We make a mistake if we think kids are saved by hearing the good news and trusting Jesus, but then grow as Christians some other way. Paul tells the Colossians to continue in the faith they first had, “not shifting from the hope of the gospel that you heard” (Colossians 1:23). He underscores this a few verses later: “Therefore, as you received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith” (Colossians 2:6–7). We grow in the same way we became Christians—rooted in Jesus, with our hope in the good news.
