1 00:00:00,422 --> 00:00:02,398 Hey children, 2 00:00:02,398 --> 00:00:06,420 did you know that there's a Savior? 3 00:00:06,420 --> 00:00:07,459 Yes. 4 00:00:07,459 --> 00:00:08,991 Hey children, 5 00:00:08,991 --> 00:00:11,884 did you His name is Jesus? 6 00:00:11,884 --> 00:00:15,019 Say His name! 7 00:00:15,019 --> 00:00:21,254 I am the Way, the Truth, the Life. 8 00:00:21,254 --> 00:00:25,019 No one comes to the Father 9 00:00:25,019 --> 00:00:28,486 except through Me. 10 00:00:28,486 --> 00:00:33,279 Tim: So, what did you learn about today? 11 00:00:33,279 --> 00:00:36,444 I want that guy. 12 00:00:36,444 --> 00:00:39,192 You what? 13 00:00:39,192 --> 00:00:40,365 You barely got here? 14 00:00:40,365 --> 00:00:43,073 Okay, well let me tell you what they learned about today. 15 00:00:43,073 --> 00:00:45,218 At least this is what the email said. 16 00:00:45,218 --> 00:00:50,592 Okay, you tell me. 17 00:00:50,592 --> 00:00:53,096 How sinful we are? 18 00:00:53,096 --> 00:00:55,249 Is that was today's was about? 19 00:00:55,249 --> 00:00:57,559 What was it? 20 00:00:57,559 --> 00:01:05,350 You might have heard about that. 21 00:01:05,350 --> 00:01:07,347 You learned about Jesus Christ? 22 00:01:07,347 --> 00:01:10,484 Is that what you learned about too? 23 00:01:10,484 --> 00:01:11,787 Tomorrow, I think you learn 24 00:01:11,787 --> 00:01:13,305 more about the cross right? 25 00:01:13,305 --> 00:01:14,778 Isn't that how it goes? 26 00:01:14,778 --> 00:01:19,961 What did you learn about? 27 00:01:19,961 --> 00:01:25,510 Real loud, I can't hear your soft little voice. 28 00:01:25,510 --> 00:01:30,643 Okay, shh... 29 00:01:30,643 --> 00:01:32,491 Jesus dying on the cross? 30 00:01:32,491 --> 00:01:33,558 For our sins. 31 00:01:33,558 --> 00:01:36,903 What were you going to say? 32 00:01:36,903 --> 00:01:38,997 You forgot? No, you didn't forget. 33 00:01:38,997 --> 00:01:43,543 You just raised your hand 10 seconds ago. 34 00:01:43,543 --> 00:01:46,875 Okay, well, that's good. 35 00:01:46,875 --> 00:01:48,785 Now, the email I got said 36 00:01:48,785 --> 00:01:53,281 you were going to look at who Jesus is. 37 00:01:53,281 --> 00:01:56,598 Right? Does that sound familiar? 38 00:01:56,598 --> 00:02:02,861 Okay, let's think about this. 39 00:02:02,861 --> 00:02:05,564 You and I, 40 00:02:05,564 --> 00:02:08,910 we had a beginning. 41 00:02:08,910 --> 00:02:12,513 There was a time we were born. 42 00:02:12,513 --> 00:02:16,403 Any of you remember when you were born? 43 00:02:16,403 --> 00:02:18,744 No, you don't. 44 00:02:18,744 --> 00:02:20,594 You remember when you were born? 45 00:02:20,594 --> 00:02:22,724 Now, you may know the day you were born, 46 00:02:22,724 --> 00:02:24,659 but do you remember it? 47 00:02:24,659 --> 00:02:27,578 Do you remember looking at your mama for the first time? 48 00:02:27,578 --> 00:02:30,832 No. 49 00:02:30,832 --> 00:02:33,841 We don't have that good of memories right? 50 00:02:33,841 --> 00:02:35,870 We haven't been around long, have we? 51 00:02:35,870 --> 00:02:39,228 How long have you been around? 52 00:02:39,228 --> 00:02:42,871 This guy right here - 30 years? 53 00:02:42,871 --> 00:02:46,216 He's been around 30 years! 54 00:02:46,216 --> 00:02:50,371 But you know what? Jesus had no beginning. 55 00:02:50,371 --> 00:02:57,521 Jesus did not have a beginning like you and me. 56 00:02:57,521 --> 00:03:03,351 Why didn't Jesus have a beginning? 57 00:03:03,351 --> 00:03:07,224 Because He is God. 58 00:03:07,224 --> 00:03:09,759 See, you look at me. 59 00:03:09,759 --> 00:03:11,319 What do I look like? 60 00:03:11,319 --> 00:03:15,653 In a lot of ways, I look like you, right? 61 00:03:15,653 --> 00:03:18,414 He's scowling - "I don't want to look like that guy!" 62 00:03:18,414 --> 00:03:20,488 But the thing is, 63 00:03:20,488 --> 00:03:22,903 we both have arms, we both have fingers, 64 00:03:22,903 --> 00:03:24,588 we both have a head, we have eyes, 65 00:03:24,588 --> 00:03:26,004 we have a nose, we have ears, 66 00:03:26,004 --> 00:03:28,552 we have feet, we have knees. Right? 67 00:03:28,552 --> 00:03:29,784 All of you have that. 68 00:03:29,784 --> 00:03:33,702 All of you do. 69 00:03:33,702 --> 00:03:35,458 I forgot a lot of things. 70 00:03:35,458 --> 00:03:37,302 We have stomachs, right? 71 00:03:37,302 --> 00:03:39,547 We have shoulders. We have hair. 72 00:03:39,547 --> 00:03:44,058 Some more, some less, but we have hair. 73 00:03:44,058 --> 00:03:47,543 Jesus became a man, 74 00:03:47,543 --> 00:03:49,859 but He wasn't always a man. 75 00:03:49,859 --> 00:03:54,754 Before He became a man, what was He? 76 00:03:54,754 --> 00:03:55,862 He was a spirit. 77 00:03:55,862 --> 00:03:59,692 Now look, all of you pay attention. 78 00:03:59,692 --> 00:04:04,833 Before Jesus became a man, 79 00:04:04,833 --> 00:04:07,172 He has always been God. 80 00:04:07,172 --> 00:04:08,800 You know what that means? 81 00:04:08,800 --> 00:04:12,653 God is over here. He's right here. 82 00:04:12,653 --> 00:04:14,677 He's all around here. 83 00:04:14,677 --> 00:04:17,339 And He's over here at the same time. 84 00:04:17,339 --> 00:04:19,219 And if you ran to my house right now, 85 00:04:19,219 --> 00:04:20,184 He's over there. 86 00:04:20,184 --> 00:04:22,828 And if I ran to your house right now, He's over there. 87 00:04:22,828 --> 00:04:25,123 And if we went to the moon, He's over there. 88 00:04:25,123 --> 00:04:27,618 And if we dug a hole way down in the planet here 89 00:04:27,618 --> 00:04:29,035 and went way down in there, 90 00:04:29,035 --> 00:04:31,069 like down in the mines, way down there 91 00:04:31,069 --> 00:04:33,322 where they get gold and they get diamonds 92 00:04:33,322 --> 00:04:35,949 and they dig all those things out - 93 00:04:35,949 --> 00:04:37,563 He's there. 94 00:04:37,563 --> 00:04:40,526 And if we went to the bottom of the ocean, He's there. 95 00:04:40,526 --> 00:04:42,279 And if we went to Mars, He's there. 96 00:04:42,279 --> 00:04:46,207 And if we went way out to other galaxies, He's there. 97 00:04:46,207 --> 00:04:48,355 God is everywhere at the same time. 98 00:04:48,355 --> 00:04:50,319 I used to tell my children that. 99 00:04:50,319 --> 00:04:51,971 Is God in here? Yep. 100 00:04:51,971 --> 00:04:53,364 Is He out at the mailbox? 101 00:04:53,364 --> 00:04:55,335 (which was quite a ways from our house) 102 00:04:55,335 --> 00:04:57,151 Yep, He's out there too. 103 00:04:57,151 --> 00:04:58,682 How? 104 00:04:58,682 --> 00:05:02,705 Can you be in two places at once? 105 00:05:02,705 --> 00:05:06,060 He can be. Do you know why? 106 00:05:06,060 --> 00:05:08,519 Because Jesus Christ isn't just a man 107 00:05:08,519 --> 00:05:10,583 like you and me, 108 00:05:10,583 --> 00:05:13,529 He's God. 109 00:05:13,529 --> 00:05:15,659 Which means, He's almighty. 110 00:05:15,659 --> 00:05:18,205 He has power. 111 00:05:18,205 --> 00:05:20,444 Know this? Omniscience - 112 00:05:20,444 --> 00:05:22,984 that's a fancy word, but you know what it means? 113 00:05:22,984 --> 00:05:25,453 He knows everything. 114 00:05:25,453 --> 00:05:27,113 Did you know that Jesus knows 115 00:05:27,113 --> 00:05:30,960 every single thought that you have? 116 00:05:30,960 --> 00:05:35,141 When mom and dad can't look inside your head, 117 00:05:35,141 --> 00:05:36,380 He does. 118 00:05:36,380 --> 00:05:40,385 He knows every thought you have ever thought. 119 00:05:40,385 --> 00:05:42,875 Does that make you feel good or bad? 120 00:05:42,875 --> 00:05:46,530 Do you like it that He knows everything you've ever thought? 121 00:05:46,530 --> 00:05:50,525 Would you like it if I knew everything you ever thought? 122 00:05:50,525 --> 00:05:52,747 He does. 123 00:05:52,747 --> 00:05:55,311 He knows everything. 124 00:05:55,311 --> 00:05:58,479 He knows everything! 125 00:05:58,479 --> 00:06:00,846 He knows every hair on your head. 126 00:06:00,846 --> 00:06:02,614 He knows every little bird. 127 00:06:02,614 --> 00:06:04,453 He knows every pebble of sand. 128 00:06:04,453 --> 00:06:05,694 He knows everything. 129 00:06:05,694 --> 00:06:07,688 He knows exactly how the wind is blowing 130 00:06:07,688 --> 00:06:09,510 in every part of the earth right now. 131 00:06:09,510 --> 00:06:14,030 He knows every cloud. 132 00:06:14,030 --> 00:06:16,935 And you know what happened? 133 00:06:16,935 --> 00:06:21,134 Infinite, all knowing, almighty, 134 00:06:21,134 --> 00:06:23,637 the fullness of God 135 00:06:23,637 --> 00:06:26,850 came to this earth in a man. 136 00:06:26,850 --> 00:06:28,883 Just like you and me. 137 00:06:28,883 --> 00:06:30,269 You know what the Bible says? 138 00:06:30,269 --> 00:06:32,564 He was made just like us except one thing. 139 00:06:32,564 --> 00:06:37,646 What one way was He not made like us? 140 00:06:37,646 --> 00:06:40,348 Okay, sir, you raised your hand. 141 00:06:40,348 --> 00:06:42,294 Do you have the answer? 142 00:06:42,294 --> 00:06:44,931 What way wasn't Jesus made like us? 143 00:06:44,931 --> 00:06:46,466 See, one exception. 144 00:06:46,466 --> 00:06:50,770 He's made like us in every way except one way. 145 00:06:50,770 --> 00:06:55,355 Do you know what way? 146 00:06:55,355 --> 00:06:57,627 Sin. That's right. 147 00:06:57,627 --> 00:07:00,186 I know lots of you knew that answer. 148 00:07:00,186 --> 00:07:02,151 He never had sin. 149 00:07:02,151 --> 00:07:03,279 And you know what? 150 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:05,784 He's a man now forevermore. 