Children—B. Wright
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Good morning.
We're here at the Sunday school this morning. It's a special meeting just for you children. Is there any other children that would like to come up? There's plenty of seats.
Some children back there that would.
I want to be too shy.
Who has a song to start this morning? OK, got two of them. I'll try you.
What number?
On the back of the number 40.
OK, Jesus loves me this I know.
I think we could all probably sing this from our.
Memory couldn't we? Could someone start that please?
We are here.
Jesus loves me.
He will watch some way, I say.
Glad I get all the kind of rock in.
Yeah, she's lost one speaking to me.
Yeah, I see this one.
Reliable.
Jesus loves me. No, I'm glad.
Jesus was made.
So.
Jesus loved me.
All the way.
Here by trusted and should I die?
He will Take Me Home.
He's just like me.
Jesus loves me, This has been.
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Quite a few times we've seen that phrase. I was wondering if we could just sing that chorus one more time. There's three times that we've said, yes, Jesus loves me, and that is such an important thing for us to know and experience that Jesus loves me. Could we just sing the course of that, please?
Yes, Jesus applauds me.
Yes, he declines. Was made. Yeah, I was doing.
Is there another song boy here? OK, what number?
Do you remember the name?
OK. On the back of the sheet there, there's some songs for children right there. Is it on there?
Well, maybe if you can figure that one out, 44, OK.
#44.
Children.
No idea.
We are the last words of this, just as he answered the valley of God.
God sent his Son is so ever, said he.
And I am sure that he sent him for me.
And I am.
Salvation Story.
Of my children again, You know what I mean. I have never crashed told me that. He told me that. He told me whatever.
Well, this is one of this is one of the favorite songs.
That I remember as a child about your age, singing about this gypsy boy and.
Does anyone know what a gypsy boy is or a gypsy is?
Anyone know what a gypsy is?
Well, I understood that a gypsy was one that went from place to place and they didn't really have a permanent home.
They just sort of traveled from place to place. I've never really seen a gypsy, but I think there's probably still some around today. But this boy, he was a gypsy boy and he was dying.
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And that's sort of unusual for boys and girls. We usually think of boys and girls as strong and have a lot of energy, don't we? But this boy was in a pretty sad condition. He was dying and he.
Had heard the story of the Lord Jesus and it says that he didn't hear that story before and so he accepted the Lord Jesus as his Savior.
And he wanted to hear that story over and over again.
How many times have you boys and girls heard this story?
Could you count how many times?
We could probably.
Counting the thousands that I have heard this story, and I enjoy hearing it too. Like this gypsy boy.
So, he told, he wanted to hear that story over and over again.
OK, let's sing another song. How about a girl this time?
OK, what number?
46.
Someone start that please.
OK.
You can get a lot of songs here in this morning. What would you like to sing?
Card 47. That's the last song, the Backpage.
How many you boys and girls have ever seen a crowd? Have you ever seen a real crown? Have you?
They usually have gems in it, sometimes they're made out of gold usually and they're very valuable and.
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The Lord Jesus looks at each one of you, each one of you children.
Has very valuable. He looks at you as like gems. If you look up the ceiling there, there's some lights and each one of those little glass.
Crystals, you might say, are sort of like a gem. And if you take a gem, if you take a clear crystal like a quartz crystal or maybe a diamond, and you take and you put light in that light through it, and it'll reflect that light and very beautiful ways. And the Lord Jesus is assembling each one of you and me if we have accepted Him as our Savior.
And we will be.
Like gems to him, very valuable.
Not because of.
What we've done.
Are not because of who we are, but because He is God.
And that's He loves us. So let's ask the Lord for some help here, and then maybe we could sing one more song.
OK, let's sing one more song.
Let's see, we've had two boys, let's have two girls, all right?
42.
You know, I said one more song. We've had two boys and two girls, but I'd like to choose a song. Can I do that? I'd like to choose #41 and I'd like to sing the first verse.
And the fourth verse, and I like to think of this, we were singing a little bit earlier about jewels and about the children and when he cometh and he's making up his jewels or his.
His church and we just.
I think it would be really nice if we could sing this song with that in mind of us all assembled there in heaven, children too, and singing this song. Glory, glory, glory be to God on high. Isn't that going to be a wonderful time? Maybe we could just sing the first verse, the chorus, and the fourth verse.
OK, we have a memory verse and.
It's a verse that I think some of you are familiar with. You probably said this first before, but it's found in Romans.
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Chapter 10.
And verse 9.
And.
Any children would like to say that verse?
That would be real nice to hear that.
Would anyone like to volunteer?
OK, why don't you go ahead?
