WEBVTT 00:00:01.988 --> 00:00:09.596 Ok, children. 00:00:09.596 --> 00:00:14.850 What have we got here? 00:00:14.850 --> 00:00:16.456 We've got a rock. 00:00:16.456 --> 00:00:21.677 And we've got an anchor. 00:00:21.677 --> 00:00:29.358 We've been talking about the fact 00:00:29.358 --> 00:00:33.630 that God is an anchor for the soul. 00:00:33.630 --> 00:00:34.832 We talked about yesterday 00:00:34.832 --> 00:00:39.383 that His promises are an anchor for the soul. 00:00:39.383 --> 00:00:41.980 We put a promise up there on that pole. 00:00:41.980 --> 00:00:44.878 That pole's been helping us, hasn't it? 00:00:44.878 --> 00:00:49.208 Because that pole's pretty solid. 00:00:49.208 --> 00:00:51.744 The Bible talks about 00:00:51.744 --> 00:00:53.694 the anchor of the soul. 00:00:53.694 --> 00:00:56.364 Anybody know where it does? 00:00:56.364 --> 00:00:58.557 Where? 00:00:58.557 --> 00:01:08.261 Where in the Bible does it say anchor? 00:01:08.261 --> 00:01:11.786 Hebrews 6. 00:01:11.786 --> 00:01:13.735 Anybody know someplace in the Bible 00:01:13.735 --> 00:01:21.547 where it speaks about a rock? 00:01:21.547 --> 00:01:27.113 Anybody know something that's like a rock? 00:01:27.113 --> 00:01:33.372 Jesus Christ is called a rock. 00:01:33.372 --> 00:01:35.675 We've got an anchor. 00:01:35.675 --> 00:01:37.671 The Bible talks about an anchor. 00:01:37.671 --> 00:01:38.568 We've got a rock. 00:01:38.568 --> 00:01:39.991 The Bible talks about a rock. 00:01:39.991 --> 00:01:46.311 But let me ask you something. 00:01:46.311 --> 00:01:51.600 What's the greatest emblem of Christianity? 00:01:51.600 --> 00:01:53.272 It's not an anchor. 00:01:53.272 --> 00:01:57.899 It's not a rock. 00:01:57.899 --> 00:02:00.227 Well, I said emblem. 00:02:00.227 --> 00:02:06.248 Like, a symbol or a sign. 00:02:06.248 --> 00:02:07.945 The cross. 00:02:07.945 --> 00:02:15.373 We've got a cross over here. 00:02:15.373 --> 00:02:18.146 This is Mr. Seth's homemade cross 00:02:18.146 --> 00:02:20.335 from a walking stick. 00:02:20.335 --> 00:02:24.279 Some of you saw this today. 00:02:24.279 --> 00:02:25.913 This is a brick. 00:02:25.913 --> 00:02:28.379 The Bible probably says something about bricks too, 00:02:28.379 --> 00:02:32.072 but I'm going to leave that out right now. 00:02:32.072 --> 00:02:35.964 Our rock, I'm hoping, 00:02:35.964 --> 00:02:47.751 is going to hold our cross. 00:02:47.751 --> 00:02:52.193 The actual cross was a lot bigger, 00:02:52.193 --> 00:02:58.440 because they put a Man on that cross. 00:02:58.440 --> 00:03:02.626 What does that say to us? 00:03:02.626 --> 00:03:04.191 What does it say to us? 00:03:04.191 --> 00:03:07.613 (from the room:) God died on the cross? 00:03:07.613 --> 00:03:12.048 Tim: God can't die. 00:03:12.048 --> 00:03:13.998 Sometimes children say that: 00:03:13.998 --> 00:03:15.970 "God died on the cross." 00:03:15.970 --> 00:03:18.064 God didn't die on the cross. 00:03:18.064 --> 00:03:20.672 God cannot die. 00:03:20.672 --> 00:03:22.676 Only man can die - 00:03:22.676 --> 00:03:24.420 well, animals can die too, 00:03:24.420 --> 00:03:27.941 but man dies. 00:03:27.941 --> 00:03:31.493 There was a Man on that cross. 00:03:31.493 --> 00:03:34.496 Who's got the lights at their disposal? 00:03:34.496 --> 00:03:38.424 Kevin, could you turn all those lights off? 00:03:38.424 --> 00:03:46.635 Except for maybe the last one. 00:03:46.635 --> 00:03:51.550 You know why I want that to happen? 