He Understands You, Part 1

Romans 1:3
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In this episode we will be looking at the truth of Jesus’s humanity. We often seek comfort and understanding from those who have faced similar struggles. So, when we’re in distress or facing temptation, can we turn to Jesus and say, “You understand”? Pastor Colin illustrates how truly grasping the humanity of Jesus encourages us to approach Him with confidence, knowing He intimately understands our pains and temptations. Discover this wonderful assurance from Romans chapter 1 and let it transform your relationship with Christ.

100:00:00,760 –> 00:00:08,260When we’re in trouble we turn away from folks who don’t know what it’s about. We200:00:08,260 –> 00:00:14,880turn towards people who’ve been there. When you’re tempted, do you feel that you300:00:14,880 –> 00:00:21,080could come to Jesus and you could say you know what it’s like? When you’re400:00:21,080 –> 00:00:27,600afraid, do you feel that you could come to Jesus and you could say, you’ve been500:00:27,660 –> 00:00:33,680here too. A great test of whether you have really understood the humanity of Jesus600:00:33,680 –> 00:00:38,860is do you turn to him. Welcome to open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith I’m700:00:38,860 –> 00:00:42,720David Pick and Colin, we can all identify with that I think when we’re going800:00:42,720 –> 00:00:46,799through a painful time, we want to turn to someone who’s been there too. Someone900:00:46,799 –> 00:00:50,400who can relate to what we’re experiencing, so it’s important to1000:00:50,400 –> 00:00:54,720understand that Jesus identifies with us in that pain. Yeah, that’s right we’ve1100:00:54,740 –> 00:00:58,820been thinking about the marvellous truth that Jesus is God, that he is the1200:00:58,820 –> 00:01:02,599sovereign Lord of the universe but we’re thinking today about this wonderful1300:01:02,599 –> 00:01:08,279truth that he really has entered into human experience that God became a man1400:01:08,279 –> 00:01:13,099in Christ Jesus and that means that our Savior really knows what it is to be1500:01:13,099 –> 00:01:18,260troubled, to be in anguish, he knows what it is to be distressed, he knows what it1600:01:18,260 –> 00:01:22,559is to experience sorrow, so when we experience these things he’s a Saviour1700:01:22,699 –> 00:01:26,900to whom we can come, he’s not remote from us he’s not a long way away, we don’t1800:01:26,900 –> 00:01:31,779need to speak to some other person who understands us better than he does, he1900:01:31,779 –> 00:01:37,180has entered into this life so that we are able to come to him and find in him2000:01:37,180 –> 00:01:41,720a merciful saviour. That’s what we’re going to hear about in today’s broadcast2100:01:41,720 –> 00:01:46,720so join us if you can in Romans chapter 1 as we begin the message he understands2200:01:46,720 –> 00:01:52,059you, here’s Colin. We saw last time if you were here that these verses are about2300:01:52,860 –> 00:02:00,239of God which is regarding God son who is Jesus Christ our Lord, and we saw that2400:02:00,239 –> 00:02:04,779Jesus is able to save us precisely because he is Lord. A Savior who isn’t2500:02:04,779 –> 00:02:11,100Lord is of no use to us whatsoever. The good news is that a savior has been born2600:02:11,100 –> 00:02:17,500to you and he is Christ the Lord. Now Paul has more to say regarding God’s2700:02:18,220 –> 00:02:25,539son and today we’re going to focus on the humanity of our Lord and Savior Jesus2800:02:25,539 –> 00:02:29,179Christ and I hope you have it open in front of you Paul speaks about the2900:02:29,179 –> 00:02:40,520gospel of God Romans 1, regarding his son, verse 3. who as to his human nature his3000:02:40,520 –> 00:02:52,479human nature was a descendant of David. Now why is this here? Paul says, he’s3100:02:52,479 –> 00:03:01,839talking