0:00 Okay, are you all seated, children? So since you sang for us, I'm going to sing a song for you, children. Only one verse. 0:21 Listen carefully. Jesus loves me, this I know, though my hair is white as snow, though my sight is growing dim, still he bids me trust in him. Yes, Jesus loves me. Join me. Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me. 0:53 The Bible tells those of you who are young and those of us who are old, he loves us all. Remember that, even when your hair is white as snow, he will still love you, and even when your sight is growing dim. Okay, so we have some questions here, and I'll try and answer them one by one. 1:20 The first question is very interesting. Brother Zach, can you tell us a riddle? Please. You know what a riddle is? It's a tricky question. Okay. Here's a riddle. When I'm young, I'm very tall. 1:44 When I grow old, I become very short. Anybody know the answer? A candle or a pencil. Right. You're all very clever. Okay. You want another question? 2:07 The more you take away from me, the more you take away from me, the bigger I become. A hole. Okay. The more you take away from me, the bigger I become. Okay. One last one. I have a neck, but no head. 2:30 I wear a cap, but no hair. A bottle. Okay. You're all far cleverer than me. You know more riddles than I do. Okay. Now we'll go to these other questions, which are all very important. What is your favorite number? 3:03 Okay. Now the question is for me, so please keep quiet. It's not 86. 86 is my age. That's not my favorite number. My favorite number is the number seven. Why? Because there are seven days in a week, and you read that in the Bible, first page. 3:28 God created six days. Seven days was a day of rest. And there are seven colors in the rainbow. And seven is the perfect number. So, seven is my favorite number. Okay. I used to preach with seven points. Too long now, so I'll make it three. 3:49 And then, what is my favorite color? Almost all my shirts are some type of blue. And almost all my trousers are also some type of blue. You know why? Because I was in the Navy for many years, and the Navy, they always wear blue. 4:09 Okay. You learned a lot of things about me today. What did Jesus do when he was a kid? You know, from the time Jesus was a baby, he grew up, he did the same things that all of you children did, except one thing. You children sometimes disobeyed his parents. 4:32 Jesus never disobeyed his parents. He always obeyed his parents, and whatever they said. Jesus, stop what you're doing now. He stopped it. Go and help your younger brother. Help him with something. 4:54 You know, Jesus had four younger brothers and two younger sisters. He was the eldest of seven children. And he lived in a very poor home. I think all the five boys would sleep in one room on the floor. They were not rich enough to have cots and beds and all that. 5:16 And the two sisters would be in another room, probably, with the mother. And it was a small house, because his father, his earthly father, was a carpenter. Carpenters, I know, poor carpenters in India. I know the type of houses they live in. 5:30 Very small, very poor. And so, what did he do? He helped his mother and father when they were doing some work. Jesus, can you go and pick that up? He would pick that up and bring it to the mother. That's what he did when he was a kid. 5:47 He helped his mother in whatever possible way. A great example, because when Jesus said, follow me, that's an example for all children, also older people. I have to follow him in the way an older person must follow Jesus. 6:02 And you must follow Jesus the way he was, when he was young. He obeyed daddy and mommy. When daddy, I mean, that was his earthly daddy, Joseph and Mary. When they said, Jesus, do this. He didn't say, why? Do you say, why? 6:19 Don't say it. Jesus never said it. He said, okay. Okay, mom, I'll do that. And go and help your brothers and sisters. He would do that. Go to the well. Bring some water. He'd go and bring it. Okay, Jesus, the floor is a bit dirty. 6:38 Sweep it up. He would do it. So that's the answer. What did Jesus do as a kid? He was always obeying his daddy and mommy, even though there was an earthly daddy and mommy. He was a small boy. He grew up just like others. 6:53 He was almighty God. He came in the form of a small baby and grew up to be an example. You know, God could have sent Jesus to earth as a big man. Didn't God make Adam like a big man? Adam was not a baby. When God made Adam, he was a big man. 7:13 And God could have made another clay model on earth and sent Jesus into that clay and Jesus would have come out as a man. But then he won't be an example to all of your children. You see, children will say, we can't follow Jesus. 7:28 He came as a man. That's why he came as a baby. He came as a little child so that he can be an example for you children, how to obey your parents, how to respect them. And the other thing, Jesus had four brothers and two sisters and he never fought with them once. 7:49 Wow. Imagine having four brothers and two sisters are always teasing you and he never fought back with them. Isn't that a good example to follow? That now your children, your brothers and sisters tease you or trouble you. 8:04 You never fight back with them. But I'm sure Jesus had a lot of fun with them, playing games and joking and laughing and all that. He was a normal child. But he never did anything harm to others. And I'm sure he played with all the other children in the neighborhood. 8:24 And if they made fun of him, he never made fun of them. And they didn't sit and speak evil of, oh, see how uncle that uncle is or see how that auntie is. Never made fun of others. A lot of children make fun of others. Just never, never make fun of other people. 8:47 So those are some of the things. Okay, next question. Why does Jesus love me even though I'm a sinner? Okay, I'll answer that question. Why do your daddy and mommy love you even when you're so bad sometimes? You're not all good all the time, are you? 9:09 Aren't you bad sometimes? Don't you disobey your parents sometimes? Don't you fight sometimes? Do you think your daddy and mommy one day will say, You won't get any food today because you fought. Or, I won't give you your ice cream today. 