1

00:00:00,540 –> 00:00:02,020

Here is the message.

2

00:00:08,300 –> 00:00:09,360

Today, we come to the

3

00:00:09,400 –> 00:00:11,040

message that I most look forward to

4

00:00:11,040 –> 00:00:13,980

and most wanted to bring in all of the series.

5

00:00:14,340 –> 00:00:17,840

The Message today is about how your soul,

6

00:00:18,040 –> 00:00:22,440

which is of such great value, can be saved.

7

00:00:23,420 –> 00:00:26,160

Welcome to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith.

8

00:00:26,160 –> 00:00:28,219

And Colin, if you’re excited about this message,

9

00:00:28,420 –> 00:00:29,820

let’s get right into it.

10

00:00:30,219 –> 00:00:31,000

Thank you.

11

00:00:31,000 –> 00:00:31,540

Sky.

12

00:00:34,080 –> 00:00:34,880

Sky.

13

00:00:37,599 –> 00:00:39,740

May all your

14

00:00:40,180 –> 00:00:41,720

dreams come true!

15

00:00:42,580 –> 00:00:43,759

Sky.

16

00:00:45,119 –> 00:00:46,680

May

17

00:00:47,919 –> 00:00:48,919

May

18

00:00:50,660 –> 00:00:53,060

all your dreams come true!

19

00:00:53,759 –> 00:00:54,660

And may

20

00:00:55,619 –> 00:00:56,660

you

21

00:00:57,400 –> 00:00:58,939

never

22

00:01:59,360 –> 00:02:00,019

be saved.

23

00:02:00,279 –> 00:02:02,660

It’s a wonderful, wonderful subject.

24

00:02:02,660 –> 00:02:04,699

Whether you are young, whether you are

25

00:02:04,699 –> 00:02:06,699

old, this is a message for you.

26

00:02:06,699 –> 00:02:09,020

It concerns you directly

27

00:02:09,020 –> 00:02:11,020

because it is about your life, it’s

28

00:02:11,020 –> 00:02:13,020

about your soul. It’s about your

29

00:02:13,020 –> 00:02:15,020

eternal future.

30

00:02:15,020 –> 00:02:17,020

And I cannot imagine anything more

31

00:02:17,020 –> 00:02:19,020

important or more valuable

32

00:02:19,020 –> 00:02:21,020

for us to do together

33

00:02:21,020 –> 00:02:23,020

than for us to hear what the Bible has

34

00:02:23,020 –> 00:02:25,020

to say about your soul,

35

00:02:25,020 –> 00:02:26,220

your life.

36

00:02:26,220 –> 00:02:28,220

And so, I invite you to

37

00:02:28,380 –> 00:02:30,380

turn in your Bible to 1 Peter,

38

00:02:30,380 –> 00:02:32,380

five times in this very

39

00:02:32,380 –> 00:02:34,380

short letter Peter speaks about

40

00:02:34,380 –> 00:02:36,380

the soul and it’s

41

00:02:36,380 –> 00:02:38,380

a great emphasis of this letter.

42

00:02:38,380 –> 00:02:40,380

And we read

43

00:02:40,380 –> 00:02:42,380

a moment ago from chapter

44

00:02:42,380 –> 00:02:44,380

one and verse nine,

45

00:02:44,380 –> 00:02:46,380

which is the first reference to the soul

46

00:02:46,380 –> 00:02:48,380

in Peter, where he speaks

47

00:02:48,380 –> 00:02:50,380

about obtaining the outcome

48

00:02:50,380 –> 00:02:52,380

of your faith,

49

00:02:52,380 –> 00:02:54,380

and what is the outcome of your faith?

50

00:02:54,380 –> 00:02:56,380

He says it’s the salvation

51

00:02:56,539 –> 00:02:58,539

of your soul.

52

00:02:58,539 –> 00:03:00,539

So that’s the great theme

53

00:03:00,539 –> 00:03:02,539

of this letter, the

54

00:03:02,539 –> 00:03:04,539

salvation of your soul.

55

00:03:04,539 –> 00:03:06,539

How can your soul,

56

00:03:06,539 –> 00:03:08,539

your life, your very self

57

00:03:08,539 –> 00:03:10,539

be saved?

58

00:03:10,539 –> 00:03:12,539

And what does this actually look like?

59

00:03:12,539 –> 00:03:14,539

Now you can read through the whole letter of

60

00:03:14,539 –> 00:03:16,539

1 Peter at some point later,

61

00:03:16,539 –> 00:03:18,539

if you’re interested to do that? It’s only five chapters,

62

00:03:18,539 –> 00:03:20,539

and you’ll pick up the

63

00:03:20,539 –> 00:03:22,539

references to the soul throughout

64

00:03:22,539 –> 00:03:24,539

the letter. What I want us

65

00:03:24,539 –> 00:03:26,539

to do today is to go right to the middle

66

00:03:26,539 –> 00:03:28,539

of the letter, where Peter

67

00:03:28,539 –> 00:03:30,539

most clearly answers the

68

00:03:30,539 –> 00:03:32,539

question, what does it look like for your

69

00:03:32,539 –> 00:03:34,539

soul to be saved?

70

00:03:34,539 –> 00:03:36,539

And so if you turn over just one page,

71

00:03:36,539 –> 00:03:38,539

to chapter two,

72

00:03:38,539 –> 00:03:40,539

verse 24 and 25.

73

00:03:40,539 –> 00:03:42,539

And I’d like to just

74

00:03:42,539 –> 00:03:44,539

read these verses to you. You’ll notice

75

00:03:44,539 –> 00:03:46,539

that the last word in

76

00:03:46,539 –> 00:03:48,539

verse 25

77

00:03:48,539 –> 00:03:50,539

speaks of the soul.

78

00:03:50,539 –> 00:03:52,539

Verse 24.

79

00:03:52,539 –> 00:03:54,539

He himself, that’s Christ,

80

00:03:54,539 –> 00:03:56,539

bore our

81

00:03:56,539 –> 00:03:58,539

sins in

82

00:03:58,539 –> 00:04:00,539

his body on the tree,

83

00:04:00,539 –> 00:04:02,539

that we might die

84

00:04:02,539 –> 00:04:04,539

to sin and

85

00:04:04,539 –> 00:04:06,539

live to righteousness.

86

00:04:06,539 –> 00:04:08,539

By his wounds

87

00:04:08,539 –> 00:04:10,539

you have been healed.