about grand things. Jesus Christ is God’s Son. He is our Lord as we’ll be3200:03:01,839 –> 00:03:07,940considering next weekend together triumphantly he has risen from the dead.3300:03:08,779 –> 00:03:17,119So why, why, why does Paul add here as to his human nature he was a descendant from3400:03:17,119 –> 00:03:22,279David. I was reading an ancient sermon by John Chrysostom, one of the fathers of3500:03:22,279 –> 00:03:26,240the Church. And I love the way he puts this. John Chrysostom says, as if he was3600:03:26,240 –> 00:03:33,339talking to the Apostle Paul, why O Paul, after lifting up our souls and speaking3700:03:33,479 –> 00:03:38,899of the Gospel of God and bringing in the chorus of the prophets, why do you bring3800:03:38,899 –> 00:03:44,899us down to David? I like that. Why when you’re speaking about God’s Son and our3900:03:44,899 –> 00:03:52,820Lord and the resurrection, why would you bring us down to such an earthy thing4000:03:52,820 –> 00:04:00,580as he was descended with regards to his human nature from king David. Well,4100:04:00,619 –> 00:04:05,419here’s the answer. The answer is that he brings in David4200:04:05,419 –> 00:04:12,539here because the Savior, who is Lord, is good news precisely because he belongs4300:04:12,539 –> 00:04:23,720to us. He’s ours. See, when you hear that Jesus is the Son of God, and when next4400:04:23,720 –> 00:04:29,760weekend we’re hearing together that he’s risen from the dead, maybe you will find4500:04:29,760 –> 00:04:33,540yourself asking this question, yes well it all sounds very grand, but what in the4600:04:33,540 –> 00:04:38,880world does it have to do with me? What difference does this great truth about4700:04:38,880 –> 00:04:42,299Jesus being God’s son, and Jesus being risen from the dead, and all the singing4800:04:42,299 –> 00:04:47,459that goes on at Easter, what difference does it actually make to my life? That’s4900:04:47,459 –> 00:04:54,239the question. And I want us to see today, as we prepare for Easter, that the good5000:04:54,440 –> 00:05:02,420of God’s Son is for you. For every human person. Now here’s the doctrine that5100:05:02,420 –> 00:05:06,140Paul is explaining to us. We’ll try and grasp it together, then we’ll see how5200:05:06,140 –> 00:05:11,380important it is as we imply it to our lives. This great truth that the Son of5300:05:11,380 –> 00:05:19,660God became a man. Now remember that God has always existed in three persons, the5400:05:20,440 –> 00:05:25,200Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, right at the very beginning of the Bible. You5500:05:25,200 –> 00:05:29,440just read the first verses. This becomes evident that this is being pointed to. In5600:05:29,440 –> 00:05:34,079the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth, and the Spirit of God5700:05:34,079 –> 00:05:41,279brooded over the waters, and God said, God spoke, the word of God proceeded from5800:05:41,279 –> 00:05:46,040the mouth of the Father. Genesis chapter 1 in verse 26. The very first chapter of5900:05:46,179 –> 00:05:54,640the Bible, God says let us, plural, let us make man in our image. There is one God6000:05:54,640 –> 00:06:02,959who has always, eternally existed in three persons, the Father, the Son, and the6100:06:02,959 –> 00:06:09,100Holy Spirit. This is the most marvelous truth for many reasons, and here’s one of6200:06:09,100 –> 00:06:15,040them that we should always remember. Before anything ever existed, before the6300:06:15,160 –> 00:06:22,480creation of the world, love flowed between the Father and the Son and the6400:06:22,480 –> 00:06:29,000Holy Spirit. In fact, the universe is created out of an overflow of the love6500:06:29,000 –> 00:06:34,440that has always and always will flow between the Father and the Son and the6600:06:34,440 –> 00:06:42,700Holy Spirit. Listen, if life evolved only by random chance, if life evolved