100:00:01,000 –> 00:00:08,880I’d known these Commandments for years he said, But one day it was the Tenth200:00:08,880 –> 00:00:15,200Commandment and it got me I realized for the first time that God’s not just300:00:15,200 –> 00:00:20,059looking at my outward actions, God is measuring my heart and I’ve got to tell400:00:20,059 –> 00:00:25,459you says it’s the Tenth Commandment that nailed me! Welcome to Open the Bible with500:00:25,459 –> 00:00:29,580Pastor Colin Smith. I’m David Pick glad you could be with us today. And Colin600:00:29,580 –> 00:00:34,180just two questions. What is the Tenth Commandment and who on earth is that?700:00:34,180 –> 00:00:38,459Well the Tenth Commandment is, you shall not covet. And the he is the Apostle800:00:38,459 –> 00:00:43,400Paul you know this is fascinating to me that Paul gives us an insight into how900:00:43,400 –> 00:00:48,380God brought a radical change in his life. At one stage he’s saying I’m a Pharisee1000:00:48,380 –> 00:00:52,200of the Pharisees the best of the bunch. And then later in his life he says I’m1100:00:52,200 –> 00:00:55,759the Chief of Sinners How did he get from the one to the other? And the answer1200:00:56,160 –> 00:01:00,740is the Tenth Commandment. He tells us about it in Romans 7 this was what1300:01:00,740 –> 00:01:05,160brought me unglued. This is what made me realize that I really am a sinner. So1400:01:05,160 –> 00:01:09,199this is a way in which God can speak into the life of the person who’s lived1500:01:09,199 –> 00:01:14,919a very moral life even a religious life and bring a whole new level of1600:01:14,919 –> 00:01:17,459perception as to our true position before God.1700:01:17,459 –> 00:01:18,639This is a very revealing1800:01:18,639 –> 00:01:23,160Commandment and we’ll dive deeper into it so join us if you can in Exodus1900:01:23,599 –> 00:01:28,459Chapter 20 as we continue the message Your Struggle with contentment. Here’s2000:01:28,459 –> 00:01:34,199Colin. Now turn with me please to Romans Chapter 7 you only turned one place in2100:01:34,199 –> 00:01:40,040your Bible this morning make it now please Romans Chapter 7 I want you to2200:01:40,040 –> 00:01:46,739discover something so important here because in Romans 7 Paul tells us how2300:01:46,739 –> 00:01:52,660all this changed in his life. He’s talking personally in Romans 7 and he2400:01:52,800 –> 00:01:58,959describes a specific experience in his life now I do not know whether this2500:01:58,959 –> 00:02:03,419experience took place before or after the Lord appeared to him on the Damascus2600:02:03,419 –> 00:02:09,740road but whether it was before or after he tells us about how he came to a2700:02:09,740 –> 00:02:18,380complete re-evaluation of his own position. Romans 7 and verse 7 look at2800:02:18,380 –> 00:02:27,740what he says what shall we say then? Is the law sin? certainly not. Indeed, I would2900:02:27,740 –> 00:02:34,160not have known what sin was except through the law now wait a minute you3000:02:34,160 –> 00:02:37,080scratch your head if you put that against Philippians which we’ve just3100:02:37,080 –> 00:02:43,679quoted. In philippians he’s saying before the law I’m faultless, now in3200:02:44,000 –> 00:02:50,399he’s saying it was through the law that I discovered sin so something has3300:02:50,399 –> 00:02:58,240happened here how do we put these two things together in Philippians he tells3400:02:58,240 –> 00:03:02,839us that for many years he’d looked at the commandments and he’d said I’m okay3500:03:02,839 –> 00:03:08,100I’m okay he takes the checklist but now he’s3600:03:08,100 –> 00:03:12,039telling us that the commandment had the effect of showing him that he was a3700:03:12,039 –> 00:03:16,360sinner how come what made the difference well let’s read on the answer3800:03:16,360 –> 00:03:24,020is the 10th commandment very specific I would not have known what covering3900:03:24,020 –> 00:03:30,419really was if the law had not said do not cover4000:03:30,559 –> 00:03:38,000here I was he says with my moral checklist thinking that I was doing4100:03:38,039 –> 00:03:45,000quite well as a good living person I don’t steal I don’t kill then one day4200:03:45,000 –> 00:03:53,080after all my training in the law one day I really came face to face with the4300:03:53,080 –> 00:03:58,600tenth commandment see that’s the language he uses in verse 9 the4400:03:58,600 –> 00:04:04,279commandment came he’s talking about personal experience he’s saying it4500:04:04,520 –> 00:04:10,800suddenly came to me I had known these Commandments for years he’s saying but4600:04:10,800 –> 00:04:18,519one day it was the tenth Commandment and it bopped me I realized for the first4700:04:18,519 –> 00:04:23,260time that God’s not just looking at my outward actions God is measuring my4800:04:23,260 –> 00:04:27,380heart and I’ve got to tell you says it’s the tenth commandment that nailed4900:04:27,459 –> 00:04:35,339me it strangled the life out of my self-righteousness the 10th Commandment5000:04:35,339 –> 00:04:40,980is the killer commandment for morally upright people and you see once you see5100:04:40,980 –> 00:04:46,619the meaning of number ten then you reevaluate your own checklist on all of5200:04:46,619 –> 00:04:50,000the other nine and what you ticked off as successful you certainly see you5300:04:50,040 –> 00:04:53,820should be crossing off as still to be done5400:04:54,480 –> 00:04:59,179large part of my morality Paul would say it much more to do with the peer factor5500:04:59,179 –> 00:05:05,019than the fear factor than it really had to do with the condition of my heart5600:05:06,100 –> 00:05:11,119see this 10th commandment speaks to us today5700:05:11,279 –> 00:05:16,739strange thing is that the rich young ruler Saul of Tarsus were both5800:05:16,839 –> 00:05:20,179confronted by the challenge of the same commandment and made an opposite5900:05:20,179 –> 00:05:22,339response6000:05:23,720 –> 00:05:30,079the rich young ruler the Bible says went away sorrowful6100:05:30,779 –> 00:05:34,380the equivalent for us today would be came to church he said I don’t really6200:05:34,380 –> 00:05:38,820like that message it makes me feel uncomfortable I’ll find another place6300:05:38,820 –> 00:05:42,700that will make me feel better6400:05:44,619 –> 00:05:48,600the apostle Paul took a different road6500:05:49,359 –> 00:05:56,100if God’s truth is showing me that I has this kind of need then I have to embrace6600:05:56,100 –> 00:05:59,100God’s son6700:05:59,179 –> 00:06:02,160it’s my Savior6800:06:02,519 –> 00:06:08,640I need to start walking with a completely different self-evaluation6900:06:09,640 –> 00:06:13,640I need to begin again7000:06:16,859 –> 00:06:23,140so the great value of this 10th commandment is that it shows us morally7100:06:23,140 –> 00:06:29,000upright people that we’re sinners who need to save you if you grasp that in7200:06:29,000 –> 00:06:33,059the core of your being7300:06:36,619 –> 00:06:45,179more briefly the Tenth Commandment makes it very clear that the heart of my7400:06:45,179 –> 00:06:54,640problem is the problem of my heart now that’s important to grasp a heart of the7500:06:54,640 –> 00:07:03,140human problem the heart of your problem is the problem of your heart want to7600:07:03,140 –> 00:07:08,540give you a quotation from dr. Martyn Lloyd-Jones he was a medical doctor who7700:07:08,540 –> 00:07:13,820became a great Bible preacher and often used his medical background to give7800:07:13,820 –> 00:07:19,179great insight into the scriptures now let me quote this paragraph to you I7900:07:20,100 –> 00:07:26,160profoundly helpful sin he says is not merely a matter of actions and deeds it8000:07:26,160 –> 00:07:33,440is something within the heart that leads to the action what we must therefore8100:07:33,440 –> 00:07:44,500really concentrate upon is not so much sins as sin sins are nothing but the8200:07:44,500 –> 00:07:52,640symptoms of a disease called