9:27 All the others will have ice cream but you won't have ice cream because you fought with somebody. Your daddy and mommy are not like that. They love you and Jesus loves you much, much more. You know why? Because he wants you to become good. 9:45 That's why he loves you even when you're bad. That's why your daddy and mommy also love you when you're bad. Because they want you to become good. They want you to play with your brothers and sisters and love them and not fight with them. 10:01 That teaches us how God loves sinful people because he wants us to become better. He doesn't want us to remain sinful because, you know, are your children all listening to me or not? Yes or no? Thank you. Some of you are listening. 10:18 Are you all listening? Some more are listening. Are you all listening? Oh, good. Now you're all listening. Okay. Jesus loves you because he wants you to become better. A better boy, a better girl. Remember that. Okay, next question. 10:39 If I want to turn to God to be saved, you know what it means to be saved? To be saved is to be saved from everything that is bad, wrong. For example, if you fall into a ditch, a dirty ditch, and you say, mommy, save me. 10:58 What do you mean? Pull me out of this dirty ditch and clean me up? That's what it means to be saved. Lord, I am falling into so many bad habits. I tell lies. I fight with my brothers, sisters. I disobey my parents. Save me from this dirty ditch. 11:15 And Jesus will help you so that you don't fight with your brother or sister. And you'll obey your parents. And you'll try to follow Jesus' example. That's why he saves you. So the question is, where do I start? You start by, you know what is the first commandment for children? 11:36 Obey your parents. Absolutely right. Start there. When you go to school, they first teach you A, B, C. B, A, T, cat, C, A, T, cat. B, A, T, bat, C, A, T, cat. Okay. Start with, obey your parents. That is the A, B, C. Okay, how do I know God is in my heart? 11:59 That God has forgiven me, I am born again in the right path. See, because Jesus loves little children. And I love little children. That's why when you were singing and doing all those things, I also wanted to join you. I couldn't jump as high as you, but I tried all the other things. 12:21 Because Jesus loves little children. I'm sure if Jesus was here, he'd be doing all the things that you did. He loves you and that's, I read in the Bible that Jesus loves little children. And when you ask him to come into the Bible that you ask him, he'll come to earth to come and dwell in people's hearts. 12:41 And so you think he'll say no when you ask him? When he's come for that purpose, he will not say no. Anything good that you ask him, he will always give it to you. Sometimes he says, wait. For example, you children, have you seen a hundred dollar bill? 13:05 A hundred dollar is a very expensive bill. Supposing you go and say to your daddy and mommy, give me a hundred dollar bill. Will they give it to you? No. Why? Because you will, don't know how to use it. So there are certain things Jesus will not give you. 13:23 He'll, your daddy and mommy will say, wait till you grow up. When you grow up one day, I'll give it to you. And that's what Jesus says also. There are some things you have to wait. Later on, he'll give it to you. Some things he'll never give it to you. 13:37 Supposing a little three-year-old says, give me that knife. Will he give it to him? No, he may hurt himself. Later on, if he needs to use it, God will give it. Like that, there are certain things which if you take it, it'll harm you. 13:51 If you give a three-year-old or a two-year-old a knife, they'll hurt themselves. That's how God doesn't give certain things. Or I can use an example. You children, let me please answer this question. When you travel with your parents in a car, have you seen a traffic light? 14:12 How many lights are there? How many lights are there? Three. Red? Yellow? Green. What does red mean? Stop. Yellow means? Wait. Wait. Get ready. Green means? Go. 14:33 Okay. So when you ask Jesus for something, a prayer, there are three lights. Sometimes it is red. No. It's not good for you because you'll have an accident in your life. If I give it to you, it'll ruin you, spoil you. Or yellow. 14:52 Wait. You're not old enough to get that. Wait till you're 15 years old. Then I'll give it to you. You're only five now. You're only ten. Or sometime you'll say, wait till you're 21. Wait till you get married. Then I'll give it to you. 15:05 That's the yellow light. Green light is, yeah, sure, I'll give it to you right now. So, are these traffic lights always working? Always they're working. It's not always green, but it's always working. So God answers every prayer. 15:23 Sometimes red. Sometimes yellow. Sometimes green. So if God doesn't answer your prayer, if God says no, don't say he didn't answer my prayer. He answered my prayer. The answer was no. Don't ever say the traffic lights are not working. 15:40 They're always working. Just because it's red, you can't say it's not working. Just because God says no, don't say he didn't answer your prayer. He did answer your prayer. The answer was red. No. So don't ever say in future, God did not answer my prayer. 15:57 He always answered. What are the answers? Tell me the answers. No. Wait. Or yes. No. Wait. Or yes. And why does the red, if you disobey the red light and dry, what will happen? Accident. And then God says no. 16:18 There's a reason. If he had said yes, you would have an accident. It's because he loves you that he says no to your prayers. Okay. So that's why. So God, how to know whether I'm born again? Jesus says, if you, anyone who comes to me, I'll never cast out. 16:42 That's how I believe that. I wish I had believed it when I was five years old. But I believed it only when I was 19. So I wasted so many years of my life. But if you, if you just believe, John 6, 37, if you come to me, I'll never cast you out. 16:57 Believe that he is a child. When you come to Jesus, he will never say, I won't receive you. In fact, on earth, most of the time, he loved little children. I think if Jesus were here, he would have probably joined you on the stage and jumped and danced with you. 17:15 Do you believe that? Yes, Jesus was like that. He loved little children. So, remember that if you ask him, he'll come. Don't feel, you're waiting for feeling. Feeling is not always, okay, let me ask you children a question. 