1 00:00:01,988 --> 00:00:09,596 Ok, children. 2 00:00:09,596 --> 00:00:14,850 What have we got here? 3 00:00:14,850 --> 00:00:16,456 We've got a rock. 4 00:00:16,456 --> 00:00:21,677 And we've got an anchor. 5 00:00:21,677 --> 00:00:29,358 We've been talking about the fact 6 00:00:29,358 --> 00:00:33,630 that God is an anchor for the soul. 7 00:00:33,630 --> 00:00:34,832 We talked about yesterday 8 00:00:34,832 --> 00:00:39,383 that His promises are an anchor for the soul. 9 00:00:39,383 --> 00:00:41,980 We put a promise up there on that pole. 10 00:00:41,980 --> 00:00:44,878 That pole's been helping us, hasn't it? 11 00:00:44,878 --> 00:00:49,208 Because that pole's pretty solid. 12 00:00:49,208 --> 00:00:51,744 The Bible talks about 13 00:00:51,744 --> 00:00:53,694 the anchor of the soul. 14 00:00:53,694 --> 00:00:56,364 Anybody know where it does? 15 00:00:56,364 --> 00:00:58,557 Where? 16 00:00:58,557 --> 00:01:08,261 Where in the Bible does it say anchor? 17 00:01:08,261 --> 00:01:11,786 Hebrews 6. 18 00:01:11,786 --> 00:01:13,735 Anybody know someplace in the Bible 19 00:01:13,735 --> 00:01:21,547 where it speaks about a rock? 20 00:01:21,547 --> 00:01:27,113 Anybody know something that's like a rock? 21 00:01:27,113 --> 00:01:33,372 Jesus Christ is called a rock. 22 00:01:33,372 --> 00:01:35,675 We've got an anchor. 23 00:01:35,675 --> 00:01:37,671 The Bible talks about an anchor. 24 00:01:37,671 --> 00:01:38,568 We've got a rock. 25 00:01:38,568 --> 00:01:39,991 The Bible talks about a rock. 26 00:01:39,991 --> 00:01:46,311 But let me ask you something. 27 00:01:46,311 --> 00:01:51,600 What's the greatest emblem of Christianity? 28 00:01:51,600 --> 00:01:53,272 It's not an anchor. 29 00:01:53,272 --> 00:01:57,899 It's not a rock. 30 00:01:57,899 --> 00:02:00,227 Well, I said emblem. 31 00:02:00,227 --> 00:02:06,248 Like, a symbol or a sign. 32 00:02:06,248 --> 00:02:07,945 The cross. 33 00:02:07,945 --> 00:02:15,373 We've got a cross over here. 34 00:02:15,373 --> 00:02:18,146 This is Mr. Seth's homemade cross 35 00:02:18,146 --> 00:02:20,335 from a walking stick. 36 00:02:20,335 --> 00:02:24,279 Some of you saw this today. 37 00:02:24,279 --> 00:02:25,913 This is a brick. 38 00:02:25,913 --> 00:02:28,379 The Bible probably says something about bricks too, 39 00:02:28,379 --> 00:02:32,072 but I'm going to leave that out right now. 40 00:02:32,072 --> 00:02:35,964 Our rock, I'm hoping, 41 00:02:35,964 --> 00:02:47,751 is going to hold our cross. 42 00:02:47,751 --> 00:02:52,193 The actual cross was a lot bigger, 43 00:02:52,193 --> 00:02:58,440 because they put a Man on that cross. 44 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:02,626 What does that say to us? 45 00:03:02,626 --> 00:03:04,191 What does it say to us? 46 00:03:04,191 --> 00:03:07,613 (from the room:) God died on the cross? 47 00:03:07,613 --> 00:03:12,048 Tim: God can't die. 48 00:03:12,048 --> 00:03:13,998 Sometimes children say that: 49 00:03:13,998 --> 00:03:15,970 "God died on the cross." 50 00:03:15,970 --> 00:03:18,064 God didn't die on the cross. 