Yes, and so is six or five or younger.
Danny was a happy boy. He lived in a large family where there was always activity around him. He was one of the younger children and didn’t have as many job responsibilities as his older brothers and sisters, so life was pretty fun and easy.
His parents faithfully read the Bible together as a family every day and brought their children to Sunday school each week. Danny heard about the Lord Jesus who was a loving Saviour and came down to this earth as a man to die for sinners. He heard that “all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:2323For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Romans 3:23)). Many of these verses he had also memorized.
Danny thought about these things and, although he had sometimes been bad, he knew that Jesus loves children. He decided there was nothing for him to worry about, because he was only seven years old and too young for it to matter if he was a sinner. Then one week in Sunday school he listened to the words from a song everyone was singing:
A little child of seven,
Or even three or four,
May enter into heaven
Through Christ the open Door.
All of a sudden, Danny thought, If I am old enough to be saved, that means I am old enough to be lost! He knew that a person who did not accept the Lord Jesus as their very own Saviour would never go to heaven, and, for sure, he did not want to go to hell!
For many days, Danny was very troubled. Finally, one night he left his room and went downstairs to talk to Dad. He had to know if he was really old enough to be saved. When his dad told him, “Yes, you are old enough,” Danny went back upstairs disappointed. He was hoping his dad would say, “No, son, you are too small.”
As he lay in bed, he thought about the many verses in the Bible that told of a man, woman, boy or girl all being sinners, and how Jesus came to die so that we could be saved. Finally, he got down on his knees and asked the Lord Jesus to wash away his sins.
Danny was again a happy boy and has never once regretted his decision—for nearly 50 years now. He believed God’s Word that once he was saved, he could never be lost again.
What about you boys and girls reading or listening to this? Are you saved? And let’s not leave out the grown-ups? Are you saved?
MEMORY VERSE: “My sheep hear My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me: and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand.”
ML-09/21/2014