00:03:51.550 --> 00:03:53.942 Something happened that some of you might know 00:03:53.942 --> 00:04:00.455 and some of you might not know. 00:04:00.455 --> 00:04:04.057 Roman soldiers nailed Jesus Christ 00:04:04.057 --> 00:04:05.764 to the cross. 00:04:05.764 --> 00:04:09.295 They drove spikes through His hands and through His feet. 00:04:09.295 --> 00:04:12.186 They hung Him on a cross 00:04:12.186 --> 00:04:14.601 next to two thieves. 00:04:14.601 --> 00:04:16.219 He was in the middle. 00:04:16.219 --> 00:04:17.759 There was one on His right hand 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:19.784 and one on His left hand. 00:04:19.784 --> 00:04:21.769 Can I tell you something that happened 00:04:21.769 --> 00:04:23.386 while He was on that cross? 00:04:23.386 --> 00:04:30.366 Anybody know how long He was on that cross? 00:04:30.366 --> 00:04:34.724 He was there for six hours. 00:04:34.724 --> 00:04:44.651 Six hours on the cross. 00:04:44.651 --> 00:04:46.878 Something that happened - 00:04:46.878 --> 00:04:50.133 I had them turn the lights out 00:04:50.133 --> 00:04:54.405 because when Jesus was hanging on the cross, 00:04:54.405 --> 00:04:57.628 that hot bright sun out there - 00:04:57.628 --> 00:04:59.839 the same sun - 00:04:59.839 --> 00:05:04.052 that same sun that shines in our sky right now, 00:05:04.052 --> 00:05:11.918 that sun went black at noon 00:05:11.918 --> 00:05:13.404 in the middle of the day 00:05:13.404 --> 00:05:16.923 when the sun is straight up in the sky. 00:05:16.923 --> 00:05:20.011 The sun went out. 00:05:20.011 --> 00:05:23.610 I don't mean it got covered by clouds. 00:05:23.610 --> 00:05:26.760 It went out. 00:05:26.760 --> 00:05:30.661 God caused the sun to go black 00:05:30.661 --> 00:05:34.050 in the middle of the day 00:05:34.050 --> 00:05:38.515 when Jesus hung on that cross. 00:05:38.515 --> 00:05:42.301 Darkness. 00:05:42.301 --> 00:05:46.969 Do you know what was happening on that cross? 00:05:46.969 --> 00:05:48.861 In that blackness, 00:05:48.861 --> 00:05:50.177 in that darkness, 00:05:50.177 --> 00:05:51.819 Jesus hung on that cross. 00:05:51.819 --> 00:05:53.692 And if you go to your Old Testaments, 00:05:53.692 --> 00:05:55.697 and you listen to the prophet Isaiah, 00:05:55.697 --> 00:05:57.624 do you know what it says? 00:05:57.624 --> 00:06:01.844 It says that God smashed Him. 00:06:01.844 --> 00:06:04.697 Crushed Him. 00:06:04.697 --> 00:06:06.607 Did you know that? 00:06:06.607 --> 00:06:10.265 Did you know that God 00:06:10.265 --> 00:06:13.994 crushed His own Son 00:06:13.994 --> 00:06:17.169 when He was on that cross? 00:06:17.169 --> 00:06:19.424 Did you know that? 00:06:19.424 --> 00:06:22.638 The Bible says that He crushed Him. 00:06:22.638 --> 00:06:24.938 He was stricken. 00:06:24.938 --> 00:06:25.850 That's to hit. 00:06:25.850 --> 00:06:27.378 Smitten. 00:06:27.378 --> 00:06:32.663 He was afflicted. 00:06:32.663 --> 00:06:38.912 It's not funny. 00:06:38.912 --> 00:06:40.917 Why? 00:06:40.917 --> 00:06:42.702 This is God's Son. 00:06:42.702 --> 00:06:46.561 Let me tell you what happened. 00:06:46.561 --> 00:06:49.196 God is a Trinity. 00:06:49.196 --> 00:06:50.964 There is God the Father, 00:06:50.964 --> 00:06:52.843 and there is God the Son, 00:06:52.843 --> 00:06:55.234 and there is God the Holy Spirit. 00:06:55.234 --> 00:07:00.280 And the three are one Being, 00:07:00.280 --> 00:07:01.748 but three Persons. 