51 00:03:18,064 --> 00:03:20,672 God cannot die. 52 00:03:20,672 --> 00:03:22,676 Only man can die - 53 00:03:22,676 --> 00:03:24,420 well, animals can die too, 54 00:03:24,420 --> 00:03:27,941 but man dies. 55 00:03:27,941 --> 00:03:31,493 There was a Man on that cross. 56 00:03:31,493 --> 00:03:34,496 Who's got the lights at their disposal? 57 00:03:34,496 --> 00:03:38,424 Kevin, could you turn all those lights off? 58 00:03:38,424 --> 00:03:46,635 Except for maybe the last one. 59 00:03:46,635 --> 00:03:51,550 You know why I want that to happen? 60 00:03:51,550 --> 00:03:53,942 Something happened that some of you might know 61 00:03:53,942 --> 00:04:00,455 and some of you might not know. 62 00:04:00,455 --> 00:04:04,057 Roman soldiers nailed Jesus Christ 63 00:04:04,057 --> 00:04:05,764 to the cross. 64 00:04:05,764 --> 00:04:09,295 They drove spikes through His hands and through His feet. 65 00:04:09,295 --> 00:04:12,186 They hung Him on a cross 66 00:04:12,186 --> 00:04:14,601 next to two thieves. 67 00:04:14,601 --> 00:04:16,219 He was in the middle. 68 00:04:16,219 --> 00:04:17,759 There was one on His right hand 69 00:04:17,759 --> 00:04:19,784 and one on His left hand. 70 00:04:19,784 --> 00:04:21,769 Can I tell you something that happened 71 00:04:21,769 --> 00:04:23,386 while He was on that cross? 72 00:04:23,386 --> 00:04:30,366 Anybody know how long He was on that cross? 73 00:04:30,366 --> 00:04:34,724 He was there for six hours. 74 00:04:34,724 --> 00:04:44,651 Six hours on the cross. 75 00:04:44,651 --> 00:04:46,878 Something that happened - 76 00:04:46,878 --> 00:04:50,133 I had them turn the lights out 77 00:04:50,133 --> 00:04:54,405 because when Jesus was hanging on the cross, 78 00:04:54,405 --> 00:04:57,628 that hot bright sun out there - 79 00:04:57,628 --> 00:04:59,839 the same sun - 80 00:04:59,839 --> 00:05:04,052 that same sun that shines in our sky right now, 81 00:05:04,052 --> 00:05:11,918 that sun went black at noon 82 00:05:11,918 --> 00:05:13,404 in the middle of the day 83 00:05:13,404 --> 00:05:16,923 when the sun is straight up in the sky. 84 00:05:16,923 --> 00:05:20,011 The sun went out. 85 00:05:20,011 --> 00:05:23,610 I don't mean it got covered by clouds. 86 00:05:23,610 --> 00:05:26,760 It went out. 87 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:30,661 God caused the sun to go black 88 00:05:30,661 --> 00:05:34,050 in the middle of the day 89 00:05:34,050 --> 00:05:38,515 when Jesus hung on that cross. 90 00:05:38,515 --> 00:05:42,301 Darkness. 91 00:05:42,301 --> 00:05:46,969 Do you know what was happening on that cross? 92 00:05:46,969 --> 00:05:48,861 In that blackness, 93 00:05:48,861 --> 00:05:50,177 in that darkness, 94 00:05:50,177 --> 00:05:51,819 Jesus hung on that cross. 95 00:05:51,819 --> 00:05:53,692 And if you go to your Old Testaments, 96 00:05:53,692 --> 00:05:55,697 and you listen to the prophet Isaiah, 97 00:05:55,697 --> 00:05:57,624 do you know what it says? 98 00:05:57,624 --> 00:06:01,844 It says that God smashed Him. 99 00:06:01,844 --> 00:06:04,697 Crushed Him. 100 00:06:04,697 --> 00:06:06,607 Did you know that? 101 00:06:06,607 --> 00:06:10,265 Did you know that God 102 00:06:10,265 --> 00:06:13,994 crushed His own Son 103 00:06:13,994 --> 00:06:17,169 when He was on that cross? 