only by6700:06:42,739 –> 00:06:48,359random chance on the basis of the survival of the fittest, then love could6800:06:48,359 –> 00:06:54,500be nothing other than enlightened self-interest. To say, I love you if it’s6900:06:54,500 –> 00:07:00,359just the survival of the fittest could only mean I need you or I want you or7000:07:00,359 –> 00:07:06,100I’m trying to get one over on you, that’s all it could mean. So I am so glad that7100:07:06,100 –> 00:07:11,299the world and everything in it has not evolved by random chance by the7200:07:11,339 –> 00:07:18,019survival of the fittest but is created by the Triune God so that it flows out7300:07:18,019 –> 00:07:26,540of the eternal love that has always been between the Father and the Son and the7400:07:26,540 –> 00:07:36,640Holy Spirit who said let us, the God who is love, let us make man in our image.7500:07:36,880 –> 00:07:39,980See the life-changing significance of that?7600:07:39,980 –> 00:07:45,940Where else would love come from? God has always been three persons, the7700:07:45,940 –> 00:07:49,940Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit but here’s the great truth at the very7800:07:49,940 –> 00:07:55,500centre of the Bible. That at one point in human history, now more than 2,0007900:07:55,500 –> 00:08:01,779years ago, the second person of the Trinity, God the Son, did something8000:08:01,779 –> 00:08:11,359completely new. Something happened to Him. The Son of God became a man. And the8100:08:11,359 –> 00:08:20,640Bible describes this in different ways. Philippians 2, Being in very nature God,8200:08:20,640 –> 00:08:26,540He made Himself nothing taking on the form of the servant. That is what8300:08:27,299 –> 00:08:33,299did. Or to put it in another way, John chapter 1, The Word the word that8400:08:33,299 –> 00:08:39,099proceeds from the Father, the second person of the Trinity became flesh and8500:08:39,099 –> 00:08:43,500lived among us. Or as Paul puts it in Corinthians, though8600:08:43,500 –> 00:08:50,500he was rich, yet for your sakes he became poor. That’s what the Son of God, God the8700:08:50,500 –> 00:08:55,340Son, the second person of the Trinity did. But remember this, that God the Father8800:08:55,580 –> 00:09:00,380was involved in this as much as God the Son. How was the Father involved? The8900:09:00,380 –> 00:09:08,719Father gave the Son. God so loved the world that He gave his one and only Son9000:09:08,719 –> 00:09:13,219that whoever believes in him should not perish but have everlasting life. The9100:09:13,219 –> 00:09:19,179Father sends the Son. Galatians 4, for when the time was fully come God sent9200:09:19,219 –> 00:09:25,580his son to be born of a woman. And, of course, as the Son of God is involved9300:09:25,580 –> 00:09:29,700humbling himself and taking the form of a servant, and as the Father is involved9400:09:29,700 –> 00:09:36,419giving the Son and sending the Son a holy Spirit is involved as much as the9500:09:36,419 –> 00:09:43,440Father and the Son. Remember the words of the Angel Gabriel to Mary, The Holy9600:09:43,440 –> 00:09:50,539Spirit will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you, so9700:09:50,539 –> 00:09:58,520the Holy One to be born will be called the Son of God.’ So here is this central9800:09:58,520 –> 00:10:03,979mystery of the incarnation, the enfleshing of the Son of God, the9900:10:03,979 –> 00:10:10,400eternal Word of God took human flesh and was born of the Virgin Mary. The Son of10000:10:10,479 –> 00:10:19,940God became a man, he left heaven, he came, he was born10100:10:19,940 –> 00:10:24,140and he did this folks, for us.10200:10:25,440 –> 00:10:28,820You’re listening to Open The Bible with Pastor Colin Smith and a message called10300:10:28,820 –> 00:10:34,599He Understands You. It’s part of our series good news about God’s Son and if10400:10:34,599 –> 00:10:38,619you ever miss one of the