Truth Revealed Through Children
"And they were bringing children to Him so that He might touch them; but the disciples rebuked them. But when Jesus saw this, He was indignant and said to them, "Permit the children to come to Me; do not hinder them; for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. "Truly I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child will not enter it at all." And He took them in His arms and began blessing them, laying His hands on them." Mark 10:13-16
Tonight at church we had a class where we teach our kids the foundations of faith. One of our children's pastors teaches about Adam and Eve and sin, and Romans 3:23 and then explains God's plan through Jesus, and then leads the kids in a prayer if they want to accept Christ. Well after that, they give the parents a chance to have some one-on-one time with their kids to make sure they understand salvation and Jesus and all of that. Well during this time, my fellow pastors and I are walking around answering questions that any children might have.
One child raises his hand and I walk up to him and kneel down next to him and he asks me, "Where did God come from?"
I responded, "That's a great question. Now this might be difficult to understand, but, God has always been. He has no beginning and no end, so he's always been around."
And obviously he didn't understand that b/c I don't even understand. It's unfathomable that God doesn't have a beginning and an end. So realizing that he didn't understand I thought that I'd make the point that God is so big and so great that there are some things about Him that we'll never understand. So I said, "Do you have any ants in your yard?"
"Yes."
"What if you went up to one of those ants, and you wanted to explain to it how a computer works. Do you think that ant could understand?"
"I'd have to become an ant to explain that to him!" he yelled out loud!
And I just sat there and went, "Wow! That is exactly right!" He couldn't of said it any better, and pitched it right down the middle for me to say, "That's exactly what God did for us. God is smarter than anything else EVER! And b/c he wanted to tell us how much he loved use, he sent his son Jesus to tell us, so that we could understand his love for us."
I was trying to teach him that God is mysterious, and he was unintentionally, and ever so brilliantly, reminding me that...
"And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth." John 1:14
that...
"For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich." 2 Corinthians 8:9
that...
"Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross." Philippians 2:8
What a great God we serve that he would humble himself and become like an ant, just to tell us that He loves us and He paid the price for our ridiculousness lives and selfish sin, so that our relationship with Him could be restored once again!
He demands and deserves nothing less than our lives!
Tonight at church we had a class where we teach our kids the foundations of faith. One of our children's pastors teaches about Adam and Eve and sin, and Romans 3:23 and then explains God's plan through Jesus, and then leads the kids in a prayer if they want to accept Christ. Well after that, they give the parents a chance to have some one-on-one time with their kids to make sure they understand salvation and Jesus and all of that. Well during this time, my fellow pastors and I are walking around answering questions that any children might have.
One child raises his hand and I walk up to him and kneel down next to him and he asks me, "Where did God come from?"
I responded, "That's a great question. Now this might be difficult to understand, but, God has always been. He has no beginning and no end, so he's always been around."
And obviously he didn't understand that b/c I don't even understand. It's unfathomable that God doesn't have a beginning and an end. So realizing that he didn't understand I thought that I'd make the point that God is so big and so great that there are some things about Him that we'll never understand. So I said, "Do you have any ants in your yard?"
"Yes."
"What if you went up to one of those ants, and you wanted to explain to it how a computer works. Do you think that ant could understand?"
"I'd have to become an ant to explain that to him!" he yelled out loud!
And I just sat there and went, "Wow! That is exactly right!" He couldn't of said it any better, and pitched it right down the middle for me to say, "That's exactly what God did for us. God is smarter than anything else EVER! And b/c he wanted to tell us how much he loved use, he sent his son Jesus to tell us, so that we could understand his love for us."
I was trying to teach him that God is mysterious, and he was unintentionally, and ever so brilliantly, reminding me that...
"And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us, and we saw His glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father, full of grace and truth." John 1:14
that...
"For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sake He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich." 2 Corinthians 8:9
that...
"Being found in appearance as a man, He humbled Himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross." Philippians 2:8
What a great God we serve that he would humble himself and become like an ant, just to tell us that He loves us and He paid the price for our ridiculousness lives and selfish sin, so that our relationship with Him could be restored once again!
He demands and deserves nothing less than our lives!
Labels: Jesus
Amen!
Posted by
jamie b |
10:18 PM
sean - that is so awesome!!! Great kid... huh?! thanks for being so faithful to the gospel. keep on keeping on.
Posted by
heather young |
8:23 PM