1 00:00:01,328 --> 00:00:03,020 We're going to begin right now 2 00:00:03,020 --> 00:00:05,155 with a message - a specific message 3 00:00:05,155 --> 00:00:07,899 to our children, to the young people 4 00:00:07,899 --> 00:00:09,134 in this congregation. 5 00:00:09,134 --> 00:00:11,761 Young people, when this sermon 6 00:00:11,761 --> 00:00:13,308 is prayed about, 7 00:00:13,308 --> 00:00:14,907 it's prayed about specifically 8 00:00:14,907 --> 00:00:17,143 with regard to you. 9 00:00:17,143 --> 00:00:20,114 And you need to listen very, very carefully. 10 00:00:20,114 --> 00:00:22,125 Now, we've been in the book of Exodus, 11 00:00:22,125 --> 00:00:25,001 and I want to return there for just a moment. 12 00:00:25,001 --> 00:00:27,991 Exodus 20. 13 00:00:27,991 --> 00:00:30,698 But today, we're going to make something of a departure. 14 00:00:30,698 --> 00:00:32,258 We're going to summarize 15 00:00:32,258 --> 00:00:33,859 some of the things we've learned, 16 00:00:33,859 --> 00:00:35,422 and then we're going to apply it 17 00:00:35,422 --> 00:00:37,189 in a different way. 18 00:00:37,189 --> 00:00:40,278 Exodus 20:1, 19 00:00:40,278 --> 00:00:41,956 "Then God spoke all these words, 20 00:00:41,956 --> 00:00:44,703 saying 'I am the Lord your God 21 00:00:44,703 --> 00:00:46,730 who brought you out of the land of Egypt 22 00:00:46,730 --> 00:00:48,437 and out of the house of slavery. 23 00:00:48,437 --> 00:00:51,188 You shall have no other gods before me. 24 00:00:51,188 --> 00:00:53,337 You shall not make for yourself an idol 25 00:00:53,337 --> 00:00:55,455 or any likeness of what is in heaven above 26 00:00:55,455 --> 00:00:56,717 or on the earth beneath 27 00:00:56,717 --> 00:00:58,860 or in the water under the earth. 28 00:00:58,860 --> 00:01:01,386 You shall not worship them or serve them, 29 00:01:01,386 --> 00:01:03,132 for I, the Lord your God, 30 00:01:03,132 --> 00:01:04,608 am a jealous God 31 00:01:04,608 --> 00:01:07,538 visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children 32 00:01:07,538 --> 00:01:10,214 on the third and fourth generations 33 00:01:10,214 --> 00:01:12,273 of those who hate Me. 34 00:01:12,273 --> 00:01:14,384 But showing lovingkindness to thousands 35 00:01:14,384 --> 00:01:16,606 to those who love Me 36 00:01:16,606 --> 00:01:18,321 and keep My commandments. 37 00:01:18,321 --> 00:01:20,000 You shall not take the name 38 00:01:20,000 --> 00:01:21,470 of the Lord your God in vain, 39 00:01:21,470 --> 00:01:23,794 for the Lord will not leave him unpunished 40 00:01:23,794 --> 00:01:27,525 who takes His name in vain.'" 41 00:01:27,525 --> 00:01:30,906 Now, from this we have learned several things. 42 00:01:30,906 --> 00:01:34,379 First of all, that God owns you. 43 00:01:34,379 --> 00:01:35,765 Even if you're a little child 44 00:01:35,765 --> 00:01:37,569 who has yet to come to know Christ, 45 00:01:37,569 --> 00:01:39,407 God owns you; 46 00:01:39,407 --> 00:01:42,925 and you, it is your duty, to worship Him. 47 00:01:42,925 --> 00:01:44,516 He made you. 48 00:01:44,516 --> 00:01:46,024 He made you. 49 00:01:46,024 --> 00:01:48,468 And the breathe that's in your body right now, 50 00:01:48,468 --> 00:01:50,818 God gave that to you. 51 00:01:50,818 --> 00:01:53,155 And therefore, you owe Him. 52 00:01:53,155 --> 00:01:56,111 What do you owe Him? All your praise. 