The reason from the dead thou shalt be saved.
Romans 10/9.
Good.
Do you like to stand up and save her?
Would you like to say the first?
Do you like to see the verse?
OK.
That if thou.
Shalt believe.
Good.
That if though.
She'll confess.
But I'm out.
The Lord Jesus.
And shall believe.
In thine heart.
God hath raised him.
From the dead.
Thou shalt be saved.
You know where it's foul.
Romans 10/9. That's a nice first two. John 10/9.
Would you like to say the verse?
OK, you like to say?
Do we have someone over here?
No girls today.
Girls are being shy.
OK, that's a nice verse to say. Is there anyone else out here that would like to say the verse?
Give everyone the opportunity.
OK.
That's a long verse, isn't it?
Very important verse and.
It's one of my favorite verses too.
You know it starts with a very small word.
It's a 2 letter word. Actually it's not the first word.
Can someone help me with that?
A very small 2 letter word.
If.
So there's a condition. This verse starts with a condition.
There's certain conditions that need to be met before the end of this verse can be satisfied.
There's an if.
Certain things happen, then some.
Thing else could happen.
If.
Two conditions.
We confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus.
And believe in thine heart, that God hath raised it from the dead. Those are the two conditions.
Then.
We shall be saved.
So.
It says, If thou shalt confess with thy mouth.
We use our mouth, don't we, to speak and to communicate to one another.
And if we confess the Lord Jesus?
You know I believe this verse.
Was written.
With the.
In mind, perhaps I'm not mistaken and it would have been very difficult for them to confess.
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Jesus.
As Lord.
To confess Jesus as Lord. Now what is What do we think about when we think of?
A Lord.
Someone who we would think about, who would be a Lord?
When we think of the Lord, we think of someone who is in a position.
Perhaps of authority.
In most cases, they earn that position, don't they?
You might say.
President be in a position of authority and so we would call him a president and so if we.
Recognize who the Lord Jesus is, who Jesus is.
And we call him Lord.
That's a very important step.
To being saved.
You know, one thing that we had talked about a little bit earlier in the last couple of days.
Was.
Who is this Jesus?
You boys and girls have probably heard about Jesus a lot, haven't you?
You girls heard of the Lord Jesus too?
With the Lord Jesus. Who is this Lord Jesus?
We know there is a He was a man.
He was a man that walked.
In this earth.
Who else is Jesus if we need to confess him?
As Lord Jesus, we need to know who He is.
We know who the president is, most of us, don't we?
Offer from Canada, perhaps the Prime Minister?
But.
Do we know who Jesus is?
I was thinking of one verse. There's many things we could talk about the Lord Jesus. We could ask you boys and girls a lot of questions, and we could spend a lot more time than we have today.
But who is the Lord Jesus? I'd like to turn to one verse.
And John?
Chapter 12 You boys and girls have your Bible.
This is just one facet of who the Lord Jesus is, John.
Chapter 8 and verse 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world. He that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.
So one thing that Jesus is, is the light of the world.
And that's an interesting thing, isn't it?
We have.
Light in this room, If we didn't have light in this room, if we went over to these light switches and turned them off, be pretty dark, wouldn't it?
But you know, the Lord Jesus says he's the light of the world.
And what he does is.
Something.
Much to show you.
You know what that is, don't you?
Someone tell me what that is?
OK.
I think this is a little bit more than a flashlight, but it's the same idea, isn't it?
This is a flashlight and we use this when we go.
In the dark. Have you ever been walking in the dark at night and maybe you're going?
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Somewhere and you need a flashlight. Maybe you've done some camping. And you boys and girls, ever done any camping.
And you go outside and it's dark at night. And what do you take with you? Take a flashlight? Not yet. And what happens if you don't have a flashlight?
Or what could happen? OK.
You could bump into something, couldn't you? You could trip or you could fall. So we need a flashlight to see what's all around us and so we can avoid the problems or avoid a tree or avoid a stone or a stick or something and we can follow the path.
So we need a flashlight.
And that's what the Lord Jesus does.
One of the things that he does.
But I'd like to show you something else.
It's a pretty bright flashlight, isn't it?
Did you guys notice this stuff on the floor here before?
See all those things?
I think they came in last night, I saw him come in last night, but I don't think they swept the floor and look at all those things on the floor.
What is this flashlight doing?
It's pointing.
It's revealing all the things that we didn't see before.
And that's what the Lord Jesus does. He reveals things.
That we might not have seen before. It's the truth that the Lord Jesus gave to us that revealed.
Where we are.
And you know what? It's the truth that God the Lord Jesus proclaimed.
That he's shown us. You might say that these are the things.
That are raw.
