How Will They Hear?
Month 10: Telling the Good News · Family Worship
Today's Scripture
Read together: Romans 10:14–15
14 How then can they call on the One in whom they have not believed? And how can they believe in the One of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone to preach? 15 And how can they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!”
Memory Verse
“that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.”— Romans 10:9 (BSB)
📖 Bible-in-a-Year (optional)
Today's reading: Proverbs 17–19
Reading the whole Bible in a year — do this when you have extra time. (Among many wise sayings, "a friend loves at all times" — and the most loving thing a friend can do is help someone hear about Jesus.)The Heart of It
This week we learned that "whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved." But Paul asks a string of questions that connect the dots. How can people call on Jesus if they don't believe in Him? How can they believe if they have never heard about Him? How can they hear if no one tells them? And how can anyone tell them unless God sends them? Follow the chain backward. To be saved, a person calls. To call, they must believe. To believe, they must hear. To hear, someone must tell them. And to tell them, someone must go. Take away the messenger, and the whole chain breaks. Then no one gets rescued.
Here is the stunning part. God could have written the gospel across the clouds. He could have whispered it into every heart Himself. Instead He chose to send people. He sends ordinary people like your family to carry the news. That is a huge honor! Paul even quotes Isaiah: "How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the gospel of peace!" We don't usually call feet beautiful. But God thinks feet that go and tell are gorgeous. As you finish this week of family worship, look around the table. There are people God wants to reach. You might be the messenger in their chain. The question isn't only "Have I believed?" It is also "Who will hear, because I told them?"
Around the Table
People can't believe in Jesus if nobody tells them! So God sends us to tell. The Bible says feet that go and tell people about Jesus are beautiful.
Let's do it: Look at your feet and wiggle your toes. Say, "Beautiful feet, go tell about Jesus!" Then name one person you'll tell.
Paul's questions make a chain. First someone is sent. They tell. People hear. People believe. People call on Jesus. What happens to the chain if no one goes to tell?
Let's talk: As a family, name one person you all know who needs to hear about Jesus. How could we tell them together?
God chose to spread the gospel through sent messengers. He doesn't skip people. That makes every believer part of how others come to faith. Your willingness is a real link in someone's chain.
Let's go deeper: If God uses sent people to reach the lost, what does that say about how important your willingness to go and tell really is?
💬 Conversation Starter
Think of the best news you ever passed along to a friend. Now, who in your life still hasn't heard the best news of all? How could your family help them hear it?
🛡️ Defending the Faith
People sometimes ask, "What about those who've never heard about Jesus?" Part of God's answer is right here. He sends us to tell them (). God is just, and He loves everyone. He invites us to be part of His rescue plan. That is exactly why telling others matters so much. Share it the way teaches. Be gentle and hopeful. Share it as good news, not a guilt trip.
For Dad · Go Deeper
This is your week's capstone, and it lands a sobering, glorious truth on the family. God has bound the salvation of the lost to the obedience of the sent. He didn't have to involve us, but He chose to. That means your family's willingness genuinely matters in His plan. As you lead Family Worship today, resist turning this into pressure or guilt. Cast it as honor and partnership. Help each child see a face. It might be a friend, a cousin, or a neighbor. Then help them see a single doable step: an invitation, a kind word, a shared story of what Jesus has done. Then close the month by praying for those people by name as a family. A home that regularly names and prays for lost friends raises children who see the people around them as people God loves, and who feel sent toward them. Beautiful feet are made at tables like yours.
Draws on: Sean McDowell, So the Next Generation Will Know.
Let's Pray Together
"Father, thank You that You send people like us to carry Your good news. Make us willing to go and tell. Right now we pray for someone who needs to hear about You. Help them hear. Help them believe. In Jesus' name, amen."
People can't believe what they've never heard. So God sends me to go and tell.