00:07:01.748 --> 00:07:04.443 Very difficult for us to know exactly 00:07:04.443 --> 00:07:08.122 how that can be, but it is. 00:07:08.122 --> 00:07:09.704 That's what the Bible teaches. 00:07:09.704 --> 00:07:11.211 And do you know what happened? 00:07:11.211 --> 00:07:16.302 God the Father sent God the Son 00:07:16.302 --> 00:07:19.486 from the halls of Heaven; 00:07:19.486 --> 00:07:20.863 from His throne, 00:07:20.863 --> 00:07:21.945 from His glory, 00:07:21.945 --> 00:07:24.470 from His eternal happiness with the Father. 00:07:24.470 --> 00:07:27.694 And He sent His Son into this world. 00:07:27.694 --> 00:07:32.181 God became man. 00:07:32.181 --> 00:07:35.327 God the Son came into this world. 00:07:35.327 --> 00:07:39.881 You know, Jesus Christ lived 00:07:39.881 --> 00:07:43.564 before He came here. 00:07:43.564 --> 00:07:45.175 He was the Word. 00:07:45.175 --> 00:07:48.737 In the beginning, the Word was with God. 00:07:48.737 --> 00:07:50.651 And He came here, 00:07:50.651 --> 00:07:52.493 and He became a man, 00:07:52.493 --> 00:07:54.698 just like us, 00:07:54.698 --> 00:07:56.657 in every respect, 00:07:56.657 --> 00:07:58.500 just like us. 00:07:58.500 --> 00:08:01.532 Except He never sinned. 00:08:01.532 --> 00:08:03.782 But His Father crushed Him. 00:08:03.782 --> 00:08:05.725 His Father punished Him. 00:08:05.725 --> 00:08:08.984 His Father punished Him for sin 00:08:08.984 --> 00:08:12.668 even though He never commited any sins. 00:08:12.668 --> 00:08:14.367 And the sun went out. 00:08:14.367 --> 00:08:17.856 The sun was black 00:08:17.856 --> 00:08:21.724 because God had forsaken His Son. 00:08:21.724 --> 00:08:24.653 God crushed Him. 00:08:24.653 --> 00:08:27.586 You know what God did? 00:08:27.586 --> 00:08:31.171 While He was on that cross, 00:08:31.171 --> 00:08:38.612 God laid our sin on Him. 00:08:38.612 --> 00:08:40.893 And He became sin. 00:08:40.893 --> 00:08:45.152 Christ became sin on that cross. 00:08:45.152 --> 00:08:47.878 And because He became sin, 00:08:47.878 --> 00:08:57.139 God punished Him for the sins of others. 00:08:57.139 --> 00:09:00.669 We've talked about God being an anchor. 00:09:00.669 --> 00:09:04.846 We've talked about His promises being an anchor. 00:09:04.846 --> 00:09:06.659 I want to tell you, 00:09:06.659 --> 00:09:09.510 we talked about the anchor. 00:09:09.510 --> 00:09:11.889 The anchor's no good as long as it slides around. 00:09:11.889 --> 00:09:13.055 It doesn't hold. 00:09:13.055 --> 00:09:16.126 You've got to have it grab hold of something. 00:09:16.126 --> 00:09:18.196 I'll tell you what you want your anchor 00:09:18.196 --> 00:09:19.478 to grab hold of: 00:09:19.478 --> 00:09:21.473 this right here. 00:09:21.473 --> 00:09:26.293 The cross is only wood. 00:09:26.293 --> 00:09:28.977 The cross is only an emblem. 00:09:28.977 --> 00:09:31.267 But like you said, Christ. 00:09:31.267 --> 00:09:32.854 Christ. 00:09:32.854 --> 00:09:35.685 It's the One Who hung on the cross. 00:09:35.685 --> 00:09:37.196 He's not there. 00:09:37.196 --> 00:09:38.333 He's here. 00:09:38.333 --> 00:09:41.534 He's in our midst. 00:09:41.534 --> 00:09:44.042 There's no Christ on this cross. 00:09:44.042 --> 00:09:45.100 This is only a picture 00:09:45.100 --> 00:09:46.305 so that you can imagine 00:09:46.305 --> 00:09:47.852 what it was like in that day. 00:09:47.852 --> 00:09:51.945 But Jesus Christ - 00:09:51.945 --> 00:09:55.438 He hung there in the darkness. 