PAUL WAS a bright intelligent schoolboy. We were holding some children’s gospel meetings in his village and he attended the happy hours for boys and girls.
One night at the close of a meeting he said to the evangelist: “Am I too young to become a Christian? If not, I would like to be saved tight.” The speaker took his Bible and showed Paul that the Lord Jesus had said: “Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto Me; for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”
“When the Lord Jesus told His disciples that they were not to hinder or forbid the children to come to Him,” said his friend, “He showed that He wanted them to come.”
“What does it mean to come?” asked Paul.
“It means to confess that you are a sinner and to trust the Lord Jesus who died for our sins and rose again. When we do, then salvation becomes ours.”
“Then I’ll trust Him now,” said the little fellow. After that he never doubted his salvation. He confessed the Lord Jesus as His Saviour in his home and among his playmates.
Two years after his father testified: “I was a religious man, but not saved. It was through the simple faith and assurance of our little boy that my wife and I were persuaded that we too might know our sins forgiven. He insisted on our coming to the tent meetings, and now, thank God, we can both say, Our sins which were many are all forgiven. We both long now that others should know our best Friend and Saviour—the Lord Jesus Christ.”
ML-04/27/1969