88

00:04:10,539 –> 00:04:12,539

For you

89

00:04:12,539 –> 00:04:14,539

were going

90

00:04:14,539 –> 00:04:16,540

astraying like sheep,

91

00:04:16,540 –> 00:04:18,540

but have now returned

92

00:04:18,540 –> 00:04:20,540

to the shepherd and

93

00:04:20,540 –> 00:04:22,540

overseer of

94

00:04:22,540 –> 00:04:24,540

your souls.

95

00:04:24,540 –> 00:04:26,540

Your souls. The shepherd

96

00:04:26,540 –> 00:04:28,540

and overseer of

97

00:04:28,540 –> 00:04:30,540

your souls.

98

00:04:30,540 –> 00:04:32,540

Now

99

00:04:32,540 –> 00:04:34,540

my wife, Karn and I have

100

00:04:34,540 –> 00:04:36,540

now been married for

101

00:04:36,540 –> 00:04:38,540

thirty-three years, but at

102

00:04:38,540 –> 00:04:40,540

one point, I

103

00:04:40,540 –> 00:04:42,540

feared, that we might not

104

00:04:42,540 –> 00:04:44,540

even get started.

105

00:04:44,540 –> 00:04:46,540

To marry in England, the

106

00:04:46,540 –> 00:04:48,540

bride and the groom, in advance of the wedding,

107

00:04:48,540 –> 00:04:50,540

register in the particular place

108

00:04:50,540 –> 00:04:52,540

where each of them is living

109

00:04:52,540 –> 00:04:54,540

in the months before

110

00:04:54,540 –> 00:04:56,540

the wedding.

111

00:04:56,540 –> 00:04:58,540

A few months before our wedding,

112

00:04:58,540 –> 00:05:00,540

I had moved into our future home

113

00:05:00,540 –> 00:05:02,540

in London, the home that the Church that we serve

114

00:05:02,540 –> 00:05:04,540

there owns.

115

00:05:04,540 –> 00:05:06,540

Karn was at her family home

116

00:05:06,540 –> 00:05:08,540

near to Torquay

117

00:05:08,540 –> 00:05:10,540

in Devon, where the wedding

118

00:05:10,540 –> 00:05:12,540

was to take place.

119

00:05:12,540 –> 00:05:14,540

She went to see the registrar

120

00:05:14,540 –> 00:05:16,540

there, and I went

121

00:05:16,540 –> 00:05:18,540

to see the registrar in London.

122

00:05:18,540 –> 00:05:20,540

I went into this little

123

00:05:20,540 –> 00:05:22,540

office in North London, and

124

00:05:22,540 –> 00:05:24,540

said my name’s Colin Smith,

125

00:05:24,540 –> 00:05:26,540

I’ve recently moved into the

126

00:05:26,540 –> 00:05:28,540

area, I want to register

127

00:05:28,540 –> 00:05:30,540

to be married, and the

128

00:05:30,540 –> 00:05:32,540

wedding is taking place in Torquay.

129

00:05:32,540 –> 00:05:34,540

Oh, the woman

130

00:05:34,540 –> 00:05:36,540

said, I’m sorry, I don’t think

131

00:05:36,540 –> 00:05:38,540

I can help you with that.

132

00:05:38,540 –> 00:05:40,540

So I said, well,

133

00:05:40,540 –> 00:05:42,540

I’ve got my birth certificate,

134

00:05:42,540 –> 00:05:44,540

I’ve got my driving licence,

135

00:05:44,540 –> 00:05:46,540

I’ve got my passport, what else

136

00:05:46,540 –> 00:05:48,540

do you need?

137

00:05:48,540 –> 00:05:50,540

Oh, she said, I don’t think I can deal

138

00:05:50,540 –> 00:05:52,540

with this. She said I’d better go and see my manager.

139

00:05:52,540 –> 00:05:54,540

And so off she

140

00:05:54,540 –> 00:05:56,540

went, and a few minutes later

141

00:05:56,540 –> 00:05:58,540

she came back and she said to me

142

00:05:58,540 –> 00:06:00,540

Well, all we can

143

00:06:00,540 –> 00:06:02,540

do, is to give you

144

00:06:02,540 –> 00:06:04,540

a government

145

00:06:04,540 –> 00:06:06,540

confirmation of your identity

146

00:06:06,540 –> 00:06:08,540

but that’s it.

147

00:06:10,540 –> 00:06:12,540

I said look,

148

00:06:12,540 –> 00:06:14,540

I really don’t understand what the problem

149

00:06:14,540 –> 00:06:16,540

is here. I am living in

150

00:06:16,540 –> 00:06:18,540

this area. I have all of

151

00:06:18,540 –> 00:06:20,540

my paperwork, all I want to do

152

00:06:20,540 –> 00:06:22,540

is to register

153

00:06:22,540 –> 00:06:24,540

to get married in Taurki.

154

00:06:26,040 –> 00:06:28,540

Oh, she said, Taurki!

155

00:06:28,540 –> 00:06:30,540

I thought you said Turkey!

156

00:06:35,540 –> 00:06:37,540

Evidently a Scottish accent is as much

157

00:06:37,540 –> 00:06:39,540

a liability in London as it

158

00:06:39,540 –> 00:06:41,540

is in America

159

00:06:43,540 –> 00:06:45,540

A small

160

00:06:45,540 –> 00:06:47,540

misunderstanding

161

00:06:47,540 –> 00:06:49,540

can make a world

162

00:06:49,540 –> 00:06:51,540

difference.

163

00:06:51,540 –> 00:06:53,540

And the enemy

164

00:06:53,540 –> 00:06:55,540

of your soul

165

00:06:55,540 –> 00:06:57,540

is the master

166

00:06:57,540 –> 00:06:59,540

of the small distortion

167

00:07:00,540 –> 00:07:02,540

a small distortion

168

00:07:02,540 –> 00:07:04,540

of the gospel

169

00:07:04,540 –> 00:07:06,540

that will lead many

170

00:07:06,540 –> 00:07:08,540

people into complete

171

00:07:08,540 –> 00:07:10,540

and utter confusion

172

00:07:10,540 –> 00:07:12,540

about how their souls

173

00:07:12,540 –> 00:07:14,540

can be saved.

174

00:07:14,540 –> 00:07:16,540

What I want to do for you today

175

00:07:16,540 –> 00:07:18,540

is to give to you what I think are

176

00:07:18,540 –> 00:07:20,540

three most

177

00:07:20,540 –> 00:07:22,540

commonly believed distortions

178

00:07:22,540 –> 00:07:24,540

of the gospel

179

00:07:24,540 –> 00:07:26,540

and for us to measure

180

00:07:26,540 –> 00:07:28,540

them by the Bible

181

00:07:28,540 –> 00:07:30,540

that is open in front of you

182

00:07:30,540 –> 00:07:32,540

so that you can see

183

00:07:32,540 –> 00:07:34,540

the distortion for yourself

184

00:07:34,540 –> 00:07:36,540

and so come to

185

00:07:36,540 –> 00:07:38,540

a knowledge of the truth.

