Well, tonight Jasmin had a cold. So, I decided to stay home with her and skip church. I figured I'd keep Dylan home, too, so he could get to bed on time. Lately, he's been asking alot of questions about salvation/baptism. He wants to get baptized, so I've been explaining to him that he needs to have accepted Jesus as his Savious first. When he was 3 1/2, he was listening to a friend of mine talk about salvation with her daughter. He prayed then for Jesus to be his Saviour. I don't doubt that he was sincere at all. I'm just not sure if he remembers it. When I would ask him if he was saved, he would say yes, but he couldn't really explain anything about salvation. So, was he saved then? Only our Lord knows for sure!
So, tonight we were reading the Easter story again. We got to talking about salvation & baptism. I pulled out my Bible & decided to use the Romans Road to show him what God said. Of course, I couldn't remember all the verses!!! I was so clumsy! So, we went downstairs to the computer & I googled Romans Road Bible (gotta love technology!) We went thru the verses & we had a long discussion. I asked him what he wanted to do now. He said he wanted to be saved. So, I had him pray his own prayer--outloud so I could hear :). He said, "Dear Jesus, I want you to save me from my sins & take me to Heaven." Okay, so it was something like that. For the life of me, I can't remember the exact words! I may ask him tomorrow if he remembers them, so I can write them down.
After that we called Daddy (at church) & told him. It was past Dylan's bedtime, so we rushed off to get him to bed. Then, he told me that he wanted to be saved Wed or Sun. I said, "Dylan, once you're saved, you're always saved." He said, "No, I meant baptized." He keeps on getting the words confused. I explained that baptism does not get you saved. It merely shows everyone that you have accepted Jesus as your Saviour. We're going to talk to the Pastor about that on Sunday.
For anyone who's interested, these are the verses we went over.
Romans Road of Scripture
I. Romans 3:10 As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one.
II. Romans 3:23 For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.
III. Romans 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.
IV. Romans 5:12 Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned.
V. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
VI. Romans 10:9-11 That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shaltbelieve in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and withthe mouth confession is made unto salvation. For the scripture saith, whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.
VII. Romans 10:13 For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Dylan's salvation!!
Posted by Nina Schafernak at 6:14 PM
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