance we’re not stumbling through life moving from one6300:05:56,559 –> 00:06:01,899thing to another we’re surprised by what comes but we are actually being lead by6400:06:01,899 –> 00:06:07,720a shepherd and the shepherd is taking us on a journey that will lead us to his6500:06:08,339 –> 00:06:13,019home where we will be with him forever and he knows the way that he is going6600:06:13,019 –> 00:06:20,500and he leads you on the right path now I want us to look at two things today the6700:06:20,500 –> 00:06:25,179first is where he leads us and there are two specific statements about that here6800:06:25,179 –> 00:06:31,260in the song and then very wonderfully why he leads us which is explained to us6900:06:31,260 –> 00:06:37,119here first then where does he lead us and the first thing we’re told is that7000:06:37,119 –> 00:06:44,959the good shepherd leads us into rest he makes me lie down in green pastures he7100:06:44,959 –> 00:06:55,559leads me where beside still waters and these are two very very beautiful7200:06:55,559 –> 00:07:00,920descriptions of rest green pastures of course are places where the sheep can7300:07:00,920 –> 00:07:05,839graze but notice that the emphasis here in this verse is not on grazing but on7400:07:05,959 –> 00:07:11,299resting he makes me lie down in green pastures not feeding there but lying7500:07:11,299 –> 00:07:17,980down in green pastures is the point here he leads me beside still waters7600:07:17,980 –> 00:07:23,200sheep of course are scared of moving water and sheep falls into moving water7700:07:23,200 –> 00:07:28,480its fleece will be like a sponge and soak up so much water that the weight of7800:07:28,480 –> 00:07:33,799it will cause it to drown and therefore good shepherds will dam up a river in7900:07:33,820 –> 00:07:39,720order to have quiet pools where the sheep can drink without the danger of8000:07:39,720 –> 00:07:45,959falling into a river so here are two beautiful descriptions of rest there’s a8100:07:45,959 –> 00:07:54,000meadow with lush green grass that our pools of water that provide drink at the8200:07:54,000 –> 00:08:01,040side now let me just make one or two observations on rest and the first is8300:08:01,140 –> 00:08:12,500this that rest does not come easily or naturally to sheep by the way this is so8400:08:12,500 –> 00:08:17,279practical today I want to ask for a show of hands but if I was to ask for a show8500:08:17,279 –> 00:08:21,559of hands as to how many of us are just feeling tired and jaded right now I8600:08:21,559 –> 00:08:27,040think we’d kind of pretty good representation and what we’re being told8700:08:27,880 –> 00:08:38,000is that your Good Shepherd leads you into what you don’t easily find rest8800:08:38,000 –> 00:08:43,640notice he makes me lie down I don’t find it easy to lie down by myself I don’t8900:08:43,640 –> 00:08:50,640find it easy to rest that’s what David is saying now think about the analogy9000:08:50,640 –> 00:08:56,299that is so wonderful all the way through the Psalm why is it difficult for sheep9100:08:56,299 –> 00:09:05,159to rest well the answer to that is that sheep are timid creatures who have very9200:09:05,159 –> 00:09:11,039limited means of defending themselves I mean if you think about this a bull can9300:09:11,039 –> 00:09:20,919charge a snake can bite a skunk a can spray it can do its thing right it’s got9400:09:20,919 –> 00:09:27,619a means of defending itself what can a sheep do to defend itself the only thing9500:09:27,619 –> 00:09:31,280that a sheep can do to defend itself is run and frankly they’re not very good at9600:09:31,280 –> 00:09:34,260that either you compare them to dear they’re pretty slow9700:09:34,260 –> 00:09:40,260compared them to the wolf they’re pretty slow so if the only means that you