186

00:07:38,540 –> 00:07:40,540

Because the greatest tragedy

187

00:07:40,540 –> 00:07:42,540

would surely be that a person

188

00:07:42,540 –> 00:07:44,540

might think themselves

189

00:07:44,540 –> 00:07:46,540

to be saved

190

00:07:46,540 –> 00:07:48,540

when actually they are

191

00:07:48,540 –> 00:07:50,540

lost.

192

00:07:50,540 –> 00:07:52,540

Many of you

193

00:07:52,540 –> 00:07:54,540

will have, I’m sure, a carbon

194

00:07:54,540 –> 00:07:56,540

monoxide detector

195

00:07:56,540 –> 00:07:58,540

in your home

196

00:07:58,540 –> 00:08:00,540

and if you have that you will have purchased

197

00:08:00,540 –> 00:08:02,540

that piece of equipment

198

00:08:02,540 –> 00:08:04,540

because you want to be able

199

00:08:04,540 –> 00:08:06,540

to detect poison.

200

00:08:06,540 –> 00:08:08,540

You know that if you were

201

00:08:08,540 –> 00:08:10,540

to breath in carbon monoxide

202

00:08:10,540 –> 00:08:12,540

it would kill you.

203

00:08:12,540 –> 00:08:14,540

So you buy an alarm

204

00:08:14,540 –> 00:08:16,540

and you

205

00:08:16,540 –> 00:08:18,540

want that alarm

206

00:08:18,540 –> 00:08:20,540

to go off with the

207

00:08:20,540 –> 00:08:22,540

dreadful shrieking sound

208

00:08:22,540 –> 00:08:24,540

that it makes

209

00:08:24,540 –> 00:08:26,540

if a hint of carbon monoxide

210

00:08:26,540 –> 00:08:28,540

should be present

211

00:08:28,540 –> 00:08:30,540

because then you would be in danger.

212

00:08:30,540 –> 00:08:32,539

Now my job today is

213

00:08:32,539 –> 00:08:34,539

to be that alarm to you.

214

00:08:34,539 –> 00:08:36,539

It is to make

215

00:08:36,539 –> 00:08:38,539

the sound that will

216

00:08:38,539 –> 00:08:40,539

draw your attention

217

00:08:40,539 –> 00:08:42,539

to dangerous

218

00:08:42,539 –> 00:08:44,539

distortions that

219

00:08:44,539 –> 00:08:46,539

may lead to the loss

220

00:08:46,539 –> 00:08:48,539

of many souls.

221

00:08:48,539 –> 00:08:50,539

We’re going to pause briefly here, but we’ll

222

00:08:50,539 –> 00:08:52,539

allow Colin to be that alarm in just a moment.

223

00:08:52,539 –> 00:08:54,539

You’re listening to Open the Bible

224

00:08:54,539 –> 00:08:56,539

with Pastor Colin Smith and the

225

00:08:56,539 –> 00:08:58,539

message called Saving Your Soul.

226

00:08:58,539 –> 00:09:00,539

And it’s part of our series

227

00:09:00,539 –> 00:09:02,539

Soul Care. And if you’ve missed any of the

228

00:09:02,539 –> 00:09:04,539

individual series or if you want to go back and

229

00:09:04,539 –> 00:09:06,539

listen again, you can always do that by coming

230

00:09:06,539 –> 00:09:08,539

online to our website

231

00:09:08,539 –> 00:09:10,539

openthebible.org.uk

232

00:09:10,539 –> 00:09:12,539

or finding us as a podcast

233

00:09:12,539 –> 00:09:14,539

if that’s a better way to keep up with Pastor

234

00:09:14,539 –> 00:09:16,539

Colin’s teaching for you. And that’s

235

00:09:16,539 –> 00:09:18,539

available on your regular podcast site,

236

00:09:18,539 –> 00:09:20,539

just search for Open The Bible UK

237

00:09:20,539 –> 00:09:22,539

and subscribe to receive regular

238

00:09:22,539 –> 00:09:24,539

updates. Back to the message

239

00:09:24,539 –> 00:09:26,539

now. We’re in 1 Peter and chapter

240

00:09:26,539 –> 00:09:28,539

two. Here’s Colin. Now my

241

00:09:28,539 –> 00:09:30,539

job today is to be

242

00:09:30,539 –> 00:09:32,539

honest with you. It is

243

00:09:32,539 –> 00:09:34,539

to make the

244

00:09:34,539 –> 00:09:36,539

sound that will draw

245

00:09:36,539 –> 00:09:38,539

your attention to

246

00:09:38,539 –> 00:09:40,539

dangerous distortions

247

00:09:40,539 –> 00:09:42,539

that may lead to the loss

248

00:09:42,539 –> 00:09:44,539

of many souls.

249

00:09:44,539 –> 00:09:46,539

So I hope you have The Bible

250

00:09:46,539 –> 00:09:48,539

open in front of you, There’s one in the back of the

251

00:09:48,539 –> 00:09:50,539

pew, you want to hear what God’s word says, you wanna

252

00:09:50,539 –> 00:09:52,539

see with your own eyes, you pick it up

253

00:09:52,539 –> 00:09:54,539

and look at 1 Peter

254

00:09:54,539 –> 00:09:56,539

and Chapter 2. Here’s distortion

255

00:09:56,539 –> 00:09:58,539

number 1.

256

00:09:58,539 –> 00:10:00,539

Jesus died

257

00:10:00,539 –> 00:10:02,539

so I’m

258

00:10:02,539 –> 00:10:04,539

okay. Jesus died

259

00:10:04,539 –> 00:10:06,539

so I’m okay.

260

00:10:06,539 –> 00:10:08,539

Now this is

261

00:10:08,539 –> 00:10:10,539

a dangerous distortion because

262

00:10:10,539 –> 00:10:12,539

it contains such a precious

263

00:10:12,539 –> 00:10:14,539

and wonderful truth.

264

00:10:14,539 –> 00:10:16,539

Jesus

265

00:10:16,539 –> 00:10:18,539

died.

266

00:10:18,539 –> 00:10:20,539

Look at what Peter says about that

267

00:10:20,539 –> 00:10:22,539

here in verse 24.

