100:00:00,500 –> 00:00:06,840The fifth commandment would be easy if it said honor your Father and Mother if200:00:06,840 –> 00:00:13,040they’re honorable, but it doesn’t actually say that as you’ll notice. God300:00:13,040 –> 00:00:17,320does not allow us the luxury of choosing who we will honor. He puts certain people400:00:17,320 –> 00:00:23,820in our way- your parents, your teachers, your boss, your president, sometimes they500:00:23,820 –> 00:00:27,520may be easy to honor sometimes they will be very difficult600:00:27,780 –> 00:00:32,580Welcome to open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith. I’m David Pick, glad you700:00:32,580 –> 00:00:36,020could be with us today. Colin, as we start can I ask you for a simple800:00:36,020 –> 00:00:41,320definition when God says we’re to honor those in authority what does that mean?900:00:41,320 –> 00:00:47,020Well it’s about respect. It’s about giving weight to what is said by someone1000:00:47,020 –> 00:00:53,099who is placed in our lives by God. It looks different at different stages of1100:00:53,160 –> 00:00:58,000life. Children are to obey their parents, in adult life we’re in a different1200:00:58,000 –> 00:01:02,619position, where we have financial independence and we’re matured in1300:01:02,619 –> 00:01:07,239our own lives. But we’re still to give weight to what those who know us well1400:01:07,239 –> 00:01:10,739are saying. And then in older age the situation becomes1500:01:10,739 –> 00:01:16,480different again. I think of some folks who have done wonderful, wonderful work1600:01:16,480 –> 00:01:20,500in honoring a father and mother by caring for them in later years, and so1700:01:20,500 –> 00:01:26,720expressing the spirit of Christ. So it is valuing those who God has given to us1800:01:26,720 –> 00:01:30,519and giving honour, as the Bible says, to whom honour is due. While the1900:01:30,519 –> 00:01:34,500commandment is to honour your father and mother, we can take it a step further and2000:01:34,500 –> 00:01:38,080say it’s actually about honoring those in authority. Yeah it’s about all2100:01:38,080 –> 00:01:42,339authority. One thing to say, you know, I have been greatly blessed in my life and2200:01:42,339 –> 00:01:48,199I think you have in yours as well. We were both born into happy homes. It2300:01:48,279 –> 00:01:54,400has not been in that sense difficult for folks like you and and I to to honour2400:01:54,400 –> 00:01:58,379father and mother because they are honourable people. I know that this is2500:01:58,379 –> 00:02:03,839difficult for many, many folks and particularly in in a culture in which2600:02:03,839 –> 00:02:10,279family has broken down in more and more cases. And then there is even more,2700:02:10,279 –> 00:02:16,419a distinctive call of Jesus Christ for us to be redemptive, to be redemptive in our2800:02:16,660 –> 00:02:22,320words, in our thoughts, in our behaviour. This is of huge, huge importance. I2900:02:22,320 –> 00:02:27,699remember some years ago when I was in India and just asking an Indian brother3000:02:27,699 –> 00:02:32,660what he thought about the Church in the West and he said you know the tragedy of3100:02:32,660 –> 00:02:37,240the Church in the West is that we’ve lost it when it comes to the family.3200:02:37,240 –> 00:02:42,639So for us to be redemptive in this area even when the situations in which we find3300:02:42,800 –> 00:02:47,039ourselves are very broken is something of huge importance and this commandment3400:02:47,039 –> 00:02:51,279therefore is worth thinking through carefully, what does it mean for me to3500:02:51,279 –> 00:02:55,639try and reflect the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ in a difficult situation3600:02:55,639 –> 00:03:00,399and the Holy Spirit’s given to me for that. That’s what we’ll hear about in3700:03:00,399 –> 00:03:06,880today’s broadcast so join us if you can in Exodus 20 and verse 12, as we3800:03:07,119 –> 00:03:12,080begin the message Your Struggle with Authority here’s Colin. Now of course3900:03:12,080 –> 00:03:18,679it’s easy to talk generally about love. It’s dead easy to talk about loving the4000:03:18,679 –> 00:03:27,380world. What does that mean? It’s easy to talk about