Children Receive Jesus Easier Than Adults
Note The Statistics Below About
The Importance Of Child Conversion
Dr. MR DeHann (founder of the Radio Bible Class and Editor of Our Daily Bread) once quoted these startling figures of the last century. After the age of 35, only one person in 50000 receives Jesus. After 45, only one in 300000. After 75, only one in 700000. Most people after the age of 45 are set in their ways and usually reject Jesus. Most of the people that got saved after Brother Bob witnessed Jesus to them were under the age of 25. And most of them were waiters and waitresses at Cracker Barrel restaurants that Brother Bob witnessed Jesus to during his travels preaching.
This is why parents and preachers need to tell young people everywhere under the age of 25 about Jesus. Most schools and teachers in America have removed Jesus from the classes. Kids don't pray anymore in schools and teachers and children are not allowed to have bibles in their classes. But prisoners are allowed to have bibles in jail. This is backwards and wrong because if bibles were allowed in schools, the children would stay out of jail and live for Jesus. The only hope for kids today is for parents and preachers to preach Jesus to them and win souls. Remember the words of our Lord Jesus at Matthew 19:14 Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
Scottish minister and hymn writer Dr. Horatius Bonar said of the 253 converts with whom he was familiar-Saved under 20 years of age-138, Between 20 and 30 years-85, Between 30 and 40 years-22, Between 40 and 50 years-4, Between 50 and 60 years-3, Between 60 and 70 years-1. But remember there is always hope for anyone to be saved while they are breathing. I've seen 70, 80, and 90 year olds get gloriously saved after years of witnessing.
Don't quit witnessing Jesus to everyone of all ages. Get saved, repent, decide to stop sinning, confess that Jesus is God, and believe the gospel that Jesus died on the cross for you, was buried, and rose again. You might get slandered and persecuted by lost sinners. But rejoice because our temporary persecutions will be forgotten when we rejoice in heaven forevermore for sinners that got saved by our persistent witnessing about the Lord Jesus.
Be like DL Moody who would not go to bed one night of his life unless he talked to at least one soul that day about becoming a christian and being born again. Every day he would not go to bed unless he confronted a human being somewhere in his path of life about their need to be saved. And DL Moody led over 100000 people to Jesus all over this earth.
Remember Luke 15:10 that says Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth. In other words the Lord Jesus and innumerable saints and angels rejoice when one sinner repents and gets saved. And James 5:20 says Let him know, that he which converteth the sinner from the error of his way, shall save a soul from death, and shall hide a multitude of sins. And finally Jude 22 says And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh.
What Is The Value Of A Soul?
Matthew 16:26 gives us the answer to the question What is the value of a soul? The blessed scripture says For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? In other words the value of a soul is worth more than all the silver, gold, riches, money, and real estate in this world. A saved soul in peace forevermore with Jesus in heaven is worth more than the wealth of the richest billionaire on this earth.
Let's take a look at a rich man named Dives who was one of the wealthiest men to ever live and learned about the value of a soul. The bible tells us that Dives died and went to hell after he refused to help a begger named Lazarus by denying him a crumb of bread. Because Dives did not give Lazarus a crumb of bread on the earth, God did not give Dives a drop of water in hell. When Lazarus died he was comforted in paradise with father Abraham. When Dives died he was tormented in hell and the lake of fire forever.
After Dives died, his five brothers were fighting over who would inherit his wealth. Now note that the rich man Dives in hell wasn't worried about his real estate or his millions of dollars on earth. Dives was only concerned about the souls of his five lost brothers on earth. His five brothers souls were worth more to Dives than all the millions of his dollars and earthly wealth. Truly Dives learned that what shall it profit his five brothers if they gained the whole world and lost their souls.
Dives said at Luke 16:27 I pray thee therefore, father (Abraham), that thou wouldest send him (Lazarus) to my fathers house: For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.
And We Thought We Were Big
We live in a fantastic universe. Our sun is so large that it could contain 1000000 worlds the size of our earth. And there are stars in space so large that they could easily hold 500 million suns the size of ours. The giant star pictured above named Antares is said to be so large that if it were a hollow ball and the sun and earth were put inside it, the earth could continue its orbit around the sun and never come even close to the outer edge of Antares.
And note that the earth is traveling at a speed of 67000 miles an hour around the sun while the earth's equator is turning at 1000 miles an hour while the earth wobbles each year at a 22 degree angle. In other words the earth is moving 18.5 miles every time I snap my finger around the sun. And all this is happening while the earth revolves around the sun at a distance of 93 million miles away. And while all this is occurring the sun and the nine planets of our milky way galaxy, (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto) are moving north at a speed of 43000 miles an hour.
Search Google for this information and you will be amazed at these facts causing you to praise our Lord Jesus for His infinite power that is unsearchable. Romans 11:33 says O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God. How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out. Psalm 147:4 says He (the Lord Jesus) telleth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names (there are billions of stars and the Lord Jesus knows the names of every star). Great is our Lord, and of great power: His understanding is infinite. Jesus and God's Word is not boring and when we get to heaven we will learn infinite wisdom about Jesus forever with joy.
Search Google for this information and you will be amazed at these facts causing you to praise our Lord Jesus for His infinite power that is unsearchable. Romans 11:33 says O the depth of the riches both of the wisdom and knowledge of God. How unsearchable are His judgments, and His ways past finding out. Psalm 147:4 says He (the Lord Jesus) telleth the number of the stars; He calleth them all by their names (there are billions of stars and the Lord Jesus knows the names of every star). Great is our Lord, and of great power: His understanding is infinite. Jesus and God's Word is not boring and when we get to heaven we will learn infinite wisdom about Jesus forever with joy.
And what's even more amazing is that NASA sent Voyager 1 and II to the end of the milky way galaxy past Pluto. Notice the picture above taken by Voyager 1 on February 14, 1990 from beyond Neptune of the earth from four billion miles away that is just a pale blue dot. This picture reminds us how small and special our planet is among the vastness of infinite space. Yet the Lord Jesus loved us and died on the cross so we could escape this troubled world and get saved.
Currently Voyager I has left the milky way galaxy and is in interstellar space between the next galaxy called Andromeda. Right now praise the Lord Jesus for all the galaxies that He created. There are other worlds and galaxies and life that exist outside of our earth. This is proven by Hebrews 1:2 that says (God) Hath in these last days spoken unto us by His Son, whom He hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also He made the worlds (not just our world but many worlds). Right now praise our Lord Jesus and like David say Psalm 139:6 Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high, I cannot attain unto it.
A Blessed Poem
I Said A Prayer For You Today
I said a prayer for you today
And know God must have heard
I felt the answer in my heart
Although He spoke no word
I didn't ask for wealth or fame
I know you wouldn't mind
I asked Him to send treasures
Of a far more lasting kind
I asked that He'd be near you
At the start of each new day
To grant you health and blessings
And friends to bless your way
I asked for happiness for you
In all things great and small
But it was for His loving care
I prayed for most of all
I pray in Jesus name that this bible study blesses multitudes everywhere with great joy, peace, and strength. Feel free to email Brother Bob anytime at rz9tlm@gmail.com or write to Brother Bob Malkin, 2233 Pinetree Lane, Apt. N., Reynoldsburg, Ohio 43068. (614) 604-7133. Till we all meet again soon to lift up our Lord Jesus, everyone have a blessed day in Jesus name.