Matthew 18 – verses 1-14
Who will be the greatest in Heaven? The disciples wanted to know who would be the head, next to Christ of course. To answer the question Jesus brings in a small child. He tells them unless one surrenders and believes like a child they cannot even enter heaven. The simple faith of a child is all it takes to bring salvation. A child quickly realizes their need for help, most of the time. Salvation – we cannot do it on our own. We need to repent and turn from self to Christ. Secondly we need to believe. Believe Jesus is God and He did die on the cross for the payment for my sins. That is salvation; it is by grace are we saved through faith and that not of ourselves. Have you believed?
I want you to know first Jesus is not talking totally about real children, but at the same time He is. Yes there is a message of treating children as a gift from God. But the real “children” here are newly converted Christians that need to be accepted into the body. Now on the other hand we do not want to offend or break the faith of a real child either. Christ said it is better to remove an eye than to let that eye bring you down to Hell. This is of course not meaning to pluck out your real eye but what your eye looks upon that hinders you from coming to Christ. Help bring the lost and then disciple the new ones in Christ. This is why Jesus has come.
Remove the obstacles so you can see Christ more clearly.
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