MATTHEW 18:3

TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN

MATTHEW 18:3

And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.

MEDITATION:

CONVERTED MEANS TO REPENT FROM ONE'S SINFULNESS, ACCEPT GOD'S WORD IN FAITH, AND BE BAPTIZED IN ACCORDANCE TO CHRIST'S TEACHINGS...

BECOME AS LITTLE CHILDREN IS TO EMBRACE THE POSITIVE QUALITIES THAT CHILDREN HAS AND ADOPT IT IN OURSELVES: SOME OF THESE QUALITIES ARE:

THE INNOCENCE AND PURITY OF CHILDREN

CHILDREN TEND TO FORGIVE AND FORGET WRONGDOINGS

CHILDREN TRUST THEIR PARENTS SOLIDLY

THE FAITH OF CHILDREN IS UNWAVERING IN THEIR PURE STATE

THEY LOVE READILY

THEY TRUST READILY

THEY HOPE FOR A BETTER TOMORROW

THEY ENDURE THE CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND TRY TO FIND THE POSITIVE ASPECTS OF THE CONDITIONS THEY ARE IN

THEY FOLLOW WHAT THEIR ELDERS TEACH

THEY APPRECIATE THE KINDNESS RENDERED TO THEM

THEY FOLLOW WHAT THEY ARE TOLD AND FOLLOW BY EXAMPLE.

THEIR HEARTS ARE NOT HARDENED

THESE ARE THE POSITIVE QUALITIES I HAVE OBSERVED IN CHILDREN THAT I CAME ACROSS WITH IN MY LIFE, AND BECAME LIVING EXAMPLES OF WHAT POSITIVE TRAITS TO ADOPT FROM CHILDREN.

SUCH POSITIVE TRAITS ARE NECESSARY IF WE SEEK ADMITTANCE IN GOD'S KINGDOM.

AS A CHILD OF GOD, WE ADOPT THE POSITIVE VIRTUES THAT IS INNATE IN CHILDREN AND APPLY THIS IN OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD.

THEREFORE, AS CHILDREN, WE ADOPT UNWAVERING FAITH IN GOD, HOPE IN GOD, AND LOVE OF GOD... WE TRUST GOD COMPLETELY...

WE FOLLOW THE TEACHINGS OF GOD AS A CHILD FOLLOWS THEIR PARENTS IN THE PURE STATE.

AS GOD'S CHILDREN, WE TRY TO FIND IN OUR LIVES THE POSITIVE ASPECTS AND THE BLESSINGS GOD GAVE US.

AS GOD'S CHILDREN, WE DO NOT INCLINE OUR HEART TO EVIL BUT INCLINE OUR HEART TO GOOD.

THERE ARE MANY MORE POSITIVE TRAITS IN CHILDREN...

WHEN YOU FIND ONE, APPLY IT IN ONE'S LIFE...

WE CAN LEARN FROM THEM POSITIVE VALUES IF ONE ONLY SEARCH FOR THEM.

LINK VERSES:

MATTHEW 19:14

But Jesus said, "Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."

MARK 10:15

"Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all."


LUKE 18:17

Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all."


1 CORINTHIANS 14:20

Brethren, do not be children in your thinking;
yet in evil be infants, but in your thinking be mature.


1 PETER 2:2

like newborn babies, long for the pure milk of the word,
so that by it you may grow in respect to salvation,

TO GOD BE THE GLORY FOREVER AND EVER. AMEN.