Talk Together
Family conversations with God’s Word.
Have you ever helped your parents lock your front door? When you fall asleep at night, it’s comforting to know a random person can’t walk into your house. When it’s locked, only people with a key that matches your house lock can come in. Only one key will open the door.
Just like one key opens the door to your home, believing Jesus Christ died and rose again for your sins and asking Him to be your Savior is the only way to heaven.
The missionary Paul spent many years of his life telling people about Jesus. He was thrown in prison multiple times for saying Jesus was the only way to heaven. But even in prison, Paul shared Jesus with the people around him.
One day, Paul found himself before a king named Agrippa. The king allowed Paul to explain why he was a prisoner. Paul told Agrippa how Jesus changed his life. Then Paul asked the king if he would believe in Jesus. Help me find Acts 26:26-32 to read what he said.
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For the king knows about these things, and to him I speak boldly. For I am persuaded that none of these things has escaped his notice, for this has not been done in a corner. King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets? I know that you believe.” And Agrippa said to Paul, “In a short time would you persuade me to be a Christian?” And Paul said, “Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day might become such as I am—except for these chains.” Then the king rose, and the governor and Bernice and those who were sitting with them. And when they had withdrawn, they said to one another, “This man is doing nothing to deserve death or imprisonment.” And Agrippa said to Festus, “This man could have been set free if he had not appealed to Caesar.”
How did King Agrippa respond to Paul’s question? Sadly, King Agrippa did not make Jesus his Savior that day. We don’t know if his heart changed later in life because the Bible does not say. What we do know is Paul spoke the truth and followed God’s Word to share the Gospel.
There may be times when you share the Gospel with someone and they do not accept God’s gift of salvation. But you can continue to pray for God to change their heart and change their mind! And, you can continue to share God’s Word with them!
Remember, there is only one way to heaven and that is through Jesus Christ. As you grow older, people will try to convince you there are other ways to heaven. They will tell you to do good things or follow other religions to get to heaven. Those things won’t work.
Just like there is only one key that can unlock the door to your home, there is only one way to heaven: belief in Jesus Christ.