104 00:06:17,169 --> 00:06:19,424 Did you know that? 105 00:06:19,424 --> 00:06:22,638 The Bible says that He crushed Him. 106 00:06:22,638 --> 00:06:24,938 He was stricken. 107 00:06:24,938 --> 00:06:25,850 That's to hit. 108 00:06:25,850 --> 00:06:27,378 Smitten. 109 00:06:27,378 --> 00:06:32,663 He was afflicted. 110 00:06:32,663 --> 00:06:38,912 It's not funny. 111 00:06:38,912 --> 00:06:40,917 Why? 112 00:06:40,917 --> 00:06:42,702 This is God's Son. 113 00:06:42,702 --> 00:06:46,561 Let me tell you what happened. 114 00:06:46,561 --> 00:06:49,196 God is a Trinity. 115 00:06:49,196 --> 00:06:50,964 There is God the Father, 116 00:06:50,964 --> 00:06:52,843 and there is God the Son, 117 00:06:52,843 --> 00:06:55,234 and there is God the Holy Spirit. 118 00:06:55,234 --> 00:07:00,280 And the three are one Being, 119 00:07:00,280 --> 00:07:01,748 but three Persons. 120 00:07:01,748 --> 00:07:04,443 Very difficult for us to know exactly 121 00:07:04,443 --> 00:07:08,122 how that can be, but it is. 122 00:07:08,122 --> 00:07:09,704 That's what the Bible teaches. 123 00:07:09,704 --> 00:07:11,211 And do you know what happened? 124 00:07:11,211 --> 00:07:16,302 God the Father sent God the Son 125 00:07:16,302 --> 00:07:19,486 from the halls of Heaven; 126 00:07:19,486 --> 00:07:20,863 from His throne, 127 00:07:20,863 --> 00:07:21,945 from His glory, 128 00:07:21,945 --> 00:07:24,470 from His eternal happiness with the Father. 129 00:07:24,470 --> 00:07:27,694 And He sent His Son into this world. 130 00:07:27,694 --> 00:07:32,181 God became man. 131 00:07:32,181 --> 00:07:35,327 God the Son came into this world. 132 00:07:35,327 --> 00:07:39,881 You know, Jesus Christ lived 133 00:07:39,881 --> 00:07:43,564 before He came here. 134 00:07:43,564 --> 00:07:45,175 He was the Word. 135 00:07:45,175 --> 00:07:48,737 In the beginning, the Word was with God. 136 00:07:48,737 --> 00:07:50,651 And He came here, 137 00:07:50,651 --> 00:07:52,493 and He became a man, 138 00:07:52,493 --> 00:07:54,698 just like us, 139 00:07:54,698 --> 00:07:56,657 in every respect, 140 00:07:56,657 --> 00:07:58,500 just like us. 141 00:07:58,500 --> 00:08:01,532 Except He never sinned. 142 00:08:01,532 --> 00:08:03,782 But His Father crushed Him. 143 00:08:03,782 --> 00:08:05,725 His Father punished Him. 144 00:08:05,725 --> 00:08:08,984 His Father punished Him for sin 145 00:08:08,984 --> 00:08:12,668 even though He never commited any sins. 146 00:08:12,668 --> 00:08:14,367 And the sun went out. 147 00:08:14,367 --> 00:08:17,856 The sun was black 148 00:08:17,856 --> 00:08:21,724 because God had forsaken His Son. 149 00:08:21,724 --> 00:08:24,653 God crushed Him. 150 00:08:24,653 --> 00:08:27,586 You know what God did? 151 00:08:27,586 --> 00:08:31,171 While He was on that cross, 152 00:08:31,171 --> 00:08:38,612 God laid our sin on Him. 153 00:08:38,612 --> 00:08:40,893 And He became sin. 154 00:08:40,893 --> 00:08:45,152 Christ became sin on that cross. 155 00:08:45,152 --> 00:08:47,878 And because He became sin, 156 00:08:47,878 --> 00:08:57,139 God punished Him for the sins of others. 157 00:08:57,139 --> 00:09:00,669 We've talked about God being an anchor. 