00:09:55.438 --> 00:09:58.273 The sun did not shine. 00:09:58.273 --> 00:10:00.074 He hung on that cross 00:10:00.074 --> 00:10:04.170 between the ground and the sky. 00:10:04.170 --> 00:10:08.117 Hanging on a cross. 00:10:08.117 --> 00:10:10.511 And you know what? 00:10:10.511 --> 00:10:16.387 While God crushed Him 00:10:16.387 --> 00:10:20.637 for three hours 00:10:20.637 --> 00:10:26.310 He was silent except for one thing. 00:10:26.310 --> 00:10:28.281 He was silent. 00:10:28.281 --> 00:10:29.768 He suffered in silence. 00:10:29.768 --> 00:10:31.642 Do you know something? 00:10:31.642 --> 00:10:34.276 Many of you've got spankings from your parents. 00:10:34.276 --> 00:10:36.392 You don't suffer in silence. 00:10:36.392 --> 00:10:40.570 You probably scream. You cry. 00:10:40.570 --> 00:10:43.032 Jesus was suffering. 00:10:43.032 --> 00:10:46.806 He was suffering more than anyone else ever suffered. 00:10:46.806 --> 00:10:49.761 And He didn't say anything. 00:10:49.761 --> 00:10:51.309 He was quiet. 00:10:51.309 --> 00:10:57.165 Except, He said these words: 00:10:57.165 --> 00:11:01.468 My God, My God! Why have You forsaken Me? 00:11:01.468 --> 00:11:03.524 What does it mean to forsake? 00:11:03.524 --> 00:11:07.799 If somebody forsakes you, 00:11:07.799 --> 00:11:10.064 it means they let you go. 00:11:10.064 --> 00:11:12.475 They leave you. 00:11:12.475 --> 00:11:17.505 They don't help you anymore. 00:11:17.505 --> 00:11:20.859 God didn't help His Son anymore. 00:11:20.859 --> 00:11:23.861 God turned on His Son. 00:11:23.861 --> 00:11:25.588 God punished His Son. 00:11:25.588 --> 00:11:26.577 Do you know why? 00:11:26.577 --> 00:11:28.854 Because He became sin. 00:11:28.854 --> 00:11:31.360 And the sun was dark. 00:11:31.360 --> 00:11:33.201 And in the darkness, 00:11:33.201 --> 00:11:35.657 do you know what He did? 00:11:35.657 --> 00:11:40.153 He paid the penalty. 00:11:40.153 --> 00:11:41.719 So that, when He was done; 00:11:41.719 --> 00:11:43.220 when the six hours were over. 00:11:43.220 --> 00:11:48.462 The three hours of darkness were over. 00:11:48.462 --> 00:11:51.897 Jesus said, "It is finished." 00:11:51.897 --> 00:11:55.706 He paid the price for sin. 00:11:55.706 --> 00:11:58.544 Children, let me tell you something. 00:11:58.544 --> 00:12:03.783 Your life - you're alive right now. 00:12:03.783 --> 00:12:06.091 You've been playing; you've been eating today. 00:12:06.091 --> 00:12:08.308 Can I tell you something about this life? 00:12:08.308 --> 00:12:11.132 The primary purpose for this life 00:12:11.132 --> 00:12:13.733 is it's the period of time God has given you 00:12:13.733 --> 00:12:16.737 to trust His Son and what His Son did on that cross. 00:12:16.737 --> 00:12:19.495 This life is not mainly about getting married. 00:12:19.495 --> 00:12:22.255 This life is not mainly about making money. 00:12:22.255 --> 00:12:24.699 This life is not mainly about eating candy 00:12:24.699 --> 00:12:26.009 and watching movies. 00:12:26.009 --> 00:12:28.715 This life is not about sports. 00:12:28.715 --> 00:12:32.698 It's not about getting new shoes. 00:12:32.698 --> 00:12:37.448 This life is the only one you've got. 00:12:37.448 --> 00:12:39.592 It's the only opportunity, children, 00:12:39.592 --> 00:12:42.084 that you have 00:12:42.084 --> 00:12:45.544 to believe upon the Lord Jesus Christ 00:12:45.544 --> 00:12:48.025 and to trust - to have your anchor 00:12:48.025 --> 00:12:50.258 set fast on the cross. 