268

00:10:22,539 –> 00:10:24,539

He himself bore

269

00:10:24,539 –> 00:10:26,539

our sins in

270

00:10:26,539 –> 00:10:28,539

his body on

271

00:10:28,539 –> 00:10:30,539

the tree. Now Peter

272

00:10:30,539 –> 00:10:32,539

is talking about the cross. He describes

273

00:10:32,539 –> 00:10:34,539

it here as a tree

274

00:10:34,539 –> 00:10:36,539

and he’s answering the question, what

275

00:10:36,539 –> 00:10:38,539

happened when Jesus suffered and

276

00:10:38,539 –> 00:10:40,539

died? And here’s what he

277

00:10:40,539 –> 00:10:42,539

says. He bore our sins

278

00:10:42,539 –> 00:10:44,539

in his body.

279

00:10:44,539 –> 00:10:46,539

And he sort of double underlines

280

00:10:46,539 –> 00:10:48,539

who it is that did this. It’s

281

00:10:48,539 –> 00:10:50,539

Jesus Christ. It’s the son of God.

282

00:10:50,539 –> 00:10:52,539

Nobody else has ever done this. Nobody

283

00:10:52,539 –> 00:10:54,539

else ever could. He

284

00:10:54,539 –> 00:10:56,539

himself bore

285

00:10:56,539 –> 00:10:58,539

our sins in his body

286

00:10:58,539 –> 00:11:00,539

on the tree.

287

00:11:00,539 –> 00:11:02,539

So here is this wonderful gift.

288

00:11:02,539 –> 00:11:04,539

Jesus died for

289

00:11:04,539 –> 00:11:06,539

our sins. He bore

290

00:11:06,539 –> 00:11:08,539

them. That’s the word Peter uses.

291

00:11:08,539 –> 00:11:10,539

And what that means

292

00:11:10,539 –> 00:11:12,539

is that he took the guilt of

293

00:11:12,539 –> 00:11:14,539

our sins upon himself,

294

00:11:14,539 –> 00:11:16,539

that he took the punishment

295

00:11:16,539 –> 00:11:18,539

of divine justice due

296

00:11:18,539 –> 00:11:20,539

to these sins into

297

00:11:20,539 –> 00:11:22,539

himself. He bore it in

298

00:11:22,539 –> 00:11:24,539

his body on

299

00:11:24,539 –> 00:11:26,539

the tree. That is

300

00:11:26,539 –> 00:11:28,539

why Isaiah the prophet says

301

00:11:28,539 –> 00:11:30,539

the punishment that brought

302

00:11:30,539 –> 00:11:32,539

us peace was upon him,

303

00:11:32,539 –> 00:11:34,539

it went from us and

304

00:11:34,539 –> 00:11:36,539

it went to him.

305

00:11:36,539 –> 00:11:38,539

Now we

306

00:11:38,539 –> 00:11:40,539

hear this and it is natural

307

00:11:40,539 –> 00:11:42,539

for us to say well now Jesus

308

00:11:42,539 –> 00:11:44,539

died for our sins so

309

00:11:44,539 –> 00:11:46,539

our sins are forgiven.

310

00:11:46,539 –> 00:11:48,539

But here is

311

00:11:48,539 –> 00:11:50,539

the question,

312

00:11:50,539 –> 00:11:52,539

whose sins

313

00:11:52,539 –> 00:11:54,539

are forgiven?

314

00:11:54,539 –> 00:11:56,539

Whose sins?

315

00:11:56,539 –> 00:11:58,539

He bore

316

00:11:58,539 –> 00:12:00,539

our sins

317

00:12:00,539 –> 00:12:02,539

who is included in

318

00:12:02,539 –> 00:12:04,539

the hour.

319

00:12:04,539 –> 00:12:06,539

Well to answer that question

320

00:12:06,539 –> 00:12:08,539

you have to look at the second half

321

00:12:08,539 –> 00:12:10,539

of the verse. Look at what it

322

00:12:10,539 –> 00:12:12,539

says. He himself bore

323

00:12:12,539 –> 00:12:14,539

our sins in his body on the

324

00:12:14,539 –> 00:12:16,539

tree. That

325

00:12:16,539 –> 00:12:18,539

we might die

326

00:12:18,539 –> 00:12:20,539

to sin and

327

00:12:20,539 –> 00:12:22,539

live to

328

00:12:22,539 –> 00:12:24,539

righteousness.

329

00:12:24,539 –> 00:12:26,539

So what he is saying is that Jesus

330

00:12:26,539 –> 00:12:28,539

died so that there might

331

00:12:28,539 –> 00:12:30,539

be a change in us.

332

00:12:30,539 –> 00:12:32,539

He

333

00:12:32,539 –> 00:12:34,539

bore our sins

334

00:12:34,539 –> 00:12:36,539

so that we might

335

00:12:36,539 –> 00:12:38,539

die to sins.

336

00:12:38,539 –> 00:12:40,539

The hour

337

00:12:40,539 –> 00:12:42,539

whose sins he bore

338

00:12:42,539 –> 00:12:44,539

is the we

339

00:12:44,539 –> 00:12:46,539

who die to sin and

340

00:12:46,539 –> 00:12:48,539

to righteousness.

341

00:12:48,539 –> 00:12:50,539

And when you look at that, you will immediately

342

00:12:50,539 –> 00:12:52,539

see then that is very different from

343

00:12:52,539 –> 00:12:56,539

hey, Jesus died, so I am okay.

344

00:12:56,539 –> 00:12:58,539

God got my attention as a

345

00:12:58,539 –> 00:13:00,539

teenager in a conference in

346

00:13:00,539 –> 00:13:02,539

England, when I heard

347

00:13:02,539 –> 00:13:04,539

Doctor Alan Redpath say

348

00:13:04,539 –> 00:13:06,539

with characteristic force and

349

00:13:06,539 –> 00:13:08,539

clarity,

350

00:13:08,539 –> 00:13:10,539

God has not promised

351

00:13:10,539 –> 00:13:12,539

to forgive one sin that you

352

00:13:12,539 –> 00:13:14,539

are not willing to forsake.

353

00:13:14,539 –> 00:13:16,539

I thought and thought and thought about that

354

00:13:16,539 –> 00:13:18,539

until I became convinced that it was absolutely

355

00:13:18,539 –> 00:13:20,539

true. God

356

00:13:20,539 –> 00:13:22,539

has not promised to forgive one sin

357

00:13:22,539 –> 00:13:24,539

that you are

358

00:13:24,539 –> 00:13:26,539

not willing to forsake.

