100:00:00,660 –> 00:00:08,040We will only get serious about pursuing contentment if and when we are200:00:08,040 –> 00:00:13,360convinced that the lack of it is a hellish sin in our lives.300:00:13,360 –> 00:00:17,799Welcome to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith, and Colin, I’ve got to say that’s a400:00:17,820 –> 00:00:22,820quite a bold statement. Lack of contentment is a hellish sin.500:00:22,820 –> 00:00:26,959Well, I first came across that from one of my Scottish heroes, a man by the name of600:00:26,980 –> 00:00:31,660Thomas Boston, a marvelous pastor of an early century and I found a sermon that700:00:31,660 –> 00:00:37,139he preached called the hellish sin of discontent. And I thought really I mean I800:00:37,139 –> 00:00:40,060can think of a lot of sins that you might call hellish, but discontent900:00:40,060 –> 00:00:44,160honestly… It’s not the first one that comes to mind, is it? Not the first one that comes to mind.1000:00:44,160 –> 00:00:47,060But you know as I looked at the Scriptures I came to the conclusion1100:00:47,060 –> 00:00:51,820he was absolutely justified in describing it that way. This actually1200:00:51,820 –> 00:00:56,540comes from hell. It leads to hell, and it gives the experience and the taste of1300:00:56,540 –> 00:01:00,980hell as well. And here’s what I’ve found in my life. That coming to see that1400:01:00,980 –> 00:01:05,760discontent is a serious sin has actually brought me to the place of saying I1500:01:05,760 –> 00:01:09,559therefore have to deal with that when I see it rearing its ugly head in my life.1600:01:09,559 –> 00:01:14,260And that’s the point of the message today. We want to be able to name sins1700:01:14,260 –> 00:01:18,139for what they are in order to come against them more strongly and to seek1800:01:18,139 –> 00:01:21,900the grace of God to overcome them. Let’s get into the message then. We’re in1900:01:22,419 –> 00:01:25,500Exodus 17 as we begin the message, the hellish sin of2000:01:25,500 –> 00:01:27,879discontent. Here is Colin.2100:01:28,379 –> 00:01:30,419Today we begin a four-week series that is2200:01:30,419 –> 00:01:35,459entitled, the art of contentment. And if you are wondering why we would devote2300:01:35,459 –> 00:01:41,220the whole month of May to this one subject that are two reasons. There is2400:01:41,220 –> 00:01:47,339always both a personal and a public element to the ministry of God’s Word.2500:01:47,339 –> 00:01:51,699That is it must come from the heart of the one who speaks according to what2600:01:51,699 –> 00:01:56,980that person has been taught in the scriptures and it must relate to the2700:01:56,980 –> 00:02:01,820lives of the people. That’s at the very heart of what the ministry of the Word2800:02:01,820 –> 00:02:07,419is and with regards first to the personal element, some years ago I came2900:02:07,419 –> 00:02:17,199to a place of wanting a greater sense of peace in my own life. I have been3000:02:17,240 –> 00:02:23,300privileged to serve for 36 years two very wonderful churches both of them in3100:02:23,300 –> 00:02:33,080the suburbs of world class cities, London and Chicago and there is as all of us3200:02:33,080 –> 00:02:39,039know a relentlessness about life in our cities always chasing after the next3300:02:39,039 –> 00:02:46,199thing and I have to say I like that. I like it because I want to live flat out3400:02:46,199 –> 00:02:51,039for the glory of God but some time ago I came to a place of saying I have to3500:02:51,039 –> 00:02:57,300find a way of living flat out for the glory of God from a greater sense of3600:02:57,300 –> 00:03:03,539internal peace and so for some time now some years the subject of contentment3700:03:03,539 –> 00:03:09,619has been a focus of my own thinking my own reading my own praying and learning3800:03:09,619 –> 00:03:14,759and I hope at least to some extent growing. The second reason