Spread the Word (Part 2)

Matías ran into the house. "I'm going over to Nathan's, Mom." He stopped before going back outside. "If I get a chance to talk to him about Jesus, what should I say? How can I get him to understand?""Well," said Mom, "how did you help your brothers know how to paint the shed yesterday? Did you tell them how some of the world's great artists mix colors? Or did you explain various types of strokes and painting techniques?""Of course not." Matías gave her a puzzled look. "I just told them what Dad told me, and I showed them how I did it."Mom nodded. "You started with your own experience, didn't you? Why not do that when you talk to Nathan about Jesus? Tell him how you became a Christian. That's what the apostle Paul often did.""Okay, Mom," said Matías. "I'll try."When Matías got to Nathan's house, his friend greeted him at the door. "Hi, Matías," said Nathan. "Come see the model airplane I've been working on."Matías looked at the model. "Wow! That's cool! Where did you get it?""Uncle Joel gave it to me. He was going to help me build it, but he'd been sick for quite a while, and he died before we could get started." Nathan looked at the floor. "I sure miss him.""I'm sorry your uncle died," said Matías."Me too." Nathan sniffed. "He knew he probably wouldn't ever be well again, and he told me a long time ago that he knew he'd go to heaven to be with Jesus when he died. I wonder how he could be so sure.""I know I'm going to go be with Jesus when I die too," Matías replied."You do?" said Nathan. "How?""Well, when I was younger…" Matías still wasn't quite sure what to say, but he went on to explain as well as he could what had happened to him. "I learned that we're all sinners, and there's nothing we can do to make up for the bad things we've done. But the Bible says that Jesus loves us so much He died for our sins and then rose from the dead! I trusted Him to save me, and if you trust in Him, you'll have eternal life with Him too."-Tom VandenBerg