sin and it is not the symptoms that matter but the8300:07:52,640 –> 00:08:01,179disease it is the disease that kills not the symptoms and see what he’s saying8400:08:01,179 –> 00:08:05,540we talk a lot about sin so this person did this this person did that this8500:08:05,540 –> 00:08:09,660person did the other since in sense but he says what really matters is not so8600:08:10,380 –> 00:08:17,320did it’s sin it is the root cause that leads to these actions it’s rather like8700:08:17,320 –> 00:08:24,859he says symptoms in a disease symptoms very amongst those who are sick and8800:08:24,859 –> 00:08:30,980frankly it’s not the symptoms that kill you the question the really matters is8900:08:30,980 –> 00:08:34,900not which symptoms are you showing the question that really matters is which9000:08:34,900 –> 00:08:48,679disease have you got I’ve been struggling with a flu or week and I’ve9100:08:48,679 –> 00:08:55,900been taking these tablets I’m not knocking them I’m very grateful for them9200:08:55,900 –> 00:09:00,219I’ll tell you but this is what it says on the box9300:09:00,219 –> 00:09:14,140all right I’m quoting uses temporarily relieves common flu symptoms and think9400:09:14,140 –> 00:09:21,520about what that seng first is saying the box of stuff you’ve just bought will9500:09:21,520 –> 00:09:25,559help you but it won’t help you for long9600:09:25,880 –> 00:09:28,559temporarily9700:09:29,039 –> 00:09:33,099the way that it will help you is that you’ll have less of these symptoms you9800:09:33,099 –> 00:09:36,219won’t have to worry about a running nose and a sore throat but the problem9900:09:36,219 –> 00:09:42,059is it won’t deal with the problem so as I get worse my wife says to me you10000:09:42,059 –> 00:09:51,979need to go to the doctor and I say no I don’t I’m not that bad now listen to10100:09:52,659 –> 00:09:58,840this Jesus said it is not the healthy who need a doctor but the sick and as10200:09:58,840 –> 00:10:05,059long as you and I live with the illusion that we are more healthy because we’ve10300:10:05,059 –> 00:10:09,900found a way of suppressing the symptoms we will never come to Christ to deal10400:10:09,900 –> 00:10:15,820with the disease see that’s the problem with behavior modification by the way10500:10:15,900 –> 00:10:23,099there are many many ways to change behavior if all you want to do is to10600:10:23,099 –> 00:10:27,140stop drinking alcohol or break free from some compulsive habit that you’ve had10700:10:27,140 –> 00:10:34,580for ten years you don’t need Jesus to do that you can do it with good therapy10800:10:34,580 –> 00:10:43,179and a support group, but good therapy and a support group will never change your10900:10:43,260 –> 00:10:53,260heart it will affect the symptoms it will not touch the disease the heart of11000:10:53,260 –> 00:10:59,599your problem is the problem of your heart and so the great question that11100:10:59,599 –> 00:11:05,539you face is not how do I change my behavior the primary question is I do I11200:11:05,539 –> 00:11:11,219change my heart of course that was a great discovery that King David made11300:11:11,599 –> 00:11:16,440remember when he got himself in a right royal mess after an affair with a woman11400:11:16,440 –> 00:11:22,020called Bathsheba he covered it up of course but then God broke through the11500:11:22,020 –> 00:11:25,900cover-up through a man called Nathan and that brought David to repentance and it11600:11:25,900 –> 00:11:32,119led him to write Psalm 51 when he confesses his sin he asked God to wash11700:11:32,119 –> 00:11:39,020him and to cleanse him and to forgive him but he doesn’t end there see it’s11800:11:39,659 –> 00:11:43,580more than sins he’s worried about, it’s more than what he did here and here and11900:11:43,580 –> 00:11:52,479here and here and here, he says create in me a pure heart oh God12000:11:53,039 –> 00:12:00,820why does he say that because he says Lord I need you to deal not just with12100:12:00,820 –> 00:12:07,599what I did but with the impulse that made me do it if you were just to12200:12:07,679 –> 00:12:13,400forgive what I did but not to touch the deep in our impulse the heart that gave12300:12:13,400 –> 00:12:17,739rise to it then all that will happen is six months from now I will go down the12400:12:17,739 –> 00:12:21,119same track and do the same kind of thing12500:12:21,159 –> 00:12:25,960Lord I need more than forgiveness for my sins I need a change of heart I12600:12:25,960 –> 00:12:30,940need more than medicine to relieve the symptoms I need a doctor to deal with12700:12:30,940 –> 00:12:33,500the disease12800:12:34,359 –> 00:12:38,599So the tenth commandment shows us12900:12:38,599 –> 00:12:43,479the morally upright people are sinners who need a savior that the heart of my13000:12:43,479 –> 00:12:48,200problem is the problem of my heart13100:12:48,200 –> 00:12:49,419you’re listening to open the Bible with13200:12:49,419 –> 00:12:53,880Pastor Colin Smith and a message called your struggle with contentment part of13300:12:53,880 –> 00:12:58,119our longer series the 10 greatest struggles of your life and if you want13400:12:58,119 –> 00:13:02,179to go back and listen to any of those messages again you can easily do that by13500:13:02,179 –> 00:13:08,400coming online to our website openthebible.org.uk back to the message13600:13:08,400 –> 00:13:13,380now we’re in Exodus Chapter 20 here’s Colin13700:13:13,380 –> 00:13:14,880the 10th commandment shows us13800:13:14,880 –> 00:13:19,340the morally upright people are sinners who need a Saviour that the heart of my13900:13:19,340 –> 00:13:24,900problem is the problem of my heart14000:13:24,900 –> 00:13:28,780the last and wonderfle thing is this that the 10th commandment shows me hope14100:13:28,780 –> 00:13:30,780of a new life14200:13:30,960 –> 00:13:34,000in the power of the Holy Spirit of God14300:13:34,000 –> 00:13:38,359all the way through this series we’ve been reminding ourselves that God’s14400:13:38,359 –> 00:13:42,979commands are actually promises through Jesus Christ by the power of the Holy14500:13:42,979 –> 00:13:48,299Spirit and the wonderful thing is you see that the killer commandment was the14600:13:48,299 –> 00:13:50,599beginning of hope for the apostle Paul14700:13:50,599 –> 00:13:52,820dr. Lloyd-Jones points out so14800:13:52,820 –> 00:13:58,080wonderfully well in these words the first sign of spiritual life is to feel14900:13:58,080 –> 00:13:59,580that you are dead.15000:13:59,580 –> 00:14:04,219When the commandment came, Paul says sin revived and I died.15100:14:04,219 –> 00:14:05,659Thank God.15200:14:05,659 –> 00:14:11,500The moment a man is dead there is the possibility of him being resurrected.15300:14:11,500 –> 00:14:13,440That’s true isn’t it.15400:14:13,440 –> 00:14:16,479Can’t be resurrected to new life until you’re dead!15500:14:16,479 –> 00:14:22,760You can’t have the new life of the Spirit until you have come to the place15600:14:22,940 –> 00:14:31,000where your own hopes in your own morality have actually bitten the dust.15700:14:31,000 –> 00:14:33,179That’s the great value of the 10th commandment.15800:14:33,179 –> 00:14:35,539It opens the door of hope.15900:14:35,539 –> 00:14:39,440It brings us to Christ.16000:14:39,440 –> 00:14:41,039Listen to the 10th commandment.16100:14:41,039 –> 00:14:47,119Promise, you shall not covet.16200:14:47,119 –> 00:14:53,640You don’t need to go through a life that is forever seeking and never finding.16300:14:53,640 –> 00:14:58,940A life that is always the next thing, the next thing, the next thing, and you always16400:14:58,940 –> 00:15:02,960think that the next thing will satisfy you, but it never does because you’re chasing16500:15:02,960 –> 00:15:06,679the wind.16600:15:06,679 –> 00:15:09,119You do not need to live that kind of life.16700:15:09,119 –> 00:15:16,039You can find contentment, the contentment that says, I have found the thing of greatest16800:15:16,039 –> 