is the public3900:03:14,860 –> 00:03:22,539one. We are in a season in our culture where anger is increasingly4000:03:22,539 –> 00:03:28,139characterizing public life. Someone said to me, an older person said to me4100:03:28,139 –> 00:03:33,479recently I don’t think I can remember in my life a time when so many people were4200:03:33,479 –> 00:03:41,720angry for so much of the time. People are frustrated. We don’t seem to be able4300:03:41,860 –> 00:03:46,919to subdue the threat of the terrorists. There doesn’t seem to be a clear vision4400:03:46,919 –> 00:03:50,440around which people can unite and as a result there’s a growing sense of4500:03:50,440 –> 00:03:55,160anxiety that you can feel spreading from day to day. I put these three words4600:03:55,160 –> 00:04:05,020together. Anger, frustration, and anxiety. And think about it this way contentment4700:04:05,020 –> 00:04:10,759is moving from anger to peace. It is moving from frustration to4800:04:10,820 –> 00:04:18,019dissatisfaction. And it is moving from anxiety to trust. And so this series not4900:04:18,019 –> 00:04:23,600only comes out of a personal journey of seeking the Lord it also speaks to I5000:04:23,600 –> 00:04:29,059think a moment in which we find ourselves in public life in our own5100:04:29,059 –> 00:04:34,540experience it speaks I believe to an issue that we desperately need to come5200:04:34,760 –> 00:04:42,000terms with today. Now my own journey with regards to contentment began as I said5300:04:42,000 –> 00:04:47,239some years ago when I came across and I remember when it really began. I came5400:04:47,239 –> 00:04:53,920across a sermon by one of my heroes of the faith a 17th-century pastor by the5500:04:53,920 –> 00:04:58,480name of Thomas Boston and I found this sermon that Boston preached and he5600:04:59,220 –> 00:05:08,679the hellish sin of discontent and I looked at that the hellish sin of5700:05:08,679 –> 00:05:16,880discontent. My first thought was really? I mean a hellish sin of murder maybe but5800:05:16,880 –> 00:05:24,820discontent? Was Thomas Boston exaggerating when he used this title or5900:05:25,239 –> 00:05:32,380justified in his description? Well I’ve become convinced that he was entirely6000:05:32,380 –> 00:05:37,959justified in his description and that is why I am using his title for this6100:05:37,959 –> 00:05:44,059message today. We are beginning the series with a focus on the sin of6200:05:44,059 –> 00:05:49,179discontent and its nature for this reason. That we will only get serious6300:05:49,179 –> 00:05:54,179about pursuing contentment if and when we are convinced that the lack of it is6400:05:54,239 –> 00:06:00,679a hellish sin in our lives. And so my single aim for today is that by God’s6500:06:00,679 –> 00:06:05,059grace every one of us will come to the place by the end of this service of6600:06:05,059 –> 00:06:11,480saying I never before saw my anger, my frustration and my worry as a hellish6700:06:11,480 –> 00:06:19,079sin, but I do now. And seeing that this discontent is a hellish sin, by the6800:06:19,079 –> 00:06:23,779grace of God I am going to set about pursuing a greater contentment in my6900:06:23,880 –> 00:06:27,859life, I am going to seek to take this journey from anger to peace, from7000:06:27,859 –> 00:06:33,140frustration to satisfaction, from worry to trust, and I am going to set about it7100:06:33,140 –> 00:06:41,500by the grace of God and with the help of God in this month of May 2016. Now I7200:06:41,500 –> 00:06:45,380want us to begin in the book of Jude and this is perhaps the only time you will7300:06:45,380 –> 00:06:50,540ever hear me say this from the pulpit, I do not want you to look it up. We’ll get7400:06:50,540 –> 00:06:56,660there in a moment, but I want first to play fill in the blanks so go with me7500:06:56,660 –> 00:07:01,579on this just for a moment. Jude speaks about the judgment of God that