being a people, person. The4100:03:27,380 –> 00:03:31,679problem comes with the actual personalities that God puts next to you4200:03:31,679 –> 00:03:36,839and when you begin to boil down who these folks are, you realize that includes4300:03:36,839 –> 00:03:42,380your father and your mother and your brother and your sister and your teacher4400:03:42,380 –> 00:03:48,580and your boss and your business competitor and these folks and sometimes4500:03:48,580 –> 00:03:58,880a bit of a struggle to live above with Saints we love all yes that will be glory4600:03:59,580 –> 00:04:08,600to live below with Saints we know well that’s another story now it would be4700:04:08,600 –> 00:04:12,520relatively easy to love your neighbor if you could choose who your neighbor4800:04:12,520 –> 00:04:18,260will be but God doesn’t give you that luxury you don’t choose the people that4900:04:18,260 –> 00:04:23,100God places next to you in your life and of course that is the whole point of the5000:04:23,100 –> 00:04:26,679story of The Good Samaritan remember Jesus was speaking about the5100:04:27,559 –> 00:04:30,880someone correctly identified their meaning he said it’s all about loving5200:04:30,880 –> 00:04:34,279your neighbor as yourself loving God and then loving your neighbor and then the5300:04:34,339 –> 00:04:38,200question came to Jesus but who is my neighbor who is this person I’m to love5400:04:38,200 –> 00:04:43,779like myself and Jesus told the story you remember of The Good Samaritan and the5500:04:43,779 –> 00:04:49,640whole point of that story was that your neighbor is whoever God puts in your5600:04:49,640 –> 00:04:53,980path and that will include some folks who are5700:04:53,980 –> 00:05:00,119easy to love and it will also include some folks they’re really quite5800:05:00,119 –> 00:05:05,959difficult but the first folks that God puts in the path of your life are5900:05:05,959 –> 00:05:10,779obviously your father and your mother and that’s why it makes sense that the6000:05:10,779 –> 00:05:14,679second table of the lawExplaining to us what it means to love our neighbors6100:05:14,679 –> 00:05:19,079ourselves begins by talking about the relationship that we have with father6200:05:19,880 –> 00:05:24,660and mother. Now I’ve called this your struggle with authority because it’s6300:05:24,660 –> 00:05:29,279obviously the case that your father and your mother are the first authority6400:05:29,279 –> 00:05:35,100figures that God puts in your life and so the fifth commandment by category6500:05:35,100 –> 00:05:40,380opens up this whole issue of how we relate to people who in different6600:05:40,380 –> 00:05:45,540settings are in some kind of authority over us and of course your first6700:05:45,540 –> 00:05:48,339experience my first experience of a person in6800:05:48,339 –> 00:05:55,079authority will tend to shape the way in which we relate to authority afterwards6900:05:55,079 –> 00:06:02,739so if you saw authority used well in your early years you will probably as a7000:06:02,739 –> 00:06:10,100first instinct relate well to authority and respect it if however you saw7100:06:10,100 –> 00:06:15,779authority used badly in your first experience you may have a tendency to be7200:06:15,779 –> 00:06:21,679suspicious of it to resist it and to shy away from it and I say that because7300:06:21,679 –> 00:06:28,859that is why the strength of family life is so important to the good of the7400:06:28,859 –> 00:06:34,920nation respect for authority and authority well used is learned in the7500:06:34,920 –> 00:06:39,160home and of course if it breaks down in the home obviously it follows that it7600:06:39,160 –> 00:06:43,980will begin to break down within national life that’s why the command that says7700:06:44,079 –> 00:06:48,640honor your father and your mother continues to say that you may live long7800:06:48,640 –> 00:06:56,700in the land. You notice that, the point of that is simply this.. That a culture will7900:06:56,700 –> 00:07:03,119not survive long where respect for authority breaks down.8000:07:04,720 –> 00:07:05,320Now I want to8100:07:05,320 –> 00:07:09,339recognize right up front because I know that for some and perhaps many8200:07:09,500 –> 