First of all, I want to talk to anyone who can’t quite grasp ‘tomorrow’, the tomorrow that is to come when the curtain falls on the beautiful but ghastly world of today, filled with hate, violence and… well I’ll let you fill in the blanks.
The promised world of tomorrow will be filled with love and a beautiful, never ending future. If you can’t quite see yourself in this tomorrow then you are over-thinking God’s plan, step back a bit and see a clearer picture. Don’t over-think it, don’t be too ‘learned’ don’t be too wise for your own good, don’t make a simple message complex just because you think such promises must be complex because surely it can’t be that simple!
Don’t out-think the scriptures, consider who generated all those promises. Look at…Luke 10: 21 At that time Jesus, full of joy through the Holy Spirit, said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. Does anyone think he actually meant little children??? Of course not. John 13: 31. When he (Judas) was gone, Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man is glorified and God is glorified in him. 32 If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once. 33 “My children, I will be with you only a little longer. Who is he talking to??
‘You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come’.
“MY CHILDREN”!!! THE DISCIPLES.. YOU!
We parents have to explain to our children all kinds of things in their early lives and they take our word that these things are right albeit naively. The point is, they trust us and believe us and we, now adults, should trust and believe the word of God in the same way, that is why Jesus uses the analogy “children”.
Matt 18: 18 At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who, then, is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” 2 He called a little child to him, and placed the child among them. (This time, a real child)3 And he said: “Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 Therefore, whoever humbles himself like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 5 And whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me. Various bible versions phrase this slightly differently. 6 “If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me—to stumble... LET’S PAUSE RIGHT THERE … "THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN ME".
THAT’S YOU…HE IS NOT TALKING ABOUT ACTUAL LITTLE CHILDREN IS HE??? If anyone causes one of these little ones—those who believe in me to stumble, it would be better for them to have a large millstone hung around their neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
Matt 11: 25 At that time Jesus said, “I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children. 26 Yes, Father, for this is what you were pleased to do.
Mark 10: 14 He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15 Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” In other words, don’t argue with your father who does know best, don’t over-think it, don’t outthink yourself because His message really is simple and unless you accept that there really is a God who does not lie, accept what Jesus taught us, he does not lie (why would he?) then you my friend are on the outside of the sheepfold looking in!