53 00:01:56,111 --> 00:01:57,648 All your allegiance. 54 00:01:57,648 --> 00:01:59,602 All your obedience. 55 00:01:59,602 --> 00:02:02,000 But for some of us, not only does God 56 00:02:02,000 --> 00:02:03,933 own us because of creation, 57 00:02:03,933 --> 00:02:07,404 but He also owns us because He redeemed us. 58 00:02:07,404 --> 00:02:10,556 To redeem someone means to pay a price 59 00:02:10,556 --> 00:02:14,029 to set them free from captivity or slavery. 60 00:02:14,029 --> 00:02:15,757 And that's what God has done. 61 00:02:15,757 --> 00:02:18,842 He's done it through Jesus Christ. 62 00:02:18,842 --> 00:02:21,957 Because of Jesus, 63 00:02:21,957 --> 00:02:25,173 you should have a love in your heart for God. 64 00:02:25,173 --> 00:02:27,919 Now, I want you to think about this for a moment. 65 00:02:27,919 --> 00:02:30,314 Every law that we have ever studied 66 00:02:30,314 --> 00:02:32,512 shows us something very important. 67 00:02:32,512 --> 00:02:34,842 Not only that God is good, 68 00:02:34,842 --> 00:02:38,364 but it shows us that we have broken God's law. 69 00:02:38,364 --> 00:02:41,092 We've created other gods. 70 00:02:41,092 --> 00:02:43,738 In our hearts, there are things 71 00:02:43,738 --> 00:02:46,413 oftentimes that are more important to us 72 00:02:46,413 --> 00:02:48,334 than God. 73 00:02:48,334 --> 00:02:52,560 Many times, we take the name of the Lord our God in vain. 74 00:02:52,560 --> 00:02:54,930 We do not honor Him or worship Him 75 00:02:54,930 --> 00:02:58,369 or think about Him in the way that we ought. 76 00:02:58,369 --> 00:03:00,943 Because of that, the Bible says 77 00:03:00,943 --> 00:03:04,655 we have sinned. 78 00:03:04,655 --> 00:03:07,912 Now sin is not something we laugh about. 79 00:03:07,912 --> 00:03:11,129 Why? Because it's not something that God laughs about. 80 00:03:11,129 --> 00:03:12,833 All the pain, 81 00:03:12,833 --> 00:03:14,168 all the problems, 82 00:03:14,168 --> 00:03:17,167 all the sorrow that you see in this world 83 00:03:17,167 --> 00:03:20,964 is because men have broken God's law. 84 00:03:20,964 --> 00:03:22,990 The fact that people will die today 85 00:03:22,990 --> 00:03:24,871 is because of sin. 86 00:03:24,871 --> 00:03:27,279 The fact that sometimes you will fall down 87 00:03:27,279 --> 00:03:28,605 and hurt yourself, 88 00:03:28,605 --> 00:03:30,527 or there will be sadness in your heart, 89 00:03:30,527 --> 00:03:31,928 or darkness in your life, 90 00:03:31,928 --> 00:03:34,547 everything that happens on this planet 91 00:03:34,547 --> 00:03:38,284 that's bad is because of disobedience. 92 00:03:38,284 --> 00:03:41,011 Because of Adam's disobedience, 93 00:03:41,011 --> 00:03:44,629 because of your great-great grandfather's disobedience, 94 00:03:44,629 --> 00:03:46,560 because of your father's disobedience, 95 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,646 and because of your disobedience. 96 00:03:48,646 --> 00:03:55,673 Sin is the one great dark monster. 97 00:03:55,673 --> 00:03:57,979 It's the life-eater. 98 00:03:57,979 --> 00:04:00,970 It's the killer of people. 