He can shine His truth on our lives.
And you know what?
He will see some things that are not right and it makes him sad.
And those things are sin.
You can shine that and he actually uses the light to expose S.
And exposes moral sin in this world.
When the Lord Jesus came in this world, you remember he went and he talked to the disciples, He talked to the Pharisees and the scribes, and he exposed their hearts for what it was, and it wasn't right.
And boys and girls.
That's called sin. I think we know that, don't we?
But what do we do with sin?
Sin good.
I mean this flashlight is exposed these things.
What happens with sin?
You know the end result of sin is.
What death?
That's not a good thing, is it?
The end result of sin is death because we've done something wrong.
God has established his.
Pattern. He's established a measuring stick.
God has established He used the law in the Old Testament to measure man's.
Moral ability, I guess you might say.
And what happened there was, number one, that could come up to God's standard, because we all have.
Self will. We've all done things that are not up to God's standard, and so we all bear that.
Punishment.
In our natural state.
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So.
It's not a very.
Pleasant thing is it.
You know, I wanted to.
Talk to your children for a minute.
Death is not a pleasant thing.
It wasn't very long ago.
That I was in a place, a cemetery.
And I saw some graves of boys and girls.
The end result of sin.
It wasn't just boys and girls, but it was.
Big people.
Small people.
But I went to a place.
That I saw a lot of graves of children.
There were many children.
And these children were.
One day old.
Some were two years old.
Somewhere seven years old.
And.
I was thinking.
Some of the old ones there, I wonder if they have accepted the Lord Jesus as their savior.
And I was wondering about you boys and girls too.
If you have not accepted the Lord Jesus.
As your savior.
You up there at punishment?
But you know there's good news. It's because the Lord Jesus came into this world. God really loves you and me as we sing that song, Jesus loves you and me.
And he loves us so much that.
He wanted to find a remedy for that sin.
No, God does not like sin. He can't stand sin in His presence and So what? He. Ever seen a magnet? You ever seen the two magnets when you put them together?
I think it's the opposite poles, I'm not sure.
Put them together and you just can't get them together, can you? They just won't go together.
And that's the way it is with the Lord Jesus and sin. They just won't go together.
And so he's allowed his son. He sent his son, the Lord Jesus, to die.
And to bear that punishment for those sins.
And so.
It's a gift that he has given to you and to me.
That we can receive and we can take.
And we can make it good, and we can say yes. What does our verse say?
It would believe in thine heart that that God hath raised him from the dead. Thou shalt be safe. The Lord Jesus was on the cross. You remember how he was on the cross and he died, and there was three hours of darkness, where all the wrath God and all those awful things that we have done was taken care of there on the cross.
And he died. He died for you and for me.
And then he was in the grave for three days, and then he arose again.
Isn't that a wonderful thing?
He rose again. It's complete. It's finished.
And.
We don't have to worry about that if we accept Jesus as our Savior.
But I must tell you, boys and girls.
Just as we talked about the very beginning.
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There is an if.
If we accept this.
We will be saved and that is so wonderful. It's not only saved from our sins, but as we are talking about, we will be going to heaven and being there with the Lord Jesus.
Forever.
Not a short period of time. Forever is a hard thing to understand, even for us older ones, but forever.
And so.
We will go to be with the Lord Jesus.
So I just wanted to.
Bring that before you that we have a very special.
Savior who loves us so very much.
The descent that he died and died on the cross.
And so we can as we're.
If we accept the Lord Jesus.
As our savior, we don't have to bear that punishment.
Guess where I was going was if we don't accept the Lord Jesus or if we put it off.
It might be too late.
It might be too late.
The Lord Jesus is coming very, very soon and He loves each one of you so very, very much.
And he doesn't want to see you.
Bear that punishment for your sins.
And so let's just remember.
Time is up.
The Lord Jesus is like a light. That's one thing that he is like.
There are many other things that he is like and the Lord Jesus loves you so much.
That He wants to save you and to bring you back. Now, if you take that magnet, I was explaining that magnet, and you put two of those poles together, you just can't get them together. But what happens when you turn them the other way? They stick together, don't they? And so when we have accepted the Lord Jesus as our Savior, it's like we're stuck together and the Lord Jesus will never leave us.
He'll never forsake us and He give us a home for all eternity. Isn't that a wonderful thing?
It's a wonderful thing.
Well, our time is up, boys and girls.
I'd like to if you have a concern, if you have a desire.
To be saved.
Maybe you can go and talk to your mom and dad and they can explain that.
And help you before it's too late.
Perhaps we could sing one more song.
Any boy and girl have a song? OK.
Number six.
I'm going to start that please.