17:34 Are you listening? Do your daddy and mommy love you? Yes. Can you show it to me? How can you show it? You just know in your heart, right? I can't see it. I can't see that Jesus is your love. But you know it in your heart. 17:53 That's how you can know that Jesus loves you too. That's how I know. Jesus loves me. I know it in my heart. Okay, how can I be sure that I'll meet Jesus? Okay, another question was, I asked Jesus to come into my heart, but nothing happened. 18:09 The next day, I fought with my brother. I love these children. They are absolutely honest. You know, grown-up people are not so honest. They pretend they're very holy from the day one. The child says, I asked Jesus to come into my heart. 18:25 Next day, I fought with my brother. You know what you should do when you fight with your brother? You speak to Jesus and say, Lord Jesus, I'm sorry you came into my heart, but I hurt you. I hurt you by fighting with my brother. 18:39 I don't want to hurt you again. So, please help me not to fight with my brother. That's what you should do. And you know what Jesus will say? Forgiven. Forget it. Not only forgiven, but forget it. Let's move on. Wonderful. 18:56 Jesus is so good. He'll forgive you things that even your daddy and mommy don't forgive you. He's so good. But I'll tell you why you fight with your brother. Because when you receive Jesus, even for grown-up people like us, we don't become perfect the day Christ comes into our heart. 19:16 When Christ is born into our heart, when Christ comes into our heart, it's like a little baby being born. Can a little baby change his diapers? No. Can a little baby walk? No. Can a little baby talk? No. But it'll grow up. 19:33 It'll learn everything. In the same way, as you grow up, you'll stop fighting with your brother. You'll stop fighting with your sister. Little by little, in every area, you'll start obeying your daddy and mommy. It's a growth. 19:45 Just like you grow taller and taller and taller, you will start obeying God more and more and more and more. Okay, next question is, how can I assure that I meet Jesus when I die? Supposing your daddy and mommy give you a promise. 20:07 Tomorrow, lunchtime, I'll get you some ice cream. Will they do it or not? Yes. How are you so sure? Because you know that your daddy and mommy love you, they don't tell lies. Jesus does not tell a lie. If you can believe your daddy and mommy who are not perfect, why can't you believe Jesus? 20:29 When you die, you will go straight up to be with him. How do we know that God is real and that he's infinite? It's like asking, how do you know that you love your dad and mom? Do you love your dad and mom? You can't show it to me, but you have it in your heart. 20:47 And you know it. Let me ask you another thing. Do you know whether you're alive or dead? Are you dead? Are you dead? How do you know you're alive? You just know it. There's no way to explain it. So, I say, I know that God is alive. 21:04 I know he's real. We know in our heart. And if he is God, it must be one who made this universe. He's infinite and he's all-powerful. And about the Trinity, if Jesus is God, how does he have a father? No, he doesn't have a father like you have a father. 21:25 Jesus was not born from the father like you. These are just three names. For God is one. But it's very difficult for us to understand. Some of you older children who are in school, do you know the difference between addition and multiplication? 21:46 Yes? Okay. Those who know addition and multiplication, tell me. How much is one plus one plus one? Three. Three. Okay. Now answer this one. One multiplied by one. Multiplied by one? One. How is that? How can three ones be one? 22:04 One multiplied by one. Multiplied by one is? One. So God is Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, but they are one. You understood it now? If we can understand it in a simple thing like mathematics, Almighty God, one day we'll see it is absolutely true. 22:28 Okay. Why did Jesus come as a baby and not as a king? Because he came as a child so that he can be an example for all of you. If he came as a grown-up man, he cannot be an example for children. That's why. Okay. If God is loving, why does he hurt us? 22:44 Aha. Do your children, do your parents ever punish you for something? Do they love you? Aha. They love you and they punish you. Because they want you to know that something you did was bad. And if they just tell you, you don't understand. 23:09 So they give you a little spanking. So they give you a little spanking. And that spanking, you'll remember more than their words. The Bible says that. And that's why they do it. Then you remember it better than if they just told you. 23:22 So sometimes God allows us to be hurt for our good. And something a little more difficult to understand. Older children, you'll understand. Do you know what an operation in a theater, in a hospital is? Where a surgeon will cut open a person's stomach and take out some sickness, disease thing inside and throw it out and stitch the stomach. 23:45 Have you heard of that? But can you imagine, if you see a doctor taking a knife and tearing open your mummy's stomach, you'll say, hey, he hates my mummy. No. He's pulling out a baby from inside. Your little brother came from there. 24:02 Was that good or bad? Good. But he used a knife to cut your mummy open. So some things God does, we can't understand. But it is always for our good. And when you are grown up, you'll understand it. It hurts. You ask your mummy, did it hurt when the knife came through the mummy? 