“In the same way your Father in heaven is not willing that any of these little
ones should perish.”
ones should perish.”
Matthew 18:14 (NIV)
What a wonderful image of Christians gathered in community!
We are a group of ‘little ones’ – toddlers if you will.
- in order to become a Christian we must become a little child
- the greatest in Christ’s kingdom is the one who takes this lowly position of child
- we are to welcome each one who believes in Christ as a fellow little child
- we are not to despise little ones
- our Father in heaven is not willing to lose any of His little ones
And our Father wants our help – so each of us little ones is to look after the other little ones by showing them their sin, privately.
Many of us see Matthew 18:15-20 as instructions to church leaders and yet a simple reading through Matthew 18 shows us that we all bear responsibility before our Father in heaven to do what we can to keep the little ones in our community/ our church/ our assembly and not only that but to forgive from our heart any little one who has sinned against us.
This is a Heavenly Father’s instruction to His little children about how to treat one another while here on earth, still engaged in a struggle against sin.
The best part of all- is our Lord’s promise to be with us even if there are only 2 or 3 of us little ones gathered together. That He would promise His Presence among so few, reveals the humble heart of our Lord and His great love for each of us.
Would church leaders spend this time with 2 or 3?
May we have His humble heart and His great love for each one of us at Parkdale.
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