-
Some of the slides and videos
shown on the projector
-
have been removed for the
uploaded version of this teaching
-
due to possibly copyright
issues that could arise
-
if republished on our channel.
-
What is man?
-
You guys want to see
a good picture of man?
-
Children: Yes!
-
Tim: No, it's not God.
-
Children: (unintelligible)
-
Tim: Wait! How'd that
one get back up there?
-
Is that man?
-
Children: No!
-
Tim: Why? What is man?
-
Children: (unintelligible)
-
Tim: What's true about man?
-
How is man different than a rock?
-
Living.
-
Okay, shhh...
-
People are living.
-
That rock's not living.
-
Okay, maybe I've got
a better picture of man.
-
How about that one?
-
Children: No!
-
Tim: Wait, how'd that one get back there?
-
Okay, let me ask you something.
-
Does anybody know what
day God made the turtles?
-
Day 5.
-
Does anybody know what day He made man?
-
Six.
-
Day six.
-
Okay, now, I think I've got one
of a man here. Are you ready?
-
Children: (laughter)
-
Tim: Doesn't that look like your mommy
when she gets up in the morning?
-
Children: (laughter)
-
Tim: Okay, what's wrong with this one?
-
Aren't we getting closer?
-
Shh... okay.
-
There's a lot of people
that want to tell us
-
that was our grandpa.
-
Well, I can tell you, that
doesn't look like my grandpa.
-
Let me ask you this.
-
How are we different than that gorilla?
-
Now, okay, we have hair.
-
He has hair.
-
We have feet. He has feet.
-
Head, teeth.
-
How are we different?
-
What's the big difference
-
when God created man?
-
Child: We have a soul.
-
Tim: We have a soul.
-
And you see, God made us in His image.
-
We go to school and we learn.
-
They don't go to school.
-
We worship something.
-
We should be worshiping God,
-
but God made us worshipers
-
and God made us in His image.
-
Okay, you finally ready for a man?
-
Children: (laughing)
-
Tim: So are we still falling short?
-
Does that look like your grandpa?
-
Children: No!
-
Tim: How about that?
Could that be your grandpa?
-
Children: Yes.
-
Tim: That is a man.
-
That could be your grandfather.
-
That could be your grandfather.
-
Or that.
-
They could be your grandfather.
-
That is not your grandfather.
-
Now children, listen.
-
You laugh, but it's no laughing matter.
-
Because you know what?
-
The devil, he is spreading a lie
-
all over this land
-
that that is your grandfather
-
and that you basically
evolved from monkeys,
-
from apes, from chimpanzees,
-
from orangutans, from gorillas,
-
and it's just not true.
-
It's a lie.
-
That could be your grandfather,
-
but that is never your grandfather.
-
Those are people.
-
They're like you.
-
And God created us.
-
We're different sizes.
-
Some are male. Some are female.
-
Look at all the different
colors of hair and skin,
-
but they're all people.
-
They're all made in the image of God.
-
Male and female He created them.
-
And you're right, they all have souls.
-
Look at that.
-
Children: Woah.
-
Tim: There's about 8 billion people
-
with souls in this world.
-
And you know what?
-
This man is married and has children.
-
But let me tell you something.
-
He doesn't have arms.
He doesn't have legs.
-
But is he still a man?
-
Yes, because you don't have to have
-
arms and legs to be a man.
-
What do you have to have?
-
A soul.
-
You need to be made in the image of God.
-
And you have a human soul.
-
Children: Aww...
-
Tim: Now here's what I want you to know.
-
Every person that comes into the world.
-
They're born.
-
They come in as a baby.
-
And then what happens?
-
Children: They grow up.
-
Tim: They become a little girl
-
or a little boy.
-
And then what happens?
-
Then a teenager.
-
A bunch of teenagers here.
-
Right, that's what happens.
-
And then what?
-
Grown up.
-
These people are all different ages.
-
Maybe in their late 20's
-
to all the way to 50's, maybe 60.
-
And then what happens?
-
Children: They die.
-
Tim: Maybe, if God allows it,
-
you live to be really old -
-
maybe in your 80's or 90's,
-
maybe even into the 100's.
-
Children, do you know what's true of man?
-
You - if you live long -
-
you're going to end up like this.
-
You know Papa.
-
Papa's not here today, is he?
-
He's 90 years old, but do you know
-
he used to be your age?
-
And inside he still feels young,
-
but you can't stop it.
-
Time. Time keeps ticking.
-
It's going. And you can't stop it.
-
And then you die.
-
And you know what's true about man?
-
Today's question: What is man?
