TRUTH - JESUS LOVES THE LITTLE CHILDREN (3 OF 4)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: Luke 18:15-17
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Truth - Jesus Loves The Little Children (3 of 4)
Series: Collide With The World
Jeff Strite
Luke 18:15-17
The passage I read this morning is intriguing. The story is recorded here in Luke as well as in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark. And what I find interesting is that there's this contrast between the views of the disciples... and Jesus.
There's this group of parents who are bringing "infants" to Jesus for Him to bless them and the disciples are annoyed. How dare these parents bother Jesus this way, don't they know that He's a busy man? He has more important things to do than to be bothered by children. And so they rebuke the parents and essentially say "go away, and take their brats somewhere else."
And you can almost hear Jesus say: "What is the deal? Why are sending these children away?" "Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."
There's an old Gospel hymn that says
"Jesus loves the little children, all the little children of the world.
Red and yellow, black and white they are precious in His sight.
Jesus loves the little children of the world."
That's how God thinks. He loves children!
But now there's always been a contrast between the views of man and views of God when it comes to children. In much of world history, children have been seen as having little value. They were even seen as being "disposable" by various cultures.
For example: the pagan nations around the nation of Israel worshipped a god named Molech. He was an EVIL god who demanded the sacrifice of children to appease him. And that's what 1000s of these pagans would. They would even offer their children as "foundation sacrifices" for their new homes - after offering them up to their god they would embed the child in the walls to "bring them luck."
This is one of the major reasons Go ...
Series: Collide With The World
Jeff Strite
Luke 18:15-17
The passage I read this morning is intriguing. The story is recorded here in Luke as well as in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark. And what I find interesting is that there's this contrast between the views of the disciples... and Jesus.
There's this group of parents who are bringing "infants" to Jesus for Him to bless them and the disciples are annoyed. How dare these parents bother Jesus this way, don't they know that He's a busy man? He has more important things to do than to be bothered by children. And so they rebuke the parents and essentially say "go away, and take their brats somewhere else."
And you can almost hear Jesus say: "What is the deal? Why are sending these children away?" "Let the children come to me, and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God. Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it."
There's an old Gospel hymn that says
"Jesus loves the little children, all the little children of the world.
Red and yellow, black and white they are precious in His sight.
Jesus loves the little children of the world."
That's how God thinks. He loves children!
But now there's always been a contrast between the views of man and views of God when it comes to children. In much of world history, children have been seen as having little value. They were even seen as being "disposable" by various cultures.
For example: the pagan nations around the nation of Israel worshipped a god named Molech. He was an EVIL god who demanded the sacrifice of children to appease him. And that's what 1000s of these pagans would. They would even offer their children as "foundation sacrifices" for their new homes - after offering them up to their god they would embed the child in the walls to "bring them luck."
This is one of the major reasons Go ...
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