24:25 Yes, it did hurt. He's still happy. He's got a baby there. Okay. If Jesus faced everything we face and knows how hard it is, why does he still allow us to face it? You know, when we face something hard, we become strong. 24:44 That's how people go to the gymnasiums and do exercise and become strong. Those who don't do any exercise, they become fat and they become useless. They can't even walk after some time. They do some type of exercise to keep themselves fit. 25:02 You know, when I get older, I'm 86 and I'm older and I can't do things that I did when I was young. But I still walk on a treadmill every day so that I can keep my legs moving, so that I don't become useless and hopeless, just sitting down, not able to get up, etc. 25:18 So, we need to do something to keep ourselves fit. So, that's why he allows us to face some hard things, which are not easy. Okay. Why does Jesus say he's coming but it's taking forever? What is he waiting for? 25:40 Okay. I'll tell you. There is an answer for it in the Bible. The answer is in 2 Peter chapter 3. Because there are some people still not accepted him as their savior. Listen. Supposing your brother or sister has not yet accepted Jesus as savior and he comes today. 26:01 You go to heaven and your brother goes to hell. Will you be happy? So, Jesus says his brother has not come yet to Christ. I'll wait till next year. And next year Jesus comes. By the time your brother has also come to Christ. 26:14 Now, isn't it only thing it was good that Jesus waited? Yes. In the same way, there are many people in the world. God knows exactly whom to wait for. One day he will come. Everything in the Bible, there is a very simple answer. 26:29 Sometimes we don't understand it, but when you think about it, we get the answer. Okay. He's not waiting forever. One day he'll come. How did Satan became the devil? I'll tell you. By pride. He became proud. And he became the devil. 26:46 He didn't become the devil by killing somebody or fighting with someone. No. He didn't become the devil by killing someone. He didn't become the devil by stealing. He became the devil by pride. Do you know what pride is? 26:58 To try and think I'm better than everybody else and trying to make people think that I'm the smartest child and trying to push other children by saying something that will make other child feel small. Bad. That is the heart of the devil. 27:13 To show off. I can sing better than you. I can speak better than you. That is the spirit of the devil. To show that you are better than somebody else. If you are better, be thankful. Jesus was better than everybody else. 27:30 But he never tried to show off. So, showing off is a poison from the devil. Don't try to show off to other children also. I'm better. My house is better than yours. My car is better than yours. It's all of the devil. If you got a better car or a better house, your parents got a better car or a better house, be thankful. 27:50 But don't boast about it. Boasting is from the devil. It came through. The devil became... He was an angel who became the devil because of pride. Have you understood it? P-R-I-D-E. The very... That's the greatest sin of all. 28:09 Okay? Why doesn't God get rid of Satan? I'm sure God is using Satan for a purpose. Because he wants to test people. Do you children have tests in your school? In India, they have tests every month in the schools. And the test is to see whether you've understood something. 28:33 And if you fail in the test, you know that you haven't understood it. So, they give you another test next month because they want you to pass. But otherwise, you'll never know whether you've understood anything. So, the devil... 28:47 God allows the devil to remain to test us, to make us strong. It's the same principle as people going to the gymnasium. Resistance makes them strong. The devil... God allows the devil to resist you, so you become strong. 29:04 Okay? Why is sin so attractive? How can I not sin? See, only if something is attractive, you'll be tempted. You won't be tempted by garbage. So, God has to test you whether you'll be attracted to something which is wrong, but attractive, or to God, who is pure. 29:28 So, God makes it attractive to show whether you love God more than everything, even the attractive things in the world. How can I not sin? I keep falling and feel like I can never do anything right. I'll tell you. The only way to overcome sin and to do what is right is by asking Jesus to help you. 29:48 Even we older people, I have to pray. And every day almost, I pray. I think every day. Lord Jesus, help me. I do not want to fall into any sin in my thought, attitude, word, motive, anything. I want to pure today, but I can't do it without your help. 30:07 So, even at my age, I need Jesus to help me. You ask Jesus to help you. He'll help you never to sin. I keep falling and I feel like I can never do anything right. Don't believe that. Believe that with Jesus' help, you can do the right thing. 30:22 You can obey your daddy and mommy with Jesus' help. Even if you don't feel like it sometimes, you say, Lord, I'm sorry, I didn't obey daddy and mommy there. But you help me. I want to obey daddy and mommy in future. Okay? 30:35 Is science real with facts and evidence or the Bible with stories? Yeah, there are many things in science that are real. But I can't trust science 100%. But many things science have investigated and found it is true. But when it comes to the Bible, I've read the Bible for 67 years. 30:59 I've read it from cover to cover. And I know it is 100% it is true. I didn't understand a lot of it when I started out reading. But today I understand more. It's like saying when I was in the kindergarten, I could not multiply 10 by 10 into 6 is 60. 31:17 I could not do it in the kindergarten. But now I know. Now I know a lot more than multiplication. So as you grow, you become more and more. And so when you read the Bible more and more and more, it's like going from one standard to the next standard, to the next grade, next grade. 