00:12:50.258 --> 00:12:53.126 That's a solid place. 00:12:53.126 --> 00:12:56.091 Only in this life. 00:12:56.091 --> 00:13:00.318 And if you pass through this life, 00:13:00.318 --> 00:13:01.946 and you don't trust Him, 00:13:01.946 --> 00:13:03.439 your chance is over. 00:13:03.439 --> 00:13:05.054 Because I'll tell you, 00:13:05.054 --> 00:13:07.211 God punished His Son on that cross 00:13:07.211 --> 00:13:08.435 for sin. 00:13:08.435 --> 00:13:09.974 Sin that wasn't His own. 00:13:09.974 --> 00:13:12.578 It was the sin of others. 00:13:12.578 --> 00:13:13.933 And if you don't trust Him 00:13:13.933 --> 00:13:15.397 to suffer in your place, 00:13:15.397 --> 00:13:19.149 to be a sacrifice for you, 00:13:19.149 --> 00:13:22.128 then when you die, 00:13:22.128 --> 00:13:27.193 you will have to suffer for your own sins. 00:13:27.193 --> 00:13:29.284 Children, this is it. 00:13:29.284 --> 00:13:32.935 This life is the allotted time 00:13:32.935 --> 00:13:36.422 that you have to trust Christ. 00:13:36.422 --> 00:13:38.579 This is all you have. 00:13:38.579 --> 00:13:43.906 Children, lots of children die 00:13:43.906 --> 00:13:46.719 before they become adults. 00:13:46.719 --> 00:13:48.930 You know the guy that ran over all the people 00:13:48.930 --> 00:13:50.020 over there in France? 00:13:50.020 --> 00:13:52.943 Did any of you see it? 00:13:52.943 --> 00:13:56.051 Did you know that a young man 00:13:56.051 --> 00:14:00.657 from Austin, Texas got run over? 00:14:00.657 --> 00:14:05.620 And he was no older than some of you guys here. 00:14:05.620 --> 00:14:08.214 Gone. Did he think he'd be 00:14:08.214 --> 00:14:09.905 in eternity by now? 00:14:09.905 --> 00:14:11.058 He didn't think so. 00:14:11.058 --> 00:14:12.439 Don't think you'll live to be 00:14:12.439 --> 00:14:14.360 an old man or an old woman. 00:14:14.360 --> 00:14:15.304 You might not. 00:14:15.304 --> 00:14:16.173 You might. 00:14:16.173 --> 00:14:17.783 God might allow that to happen. 00:14:17.783 --> 00:14:20.057 But you have no guarantee. 00:14:20.057 --> 00:14:23.102 You have no guarantee of tomorrow. 00:14:23.102 --> 00:14:25.057 Don't waste time. 00:14:25.057 --> 00:14:26.439 Don't waste time. 00:14:26.439 --> 00:14:29.578 Children, you're not so young 00:14:29.578 --> 00:14:31.428 that you can't call on the Lord. 00:14:31.428 --> 00:14:33.963 Like we talked about yesterday. 00:14:33.963 --> 00:14:35.566 I was telling you yesterday, 00:14:35.566 --> 00:14:37.128 cry out to the Lord. 00:14:37.128 --> 00:14:38.201 And I was telling you 00:14:38.201 --> 00:14:39.591 trust Him for everything. 00:14:39.591 --> 00:14:41.415 But you know what the primary thing is 00:14:41.415 --> 00:14:42.664 you need to trust Him for? 00:14:42.664 --> 00:14:44.466 Not to give you food on your table. 00:14:44.466 --> 00:14:46.504 Not to give you a bed to sleep on tonight. 00:14:46.504 --> 00:14:51.104 But to give you forgiveness for your sins. 00:14:51.104 --> 00:14:58.120 Children, Jesus Christ - 00:14:58.120 --> 00:14:58.877 listen to me. 00:14:58.877 --> 00:15:04.307 This is the last thing I want to say to you. 00:15:04.307 --> 00:15:09.200 You do not want to die 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:13.162 and be punished for your sin 00:15:13.162 --> 00:15:16.999 when God provided you with a Savior. 00:15:16.999 --> 00:15:19.147 Can you imagine? 