series, you can always come online to catch up or go10500:10:38,700 –> 00:10:44,739back and listen again that’s at our website OpenTheBible.org.uk. You can also10600:10:44,739 –> 00:10:48,799find pastor Colin’s messages as a podcast and those are on all the main10700:10:48,799 –> 00:10:53,640podcasts sites. Search for Open The Bible UK and subscribe if you want to be10800:10:53,640 –> 00:10:58,280regularly reminded to download the podcast. Back to the message now we’re in10900:10:58,280 –> 00:11:01,440Romans in chapter 1 here’s Colin.11000:11:01,440 –> 00:11:04,039Now I want us to think then about the human11100:11:04,599 –> 00:11:09,099nature of the Son of God you see that phrase in Romans chapter 1 and verse 311200:11:09,099 –> 00:11:16,559who as to his human nature was descended from David. He is God he is11300:11:16,559 –> 00:11:24,820man and Paul says as to his human nature he is descended from David. Now you may11400:11:24,820 –> 00:11:31,919think that the humanity of the Son of God is a truth that you know well and11500:11:32,299 –> 00:11:41,179need to hear more about today. But here’s the test as to how much you have grasped11600:11:41,179 –> 00:11:48,940this great truth. Are you ready for the test? Here’s the test as to how much you11700:11:48,940 –> 00:11:57,559have grasped this great truth that we think we know. Do you pray?11800:11:57,599 –> 00:12:10,000That’s the test. When you pray, do you think that the Son of God really11900:12:10,000 –> 00:12:14,559understands what is going on in your life?12000:12:14,780 –> 00:12:22,400Do you think he gets it? Do you think he knows where you’re coming from? That’s12100:12:22,760 –> 00:12:28,200the test. See the reality is that when we’re in trouble12200:12:28,200 –> 00:12:33,059we turn away from folks who don’t know what it’s about. We turn towards people12300:12:33,059 –> 00:12:41,880who’ve been there. When you’re tempted, do you feel that you could come to Jesus12400:12:41,880 –> 00:12:51,200and you could say, you know what it’s like? When you’re afraid, do you feel that12500:12:51,260 –> 00:12:55,979you could come to Jesus and you could say you’ve been here too?12600:12:55,979 –> 00:13:03,099A great test of whether you have really understood the humanity of Jesus is12700:13:03,099 –> 00:13:09,419do you turn to him? Do you see him as someone who understands what you are12800:13:09,419 –> 00:13:13,900going through and knows what it is really like? Now this is the teaching of12900:13:13,900 –> 00:13:18,460Hebrews chapter 4 and verse 15. I’m not just making this up. This really is the13000:13:19,119 –> 00:13:22,179Hebrews chapter 4 and verse 15 says this13100:13:35,219 –> 00:13:42,140Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence so that we may receive13200:13:42,140 –> 00:13:45,539mercy and find grace to help us in time of need. You see the connection he’s13300:13:45,880 –> 00:13:50,559If you understand that the Lord Jesus Christ has been through it in13400:13:50,559 –> 00:13:57,760every way that you are, then you will come to him with confidence. If you don’t13500:13:57,760 –> 00:14:01,520understand the humanity of Christ you’ll think other people understand you more13600:14:01,520 –> 00:14:09,260than Jesus. That’s how important this doctrine is, and the reason that we’re13700:14:09,260 –> 00:14:13,140spending this weekend on it together is simply this that when you grasp the13800:14:13,140 –> 00:14:21,840humanity of the Son of God, when you really get it, you will come to Him. You13900:14:21,840 –> 00:14:25,659will feel a freedom and a drawing to come to him in the hardest, most14000:14:25,659 –> 00:14:31,020difficult moments of your life, in your greatest failure, and you will receive14100:14:31,020 –> 00:14:39,119help from him. So I want us then to strengthen our grasp with this important14200:14:39,119 –> 00:14:42,619truth, the humanity of the Lord