31:31 Each grade, every year, you should know more of the Bible, if you read it. But you never go to school, you'll never go to the next grade, right? You go to the next grade, if you pass in one grade. So you must read the Bible regularly and then you will know more and more. 31:50 Did everyone descend from Adam and Eve? Yes. Every human being came from Adam and Eve. But then at a certain time, God destroyed all the human race and there was only Noah and his family. So they all came from Noah also. 32:05 All the others were destroyed. But originally from Adam and Eve. God did not make any other people. How do I understand things like evolution and dinosaurs? Evolution is garbage. You know what garbage is? Where do you put the garbage? 32:22 In the trash can. So this theory of evolution, trash can, that means man came from the monkey. What a disgraceful thing. I can't imagine anybody thinking, supposing you were taught that you came from a monkey. Would you like that? 32:37 It's not true. God made the monkeys separately and he made man separately. They may look alike, but doesn't man make a difference. So, because man is, why do many people say that? It just shows how foolish man is, that he thinks he came from a monkey. 32:56 And what about dinosaurs? Now, I don't know much about dinosaurs. I mean, there are, they say there are bones and all. I don't know whether it's all true about the bones and all. But certain animals who were very big and probably needed a lot of food to survive, maybe they died. 33:13 Maybe they did. I don't know whether dinosaurs were inside Noah's Ark. But if they were, they probably didn't get enough food to eat and they died. There might be some reason like that I don't waste my time about because it's not going to help me to become a better Christian. 33:27 Anything that's not going to help me to be a better Christian, if I don't know the answer, I say, okay, it's not important. Okay, how can I hear God speak to me? In your heart. And the more you obey God, the more you'll be able to hear God speaking in your heart. 33:42 And the first thing, I told you, are you listening? The first thing that children have to do is obey daddy and mommy. Then God will teach you more. That's how you hear God speak more and more and more. If you don't obey daddy and mommy, you will not hear God at all. 34:02 How do I know if the voice in my mind is my own idea or God speaking or the devil speaking? I'll tell you. Read the Bible. And until you've read the whole Bible, ask your daddy and mommy. If they know Jesus, they'll tell you. 34:20 And some people there, daddy and mommy, may not know Jesus. We've come across many people like that in India. Then I say, go to someone who knows Jesus. Some uncle or auntie who knows Jesus, ask them. So, when we don't know something, just like something in school, you don't know, what do you do? 34:40 Ask your teacher or ask your dad and mom. What is the answer to that? So, when you don't know whether this is from God, ask an older person who really knows the Lord. Okay. If you don't read the Bible, is it bad? It's like saying, if you don't go to school, is it bad? 35:01 You'll never learn anything. You'll be a foolish child. You'll be 20 years old. You won't get a job. So, it's good to go to school and learn. You won't be able to read. You won't be able to speak properly. So, many good things by learning to read and speak in which you go to school. 35:20 And later on, when you grow up, you can get a job and you can earn some money to take care of yourself. So, in the same way, reading the Bible helps us to grow spiritually. It's like, to me, another example is eating food. 35:33 If you don't eat food, what will happen? You'll become weak and sick and die. Spiritually, if you don't read the Bible, inwardly, you will die. That means you won't be able to hear the voice of God. So, you read the Bible regularly, you'll be alive, inwardly. 35:52 And you'll be able to hear God speaking. I've heard God speaking to my heart many times because I read the Bible every single day. To the best of my knowledge, I've read the Bible every single day for 67 years. So, it's become very clear to me. 36:12 Have you read the whole Bible? Yes, I've read the whole Bible a number of times. But I want everything. I'm more interested in obeying everything in the Bible. And whatever I know, I have tried to obey by God's grace. And if there is something which I have not yet obeyed, God will show me. 36:29 Which is your favorite book in the Bible and why? It's very difficult to say because at different times, you know, when I was young, maybe some of the Gospels and the stories of Jesus were very good for me. But as I've grown up and then other books are interesting, I was interested in the book of Revelation to see what all is going to happen in heaven. 36:56 But then now as I become an elder of many churches, I've had to read some of the other books in the Bible like Corinthians and Ephesians and Galatians. Because I want to know how to help these churches. So, at different stages in your life, different books of the Bible and different chapters in the Bible will be precious to you. 37:19 Okay. How can I find joy in reading it? You know, if you ask Jesus to speak to you and read the passage, parts of the Bible which are easy to read. The Gospels, the New Testament. And say, Lord, speak to me. And if something is difficult, you know, which is grown, more older people can understand. 37:41 Leave it for the time being. And say, I will read it later on. Okay. What is the best Bible verse I can memorize as a little kid? One of the favorite verses that everybody likes to memorize is, God so loved the world, John 3, 16, that he gave his only son, 38:03 that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life. There's some wonderful verses like that, which your parents can tell you, which as you grow up, there'll be other verses that are worse. For example, for a grown-up person, a good verse is Matthew 6, 33. 