158 00:09:00,669 --> 00:09:04,846 We've talked about His promises being an anchor. 159 00:09:04,846 --> 00:09:06,659 I want to tell you, 160 00:09:06,659 --> 00:09:09,510 we talked about the anchor. 161 00:09:09,510 --> 00:09:11,889 The anchor's no good as long as it slides around. 162 00:09:11,889 --> 00:09:13,055 It doesn't hold. 163 00:09:13,055 --> 00:09:16,126 You've got to have it grab hold of something. 164 00:09:16,126 --> 00:09:18,196 I'll tell you what you want your anchor 165 00:09:18,196 --> 00:09:19,478 to grab hold of: 166 00:09:19,478 --> 00:09:21,473 this right here. 167 00:09:21,473 --> 00:09:26,293 The cross is only wood. 168 00:09:26,293 --> 00:09:28,977 The cross is only an emblem. 169 00:09:28,977 --> 00:09:31,267 But like you said, Christ. 170 00:09:31,267 --> 00:09:32,854 Christ. 171 00:09:32,854 --> 00:09:35,685 It's the One Who hung on the cross. 172 00:09:35,685 --> 00:09:37,196 He's not there. 173 00:09:37,196 --> 00:09:38,333 He's here. 174 00:09:38,333 --> 00:09:41,534 He's in our midst. 175 00:09:41,534 --> 00:09:44,042 There's no Christ on this cross. 176 00:09:44,042 --> 00:09:45,100 This is only a picture 177 00:09:45,100 --> 00:09:46,305 so that you can imagine 178 00:09:46,305 --> 00:09:47,852 what it was like in that day. 179 00:09:47,852 --> 00:09:51,945 But Jesus Christ - 180 00:09:51,945 --> 00:09:55,438 He hung there in the darkness. 181 00:09:55,438 --> 00:09:58,273 The sun did not shine. 182 00:09:58,273 --> 00:10:00,074 He hung on that cross 183 00:10:00,074 --> 00:10:04,170 between the ground and the sky. 184 00:10:04,170 --> 00:10:08,117 Hanging on a cross. 185 00:10:08,117 --> 00:10:10,511 And you know what? 186 00:10:10,511 --> 00:10:16,387 While God crushed Him 187 00:10:16,387 --> 00:10:20,637 for three hours 188 00:10:20,637 --> 00:10:26,310 He was silent except for one thing. 189 00:10:26,310 --> 00:10:28,281 He was silent. 190 00:10:28,281 --> 00:10:29,768 He suffered in silence. 191 00:10:29,768 --> 00:10:31,642 Do you know something? 192 00:10:31,642 --> 00:10:34,276 Many of you've got spankings from your parents. 193 00:10:34,276 --> 00:10:36,392 You don't suffer in silence. 194 00:10:36,392 --> 00:10:40,570 You probably scream. You cry. 195 00:10:40,570 --> 00:10:43,032 Jesus was suffering. 196 00:10:43,032 --> 00:10:46,806 He was suffering more than anyone else ever suffered. 197 00:10:46,806 --> 00:10:49,761 And He didn't say anything. 198 00:10:49,761 --> 00:10:51,309 He was quiet. 199 00:10:51,309 --> 00:10:57,165 Except, He said these words: 200 00:10:57,165 --> 00:11:01,468 My God, My God! Why have You forsaken Me? 201 00:11:01,468 --> 00:11:03,524 What does it mean to forsake? 202 00:11:03,524 --> 00:11:07,799 If somebody forsakes you, 203 00:11:07,799 --> 00:11:10,064 it means they let you go. 204 00:11:10,064 --> 00:11:12,475 They leave you. 205 00:11:12,475 --> 00:11:17,505 They don't help you anymore. 206 00:11:17,505 --> 00:11:20,859 God didn't help His Son anymore. 207 00:11:20,859 --> 00:11:23,861 God turned on His Son. 208 00:11:23,861 --> 00:11:25,588 God punished His Son. 209 00:11:25,588 --> 00:11:26,577 Do you know why? 210 00:11:26,577 --> 00:11:28,854 Because He became sin. 211 00:11:28,854 --> 00:11:31,360 And the sun was dark. 212 00:11:31,360 --> 00:11:33,201 And in the darkness, 213 00:11:33,201 --> 00:11:35,657 do you know what He did? 214 00:11:35,657 --> 00:11:40,153 He paid the penalty. 