have9800:09:40,260 –> 00:09:44,539of defending yourself is to be able to run away when a dog comes or whatever9900:09:44,539 –> 00:09:49,260then what is your experience of life going to be you’re going to be standing10000:09:49,280 –> 00:09:53,580on your feet all the time you’re always going to be on edge because you know10100:09:53,580 –> 00:09:58,460your own vulnerability you’re always going to be in this position of anxiety10200:09:58,460 –> 00:10:03,900and you therefore find it hard to rest how can you lie down if your only means10300:10:03,900 –> 00:10:10,159of defense is to run and maybe that is actually a very powerful picture of10400:10:10,159 –> 00:10:14,000where you are today you don’t find it easy to rest don’t find it easy to10500:10:14,080 –> 00:10:21,840sleep why because there is a problem you need to solve there is a challenge you10600:10:21,840 –> 00:10:28,960need to face there are fears that are constantly assailing you and your mind10700:10:28,960 –> 00:10:36,880won’t rest how am I going to get through this and so you lie awake at night and10800:10:36,880 –> 00:10:40,520you’re going over all that has happened and all that might happen all that could10900:10:40,640 –> 00:10:47,919You need rest but you don’t know how to find it and of course David has been11000:10:47,919 –> 00:10:52,159there he knows what this is like. In other Psalms he describes it very11100:10:52,159 –> 00:10:58,260vividly rest did not come to him easily or naturally you think about that it’s11200:10:58,260 –> 00:11:03,039hardly surprising all those years he spent on the run from King Saul who was11300:11:03,039 –> 00:11:10,559pursuing him for his life years of worry over a divided nation and over a11400:11:10,559 –> 00:11:16,859dysfunctional family the sheer weight of responsibility that is on this man’s11500:11:16,859 –> 00:11:21,919shoulders as the king of God’s people the weight of that responsibility how is11600:11:21,919 –> 00:11:31,359he ever going to rest and here’s his answer the Lord makes me lie down now11700:11:31,359 –> 00:11:35,219how does the shepherd make the sheep lie down so come with a stick and beat them11800:11:35,219 –> 00:11:42,599no no no how does the Shepherd make the sheep lie down by his own presence11900:11:42,599 –> 00:11:50,840sheeprest when they can see their shepherd they’ll only lie down when they12000:11:50,840 –> 00:11:57,500feel safe and the time that they feel safe is when they can see their shepherd12100:11:57,559 –> 00:12:03,200try and put yourself in the position of the sheep you know that you’re12200:12:03,200 –> 00:12:10,159vulnerable your only defense is to run so you stay on your feet just in case12300:12:10,159 –> 00:12:18,039any danger comes but when you can see your Shepherd right there in the field12400:12:18,039 –> 00:12:23,880when you can see your Shepherd then you will be able to lie down and rest12500:12:23,880 –> 00:12:29,119because if the wolf comes you know that the Shepherd is there and the Shepherd12600:12:29,119 –> 00:12:33,700will deal with the wolf on your behalf that is therefore why you can rest he12700:12:33,700 –> 00:12:40,000makes me lie down if the Shepherd were to leave the field you would be back on12800:12:40,000 –> 00:12:44,479your feet again watching out for danger ready to run but as long as you can see12900:12:44,479 –> 00:12:49,119your Shepherd you will be able to rest and David says this is what my Shepherd13000:12:49,580 –> 00:12:56,900he makes me lie down and he explains it more directly in verse 4 which we’ll13100:12:56,900 –> 00:13:00,960come to later in this series because even though he says I walk through the13200:13:00,960 –> 00:13:07,000valley of the shadow of death even there you are with me if the worst happens if13300:13:07,000 –> 00:13:12,340I