38:21 Be anxious for nothing. If you seek the kingdom of God first and his righteousness, all the other things will be added to you. For grown-up people, that's a good verse. The different stages of your life, different verses are good for you. 38:35 How can I learn about God if I'm too young to read? Well, ask your dad and mom to read to you, or to read from some Bible storybook. Next question. When Jesus taught us to pray, do we have to pray exactly those words? No. 38:50 If you read that passage in Matthew 6, he did not say, repeat these words. No. He said, when you pray, Matthew 6, he was giving us a pattern, how to pray. He said, pray then, Matthew 6, 9, in this way. 39:12 He didn't say, repeat this. He didn't say, every day repeat, our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name. No. In this way. And what does in this way mean? That when you pray, first pray to glorify God. Thy kingdom come. 39:30 Thy name be praised. Thy will be done. Then come to your needs. Lord, give me my bread. Forgive me my sins as I forgive others. So the main thing we learn in that prayer is, first of all, put God first and put your needs second. 39:47 Lord, I want to seek your kingdom first. Help me to be a good boy and girl. Help me to obey my parents. Then think of your needs. Help me in my school and keep me healthy and all that. When I read the Bible, sometimes the verses confuse me. 40:12 That confuses me all too. As you grow up and more and more, you learn more and more. It will confuse you less. How can I find joy in reading the Bible? As you read it more and more and you understand more and more, you find sometimes the Bible gives you a verse that solves a problem. 40:28 Many verses in the Bible have solved problems in my life. And saved me from many errors. Protected me from wrong steps in my life. I'll give you one example. Many years ago, before I got married, in India, I was living with my parents. 40:52 My parents were quite old. And I had the habit of reading one chapter every day. And I had gone somewhere to preach. And I suddenly got a message from my dad saying, I'm sick. And there was nobody else at home. 41:12 I was the oldest son. And the doctor says, I've got to have an operation immediately. So, please come back. I had just gone somewhere to have a Christian camp meeting for some young people. And the day I reached there, I got this message from my dad. 41:30 You know, I traveled by train. It was three days to go, three days to come back. My dad said, come back immediately. I'm an operator. I have to go to the operation theater. So, I said, Lord, I prayed. Everything you must pray first. 41:43 I said, Lord Jesus, I've come here to speak to these young people. How can I go away now? That day, I had the habit of reading the Bible. That day, my reading was Deuteronomy chapter 1. And it was around October 26th or something. 42:00 That conference was going on. And I read, Lord, when shall I go back to help my dad? He's having an operation. He says, it's urgent. So, I read there, in Deuteronomy chapter 1, that it was the, verse 3, it was the first day of the 11th month. 42:18 Okay. 1st of November, 11th month. The Lord said, verse 7, turn and set your journey and go. Okay. I'm not saying God always speaks like that. But that day, he did. So, I said, okay, I'm going to book my ticket for the 1st of November. 42:36 And I booked my ticket for the 1st of November and took the train. I went, I finally reached home about one week after my dad had sent me the message. And he said, it was an urgent operation. So, when I reached home, you know what happened? 42:52 My dad said, because you said you're not coming immediately, I decided to, the doctor had told me I had cancer and I must be operated immediately. But because you didn't come immediately, I asked another specialist for an opinion, gave my x-rays and all. 43:09 And that specialist looked at it and said, you don't have cancer. You don't need an operation. So, my dad said, thank you for not coming when I called you. Wasn't that good? That I didn't rush back, but I asked God to guide me. 43:24 So, I'm not saying that every time God will guide you. But that time, I was really seeking God. I said, Lord, how can I leave these young people? I have to preach to them. And God said, don't worry. He guided me that way. 43:34 He doesn't always guide. So, don't look into the Bible and just do whatever the Bible says, as if that isn't guidance for you. So, sometimes people take that in a foolish way and do whatever they want and they find some words in the Bible to do it. 43:50 Now, in my case, I was not finding some words just to do what I want. I was really seeking guidance. What should I do? So, sometimes He leads like that, but most of the time, God leads me by a witness in my spirit. Let me tell you that also. 44:05 Okay. What kind of music should I listen to? You can listen to music that calms your soul and that you enjoy listening to. But if they have got words, which are not good for children to listen to, listen to your dad and mom and don't listen to such songs. 44:27 Some songs of words are not good at all. If it is just music, and some music is so jumpy and all that is not so good, you be careful. And ask your parents. They'll guide you in the type of music. I personally prefer music that is calm, relaxing, and particularly hymns, and even the tunes of hymns. 