00:15:19.147 --> 00:15:22.559 Can you imagine waking up in hell, children, 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:30.267 and knowing that you had a Savior provided for you 00:15:30.267 --> 00:15:32.269 and you didn't want it. 00:15:32.269 --> 00:15:34.150 You didn't want Him. 00:15:34.150 --> 00:15:36.361 And way back there in Vacation Bible School - 00:15:36.361 --> 00:15:37.949 let me tell you, I know, 00:15:37.949 --> 00:15:39.648 some of you children, 00:15:39.648 --> 00:15:45.497 your parents don't take you to church all the time. 00:15:45.497 --> 00:15:50.496 You may not hear about Christ again. 00:15:50.496 --> 00:15:53.171 Don't let any time go. 00:15:53.171 --> 00:15:54.281 You trust Him. 00:15:54.281 --> 00:15:56.214 You say how do you do that? 00:15:56.214 --> 00:15:57.774 Confess your sins to Him 00:15:57.774 --> 00:15:59.997 and ask Him to save you. 00:15:59.997 --> 00:16:02.229 Ask Him to save you from the penalty 00:16:02.229 --> 00:16:03.874 that your sins deserve. 00:16:03.874 --> 00:16:05.836 Ask Him to show you mercy. 00:16:05.836 --> 00:16:08.324 Ask Him to forgive you. 00:16:08.324 --> 00:16:10.670 Confess your sins. 00:16:10.670 --> 00:16:13.761 And children, you have sins. 00:16:13.761 --> 00:16:16.418 The Bible says that we're born liars. 00:16:16.418 --> 00:16:17.652 And you know it's true. 00:16:17.652 --> 00:16:19.579 Children, you know you've lied. 00:16:19.579 --> 00:16:21.505 And you know what God says? 00:16:21.505 --> 00:16:24.643 Liars have their part in the lake of fire. 00:16:24.643 --> 00:16:28.639 How can liars like all of us be saved? 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:30.414 Because of what Jesus Christ 00:16:30.414 --> 00:16:31.785 did on that cross. 00:16:31.785 --> 00:16:34.693 You want to plant your anchor on something solid? 00:16:34.693 --> 00:16:37.287 Don't let it slide all around in life. 00:16:37.287 --> 00:16:40.498 Plant it here. 00:16:40.498 --> 00:16:43.671 What Jesus Christ did on that cross - 00:16:43.671 --> 00:16:44.872 this may seem foolish. 00:16:44.872 --> 00:16:46.111 The Bible says so. 00:16:46.111 --> 00:16:48.573 Paul talks that way - the Apostle Paul. 00:16:48.573 --> 00:16:51.599 He speaks about the foolishness. 00:16:51.599 --> 00:16:55.455 The world thinks this is foolish. 00:16:55.455 --> 00:16:57.391 But it's not foolish. 00:16:57.391 --> 00:17:01.302 It's the greatest wisdom of all, 00:17:01.302 --> 00:17:03.871 that you'd believe on the Lord Jesus Christ 00:17:03.871 --> 00:17:05.608 and you trust what He did 00:17:05.608 --> 00:17:10.145 in giving His life 2,000 years ago. 00:17:10.145 --> 00:17:13.002 And listen to those last words that He said, 00:17:13.002 --> 00:17:16.650 before He gave up [His spirit.] 00:17:16.650 --> 00:17:19.490 He said, "It is finished." 00:17:19.490 --> 00:17:20.917 And He committed His spirit 00:17:20.917 --> 00:17:22.131 into His Father's hands. 00:17:22.131 --> 00:17:23.939 What does that mean "it's finished"? 00:17:23.939 --> 00:17:27.339 It means He did everything 00:17:27.339 --> 00:17:29.672 that God requires of you. 00:17:29.672 --> 00:17:33.711 He did everything 00:17:33.711 --> 00:17:36.854 so that you don't have to work out 00:17:36.854 --> 00:17:39.784 how to save yourself. 00:17:39.784 --> 00:17:42.505 He did everything to save you. 00:17:42.505 --> 00:17:44.010 Everything. 