Jesus Christ. I wanted you to know why14300:14:42,619 –> 00:14:50,320right up front. The humanity of Jesus means first that the Lord Jesus Christ14400:14:50,320 –> 00:14:56,179had a human body. Let’s just think about this for a few moments together. I’ve14500:14:56,179 –> 00:15:00,359been helped in this last week, as often before, by reading Professor Donald14600:15:00,359 –> 00:15:06,820McLeod writing on this subject. He has a very wonderful gift for fresh language14700:15:06,820 –> 00:15:12,500and so I’m going to be quoting him several times today. Here’s one thing he14800:15:12,500 –> 00:15:21,200says God’s Son took a human body which had the same biochemical composition as14900:15:21,200 –> 00:15:29,739our own exactly the same anatomy and physiology the same central nervous15000:15:29,739 –> 00:15:37,820system and the same sensitivity to pain. The enfleshing of the Son of God means15100:15:38,140 –> 00:15:52,099that He had touchable visible woundable flesh just like you and me it was very15200:15:52,099 –> 00:15:56,059interesting that the first serious heresy in the history of the church the15300:15:56,059 –> 00:16:01,299first serious heresy ever to come up was not denying that Jesus is God was the15400:16:01,299 –> 00:16:05,799opposite it was denying that Jesus was man did you know that it was called15500:16:06,099 –> 00:16:13,520and the the dossetists found the idea that the Son of God had a human body to15600:16:13,520 –> 00:16:19,580be quite repulsive I mean think of all the mass that that involves it just kind15700:16:19,580 –> 00:16:26,239of offended them they would think like this how could God himself stoop down to15800:16:26,239 –> 00:16:34,140get bound up with something as basic and earthy and embarrassing as a human body15900:16:34,380 –> 00:16:40,599I mean think about it nails that need to be clipped and then knows that needs to16000:16:40,599 –> 00:16:50,460be blown and hear that you know gets out of whack, could God take a human body?16100:16:50,460 –> 00:16:58,039Dossetist said the idea that for God to be bound up with all that stuff was16200:16:58,039 –> 00:17:04,079just too gross to be contemplated and so the dossetist said well he must16300:17:04,099 –> 00:17:07,780have had a body that kind of look like ours but it only appeared like ours, couldn’t16400:17:07,780 –> 00:17:13,699really have been a human body and so you find in the New Testament the apostle16500:17:13,699 –> 00:17:17,839John writing these words, I’m quoting from 1 John 4 in verse 316600:17:17,839 –> 00:17:24,000this is how you recognize the spirit of God, it’s that big an issue every spirit16700:17:24,000 –> 00:17:29,880that acknowledges that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God, and any16800:17:29,920 –> 00:17:33,939spirit that does not acknowledge Jesus is not from God, the humanity of Jesus16900:17:33,939 –> 00:17:39,180mattered that much to the Apostles and it should matter to us, Christ came in17000:17:39,180 –> 00:17:44,219the flesh, he had a human body like yours like mine, it was physical, it was17100:17:44,219 –> 00:17:52,020touchable it was woundable flesh, but human nature of course involves more17200:17:52,020 –> 00:17:56,160than a body you’re more than a body aren’t you, what else are you beyond a17300:17:56,160 –> 00:18:02,699body a body and a soul, so for Christ to take human nature meant not only that17400:18:02,699 –> 00:18:07,619Jesus had a human body but the Jesus had a human soul which of course involves17500:18:07,619 –> 00:18:11,920the mind, it involves the heart, it involves thinking and feeling and17600:18:11,920 –> 00:18:18,380relationship, think about the humanity of Jesus, what the Scriptures tell us, Luke17700:18:18,380 –> 00:18:24,479tells us for example chapter 2 in verse 52 that Jesus grew in Wisdom, he grew in17800:18:24,479 –> 00:18:29,380wisdom. How do you think he knew all