go through the valley of the shadow of death even there I have nothing to fear13400:13:12,340 –> 00:13:17,520because still my Shepherd will be with me and when I know that he is with me I13500:13:17,520 –> 00:13:26,640can rest rest doesn’t come easily or naturally to sheep they rest when they13600:13:26,640 –> 00:13:32,080can see their Shepherd therefore here’s the application to us the way to find13700:13:32,080 –> 00:13:39,500rest is to keep the Shepherd in you notice then this very important fact13800:13:39,500 –> 00:13:43,979that the Shepherd does not bring rest to the sheep by a ridding the world of13900:13:44,280 –> 00:13:49,460danger it’s not that the Shepard says hey you can rest because this is a wolf14000:13:49,460 –> 00:13:57,739freeze zone it’s not a wolf freeze zone the dangers are out there the sheep fly14100:13:57,739 –> 00:14:02,140down not because the world is free from danger but because they have the14200:14:02,140 –> 00:14:08,799Shepherd in view and it is his presence that gives them rest now do you see very14300:14:09,320 –> 00:14:18,559practically this is how then we must address our fears I do not face this14400:14:18,559 –> 00:14:30,219alone and whatever may come my shepherd is with me and my Shepherd is the Lord14500:14:30,219 –> 00:14:36,239God almighty you’re listening to open the Bible with pastor Colin Smith and a14600:14:37,039 –> 00:14:42,840leads me part of our series listener favorites 2025 we’re we’ve bundled up14700:14:42,840 –> 00:14:48,299ten of the most requested and popular programs of the past 12 months and if14800:14:48,299 –> 00:14:51,479you’ve missed any of the series don’t forget you can always come online to our14900:14:51,479 –> 00:14:57,200website open the Bible.org.uk. And there you can listen to any of the messages15000:14:57,200 –> 00:15:01,760which have already been broadcast. Back to this message now were in Psalm 2315100:15:01,840 –> 00:15:13,340here is Colin. The Good Shepherd leads his sheep into rest. Rest. He makes me lie15200:15:13,340 –> 00:15:22,659down. And then secondly the Good Shepherd leads us into righteousness. He leads me15300:15:22,659 –> 00:15:29,659in parts of righteousness. Now notice you have a full description15400:15:29,900 –> 00:15:33,940of the Christian life right here in these two phrases. There are times for15500:15:33,940 –> 00:15:39,020lying down and for rest and there are times for moving forward. There’s the15600:15:39,020 –> 00:15:43,919whole Christian life. We rest in order that we may have strength to follow him15700:15:43,919 –> 00:15:49,020on the right path. The natural order you might think would be that we walk the15800:15:49,020 –> 00:15:52,619right path in order and then that we rest, but here it’s the other way around.15900:15:52,619 –> 00:15:59,159That’s the gospel principle, that we rest in order that we may be able to walk in16000:15:59,239 –> 00:16:06,520the right path. The Bible speaks about righteousness in two ways. There is a16100:16:06,520 –> 00:16:12,280righteousness that Christ gives us and that is what enables us to rest.16200:16:12,280 –> 00:16:18,080Then there is a righteousness to which Christ calls us and that is what16300:16:18,080 –> 00:16:23,640David is speaking of here. The righteousness that Christ gives us.16400:16:24,080 –> 00:16:25,559Paul says in Philippians,16500:16:43,599 –> 00:16:47,039We become right with God, not16600:16:47,039 –> 00:16:52,200through a righteousness that we produce but through the perfect righteousness16700:16:52,320 –> 00:16:56,239that Jesus Christ himself gives to us.16800:16:57,219 –> 00:16:59,020He lived that perfect life16900:16:59,020 –> 00:17:02,020and when he laid it down on the cross, he offered17000:17:02,020 –> 00:17:06,199up that perfectly righteous life