151 00:07:05,784 --> 00:07:07,750 And so here He came to this earth, 152 00:07:07,750 --> 00:07:09,505 and I want you to see something 153 00:07:09,505 --> 00:07:11,279 about what He was like. 154 00:07:11,279 --> 00:07:15,338 Georgie, come here. 155 00:07:15,338 --> 00:07:19,707 Yow know, Georgie is not Christ. 156 00:07:19,707 --> 00:07:23,490 But right now, imagine that he is. 157 00:07:23,490 --> 00:07:26,322 There was once a man. 158 00:07:26,322 --> 00:07:29,009 He had a horrible disease. 159 00:07:29,009 --> 00:07:33,287 It made his flesh turn colors 160 00:07:33,287 --> 00:07:37,105 and it was horrible, horrible! 161 00:07:37,105 --> 00:07:39,782 It made a person stink. 162 00:07:39,782 --> 00:07:41,488 It made their flesh come off. 163 00:07:41,488 --> 00:07:43,876 It's called leprosy. 164 00:07:43,884 --> 00:07:46,006 And here comes a man one day. 165 00:07:46,006 --> 00:07:47,543 He's horrible. 166 00:07:47,543 --> 00:07:49,370 You didn't even want to touch him. 167 00:07:49,370 --> 00:07:52,319 You didn't want to be around him. You didn't want to smell him. 168 00:07:52,319 --> 00:07:53,218 He was horrible. 169 00:07:53,218 --> 00:07:54,361 He was gross. 170 00:07:54,361 --> 00:07:57,662 He was covered with a horrible disease. 171 00:07:57,662 --> 00:08:00,523 And he came to Jesus one day. 172 00:08:00,523 --> 00:08:03,771 And he came up to Him and he said, 173 00:08:03,771 --> 00:08:10,727 "Lord, if You will, You can make me clean." 174 00:08:10,727 --> 00:08:13,985 And do you know what Jesus did? 175 00:08:13,985 --> 00:08:17,165 Jesus not only healed him. 176 00:08:17,165 --> 00:08:19,631 Jesus put out His hand 177 00:08:19,631 --> 00:08:21,365 and He touched him. 178 00:08:21,365 --> 00:08:23,192 You never touched a leper! 179 00:08:23,192 --> 00:08:25,267 Ever! Why? They were unclean. 180 00:08:25,267 --> 00:08:26,448 They were horrible. 181 00:08:26,448 --> 00:08:27,863 Everybody avoided them. 182 00:08:27,863 --> 00:08:30,177 Everybody ran from them. 183 00:08:30,177 --> 00:08:32,195 If you had leprosy, 184 00:08:32,195 --> 00:08:33,744 you had to go around saying, 185 00:08:33,744 --> 00:08:35,242 "Unclean! Unclean!" 186 00:08:35,242 --> 00:08:36,537 You had to cover your mouth 187 00:08:36,537 --> 00:08:38,999 so that you wouldn't breathe that stuff on people. 188 00:08:38,999 --> 00:08:43,091 And Jesus touched him, 189 00:08:43,091 --> 00:08:46,205 and He said, "I will. Be clean." 190 00:08:46,205 --> 00:08:48,620 And you know what the Bible teaches us? 191 00:08:48,620 --> 00:08:51,742 Jesus healed people of diseases 192 00:08:51,742 --> 00:08:54,696 to show us that He could heal your sin. 193 00:08:54,696 --> 00:08:56,241 That's what it's meant to teach. 194 00:08:56,241 --> 00:08:58,193 There was another day. 195 00:08:58,193 --> 00:08:59,934 Imagine he's Jesus again. 196 00:08:59,934 --> 00:09:02,568 He's not, but he's playing the part. 197 00:09:02,568 --> 00:09:04,604 Imagine me. I'm blind. 198 00:09:04,604 --> 00:09:06,937 Remember the guy's name? 199 00:09:06,937 --> 00:09:08,789 Bartimaeus. 200 00:09:08,789 --> 00:09:11,170 And you now what? He heard. 201 00:09:11,170 --> 00:09:12,151 Somebody told him. 202 00:09:12,151 --> 00:09:14,043 Somebody whispered to him, 203 00:09:14,043 --> 00:09:17,228 "Jesus! Jesus is coming!" 204 00:09:17,228 --> 00:09:19,554 "Lord, heal me! 205 00:09:19,554 --> 00:09:21,115 Lord, I need sight! 206 00:09:21,115 --> 00:09:23,897 Lord!" He called out to Him. 207 00:09:23,897 --> 00:09:28,316 "Son of David, have mercy upon me." 208 00:09:28,316 --> 00:09:32,090 Do you think Jesus would have mercy? 209 00:09:32,090 --> 00:09:33,746 You know why they all said yes? 210 00:09:33,746 --> 00:09:35,697 Because they've heard the stories enough. 211 00:09:35,697 --> 00:09:36,669 Do you know this? 212 00:09:36,669 --> 00:09:39,906 Jesus had mercy on everybody 213 00:09:39,906 --> 00:09:42,598 that wanted mercy from Him. 214 00:09:42,598 --> 00:09:44,094 No exceptions. 215 00:09:44,094 --> 00:09:45,580 Go through this book 216 00:09:45,580 --> 00:09:48,073 again and again and again. 217 00:09:48,073 --> 00:09:50,643 Jesus always had mercy 218 00:09:50,643 --> 00:09:52,950 on those who wanted mercy. 219 00:09:52,950 --> 00:09:55,412 And you know what Jesus said to him? 220 00:09:55,412 --> 00:09:57,354 "What would you have me do to you?" 221 00:09:57,354 --> 00:10:00,432 He said, "Lord, that I might have my sight." 222 00:10:00,432 --> 00:10:03,916 And He gave him sight. 223 00:10:03,916 --> 00:10:06,427 Go ahead and sit down. 224 00:10:06,427 --> 00:10:08,354 Do you know another day? 225 00:10:08,354 --> 00:10:09,744 Here's Jesus. 226 00:10:09,744 --> 00:10:13,610 All the fullness of God is packed into Him. 227 00:10:13,610 --> 00:10:15,564 And you know what happened? 228 00:10:15,564 --> 00:10:18,234 A friend of His died. 229 00:10:18,234 --> 00:10:20,100 Come on, you can come back over here. 230 00:10:20,100 --> 00:10:24,697 Lay down on the floor. 231 00:10:24,697 --> 00:10:31,602 Come here, little red shirt Marisa and Miss Patience. 232 00:10:31,602 --> 00:10:33,433 You come here too. 233 00:10:33,433 --> 00:10:35,885 These are the sisters. 234 00:10:35,885 --> 00:10:39,052 What are they doing? 235 00:10:39,052 --> 00:10:42,294 This is Lazarus. 236 00:10:42,294 --> 00:10:44,752 Lazarus is dead. 237 00:10:44,752 --> 00:10:49,903 You know how long he's been dead? 238 00:10:49,903 --> 00:10:51,537 Four days. 239 00:10:51,537 --> 00:10:52,705 Do you know what happens 240 00:10:52,705 --> 00:10:54,468 when somebody's dead four days? 241 00:10:54,468 --> 00:10:57,516 That plane was just shot down. 242 00:10:57,516 --> 00:11:00,341 Dead people begin to stink real fast. 243 00:11:00,341 --> 00:11:02,362 Where I go and pray in the morning, 244 00:11:02,362 --> 00:11:04,700 I can smell something dead. 245 00:11:04,700 --> 00:11:07,523 Animals die. They stink. 246 00:11:07,523 --> 00:11:10,273 He's been dead four days. 247 00:11:10,273 --> 00:11:13,503 They said that he already stank. 248 00:11:13,503 --> 00:11:17,259 His sisters - you're crying. 249 00:11:17,259 --> 00:11:21,162 You have to cry. 250 00:11:21,162 --> 00:11:22,457 And you know we laugh 251 00:11:22,457 --> 00:11:25,493 because you know these people. 252 00:11:25,493 --> 00:11:29,396 But do you know Jesus saw their sorrow? 253 00:11:29,396 --> 00:11:31,662 He heard the mourning of the people. 254 00:11:31,662 --> 00:11:33,817 He heard their cries. 255 00:11:33,817 --> 00:11:36,106 He heard their sorrow. 256 00:11:36,106 --> 00:11:39,080 And do you remember? 257 00:11:39,080 --> 00:11:41,517 It's the shortest verse in the Bible. 258 00:11:41,517 --> 00:11:43,536 Do you know what it says? 259 00:11:43,536 --> 00:11:49,522 "Jesus wept." 260 00:11:49,522 --> 00:11:51,149 What do you do with that? 261 00:11:51,149 --> 00:11:59,141 Hey guys, do you know Jesus wept? 262 00:11:59,141 --> 00:12:02,033 There's hope in those tears. 263 00:12:02,033 --> 00:12:03,261 You know what? 264 00:12:03,261 --> 00:12:05,007 God came to this earth as a man 265 00:12:05,007 --> 00:12:06,466 and He didn't go around 266 00:12:06,466 --> 00:12:10,400 with fiery thunderbolts and just zap everybody. 267 00:12:10,400 --> 00:12:12,759 Did He? 268 00:12:12,759 --> 00:12:14,971 In fact, there was a day, remember it? 269 00:12:14,971 --> 00:12:16,417 They came out to get Him. 270 00:12:16,417 --> 00:12:17,998 They had clubs 271 00:12:17,998 --> 00:12:20,241 and they had their lanterns 272 00:12:20,241 --> 00:12:21,622 or their torches. 273 00:12:21,622 --> 00:12:23,376 And they came out. They had swords. 274 00:12:23,376 --> 00:12:24,961 And you remember what happened? 275 00:12:24,961 --> 00:12:26,704 He said, "Who are you looking for?" 276 00:12:26,704 --> 00:12:28,562 And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth." 277 00:12:28,562 --> 00:12:30,441 And He said, "I am He." 278 00:12:30,441 --> 00:12:31,975 And remember what happened? 279 00:12:31,975 --> 00:12:34,869 They all fell down! 280 00:12:34,869 --> 00:12:36,840 But He didn't kill them. 281 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:38,267 He didn't strike them dead. 282 00:12:38,267 --> 00:12:39,438 He showed them, 283 00:12:39,438 --> 00:12:41,787 you would have no power over Me 284 00:12:41,787 --> 00:12:43,648 unless I gave you power. 285 00:12:43,648 --> 00:12:45,452 He was God Almighty. 286 00:12:45,452 --> 00:12:47,009 He is God Almighty. 287 00:12:47,009 --> 00:12:49,527 He will always be God Almighty. 288 00:12:49,527 --> 00:12:52,486 And forevermore, He'll be a man. 289 00:12:52,486 --> 00:12:54,900 But He's almighty God joined to man. 290 00:12:54,900 --> 00:12:57,542 It's a mystery. 291 00:12:57,542 --> 00:12:59,582 And you know what He did 292 00:12:59,582 --> 00:13:02,707 at the tomb of Lazarus? He wept. 293 00:13:02,707 --> 00:13:05,894 Can you imagine tears falling down His face? 294 00:13:05,894 --> 00:13:08,231 You know what that does? It gives me hope! 295 00:13:08,231 --> 00:13:11,058 It gives me hope that God came to this earth 296 00:13:11,058 --> 00:13:12,613 and He would actually weep 297 00:13:12,613 --> 00:13:15,321 over our condition. 298 00:13:15,321 --> 00:13:17,634 Those tears tell me that He'll help us. 299 00:13:17,634 --> 00:13:19,403 He'll help us if we want Him. 300 00:13:19,403 --> 00:13:22,233 He'll help us if you call upon Him. 301 00:13:22,233 --> 00:13:23,154 He will. 302 00:13:23,154 --> 00:13:25,592 If you need His help, He'll come. 303 00:13:25,592 --> 00:13:27,073 And you know what He said? 304 00:13:27,073 --> 00:13:32,701 "Lazarus, come forth." 