00:07:16,820sensitivities are high on this issue, our experience of parents is incredibly8300:07:16,820 –> 00:07:22,279different. Some of us have enjoyed the blessing of being raised in a stable and8400:07:22,279 –> 00:07:29,760a loving home others of us did not, we wished we had and for some of us, I know8500:07:29,760 –> 00:07:34,179that the very mention of parents is deeply sensitive. It makes you feel like8600:07:34,220 –> 00:07:42,239you want to get out of here, some of us will already be squirming inside because8700:07:42,239 –> 00:07:49,540the whole subject of mum and dad has become so painful to you that the very8800:07:49,540 –> 00:07:57,019mention of the subject has all your defenses up and your first thought today8900:07:57,859 –> 00:08:06,299that the Word of God is going to wound you? Why do you think that?9000:08:07,019 –> 00:08:15,660The reason you think that is that your parents hurt you. They were the first9100:08:15,660 –> 00:08:19,899authority figures in your life and you have the sneaking suspicion that God is9200:08:19,899 –> 00:08:25,799going to hurt you too. You assume that God is like them somewhere deep within9300:08:25,940 –> 00:08:31,600your mind and within your heart. I want to assure you again as we’re learning9400:08:31,600 –> 00:08:38,700from the Bible and it touches the whole of life the God of the Bible is good and9500:08:38,700 –> 00:08:50,619he seeks and will bring your good. Don’t let please the warped authority of your9600:08:51,500 –> 00:09:00,380keep you or blind you from the loving authority of God that you can discover9700:09:00,380 –> 00:09:06,099in your life. Now of course the fifth commandment would be easy if it said9800:09:06,099 –> 00:09:12,140honor your father and mother if they’re honorable, right? But it doesn’t actually9900:09:12,140 –> 00:09:17,739say that as you’ll notice God does not allow us the luxury of choosing who we10000:09:17,760 –> 00:09:22,299will honor. He puts certain people in our way, your parents, your teachers, your boss10100:09:22,299 –> 00:09:28,539your president. Sometimes they may be easy to honor. Sometimes they will be10200:09:28,539 –> 00:09:33,880very difficult. But it is one of the major issues and therefore struggles of10300:09:33,880 –> 00:09:39,799our lives and it is highly relevant not just for children but for all of us10400:09:39,799 –> 00:09:44,799throughout the course of our lives and not just in family life. See, if you’re a10500:09:44,840 –> 00:09:49,799student at school how are you going to respond as a Christian student to a10600:09:49,799 –> 00:09:55,760difficult teacher? I know there are wonderful teachers. I’m married to one10700:09:55,760 –> 00:10:00,299so I’m on that side. But even the teachers will admit there are some10800:10:00,299 –> 00:10:07,520difficult teachers. Right? How do you deal with a difficult boss? How are you going10900:10:07,520 –> 00:10:11,679to handle at work a person who’s an authority over you when he or she acts11000:10:11,859 –> 00:10:16,859unethically or dishonorably?11100:10:17,119 –> 00:10:23,960The Fifth Commandment frames out one of the 10 greatest struggles of our lives11200:10:23,960 –> 00:10:31,219living with authority and sometimes authority that we wouldn’t choose.11300:10:31,219 –> 00:10:35,460You’re listening to Open the Bible with Pastor Colin Smith and a message called11400:10:35,460 –> 00:10:40,619your struggle with authority. It’s all about the Fifth Commandment and it’s11500:10:40,619 –> 00:10:45,539part of our series The 10 Greatest Struggles of Your Life. If you’ve missed11600:10:45,539 –> 00:10:49,340any of the series to date or if you want to go back and listen again you can do11700:10:49,340 –> 00:10:55,880that by coming online to our website openthebible.org.uk or look for us as11800:10:55,880 –> 00:11:01,380a podcast on your favorite podcast site and search for Open the Bible UK to find11900:11:01,380 –> 00:11:04,539that. Here at Open the Bible we’re all about12000:11:04,539 –> 00:11:09,359helping Christians with their Bible study and later in the program I’ll be12100:11:09,440 –> 00:11:13,820talking to Colin about his book Drive Through The Bible. It’s a course which12200:11:13,820 –> 00:11:18,440will