00:00All right. On a rainy but beautiful Sunday, here we are. I want you to first, I'm going to have,
00:08I think Caleb would be the perfect person to try and do this exercise. All right. I got this. Are
00:16you into squishies or is that just a girl thing nowadays?
00:19It's a girl thing. Sorry. I didn't mean to offend you. But let's just say, not that you are, but
00:29if you were one of those mischievous young kids and you saw one of the little girls on the playground
00:34with one of these squishies, right? You wanted to snatch it away. Right? Try to snatch it for me right
00:40now. Okay. That was easy, right? Because why do you think it was easy for you to snatch it that
00:46time?
00:47It's soft. It's soft, yes. Well, okay. Now try to snatch it. Ah, a little bit harder, huh? What's the
00:55difference? What am I doing different this time?
00:57Gripping it. Gripping it. Why do you think I'm gripping it? Because I can't steal it.
01:04Gripping it. I can't steal it. Why do you think I would grip it so that you can't steal it?
01:09Uh, because, um, that happens to be selfish.
01:16Because you're trying to protect it. There you go. Yes, I'm trying to protect it from the hands of someone
01:22who would try to steal it.
01:23Now try to steal it again. Ah, you can't steal it.
01:26I'll give it back to Kenzie now because this is her squishy.
01:29Now, that illustrates perfectly, I think, the point that we have in today's verse.
01:33Will you add, Drew, put it up on the screen, please?
01:36All together, with the congregation, let's say the verse.
01:39I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish.
01:44No one will stand to snatch them out of my hand.
01:48John, the man, the man, the man.
01:50Now, you know who said these words, right?
01:52Who does it sound like would say such words as this?
01:55Yes, some guy that we always talk about in church.
01:58What's his name?
02:00Jesus.
02:01Yes, Jesus said these words to both us who are here, but also to the people then,
02:07to remind them that he is the one.
02:10He said, I give them eternal life.
02:12That's the first promise.
02:13Secondly, they shall never perish.
02:16But the third promise is one that we forget to hype up and to highlight.
02:21It's that no one will snatch them from out of my hand.
02:26Jesus' grip is really, really tight on all of God's children.
02:32Right?
02:32So in the same way that Caleb couldn't snatch the squishy from out of my hand because my grip was
02:37tight.
02:38If my grip was tight on a squishy, how much more tight and how much tighter is the grip of
02:44the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ on all of those who believe in him?
02:48We are always safe in his hands.
02:50He gives us eternal life.
02:51We will never perish.
02:52And no one and nothing can snatch us from his hands.
02:55I got just surprised just now seeing some really tall young boys.
03:03Let's bring them up real quick.
03:04DJ and Gary.
03:05Oh my goodness.
03:07Let's make Uncle Baby feel shorter yet again.
03:12Oh my.
03:14Oh my.
03:19DJ and Gary.
03:21Tell them.
03:22Go on up, go on up.
03:29Skyler grew too.
03:31I met him months ago and now he's like super tall.
03:35Oh.
03:37Let's sit.
03:38Sorry.
03:39I need a moment right now.
03:41I need a moment too.
03:42Right there next to Queen Jason.
03:45Handsome.
03:46Handsome.
03:47Young man.
03:49What nice.
03:50He's too old.
03:51To come on up.
03:52But hold on.
03:53How old are you now?
03:55Twelve.
03:56Oh my goodness.
03:59I know you're a little older, but please make me feel short again.
04:03How old are you now?
04:04Thirteen.
04:05Thirteen.
04:05Thirteen.
04:06He's thirteen.
04:08You guys play basketball, I'm sure.
04:10Right?
04:10Yeah.
04:11You know, with all that height and all the skill, you definitely got to play.
04:15But, I want to illustrate to you all as well.
04:17You know, you think you're tall and strong and all that, but Jesus is stronger and more powerful.
04:26Right?
04:26And make sure you always remember, if you forget everything else today, remember the idea of nothing and no one
04:33will ever snatch you and you and you and you and you and you and you from the hand of
04:38Jesus Christ.
04:40That's the most important lesson we can learn today and we can rest easy today knowing that Jesus always has
04:47a grip by us.
04:47Let's pray.
04:48Hold your hands.
04:49Hold your hands.
04:49Hold your hands.
04:50Mike.
04:51Hold your voice.
04:52After me, please.
04:53Repeat after me and say, Heavenly Father.
04:55Heavenly Father.
04:56Thank you for your Son, Jesus Christ, who has saved us, continues to sustain us, and hold us in His
05:07right hand.
05:08Thank you, Jesus, for your love, for me, and for all who will trust and obey.
05:16In your name we pray.
05:18Amen.
05:20Give him a hand.