99 00:04:00,970 --> 00:04:04,018 But Jesus came - Jesus came! 100 00:04:04,018 --> 00:04:05,090 Now think about that. 101 00:04:05,090 --> 00:04:06,459 He didn't have to come. 102 00:04:06,459 --> 00:04:08,307 If God would have kept His Son 103 00:04:08,307 --> 00:04:10,411 there in Heaven throughout all of eternity 104 00:04:10,411 --> 00:04:12,088 and allowed us all to die, 105 00:04:12,088 --> 00:04:13,666 He would still be a good God 106 00:04:13,666 --> 00:04:14,985 because if we had died, 107 00:04:14,985 --> 00:04:17,679 it would have been exactly what we deserved. 108 00:04:17,679 --> 00:04:19,582 It was exactly what we deserved. 109 00:04:19,582 --> 00:04:21,397 But the fact is, the Bible says 110 00:04:21,397 --> 00:04:25,750 that God loved the world so much; 111 00:04:25,750 --> 00:04:28,369 He loved people so much 112 00:04:28,369 --> 00:04:32,528 that He sent His only Son to die the death 113 00:04:32,528 --> 00:04:34,152 that you should die. 114 00:04:34,152 --> 00:04:35,714 Now, listen to me, young people. 115 00:04:35,714 --> 00:04:36,817 This is very important. 116 00:04:36,817 --> 00:04:38,277 Many times when you think 117 00:04:38,277 --> 00:04:40,494 about the death of Jesus, 118 00:04:40,494 --> 00:04:42,237 you think about the cross, 119 00:04:42,237 --> 00:04:43,905 and the crown of thorns, 120 00:04:43,905 --> 00:04:46,148 and the nails in His hands 121 00:04:46,148 --> 00:04:47,332 and in His feet, 122 00:04:47,332 --> 00:04:49,357 the spear that was in His side, 123 00:04:49,357 --> 00:04:51,012 and the blood that poured out - 124 00:04:51,012 --> 00:04:52,667 all of that is very important, 125 00:04:52,667 --> 00:04:54,878 but here's what you must understand. 126 00:04:54,878 --> 00:04:58,759 That's not the great pain of the cross. 127 00:04:58,759 --> 00:05:02,166 That's not the thing that Jesus most dreaded. 128 00:05:02,166 --> 00:05:03,884 What did He dread? 129 00:05:03,884 --> 00:05:06,817 You see, He was perfect. 130 00:05:06,817 --> 00:05:09,432 He never sinned one time. 131 00:05:09,432 --> 00:05:13,054 But on that tree, your sin 132 00:05:13,054 --> 00:05:15,657 was imputed to Him. 133 00:05:15,657 --> 00:05:17,918 Now that sounds like a strange word - impute. 134 00:05:17,918 --> 00:05:22,308 It means that your sin was placed on Him. 135 00:05:22,308 --> 00:05:25,023 And He was treated by God 136 00:05:25,023 --> 00:05:26,845 in the way that you should be treated 137 00:05:26,845 --> 00:05:28,499 and I should be treated. 138 00:05:28,499 --> 00:05:29,924 How should we be treated? 139 00:05:29,924 --> 00:05:32,255 We should be turned away from God. 140 00:05:32,255 --> 00:05:34,937 We should be turned away from His presence. 141 00:05:34,937 --> 00:05:37,304 We should be sent into eternal darkness. 142 00:05:37,304 --> 00:05:39,063 That's what the Bible says about us 143 00:05:39,063 --> 00:05:40,122 because of our sin. 144 00:05:40,122 --> 00:05:41,928 But the fact it, 145 00:05:41,928 --> 00:05:45,910 the treatment that God should have given us 146 00:05:45,910 --> 00:05:47,615 fell on His Son. 147 00:05:47,615 --> 00:05:50,185 Jesus suffered in our place. 148 00:05:50,185 --> 00:05:53,979 The Father turned away from His only Son 149 00:05:53,979 --> 00:05:57,223 and all the judgment that you should experience, 150 00:05:57,223 --> 00:05:59,457 Christ experienced on that tree. 151 00:05:59,457 --> 00:06:00,998 But you know what's marvelous? 