the Scriptures from the Old Testament? Listen17900:18:29,380 –> 00:18:38,380kids, listen up, when you learn and study, when you memorize verses in Iowana you18000:18:38,380 –> 00:18:44,959know what Jesus did it exactly the same way, no shortcuts for him. When you take18100:18:44,959 –> 00:18:50,939notes, when you kneel down to pray, the Lord Jesus Christ did these things in18200:18:51,060 –> 00:18:58,140exactly the same way. He learned like we do. He prayed like we do. He was tempted18300:18:58,140 –> 00:19:03,680like we are. Listen, he formed friendships like we do. He had places that he liked18400:19:03,680 –> 00:19:08,099to go, where he was able to relax more than others. The home of Martha and Mary18500:19:08,099 –> 00:19:12,619and Lazarus was obviously one of these. When he chose his disciples the first18600:19:12,619 –> 00:19:18,739reason that he chose his disciples, was what? That they should be with him. When18700:19:18,939 –> 00:19:24,579children came to him, immediately connected with them. You read some of the18800:19:24,579 –> 00:19:28,380words that are right there in the scriptures that speak to us about the18900:19:28,380 –> 00:19:32,619real humanity of Christ, I just wrote down a few of them because we skip over19000:19:32,619 –> 00:19:41,140them. The Lord Jesus was troubled. John chapter 11 verse 33 and other places. He19100:19:41,140 –> 00:19:53,260was in anguish in anguish. Luke 22 in verse 44, He was deeply distressed. Mark19200:19:53,260 –> 00:19:58,900chapter 14 in verse 23, he was overwhelmed with sorrow. Mark Chapter 1419300:19:58,900 –> 00:20:10,040and verse 34. So Jesus had a human body. The Lord Jesus had a human soul. The Lord19400:20:10,160 –> 00:20:17,839Jesus Christ knows more about your life experience than your best friend or your19500:20:17,839 –> 00:20:22,880counselor or any pastor ever could.19600:20:22,880 –> 00:20:29,839The Lord Jesus Christ knows more about your experience of life than his mother19700:20:29,839 –> 00:20:38,420Mary ever could. Think about this why is it that Mary has assumed such importance19800:20:38,500 –> 00:20:45,540in large parts of the church throughout the centuries? I’ll tell you, because many19900:20:45,540 –> 00:20:50,359people feel that Jesus Christ is so far away from them and they’re looking for20000:20:50,359 –> 00:20:57,380someone nearer. I’m telling you on the basis of the humanity of the Lord Jesus20100:20:57,380 –> 00:21:03,339Christ, that Jesus Christ knows more about your life than his mother or any20200:21:03,339 –> 00:21:12,219other person ever could and when you see that you’ll want to come to him. That’s20300:21:12,219 –> 00:21:16,000how important the humanity of Jesus is. It’s what we were learning from Hebrews20400:21:16,000 –> 00:21:22,579in chapter 4 in verse 15. Very helpful insight today about what it means for20500:21:22,579 –> 00:21:27,699Jesus to be fully human, to have a human body, a human soul and next time we’ll20600:21:27,699 –> 00:21:32,699hear about how Jesus knows human life. You’ve been listening to Pastor Colin20700:21:32,900 –> 00:21:37,400Smith on Open the Bible and A Message Called He Understands You. It’s all about20800:21:37,400 –> 00:21:42,680how Jesus has done what no other man could do. He lived a sinless life and now20900:21:42,680 –> 00:21:47,819he offers what no one else can offer us he laid down his life as a sacrifice for21000:21:47,819 –> 00:21:52,939the sins of others and now Christ has gone where no other man could go21100:21:52,939 –> 00:21:58,459triumphing over death and entering into everlasting life with the Father in21200:21:58,459 –> 00:22:03,260heaven. We’re exploring what that means for us as we study those first few21300:22:03,260 –> 00:22:08,619verses of Romans chapter 1 in our series Good News About God’s Son if you ever21400:22:08,619 –> 00:22:12,180miss one of the series you can always catch