give you an overview of the whole Bible and it’s something that we’re12300:11:18,440 –> 00:11:23,020offering this month for people who are just beginning to support Open the Bible12400:11:23,020 –> 00:11:27,340financially. So I hope you’ll stay with us for that. Back to the message now12500:11:27,340 –> 00:11:31,440here’s Colin. Now let’s get into it together and the place to start12600:11:31,440 –> 00:11:35,840obviously is with what the commandment actually means. Honour your father and12700:11:36,520 –> 00:11:45,340what does that mean? Now the word honour literally means give weight to or regard12800:11:45,340 –> 00:11:52,479as heavy. So, literally translated, the Fifth Commandment says, regard your12900:11:52,479 –> 00:12:01,599father and mother as heavy, or give weight to your father and to your mother13000:12:01,599 –> 00:12:05,000that’s literally what it means. So, if your father or your mother happens to be13100:12:05,039 –> 00:12:08,479a few pounds over, I don’t want to be insensitive here, you will find this very13200:12:08,479 –> 00:12:16,539easy to remember. What it’s saying is very obvious, when your father and your13300:12:16,539 –> 00:12:22,140mother say something. Don’t take it lightly, give weight to them, to their13400:12:22,140 –> 00:12:28,119words and to their advice, don’t brush it off, take it seriously, give weight to13500:12:28,119 –> 00:12:32,400what your father and your mother think, to what your father and your mother say13600:12:32,599 –> 00:12:37,659and to what your father and your mother desire. Now obviously what this looks13700:12:37,659 –> 00:12:43,559like in practice will develop and change over the course of a lifetime. For13800:12:43,559 –> 00:12:48,440children, honoring your father and your mother means very simply doing what they13900:12:48,440 –> 00:12:54,299say. Children obey your parents in the Lord, Paul says in Ephesians 6,1 for this14000:12:54,299 –> 00:13:00,159is right, you obey your parents, children. And of course Jesus himself is our14100:13:00,159 –> 00:13:04,820example here, the Bible tells us that in his childhood he was subject to his14200:13:04,820 –> 00:13:10,359parents, he was obedient to his parents, that’s Luke 2.51. So let me give this14300:13:10,359 –> 00:13:15,400encouragement to children in the congregation today. Do what your mum and14400:13:15,400 –> 00:13:25,080your dad tells you. Try your best to do it cheerfully, make it a joy for them to14500:13:25,200 –> 00:13:31,159be your mum and your dad. Watch out for ways in which you can show them that you14600:13:31,159 –> 00:13:39,880love them as they love you. Children obey your parents and then as you get a14700:13:39,880 –> 00:13:45,200little bit older and you have a little bit more freedom don’t use your home as14800:13:45,200 –> 00:13:52,539a bed and breakfast. Don’t see your parents as a cashpoint or a laundry14900:13:52,539 –> 00:14:00,820service. Honour your father and your mother. Give weight to them in your life.15000:14:00,820 –> 00:14:05,960Now obviously this commandment is not just for children. It doesn’t say honour15100:14:05,960 –> 00:14:08,960your father and your mother when you’re young. It says honour your father and15200:14:08,960 –> 00:14:13,239your mother. So it’s going to move on beyond childhood and the second stage of15300:14:13,239 –> 00:14:18,099course is in adult life. And as you launch out on adult life the15400:14:18,099 –> 00:14:22,780relationship with your parent obviously changes. You’re no longer under the15500:14:22,780 –> 00:14:28,580obligation of obedience but God still calls us to give to our parents honour.15600:14:28,580 –> 00:14:36,059And a lot of misery would be avoided if we would heed this advice. I think it was15700:14:36,059 –> 00:14:40,419Mark Twain who said when I was 1815800:14:40,419 –> 00:14:46,940I thought that my father knew nothing. When I was 21 I was amazed at how15900:14:46,940 –> 00:14:52,460much he had learned in just three years. Now your father and your mother are not16000:14:52,460 –> 00:15:01,440always right but they do know you and they have seen more of life than16100:15:01,440 –> 00:15:11,200you have. So in the big decisions of life I urge you, listen to what they