215 00:11:40,153 --> 00:11:41,719 So that, when He was done; 216 00:11:41,719 --> 00:11:43,220 when the six hours were over. 217 00:11:43,220 --> 00:11:48,462 The three hours of darkness were over. 218 00:11:48,462 --> 00:11:51,897 Jesus said, "It is finished." 219 00:11:51,897 --> 00:11:55,706 He paid the price for sin. 220 00:11:55,706 --> 00:11:58,544 Children, let me tell you something. 221 00:11:58,544 --> 00:12:03,783 Your life - you're alive right now. 222 00:12:03,783 --> 00:12:06,091 You've been playing; you've been eating today. 223 00:12:06,091 --> 00:12:08,308 Can I tell you something about this life? 224 00:12:08,308 --> 00:12:11,132 The primary purpose for this life 225 00:12:11,132 --> 00:12:13,733 is it's the period of time God has given you 226 00:12:13,733 --> 00:12:16,737 to trust His Son and what His Son did on that cross. 227 00:12:16,737 --> 00:12:19,495 This life is not mainly about getting married. 228 00:12:19,495 --> 00:12:22,255 This life is not mainly about making money. 229 00:12:22,255 --> 00:12:24,699 This life is not mainly about eating candy 230 00:12:24,699 --> 00:12:26,009 and watching movies. 231 00:12:26,009 --> 00:12:28,715 This life is not about sports. 232 00:12:28,715 --> 00:12:32,698 It's not about getting new shoes. 233 00:12:32,698 --> 00:12:37,448 This life is the only one you've got. 234 00:12:37,448 --> 00:12:39,592 It's the only opportunity, children, 235 00:12:39,592 --> 00:12:42,084 that you have 236 00:12:42,084 --> 00:12:45,544 to believe upon the Lord Jesus Christ 237 00:12:45,544 --> 00:12:48,025 and to trust - to have your anchor 238 00:12:48,025 --> 00:12:50,258 set fast on the cross. 239 00:12:50,258 --> 00:12:53,126 That's a solid place. 240 00:12:53,126 --> 00:12:56,091 Only in this life. 241 00:12:56,091 --> 00:13:00,318 And if you pass through this life, 242 00:13:00,318 --> 00:13:01,946 and you don't trust Him, 243 00:13:01,946 --> 00:13:03,439 your chance is over. 244 00:13:03,439 --> 00:13:05,054 Because I'll tell you, 245 00:13:05,054 --> 00:13:07,211 God punished His Son on that cross 246 00:13:07,211 --> 00:13:08,435 for sin. 247 00:13:08,435 --> 00:13:09,974 Sin that wasn't His own. 248 00:13:09,974 --> 00:13:12,578 It was the sin of others. 249 00:13:12,578 --> 00:13:13,933 And if you don't trust Him 250 00:13:13,933 --> 00:13:15,397 to suffer in your place, 251 00:13:15,397 --> 00:13:19,149 to be a sacrifice for you, 252 00:13:19,149 --> 00:13:22,128 then when you die, 253 00:13:22,128 --> 00:13:27,193 you will have to suffer for your own sins. 254 00:13:27,193 --> 00:13:29,284 Children, this is it. 255 00:13:29,284 --> 00:13:32,935 This life is the allotted time 256 00:13:32,935 --> 00:13:36,422 that you have to trust Christ. 257 00:13:36,422 --> 00:13:38,579 This is all you have. 258 00:13:38,579 --> 00:13:43,906 Children, lots of children die 259 00:13:43,906 --> 00:13:46,719 before they become adults. 260 00:13:46,719 --> 00:13:48,930 You know the guy that ran over all the people 261 00:13:48,930 --> 00:13:50,020 over there in France? 