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A LITTLE CHILD

Text :  Matthew 18:3.

Then he said, “I tell all of you with certainty, unless you change and become like little children, you will never get into the kingdom of  heaven.

 *Explicitly, Jesus Christ said if you are not childlike, you can't make it to heaven.* 

Being childish is different from being childlike. While the former borders on silliness and immaturity, the later talks about innocence and trustworthiness. 

Why do you think Jesus wants us to change and become like little children? Well, the answer is not farfetched;  children have some salient qualities that God wants us to cultivate.-

Little children are humble and never pretentious. God Himself resists the proud, so anyone with iota of pride in him cannot enter the kingdom. 1 Peter 5:5.

Children don't keep malice. When a child refused to play with you or talk to you just because you chided him or her yesterday, know that that person is no longer a child regardless of his age.

This is why 1 Corinthians 14:20  *Brethren, be not children in understanding: howbeit in malice be ye children, but in understanding be men.* Are you still a child at heart, or you have grown in the flesh that you now keep malice for days?

Generally,  children haven't learnt the works of the flesh( the fallen nature of man). This is why the kingdom of God is for children or child-like people. 


 *Bible  Reading :* 

Matthew 18:1-11.

 *PRAYER FOCUS* 

1.) Father God, I receive the grace to be converted and be a child at heart that yields to every nudging of the Holy Spirit. 
 

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