2016-07-10: Luke-The Investigative Gospel – Let The Little Children Come To Me

Sermon Audio: Let The Little Children Come To Me
Speaker: Pastor Val Watkins
Scripture Text: Luke 18:15-17
Duration: 17:41
Size: 8.10 MB

Luke-The Investigative Gospel
Let The Little Children Come To Me
Luke 18:15-17

Jesus wanted people to understand how to enter into heaven.

And so the right approach is to believe that we can gain access into heaven only by the merits, the good works, and the righteousness of Jesus.

I. The Disciples Rebuke the Parents

Jesus thoroughly enjoyed his interaction with the children and he loved to bless them.

It is one of the loveliest things in all the gospel story that Jesus had time for the children even when he was on the way to Jerusalem to die.

II. The Savior Receives the Children

A. Jesus Allows the Children to Come to Him.

Children are able to enter into the kingdom of God, and we should never them from entering the kingdom of God.

Every born-again child of God is completely and totally helpless and dependent.

B. Jesus Compares the Reception of the Kingdom to a Child’s Attitude.

1. Unmitigated Trust
They believe in Jesus, but it is more than a mind-belief – they trust Jesus for everything to do with salvation and life.

2. Untutored Humility
Because children have not developed the pride of adulthood, they readily repent.

3. Untarnished Receptivity
The soul that receives the kingdom is grace-oriented. It is open to the unmerited favor of God.

4. Unabashed Love
Unabashed love is the province of those who receive the kingdom as little children.