Today's Salvation

In my little community are lots of youth. One benefit of having youth of my own is that it opens up doors to share with kids. Most recently i gave a young man a animated version of the entire bible in 45 minutes. This video emphasized the true nature of man...DESPERATELY WICKED and EVIL! It also revealed the true nature of my GOD....HOLY! Today the young man came to me and gave back the movie. I asked him if he was ready to give his life to JESUS CHRIST. The young man quickly responded with yes. I thought, yes! Yet, i knew that he needed to understand what he was doing. So, i asked him about what sin was...he replied "lying and murdering and doing bad things." I responded with a yes and emphasized how GOD is not like us in this way...in that HE never sins. I then asked him why JESUS died on the cross...he replied "for my sins." I said yes and emphasized that CHRIST was paying the penalty that we deserved. I then asked him if he believed JESUS was risen...he said yes! We then knelt and he asked JESUS to be his LORD. I'm praying that the LORD will establish this young man in HIS HOLY WORD and transform him into a disciple.