The Deaf Devo from The Deaf Missions in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States "Children (2)" Bible Reading: Matthew 18:1-7 for Friday, 12 August 2016Matthew 18:1 At that moment the talmidim came to Yeshua and asked, “Who is the greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven?” 2 He called a child to him, stood him among them, 3 and said, “Yes! I tell you that unless you change and become like little children, you won’t even enter the Kingdom of Heaven! 4 So the greatest in the Kingdom is whoever makes himself as humble as this child. 5 Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me; 6 and whoever ensnares one of these little ones who trust me, it would be better for him to have a millstone hung around his neck and be drowned in the open sea! 7 Woe to the world because of snares! For there must be snares, but woe to the person who sets the snare!
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We will continue today to talk about children.Some people in Bible times thought that children were not very important. But in our Bible Reading today, Jesus used a little child to teach His followers about God's kingdom.
Verses 2 and 3 tell us that "Jesus called a little child to come to him. He stood the child in front of the followers. Then he said, 'The truth is, you must change your thinking and become like little children. If you don't do this, you will never enter God's kingdom.'" Children are good examples for Christians. Why? Because children are humble, loving and trusting.
Jesus knew the hearts of His followers. Some of them were not humble and loving. They were filled with pride and hate. Jesus wanted His followers to understand that they needed to change so they could be part of God's kingdom.
I hope you will be humble, loving and trusting like a child today.[PD]
"The greatest person in God's kingdom is the one who makes himself humble like this child."[Matthew 18:4]
PRAYER: Dear Heavenly Father, please forgive me and help me be humble as I serve You each day. In Jesus' name. Amen.
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