will come7600:07:01,579 –> 00:07:08,260upon the wicked and he says this, behold the Lord comes with ten thousands of his7700:07:08,260 –> 00:07:15,700holy ones to execute judgment on all and to convict all the ungodly of their7800:07:16,660 –> 00:07:21,779ungodliness that they have committed in such an ungodly way and of all the7900:07:21,779 –> 00:07:28,359harsh things that ungodly sinners have spoken against him. Now four times in8000:07:28,359 –> 00:07:34,940these two verses you have a reference to the ungodly God comes to execute8100:07:34,940 –> 00:07:40,940judgment on the ungodly, when judgment comes God will bring it to the ungodly8200:07:41,079 –> 00:07:46,059and he will convict them of their ungodly deeds and of what they have done8300:07:46,059 –> 00:07:51,619in an ungodly way and of the harsh words that ungodly sinners have spoken against8400:07:51,619 –> 00:07:55,059God. Now when you get the same word four times in two verses you know what it’s8500:07:55,059 –> 00:08:00,679about it’s about the ungodly and the judgment of God that comes upon them. Now8600:08:00,679 –> 00:08:02,459here’s the fill in the blank.8700:08:02,799 –> 00:08:08,359Jude then tells us who the ungodly are.8800:08:08,359 –> 00:08:20,700These, that is the ungodly, are blank. What do you think belongs in the blank? The8900:08:20,700 –> 00:08:28,899ones on whom God comes to execute judgment? These are the murderers, for9000:08:29,299 –> 00:08:40,000sure. Adulterers, thieves rapists terrorists, for sure, but none of them are9100:08:40,000 –> 00:08:53,900mentioned here. These, the scripture says, the ungodly, are grumblers, malcontents9200:08:54,299 –> 00:09:00,000following their own sinful desires. Now, you should look it up and make sure that9300:09:00,000 –> 00:09:07,340that’s really what it says and I promise you that it is. The ungodly are the9400:09:07,340 –> 00:09:17,739malcontent, the malcontent. So here is the first reason that discontent is9500:09:17,760 –> 00:09:23,979rightly described as a hellish sin. Discontent is a hellish sin because dude9600:09:23,979 –> 00:09:30,659says very clearly it directly leads to Hell. Hell comes because of this. God9700:09:30,659 –> 00:09:35,200comes to execute judgment on the ungodly who are the ungodly, they are the9800:09:35,200 –> 00:09:42,940grumblers and the malcontents. I looked up malcontent in my online dictionary9900:09:42,940 –> 00:09:47,440and got from Miriam Webster two definitions. The short one malcontent a10000:09:47,440 –> 00:09:54,520person who is always or often unhappy and the longer one a person who bears a10100:09:54,520 –> 00:10:02,580grudge from a sense of grievance or thwarted ambition. So let’s describe what10200:10:02,580 –> 00:10:09,219that is this discontent, this malcontent. What is it? Others seemed to have more10300:10:10,119 –> 00:10:15,940than you do. Better gifts, better looks, better opportunities and you are not10400:10:15,940 –> 00:10:22,640happy with what God has given to you. You may be frustrated in your marriage or10500:10:22,640 –> 00:10:27,460with your children. Other people seem to have compliant children and somehow you10600:10:27,460 –> 00:10:33,500have one who is not so easy and you’re not happy about that. Your friend has a10700:10:33,500 –> 00:10:37,320home that is larger than yours’, vacations that are more exotic than10800:10:37,559 –> 00:10:42,599yours. It all comes from a salary that is much larger than yours and you look at10900:10:42,599 –> 00:10:48,919that and you find yourself saying, why him why her why them why not me? Your11000:10:48,919 –> 00:10:52,479life is not as you want it to be, your family is not as you want it to be, your11100:10:52,479 –> 00:10:56,400work is not as you want it to be, your church is not as you want it to be. You11200:10:56,400 –> 00:11:02,440are not happy, you have a sense of grievance about you and if that