We were reading a story about my brother-in-law who struggles with Parkinsons. At the end of the story, he shares that he is thankful most for salvation. I was reading with a non-Christian (Wei), during our weekly reading, who had expressed no religious interest for the last 4 months. He asked:

What is Salvation?

We pray for the opportunities, and we jump when the fish bites! I started a dialog about heaven and hell. Stopping me, he explained: “Oh yes, I have heard about heaven. Good people go to heaven and people who do bad things go to hell.”

Trying not to let him off the hook, I asked what it means to do good, or to be bad, and whose standards are we using? I got him to see that we all do bad things when we compare ourselves to Jesus’ standard in the Bible.

So who goes to heaven?

I looked for an analogy. “My son Joey goes to school here to. And he is having a party, but you cannot come, why not?” “Because I do not know him.” “That’s right. It doesn’t matter how rich or how smart his friends are, but it is important that you be his friend and know him. That’s how it is in heaven.

We all have done wrong, but the question is, do we know Jesus, do we know God?

We started reading Matthew, and Wei was surprised to read that Jesus was a real person, and that he was born 2019 years ago! But now Wei has a Bible app and he knows where to start reading.

Please pray that Wei will continue to pursue this new discovery, soon, as he returns to China next month!