Nov 3, 2026 · 26 min · 10 segments
How can you forgive when the hurt runs deep? Pastor Colin Smith shows how the Beatitudes give us a pathway for growth in the Christian life. Rather than trying to reach forgiveness, purity or peace by…
David PickHostHow do you know which one you are? How do you distinguish the authentic from the fake? How do you distinguish a true believer from someone who's just harking on about a vacuous decision that was made 25 years ago and never actually made any difference to the trajectory of their life? There's an eternal difference between these two things.
You'll hear me quote many times, I think, in this series from Thomas Watson, who has written, I think the definitive book on the Beatitudes, profoundly helpful and full of rich treasures of insight from the Puritan era of the 17th century.
The question is, who is saved by his death? Who is saved by his death? How would you know a person who is saved by his death? What are the distinguishing marks of a person who is saved by the death of Christ? Answer, it is the person who imitates his life.
Not the person who says, I believe in Jesus and his death and his resurrection and I'm continuing my own self-centered trajectory.
That's the person who one day will hear Jesus say in the presence of the Father, depart from me, I never knew you.
How do you know which one you are? How do you distinguish the authentic from the fake? How do you distinguish a true believer from someone who's just harking on about a vacuous decision that was made 25 years ago and never actually made any difference to the trajectory of their life? There's an eternal difference between these two things.
You'll hear me quote many times, I think, in this series from Thomas Watson, who has written, I think the definitive book on the Beatitudes, profoundly helpful and full of rich treasures of insight from the Puritan era of the 17th century.
The question is, who is saved by his death? Who is saved by his death? How would you know a person who is saved by his death? What are the distinguishing marks of a person who is saved by the death of Christ? Answer, it is the person who imitates his life.
Not the person who says, I believe in Jesus and his death and his resurrection and I'm continuing my own self-centered trajectory.
That's the person who one day will hear Jesus say in the presence of the Father, depart from me, I never knew you.
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