305 00:13:32,701 --> 00:13:35,988 Look at that! 306 00:13:35,988 --> 00:13:38,440 It happened for real. 307 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:39,684 It happened for real. 308 00:13:39,684 --> 00:13:44,520 And they unbandaged him; let him free. 309 00:13:44,520 --> 00:13:45,544 You know what? 310 00:13:45,544 --> 00:13:47,093 He raised the dead. 311 00:13:47,093 --> 00:13:49,544 He healed blind eyes. 312 00:13:49,544 --> 00:13:52,492 He cured lepers to show us 313 00:13:52,492 --> 00:13:54,827 that He can get rid of our spiritual blindness 314 00:13:54,827 --> 00:13:56,791 and cure the leprosy of our sin, 315 00:13:56,791 --> 00:14:00,162 and He can raise us from the dead spiritually. 316 00:14:00,162 --> 00:14:01,934 He can give us eternal life. 317 00:14:01,934 --> 00:14:04,771 That's what He was showing us. 318 00:14:04,771 --> 00:14:06,207 That's what He was showing us. 319 00:14:06,207 --> 00:14:09,210 Okay, my actors can go sit down. 320 00:14:09,210 --> 00:14:13,274 Hold on, buddy. Where are you going? 321 00:14:13,274 --> 00:14:17,850 Bathroom? 322 00:14:17,850 --> 00:14:21,253 We just have a few minutes. 323 00:14:21,253 --> 00:14:25,419 I want you all to know this. 324 00:14:25,419 --> 00:14:32,922 One day, this Jesus is coming. 325 00:14:32,922 --> 00:14:37,126 Right now, if you ask Him for mercy, 326 00:14:37,126 --> 00:14:39,805 He'll heal you. 327 00:14:39,805 --> 00:14:42,061 But when He comes, it's too late. 328 00:14:42,061 --> 00:14:44,399 Or when you die, it's too late. 329 00:14:44,399 --> 00:14:46,189 And you know what He's going to do? 330 00:14:46,189 --> 00:14:48,662 The Bible says that Jesus Christ 331 00:14:48,662 --> 00:14:52,312 is going to judge all of us. 332 00:14:52,312 --> 00:14:54,136 And He's going to come 333 00:14:54,136 --> 00:14:56,411 as a great, triumphant King. 334 00:14:56,411 --> 00:14:57,962 And He's going to come, 335 00:14:57,962 --> 00:15:01,892 and you know what the Bible says? 336 00:15:01,892 --> 00:15:03,977 He's going to say: 337 00:15:03,977 --> 00:15:05,854 right here. 338 00:15:05,854 --> 00:15:08,828 There's the dividing line. 339 00:15:08,828 --> 00:15:11,578 All My sheep 340 00:15:11,578 --> 00:15:13,541 and My goats. 341 00:15:13,541 --> 00:15:16,482 He's going to divide every person 342 00:15:16,482 --> 00:15:18,900 like a shepherd divides 343 00:15:18,900 --> 00:15:22,048 his sheep and his goats. 344 00:15:22,048 --> 00:15:25,299 And to these on His right, 345 00:15:25,299 --> 00:15:28,969 He's going to say, 346 00:15:28,969 --> 00:15:32,926 "you did good. Well done. 347 00:15:32,926 --> 00:15:36,382 You poured out your lives on My behalf. 348 00:15:36,382 --> 00:15:38,194 You loved people. 349 00:15:38,194 --> 00:15:39,719 You lived righteously." 350 00:15:39,719 --> 00:15:42,026 These over here, they lived wickedly; 351 00:15:42,026 --> 00:15:43,117 they lived selfishly, 352 00:15:43,117 --> 00:15:45,060 and He's going to tell them to depart 353 00:15:45,060 --> 00:15:50,768 into everlasting punishment. 354 00:15:50,768 --> 00:15:54,006 The good and the bad. 355 00:15:54,006 --> 00:15:57,683 And you know how to be good? 356 00:15:57,683 --> 00:16:00,553 It says that the good, 357 00:16:00,553 --> 00:16:03,107 the resurrection of the just - 358 00:16:03,107 --> 00:16:04,776 how do you be good enough? 359 00:16:04,776 --> 00:16:06,387 How can you be good enough? 360 00:16:06,387 --> 00:16:07,722 When we've done bad things? 361 00:16:07,722 --> 00:16:09,033 Well, you know what we do. 362 00:16:09,033 --> 00:16:12,126 We go to Christ and we trust Him to make us good. 363 00:16:12,126 --> 00:16:13,741 We trust Him to heal us 364 00:16:13,741 --> 00:16:15,715 and wash away our sin 365 00:16:15,715 --> 00:16:17,582 and to make us good. 366 00:16:17,582 --> 00:16:19,843 And if He makes us good, we are good. 367 00:16:19,843 --> 00:16:21,353 And if we are good, 368 00:16:21,353 --> 00:16:23,068 He's going to welcome us in, 369 00:16:23,068 --> 00:16:24,884 but only if we're resting on Him. 370 00:16:24,884 --> 00:16:26,064 He's going to divide us. 371 00:16:26,064 --> 00:16:28,065 Which side do you want to be on? 372 00:16:28,065 --> 00:16:30,615 When He divides, do you want to be on the right hand 373 00:16:30,615 --> 00:16:33,668 or do you want to be on the left hand? 374 00:16:33,668 --> 00:16:35,975 You guys didn't like it over here, did you? 375 00:16:35,975 --> 00:16:37,789 You didn't like acting that part. 376 00:16:37,789 --> 00:16:39,879 You don't like being on the left hand. 377 00:16:39,879 --> 00:16:42,640 I feel that too. I don't want to be on the left hand. 378 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,408 Even in the acting! 379 00:16:45,408 --> 00:16:47,157 You want to be on the right hand. 380 00:16:47,157 --> 00:16:50,433 But there's only one way to be on that right hand. 381 00:16:50,433 --> 00:16:52,676 When Jesus comes to separate man, 382 00:16:52,676 --> 00:16:54,560 what's the only way? 383 00:16:54,560 --> 00:16:57,234 What's the only way to be on the right hand of Jesus? 384 00:16:57,234 --> 00:17:00,119 And to hear, "Well done, good and faithful servant"? 385 00:17:00,119 --> 00:17:03,887 What's the way? 386 00:17:03,887 --> 00:17:06,425 Believing on Him. Trusting Him. 387 00:17:06,425 --> 00:17:08,681 Look how He healed everybody. 388 00:17:08,681 --> 00:17:10,045 Look how He gave sight. 389 00:17:10,045 --> 00:17:11,635 Look how He raised Lazarus. 390 00:17:11,635 --> 00:17:13,778 He raised Lazarus from the dead. 391 00:17:13,778 --> 00:17:16,390 He did all these miracles and you know why He did it? 392 00:17:16,390 --> 00:17:18,940 He calmed storms. 393 00:17:18,940 --> 00:17:20,557 He actually walked on water. 394 00:17:20,557 --> 00:17:24,100 Have you ever walked on water? 395 00:17:24,100 --> 00:17:25,895 You've splashed in water, 396 00:17:25,895 --> 00:17:29,779 but you haven't walked on top of it. 397 00:17:29,779 --> 00:17:32,590 Jesus did. 398 00:17:32,590 --> 00:17:36,582 And He did all those things to show us His power. 399 00:17:36,582 --> 00:17:39,110 Is Jesus powerful? 400 00:17:39,110 --> 00:17:40,652 You better believe He is. 401 00:17:40,652 --> 00:17:42,947 He showed us that He's powerful. 402 00:17:42,947 --> 00:17:45,311 So powerful that He can wash you 403 00:17:45,311 --> 00:17:46,986 whiter than snow. 404 00:17:46,986 --> 00:17:50,722 How many of you have ever seen snow? 405 00:17:50,722 --> 00:17:55,157 Whiter than snow. 406 00:17:55,157 --> 00:17:59,219 He'll wash all the sin away. 407 00:17:59,219 --> 00:18:01,407 Look, remember how it was 408 00:18:01,407 --> 00:18:03,998 with blind Bartimaeus? 409 00:18:03,998 --> 00:18:06,731 "Son of David!" He cried out to Him. 410 00:18:06,731 --> 00:18:11,534 "Jesus! Son of David!" 411 00:18:11,534 --> 00:18:13,083 You know the way he cried out? 412 00:18:13,083 --> 00:18:14,819 He would not give Jesus any rest 413 00:18:14,819 --> 00:18:16,225 until Jesus healed him. 414 00:18:16,225 --> 00:18:17,773 That's the way you need to be. 415 00:18:17,773 --> 00:18:20,580 You need to cry out that way this very day. 416 00:18:20,580 --> 00:18:24,216 Look, this isn't make believe. 417 00:18:24,216 --> 00:18:25,796 This is all very real. 418 00:18:25,796 --> 00:18:27,812 Children, we're having you come here 419 00:18:27,812 --> 00:18:29,624 because we want to tell you the truth. 420 00:18:29,624 --> 00:18:31,695 If you call upon this Lord Jesus, 421 00:18:31,695 --> 00:18:32,888 He will save you. 422 00:18:32,888 --> 00:18:34,724 And to be saved is the greatest thing 423 00:18:34,724 --> 00:18:35,902 in this world. 424 00:18:35,902 --> 00:18:37,895 To have Christ for your own 425 00:18:37,895 --> 00:18:39,301 and to be saved by Him 426 00:18:39,301 --> 00:18:41,250 and to have your sin washed clean, 427 00:18:41,250 --> 00:18:43,637 and to have Him working powerfully in your life 428 00:18:43,637 --> 00:18:45,992 to make you good, 429 00:18:45,992 --> 00:18:48,176 that's everything! 430 00:18:48,176 --> 00:18:49,583 You're young right now, 431 00:18:49,583 --> 00:18:51,644 and you think you're going to live forever, 432 00:18:51,644 --> 00:18:53,924 but you're not going to live forever. 433 00:18:53,924 --> 00:18:58,351 And very soon, we're all going to be gone. 434 00:18:58,351 --> 00:18:59,924 And you know what? 435 00:18:59,924 --> 00:19:02,230 Most people, let me tell you this, 436 00:19:02,230 --> 00:19:08,161 most people get saved when they're young. 437 00:19:08,161 --> 00:19:12,940 Not many people get saved when they're old. 438 00:19:12,940 --> 00:19:15,225 This is the time. 439 00:19:15,225 --> 00:19:19,034 This is the time to call upon the Lord. 440 00:19:19,034 --> 00:19:20,410 This is the time. 441 00:19:20,410 --> 00:19:22,911 The Bible says today's the day of salvation. 442 00:19:22,911 --> 00:19:24,673 Today's the day you want to be saved. 443 00:19:24,673 --> 00:19:26,823 Children, do you know what's going to happen 444 00:19:26,823 --> 00:19:28,369 as soon as I'm done? 445 00:19:28,369 --> 00:19:29,749 You're going to all jump up 446 00:19:29,749 --> 00:19:31,549 and you're going to get crazy right? 447 00:19:31,549 --> 00:19:36,064 Well, I hope these thoughts will stay with you. 448 00:19:36,064 --> 00:19:41,880 Jesus, we heard that You are God. 449 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:43,616 We heard that You came to this earth 450 00:19:43,616 --> 00:19:44,755 and You became a man 451 00:19:44,755 --> 00:19:49,547 and You actually shed tears. 