359

00:13:26,539 –> 00:13:28,539

Matthew Henry

360

00:13:28,539 –> 00:13:30,539

says it so clearly and so

361

00:13:30,539 –> 00:13:32,539

well. No one he says

362

00:13:32,539 –> 00:13:34,539

can safely depend upon

363

00:13:34,539 –> 00:13:36,539

Christ as having borne his sin

364

00:13:36,539 –> 00:13:38,539

till he dies to sin

365

00:13:38,539 –> 00:13:40,539

and lives to righteousness.

366

00:13:40,539 –> 00:13:42,539

You cannot say

367

00:13:42,539 –> 00:13:44,539

safely, hey

368

00:13:44,539 –> 00:13:46,539

Jesus is my savior

369

00:13:46,539 –> 00:13:48,539

if you are not dying to sin

370

00:13:48,539 –> 00:13:50,539

and living to righteousness.

371

00:13:50,539 –> 00:13:52,539

So here’s my question.

372

00:13:52,539 –> 00:13:54,539

If you

373

00:13:54,539 –> 00:13:56,539

believe that your sins

374

00:13:56,539 –> 00:13:58,539

are forgiven, that your

375

00:13:58,539 –> 00:14:00,539

soul is going to be saved

376

00:14:00,539 –> 00:14:02,539

and that it is okay between you

377

00:14:02,539 –> 00:14:04,539

and God, here’s the question-

378

00:14:04,539 –> 00:14:06,539

How is it going for you

379

00:14:06,539 –> 00:14:08,539

with you’re dying to sin

380

00:14:08,539 –> 00:14:10,539

and you’re living

381

00:14:10,539 –> 00:14:12,539

righteousness?

382

00:14:12,539 –> 00:14:14,539

Because it is not safe for you

383

00:14:14,539 –> 00:14:16,539

or for anyone else to

384

00:14:16,539 –> 00:14:18,539

drift through life saying

385

00:14:18,539 –> 00:14:20,539

Jesus died for sin so I’m okay

386

00:14:20,539 –> 00:14:22,539

irrespective of how I

387

00:14:22,539 –> 00:14:24,539

live.

388

00:14:24,539 –> 00:14:26,539

That is a distortion by which the

389

00:14:26,539 –> 00:14:28,539

enemy of souls is bringing money

390

00:14:28,539 –> 00:14:30,539

souls into never

391

00:14:30,539 –> 00:14:32,539

ending lostness.

392

00:14:32,539 –> 00:14:34,539

What the bible says

393

00:14:34,539 –> 00:14:36,539

is He bore

394

00:14:36,539 –> 00:14:38,539

our sins in his body

395

00:14:38,539 –> 00:14:40,539

and the tree that we

396

00:14:40,539 –> 00:14:42,539

might die to sin

397

00:14:42,539 –> 00:14:44,539

and live

398

00:14:44,539 –> 00:14:46,539

to righteousness.