gets11300:11:02,520 –> 00:11:08,059hold and takes root in your heart it will lead you to a very dark place11400:11:08,059 –> 00:11:18,440indeed. So you have to say to yourself this is discontent and people are in11500:11:18,440 –> 00:11:26,000hell because of this today and Jesus Christ came to save me from sins that11600:11:26,260 –> 00:11:35,580lead to hell and I must therefore seek his help to deliver me from this hellish11700:11:35,580 –> 00:11:41,320sin discontent is a hellish thing because Jude very clearly says it leads11800:11:41,320 –> 00:11:46,599to hell hell comes because of this we’ve got to pause the message briefly but11900:11:46,599 –> 00:11:50,359we’ll be back shortly you’re listening to open the Bible with pastor Colin12000:11:50,359 –> 00:11:54,619Smith and a message called the hellish sin of discontent it’s part of our12100:11:54,739 –> 00:11:58,619series the art of contentment and if you ever missed one of the series don’t12200:11:58,619 –> 00:12:02,760forget you can always come to our website open the Bible dot org dot UK12300:12:02,760 –> 00:12:06,320and there you’ll find all the messages which have already been broadcast and12400:12:06,320 –> 00:12:10,539Colin’s messages are also available as a podcast all the main podcast sites12500:12:10,539 –> 00:12:16,320search for open the Bible UK or follow the link from our website back to the12600:12:16,320 –> 00:12:22,440message now here again is Colin discontent is a hellish sin because it12700:12:22,799 –> 00:12:33,580comes from hell remember that hell is a place of perpetual discontent people in12800:12:33,580 –> 00:12:42,900hell are always angry and never at piece people in hell are always frustrated and12900:12:43,619 –> 00:12:54,380never satisfied discontent is a defining characteristic of hell itself, and that13000:12:54,380 –> 00:12:58,859is surely the significance of our Lord’s Words. Do you remember how He described13100:12:58,859 –> 00:13:04,200the experience of hell He said there there shall be weeping and gnashing of13200:13:04,200 –> 00:13:12,140teeth What content would you put into the description gnashing of teeth? What13300:13:12,219 –> 00:13:18,859does gnashing of teeth convey? Surely it conveys this, to be always angry and13400:13:18,859 –> 00:13:27,260never at peace, to be always frustrated and never satisfied. Now there are three13500:13:27,260 –> 00:13:32,140sins that lie behind discontent and they are the characteristic and even the13600:13:32,140 –> 00:13:39,140original sins of hell itself. They are pride, rebellion and unbelief and it is13700:13:39,200 –> 00:13:42,820for this reason that I say that discontent not only leads to hell, it13800:13:42,820 –> 00:13:48,479actually comes from hell. It’s characteristic often. Think of this,13900:13:48,479 –> 00:13:53,619discontent first is a manifestation of pride and Jude, in the verses that we14000:13:53,619 –> 00:13:59,039looked at a moment ago, immediately makes this identification. These, the ungodly14100:13:59,039 –> 00:14:03,739are the grumblers and the malcontents. They are following their own sinful14200:14:04,520 –> 00:14:09,619loud-mouthed boasters. So there you are. He goes straight to pride because that’s14300:14:09,619 –> 00:14:18,640at its root. Discontent is at its heart a manifestation of pride because it flows14400:14:18,640 –> 00:14:25,979from a heart that says I deserve better than God has given to me and of course14500:14:25,979 –> 00:14:32,479that was the original sin of Satan and the fallen angels themselves. In fact in14600:14:32,479 –> 00:14:36,340the letter of Jude if you still have that open as I hope you now do in front14700:14:36,340 –> 00:14:42,820of you we have a reference to the angels who like Satan were not content to be14800:14:42,820 –> 00:14:48,219the servants of God. Verse six angels who did not stay within their position14900:14:48,219 –> 00:14:52,820of authority