Let the Little Children Come

I believe that these verses show us the loving heart of our Lord Jesus Christ. They show us not only His attitude then, but they show us His attitude now, toward all the little children who want to know more about Him and the way to eternal life. This text is not just speaking about Jesus' love for the little children of righteous parents, or Jewish parents, or Christian parents. This text is much more generic than that. I believe that it is saying that Jesus has a love for all little children, in general. We are, of course, speaking of this in terms of His willingness to receive any little child to Himself; a child who wants to know more about Him; what He is like, and what He can do for them in terms of His grace. God is not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 2: 9) There are 3 truths, then, that we need to consider this morning in relation to ourselves and little children. 1st - It is a very good thing when parents attempt to bring their children to Christ. 2nd – It is very displeasing to the Lord Jesus when both parents and little children are hindered from coming to Him. And 3rd – We want to see that the blessing of the Lord Jesus upon the lives of little children is what will turn them in the right and God-honoring direction in their lives, so that they might be useful servants of His all their days.