Let The Children Come....

Jesus said, 

"Let the little children come to me, 

and do not hinder them, 

for the kingdom of heaven 

belongs to such as these."

Matthew 19:14

The back story to this verse goes like this:

I can just imagine the disciples as they felt 

so self important traveling with Jesus.

He had many people to see and  work to do and yet

people kept bringing children to see Him.

The disciples response was to try to keep

Jesus from being bothered by the young ones.

But Jesus reacted this way...

People were bringing little children to Jesus 

to have him touch them, 

but the disciples rebuked them.

When Jesus saw this,

he was indignant. 

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.

 Mark 10: 13,14

We must never discount the ability of a child

to understand and receive the gift of salvation.