452 00:19:49,547 --> 00:19:52,890 And if you know you have sin, 453 00:19:52,890 --> 00:19:56,246 I hope you'll see that those tears speak. 454 00:19:56,246 --> 00:19:58,348 What Jesus did speaks. 455 00:19:58,348 --> 00:19:59,693 It says something. 456 00:19:59,693 --> 00:20:00,788 You know what? 457 00:20:00,788 --> 00:20:02,970 God becoming a man and coming here 458 00:20:02,970 --> 00:20:05,150 and weeping - if He was just angry: 459 00:20:05,150 --> 00:20:06,500 Argh! 460 00:20:06,500 --> 00:20:08,205 If He just did that at us, 461 00:20:08,205 --> 00:20:09,697 we'd think, wow, 462 00:20:09,697 --> 00:20:12,954 because of our sin, we deserve that. 463 00:20:12,954 --> 00:20:14,521 Think about it. 464 00:20:14,521 --> 00:20:16,580 He doesn't roar at us. 465 00:20:16,580 --> 00:20:19,238 He weeps. 466 00:20:19,238 --> 00:20:22,574 That tells us what kind of Savior we have. 467 00:20:22,574 --> 00:20:24,162 A gentle Savior. 468 00:20:24,162 --> 00:20:25,618 And that's what He said. 469 00:20:25,618 --> 00:20:28,766 He said, "Come unto Me, and I'll give you rest." 470 00:20:28,766 --> 00:20:30,352 "Learn of Me. 471 00:20:30,352 --> 00:20:32,230 I'm gentle. I'm meek." 472 00:20:32,230 --> 00:20:34,133 I saw that word "meek" over there. 473 00:20:34,133 --> 00:20:36,326 You guys have been making something today - 474 00:20:36,326 --> 00:20:39,022 all these different words that describe Jesus. 475 00:20:39,022 --> 00:20:40,434 I saw compassionate. 476 00:20:40,434 --> 00:20:43,466 I saw meek. That's right. 477 00:20:43,466 --> 00:20:44,820 I mean, what do you think? 478 00:20:44,820 --> 00:20:46,575 He weeps tears. 479 00:20:46,575 --> 00:20:48,089 And He raises Lazarus. 480 00:20:48,089 --> 00:20:49,611 Can you imagine how happy 481 00:20:49,611 --> 00:20:51,505 Lazarus' sisters must have been 482 00:20:51,505 --> 00:20:56,352 to have him raised from the dead? 483 00:20:56,352 --> 00:20:58,293 And you will be even more happy 484 00:20:58,293 --> 00:20:59,793 if He raises you from the dead. 485 00:20:59,793 --> 00:21:01,436 You say, "Well, I'm not dead yet!" 486 00:21:01,436 --> 00:21:05,221 Oh yes, you are - spiritually. 487 00:21:05,221 --> 00:21:07,243 Because of what we heard about yesterday - 488 00:21:07,243 --> 00:21:08,978 Adam fell. 489 00:21:08,978 --> 00:21:11,265 The problem is we all fell in him. 490 00:21:11,265 --> 00:21:13,364 We're spiritually dead. 491 00:21:13,364 --> 00:21:14,628 Not physically. 492 00:21:14,628 --> 00:21:17,362 I know you very much have physical life. 493 00:21:17,362 --> 00:21:19,406 But you need to be made alive. 494 00:21:19,406 --> 00:21:21,140 And Jesus can make you alive 495 00:21:21,140 --> 00:21:22,482 and He will make you alive 496 00:21:22,482 --> 00:21:24,813 if you call upon the Lord. 497 00:21:24,813 --> 00:21:30,859 You will find that He is very much a life-giver. 498 00:21:30,859 --> 00:21:32,621 What do you think, children? 499 00:21:32,621 --> 00:21:36,736 We have a great Savior. 500 00:21:36,736 --> 00:21:39,982 A great One. A powerful One. 501 00:21:39,982 --> 00:21:42,042 But He's coming. 502 00:21:42,042 --> 00:21:44,610 He's coming, and if you ignore Him, 503 00:21:44,610 --> 00:21:46,126 you can't ignore Him forever. 504 00:21:46,126 --> 00:21:47,792 Because He's going to come one day 505 00:21:47,792 --> 00:21:49,793 and He's got an appointment with you. 506 00:21:49,793 --> 00:21:51,824 He's going to come see you. 507 00:21:51,824 --> 00:21:53,583 And if you've lived your life 508 00:21:53,583 --> 00:21:56,269 resting on Him and trusting Him, 509 00:21:56,269 --> 00:21:58,285 He'll greet you with a smile, 510 00:21:58,285 --> 00:22:00,968 and He'll take you to His home 511 00:22:00,968 --> 00:22:02,283 forever and ever. 512 00:22:02,283 --> 00:22:03,692 You'll go to Heaven with Him. 513 00:22:03,692 --> 00:22:05,651 But if you turn your back on Him, 514 00:22:05,651 --> 00:22:07,687 even if you're little children, 515 00:22:07,687 --> 00:22:11,306 if you turn your back on Him, 516 00:22:11,306 --> 00:22:13,849 He will be very angry. 517 00:22:13,849 --> 00:22:16,369 And He will tell you to depart from Him 518 00:22:16,369 --> 00:22:19,232 into hell. 519 00:22:19,232 --> 00:22:23,690 It's a serious thing to reject this Jesus. 520 00:22:23,690 --> 00:22:26,354 He is glorious. 521 00:22:26,354 --> 00:22:28,527 He is a glorious King. 522 00:22:28,527 --> 00:22:30,073 But you reject Him, 523 00:22:30,073 --> 00:22:32,557 and you will find Him a fierce enemy. 524 00:22:32,557 --> 00:22:34,430 You don't want Jesus for an enemy. 525 00:22:34,430 --> 00:22:37,754 Oh, so often we think of Jesus with the tears, 526 00:22:37,754 --> 00:22:40,408 and we think of Jesus compassionate and meek, 527 00:22:40,408 --> 00:22:42,263 but if you ignore Him and refuse Him 528 00:22:42,263 --> 00:22:43,587 and reject Him, 529 00:22:43,587 --> 00:22:45,901 you will find Him 530 00:22:45,901 --> 00:22:50,487 to be a very great enemy. 531 00:22:50,487 --> 00:22:53,160 We don't want to toy with Jesus. 532 00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,053 He's compassionate, 533 00:22:55,053 --> 00:22:57,958 but He's also very holy, 534 00:22:57,958 --> 00:23:00,732 and He punishes sin 535 00:23:00,732 --> 00:23:03,913 and we have a lot of sin. 536 00:23:03,913 --> 00:23:06,432 You know what I want? 537 00:23:06,432 --> 00:23:10,410 I want my sin punished in Him. 538 00:23:10,410 --> 00:23:12,579 I want Him to take my punishment for me. 539 00:23:12,579 --> 00:23:14,458 Don't you all want that? 540 00:23:14,458 --> 00:23:17,091 So that I can go free. 541 00:23:17,091 --> 00:23:18,598 That's what you're going to all 542 00:23:18,598 --> 00:23:20,112 be learning about tomorrow. 543 00:23:20,112 --> 00:23:21,803 That's what I want. 544 00:23:21,803 --> 00:23:23,327 And you can have that. 545 00:23:23,327 --> 00:23:24,953 We can all have that. 546 00:23:24,953 --> 00:23:26,601 Jesus said it like this, 547 00:23:26,601 --> 00:23:28,606 "Come to Me." 548 00:23:28,606 --> 00:23:29,867 Come to Me. 549 00:23:29,867 --> 00:23:31,051 How do you go to Him 550 00:23:31,051 --> 00:23:32,719 because we can't see Him? 551 00:23:32,719 --> 00:23:34,309 You call upon Him. 552 00:23:34,309 --> 00:23:35,892 He's here. 553 00:23:35,892 --> 00:23:38,969 Here's very close to every one of us. 554 00:23:38,969 --> 00:23:40,445 How do you come to Him? 555 00:23:40,445 --> 00:23:42,723 You say, "Jesus, help me." 556 00:23:42,723 --> 00:23:44,389 "Jesus, save me." 557 00:23:44,389 --> 00:23:48,374 "Jesus, forgive me for my sins." 558 00:23:48,374 --> 00:23:49,938 You can all do that, right? 559 00:23:49,938 --> 00:23:51,938 I told you yesterday, talk to Him. 560 00:23:51,938 --> 00:23:53,709 Talk to the Lord. 561 00:23:53,709 --> 00:23:55,849 We have a Lord that healed. 562 00:23:55,849 --> 00:23:58,140 We have a Lord that gave life to the dead 563 00:23:58,140 --> 00:23:59,869 and gave sight to the blind 564 00:23:59,869 --> 00:24:01,824 and He healed lepers. 565 00:24:01,824 --> 00:24:03,940 Talk to Him. He's very kind. 566 00:24:03,940 --> 00:24:05,351 He's very merciful. 567 00:24:05,351 --> 00:24:12,635 He's the kind of Savior that you and I want. 568 00:24:12,635 --> 00:24:14,608 So talk to Him. Call upon Him. 569 00:24:14,608 --> 00:24:19,296 Do that. Seriously, do that. 570 00:24:19,296 --> 00:24:21,318 Father, I pray that You would draw 571 00:24:21,318 --> 00:24:23,288 these little ones to You. 572 00:24:23,288 --> 00:24:25,315 Draw them to Christ. 573 00:24:25,315 --> 00:24:27,244 Draw them. Pull them. 574 00:24:27,244 --> 00:24:29,761 Lord, may something in their simple ways, 575 00:24:29,761 --> 00:24:32,544 their minds may grasp hold of this 576 00:24:32,544 --> 00:24:34,677 and that in their youth, 577 00:24:34,677 --> 00:24:38,289 they would trust You; 578 00:24:38,289 --> 00:24:40,174 they would hear these things 579 00:24:40,174 --> 00:24:42,692 and in just simple faith 580 00:24:42,692 --> 00:24:45,794 they would cling to You. 581 00:24:45,794 --> 00:24:49,149 I pray in Christ's name, Amen. 582 00:24:49,149 --> 00:24:52,159 Okay, children. 583 00:24:52,159 --> 00:24:59,901 What did you learn about today? 584 00:24:59,901 --> 00:25:05,914 (unintelligible) 585 00:25:05,914 --> 00:25:11,539 Where's my little red shirt actress? 586 00:25:11,539 --> 00:25:18,763 Marisa, are you hiding back there? 587 00:25:18,763 --> 00:25:21,057 My kids last night said, 588 00:25:21,057 --> 00:25:23,042 "Dad, you forgot Marisa's name!" 589 00:25:23,042 --> 00:25:27,166 I said, "I didn't forget Marisa's name." 590 00:25:27,166 --> 00:25:31,652 Sometimes I just call people by other words. 591 00:25:31,652 --> 00:25:38,529 I called you "little miss red shirt" yesterday, right? 592 00:25:38,529 --> 00:25:41,211 Okay, what did you learn about today? 593 00:25:41,211 --> 00:25:42,330 (from the room) Me? 594 00:25:42,330 --> 00:25:50,923 Tim: Yeah. 595 00:25:50,923 --> 00:25:55,720 Did you learn something about the cross? 596 00:25:55,720 --> 00:26:00,544 Do you all see the cross over here? 597 00:26:00,544 --> 00:26:04,184 Can you imagine 598 00:26:04,184 --> 00:26:08,369 if that cross was big? 599 00:26:08,369 --> 00:26:10,262 About this big, 600 00:26:10,262 --> 00:26:13,376 so that a man could hang on it. 601 00:26:13,376 --> 00:26:16,669 If I was hanging on it, 602 00:26:16,669 --> 00:26:19,086 I would be up higher. 603 00:26:19,086 --> 00:26:21,251 Can you imagine a big cross here? 604 00:26:21,251 --> 00:26:27,055 A real cross. 