on our behalf.17100:17:06,560 –> 00:17:07,619And brothers, sisters.17200:17:07,619 –> 00:17:08,420Isn’t this wonderful?17300:17:08,420 –> 00:17:11,060All the righteousness you will ever need is given to you.17400:17:11,060 –> 00:17:13,619Fully and freely in the Lord, Jesus Christ.17500:17:15,500 –> 00:17:18,599And it becomes yours when you become his.17600:17:19,020 –> 00:17:25,839It’s a marvelous thing to be wholly owned by the son of God.17700:17:25,839 –> 00:17:27,640And that’s why you have rest.17800:17:28,859 –> 00:17:33,079The righteousness of Christ is yours when you are his.17900:17:33,119 –> 00:17:38,099There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.18000:17:39,619 –> 00:17:44,520But now, do you see how this fits with Psalm 23 that that is18100:17:44,619 –> 00:17:46,699not the end but the beginning of the Christian life.18200:17:47,119 –> 00:17:50,699It is not simply that we lie down and rest in the given18300:17:50,699 –> 00:17:54,719righteousness of the Lord Jesus Christ as we have received this18400:17:54,739 –> 00:17:58,900and to have this by faith in him he calls us now to follow him18500:17:59,140 –> 00:18:00,780in right paths.18600:18:01,000 –> 00:18:05,819And that’s what referred to here in the words of David there is a18700:18:05,839 –> 00:18:10,420righteousness to which Christ calls us Peter puts it this way18800:18:11,160 –> 00:18:16,660he himself bore our sins in his body on the tree that we might18900:18:16,660 –> 00:18:24,660die to sin and live to righteousness there are right19000:18:24,680 –> 00:18:33,979paths that your shepherd calls you to pursue right path and he19100:18:34,000 –> 00:18:37,800will lead you in them clearly that is what David is talking19200:18:37,800 –> 00:18:41,660about here paths of righteousness simply means right19300:18:41,660 –> 00:18:49,140path and where the Shepherd leads you will always be the19400:18:49,160 –> 00:18:50,359right path19500:18:51,359 –> 00:18:55,239to notice a couple of things here in the first is that the19600:18:55,260 –> 00:18:58,160right path will not always be an easy path.19700:18:58,959 –> 00:19:01,060This some X that very clear.19800:19:01,859 –> 00:19:06,400If you look at verse 5 the right path takes you through19900:19:06,420 –> 00:19:07,859the presence of enemies.20000:19:08,859 –> 00:19:14,000In verse 4 the right path takes you through the valley of20100:19:14,020 –> 00:19:16,359the shadow of death.20200:19:17,160 –> 00:19:19,459But even there20300:19:20,060 –> 00:19:21,459your shepherd20400:19:22,260 –> 00:19:23,260will lead you20500:19:24,359 –> 00:19:27,920some 23 makes it very very clear that the pastures will not20600:19:27,939 –> 00:19:29,160always be green20700:19:29,859 –> 00:19:32,160and that the waters will not always be still20800:19:33,859 –> 00:19:37,560when Jesus said to his disciples in the gospels20900:19:37,660 –> 00:19:41,660let us go to the other side of the lake remember He led them21000:19:42,060 –> 00:19:43,060into21100:19:43,859 –> 00:19:44,859a storm21200:19:45,560 –> 00:19:48,459but it was a storm in which they saw his glory21300:19:49,260 –> 00:19:51,339and it was a storm in which they learned that they could21400:19:51,359 –> 00:19:52,859truly trust him21500:19:54,359 –> 00:19:57,140so the good shepherd won’t always lead you beside the21600:19:57,160 –> 00:20:00,140still water sometimes he’s actually going to lead you21700:20:00,160 –> 00:20:02,660right through the water21800:20:03,660 –> 00:20:05,640in another Psalm 77.21900:20:05,660 –> 00:20:07,459We read these remarkable words22000:20:07,660 –> 00:20:10,339referring back to when God led his people through the Red22100:20:10,359 –> 00:20:11,459Sea22200:20:11,660 –> 00:20:14,260your way was through the sea22300:20:15,160 –> 00:20:18,560Your