152 00:06:00,998 --> 00:06:03,172 Right before He died, He said something 153 00:06:03,172 --> 00:06:05,845 absolutely wonderful. 154 00:06:05,845 --> 00:06:09,251 He said, "It is finished." 155 00:06:09,251 --> 00:06:10,358 What is finished? 156 00:06:10,358 --> 00:06:13,376 He made the payment in full. 157 00:06:13,376 --> 00:06:15,794 Because of your sin, your crimes, 158 00:06:15,794 --> 00:06:20,137 you owed God a debt you could not pay, 159 00:06:20,137 --> 00:06:23,571 but on that cross, Jesus Christ paid it. 160 00:06:23,571 --> 00:06:24,817 He paid it. 161 00:06:24,817 --> 00:06:26,376 He paid it all. 162 00:06:26,376 --> 00:06:29,087 He paid for every one of your sins 163 00:06:29,087 --> 00:06:32,671 in the past, in the present, and the future. 164 00:06:32,671 --> 00:06:34,513 He paid it all. 165 00:06:34,513 --> 00:06:37,188 You are forgiven, 166 00:06:37,188 --> 00:06:40,861 if you are trusting in this Jesus 167 00:06:40,861 --> 00:06:42,933 who not only died for your sins, 168 00:06:42,933 --> 00:06:45,922 but He rose again from the dead on the third day. 169 00:06:45,922 --> 00:06:47,978 He is seated at the right hand of God, 170 00:06:47,978 --> 00:06:49,824 and He is able to save you 171 00:06:49,824 --> 00:06:52,005 from every horrible thing 172 00:06:52,005 --> 00:06:55,077 you have ever done or ever will do. 173 00:06:55,077 --> 00:06:57,241 If you look to yourself, young person; 174 00:06:57,241 --> 00:06:58,625 if you try to go to heaven 175 00:06:58,625 --> 00:07:00,576 because your parents go to church 176 00:07:00,576 --> 00:07:02,479 or if you think you're going to heaven 177 00:07:02,479 --> 00:07:03,560 because you're good, 178 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:05,243 or because you're homeschooled, 179 00:07:05,243 --> 00:07:07,399 or because of all sorts of things like that, 180 00:07:07,399 --> 00:07:10,042 you are wrong. 181 00:07:10,042 --> 00:07:14,050 Your goodness is not good before God. 182 00:07:14,050 --> 00:07:16,115 Even your fathers. 183 00:07:16,115 --> 00:07:19,304 My best works - I'm a pastor; 184 00:07:19,304 --> 00:07:20,368 I'm an elder. 185 00:07:20,368 --> 00:07:22,976 My best works are nothing more 186 00:07:22,976 --> 00:07:25,331 than filthy rags before God. 187 00:07:25,331 --> 00:07:27,715 My only hope of getting to heaven 188 00:07:27,715 --> 00:07:29,403 is that 2,000 years ago, 189 00:07:29,403 --> 00:07:30,953 the Son of God died for me. 190 00:07:30,953 --> 00:07:33,171 That must be your hope. 191 00:07:33,171 --> 00:07:35,796 You see, Christianity has rules in it, 192 00:07:35,796 --> 00:07:37,894 but it's not about rules. 193 00:07:37,894 --> 00:07:39,914 Christianity has a certain way of living, 194 00:07:39,914 --> 00:07:42,196 but it's not about that certain way of living. 195 00:07:42,196 --> 00:07:43,908 Christianity is all about this: 196 00:07:43,908 --> 00:07:46,516 We have no hope apart from one Person 197 00:07:46,516 --> 00:07:48,077 and His name is Jesus Christ, 198 00:07:48,077 --> 00:07:49,462 and we follow Jesus. 199 00:07:49,462 --> 00:07:53,443 And everything that we do, we do for Him. 200 00:07:53,443 --> 00:07:58,818 Now listen to me. This is so important. 201 00:07:58,818 --> 00:08:02,557 Why should you want to be a good man, 202 00:08:02,557 --> 00:08:03,805 young man? 203 00:08:03,805 --> 00:08:06,911 Why should you want to be a good woman, young woman? 