have to16200:15:11,200 –> 00:15:20,840say. Don’t say, when they give you counsel from the heart with weight, don’t say,16300:15:20,840 –> 00:15:27,960oh that’s just mum and dad. Say, especially if it’s in a major decision16400:15:28,239 –> 00:15:44,179of life, say this is the opinion of my father and of my mother. Give it weight.16500:15:44,179 –> 00:15:56,479And, as I began to think about it, even within my own limited circle of 20 years,16600:15:56,539 –> 00:16:04,719faces and names flooded into my mind. Of folks who made a major decision and16700:16:04,719 –> 00:16:15,559ruined the day. But, they didn’t listen to a father or to a mother. Give it weight.16800:16:15,559 –> 00:16:19,559That’s what God says to you.16900:16:20,059 –> 00:16:27,400Now having said that, we do need to remember, that to honor, does not mean to17000:16:27,400 –> 00:16:33,700obey without question. And again, here we have the example of Jesus. Remember, as he17100:16:33,700 –> 00:16:38,979entered adult life, he began his ministry and there was an occasion when his17200:16:38,979 –> 00:16:42,460mother and his brothers tried to hold him back. We’re told about that in Mark17300:16:42,460 –> 00:16:48,380and chapter 3. But Jesus did not allow them to stop him from doing the will of17400:16:48,520 –> 00:16:52,940God. And remember that, on one occasion, Jesus said, anyone who loves father and17500:16:52,940 –> 00:16:57,179mother more than me is not worthy of me. So the Bible makes it very clear that17600:16:57,179 –> 00:17:03,020your primary loyalties are, first, to God, and second, if you’re married, to your17700:17:03,020 –> 00:17:09,380husband and to your wife. And a wise parent will recognize that reality and17800:17:09,380 –> 00:17:14,439support it. Third, we move into the stage of old age.17900:17:14,439 –> 00:17:22,239And again, the relationship changes. When your father and your mother reach18000:17:22,239 –> 00:17:26,760their later years, God calls you still to honour them, and18100:17:26,760 –> 00:17:31,000to show the way that you honour them in the way that you care for them. In other18200:17:31,000 –> 00:17:39,699words, we are to give weight to the needs of parents in their older years. And of18300:17:39,699 –> 00:17:43,640course, by extension, and all of the commandments focus on one point that18400:17:43,640 –> 00:17:47,420opens up a whole category explained in the rest of the Bible. The rest of the Bible18500:17:47,420 –> 00:17:51,060speaks about honouring the King, for example, honouring those in government.18600:17:51,060 –> 00:17:56,219It’s all an extension of the fifth commandment. Paul says to Timothy, in 118700:17:56,219 –> 00:18:00,979Timothy, chapter five, and verse two, in the context of the church, treat older18800:18:00,979 –> 00:18:09,420women, he says, as mothers. In other words, for younger folks there is to be a18900:18:09,420 –> 00:18:15,800respect in the very way that we speak to and regard older people. There’s a19000:18:15,800 –> 00:18:20,400respect and an honour that we should treat those who are older within the19100:18:20,400 –> 00:18:25,219community like we would treat a father, like we would treat a mother. That’s a19200:18:25,219 –> 00:18:29,300biblical principle, we’re to give weight to their needs, they’re not to be brushed19300:18:29,300 –> 00:18:35,859aside. This is very important and again Jesus is our example, one of the most19400:18:35,859 –> 00:18:41,800beautiful pictures and realities when he’s suffering in agony on the cross. Do19500:18:41,800 –> 00:18:45,219you remember this? He’s engaged in the greatest venture of19600:18:45,219 –> 00:18:49,540all human history. Some of us think we’re so busy we haven’t time for parents19700:18:49,540 –> 00:18:53,900maybe. Jesus was engaged in the greatest venture in human history and in his19800:18:53,900 –> 00:19:01,420agony on the cross, right in the middle of the work of saving the World. He looks19900:19:01,420 –> 00:19:09,260down at his mother and next to her is John and he says Mother behold your son,20000:19:09,260 –> 00:19:16,319son behold your mother. The Bible tells us from that moment20100:19:16,319 –> 00:19:22,359on John took Mary, the Mother of Jesus, into his own