44:50 I've got some very good tunes in so that those are very relaxing when you are tired or sitting alone doing nothing. And if it's just the tune, you can remember the hymns, and it comes back to your mind. Those are the best songs to listen to. 45:07 Okay. How can I learn good habits without having to be told many times by my parents? I'll tell you. You begin by listening to your parents. Like in school, you first listen to your teachers who tell you C.A.T. is cat, B.A.T. is bat, and like that, you read them. 45:23 After some day, you can read your own books. But in the beginning, you have to be taught. So in the same way, initially, your parents will teach you good habits. Gradually, if you follow them, you learn to do good on your own without somebody always having to tell you. 45:41 Okay. If we are always... This is an interesting question. Are you listening? Everybody? If we are always supposed to honor our parents, why did Jesus call his mother in the marriage at Cana, Woman, what do I have to do with you? 46:02 That is the first time that Jesus had left his home, and he was 30 years old. He would have still called his mother, Mother, but he was trying to tell his mother, Mary, it is a new relationship now. From now on, I am not going to be here as your son, I am here as your Savior, and your Lord. 46:27 Because Jesus was born as your mother, because Jesus was born as your son, but he is the Lord of heaven and earth. And he was more Mary's, his mother Mary's Savior, and his mother Mary's Lord. So he had to make that clear when he became 30 years old, that now on, I am not going to be your son at home, obeying you. 46:45 I have to go and serve my heavenly Father, and do the work I came to earth to do to be his Savior. And so, woman, to teach her, now the relationship between you and me is not mother and son. But did that mean Jesus did not care for her? 47:02 When Jesus was hanging on the cross, with all that pain, he thought of his mother standing there. Joseph, Mary's husband has died. My mother is old. She was probably 50 years old by then. And, who's going to take care of her? 47:24 I am the eldest son. So he cared for his mother. And he told John, John, you take care of her as my mother, as my mother, as your mother. And mother, that is your son from now on. So you see, he cared for his mother even when he was dying. 47:41 What a wonderful example as a son. But he had to make clear to her when he started his ministry that from now on, I'm not going to listen to you. Okay, next question. What should I do if I have the same fear and anxiety coming to my mind every day? 47:57 You must pray. The Bible says, when you're anxious, pray. Tell the Lord about it. Cast it on the Lord. It's like, you know, supposing you're carrying a very heavy bag when you're traveling somewhere. You wonder, won't you ask your dad and mom, dad, can you live? 48:13 This is too heavy for me. Exactly the same way. If you find something is burdening your mind, say, Lord Jesus, hey, are you listening or are you playing with each other? Listen to me. Are you, tell the Lord, Lord, this is too much for me, my mind. 48:30 I want to put it to you. Okay. So do that. Okay, how, cast it on the Lord. How do I stay encouraged and cheerful when I feel like everything is going wrong? There's a beautiful verse in Romans 8.28. God will make everything work together for your good. 48:49 Not individually, but all put together, He'll work for your good. Have you seen a jigsaw puzzle? Yes. Hundred pieces, thousand pieces, one jigsaw puzzle. Each of them look so ugly, but when you put it all together, it's such a beautiful picture. 49:06 So life is like a jigsaw puzzle. All these little, little things that happen in your life, they look so bad and awkward. I can't understand what this means. But when God puts it all together in your life, one day you'll see in heaven, everything was perfect. 49:20 Even that ugly-looking piece had a beautiful part to play in this full picture. Remember that. So remember that illustration. How do I stay encouraged, cheerful when I feel like, okay, when everything is going wrong? 49:44 Okay. What should I do when I'm being targeted or bothered? What should I do when I feel some man in the church is trying to touch me or come near to me and targeting me or bothering me or trying to be too friendly to me? 50:07 You should go and talk to your daddy and mommy immediately and tell them who that man is to protect you. Because even in the church, some evil men can come. Do you know that among Jesus, 12 people, there was a crook? Do you know that? 50:26 One bad man? What was his name? Judas Iscariot. But he was sitting in the midst of the 12, but he was a very evil man. So even if Jesus had one, even 12 people, you have a church of 12 people, that one of them could be evil. 50:44 That doesn't mean it's a bad church. Jesus' church was a very good church. But there was one evil man there, teaching us that in the best church, there can be evil people. So don't trust everybody in your church that they're all good. 50:57 They're not good. 90% of them may be good in a good church, but sometimes there are some bad people sneaking. The devil sends them just to greet them. We've had problems like that in our churches. But you must go, first is to tell your parents, and if you're older, if your parents are not there, you can tell the elders in the church. 51:16 But if you do that, other girls can be protected from that evil man troubling them. And particularly nowadays, there's a lot of this going on. So you girls, as you grow up, please be careful that you don't allow older men to come and touch you or hug you in a bad way, 51:36 who are not your dad and mom or your brother or something like that. Be careful. And report it immediately to your parents. Very, very important. How do I share the gospel with my non-Christian friends? I'll tell you, the best thing you can do for your non-Christian friends is help them and talk to them in a friendly way without giving the gospel. 52:01 Just love them and help them in some way. When they're doing something, go to help them. And talk to them nicely. You don't have to give them the gospel. Just talk to them nicely. Be friendly. And one day, you'll be able to give them the gospel. 52:15 So don't immediately have to preach to them. Okay, then, this is another question. What is the difference between paradise and heaven? Paradise is, in the olden days, paradise was somewhere else. Paradise was taken up to the third heaven when Jesus rose up from the dead. 52:33 And paradise is in heaven today. And it's basically the same thing. Do people with mental issues go to heaven? Yeah, anybody can go to heaven who trusts in the Lord in their heart. Sometimes people with mental issues, they trust Jesus in their heart. 