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Open the Bible UK Daily

3 minute daily Bible reflections from Open the Bible UK, authored by Colin Smith, read by Sue McLeish.

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02:34

Two Ways Jesus Takes His People into Heaven

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2025/11/23

We who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord.1 Thessalonians 4:17Jesus will take all His people to the Father’s house. He gives you His word on this, and He will do it in one of two ways.If you die before Christ comes, He will take you to the Father’s house without your body: “We would rather be away from the body and at home with the Lord” (2 Cor. 5:8). You will receive a new body when He

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02:42

The Rugby World Cup

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2025/11/22

I go to prepare a place for you.”John 14:2We are not to imagine Jesus working around the clock to get heaven organised before the second coming. If He can create the cosmos out of nothing with a word, then He can get heaven ready for believers with a single command.When Jesus says that He is going to prepare a place, it means that through His going, the place will be prepared. He is going to the cross; He is going to the grave. He is going to die; He is going to rise. And it is through His death and

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02:50

Where Is Your Hope?

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2025/11/21

“In the world you will have tribulation.”John 16:33Where do people get the idea that if you follow Jesus you can expect a life that is free from failure, disappointment, and loss?This is precisely the opposite of what Jesus Himself said. Jesus confronted His disciples with the realities of life: “In the world you will have tribulation” (16:33). Then He established their hope in another world: “I go to prepare a place for you” (14:2).If your hope is established in this world, you will be shattered by

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02:36

Promise #6: Jesus Will Bring You into Heaven

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2025/11/20

“Let not your hearts be troubled. Believe in God; believe also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?”John 14:1-2When Jesus says, “Let not your hearts be troubled,” He is not saying, “I will make this world a better place for you. It will get better over the centuries.” Or “As you get older, the experience of failure, disappointment, and loss will recede.”This fallen world will always be what it is—a fallen world

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02:49

If You Know That Jesus Is with You and in You by the...

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2025/11/19

“If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our home with him.”John 14:23The Bible speaks in several places about Jesus living in us. In Ephesians, Paul prayed that “Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith” (Eph. 3:17). And in Colossians, Paul spoke about “Christ in you, the hope of glory” (Col. 1:27). Knowing that Jesus is with you and in you by His Spirit, here are three encouragements to take with you today:1. You are never

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02:40

Genuine Faith Is an Inside Job

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2025/11/18

“You know him, for he lives with you and will be in you.”John 14:17Suppose you go to the doctor, and you are diagnosed with some serious condition: “This will need treatment, and there are two ways we can go. The first is surgery, but there is an alternative, and it’s noninvasive.”At this point, most people would be focusing on the second option. Most of us would like to avoid surgery, if at all possible. We want the noninvasive option, and if that’s not possible, then give us the minimally invasive

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02:20

Promise #5: Jesus Will Give You the Holy Spirit

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2025/11/17

“I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth.”John 14:16-17How do we know the presence of Jesus in our lives today? In what way is He with us? And how exactly does He help us?After Jesus rose on that first Easter morning, He appeared to His disciples multiple times over a 40-day period. Then He was visibly taken up into heaven as the twelve disciples watched (see Acts 1). After He returned to the Father in heaven, the resurrection life

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03:57

Five Ways to Confess Jesus Christ

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2025/11/16

“Everyone who acknowledges me before men...Matthew 10:32Obedience to Jesus here is not simply calling yourself a Christian. The hardest days of your life will be your greatest opportunity to confess Him. Here are five ways to confess Jesus:1. Confess the glory of Christ in costly obedienceThe Bible tells the story of Mary pouring perfume on Jesus’ feet. Mary could not think of a better use for this treasure, so she poured it on Jesus, and in doing so, she confessed His glory.2. Confess the presence

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03:03

How to Interpret These Words of Jesus

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2025/11/15

“Everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven.”Matthew 10:32If you only read this verse in isolation, it might sound like Jesus is saying that salvation is by works: “If you do this for Me; I will do that for you.” But this is not the message of the gospel.We are saved by the blood of Jesus, not by an act of confession. There is no redeeming power in confessing Christ. Redeeming power lies in the Christ who is confessed. This Christ becomes ours

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03:10

What It Means to Confess or Deny Jesus

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2025/11/14

“Everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven.”Matthew 10:32-33The word ‘acknowledge’ (or confess) in the Greek is homologeo. Homo means ‘one’ and logeo means ‘word.’ Put them together and it means “to be of one word,” or to say the same thing.Jesus said, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life” (John 14:6). So, to confess Jesus is to say, “Jesus is my way