up or go back and listen again21500:22:12,180 –> 00:22:17,760online at our website openthebible.org.uk, there you’ll find all the21600:22:17,760 –> 00:22:21,260messages which have already been broadcast you can also find them as a21700:22:21,260 –> 00:22:25,680podcast and those are on all the main podcast sites search for open the Bible21800:22:26,459 –> 00:22:31,920and subscribe if you want to receive regular updates. Also on our website and21900:22:31,920 –> 00:22:37,199available as a podcast is Open the Bible Daily that’s a series of short two to22000:22:37,199 –> 00:22:42,000three minutes daily reflections based on Pastor Colin’s teaching and read in the22100:22:42,000 –> 00:22:46,439UK by Sue MacLeish there’s a fresh one on the website and does a podcast every22200:22:46,439 –> 00:22:52,040day and many Christians find it’s a great way to start the day.22300:23:22,060 –> 00:23:28,640I recently received a booklet how can I be sure of heaven along with a special open the Bible pen and bookmark.22400:23:28,640 –> 00:23:34,880Full details terms and conditions are on our website open thebible.org.uk22500:23:34,880 –> 00:23:40,760Colin what’s the theme of heaven how I got here? A little booklet again based on22600:23:40,760 –> 00:23:45,680the wonderful story of the thief on the cross and just capturing what it was22700:23:45,719 –> 00:23:53,439that this man did. He turned to Jesus. He asked Jesus to save him and he trusted22800:23:53,439 –> 00:23:59,260the promise that Jesus gave him. So these three simple words turn and ask and22900:23:59,260 –> 00:24:04,579trust are at the heart of this booklet that’s all about Jesus and how he saves23000:24:04,579 –> 00:24:09,239us illustrated through the story of the thief on the cross. It’s a booklet that23100:24:09,239 –> 00:24:13,939you could give away to someone very easily. Just a few pages but it will give23200:24:14,000 –> 00:24:18,500them the heart of the gospel and a simple presentation of how to respond to23300:24:18,500 –> 00:24:21,439the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ.23400:24:21,439 –> 00:24:24,000Well this book, heaven how I got here, along with the23500:24:24,000 –> 00:24:29,619booklet how can I be sure of heaven as well as a special open the Bible pen and23600:24:29,619 –> 00:24:34,819bookmark are our way of saying thank you if you were able to set up a new direct23700:24:34,819 –> 00:24:40,060debit of five pounds per month or more to the work of open the Bible or a one23800:24:40,060 –> 00:24:42,699off gift of fifty pounds or more.23900:24:42,699 –> 00:24:49,400Full details terms and conditions on our website opened the Bible.org.uk24000:24:49,400 –> 00:24:53,699for open the Bible and Pastor Colin Smith I’m David Pick and I hope you’ll24100:24:53,699 –> 00:25:00,520join us again next time.24200:25:00,520 –> 00:25:04,520Have you ever thought God doesn’t understand this!24300:25:04,520 –> 00:25:08,719When you see the humanity of Jesus it will change all that.24400:25:08,719 –> 00:25:11,520Find out how next time on open the Bible!

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Colin Smith

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Colin Smith is the Senior Pastor of The Orchard Evangelical Free Church in the northwest suburbs of Chicago. He has authored a number of books, including Heaven, How I Got Here and Heaven, So Near – So Far. Colin is the Founder and Teaching Pastor for Open the Bible. Follow him on X formerly Twitter.

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A man of crime. A ruthless empire. A fellow prisoner. A promise of Paradise. 

Discover the story of the thief on the cross, and his life-changing encounter with Jesus, in this brand new full colour graphic novel version of Colin S Smith’s Heaven, How I Got Here: The Story of the Thief on the Cross.

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