home. Think of it in his20200:19:22,359 –> 00:19:28,199agony. Our Lord is providing for the care of20300:19:28,199 –> 00:19:38,040his mother into her old age. That’s how important this was for Jesus. On the20400:19:38,040 –> 00:19:49,500cross he obeys the fifth commandment. He gave weight even as he’s dying to the20500:19:49,500 –> 00:19:54,040needs of his mother.20600:19:54,339 –> 00:20:06,239Older people needs to be loved, heard, respected. One of the greatest dangers is20700:20:06,239 –> 00:20:11,719that we become so busy in our little lives that other things that seem so20800:20:11,719 –> 00:20:19,060important to us impede. Then it becomes a question how long was it since that was20900:20:19,060 –> 00:20:23,359last a visit? How long was it since there was last a phone call?21000:20:23,420 –> 00:20:26,699Listen to this from 1Timothy chapter 5 and verse 8.21100:20:26,699 –> 00:20:31,119Apostle Paul says if anyone does not provide for his relatives and especially21200:20:31,119 –> 00:20:37,219for his immediate family he has denied the faith, and is worse than an21300:20:37,219 –> 00:20:43,719unbeliever. Could you imagine stronger language than that? Now there is no21400:20:43,719 –> 00:20:48,939formula as to how this should be done but the principle is clear. As my21500:20:49,060 –> 00:20:58,140parents become older I am to give weight to their needs. Every situation is21600:20:58,140 –> 00:21:04,660different but the principle is clear. That weight may involve my money, that21700:21:04,660 –> 00:21:14,180weight will involve my time. 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Colin24100:23:19,420 –> 00:23:24,660what are some of the ways you see this book being used? Well this takes us all24200:23:25,260 –> 00:23:29,619the way through the Bible story and folks who are familiar with Fly Through24300:23:29,619 –> 00:23:35,020The Bible will know that there there are snapshots of people and events and24400:23:35,020 –> 00:23:40,760gifts but what Drive Through The Bible does is it strings the whole of the24500:23:40,760 –> 00:23:47,020Bible story together from beginning to end in a very very short compass. I mean24600:23:47,020 –> 00:23:52,739these are 30 short chapters so over the course of a month if you read for five24700:23:52,760 –> 00:23:57,300minutes a day you would get right through the Bible from Genesis to24800:23:57,300 –> 00:24:02,459Revelation and see how the whole story appoints to the Lord Jesus Christ. So24900:24:02,459 –> 00:24:06,140this is something you could read on your own but it’s really designed to be25000:24:06,140 –> 00:24:12,180shared with another person. I mean you could read this with your kids, you could25100:24:12,180 –> 00:24:16,540give it as a resource to teenagers throughout middle school, high school25200:24:16,540 –> 00:24:21,439students. It’s written very, very simply or perhaps you could share it with a25300:24:21,439 –> 00:24:25,439friend and just take this journey over the period of a month, have a25400:24:25,439 –> 00:24:29,260conversation about the big picture of the Bible, story that points us25500:24:29,260 –> 00:24:33,920everywhere, to the Lord Jesus Christ. So I hope and pray that this will be a25600:24:33,920 –> 00:24:38,900great blessing really useful to people who want to see the Bible open to25700:24:38,900 –> 00:24:42,979discover the whole story and of course to be pointed to the Lord Jesus Christ.25800:24:42,979 –> 00:24:47,500Well drive through the Bible is our gift to you if you’re able to begin a new25900:24:47,500 –> 00:24:51,780direct debit to the work of Open the Bible in the amount of 5 pounds per26000:24:51,780 –> 00:24:57,380month or more, or a one-off gift of 50 pounds or more this month, full terms and26100:24:57,380 –> 00:25:03,119conditions on our website and you can also give online. For Open the Bible and26200:25:03,119 –> 00:25:06,140pastor Colin Smith I’m David pick and I hope you’ll26300:25:06,140 –> 00:25:09,619join us again next time.26400:25:09,739 –> 00:25:11,800you26500:25:14,300 –> 00:25:20,619How can you honor someone, even a parent, who has exercised authority over you in26600:25:20,619 –> 00:25:26,880an unworthy manner. Find out next time on Open the Bible