204 00:08:06,911 --> 00:08:09,469 Because He died for you. 205 00:08:09,469 --> 00:08:12,100 If it's any other reason, it's idolatry. 206 00:08:12,100 --> 00:08:13,971 You do it all for Him. 207 00:08:13,971 --> 00:08:17,590 Everything you do, you do for Him. 208 00:08:17,590 --> 00:08:19,539 I'm standing up here today, young person, 209 00:08:19,539 --> 00:08:21,423 not because I want to be religious 210 00:08:21,423 --> 00:08:23,660 and not because I just want to be a good man, 211 00:08:23,660 --> 00:08:26,427 and not because I just want my family to do okay, 212 00:08:26,427 --> 00:08:29,703 I am here because Jesus Christ died for me. 213 00:08:29,703 --> 00:08:31,293 And He rose again from the dead. 214 00:08:31,293 --> 00:08:33,354 He's everything! Do you understand that? 215 00:08:33,354 --> 00:08:36,343 Jesus is everything. 216 00:08:36,343 --> 00:08:38,045 He's not only the only Savior, 217 00:08:38,045 --> 00:08:39,000 He's the only Lord. 218 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:41,040 He's not only the only Lord, young person, 219 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,099 He is also the only Life. 220 00:08:43,099 --> 00:08:46,084 Outside of Him, there's nothing. 221 00:08:46,084 --> 00:08:49,291 Now, to conclude, do you know Him? 222 00:08:49,291 --> 00:08:51,633 You say, well, yes, one time I prayed a prayer 223 00:08:51,633 --> 00:08:53,231 and asked Him into my heart. 224 00:08:53,231 --> 00:08:56,400 But that doesn't mean you know Him. 225 00:08:56,400 --> 00:08:59,106 Millions of people in America have prayed prayers 226 00:08:59,106 --> 00:09:00,814 and asked Jesus into their heart, 227 00:09:00,814 --> 00:09:02,714 but their life hasn't changed. 228 00:09:02,714 --> 00:09:05,788 The evidence that you 229 00:09:05,788 --> 00:09:09,573 repented of your sins and were saved 230 00:09:09,573 --> 00:09:11,738 is that you're still repenting today. 231 00:09:11,738 --> 00:09:14,694 The evidence that you believed in Jesus a few years ago, 232 00:09:14,694 --> 00:09:16,273 you're still believing today, 233 00:09:16,273 --> 00:09:18,624 and you're believing more than before. 234 00:09:18,624 --> 00:09:20,240 And the evidence that you truly 235 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:21,942 have been saved by grace 236 00:09:21,942 --> 00:09:24,037 is that you keep walking 237 00:09:24,037 --> 00:09:25,644 and following Jesus 238 00:09:25,644 --> 00:09:28,357 and He continues changing you. 239 00:09:28,357 --> 00:09:29,967 Do not think, young person, 240 00:09:29,967 --> 00:09:32,149 that just because your parents are Christian 241 00:09:32,149 --> 00:09:33,294 that you're a Christian. 242 00:09:33,294 --> 00:09:35,745 Do not think that just because you read the Bible 243 00:09:35,745 --> 00:09:36,659 you're a Christian. 244 00:09:36,659 --> 00:09:38,461 The evidence that you're a Christian 245 00:09:38,461 --> 00:09:41,702 is that Jesus has done something in your life. 246 00:09:41,702 --> 00:09:43,339 And that something that He's done 247 00:09:43,339 --> 00:09:45,314 is the thing that motivates you 248 00:09:45,314 --> 00:09:46,671 to follow Him. 249 00:09:46,671 --> 00:09:48,329 And you want to be like Him. 250 00:09:48,329 --> 00:09:53,649 And you continue on and on and on. 251 00:09:53,649 --> 00:09:56,143 So it's all about Jesus, isn't it. 252 00:09:56,143 --> 00:09:58,398 We want you to be good men and women. 