Faith of a Little Child

 

Mat 18:1-11  At the same time came the disciples unto YHWSHUA, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?  (2)  And YHWSHUA called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them,  (3)  And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.  (4)  Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.  (5)  And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.  (6)  But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea.  (7)  Woe unto the world because of offenses! for it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense cometh!  (8)  Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.  (9)  And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.  (10)  Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.  (11)  For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.

 

Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? Who is deepest in the Kingdom? Who is most Spiritual?

 

Mat 20:26-28  But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister;  (27)  And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant:  (28)  Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

 

Mat 23:11  But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.

 

Mar 9:35-37  And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.  (36)  And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them,  (37)  Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me.

 

Luk 9:48  And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me: for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great.

 

Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven - If we truly want the Kingdom Living we need to become as a little child... totally dependant on YHWH and HIS Spirit... as opposed to our flesh.

 

Mat 13:15  For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

 

Humble himself as this little child - Put to death the flesh; depend totally on the Spiritual realm and YHWH's ways

 

Psa 131:1  A Song of degrees of David. YHWH, my heart is not haughty, nor mine eyes lofty: neither do I exercise myself in great matters, or in things too high for me.

 

Isa 57:15  For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Set Apart; I dwell in the high and Set Apart place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.

 

Luk 14:11  For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

 

Jas 4:10  Humble yourselves in the sight of YHWH, and he shall lift you up.

 

1Pe 5:5-7  Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for YHWH resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.  (6)  Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of YHWH, that he may exalt you in due time:  (7)  Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

 

Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them off, and cast them from thee - A euphemism meaning to put off the flesh!

 

Rom 3:20  ... no flesh shall be justified in his sight...

 

1Jn 2:16  For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.

 

Rom 6:19  I speak after the manner of men because of the infirmity of your flesh: for as ye have yielded your members servants to uncleanness and to iniquity unto iniquity; even so now yield your members servants to righteousness unto a Set Apart lifestyle.

 

Rom 8:4  That the righteousness of the law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. Rom 8:6  For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Rom 8:8  So then they that are in the flesh cannot please YHWH.

 

Col 2:11  In whom also ye are circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Messiah...

 

That which is lost - This relationship with the Father (See vs. 3)

 

Luk 15:11-32  And he said, A certain man had two sons:  (12)  And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.  (13)  And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.  (14)  And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.  (15)  And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.  (16)  And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat: and no man gave unto him.  (17)  And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!  (18)  I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,  (19)  And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.  (20)  And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.  (21)  And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.  (22)  But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:  (23)  And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:  (24)  For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.  (25)  Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing.  (26)  And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.  (27)  And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.  (28)  And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and entreated him.  (29)  And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:  (30)  But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.  (31)  And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.  (32)  It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.

 

Luk 18:15-17  And they brought unto him also infants, that he would touch them: but when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.  (16)  But YHWSHUA called them unto him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of YHWH.  (17)  Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of YHWH as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

 

Gal 4:19  My little children, of whom I travail in birth again until Messiah be formed in you,

 

1Jn 2:12-13  I write unto you, little children, because your sins are forgiven you for his name's sake.  (13)  I write unto you, fathers, because ye have known him that is from the beginning. I write unto you, young men, because ye have overcome the wicked one. I write unto you, little children, because ye have known the Father.

 

1Jn 2:26-29  These things have I written unto you concerning them that seduce you.  (27)  But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.  (28)  And now, little children, abide in him; that, when he shall appear, we may have confidence, and not be ashamed before him at his coming.  (29)  If ye know that he is righteous, ye know that every one that doeth righteousness is born of him.

 

1Jn 4:4  Ye are of YHWH, little children, and have overcome them: because greater is he that is in you, than he that is in the world.

 

Gal 3:26  For ye are all the children of YHWH by faith in Messiah YHWSHUA.

 

Knowing.. not Knowledge

 

So what does it mean to be as "Little Children" ?

 

It surely doesn't mean to be immature... argumentative... and undisciplined! We have too many that call themselves "Sons of YHWH" that act like children in that capacity!

 

Rather it means to be humble... Trusting in YHWH and in HIS power in our lives!

 

Heb 11:6  But without faith it is impossible to please him: for he that cometh to YHWH must believe that he is, and that he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.

 

Knowledge is only 1/2 way to the conclusion... The knowledge of and obedience to the Word of YHWH puts us in a place (if we heed) where YHWH can speak directly to us. This is HIS desire with HIS children.

 

Adam had this direct communication with YHWH... he could have had any question answered he could have ever needed to know... But instead he choose along with Chavah to do it through the division of the flesh (Knowledge of good and evil) and he gradually lost this direct communion with YHWH....

 

Gen 2:16-17  And YHWH Elohim commanded the man, saying, Of every tree of the garden thou mayest freely eat:  (17)  But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.

 

Gen 3:6  And when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasant to the eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did eat, and gave also unto her husband with her; and he did eat.

 

Gen 3:8-10  And they heard the voice of YHWH Elohim walking in the garden in the cool of the day: and Adam and his wife hid themselves from the presence of YHWH Elohim amongst the trees of the garden.  (9)  And YHWH Elohim called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?  (10)  And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself.

 

2Ti 3:15-17  And that from a child thou hast known the Set Apart Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Messiah YHWSHUA.  (16)  All Scripture is given by inspiration of YHWH, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:  (17)  That the man of YHWH may be perfect, thoroughly furnished unto all good works.

 

We stop short too often... We have all heard that inward voice from YHWH... but the cares of this world (and worldly knowledge gets in the way). YHWH speaks in our inward man.. but we override HIS directive with what we call "Common Sense"

 

Mar 4:19  And the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.

 

We need to learn how to listen in the Spirit realm instead of just dealing with circumstances in the natural!

 

Pro 2:2-5  So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding;  (3)  Yea, if thou criest after knowledge, and liftest up thy voice for understanding;  (4)  If thou seekest her as silver, and searchest for her as for hid treasures;  (5)  Then shalt thou understand the fear of YHWH, and find the knowledge of Elohim.

 

Pro 4:5-7  Get wisdom, get understanding: forget it not; neither decline from the words of my mouth.  (6)  Forsake her not, and she shall preserve thee: love her, and she shall keep thee.  (7)  Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding.

 

Isa 11:1-9  And there shall come forth a rod out of the stem of Jesse, and a Branch shall grow out of his roots:  (2)  And the spirit of YHWH shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of YHWH;  (3)  And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of YHWH: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:  (4)  But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.  (5)  And righteousness shall be the girdle of his loins, and faithfulness the girdle of his reins.  (6)  The wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion and the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them.  (7)  And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox.  (8)  And the sucking child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den.  (9)  They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my Set Apart mountain: for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of YHWH, as the waters cover the sea.

 

Rom 7:22  For I delight in the law of YHWH after the inward man:

 

2Co 4:16  For which cause we faint not; but though our outward man perish, yet the inward man is renewed day by day.

 

Rom 2:28-29  For he is not a Jew, which is one outwardly; neither is that circumcision, which is outward in the flesh:  (29)  But he is a Jew, which is one inwardly; and circumcision is that of the heart, in the spirit, and not in the letter; whose praise is not of men, but of YHWH.

 

Eph 3:16-19  That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man;  (17)  That Messiah may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,  (18)  May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;  (19)  And to know the love of Messiah, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of YHWH.

 

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