605 00:26:27,055 --> 00:26:29,586 Can you imagine a real cross? 606 00:26:29,586 --> 00:26:33,174 What's up there? 607 00:26:33,174 --> 00:26:36,354 Can you imagine a big cross? 608 00:26:36,354 --> 00:26:39,958 The Roman soldiers came. 609 00:26:39,958 --> 00:26:43,151 Once Jesus was up on that cross - 610 00:26:43,151 --> 00:26:48,886 we're imagining this cross. 611 00:26:48,886 --> 00:26:52,359 They nailed something to the top. 612 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:57,648 They nailed something on there 613 00:26:57,648 --> 00:27:00,762 in three different languages. 614 00:27:00,762 --> 00:27:03,406 It said something. 615 00:27:03,406 --> 00:27:07,089 They nailed probably a piece of wood 616 00:27:07,089 --> 00:27:08,285 that they had written on. 617 00:27:08,285 --> 00:27:11,481 Does anybody know what it said? 618 00:27:11,481 --> 00:27:14,169 What did it say? 619 00:27:14,169 --> 00:27:15,659 The King of the Jews. 620 00:27:15,659 --> 00:27:21,903 Can you imagine that little guy right there knows that answer? 621 00:27:21,903 --> 00:27:26,364 You guys fill in all the names don't you? 622 00:27:26,364 --> 00:27:32,536 You won't let me get by with calling him "the little guy." 623 00:27:32,536 --> 00:27:34,479 He knows that. 624 00:27:34,479 --> 00:27:41,370 Why did they put that up there? 625 00:27:41,370 --> 00:27:43,598 Do you know what they did? 626 00:27:43,598 --> 00:27:45,736 Jesus wasn't the only one crucified. 627 00:27:45,736 --> 00:27:47,866 Lots of people were crucified. 628 00:27:47,866 --> 00:27:51,076 Do you know why they got crucified? 629 00:27:51,076 --> 00:27:53,940 There was more than one cross. 630 00:27:53,940 --> 00:27:56,381 How many crosses were there? 631 00:27:56,381 --> 00:27:57,437 Three. 632 00:27:57,437 --> 00:28:02,638 What did the guys on the other side do? 633 00:28:02,638 --> 00:28:05,566 They were thieves. 634 00:28:05,566 --> 00:28:08,209 Okay, think about this. 635 00:28:08,209 --> 00:28:09,821 Do you know what they would have 636 00:28:09,821 --> 00:28:12,030 gone up and put on the other crosses? 637 00:28:12,030 --> 00:28:14,348 They would have nailed something up there too. 638 00:28:14,348 --> 00:28:15,708 What would they have nailed 639 00:28:15,708 --> 00:28:17,867 up on top of their crosses? 640 00:28:17,867 --> 00:28:19,818 Thief. 641 00:28:19,818 --> 00:28:21,900 Right. Do you know what they did? 642 00:28:21,900 --> 00:28:26,081 They put the person's crime. 643 00:28:26,081 --> 00:28:28,656 The bad thing that they did, 644 00:28:28,656 --> 00:28:33,025 they nailed whatever it was to the cross 645 00:28:33,025 --> 00:28:35,723 so that you knew what their crime was. 646 00:28:35,723 --> 00:28:38,630 How is it a crime for Jesus 647 00:28:38,630 --> 00:28:40,540 to be the King of Israel? 648 00:28:40,540 --> 00:28:42,585 Or the King of the Jews? 649 00:28:42,585 --> 00:28:46,269 How is that a crime? 650 00:28:46,269 --> 00:28:48,979 What did you say? 651 00:28:48,979 --> 00:28:51,201 Well, you know what? 652 00:28:51,201 --> 00:28:57,010 The Jews said, "we have a law." 653 00:28:57,010 --> 00:28:58,902 You see, the Jews didn't like 654 00:28:58,902 --> 00:29:00,861 what was up on that cross. 655 00:29:00,861 --> 00:29:02,126 They told Pilate - 656 00:29:02,126 --> 00:29:04,369 Pilate was the one that had Him crucified. 657 00:29:04,369 --> 00:29:06,911 He was the Roman governor. 658 00:29:06,911 --> 00:29:08,204 They said to Pilate, 659 00:29:08,204 --> 00:29:11,326 "No, don't say, 'the King of the Jews.'" 660 00:29:11,326 --> 00:29:14,465 What did they want put up there? 661 00:29:14,465 --> 00:29:17,804 "He said He was the King of the Jews." 662 00:29:17,804 --> 00:29:20,286 You see, there's a difference. 663 00:29:20,286 --> 00:29:22,103 The Jews wanted it to be said 664 00:29:22,103 --> 00:29:24,135 that this was just what He claimed, 665 00:29:24,135 --> 00:29:27,245 and He's not true; He's not genuine. 666 00:29:27,245 --> 00:29:28,245 He's a fake. 667 00:29:28,245 --> 00:29:30,034 He's not really the King of the Jews. 668 00:29:30,034 --> 00:29:32,002 He just said He's the King of the Jews. 669 00:29:32,002 --> 00:29:35,961 And what did Pilate say? 670 00:29:35,961 --> 00:29:37,208 What I wrote, I wrote. 671 00:29:37,208 --> 00:29:38,348 You know what? 672 00:29:38,348 --> 00:29:40,769 I did enough for you Jews. 673 00:29:40,769 --> 00:29:42,663 Be done with you. Go away. 674 00:29:42,663 --> 00:29:44,025 Don't bother me anymore. 675 00:29:44,025 --> 00:29:45,951 You guys have bothered me enough. 676 00:29:45,951 --> 00:29:47,604 Pilate didn't want to kill Him. 677 00:29:47,604 --> 00:29:49,426 Pilate didn't want to crucify Him. 678 00:29:49,426 --> 00:29:50,458 The Jews kept saying, 679 00:29:50,458 --> 00:29:52,879 "Crucify Him! Crucify Him! Crucify Him!" 680 00:29:52,879 --> 00:29:58,070 "Away with this man! Spare Barabbas, but kill Him." 681 00:29:58,070 --> 00:30:05,193 Now, here's the thing. 682 00:30:05,193 --> 00:30:07,158 Imagine that this is our piece of wood 683 00:30:07,158 --> 00:30:08,968 that we're going to nail up here 684 00:30:08,968 --> 00:30:10,609 to the top of our imaginary cross. 685 00:30:10,609 --> 00:30:12,509 You guys are good at imagining, right? 686 00:30:12,509 --> 00:30:14,175 Little children have imaginations. 687 00:30:14,175 --> 00:30:18,203 You can still see that cross up there. 688 00:30:18,212 --> 00:30:21,676 I want you to know what the Bible says 689 00:30:21,676 --> 00:30:25,321 about Jesus being on that cross. 690 00:30:25,321 --> 00:30:28,279 Have you ever done anything bad? 691 00:30:28,279 --> 00:30:30,728 What have you done bad before? 692 00:30:30,728 --> 00:30:32,643 I mean, what's something really bad 693 00:30:32,643 --> 00:30:36,465 that you remember that you did? 694 00:30:36,465 --> 00:30:39,781 Okay, come here. 695 00:30:39,781 --> 00:30:42,896 What store? 696 00:30:42,896 --> 00:30:48,416 (from the child) I think it was a gas store. 697 00:30:48,416 --> 00:30:54,594 Earnest. 698 00:30:54,594 --> 00:30:56,247 You know what Earnest said? 699 00:30:56,247 --> 00:30:58,270 Did you all hear him? 700 00:30:58,270 --> 00:31:00,187 He said he stole something 701 00:31:00,187 --> 00:31:12,533 from like a gas store. 702 00:31:12,533 --> 00:31:14,683 He stole something from 703 00:31:14,683 --> 00:31:17,899 maybe like a gas station 704 00:31:17,899 --> 00:31:21,740 or one of those corner stores. 705 00:31:21,740 --> 00:31:24,559 When somebody steals something, 706 00:31:24,559 --> 00:31:27,203 what does it make them? 707 00:31:27,203 --> 00:31:28,380 A robber. 708 00:31:28,380 --> 00:31:31,704 Here. Here's his crime. 709 00:31:31,704 --> 00:31:38,272 Earnest. Let's write this on here. 710 00:31:38,272 --> 00:31:58,120 Earnest. Robber. Thief. 711 00:31:58,120 --> 00:32:00,550 Now you know what? 712 00:32:00,550 --> 00:32:04,177 I'm making an example out of Earnest. 713 00:32:04,177 --> 00:32:07,646 But you know what? I stole things too. 714 00:32:07,646 --> 00:32:12,231 I've stolen things from stores. 715 00:32:12,231 --> 00:32:14,126 I could put my name on here too. 716 00:32:14,126 --> 00:32:17,059 In fact, not just Earnest, 717 00:32:17,059 --> 00:32:23,243 let's put Tim Conway on there. 718 00:32:23,243 --> 00:32:24,708 This is our crime. 719 00:32:24,708 --> 00:32:27,256 Earnest, you can go ahead and have a seat. 720 00:32:27,256 --> 00:32:29,291 This is my crime 721 00:32:29,291 --> 00:32:31,803 and this is Earnest's crime. 722 00:32:31,803 --> 00:32:32,946 And it's written. 723 00:32:32,946 --> 00:32:35,841 And do you know what the Bible says in Colossians 2? 724 00:32:35,841 --> 00:32:37,146 Here's what it says. 725 00:32:37,146 --> 00:32:38,379 Here's what happened. 726 00:32:38,379 --> 00:32:41,050 Jesus' cross - imagine it's still there. 727 00:32:41,050 --> 00:32:43,376 And Jesus has His crime - 728 00:32:43,376 --> 00:32:45,376 yeah, we could use this. 729 00:32:45,376 --> 00:32:47,195 This is probably good, 730 00:32:47,195 --> 00:32:50,984 but this is pretty stationary, isn't it? 731 00:32:50,984 --> 00:33:12,055 We can always make things mobile, right? 732 00:33:12,055 --> 00:33:17,356 So here's the cross. 733 00:33:17,364 --> 00:33:22,276 And Jesus, when He died on that cross, 734 00:33:22,276 --> 00:33:25,884 they nailed this up here. 735 00:33:25,884 --> 00:33:30,202 And it said, if you read this, 736 00:33:30,202 --> 00:33:33,460 it said, "King of the Jews." 737 00:33:33,460 --> 00:33:35,723 But you know what? That was really no crime. 738 00:33:35,723 --> 00:33:37,763 Because Jesus never committed any crimes. 739 00:33:37,763 --> 00:33:40,853 Jesus had no sin. 740 00:33:40,853 --> 00:33:42,138 Jesus was an innocent man. 741 00:33:42,138 --> 00:33:44,008 They were killing an innocent man. 742 00:33:44,008 --> 00:33:45,419 But you know what? 743 00:33:45,419 --> 00:33:47,521 Jesus didn't die on the cross 744 00:33:47,521 --> 00:33:49,555 for His own sins, did He? 745 00:33:49,555 --> 00:33:52,571 He didn't have any. 746 00:33:52,571 --> 00:33:55,563 In Colossians 2, it says this. 747 00:33:55,563 --> 00:33:59,280 Earnest, this is huge. 748 00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:04,955 Earnest, robber and thief. 749 00:34:04,955 --> 00:34:07,501 But what God does 750 00:34:07,501 --> 00:34:08,928 is He takes your crime. 751 00:34:08,928 --> 00:34:10,615 Do you see my name on there too? 752 00:34:10,615 --> 00:34:12,639 Tim Conway. You and me. 753 00:34:12,639 --> 00:34:16,369 We're thieves. This is our crime. 