262 00:13:50,020 --> 00:13:52,943 Did any of you see it? 263 00:13:52,943 --> 00:13:56,051 Did you know that a young man 264 00:13:56,051 --> 00:14:00,657 from Austin, Texas got run over? 265 00:14:00,657 --> 00:14:05,620 And he was no older than some of you guys here. 266 00:14:05,620 --> 00:14:08,214 Gone. Did he think he'd be 267 00:14:08,214 --> 00:14:09,905 in eternity by now? 268 00:14:09,905 --> 00:14:11,058 He didn't think so. 269 00:14:11,058 --> 00:14:12,439 Don't think you'll live to be 270 00:14:12,439 --> 00:14:14,360 an old man or an old woman. 271 00:14:14,360 --> 00:14:15,304 You might not. 272 00:14:15,304 --> 00:14:16,173 You might. 273 00:14:16,173 --> 00:14:17,783 God might allow that to happen. 274 00:14:17,783 --> 00:14:20,057 But you have no guarantee. 275 00:14:20,057 --> 00:14:23,102 You have no guarantee of tomorrow. 276 00:14:23,102 --> 00:14:25,057 Don't waste time. 277 00:14:25,057 --> 00:14:26,439 Don't waste time. 278 00:14:26,439 --> 00:14:29,578 Children, you're not so young 279 00:14:29,578 --> 00:14:31,428 that you can't call on the Lord. 280 00:14:31,428 --> 00:14:33,963 Like we talked about yesterday. 281 00:14:33,963 --> 00:14:35,566 I was telling you yesterday, 282 00:14:35,566 --> 00:14:37,128 cry out to the Lord. 283 00:14:37,128 --> 00:14:38,201 And I was telling you 284 00:14:38,201 --> 00:14:39,591 trust Him for everything. 285 00:14:39,591 --> 00:14:41,415 But you know what the primary thing is 286 00:14:41,415 --> 00:14:42,664 you need to trust Him for? 287 00:14:42,664 --> 00:14:44,466 Not to give you food on your table. 288 00:14:44,466 --> 00:14:46,504 Not to give you a bed to sleep on tonight. 289 00:14:46,504 --> 00:14:51,104 But to give you forgiveness for your sins. 290 00:14:51,104 --> 00:14:58,120 Children, Jesus Christ - 291 00:14:58,120 --> 00:14:58,877 listen to me. 292 00:14:58,877 --> 00:15:04,307 This is the last thing I want to say to you. 293 00:15:04,307 --> 00:15:09,200 You do not want to die 294 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:13,162 and be punished for your sin 295 00:15:13,162 --> 00:15:16,999 when God provided you with a Savior. 296 00:15:16,999 --> 00:15:19,147 Can you imagine? 297 00:15:19,147 --> 00:15:22,559 Can you imagine waking up in hell, children, 298 00:15:22,559 --> 00:15:30,267 and knowing that you had a Savior provided for you 299 00:15:30,267 --> 00:15:32,269 and you didn't want it. 300 00:15:32,269 --> 00:15:34,150 You didn't want Him. 301 00:15:34,150 --> 00:15:36,361 And way back there in Vacation Bible School - 302 00:15:36,361 --> 00:15:37,949 let me tell you, I know, 303 00:15:37,949 --> 00:15:39,648 some of you children, 304 00:15:39,648 --> 00:15:45,497 your parents don't take you to church all the time. 305 00:15:45,497 --> 00:15:50,496 You may not hear about Christ again. 306 00:15:50,496 --> 00:15:53,171 Don't let any time go. 307 00:15:53,171 --> 00:15:54,281 You trust Him. 308 00:15:54,281 --> 00:15:56,214 You say how do you do that? 309 00:15:56,214 --> 00:15:57,774 Confess your sins to Him 310 00:15:57,774 --> 00:15:59,997 and ask Him to save you. 311 00:15:59,997 --> 00:16:02,229 Ask Him to save you from the penalty 312 00:16:02,229 --> 00:16:03,874 that your sins deserve. 