path was through the great waters22400:20:19,359 –> 00:20:21,959your footprints were unseen22500:20:23,160 –> 00:20:25,959but you led your people like a flock22600:20:26,560 –> 00:20:28,459by the hand of Moses22700:20:29,160 –> 00:20:30,660and of Aaron22800:20:31,560 –> 00:20:33,839now there will be times in your life where the way in22900:20:33,859 –> 00:20:37,060which God Leads You seems to be absolutely impossible.23000:20:37,060 –> 00:20:39,239That was the situation of God’s people when they came23100:20:39,260 –> 00:20:40,660to the Red Sea,23200:20:40,859 –> 00:20:41,959but God was with them.23300:20:41,959 –> 00:20:43,359He was leading them23400:20:45,060 –> 00:20:46,560and there will be times23500:20:47,859 –> 00:20:51,359when you find it hard to detect the presence of God23600:20:52,260 –> 00:20:54,060notice what he says here23700:20:55,560 –> 00:20:56,060that23800:20:56,560 –> 00:21:00,060God’s footprints were unseen23900:21:01,660 –> 00:21:05,160God led his people through the Red Sea24000:21:05,160 –> 00:21:10,660but there was not a visible evidence of God’s presence24100:21:10,660 –> 00:21:11,959that was given to them24200:21:11,959 –> 00:21:13,359in that experience24300:21:13,359 –> 00:21:14,859his footprints were unseen24400:21:15,260 –> 00:21:16,660there will be times where you say24500:21:16,660 –> 00:21:18,459now, where is God in this?24600:21:20,060 –> 00:21:21,060Can’t see him24700:21:22,359 –> 00:21:24,160can’t figured out what he’s doing24800:21:24,160 –> 00:21:26,660can’t feel his presence24900:21:28,760 –> 00:21:32,160God’s ways will sometimes be a mystery to you25000:21:32,160 –> 00:21:34,060that’s what we’re being told here25100:21:34,859 –> 00:21:36,260but you can be sure of this25200:21:36,260 –> 00:21:37,959that when the Lord is your shepherd25300:21:37,959 –> 00:21:40,760even where you cannot see His footprints25400:21:40,760 –> 00:21:42,560He will lead you25500:21:43,959 –> 00:21:46,660even when His footprints are unseen25600:21:47,959 –> 00:21:49,160and then there will be times25700:21:49,160 –> 00:21:50,859when God’s direction in your life25800:21:50,859 –> 00:21:51,859comes through people25900:21:51,859 –> 00:21:53,060he puts beside you26000:21:53,060 –> 00:21:56,060do you see that in this verse from Psalm 7726100:21:56,060 –> 00:21:58,060You led your people like a flock26200:21:58,060 –> 00:21:58,560how?26300:21:58,560 –> 00:22:01,959by the hand of Moses and Aaron26400:22:02,160 –> 00:22:06,660Seek the wisdom and counsel of other godly people26500:22:06,660 –> 00:22:08,060God puts beside you26600:22:08,060 –> 00:22:10,959when you’re trying to discern a right path26700:22:10,959 –> 00:22:14,459It’s one of the ways that God will lead you26800:22:14,459 –> 00:22:17,699He gives undershepheards to the flock26900:22:17,699 –> 00:22:20,260He puts other believers around you27000:22:20,260 –> 00:22:24,760you’re not alone on this journey27100:22:26,959 –> 00:22:27,760you’ve been listening to27200:22:27,760 –> 00:22:29,859open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smyth27300:22:29,859 –> 00:22:31,560and I’m the first part of a message called27400:22:31,560 –> 00:22:32,459He leads me27500:22:32,459 –> 00:22:36,160part of our series Listener Favourites 202527600:22:36,160 –> 00:22:38,260and if you’ve missed any of the series27700:22:38,260 –> 00:22:40,199or if you want to go back and listen again27800:22:40,199 –> 00:22:42,060you can do that by coming online27900:22:42,060 –> 00:22:43,060to our website28000:22:43,060 –> 00:22:46,260openthebible.org.uk28100:22:46,260 –> 00:22:48,640You’ll also find Pastor Colin’s messages28200:22:48,640 –> 00:22:49,760as a podcast28300:22:49,760 –> 00:22:51,560and those are on all the main podcast sites28400:22:51,560 –> 00:22:53,859Search