754 00:34:16,369 --> 00:34:28,681 What happens is God takes our crimes 755 00:34:28,681 --> 00:34:32,613 and nails them to the cross. 756 00:34:32,613 --> 00:34:33,993 What does that mean? 757 00:34:33,993 --> 00:34:37,031 That's what the Bible says. 758 00:34:37,031 --> 00:34:40,473 Our crimes get nailed to the cross. 759 00:34:40,473 --> 00:34:42,777 Our sins. Our bad things 760 00:34:42,777 --> 00:34:44,901 get nailed to His cross. 761 00:34:44,901 --> 00:34:47,507 What does that mean? 762 00:34:47,507 --> 00:34:50,241 What does it mean? 763 00:34:50,241 --> 00:34:55,931 See, Jesus is on this cross. 764 00:34:55,931 --> 00:34:58,957 What is nailed up here 765 00:34:58,957 --> 00:35:01,968 is the crime He's guilty of. 766 00:35:01,968 --> 00:35:04,447 But you say, wait! That's my crime! 767 00:35:04,447 --> 00:35:06,923 That's your crime! That's exactly right. 768 00:35:06,923 --> 00:35:08,397 See, that's what God did. 769 00:35:08,397 --> 00:35:11,045 God takes your crime, my crime - 770 00:35:11,045 --> 00:35:13,820 He takes our crimes and He nails them 771 00:35:13,820 --> 00:35:17,480 up here on Jesus' cross, 772 00:35:17,480 --> 00:35:26,494 and Jesus makes my crime His crime. 773 00:35:26,494 --> 00:35:29,527 It's kind of like if your mama would have 774 00:35:29,527 --> 00:35:31,110 found out that you did that, 775 00:35:31,110 --> 00:35:33,447 what would she have done? 776 00:35:33,447 --> 00:35:36,184 Or did she find out? 777 00:35:36,184 --> 00:35:42,091 Oh you're looking around for her. 778 00:35:42,091 --> 00:35:44,367 You were little? 779 00:35:44,367 --> 00:35:47,054 Being little doesn't excuse it. 780 00:35:47,054 --> 00:35:53,084 It's still a crime. 781 00:35:53,084 --> 00:35:55,754 You know what? 782 00:35:55,754 --> 00:36:00,820 You know what you deserve for that crime? 783 00:36:00,820 --> 00:36:02,451 What do you deserve? 784 00:36:02,451 --> 00:36:05,592 What does he deserve? 785 00:36:05,592 --> 00:36:08,148 We might think, oh, he deserves a spanking. 786 00:36:08,148 --> 00:36:09,580 That might be what he deserves 787 00:36:09,580 --> 00:36:10,901 from a parent. 788 00:36:10,901 --> 00:36:13,110 But what does he deserve from God? 789 00:36:13,110 --> 00:36:17,109 (from the room) Death! 790 00:36:17,109 --> 00:36:18,404 Tim: Wow! 791 00:36:18,404 --> 00:36:20,662 Isn't that going overboard? 792 00:36:20,662 --> 00:36:22,321 Isn't that going overboard? 793 00:36:22,321 --> 00:36:26,774 Look, I just go into a store and I look 794 00:36:26,774 --> 00:36:27,920 and nobody's looking 795 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:32,157 and I put some candy in my pocket. 796 00:36:32,157 --> 00:36:34,303 Should I go to hell for that? 797 00:36:34,303 --> 00:36:37,079 (from the room) Yes! 798 00:36:37,079 --> 00:36:38,926 Tim: You're not so sure, right? 799 00:36:38,926 --> 00:36:40,174 I mean, doesn't that seem, 800 00:36:40,174 --> 00:36:44,096 to get thrown into fire 801 00:36:44,096 --> 00:36:45,868 for taking one piece of candy, 802 00:36:45,868 --> 00:36:52,415 doesn't that seem like it's going overboard? 803 00:36:52,415 --> 00:36:55,655 Does it seem that way? 804 00:36:55,655 --> 00:36:57,057 Doesn't that seem like 805 00:36:57,057 --> 00:37:01,991 God is being pretty severe? 806 00:37:01,991 --> 00:37:09,273 I mean, think about it. 807 00:37:09,273 --> 00:37:11,225 What's the last thing you can remember 808 00:37:11,225 --> 00:37:17,097 that you did wrong? 809 00:37:17,097 --> 00:37:19,164 Hm? 810 00:37:19,164 --> 00:37:21,267 You lied. 811 00:37:21,267 --> 00:37:23,509 Wow. 812 00:37:23,509 --> 00:37:27,717 We could put liar up there too. 813 00:37:27,717 --> 00:37:30,432 Don't look at her. 814 00:37:30,432 --> 00:37:34,667 We could put liar up there for every one of us, right? 815 00:37:34,667 --> 00:37:36,723 You can't get away down here on the end 816 00:37:36,723 --> 00:37:39,190 because you know. 817 00:37:39,190 --> 00:37:41,620 Liar. Lies. 818 00:37:41,620 --> 00:37:45,114 Okay. 819 00:37:45,114 --> 00:37:46,475 Patience tells a lie. 820 00:37:46,475 --> 00:37:50,039 Patience stand up. 821 00:37:50,039 --> 00:37:52,979 If I was her father and I said, 822 00:37:52,979 --> 00:37:57,306 "Patience, did you tell a lie?" 823 00:37:57,306 --> 00:37:58,494 She nodded yes. 824 00:37:58,494 --> 00:38:00,306 I take this hammer and crush her skull 825 00:38:00,306 --> 00:38:02,457 and drop her dead right here in front of you. 826 00:38:02,457 --> 00:38:04,014 Would you say, "Whoa!!!" 827 00:38:04,014 --> 00:38:07,371 "That's excessive!" 828 00:38:07,371 --> 00:38:09,991 "That's crazy!" 829 00:38:09,991 --> 00:38:11,836 You would look at me as though 830 00:38:11,836 --> 00:38:16,121 I was the criminal, right? 831 00:38:16,121 --> 00:38:17,913 But isn't that what God says He does 832 00:38:17,913 --> 00:38:22,854 to sin, to lies, to being a thief? 833 00:38:22,854 --> 00:38:24,731 Isn't that what God says? 834 00:38:24,731 --> 00:38:27,557 Death. 835 00:38:27,557 --> 00:38:31,269 You know the lie she told deserves death. 836 00:38:31,269 --> 00:38:33,055 She deserves death. 837 00:38:33,055 --> 00:38:35,355 We all deserve death. 838 00:38:35,355 --> 00:38:41,632 For stealing, you deserve death. 839 00:38:41,632 --> 00:38:43,606 You can have a seat. 840 00:38:43,606 --> 00:38:49,998 Look, but if it all gets nailed up here, 841 00:38:49,998 --> 00:38:51,836 can you imagine? 842 00:38:51,836 --> 00:38:53,452 The Roman soldier? 843 00:38:53,452 --> 00:38:55,194 He pounds it up there. 844 00:38:55,194 --> 00:38:57,092 There's Jesus hanging. 845 00:38:57,092 --> 00:38:58,884 And you run up there and you see 846 00:38:58,884 --> 00:39:02,496 what's His crime? 847 00:39:02,496 --> 00:39:05,439 His crimes? 848 00:39:05,439 --> 00:39:07,518 He's a liar. 849 00:39:07,518 --> 00:39:09,933 But He didn't tell any lies. 850 00:39:09,933 --> 00:39:12,230 And you look, and it doesn't say 851 00:39:12,230 --> 00:39:14,580 it's Jesus Christ's lies; 852 00:39:14,580 --> 00:39:18,129 it says it's Tim Conway's lies. 853 00:39:18,129 --> 00:39:20,815 My sin is nailed up there! 854 00:39:20,815 --> 00:39:22,594 What does that mean? 855 00:39:22,594 --> 00:39:27,130 That means that the punishment I deserve 856 00:39:27,130 --> 00:39:29,111 for those sins, 857 00:39:29,111 --> 00:39:32,931 He's getting it there on that cross. 858 00:39:32,931 --> 00:39:35,573 God is smashing and crushing His Son 859 00:39:35,573 --> 00:39:37,244 and punishing His Son 860 00:39:37,244 --> 00:39:39,079 and forsaking His Son. 861 00:39:39,079 --> 00:39:40,724 When He hung on that cross, 862 00:39:40,724 --> 00:39:44,334 He said, "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" 863 00:39:44,334 --> 00:39:46,740 I'll tell you why God forsook Him. 864 00:39:46,740 --> 00:39:49,924 Because of these crimes. 865 00:39:49,924 --> 00:39:52,658 And they're none of His. 866 00:39:52,658 --> 00:39:54,333 None of His crimes are on here 867 00:39:54,333 --> 00:39:56,157 because He never committed a crime. 868 00:39:56,157 --> 00:39:57,965 The thing they put up there about Him 869 00:39:57,965 --> 00:39:59,929 that He was the King of the Jews, 870 00:39:59,929 --> 00:40:03,134 He was the King of the Jews! 871 00:40:03,134 --> 00:40:05,208 He is the King of the Jews. 872 00:40:05,208 --> 00:40:07,061 And He always will be. 873 00:40:07,061 --> 00:40:09,309 He is the King of Israel. 874 00:40:09,309 --> 00:40:11,655 There is a King. He is that King. 875 00:40:11,655 --> 00:40:13,525 He will always be that King. 876 00:40:13,525 --> 00:40:15,637 And what Pilate put there was truth. 877 00:40:15,637 --> 00:40:19,932 Remember, Pilate said, "what is truth?" 878 00:40:19,932 --> 00:40:21,542 I'll tell you what truth is. 879 00:40:21,542 --> 00:40:23,858 What Pilate had written on that piece of board 880 00:40:23,858 --> 00:40:25,914 that was nailed up there. That was truth. 881 00:40:25,914 --> 00:40:28,059 He is the King. 882 00:40:28,059 --> 00:40:29,855 But when we go up there and we look 883 00:40:29,855 --> 00:40:34,241 and it says "robber, thief, liar," 884 00:40:34,241 --> 00:40:38,441 you see that's what happened on the cross. 885 00:40:38,441 --> 00:40:45,276 (unintelligible) 886 00:40:45,276 --> 00:40:47,555 You did what without permission? 887 00:40:47,555 --> 00:41:02,033 (unintelligible) 888 00:41:02,033 --> 00:41:05,874 She started up her mama's car without permission. 889 00:41:05,874 --> 00:41:10,318 You were wanting to ride down the road? 890 00:41:10,318 --> 00:41:12,036 You know what? 891 00:41:12,036 --> 00:41:14,971 We could all talk about our crimes. 892 00:41:14,971 --> 00:41:18,433 Our crimes are many. 893 00:41:18,433 --> 00:41:20,626 You probably heard about this this week. 894 00:41:20,626 --> 00:41:22,964 You've probably heard about this today. 895 00:41:22,964 --> 00:41:24,733 You know what? 896 00:41:24,733 --> 00:41:32,620 It seems to us that if God kills us for sin, 897 00:41:32,620 --> 00:41:38,316 it feels like, wow, that's overreacting. 898 00:41:38,316 --> 00:41:39,998 I mean, really? 899 00:41:39,998 --> 00:41:43,205 If Diego took out this hammer 900 00:41:43,205 --> 00:41:45,543 and crushed Patience's head 901 00:41:45,543 --> 00:41:47,144 because she told a lie, 902 00:41:47,144 --> 00:41:48,891 we would all think, 903 00:41:48,891 --> 00:41:50,893 wow, that was overreacting! 904 00:41:50,893 --> 00:41:54,237 That was severe! 905 00:41:54,237 --> 00:41:56,644 But can I tell you this? 906 00:41:56,644 --> 00:42:02,804 Her crime was really that bad. 907 00:42:02,804 --> 00:42:04,537 We're almost done, buddy. 