00:15:17,340value.16900:15:17,340 –> 00:15:23,000See, coveting is chasing the wind.17000:15:23,000 –> 00:15:26,820Contentment is knowing that you have found that which is of greatest value, and that’s17100:15:26,820 –> 00:15:30,119where the Lord Jesus Christ brought the apostles, Paul.17200:15:30,119 –> 00:15:36,200He says late in his life, I have learned in every circumstance of life to be content,17300:15:36,200 –> 00:15:37,739how have I learned that?17400:15:37,780 –> 00:15:40,919I’ve learned it because I have Christ.17500:15:42,200 –> 00:15:47,659I’m not spending my life chasing the thing that’s ultimately going to satisfy and never17600:15:47,659 –> 00:15:49,039finding it.17700:15:50,239 –> 00:15:51,380I have him.17800:15:52,880 –> 00:15:56,260So I’ve discovered that there are some times in my life where I have other things that17900:15:56,260 –> 00:15:57,260I want.18000:15:57,260 –> 00:16:00,619There are sometimes in my life when I don’t have other things that I want.18100:16:01,280 –> 00:16:09,119But I have learned the secret of contentment because I have found that which is of greatest18200:16:09,119 –> 00:16:10,900value.18300:16:10,900 –> 00:16:13,760And isn’t this precisely what Jesus Christ offers to all of us?18400:16:13,760 –> 00:16:19,260Come to me, he says, all you who are weary and heavy-laden, you’re chasing after the18500:16:19,260 –> 00:16:21,799wind, and I will give you rest.18600:16:21,799 –> 00:16:28,599Come to me, all you who are thirsty, and I will cause out of you to flow streams of living18700:16:28,599 –> 00:16:30,299water.18800:16:31,359 –> 00:16:39,719See, Christ offers more than a change of behave, he offers a change of heart.18900:16:39,719 –> 00:16:45,140He says come to me, and I will do something for you and in you that you can never do for19000:16:45,140 –> 00:16:48,760yourself.19100:16:48,760 –> 00:16:53,179You do not need to be trapped in a life where you are always seeking.19200:16:53,179 –> 00:16:56,539And never finding.19300:16:56,539 –> 00:17:02,299Seek and you will find he says as he speaks of himself.19400:17:02,299 –> 00:17:04,699Knock and it will be opened to you.19500:17:04,699 –> 00:17:09,420Ask and you will receive.19600:17:09,420 –> 00:17:15,579See when we come to Christ in this way recognizing that our only hope is to embrace him who gives19700:17:15,579 –> 00:17:21,520to us and is for us what we do not have and what we cannot be, then he puts his spirit19800:17:21,520 –> 00:17:22,579within us.19900:17:22,640 –> 00:17:27,420And do you know where the holy spirit brings us?20000:17:27,420 –> 00:17:30,439Back to the rock face.20100:17:30,439 –> 00:17:35,800See, this is the wonderful promise that when we come to Christ God will put his spirit20200:17:35,800 –> 00:17:36,800within you.20300:17:36,800 –> 00:17:40,479I will put, God says in Ezekiel, a new heart in you.20400:17:40,479 –> 00:17:42,599I will put a new spirit in you.20500:17:42,599 –> 00:17:45,459I will put my spirit in you and I will do what?20600:17:45,459 –> 00:17:49,619I will move you to follow my decrees.20700:17:49,660 –> 00:17:56,560The Spirit of God within you is the power by which you continue the climb.20800:17:56,560 –> 00:18:01,260The strength with which you engage in the struggle.20900:18:01,260 –> 00:18:03,599The Spirit brings us back to the commandments.21000:18:03,599 –> 00:18:09,319The Spirit brings us back to the rock face, the Spirit brings us back to live in his energy21100:18:09,319 –> 00:18:15,839and power, the 10 greatest struggles of our lives.21200:18:15,859 –> 00:18:21,500If the Spirit of Jesus lives within you, this will not be a matter of outward conformity,21300:18:21,520 –> 00:18:26,359it will rather be that the deepest desire of your heart will be to live a life that21400:18:26,359 –> 00:18:33,319reflects the character of God, because truly you have come to love him.21500:18:33,319 –> 00:18:38,959You see, that’s going to be tough, it’ll be tough.21600:18:38,959 –> 00:18:44,079It will be the greatest struggle of your life.21700:18:44,099 –> 00:18:49,119But this is a challenge that God calls us to pursue.21800:18:49,119 –> 00:18:51,599The question.21900:18:51,599 –> 00:18:59,800For one who has come to Christ and has received the gift of God’s Spirit, the question is22000:18:59,800 –> 00:19:04,800– is it possible?22100:19:04,800 –> 00:19:10,599That takes me back to the Heidelberg Catechism, which we refer to at the very beginning of22200:19:10,599 –> 00:19:13,020our series.22300:19:13,040 –> 00:19:17,780I don’t know if you’d remember back this far, the Heidelberg Catechism, a very wonderful22400:19:17,780 –> 00:19:22,819statement that describes many aspects of the Christian faith in the form of questions and22500:19:22,819 –> 00:19:24,640answers.22600:19:24,640 –> 00:19:27,099Question 114 has this great question.22700:19:27,099 –> 00:19:32,540Can those converted to God obey these commands perfectly?22800:19:32,540 –> 00:19:33,439That’s the question.22900:19:33,439 –> 00:19:35,839Okay, I’ve come to Christ.23000:19:35,839 –> 00:19:37,199I’ve seen my need.23100:19:37,199 –> 00:19:39,060I embrace the Saviour.23200:19:39,060 –> 00:19:41,180The Spirit of God now lives within me.23300:19:41,239 –> 00:19:44,680I’m brought back to the rock face.23400:19:44,680 –> 00:19:49,579Can those converted to God obey these commands perfectly?23500:19:49,579 –> 00:19:52,060Answer, No.23600:19:52,060 –> 00:19:58,260You say, we went through all of this, this fall to get to there?23700:19:58,260 –> 00:20:02,979Now, that’s not the end of the answer but it’s an important part.23800:20:02,979 –> 00:20:04,739No.23900:20:04,739 –> 00:20:16,479In this life, even the holiest have only a small beginning of this obedience.24000:20:16,479 –> 00:20:26,160Nevertheless, they do begin to live according to all, not only some of God’s commandments.24100:20:26,160 –> 00:20:31,339I have found that liberating.24200:20:31,579 –> 00:20:40,500What it’s telling me is this, I know I’m not perfectly pure, but in God’s grace and24300:20:40,500 –> 00:20:47,619by his spirit, I have the beginning of purity even in this life.24400:20:47,619 –> 00:20:53,599You know that you don’t have perfect peace, that you’re often troubled, but by the grace24500:20:53,599 –> 00:21:00,319of God and through the Holy Spirit you truly have the beginning of peace in this life.24600:21:00,319 –> 00:21:03,439You have the beginning of integrity.24700:21:03,439 –> 00:21:08,140You have the beginning of contentment and it is a true beginning because it is a beginning24800:21:08,140 –> 00:21:15,660that is born of God and every day the Spirit of God brings me back to this rock face and24900:21:15,660 –> 00:21:20,839there is the challenge and the opportunity to climb higher and for what is begun to increase25000:21:20,839 –> 00:21:26,839and to grow and to develop within me and sometimes I slip.25100:21:27,459 –> 00:21:35,780Sometimes I may even fall off the wall but if I do I am held by the rope that is Christ25200:21:35,780 –> 00:21:41,280so I can get back on the wall today and I can start climbing again.25300:21:41,280 –> 00:21:48,119And, one day, the climb will be over.25400:21:48,119 –> 00:21:56,060One day you will stand on the top of that great rock face and what Christ has begun25500:21:56,060 –> 00:22:03,239and grown in you through this life will on that day be complete.25600:22:03,239 –> 00:22:14,500Not only will you be in his glory, but his glory will be in you.’25700:22:15,500 –> 00:22:19,579That’s a great reminder that as we progress along the Christian life we25800:22:19,579 –> 00:22:23,719will very often fall, but if Colin just said we can be grateful that we’re held25900:22:23,719 –> 00:22:29,099by that rope that Jesus offers us saving us from disaster, we can get back on that26000:22:29,099 –> 00:22:33,880wall and begin to climb again. You’ve been listening to Open the Bible with26100:22:33,880 –> 00:22:38,760Pastor