but left their proper dwelling. You see here are angels and15000:14:52,820 –> 00:14:58,520they are given positions of authority in the reign of God itself in heaven but15100:14:58,659 –> 00:15:05,640some of these angels Jude is telling us who way back in the midst of pre-time15200:15:05,640 –> 00:15:09,719said in effect we deserve better than what God has given to us they were not15300:15:09,719 –> 00:15:15,479content with their positions of authority they’re not content now and of15400:15:15,479 –> 00:15:22,280course they never will be. Thomas Boston says this the devil is the proudest15500:15:22,280 –> 00:15:30,400creature of all, and the most discontented because pride and15600:15:30,400 –> 00:15:37,679discontent lodge under the same roof.’ That’s very memorable. Pride and15700:15:37,679 –> 00:15:41,320discontent. They always go together. You always find them in the same place,15800:15:41,320 –> 00:15:47,099always find them under the same roof, and that is why Satan the restless wanderer15900:15:47,099 –> 00:15:52,099never at peace, always discontent. The proudest creature, the most discontent16000:15:52,099 –> 00:16:00,940because the two belong under the same roof. I deserve better than God has given16100:16:00,940 –> 00:16:08,739to me. Now friends, if I catch myself thinking like that, I have to take myself16200:16:09,179 –> 00:16:16,659in hand, and I have to say to myself, I deserve better than God has given to me.16300:16:18,700 –> 00:16:26,080That is the polar opposite of everything I believe. I believe that God has given16400:16:26,080 –> 00:16:33,080me abundantly more than I deserve. I believe that what I deserve is hell on16500:16:33,080 –> 00:16:38,559earth followed by hell in hell. But God has not given me that, he has16600:16:38,559 –> 00:16:44,840loved me. He has given his Son for me. He has blessed me with every spiritual16700:16:44,840 –> 00:16:48,599blessing in Jesus Christ, he has given me all that I need for life and for16800:16:48,599 –> 00:16:52,799godliness. In all things his love surrounds me, and in all things he works16900:16:52,799 –> 00:16:57,200out his great purpose that now has become my purpose, that a true reflection17000:16:57,200 –> 00:17:01,960of the glory of his Son should be seen for my joy, and for his glory forever and17100:17:01,960 –> 00:17:09,260forever in me. Discontent it is a horrible manifestation of pride, that’s17200:17:09,260 –> 00:17:18,300what it is. Second, discontent is an expression of rebellion. In the Old17300:17:18,300 –> 00:17:22,780Testament, as you know well, we have the story of Job. A good and a godly man,17400:17:22,780 –> 00:17:28,780a man wonderfully blessed by God. His family was blessed, his business was17500:17:28,839 –> 00:17:34,540blessed. Job was living the dream as we would say until one day, through a series17600:17:34,540 –> 00:17:40,880of disasters, this good and godly man lost everything. And Job said, you17700:17:40,880 –> 00:17:47,920remember these famous words the Lord gave the Lord has taken away blessed be17800:17:47,920 –> 00:17:55,420the name of the Lord. Now that’s what a godly person says. An ungodly person, a17900:17:55,459 –> 00:17:59,160discontented person says something different. You see the discontented18000:17:59,160 –> 00:18:05,780person says the Lord gave and he should have given more the Lord has taken away18100:18:05,780 –> 00:18:09,000and he should not have done that18200:18:09,000 –> 00:18:15,300which is why Jude speaks about the harsh things that ungodly sinners speak18300:18:15,300 –> 00:18:22,300against God. See discontent is a hellish thing because at its heart it is a18400:18:22,300 –> 00:18:26,699rebellion against God. Any person who believes in a sovereign God and then is18500:18:26,699 –> 00:18:32,420discontent is guilty of rebellion because God is sovereign, over all of my18600:18:32,420 –> 00:18:32,959life18700:18:32,959 –> 00:18:41,199Paul pictures it this way in the book of Romans. He said imagine a piece of18800:18:41,199 –> 00:18:47,060clay saying to the Potter whose hands mold it18900:18:47,660 –> 00:18:55,380why are you making me like this why have you made me like this? Have you ever19000:18:55,380 –> 00:19:00,739said that to God? God you should have done something different and remember19100:19:00,739 –> 00:19:04,359how the Apostle Paul answers that he says who are you a man to talk back to19200:19:04,359 –> 00:19:13,800God? He’s God but you see all this content at its heart is an expression of19300:19:13,920 –> 00:19:18,739horrible rebellion against God it’s a manifestation of pride it’s an expression19400:19:18,739 –> 00:19:25,319of rebellion it is thirdly a fruit of unbelief and this is why we read from19500:19:25,319 –> 00:19:31,920Exodus and chapter 17 this morning it tells the story of how God’s people had19600:19:31,920 –> 00:19:37,300been greatly blessed they had been brought out of slavery in Egypt they had19700:19:37,300 –> 00:19:41,880crossed the Red Sea without getting their feet wet God had given them manna19800:19:42,180 –> 00:19:47,839feed them in the wilderness and here’s something fascinating why is it that19900:19:47,839 –> 00:19:57,140those who are most evidently blessed are often most discontent20000:19:57,140 –> 00:20:02,280maimai this was an overwhelming impression made upon me the very first20100:20:02,280 –> 00:20:08,520time I came to India meeting brothers and sisters who have so much less than I20200:20:08,520 –> 00:20:15,800have in my life so much less than the vast majority of us have and seeing that20300:20:15,800 –> 00:20:20,959there was a far greater general level of contentment among Christian believers20400:20:20,959 –> 00:20:29,599than typically is experienced here why is that that so often those who are20500:20:29,599 –> 00:20:35,239blessed the most are content least why would that be and the answer of course20600:20:35,500 –> 00:20:40,780is that contentment has nothing whatsoever to do with what you have or20700:20:40,780 –> 00:20:47,719what you do not have in life contentment is a condition of heart that is why20800:20:47,719 –> 00:20:52,920adding to what you have cannot bring contentment it just doesn’t work it20900:20:52,920 –> 00:20:56,839doesn’t happen the, world always says to us if you can bring what you have up to21000:20:56,839 –> 00:21:00,160what you want then you will be content it never happens what you want just21100:21:00,160 –> 00:21:09,000moves. Contentment is a condition of heart now at one point God’s people who21200:21:09,000 –> 00:21:12,199had been so greatly blessed they come to a place21300:21:12,199 –> 00:21:17,160where they had no water now that is a legitimate concern and there obviously21400:21:17,160 –> 00:21:22,479are times in life where we may have a legitimate concern as to how God will21500:21:22,479 –> 00:21:29,400supply what we need but what happened was that their legitimate concern21600:21:29,640 –> 00:21:38,920metastasized into unbelief verse 7 of Exodus 17 they tested the Lord by21700:21:38,920 –> 00:21:49,040saying is the Lord among us or not now here are redeemed people God’s people21800:21:49,040 –> 00:21:54,479brought through the Red Sea and within a very short space of time they have lost21900:21:54,479 –> 00:22:01,140confidence that God is with them if you no longer believe that God is with you22000:22:01,140 –> 00:22:06,420you will no longer be confident that he will supply what you need and it will22100:22:06,420 –> 00:22:10,500not be long there for before the grumbling at the complaining begins and22200:22:10,500 –> 00:22:14,800you will find yourself sliding into the hellish sin of discontent because it is22300:22:14,800 –> 00:22:19,560the fruit of unbelief it arises from a loss of confidence22400:22:19,560 –> 00:22:24,199that God is actually