399

00:14:46,539 –> 00:14:48,539

Distortion number two

400

00:14:48,539 –> 00:14:50,539

I Believed

401

00:14:50,539 –> 00:14:52,539

so I’m okay

402

00:14:52,539 –> 00:14:54,539

I Believed

403

00:14:54,539 –> 00:14:56,539

so I’m okay

404

00:14:56,539 –> 00:14:58,539

Now again this is

405

00:14:58,539 –> 00:15:00,539

a dangerous distortion because

406

00:15:00,539 –> 00:15:02,539

it contains such an important truth

407

00:15:02,539 –> 00:15:04,539

Satan is crafty

408

00:15:04,539 –> 00:15:06,539

and the enemy of your soul doesn’t

409

00:15:06,539 –> 00:15:08,539

come out with some outlandish sort of

410

00:15:08,539 –> 00:15:10,539

heresy to lure souls

411

00:15:10,539 –> 00:15:12,539

away from Christ and from

412

00:15:12,539 –> 00:15:14,539

salvation. What he does is he just

413

00:15:14,539 –> 00:15:16,539

twists truth so that it becomes

414

00:15:16,539 –> 00:15:18,539

a lie

415

00:15:18,539 –> 00:15:20,539

and here’s another way in

416

00:15:20,539 –> 00:15:22,539

which he does it. What’s the important truth

417

00:15:22,539 –> 00:15:24,539

here? The important truth is

418

00:15:24,539 –> 00:15:26,539

that salvation is by grace

419

00:15:26,539 –> 00:15:28,539

through faith in Jesus Christ

420

00:15:28,539 –> 00:15:30,539

we read that from 1 Peter

421

00:15:30,539 –> 00:15:32,539

and 1는지. The outcome of your faith

422

00:15:32,539 –> 00:15:34,539

is the salvation

423

00:15:34,539 –> 00:15:36,539

of your souls

424

00:15:36,539 –> 00:15:38,539

but friends,

425

00:15:38,539 –> 00:15:40,539

it’s very important to understand that

426

00:15:40,539 –> 00:15:42,539

faith is more

427

00:15:42,539 –> 00:15:44,539

than signing off

428

00:15:44,539 –> 00:15:46,539

on a creed

429

00:15:46,539 –> 00:15:48,539

See some folks have the idea

430

00:15:48,539 –> 00:15:50,539

that if they simply say

431

00:15:50,539 –> 00:15:52,539

well I believed that Jesus died for my sins

432

00:15:52,539 –> 00:15:54,539

or, if

433

00:15:54,539 –> 00:15:56,539

at some time in the past

434

00:15:56,539 –> 00:15:58,539

you know I was at a camp when I was 7 years old

435

00:15:58,539 –> 00:16:00,539

or whatever I said that I believed this

436

00:16:00,539 –> 00:16:02,539

that therefore their souls

437

00:16:02,539 –> 00:16:04,539

are saved

438

00:16:04,539 –> 00:16:06,539

but there is much more to

439

00:16:06,539 –> 00:16:08,539

being a christian

440

00:16:08,539 –> 00:16:10,539

then simply believing

441

00:16:10,539 –> 00:16:12,539

that Jesus died for your

442

00:16:12,539 –> 00:16:14,539

sins, and I want you to see

443

00:16:14,539 –> 00:16:16,539

what more there is in verse

444

00:16:16,539 –> 00:16:18,539

25 right in front of you

445

00:16:18,539 –> 00:16:20,539

he says

446

00:16:20,539 –> 00:16:22,539

for you were straying like

447

00:16:22,539 –> 00:16:24,539

sheep

448

00:16:24,539 –> 00:16:26,539

but have now returned to

449

00:16:26,539 –> 00:16:28,539

the shepard

450

00:16:28,539 –> 00:16:30,539

and overseer

451

00:16:30,539 –> 00:16:32,539

of your

452

00:16:32,539 –> 00:16:34,539

souls

453

00:16:34,539 –> 00:16:36,539

so he is presenting

454

00:16:36,539 –> 00:16:38,539

Jesus Christ to us

455

00:16:38,539 –> 00:16:40,539

and in verse

456

00:16:40,539 –> 00:16:42,539

24 he presents Jesus

457

00:16:42,539 –> 00:16:44,539

as the Saviour who

458

00:16:44,539 –> 00:16:46,539

died on the cross

459

00:16:46,539 –> 00:16:48,539

in verse 25 he presents

460

00:16:48,539 –> 00:16:50,539

Jesus as the shepard

461

00:16:50,539 –> 00:16:52,539

who rose from the dead

462

00:16:52,539 –> 00:16:54,539

so that being a christian

463

00:16:54,539 –> 00:16:56,539

is more than believing in a

464

00:16:56,539 –> 00:16:58,539

saviour who died

465

00:16:58,539 –> 00:17:00,539

it is submitting to the

466

00:17:00,539 –> 00:17:02,539

shepard who lives

467

00:17:02,539 –> 00:17:04,540

now think about

468

00:17:04,540 –> 00:17:06,540

the shepard and the sheep

469

00:17:06,540 –> 00:17:08,540

the shepard cares for the

470

00:17:08,540 –> 00:17:10,540

sheep, the shepard guards the sheep

471

00:17:10,540 –> 00:17:12,540

the shepard provides for the sheep

472

00:17:12,540 –> 00:17:14,540

but the most important thing of all

473

00:17:14,540 –> 00:17:16,540

to say is

474

00:17:16,540 –> 00:17:18,540

that the shepard owns

475

00:17:18,540 –> 00:17:20,540

the sheep

476

00:17:20,540 –> 00:17:22,540

there are his sheep

477

00:17:22,540 –> 00:17:24,540

a man by the name of

478

00:17:24,540 –> 00:17:26,540

William Still a godly

479

00:17:26,540 –> 00:17:28,540

man who lives in Scotland

480

00:17:28,540 –> 00:17:30,540

wrote a book some time ago

481

00:17:30,540 –> 00:17:32,540

the work of a pastor

482

00:17:32,540 –> 00:17:34,540

I read it first in my early 20s

483

00:17:34,540 –> 00:17:36,540

a little book I have gone back to it time

484

00:17:36,540 –> 00:17:38,540

and again and always found it

485

00:17:38,540 –> 00:17:40,540

very helpful. He asked the question

486

00:17:40,540 –> 00:17:42,540

What does it mean to be a shepard

487

00:17:42,540 –> 00:17:44,540

of the flock of God. What does it means

488

00:17:44,540 –> 00:17:46,540

to be a pastor

489

00:17:46,540 –> 00:17:48,540

on the first

490

00:17:48,540 –> 00:17:50,540

page of the book he says something

491

00:17:50,540 –> 00:17:52,540

very striking that I had never seen before

492

00:17:52,540 –> 00:17:54,540

I had never seen it stated anywhere

493

00:17:54,540 –> 00:17:56,540

else either

494

00:17:56,540 –> 00:17:58,540

here is what he says

495

00:17:58,540 –> 00:18:00,540

Israel’s Sheep

496

00:18:00,540 –> 00:18:02,540

Were reared

497

00:18:02,540 –> 00:18:04,540

Fed tended retrieved

498

00:18:04,540 –> 00:18:06,540

healed and restored

499

00:18:06,540 –> 00:18:08,540

for what

500

00:18:08,540 –> 00:18:10,540

for sacrifice on

501

00:18:10,540 –> 00:18:12,540

the altar

502

00:18:12,540 –> 00:18:14,540

of God. You think about that

503

00:18:14,540 –> 00:18:16,540

and therefore

504

00:18:16,540 –> 00:18:18,540

he says the end of all pastoral

505

00:18:18,540 –> 00:18:20,540

work must never be forgotten that

506

00:18:20,540 –> 00:18:22,540

it’s ultimate aim is to lead God’s people

507

00:18:22,540 –> 00:18:24,540

to offer

508

00:18:24,540 –> 00:18:26,540

ourselves to him

509

00:18:26,540 –> 00:18:28,540

in a total devotion

510

00:18:28,540 –> 00:18:30,540

of worship life

511

00:18:30,540 –> 00:18:32,540

and service

512

00:18:32,540 –> 00:18:34,540

Now, what then does it

513

00:18:34,540 –> 00:18:36,540

mean for Jesus Christ

514

00:18:36,540 –> 00:18:38,540

to be the Shepard

515

00:18:38,540 –> 00:18:40,540

and the overseer of your soul

516

00:18:40,540 –> 00:18:42,540

it means

517

00:18:42,540 –> 00:18:44,540

that all that you are

518

00:18:44,540 –> 00:18:46,540

and all that you have is placed

519

00:18:46,540 –> 00:18:48,540

at his disposal

520

00:18:48,540 –> 00:18:50,540

it means that you offer yourself

521

00:18:50,540 –> 00:18:52,540

in William Still’s words

522

00:18:52,540 –> 00:18:54,540

in a total devotion

523

00:18:54,540 –> 00:18:56,540

of life and worship

524

00:18:56,540 –> 00:18:58,540

and service

525

00:18:58,540 –> 00:19:00,540

that’s what it means to be

526

00:19:00,540 –> 00:19:02,540

a Christian

527

00:19:02,540 –> 00:19:04,540

Now, I was trying to think of a way of

528

00:19:04,540 –> 00:19:06,540

illustrating this to bring it home to us

529

00:19:06,540 –> 00:19:08,540

I was thinking well, what else

530

00:19:08,540 –> 00:19:10,540

apart from our lives themselves

531

00:19:10,540 –> 00:19:12,540

actually has value

532

00:19:12,540 –> 00:19:14,540

and so think with me

533

00:19:14,540 –> 00:19:16,540

for a moment about your money

534

00:19:16,540 –> 00:19:18,540

your money has value

535

00:19:18,540 –> 00:19:20,540

you don’t have as much value as your life and your soul

536

00:19:20,540 –> 00:19:22,540

but your money does have value

537

00:19:22,540 –> 00:19:24,540

so what do you do with it!

