Unless You Become a Child (Johann Christoph Arnold)
Children meant everything to Jesus. When his disciples quarreled as to who was the greatest, he put a child in their midst and said, “Unless you become like one of these little ones you cannot enter the kingdom of heaven.” And Isaiah, speaking of that same kingdom, said, “The lion and the lamb shall lie down peacefully together, and a little child shall lead them.”
Peace Forever,
Firacub.
posted by firacub @ 3/21/2005 05:51:00 AM
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2 Comments:
My only concern is that this verse gets twisted to meet an agenda whereby people are 'dumbed down,' and have their rights to intelligence and free thought suppressed. I don't believe that Jesus mean for this to be taken literally, but rather he was referring to a level of reverence, not for human authority, but for God alone.
My only concern is that this verse gets twisted to meet an agenda whereby people are 'dumbed down,' and have their rights to intelligence and free thought suppressed, in the name of 'becoming children.' I don't believe that Jesus meant for this to be taken literally. I believe that, in this context, with respect to children, he was referring to a level of respect and reverence, not for human authority, but for God alone.
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