with you that he cares for you and that he will as we’re22500:22:24,199 –> 00:22:30,239gonna see later in this series wonderfully supply all that you need22600:22:30,239 –> 00:22:34,500as a word of warning in today’s broadcast it’s the first part of a22700:22:34,500 –> 00:22:39,160message called the hellish sin of discontent contentment doesn’t mean22800:22:39,160 –> 00:22:43,939you’re indifferent to what’s going on in the world or your own circumstances what22900:22:43,939 –> 00:22:48,099it means is you’re not going to be controlled by them moving from anger to23000:22:48,099 –> 00:22:54,699peace from frustration to satisfaction from anxiety to trust the Apostle Paul23100:22:54,699 –> 00:22:59,660wrote that he learned the secret of being content and so can we and that’s23200:22:59,660 –> 00:23:04,660what this series is all about the series is called The Art of Contentment and if23300:23:04,660 –> 00:23:08,380you ever miss one of the series it’s easy to catch up or go back and listen23400:23:08,380 –> 00:23:14,400again online at our website OpenTheBible.org.uk or as a podcast on all23500:23:14,400 –> 00:23:20,560the main podcast sites search for Open the Bible UK. Open the Bible is supported23600:23:20,560 –> 00:23:25,040by our listeners and if you already give to support the work we want to say a big23700:23:25,040 –> 00:23:29,239thank you. If you’ve been considering beginning to support Open the Bible23800:23:29,239 –> 00:23:33,859financially this month if you are able to set up a new direct debit to the work23900:23:33,859 –> 00:23:38,219of Open the Bible in the amount of five pounds per month or more or a one-off24000:23:38,219 –> 00:23:42,760gift of fifty pounds or more we’d love to say thank you by sending you a copy24100:23:42,900 –> 00:23:47,339of Pastor Colin’s book Fly Through the Bible. If you’d like to receive that free24200:23:47,339 –> 00:23:53,260gift don’t forget don’t give anonymously and do leave your address. Colin what do24300:23:53,260 –> 00:23:57,920you hope that readers of this book will take away from it? Well the people will24400:23:57,920 –> 00:24:02,880see that the whole Bible is one story and that it all points to the Lord24500:24:02,880 –> 00:24:07,359Jesus Christ. You know I think many folks know some stories from the Bible you24600:24:07,380 –> 00:24:11,319know David and Goliath, Jonah and the whale and so forth and so on. But I find that24700:24:11,520 –> 00:24:16,500often people don’t realize that there really is an overall storyline to the24800:24:16,500 –> 00:24:21,380Bible. It begins in a garden, it ends in a city, all the way through it’s about the24900:24:21,380 –> 00:24:27,040Lord Jesus Christ. So when a person gets an overview of the Bible, that’s the best25000:24:27,040 –> 00:24:31,839way to be introduced to the Lord Jesus Christ himself. This is going to show you25100:24:31,839 –> 00:24:37,660who he is, why we need him, what he’s accomplished, what he offers, what he’s25200:24:37,660 –> 00:24:42,459able to do in the life of any person who turns to him in repentance and faith.25300:24:42,459 –> 00:24:45,959Well we’d love to send you a copy of Pastor Colin’s book, Fly Through the25400:24:45,959 –> 00:24:50,339Bible, if you’re able to set up a new direct debit to the work of Open The25500:24:50,339 –> 00:24:55,099Bible for five pounds per month or more or a one-off gift of fifty pounds or25600:24:55,099 –> 00:24:59,280more this month. Don’t forget to leave your address so that we can send you25700:24:59,280 –> 00:25:03,920your free gift. You can find full terms and conditions and you can give online25800:25:04,180 –> 00:25:10,420at our website openthebible.org.uk. For Open The Bible and Pastor Colin25900:25:10,420 –> 00:25:19,199Smith, I’m David Pick and we’ll see you next time.26000:25:19,199 –> 00:25:27,199Discontent can be very costly. Find out why next time on Open The Bible.