908 00:42:04,537 --> 00:42:06,625 Just have a seat. 909 00:42:06,625 --> 00:42:08,748 Her crime is that bad. 910 00:42:08,748 --> 00:42:10,176 We don't think of it that bad. 911 00:42:10,176 --> 00:42:11,026 You know why? 912 00:42:11,026 --> 00:42:12,327 Because all of us in here, 913 00:42:12,327 --> 00:42:13,697 we've all done those things, 914 00:42:13,697 --> 00:42:15,605 and so we look at each other and we say, 915 00:42:15,605 --> 00:42:17,475 well, I'm not as bad as that person. 916 00:42:17,475 --> 00:42:19,098 And I'm not as bad as that person. 917 00:42:19,098 --> 00:42:20,754 And I'm not as bad as that person. 918 00:42:20,754 --> 00:42:24,570 But compared to God? 919 00:42:24,570 --> 00:42:26,003 Remember, we fell. 920 00:42:26,003 --> 00:42:29,345 You remember we talked about that? 921 00:42:29,345 --> 00:42:31,170 We fell into sin. 922 00:42:31,170 --> 00:42:32,948 And now we're ugly. 923 00:42:32,948 --> 00:42:34,142 We are ugly to God. 924 00:42:34,142 --> 00:42:35,637 We become something terrible, 925 00:42:35,637 --> 00:42:38,180 something sinful, something vile, 926 00:42:38,180 --> 00:42:40,922 something that God looks at 927 00:42:40,922 --> 00:42:43,681 and He detests. 928 00:42:43,681 --> 00:42:45,795 The Bible talks about us being 929 00:42:45,795 --> 00:42:47,485 an abomination to God. 930 00:42:47,485 --> 00:42:51,024 That's a big word, but it just means 931 00:42:51,024 --> 00:42:54,799 we are really ugly to God. 932 00:42:54,799 --> 00:43:03,581 But Jesus took our crimes up here 933 00:43:03,581 --> 00:43:05,415 so that we don't have to suffer. 934 00:43:05,415 --> 00:43:07,039 He suffered in our place. 935 00:43:07,039 --> 00:43:10,297 I want to ask you all something. 936 00:43:10,297 --> 00:43:18,902 Jesus said seven things on that cross. 937 00:43:18,902 --> 00:43:21,663 Do you know what this week has been all about? 938 00:43:21,663 --> 00:43:24,505 We want you to know who God is. 939 00:43:24,505 --> 00:43:27,773 We want you to know who Jesus Christ is. 940 00:43:27,773 --> 00:43:29,829 You can learn about Jesus Christ 941 00:43:29,829 --> 00:43:31,413 by what He said on the cross. 942 00:43:31,413 --> 00:43:34,119 He said seven things on that cross. 943 00:43:34,119 --> 00:43:39,176 Can anybody tell me what He said? 944 00:43:39,176 --> 00:43:40,866 (unintelligible) 945 00:43:40,866 --> 00:43:44,203 Let's take them in order. 946 00:43:44,203 --> 00:43:46,737 What the first thing that we know that He said? 947 00:43:46,737 --> 00:43:52,868 Or one of the first things? 948 00:43:52,868 --> 00:43:54,794 The first thing He said 949 00:43:54,794 --> 00:43:56,941 was He prayed to His Father 950 00:43:56,941 --> 00:44:01,093 for those who were crucifying Him. 951 00:44:01,093 --> 00:44:05,184 Do you remember that? 952 00:44:05,184 --> 00:44:06,321 Think. 953 00:44:06,321 --> 00:44:08,185 What I'm going to tell you right now 954 00:44:08,185 --> 00:44:11,050 teaches you about who Jesus is. 955 00:44:11,050 --> 00:44:12,882 Watch this. 956 00:44:12,882 --> 00:44:15,519 Can you imagine you're nailed to the cross? 957 00:44:15,519 --> 00:44:18,982 And Jesus says 958 00:44:18,982 --> 00:44:21,463 to the ones who pounded nails 959 00:44:21,463 --> 00:44:24,463 through His hands and through His feet. 960 00:44:24,463 --> 00:44:26,015 Wham! 961 00:44:26,015 --> 00:44:30,404 He said, "Father, forgive them, 962 00:44:30,404 --> 00:44:35,036 for they know not what they do." 963 00:44:35,036 --> 00:44:36,898 The people who were hurting Him - 964 00:44:36,898 --> 00:44:38,828 what do you usually say to the people 965 00:44:38,828 --> 00:44:40,069 who are hurting you? 966 00:44:40,069 --> 00:44:44,919 If somebody pinches you, what do you do? 967 00:44:44,919 --> 00:44:46,885 Punch him. 968 00:44:46,885 --> 00:44:54,343 That's about what everybody naturally (does). 969 00:44:54,343 --> 00:44:55,247 Revenge! 970 00:44:55,247 --> 00:44:57,009 Somebody hurts me. I hurt them back. 971 00:44:57,009 --> 00:44:58,431 Or I'm going to cry. 972 00:44:58,431 --> 00:45:00,717 What did Jesus do? He didn't cry. 973 00:45:00,717 --> 00:45:02,198 No self-pity. 974 00:45:02,198 --> 00:45:05,014 He didn't punch, and He could have punched. 975 00:45:05,014 --> 00:45:06,641 You know what He did? 976 00:45:06,641 --> 00:45:09,056 Watch Jesus. 977 00:45:09,056 --> 00:45:13,699 Jesus is a real Savior and watch Him 978 00:45:13,699 --> 00:45:16,343 even when He's dying on that cross. 979 00:45:16,343 --> 00:45:18,666 "Father, forgive them, 980 00:45:18,666 --> 00:45:20,762 for they know not what they do." 981 00:45:20,762 --> 00:45:22,632 He's praying for forgiveness. 982 00:45:22,632 --> 00:45:26,506 Listen, if Jesus will ask His Father 983 00:45:26,506 --> 00:45:29,476 to forgive those who are nailing Him to the cross, 984 00:45:29,476 --> 00:45:32,432 do you think He'll forgive you 985 00:45:32,432 --> 00:45:35,074 if you ask Him for forgiveness? 986 00:45:35,074 --> 00:45:36,468 Yes! 987 00:45:36,468 --> 00:45:38,077 If He forgives His enemies 988 00:45:38,077 --> 00:45:41,208 who nail Him to that cross, 989 00:45:41,208 --> 00:45:43,196 certainly He'll forgive you. 990 00:45:43,196 --> 00:45:44,996 What's the next thing that He does? 991 00:45:44,996 --> 00:45:50,192 What's the next thing He says? 992 00:45:50,192 --> 00:45:51,999 The next thing He says has to do 993 00:45:51,999 --> 00:45:56,033 with His mother. 994 00:45:56,033 --> 00:45:58,559 What did He say? 995 00:45:58,559 --> 00:46:01,549 (unintelligible) 996 00:46:01,549 --> 00:46:06,969 He looked at John. 997 00:46:06,969 --> 00:46:09,343 He said, "Behold, your mother." 998 00:46:09,350 --> 00:46:11,062 And He looked at His mother, 999 00:46:11,062 --> 00:46:13,097 and He said, "Behold, your son." 1000 00:46:13,097 --> 00:46:19,077 Right? He gave His mother over to John. 1001 00:46:19,077 --> 00:46:22,103 Even as He's dying, He's not thinking about Himself. 1002 00:46:22,103 --> 00:46:26,852 He's thinking about how His mother's going to be cared for. 1003 00:46:26,852 --> 00:46:29,663 Isn't that the kind of Savior you want? 1004 00:46:29,663 --> 00:46:32,875 He's suffering and He's thinking 1005 00:46:32,875 --> 00:46:35,803 about His mother. 1006 00:46:35,803 --> 00:46:38,378 That's the kind of Savior you want. 1007 00:46:38,378 --> 00:46:40,242 That even in the worst sufferings, 1008 00:46:40,242 --> 00:46:44,667 He thinks about those that He cares for. 1009 00:46:44,667 --> 00:46:46,088 Even while He's suffering, 1010 00:46:46,088 --> 00:46:47,917 He thinks about His enemies. 1011 00:46:47,917 --> 00:46:49,849 This is a tremendous Savior! 1012 00:46:49,849 --> 00:46:52,600 What's the next thing that He says 1013 00:46:52,600 --> 00:46:54,581 on that cross? 1014 00:46:54,581 --> 00:46:57,151 We've got two. 1015 00:46:57,151 --> 00:47:02,388 What's the next one? 1016 00:47:02,388 --> 00:47:05,254 Remember there was a man hanging - 1017 00:47:05,254 --> 00:47:08,148 I'm going to think it's on His right hand side - 1018 00:47:08,148 --> 00:47:09,882 I don't know which side he was on. 1019 00:47:09,882 --> 00:47:12,130 But there was another man - 1020 00:47:12,130 --> 00:47:13,523 there were two other men - 1021 00:47:13,523 --> 00:47:15,302 but there was one, a special man 1022 00:47:15,302 --> 00:47:17,299 hanging next to Him, 1023 00:47:17,299 --> 00:47:18,893 and He had some words for him. 1024 00:47:18,893 --> 00:47:22,011 What words did He have for him? 1025 00:47:22,011 --> 00:47:23,961 Remember? Here is a man 1026 00:47:23,961 --> 00:47:25,254 hanging next to Him, 1027 00:47:25,254 --> 00:47:27,686 and even as Jesus is dying, again, 1028 00:47:27,686 --> 00:47:30,253 He's thinking about others. 1029 00:47:30,253 --> 00:47:31,809 You can put your hands down 1030 00:47:31,809 --> 00:47:33,730 because I'm going to tell you about it. 1031 00:47:33,730 --> 00:47:36,927 This man looks at Him and He says, 1032 00:47:36,927 --> 00:47:41,073 "Lord, remember me 1033 00:47:41,073 --> 00:47:43,454 when You come into Your Kingdom." 1034 00:47:43,454 --> 00:47:47,024 What did He say to him? 1035 00:47:47,024 --> 00:47:51,329 What did He say to him? 1036 00:47:51,329 --> 00:47:54,230 Hm? 1037 00:47:54,230 --> 00:47:57,594 He said, "This day, 1038 00:47:57,594 --> 00:47:59,613 you will be with Me in Paradise." 1039 00:47:59,613 --> 00:48:01,090 Have you noticed something 1040 00:48:01,090 --> 00:48:04,089 about these first three things? 1041 00:48:04,089 --> 00:48:06,822 He's concerned about His enemies - 1042 00:48:06,822 --> 00:48:08,010 His crucifiers. 1043 00:48:08,010 --> 00:48:10,125 He's concerned about His mother. 1044 00:48:10,125 --> 00:48:13,296 And He's having mercy on this thief. 1045 00:48:13,296 --> 00:48:15,916 This guy's just a common criminal. 1046 00:48:15,916 --> 00:48:18,065 And Jesus has compassion. 1047 00:48:18,065 --> 00:48:19,598 And He didn't say, 1048 00:48:19,598 --> 00:48:22,024 "Oh, I'll just save you off the cross." 1049 00:48:22,024 --> 00:48:24,551 He said, "I'll save you and take you 1050 00:48:24,551 --> 00:48:27,348 to Paradise with Me." 1051 00:48:27,348 --> 00:48:29,594 Wow. 1052 00:48:29,594 --> 00:48:33,715 What's the fourth thing? 1053 00:48:33,715 --> 00:48:37,592 You know all the answers. I'm not going to call on you. 1054 00:48:37,592 --> 00:48:40,289 Okay, you're the only one that had your hand up, 1055 00:48:40,289 --> 00:48:43,490 so I'll default to you. 1056 00:48:43,490 --> 00:48:52,373 "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" 1057 00:48:52,373 --> 00:48:57,402 Did you know that God forsook Jesus Christ? 