-
I'll tell you what man is.
Man is temporary.
-
And you know it.
-
Children, you're young,
-
and you may not want to think about death,
-
but death is coming.
-
We sing a song:
-
Hell is moving, death is coming.
-
Or death is moving, hell is coming.
-
Which one is it?
-
Anyway, it's coming. It's coming.
-
You know what? For most of us,
-
a hundred years from now -
-
a hundred years from now,
-
most of us,
-
there's going to be a place like this.
-
There's going to be a place
-
that says "Tim Conway" on it
-
right on that stone.
-
Seth - it's going to be on that stone.
-
A hundred years from now,
-
every one of you,
-
there's going to be a
stone like this probably.
-
Unless the Lord comes.
-
And it's not just one by one.
-
We all die.
-
All of us.
-
And you can't get away from it.
-
Well, here's the thing,
-
why does man die?
-
When we ask "what is man?"
-
I'll tell you this.
-
Whatever man is, man is dying.
-
We come into this world
-
and we're dying right from the beginning.
-
And you know what? Some children
-
don't make it to your age.
-
Some die when they are your age.
-
Some die long before they get to my age.
-
I have friends that I went to school with,
-
they're already gone.
-
We all die.
-
Why?
-
Why?
-
Do you know what man is?
-
Man is a sinner.
-
God said,
-
he who sins -
-
"the soul that sinneth shall die."
-
Do you know why you're going to die
-
like all these people?
-
Think about it.
-
Who is this?
-
They lived their life.
-
I don't know if these are soldiers.
-
I don't know who these are.
-
But these were people. They had names.
-
They were born.
-
And you know what else they had?
-
They had sin.
-
They told lies.
-
When they were your age, like this,
-
they had tantrums.
-
They didn't obey mommy and daddy.
-
They grew up
-
and they sinned against God.
-
That is who man is.
-
Man is a sinner
-
and because man is a sinner,
-
man is a dead man.
-
You know what?
-
I don't want to tell you funny stories.
-
I don't want to show you pictures
-
of chimpanzees all the time
-
and just make you laugh
-
because this is dead serious.
-
Children, you know who man is?
-
Man is you.
-
Man is me.
-
And man is headed there.
-
That's where their body goes,
-
but where does their soul go?
-
Their soul goes to heaven or hell.
-
And you know what?
-
One day is going to come -
and Jesus said it,
-
when by the command of His voice
-
every person is going to
rise up out of the graves
-
when He says come forth.
-
You remember how it was?
-
He said, "Lazarus, come forth!"
-
And he came forth.
-
He is the resurrection and the life.
-
And one day, He's going
to give the command
-
and everybody is going to come out.
-
Some to the resurrection of the judgment.
-
Some to the resurrection of life.
-
Children, you are going to die,
-
and the most important thing of all
-
is that when you die, you have a Savior
-
who has washed away all your sins.
-
Because if you're saved,
-
when you die,
-
you don't go to hell.
-
When you die, you go to Paradise
-
to be with Christ
-
and to be with Him forever.
-
You know who man is?
-
Man is somebody who is dying.
-
He's dying.
-
Man is dying.
-
Children, in a very few years,
-
do you know what happens?
-
Almost everybody dies
-
before they think they're going to die.
-
Death will come for you before you think.
-
If you know you're going to die,
-
you know you're going to have to face God
-
on judgment day,
-
the most important thing is
that your sins are forgiven.
-
Children, you children are not
-
too young to be saved.
-
You can talk to Jesus. Talk to Him.
-
You talk to Him tonight.
-
Lord, I know I'm going to die
-
and I know I'm going to
die because I'm a sinner.
-
What can wash away your sins?
-
Children: The blood of Jesus.
-
Tim: Nothing but the blood of Jesus.
-
Listen, that isn't
just a fun song to sing.
-
That's a truth to be believed.
-
Jesus' blood washes away your sin.
-
Children, ask Him:
-
Lord Jesus, please save me.
-
And He promises if you call
upon Him, He'll save you.
-
And if you're saved, you
don't have to fear that.
-
He saved me.
-
I don't have to fear that.
-
But you know what? Before He saved me,
-
I did fear that.
-
That's what the Bible says.
-
Men fear death and rightly so.
-
Death is scary.
-
But it's not scary if you're saved.
-
It's not scary if Jesus is your Savior.
-
You talk to Him, children.
-
He's here.
-
He's close to all of you.
-
Talk to Him.
-
Ask Him to forgive your sins.
-
Father, I pray these children
-
would have ears to hear.
-
In Christ's name I pray, Amen.