538

00:19:24,540 –> 00:19:26,540

so one thing

539

00:19:26,540 –> 00:19:28,540

that you could do with the money

540

00:19:28,540 –> 00:19:30,540

that you are able to save

541

00:19:30,540 –> 00:19:32,540

is that you could

542

00:19:32,540 –> 00:19:34,540

stuff it under your mattress

543

00:19:34,540 –> 00:19:36,540

I’m not going to ask for a show

544

00:19:36,540 –> 00:19:38,540

of hands as to how many people are actually

545

00:19:38,540 –> 00:19:40,540

doing that

546

00:19:40,540 –> 00:19:42,540

I hope you’re not

547

00:19:42,540 –> 00:19:44,540

but I suppose that there’s a logical case

548

00:19:44,540 –> 00:19:46,540

that a person could come up with

549

00:19:46,540 –> 00:19:48,540

and say look, it’s my money

550

00:19:48,540 –> 00:19:50,540

and I want to keep it

551

00:19:50,540 –> 00:19:52,540

where I can see it

552

00:19:52,540 –> 00:19:54,540

and I’m not going to trust anyone else

553

00:19:54,540 –> 00:19:56,540

I’m not going to trust it to a bank

554

00:19:56,540 –> 00:19:58,540

or any of these fancy funds

555

00:19:58,540 –> 00:20:00,540

I’m going to keep it where I can see it

556

00:20:00,540 –> 00:20:02,540

because it’s my money, I’m stuffing it under the mattress

557

00:20:02,540 –> 00:20:04,540

now my guess

558

00:20:04,540 –> 00:20:06,540

is that most of you don’t do that

559

00:20:06,540 –> 00:20:08,540

and here’s what you

560

00:20:08,540 –> 00:20:10,540

probably do if you’re wise

561

00:20:10,540 –> 00:20:12,540

you say to yourself

562

00:20:12,540 –> 00:20:14,540

now look

563

00:20:14,540 –> 00:20:16,540

my money has value

564

00:20:16,540 –> 00:20:18,540

so I want

565

00:20:18,540 –> 00:20:20,540

to put it in a place where number

566

00:20:20,540 –> 00:20:22,540

one, it is safe

567

00:20:22,540 –> 00:20:24,540

and number two

568

00:20:24,540 –> 00:20:26,540

it will grow

569

00:20:26,540 –> 00:20:28,540

that’s what you say to yourself if you’re wise

570

00:20:28,540 –> 00:20:30,540

and then

571

00:20:30,540 –> 00:20:32,540

you will select funds or whatever

572

00:20:32,540 –> 00:20:34,540

investments that you will

573

00:20:34,540 –> 00:20:36,540

trust your money

574

00:20:36,540 –> 00:20:38,540

into the safest hands

575

00:20:38,540 –> 00:20:40,540

you can find

576

00:20:40,540 –> 00:20:42,540

that’s what you do, because your money has value

577

00:20:42,540 –> 00:20:44,540

now what about

578

00:20:44,540 –> 00:20:46,540

your soul

579

00:20:46,540 –> 00:20:48,540

your soul is of greater

580

00:20:48,540 –> 00:20:50,540

value than your money

581

00:20:51,500 –> 00:20:53,500

and if you were to say

582

00:20:53,500 –> 00:20:55,500

well now, wait a minute, this is my life

583

00:20:55,500 –> 00:20:57,500

and I’m gonna do with this life

584

00:20:57,500 –> 00:20:59,500

as I please, what

585

00:20:59,500 –> 00:21:01,500

you’re doing is the spiritual equivalent

586

00:21:01,500 –> 00:21:03,500

of stuffing the money under the

587

00:21:03,500 –> 00:21:05,500

mattress, that’s what you’re doing

588

00:21:05,500 –> 00:21:07,500

and Jesus says, if you do that, if you try to

589

00:21:07,500 –> 00:21:09,500

save your life, here’s what will happen

590

00:21:09,500 –> 00:21:11,500

you lose it

591

00:21:11,500 –> 00:21:13,500

you lose it

592

00:21:13,500 –> 00:21:15,500

you have a soul

593

00:21:15,500 –> 00:21:17,500

it’s more valuable than

594

00:21:17,500 –> 00:21:19,500

all the world, it’s more valuable than your

595

00:21:19,500 –> 00:21:21,500

total net worth

596

00:21:21,500 –> 00:21:23,500

but if you try to

597

00:21:23,500 –> 00:21:25,500

keep it in your own hands

598

00:21:25,500 –> 00:21:27,500

you lose it

599

00:21:29,500 –> 00:21:31,500

and here is the good news, there is

600

00:21:31,500 –> 00:21:33,500

a savior, there is a

601

00:21:33,500 –> 00:21:35,500

shepherd, there is an overseer

602

00:21:35,500 –> 00:21:37,500

there is a guardian of souls

603

00:21:37,500 –> 00:21:39,500

and His name is Jesus Christ

604

00:21:39,500 –> 00:21:41,500

and if you

605

00:21:41,500 –> 00:21:43,500

will trust your soul, your very life

606

00:21:43,500 –> 00:21:45,500

all that you are and all that you have

607

00:21:45,500 –> 00:21:47,500

into his hands, your

608

00:21:47,500 –> 00:21:49,500

soul will prosper

609

00:21:49,500 –> 00:21:51,500

your life will become more

610

00:21:51,500 –> 00:21:53,500

and here is the strange

611

00:21:53,500 –> 00:21:55,500

enigma that Jesus teaches to us

612

00:21:55,500 –> 00:21:57,500

it’s hard for us to get our minds around it

613

00:21:57,500 –> 00:21:59,500

but in the very act

614

00:21:59,500 –> 00:22:01,500

of losing your life

615

00:22:01,500 –> 00:22:03,500

by giving it into the hands of

616

00:22:03,500 –> 00:22:05,500

Jesus Christ, you will

617

00:22:05,500 –> 00:22:07,500

save it and you will keep it

618

00:22:07,500 –> 00:22:09,500

for eternal life

619

00:22:09,500 –> 00:22:11,500

my life

620

00:22:11,500 –> 00:22:13,500

my death

621

00:22:13,500 –> 00:22:15,500

my

622

00:22:15,500 –> 00:22:17,500

eternal future

623

00:22:17,500 –> 00:22:19,500

is safe

624

00:22:19,500 –> 00:22:21,500

in his hands

625

00:22:21,500 –> 00:22:23,500

You’ve been listening to

626

00:22:23,500 –> 00:22:25,500

Pastor Colin Smith on Open the Bible

627

00:22:25,500 –> 00:22:27,500

and we’ve been looking at some of the distortions

628

00:22:27,500 –> 00:22:29,500

about salvation today

629

00:22:29,500 –> 00:22:31,500

that we may think that simply

630