1058 00:48:57,402 --> 00:48:59,401 God left Him. 1059 00:48:59,401 --> 00:49:03,169 God turned His back on Him. 1060 00:49:03,169 --> 00:49:08,582 Did you know that the sun stopped shining? 1061 00:49:08,582 --> 00:49:10,489 Why? Because God's judgment, 1062 00:49:10,489 --> 00:49:12,354 God's wrath was being poured out 1063 00:49:12,354 --> 00:49:14,474 upon the Lord Jesus Christ. 1064 00:49:14,474 --> 00:49:15,709 And He cried out. 1065 00:49:15,709 --> 00:49:17,974 Three hours of darkness. 1066 00:49:17,974 --> 00:49:19,421 He just hung there 1067 00:49:19,421 --> 00:49:23,725 bearing the punishment for sin. 1068 00:49:23,725 --> 00:49:25,270 Not for His own sin - 1069 00:49:25,270 --> 00:49:28,735 for our sins that are nailed up here. 1070 00:49:28,735 --> 00:49:30,866 Three hours of darkness 1071 00:49:30,866 --> 00:49:31,989 and He just hung there. 1072 00:49:31,989 --> 00:49:34,875 And only these words came from His mouth: 1073 00:49:34,875 --> 00:49:38,784 "My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?" 1074 00:49:38,784 --> 00:49:40,638 I'll tell you why God forsook Him. 1075 00:49:40,638 --> 00:49:43,814 God forsook Him to save sinners like you and me. 1076 00:49:43,814 --> 00:49:47,305 He had to be forsaken in our place. 1077 00:49:47,305 --> 00:49:50,551 Either He gets forsaken for our sins 1078 00:49:50,551 --> 00:49:52,804 or we get forsaken for our sins 1079 00:49:52,804 --> 00:49:56,255 and we go to hell. 1080 00:49:56,255 --> 00:50:00,934 What's the next thing 1081 00:50:00,934 --> 00:50:06,733 that He said on the cross? 1082 00:50:06,733 --> 00:50:11,877 He said after it was all done, 1083 00:50:11,877 --> 00:50:14,674 "I thirst." 1084 00:50:14,674 --> 00:50:19,223 Jesus was every bit a man. 1085 00:50:19,223 --> 00:50:22,088 He hung on that cross and He was thirsty. 1086 00:50:22,088 --> 00:50:23,816 They offered Him something to drink 1087 00:50:23,816 --> 00:50:25,823 before those three hours. He refused it. 1088 00:50:25,823 --> 00:50:29,231 Now He said, "I thirst," and He drank. 1089 00:50:29,231 --> 00:50:30,671 And once He drank, do you know 1090 00:50:30,671 --> 00:50:34,236 what He said next? 1091 00:50:34,236 --> 00:50:39,444 He said, "It is finished." 1092 00:50:39,444 --> 00:50:41,435 Do you know what that means? 1093 00:50:41,435 --> 00:50:45,764 That means that what's on here is done! 1094 00:50:45,764 --> 00:50:47,894 It's done! It's finished! 1095 00:50:47,894 --> 00:50:51,884 It's paid for! It's gone! 1096 00:50:51,884 --> 00:50:53,453 He paid it. 1097 00:50:53,453 --> 00:50:56,944 And what was the next thing He said? 1098 00:50:56,944 --> 00:51:02,085 "Father..." It's not, "My God, My God, "why have You forsaken Me?" 1099 00:51:02,085 --> 00:51:04,112 Fellowship has been restored. Why? 1100 00:51:04,112 --> 00:51:06,488 Because sin's been paid! 1101 00:51:06,488 --> 00:51:13,187 "Father, into Your hands I commit My spirit." 1102 00:51:13,187 --> 00:51:18,669 And He bowed His head and He was dead. 1103 00:51:18,669 --> 00:51:21,023 But that grave didn't hold Him, did it? 1104 00:51:21,023 --> 00:51:24,517 That cross is not the end of the story. 1105 00:51:24,517 --> 00:51:27,799 He came out of the grave. 1106 00:51:27,799 --> 00:51:29,201 Death couldn't hold Him. 1107 00:51:29,201 --> 00:51:31,781 Three days later. 1108 00:51:31,781 --> 00:51:34,085 I'll tell you, He came out of that grave 1109 00:51:34,085 --> 00:51:37,029 to prove that everything He did on that cross, 1110 00:51:37,029 --> 00:51:42,423 God accepted it. 1111 00:51:42,423 --> 00:51:47,450 Wow, we have a wonderful Savior, don't we? 1112 00:51:47,450 --> 00:51:48,404 We do. 1113 00:51:48,404 --> 00:51:54,982 Children, we do have a wonderful Savior. 1114 00:51:54,982 --> 00:51:58,586 Father, I pray to You 1115 00:51:58,586 --> 00:52:00,798 that all the glories of "it is finished," 1116 00:52:00,798 --> 00:52:02,896 all the glories of a thief this day 1117 00:52:02,896 --> 00:52:04,224 being with Him in Paradise, 1118 00:52:04,224 --> 00:52:06,459 all the glories of a Christ - 1119 00:52:06,459 --> 00:52:08,686 we have a Savior who would actually ask 1120 00:52:08,686 --> 00:52:13,040 that You would pity His enemies 1121 00:52:13,040 --> 00:52:15,261 and caring for His mother 1122 00:52:15,261 --> 00:52:16,891 and caring for a thief 1123 00:52:16,891 --> 00:52:19,547 and bearing the wrath of God 1124 00:52:19,547 --> 00:52:23,217 and the forsaking that our sins demanded, 1125 00:52:23,217 --> 00:52:26,430 our sin... 1126 00:52:26,430 --> 00:52:32,276 Lord, we admit, we think it's overreaction to our sin 1127 00:52:32,276 --> 00:52:34,835 because we see our sin so small 1128 00:52:34,835 --> 00:52:37,676 and we see You as being so small. 1129 00:52:37,676 --> 00:52:39,909 Oh, Lord, if we could see it as it is. 1130 00:52:39,909 --> 00:52:41,680 What crimes we've committed! 1131 00:52:41,680 --> 00:52:44,602 What glory there is in the payment that Christ made! 1132 00:52:44,602 --> 00:52:47,616 What infinite value, worth, 1133 00:52:47,616 --> 00:52:50,237 of the shed blood on that cross! 1134 00:52:50,237 --> 00:52:52,368 And to hear those words, "it is finished." 1135 00:52:52,368 --> 00:52:54,430 All done. We don't have to do penance. 1136 00:52:54,430 --> 00:52:55,734 We don't have to do works 1137 00:52:55,734 --> 00:52:56,681 to earn Your favor. 1138 00:52:56,681 --> 00:52:58,213 We don't have to do anything! 1139 00:52:58,213 --> 00:52:59,430 It's done! It's finished! 1140 00:52:59,430 --> 00:53:01,849 It's complete for those who trust in Christ. 1141 00:53:01,849 --> 00:53:03,894 Lord, have mercy on these children. 1142 00:53:03,894 --> 00:53:05,874 May something in all this that they've 1143 00:53:05,874 --> 00:53:07,761 learned in this week, Lord, 1144 00:53:07,761 --> 00:53:11,851 may these truths be used of You. 1145 00:53:11,851 --> 00:53:13,489 May they register in their minds. 1146 00:53:13,489 --> 00:53:15,475 May they be clung to 1147 00:53:15,475 --> 00:53:18,056 and may they believe on this Jesus. 1148 00:53:18,056 --> 00:53:20,515 I pray in Christ's name. 1149 00:53:20,515 --> 00:53:22,929 Children, I want to tell you. 1150 00:53:22,929 --> 00:53:26,316 All week I've been telling you this. 1151 00:53:26,316 --> 00:53:30,442 Jesus wants you to trust Him. 1152 00:53:30,442 --> 00:53:32,290 Talk to Him. 1153 00:53:32,290 --> 00:53:34,809 Pray to Him. 1154 00:53:34,809 --> 00:53:37,509 Even if you don't know how, 1155 00:53:37,509 --> 00:53:40,352 ask Him, "Jesus, teach me to talk to You." 1156 00:53:40,352 --> 00:53:41,483 "Teach me to pray." 1157 00:53:41,483 --> 00:53:44,189 Anything you need, go to Him. 1158 00:53:44,189 --> 00:53:45,354 Anything. 1159 00:53:45,354 --> 00:53:47,532 Talk to Him. 1160 00:53:47,532 --> 00:53:51,840 Tell Him about the fact you stole. 1161 00:53:51,840 --> 00:53:54,342 Ask Him to forgive you. 1162 00:53:54,342 --> 00:53:55,274 You told a lie. 1163 00:53:55,274 --> 00:53:57,190 Ask Him to forgive that lie. 1164 00:53:57,190 --> 00:53:59,302 He forgives lies. 1165 00:53:59,302 --> 00:54:02,069 He forgives thievery. 1166 00:54:02,069 --> 00:54:05,124 He forgives every sin. 1167 00:54:05,124 --> 00:54:07,965 Every kind of sin that's committed by men, 1168 00:54:07,965 --> 00:54:11,453 He forgives murder. 1169 00:54:11,453 --> 00:54:14,735 He forgives the kind of sins you've done. 1170 00:54:14,735 --> 00:54:16,473 Talk to Him. 1171 00:54:16,473 --> 00:54:18,762 Tell Jesus what you did 1172 00:54:18,762 --> 00:54:21,262 and ask Him to forgive you. 1173 00:54:21,262 --> 00:54:23,792 Georgie, talk to Him. 1174 00:54:23,792 --> 00:54:25,635 Seriously, talk to Him. 1175 00:54:25,635 --> 00:54:27,155 He's here. 1176 00:54:27,155 --> 00:54:32,348 He's not far away. He's close. 1177 00:54:32,348 --> 00:54:34,303 And you know in the Bible, He said, 1178 00:54:34,303 --> 00:54:36,224 "Bring the little children unto Me." 1179 00:54:36,224 --> 00:54:39,086 Well, if He said it back then, He doesn't change. 1180 00:54:39,086 --> 00:54:42,516 He'll have you come unto Him right now. 1181 00:54:42,516 --> 00:54:45,253 Look, we have a Savior 1182 00:54:45,253 --> 00:54:46,608 who prayed for His enemies. 1183 00:54:46,608 --> 00:54:47,967 We have a Savior who took 1184 00:54:47,967 --> 00:54:50,638 a thief to Paradise. 1185 00:54:50,638 --> 00:54:52,493 Don't you want to go to Paradise? 1186 00:54:52,493 --> 00:54:54,683 I do. 1187 00:54:54,683 --> 00:54:57,818 I do! 1188 00:54:57,818 --> 00:54:59,657 Oh, I want to go 1189 00:54:59,657 --> 00:55:01,770 and see God in all of His glory. 1190 00:55:01,770 --> 00:55:04,553 And I don't want sin to stand between 1191 00:55:04,553 --> 00:55:05,977 me and Him. 1192 00:55:05,977 --> 00:55:10,054 And Jesus, He took that barrier down 1193 00:55:10,054 --> 00:55:14,716 by that cross. 1194 00:55:14,716 --> 00:55:16,377 Okay, children. 1195 00:55:16,377 --> 00:55:18,018 Thank you for being so attentive 1196 00:55:18,018 --> 00:55:19,425 these last four days. 1197 00:55:19,425 --> 00:55:21,405 I don't think I'll see you all tomorrow, 1198 00:55:21,405 --> 00:55:22,894 but we still have one more day 1199 00:55:22,894 --> 00:55:24,200 of Vacation Bible School. 1200 00:55:24,200 --> 00:55:31,875 Tomorrow's graduation, I understand. 1201 00:55:31,875 --> 00:55:34,632 Celebration? Not graduation? 1202 00:55:34,632 --> 00:55:36,045 Okay. 1203 00:55:36,045 --> 00:55:37,419 We're all done.