52:50 Maybe they're not able to speak well or think well, but in their heart they can trust Jesus and they will be in God's kingdom. Everybody is saved by faith in Jesus. And sometimes we don't know whether these people with mental issues have faith or not. 53:04 God knows. But God loves everybody. He loves that person with a mental issue just as much as he loves anybody else. And people with mental issues can also go to heaven. What about a good person who never knew the Lord? I leave the judgment of those people in God's hands. 53:22 Because God will never punish somebody for something he did not know. But, you know, let me put it in a little complicated way. I think of it like this. God knows the hearts of everybody. And God knows that if that man had heard the gospel, what would his answer have been? 53:45 So like that, God knows whether this guy is fit for heaven or not. That's how he accepts them. But I can't know it because I don't know people's hearts. So nobody will go to hell who deserves to go to heaven. That you can be sure of for any religion anywhere. 54:00 God sends a man to hell, a man deserves to go there. Are there any animals in heaven? No. That's pretty clear. And any things you read about horses and all and that in Revelation, it's all picture language. Another question is, how do you die with Christ? 54:17 Die with Christ means I act, I mean not act, I inwardly acknowledge that Christ has put my old nature to death. So, when somebody comes and treats you badly, think, if I'm a dead person, what will I do? 54:40 Supposing you go and hit a dead person, will he hit you back? Answer me. No. So to act, to be dead is, if this person comes and hits me, I'm not going to hit him back. If this person comes and calls me a devil, I'm not going to fight back. 54:56 That is how I die with Christ. Okay, the next question is, I believe that Jesus is Christ and I feel born again. I've surrendered my life to God. I have a strong desire to do all His will. And I hate everything that tempts me. 55:12 And I'm trying my best to be like Jesus. Am I ready to get baptized? That's a very good question. According to these answers, you've got all the right answers. But sometimes, our answers can be very immature. It's good to grow up till you come to a certain level of maturity. 55:31 So even a three-year-old may have these right desires. And I believe a child can be born again, even at the age of three. I met one old lady, 83 years old, a fine missionary, who told me that she accepted the Lord when she was three years old. 55:44 And she had a call to be a missionary when she was a very young girl. And it was fulfilled in her life. I believed it. But it's better that you wait till you're a little older before you get baptized, so that it is the decision of a mature person. 56:01 You know, I myself had heard from people who, when they were just very young, the parents said, Okay, you've accepted the Lord. Come on, get baptized. And when they are later on, when they are about 20 years old, they come to me and say, 56:13 Brother Zach, my parents sort of pushed me to take baptism. But I hadn't thought it all through. And I don't feel, I don't know whether I was really born again at that time. Now I feel I'm really born again. And I've had to baptize them a second time. 56:28 Actually, the first time. Because the first one, they didn't consider it was, but their parents were very zealous. My child must be baptized, baptized. I don't know, just to get honor with the other people in the church or some foolish, stupid thing like that. 56:41 There are foolish, stupid parents who want honor more than what is good for their children. Now I'm not saying we should wait too long. I waited till all my children were 17 years old before they got baptized. That is my choice. 56:55 I'm not telling you what age you should get your children baptized. But I waited till they personally, they heard the gospel from childhood. They had accepted Christ many times from the age of three. All four of them. But I said, no. 57:08 Wait till they have personally taken a decision themselves. The result is, they never felt later on that my parents forced me into baptism when I was too young. So I would say, I wouldn't say, sir, you should go to wait till you're 17. 57:21 But I would certainly say, until a child is 12, 13, or 15, or 16, it's better to wait. Because it must not be something later on they feel, I wasn't really saved. That's the only reason why they should be, wait, no other reason. 57:38 I'm not, but as I told you earlier, you can be born again even when you're three years old. It's a question of not having regret later on that I took baptism early with my parents forcing it. Or I know one case in Bangalore where one young chap got baptized because his friends were getting baptized. 57:57 Oh, this is my best friend. He's getting baptized. I also want to get baptized. He was not fit for it. And he backslid later on. Okay, last question. I know that I am sitting on the throne of my heart. But I want to step down and let Jesus sit on the throne. 58:17 What a wonderful question. I'm so happy to hear a child writing such a question. I don't want to sit on the throne of my heart. I want Jesus to sit there. I'll tell you what. Go to Jesus and say, Lord, I'm really sorry that I sat so long. 58:35 On the throne of my heart. And I want you to come there and be the Lord of my life. And he will accept you that moment and believe it. Receive you. Believe him. Okay, let's bow our heads and thank the Lord for this time. 58:55 Bow your heads with me. Lord Jesus, thank you for being with us now. Thank you for helping us know the answers to these questions. Please help us all to follow your example as you were when you were a little boy on earth. 59:15 To obey daddy and mommy. And to read the Bible. To seek your help never to fight with anybody. Not with my brothers or sisters or friends. And to read the Bible and to grow up to become like you. Help us, oh Lord. In Jesus' name, amen. 59:35 Amen.