00:22:31,500 –> 00:22:33,500

because Jesus died, I’m okay

631

00:22:33,500 –> 00:22:35,500

in our next broadcast

632

00:22:35,500 –> 00:22:37,500

we’ll look at another of those misconceptions

633

00:22:37,500 –> 00:22:39,500

about being on a spiritual journey

634

00:22:39,500 –> 00:22:41,500

so I’m okay

635

00:22:41,500 –> 00:22:43,500

so I hope you’ll be able to tune in for that

636

00:22:43,500 –> 00:22:45,500

our message today is called

637

00:22:45,500 –> 00:22:47,500

Saving Your Soul

638

00:22:47,500 –> 00:22:49,500

it’s part of our series, SOULCARE

639

00:22:49,500 –> 00:22:51,500

and if you’ve missed any of the series

640

00:22:51,500 –> 00:22:53,500

or if you want to go back and listen again

641

00:22:53,500 –> 00:22:55,500

you can do that by coming online to our website

642

00:22:55,500 –> 00:22:57,500

openthebible.org.uk

643

00:22:57,500 –> 00:22:59,500

there you can hear

644

00:22:59,500 –> 00:23:01,500

any of the messages which have already gone out

645

00:23:01,500 –> 00:23:03,500

on air

646

00:23:03,500 –> 00:23:05,500

and send us as a podcast

647

00:23:05,500 –> 00:23:07,500

on your favourite podcast site

648

00:23:07,500 –> 00:23:09,500

or by following the link on the website

649

00:23:09,500 –> 00:23:11,500

also on our website

650

00:23:11,500 –> 00:23:13,500

and available as a podcast

651

00:23:13,500 –> 00:23:15,500

is Open The Bible Daily

652

00:23:15,500 –> 00:23:17,500

and that’s a series of short 2-3 minute daily reflections

653

00:23:17,500 –> 00:23:19,500

based on Pastor Colin Smith’s teaching

654

00:23:19,500 –> 00:23:21,500

and read in the UK

655

00:23:21,500 –> 00:23:23,500

by Sue MacLeish

656

00:23:23,500 –> 00:23:25,500

there’s a new one every day

657

00:23:25,500 –> 00:23:27,500

and it’s a great way to start the day

658

00:23:27,500 –> 00:23:29,500

Open The Bible depends on your generosity

659

00:23:29,500 –> 00:23:31,500

to keep Pastor Colin’s teaching

660

00:23:31,500 –> 00:23:33,500

online

661

00:23:33,500 –> 00:23:35,500

and as you set up a new monthly gift

662

00:23:35,500 –> 00:23:37,500

to the work of Open The Bible this month

663

00:23:37,500 –> 00:23:39,500

we want to thank you by sending you a free

664

00:23:39,500 –> 00:23:41,500

copy of Chris Lingard’s book

665

00:23:41,500 –> 00:23:43,500

The Enemy Within

666

00:23:43,500 –> 00:23:45,500

straight talk about the power and defeat

667

00:23:45,500 –> 00:23:47,500

of sin. Colin,

668

00:23:47,500 –> 00:23:49,500

who would you say this book is for?

669

00:23:49,500 –> 00:23:51,500

Well, first it’s for anyone who is a Christian

670

00:23:51,500 –> 00:23:53,500

by definition a Christian

671

00:23:53,500 –> 00:23:55,500

is a person in whom

672

00:23:55,500 –> 00:23:57,500

the Holy Spirit dwells

673

00:23:57,500 –> 00:23:59,500

and also by definition a Christian

674

00:23:59,500 –> 00:24:01,500

is a person who is engaged in a

675

00:24:01,500 –> 00:24:03,500

serious battle against sin

676

00:24:03,500 –> 00:24:05,500

the Apostle Paul says we’ve got to put to

677

00:24:05,500 –> 00:24:07,500

death the misdeeds of the body by

678

00:24:07,500 –> 00:24:09,500

the power of the Holy Spirit who lives within you

679

00:24:09,500 –> 00:24:11,500

and here’s the thing. As you

680

00:24:11,500 –> 00:24:13,500

grow in the Christian life you actually become

681

00:24:13,500 –> 00:24:15,500

more aware of

682

00:24:15,500 –> 00:24:17,500

the sins that you need to fight against

683

00:24:17,500 –> 00:24:19,500

in your life not less aware

684

00:24:19,500 –> 00:24:21,500

of them. So there is an increasing

685

00:24:21,500 –> 00:24:23,500

sense of battle that a Christian

686

00:24:23,500 –> 00:24:25,500

experiences and this book

687

00:24:25,500 –> 00:24:27,500

by Chris Lingard, The Enemy Within

688

00:24:27,500 –> 00:24:29,500

is one of the most helpful books I have

689

00:24:29,500 –> 00:24:31,500

ever found on the subject of the battle

690

00:24:31,500 –> 00:24:33,500

of the Christian life. It is really

691

00:24:33,500 –> 00:24:35,500

encouraging, I’ve found it

692

00:24:35,500 –> 00:24:37,500

helpful and I think everyone who reads

693

00:24:37,500 –> 00:24:39,500

it will find it helpful too.

694

00:24:39,500 –> 00:24:41,500

We want to send you a copy of this book

695

00:24:41,500 –> 00:24:43,500

Chris Lingard, The Enemy Within

696

00:24:43,500 –> 00:24:45,500

straight talk about the power and defeat of sin

697

00:24:45,500 –> 00:24:47,500

and it’s our thank you gift to you

698

00:24:47,500 –> 00:24:49,500

if you’re able to set up a new

699

00:24:49,500 –> 00:24:51,500

donation to the work of Open the

700

00:24:51,500 –> 00:24:53,500

Bible this month in the amount of

701

00:24:53,500 –> 00:24:55,500

£5 per month or more

702

00:24:55,500 –> 00:24:57,500

Full details on our website

703

00:24:57,500 –> 00:24:59,500

openthebible.org.uk

704

00:24:59,500 –> 00:25:01,500

For Open the Bible

705

00:25:01,500 –> 00:25:03,500

and for

706

00:25:03,500 –> 00:25:05,500

Pastor Colin Smith, I’m David Pick

707

00:25:05,500 –> 00:25:07,500

and I hope you’ll be able to join us again

708

00:25:07,500 –> 00:25:09,500

next time on Open The Bible

709

00:25:09,500 –> 00:25:13,500

Music

710

00:25:14,939 –> 00:25:18,540

People often talk about being on a spiritual journey

711

00:25:18,540 –> 00:25:20,540

Find out why a spiritual

712

00:25:20,540 –> 00:25:22,540

journey alone can’t save you

713

00:25:22,540 –> 00:25:24,540

That’s next time on Open The Bible