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Jun 30, 2021 · Ray Stedman sees Jesus’ blessing of the children as the Children’s Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights for Children if you please, that would be for children everywhere in the world. Jesus is highlighting little children as an object lesson of great spiritual significance.
“Believe me,” he said, “unless you change your whole outlook and become like little children you will never enter the kingdom of Heaven. It is the man who can be as humble as this little child who is greatest in the kingdom of Heaven.
Compared to adults of any age, children were powerless. The disciples had asked Jesus a question that came from their own disputes about who among them was the greatest. They wanted to know who would be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 18:4. Verse Concepts. Whoever then humbles himself as this child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Matthew 19:14. Verse Concepts. 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.”. Luke 18:16. Verse Concepts.
46 Bible Verses about emptiness. Most Relevant Verses. Isaiah 45:18. Verse Concepts. For thus says the Lord, who created the heavens (He is the God who formed the earth and made it, He established it and did not create it a waste place, but formed it to be inhabited), “I am the Lord, and there is none else. Habakkuk 2:14. Verse Concepts.
Jan 4, 2022 · The term kenosis refers to the doctrine of Christ’s “self-emptying” in His incarnation. The word comes from the Greek of Philippians 2:7, which says that Jesus “emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men” (ESV).
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Using the child in v2 as an illustration, Jesus says we are to be like children (v3) in our faith and whoever does so will be among the greatest in Heaven (v4). It seems uncontested that Jesus is referring to those who believe, regardless of age, should have a faith like a child.
