In this lesson, How to Stay Saved in the Absence of Your Pastor, we learn, As the children grow older, the parents feel okay about getting away. Even a little more often or for a longer period of time. They know when their children are mature enough to handle household responsibilities in their absence. And they know to stay out of trouble. If you are going to be saved from your sins, you need to hear a preacher, teach the death, burial and resurrection of Christ. Not only that, but you need to have him tell you how to apply that to your life. When the word of truth is preached in the power of the Spirit, conviction of sin grips the heart. There is an awesome sense of pending judgment from God for wrongdoing and for holding to false teaching.