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02:37

Promise #4: Jesus Will One Day Confess You to the Father

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2025/11/13

"Everyone who acknowledges me before men, I also will acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven, but whoever denies me before men, I also will deny before my Father who is in heaven."Matthew 10:32–33If you were to make a list of the greatest days of your life, you’d probably have a few to choose from. They would likely include graduations, weddings, birthdays, and retirements.But Jesus speaks here about a day so momentous that it will outshine any other day of your life. One day you will stand

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03:30

The Mission Is to Catch Fish, Not Improve the Lake

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2025/11/12

Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.Matthew 4:19For centuries Evangelicals have had a clear understanding of the message of the gospel. The message is the incarnation and the atonement. God became man in Jesus Christ. Christ died on the cross for our sins and broke the power of death by His resurrection. This Christ offers forgiveness of sins and peace with God, new life by the power of the Holy Spirit, and entrance, not into the hell that we deserve, but into everlasting joy in the

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03:15

Seven "Fishing" Observations

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2025/11/11

Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.Matthew 4:19Here are seven observations suggested by Jesus’ analogy of fishing.1. Some people are really good at fishing, but anyone can do it.You don’t have to know much about fishing to catch a fish, and God gives some people special gifts of evangelism, but every Christian can play a part in drawing other people to Jesus.2. Fishing requires great patience.You throw out a line or a net, and then you wait. Many of us have loved ones who we long to see

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02:58

Promise #3: Jesus Will Make You Useful

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2025/11/10

“Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.”Matthew 4:19What did the disciples gain from three years of following Jesus? What will you learn from following Jesus that will make you effective in bringing people to Him?A new interest in peopleThe disciples lived in a world of fish, nets, and boats. But Jesus brought them into a world of people. They didn’t like the crowds at first and wanted to send them away. They stood in the way of children and tried to stop people from other cultures from

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02:27

You Need to Take This In

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2025/11/09

“Whoever comes to me I will never cast out.”John 6:37Jesus says, “Whoever comes to me I will never cast out.” Not now, not in the future, not ever.Not only is this a marvellous incentive for sinners coming to Christ, it is a wonderful assurance for believers who have come to Christ. “Whoever comes to me I will never cast out.”The Son will not cast out any who come. They are the gift of the Father. That is why they’ve come. The Father never gives unwanted gifts. The Father gives them, and the Son

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02:44

The Son Receives

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2025/11/08

…I will never cast out.John 6:37When you move toward Jesus, He is there for you, ready to receive you. He won’t drive you away. The word comes is in the present continuous tense. “Whoever is coming.” “Whoever is on the way.” Think of the prodigal son on his way home. He hasn’t arrived yet, but he’s on the way.If you are stirred with some sense of your own need today, if you feel drawn to Christ, you can be sure that the Son of God sees you coming. His arms are stretched out to receive you. He says

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03:05

The Sinner Comes

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2025/11/07

“Whoever comes to me…John 6:37The first camera was on God the Father who gives certain people to His Son. The second camera is focused on the sinner who is coming to Jesus.Jesus invites all people to come to Him: “Whoever comes to me…” You cannot get more inclusive than that. The great truth that the Father gives certain people to the Son never excludes a person who wants to come to Christ. If you have an interest in coming to Christ, you can take that as a sure sign that the Father is working in

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02:55

The Father Gives

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2025/11/06

“All that the Father gives me...John 6:37Jesus speaks about believers as the Father’s gift to Him. The Father gives people to the Son.The people who are given to Christ come to Him. Who are these people the Father has given? How do we know who they are? They are the ones who come to Him. They come because they are given.How do these people come? “No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him” (6:44). The Father gives certain people to Jesus. He draws these people to Christ, and they

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02:40

Promise #2: Jesus Will Never Drive You Away

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2025/11/05

“All that the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never cast out.”John 6:37These are among the greatest words ever spoken by our Lord Jesus Christ. They take us to the heart of our salvation. Perhaps this simple illustration will help you to see why.One of the joys of watching football on television is that you see more than you would see if you were at the game... and it’s often warmer.When your team scores a goal, the replays show you what was happening from various

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02:40

Jesus’ Rest Is a Gift, Not a Process

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2025/11/04

“Come to me... I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you... and you will find rest for your souls.”Matthew 11:28-29When Jesus says that you will find rest for your soul, He doesn’t mean sleep. He’s saying, “I will put an end to your inner turmoil. Bring your hurts and fears, your regrets and disappointments, your anxieties and your inadequacies to Me. Bring the pressures and troubles of your life to Me. I will give you peace that passes understanding. My peace I give you.”This rest is Christ’s

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