253 00:09:58,398 --> 00:10:00,679 We want you to be noble. 254 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:02,385 More than anything else, 255 00:10:02,385 --> 00:10:05,563 we desire that your heart - 256 00:10:05,563 --> 00:10:08,429 your heart be totally devoted 257 00:10:08,429 --> 00:10:11,740 to one Person: Jesus Christ. 258 00:10:11,740 --> 00:10:16,752 Let's pray. 259 00:10:16,752 --> 00:10:20,430 Father, I pray for the children, 260 00:10:20,430 --> 00:10:23,348 for the youth among us, 261 00:10:23,348 --> 00:10:25,377 Lord, that You would open up their mind 262 00:10:25,377 --> 00:10:28,100 for them to understand truth; 263 00:10:28,100 --> 00:10:29,729 that they would see the reality 264 00:10:29,729 --> 00:10:32,862 of Your holiness and Your righteousness; 265 00:10:32,862 --> 00:10:37,979 that in the light of that, they would see their sin, 266 00:10:37,979 --> 00:10:41,490 and they would not look inwardly, 267 00:10:41,490 --> 00:10:44,247 except to look inwardly and find no hope, 268 00:10:44,247 --> 00:10:46,229 and then look outwardly, Lord, 269 00:10:46,229 --> 00:10:47,982 at Christ who died 270 00:10:47,982 --> 00:10:50,264 and rose again from the dead, 271 00:10:50,264 --> 00:10:53,155 that they would see the resurrected Christ 272 00:10:53,155 --> 00:10:55,424 as their only Savior, 273 00:10:55,424 --> 00:10:57,599 as the atonement for their sin, 274 00:10:57,599 --> 00:10:59,604 and they would trust in Him. 275 00:10:59,604 --> 00:11:01,294 Father, we pray for our children 276 00:11:01,294 --> 00:11:04,424 that their hearts would be devoted 277 00:11:04,424 --> 00:11:06,694 to Jesus Christ Your Son. 278 00:11:06,694 --> 00:11:09,433 We do not pray for them an easy life, 279 00:11:09,433 --> 00:11:11,376 a wealthy life. 280 00:11:11,376 --> 00:11:13,926 We do not pray for them, Lord, 281 00:11:13,926 --> 00:11:16,834 that they get the things of this world. 282 00:11:16,834 --> 00:11:18,988 We would pray that they would die to self, 283 00:11:18,988 --> 00:11:21,260 that they would turn their back on the world, 284 00:11:21,260 --> 00:11:23,244 that they would be crucified to the world 285 00:11:23,244 --> 00:11:25,273 and the world would be crucified to them, 286 00:11:25,273 --> 00:11:27,901 and they would be disinterested 287 00:11:27,901 --> 00:11:30,881 in anything but Christ 288 00:11:30,881 --> 00:11:32,298 and Christ alone. 289 00:11:32,298 --> 00:11:34,224 Let it be, O God, more than a song 290 00:11:34,224 --> 00:11:36,618 in the lives of the adults here 291 00:11:36,618 --> 00:11:38,683 and the lives of our children. 292 00:11:38,683 --> 00:11:42,035 In Jesus' name, Amen. 293 00:11:47,140 --> 00:11:48,771 Please visit our website 294 00:11:48,771 --> 00:11:51,012 at heartcrymissionary.com. 295 00:11:51,012 --> 00:11:53,854 There you will find information about the ministry, 296 00:11:53,854 --> 00:11:56,331 our purpose, beliefs, and methadologies 297 00:11:56,331 --> 00:11:58,137 and extensive information 298 00:11:58,137 --> 00:12:02,505 about the missionaries we are privileged to serve.