Colin Smith and a message called Your Struggle with Contentment, part of26200:22:38,760 –> 00:22:42,920our longer series, The 10 Greatest Struggles of Your Life and if you’ve26300:22:43,000 –> 00:22:46,719missed any of the series or if you want to go back and listen again you can do26400:22:46,719 –> 00:22:51,719that by coming online to our website open the bible.org.uk and there you’ll26500:22:51,719 –> 00:22:55,900find all the messages which have already been broadcast. Open the Bible is26600:22:55,900 –> 00:23:00,339supported entirely by our listeners, and if you already give to support the work26700:23:00,339 –> 00:23:04,680of Open the Bible we want to say a huge thank you. If it’s something you’ve been26800:23:04,680 –> 00:23:09,420considering doing, if you’re able to begin a new direct debit to the work of26900:23:09,439 –> 00:23:13,819Open the Bible this month in the amount of five pounds per month or more or a27000:23:13,819 –> 00:23:18,819one-off gift of fifty pounds or more we’d love to thank you by sending you a27100:23:18,819 –> 00:23:24,420copy of Pastor Colin Smith’s new book Drive Through the Bible. Colin who did27200:23:24,420 –> 00:23:28,939you write this book for? Where do you begin and so people pick up bits and27300:23:28,939 –> 00:23:33,500pieces and the story from here a story from there but sometimes even after27400:23:33,500 –> 00:23:37,260years in the Christian life people don’t feel like they have a grasp of the whole27500:23:37,339 –> 00:23:42,140and then of course every year praise God there are people coming new to faith and27600:23:42,140 –> 00:23:46,959this is an entirely new book for them and where do you begin in a book that is27700:23:46,959 –> 00:23:52,640so vast? Well Drive Through the Bible really is a marvelous place to begin, to27800:23:52,640 –> 00:23:58,619get the whole story the big picture of what the Bible is really all about and I27900:23:58,619 –> 00:24:03,459just love saying that the whole Bible is one story it begins in a garden ends in28000:24:03,459 –> 00:24:06,579a city and all the way through it’s about the Lord Jesus Christ. Drive28100:24:06,660 –> 00:24:10,239Through the Bible will take you through the story so that you feel that you have28200:24:10,239 –> 00:24:16,119a sense of what the Bible is all about and why Jesus Christ is the center, who28300:24:16,119 –> 00:24:20,839he is and what he has accomplished and what he’s able to do in our lives today.28400:24:20,839 –> 00:24:25,180So this is not simply a sort of learning exercise this is an introduction to the28500:24:25,180 –> 00:24:29,140Lord Jesus Christ all the way through scripture and I think whether someone’s28600:24:29,140 –> 00:24:33,180been a christian for a long time or whether someone is new to the scriptures28700:24:33,540 –> 00:24:37,459and just wants to get a handle on what the Bible’s all about, Drive Through the28800:24:37,459 –> 00:24:40,979Bible’s going to be a place to begin and I hope it will be a blessing to many28900:24:40,979 –> 00:24:41,479people.29000:24:41,479 –> 00:24:44,979Well we’d love to send you a copy of Pastor Colin’s new book Drive29100:24:44,979 –> 00:24:50,180Through the Bible along with a lovely Open the Bible tote bag, pen and bookmark.29200:24:50,180 –> 00:24:54,500If you are able to begin a new direct debit to the work of Open29300:24:54,500 –> 00:24:58,660the Bible this month in the amount of £5 per month or more or a29400:24:59,180 –> 00:25:04,739one-off gift of £50 or more full terms and conditions and to give online come29500:25:04,739 –> 00:25:10,739to our website openthebible.org.uk29600:25:10,859 –> 00:25:14,160For Open the Bible and Pastor Colin Smith I’m David Pick and I hope you’ll be able29700:25:14,160 –> 00:25:18,579to join us again next time on Open the Bible.29800:25:21,060 –> 00:25:27,579One day Jesus’ disciples asked him to teach them how to pray, find out what he29900:25:27,579 –> 00:25:31,920said. Next time on Open the Bible.