When I was about 18 years of age, in the country I was born in - Argentina, South America - we organized a five-day club. To that five-day club we brought, in our case, boys and girls. I had charge of ten boys. And the first two people that I ever led to receive Jesus Christ into their heart as Savior were two boys of those ten that I had in that class.
One of the teachers from Child Evangelism Fellowship said to me these words: "If a 12-year-old boy understands the Gospel, then the Queen of England can also understand the Gospel.” And you know, I've taken that to heart all these many, many decades that I've been proclaiming the Good News of Jesus. It's this, that I've been able to keep it simple so that the boys and girls in the audience will understand the love of Jesus, why He died on the cross, why He rose from the dead, how He forgives our sins, and how He takes us to heaven when we die or when He comes back in the clouds to take the Church to be with Himself.
Yes, simplicity. The basic Gospel of John chapter 3 and verse 16. Give that to the boys and girls. Believe me, they understand it, they embrace it, they love Jesus and they will walk with Him for years and years to come. So, let the little children come.
This is Luis Palau.