Well I would say that yesterday went alot worse than last week. When I was doing a follow up from last week with some questions, especially to the new converts, the general vibe I got based upon the questions and follow up I did told me that many of them still did not understand the concept of Biblical salvation, which I tried to explain more in detail until the head teacher came in and wanted to discuss the Spring Break trip they are going on (as if that was really the appropriate time...) then some of the girls accused me of saying things that I did not say. The teacher told me that I needed to break it down to them in a way they an understand, but the thing was, half of them weren't really paying attention, while a couple of others were attacking me and twisting my words, and making comments under their breath saying how they wish they weren't in here (to which I told them they were free to leave). When the head teach asked them if someone asked them about salvation, then what would they say. They all shrugged their shoulders exept for
one girl. I think that may have been very telling about their conversion. I can't tell for sure because I don't know hearts. They conversions may have really been legit. Only God knows.
There is a happy ending to this story though. The head teacher was pressuring me to wrap it up and I told the ladies that those who wanted to know more about the subject could feel free to see me after class. After the teacher spoke to them, she let them go outside and two of the girs stayed in to get to know more about salvation (both of them were at the alter last week, but one of them didn't go to my class that Sunday). I showed them a couple of scriptures of how salvation is simple and eternal. One of them asked questions about possible situations in which salvation could possibly be lost, and I actually had prepared responses for those on Word in my laptop that I let them see. The girl that wasn't in my class last week expressed to me something like "wow....I get it now" This girl is about 12 or 13 in the 7th grade I think. She told me (not exactly) that if the other girls (who were around the age of 14-18)would have stopped attacking me and actually listened then they would have understood. The same way I spoke to these girls was the same way I was teaching the class. To make a long story short, I asked if they had anymore questions, they didn't so I made sure they understood the basic concept of salvation and they did so I prayed with them to help them tell God this is what they believe and although I cannot judge the sincerity of the heart, if they were sincere and not just giving me lip service (which I don't think they were), then I believe that I'm going to see those two girls in heaven one day. Amen and to God be the glory! I don't expect them to have every doctrine right because I dont', but hopefully they will grow in God and His Word in time.
The interesting the is that there was a third girl that was near us. Church had let out by then so I thought she was just spectating, but when I lead the other two girls into prayer, she was praying too (and I made sure to tell them beforehand that the prayer isn't what saves someone) so I may be seeing that third girl in heaven too one day.
All in all, it was definately worth it.
The tipping point for me was when the young girl said that she "got it". That made me smile on the inside. She also asked if she could have a copy of those scriptures I had (I had about 8 pages of scriptures and couldn't get through all of them) so I will do my best to get those to her as soon as I can! In fact, I'm probably just going to print out my entire lesson and just give that to her as a guide to help her be a possible soul-winner in the future.