313 00:16:03,874 --> 00:16:05,836 Ask Him to show you mercy. 314 00:16:05,836 --> 00:16:08,324 Ask Him to forgive you. 315 00:16:08,324 --> 00:16:10,670 Confess your sins. 316 00:16:10,670 --> 00:16:13,761 And children, you have sins. 317 00:16:13,761 --> 00:16:16,418 The Bible says that we're born liars. 318 00:16:16,418 --> 00:16:17,652 And you know it's true. 319 00:16:17,652 --> 00:16:19,579 Children, you know you've lied. 320 00:16:19,579 --> 00:16:21,505 And you know what God says? 321 00:16:21,505 --> 00:16:24,643 Liars have their part in the lake of fire. 322 00:16:24,643 --> 00:16:28,639 How can liars like all of us be saved? 323 00:16:28,639 --> 00:16:30,414 Because of what Jesus Christ 324 00:16:30,414 --> 00:16:31,785 did on that cross. 325 00:16:31,785 --> 00:16:34,693 You want to plant your anchor on something solid? 326 00:16:34,693 --> 00:16:37,287 Don't let it slide all around in life. 327 00:16:37,287 --> 00:16:40,498 Plant it here. 328 00:16:40,498 --> 00:16:43,671 What Jesus Christ did on that cross - 329 00:16:43,671 --> 00:16:44,872 this may seem foolish. 330 00:16:44,872 --> 00:16:46,111 The Bible says so. 331 00:16:46,111 --> 00:16:48,573 Paul talks that way - the Apostle Paul. 332 00:16:48,573 --> 00:16:51,599 He speaks about the foolishness. 333 00:16:51,599 --> 00:16:55,455 The world thinks this is foolish. 334 00:16:55,455 --> 00:16:57,391 But it's not foolish. 335 00:16:57,391 --> 00:17:01,302 It's the greatest wisdom of all, 336 00:17:01,302 --> 00:17:03,871 that you'd believe on the Lord Jesus Christ 337 00:17:03,871 --> 00:17:05,608 and you trust what He did 338 00:17:05,608 --> 00:17:10,145 in giving His life 2,000 years ago. 339 00:17:10,145 --> 00:17:13,002 And listen to those last words that He said, 340 00:17:13,002 --> 00:17:16,650 before He gave up [His spirit.] 341 00:17:16,650 --> 00:17:19,490 He said, "It is finished." 342 00:17:19,490 --> 00:17:20,917 And He committed His spirit 343 00:17:20,917 --> 00:17:22,131 into His Father's hands. 344 00:17:22,131 --> 00:17:23,939 What does that mean "it's finished"? 345 00:17:23,939 --> 00:17:27,339 It means He did everything 346 00:17:27,339 --> 00:17:29,672 that God requires of you. 347 00:17:29,672 --> 00:17:33,711 He did everything 348 00:17:33,711 --> 00:17:36,854 so that you don't have to work out 349 00:17:36,854 --> 00:17:39,784 how to save yourself. 350 00:17:39,784 --> 00:17:42,505 He did everything to save you. 351 00:17:42,505 --> 00:17:44,010 Everything. 352 00:17:44,010 --> 00:17:45,461 And you know what He does now? 353 00:17:45,461 --> 00:17:49,412 He offers it to you as a gift. 354 00:17:49,412 --> 00:17:51,262 If you say, "I want that," 355 00:17:51,262 --> 00:17:52,345 You can talk to Him. 356 00:17:52,345 --> 00:17:55,063 He's close to every one of us. 357 00:17:55,063 --> 00:17:56,868 He's here. 358 00:17:56,868 --> 00:17:59,003 He can hear you if you talk to Him. 359 00:17:59,003 --> 00:18:01,488 Like that - bowing down and praying. 360 00:18:01,488 --> 00:18:03,879 You don't have to speak out loud. 361 00:18:03,879 --> 00:18:05,851 Even if you just think it in your mind, 362 00:18:05,851 --> 00:18:07,492 He knows. 