00:17:44.010 --> 00:17:45.461 And you know what He does now? 00:17:45.461 --> 00:17:49.412 He offers it to you as a gift. 00:17:49.412 --> 00:17:51.262 If you say, "I want that," 00:17:51.262 --> 00:17:52.345 You can talk to Him. 00:17:52.345 --> 00:17:55.063 He's close to every one of us. 00:17:55.063 --> 00:17:56.868 He's here. 00:17:56.868 --> 00:17:59.003 He can hear you if you talk to Him. 00:17:59.003 --> 00:18:01.488 Like that - bowing down and praying. 00:18:01.488 --> 00:18:03.879 You don't have to speak out loud. 00:18:03.879 --> 00:18:05.851 Even if you just think it in your mind, 00:18:05.851 --> 00:18:07.492 He knows. 00:18:07.492 --> 00:18:08.904 We have a great God. 00:18:08.904 --> 00:18:10.881 He can hear every thought. 00:18:10.881 --> 00:18:14.305 He knows. 00:18:14.305 --> 00:18:16.898 Ask Him to show you mercy. 00:18:16.898 --> 00:18:18.336 You need mercy. 00:18:18.336 --> 00:18:20.686 I know you're children. 00:18:20.686 --> 00:18:22.339 You don't have a big, long record 00:18:22.339 --> 00:18:24.262 like some of us adults here, 00:18:24.262 --> 00:18:26.086 but still, 00:18:26.086 --> 00:18:29.205 you've got enough bad - 00:18:29.205 --> 00:18:31.178 you've got a lot of bad. 00:18:31.178 --> 00:18:33.224 You fight with your brothers and sisters. 00:18:33.224 --> 00:18:35.751 That's bad. 00:18:35.751 --> 00:18:38.176 You lie. That's bad. 00:18:38.176 --> 00:18:39.595 Some of you have stolen. 00:18:39.595 --> 00:18:40.964 That's bad. 00:18:40.964 --> 00:18:43.617 Some of you have dishonored your mom, 00:18:43.617 --> 00:18:44.881 dishonored your father. 00:18:44.881 --> 00:18:46.288 That's bad. 00:18:46.288 --> 00:18:47.608 This is really bad. 00:18:47.608 --> 00:18:49.981 And it's sin. 00:18:49.981 --> 00:18:53.226 And the wage of sin is death. 00:18:53.226 --> 00:18:55.878 The wage of sin is hell. 00:18:55.878 --> 00:18:59.200 And Jesus came and died on the cross 00:18:59.200 --> 00:19:03.927 so that you don't have to suffer hell. 00:19:03.927 --> 00:19:06.998 And if you go there, 00:19:06.998 --> 00:19:12.049 it will be because you denied and rejected 00:19:12.049 --> 00:19:15.557 what Christ did on the cross. 00:19:15.557 --> 00:19:19.045 Because He offers you a way of escape. 00:19:19.045 --> 00:19:23.450 That's where you want to plant your anchor. 00:19:23.450 --> 00:19:25.390 Twenty-six years ago 00:19:25.390 --> 00:19:28.152 that's where I planted my anchor. 00:19:28.152 --> 00:19:30.662 And I'll tell you this, it's held fast. 00:19:30.662 --> 00:19:34.830 And it will never let me go. 00:19:34.830 --> 00:19:37.566 Let's pray. 00:19:37.566 --> 00:19:40.487 Father, I pray again, 00:19:40.487 --> 00:19:42.002 Lord, I pray the same, 00:19:42.002 --> 00:19:45.128 Lord, may the scales fall off the eyes 00:19:45.128 --> 00:19:46.659 of the children. 00:19:46.659 --> 00:19:49.079 Lord, You are the God Who says, 00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:50.388 "Let there be light." 00:19:50.388 --> 00:19:52.071 You are the God Who can reveal 00:19:52.071 --> 00:19:57.116 the glory of Yourself in the face of Jesus Christ. 00:19:57.116 --> 00:19:59.129 You can cause the scales to fall off 00:19:59.129 --> 00:20:00.397 the eyes of the children, 00:20:00.397 --> 00:20:01.899 and even at their young ages, 00:20:01.899 --> 00:20:04.342 to behold wonder and glory, 00:20:04.342 --> 00:20:12.969 to behold a great Savior, 00:20:12.969 --> 00:20:15.223 and to trust Him. 00:20:15.223 --> 00:20:17.006 Lord, have mercy upon our children, 00:20:17.006 --> 00:20:18.296 I pray in Christ's name. 00:20:18.296 --> 00:20:20.384 Amen.