for Open the Bible UK28500:22:53,859 –> 00:22:55,959or follow the link from our website28600:22:55,959 –> 00:22:57,359Our website address again28700:22:57,560 –> 00:23:00,560openthebible.org.uk28800:23:00,760 –> 00:23:03,560I’m with Open the Bible’s executive director28900:23:03,560 –> 00:23:04,660John Martin29000:23:04,660 –> 00:23:06,859with some news about Colin’s book29100:23:06,859 –> 00:23:08,560Fly Through the Bible29200:23:08,560 –> 00:23:10,660Well David I know that you’re a pilot29300:23:10,660 –> 00:23:13,359your aeroplane features in the trailer we film29400:23:13,359 –> 00:23:14,959for Fly Through the Bible29500:23:14,959 –> 00:23:17,359You’ll know that when you’re up in an aeroplane29600:23:17,359 –> 00:23:19,359the view from above is majestic29700:23:19,359 –> 00:23:21,859and that’s what it’s like to fly through the Bible29800:23:22,260 –> 00:23:23,780Written by Colin Smith29900:23:23,780 –> 00:23:25,859Fly Through the Bible takes you on30000:23:25,959 –> 00:23:28,880a high altitude journey through the Bible’s story30100:23:28,880 –> 00:23:31,979What can people expect from this study course?30200:23:31,979 –> 00:23:34,459On this journey you will meet 5 people from30300:23:34,459 –> 00:23:35,699the Old Testament30400:23:35,699 –> 00:23:38,260Explore five events from the life of Jesus30500:23:38,260 –> 00:23:43,060and discover five gifts that God gives to every Christian30600:23:43,060 –> 00:23:45,459It’s a journey you can discover by yourself30700:23:45,459 –> 00:23:47,459with others in your church30800:23:47,459 –> 00:23:48,780or with a friend30900:23:48,880 –> 00:23:53,199Each chapter ends with questions for reflection and discussion31000:23:53,540 –> 00:23:56,640The book is designed to be short, simple and shareable31100:23:56,640 –> 00:23:59,000So the book is one way to take the journey31200:23:59,000 –> 00:24:00,359What else is there?31300:24:00,359 –> 00:24:03,180There’s other free resources on our website too31400:24:03,180 –> 00:24:05,199You’ll find short videos of Colin31500:24:05,199 –> 00:24:07,060taking you through each chapter31600:24:07,060 –> 00:24:10,000You can download a free small group guide31700:24:10,000 –> 00:24:11,420if you want to go deeper31800:24:11,420 –> 00:24:14,459or take the shortest journey by downloading31900:24:14,459 –> 00:24:18,079Fly. Our free interactive app32000:24:18,079 –> 00:24:19,880So this course would suit somebody32100:24:19,880 –> 00:24:21,939who’s quite new to studying the Bible32200:24:21,939 –> 00:24:24,040Even if you’ve never opened the Bible32300:24:24,040 –> 00:24:26,719this short flight will introduce you to God’s word32400:24:26,719 –> 00:24:29,060and leave you marveling at how the32500:24:29,060 –> 00:24:32,739big picture landscape of God’s story fits together32600:24:32,739 –> 00:24:35,380Full details of Fly Through the Bible32700:24:35,380 –> 00:24:36,660are on our website32800:24:36,660 –> 00:24:39,819openthebible.org.uk32900:24:39,819 –> 00:24:41,900And this month and next33000:24:41,900 –> 00:24:44,859we’re offering the book, Fly Through the Bible33100:24:44,859 –> 00:24:46,280as our thank-you gift33200:24:46,280 –> 00:24:48,939If you’re able to begin a new direct debit33300:24:48,939 –> 00:24:50,800to the work of Open the Bible33400:24:50,819 –> 00:24:53,619in the amount of £5 per month or more33500:24:53,619 –> 00:24:56,920or a one-off gift of £50 or more33600:24:56,920 –> 00:24:59,579Full terms and conditions of this offer33700:24:59,579 –> 00:25:01,699and to give online, come to our website33800:25:01,699 –> 00:25:04,339openthebible.org.uk33900:25:09,000 –> 00:25:11,300The right paths that God leads us on34000:25:11,300 –> 00:25:13,040are not always easy34100:25:13,040 –> 00:25:15,800find out more next time on Open the Bible