363 00:18:07,492 --> 00:18:08,904 We have a great God. 364 00:18:08,904 --> 00:18:10,881 He can hear every thought. 365 00:18:10,881 --> 00:18:14,305 He knows. 366 00:18:14,305 --> 00:18:16,898 Ask Him to show you mercy. 367 00:18:16,898 --> 00:18:18,336 You need mercy. 368 00:18:18,336 --> 00:18:20,686 I know you're children. 369 00:18:20,686 --> 00:18:22,339 You don't have a big, long record 370 00:18:22,339 --> 00:18:24,262 like some of us adults here, 371 00:18:24,262 --> 00:18:26,086 but still, 372 00:18:26,086 --> 00:18:29,205 you've got enough bad - 373 00:18:29,205 --> 00:18:31,178 you've got a lot of bad. 374 00:18:31,178 --> 00:18:33,224 You fight with your brothers and sisters. 375 00:18:33,224 --> 00:18:35,751 That's bad. 376 00:18:35,751 --> 00:18:38,176 You lie. That's bad. 377 00:18:38,176 --> 00:18:39,595 Some of you have stolen. 378 00:18:39,595 --> 00:18:40,964 That's bad. 379 00:18:40,964 --> 00:18:43,617 Some of you have dishonored your mom, 380 00:18:43,617 --> 00:18:44,881 dishonored your father. 381 00:18:44,881 --> 00:18:46,288 That's bad. 382 00:18:46,288 --> 00:18:47,608 This is really bad. 383 00:18:47,608 --> 00:18:49,981 And it's sin. 384 00:18:49,981 --> 00:18:53,226 And the wage of sin is death. 385 00:18:53,226 --> 00:18:55,878 The wage of sin is hell. 386 00:18:55,878 --> 00:18:59,200 And Jesus came and died on the cross 387 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:03,927 so that you don't have to suffer hell. 388 00:19:03,927 --> 00:19:06,998 And if you go there, 389 00:19:06,998 --> 00:19:12,049 it will be because you denied and rejected 390 00:19:12,049 --> 00:19:15,557 what Christ did on the cross. 391 00:19:15,557 --> 00:19:19,045 Because He offers you a way of escape. 392 00:19:19,045 --> 00:19:23,450 That's where you want to plant your anchor. 393 00:19:23,450 --> 00:19:25,390 Twenty-six years ago 394 00:19:25,390 --> 00:19:28,152 that's where I planted my anchor. 395 00:19:28,152 --> 00:19:30,662 And I'll tell you this, it's held fast. 396 00:19:30,662 --> 00:19:34,830 And it will never let me go. 397 00:19:34,830 --> 00:19:37,566 Let's pray. 398 00:19:37,566 --> 00:19:40,487 Father, I pray again, 399 00:19:40,487 --> 00:19:42,002 Lord, I pray the same, 400 00:19:42,002 --> 00:19:45,128 Lord, may the scales fall off the eyes 401 00:19:45,128 --> 00:19:46,659 of the children. 402 00:19:46,659 --> 00:19:49,079 Lord, You are the God Who says, 403 00:19:49,079 --> 00:19:50,388 "Let there be light." 404 00:19:50,388 --> 00:19:52,071 You are the God Who can reveal 405 00:19:52,071 --> 00:19:57,116 the glory of Yourself in the face of Jesus Christ. 406 00:19:57,116 --> 00:19:59,129 You can cause the scales to fall off 407 00:19:59,129 --> 00:20:00,397 the eyes of the children, 408 00:20:00,397 --> 00:20:01,899 and even at their young ages, 409 00:20:01,899 --> 00:20:04,342 to behold wonder and glory, 410 00:20:04,342 --> 00:20:12,969 to behold a great Savior, 411 00:20:12,969 --> 00:20:15,223 and to trust Him. 412 00:20:15,223 --> 00:20:17,006 Lord, have mercy upon our children, 413 00:20:17,006 --> 00:20:18,296 I pray in Christ's name. 414 00:20:18,296 --> 00:20:20,384 Amen.