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Be humble like a child for theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven. Matthew 18:4 What do Jesus mean by that ? Little children are simple minded and are innocent people. They do not have schemes to cheat or lied or even hurt others intentionally. Unlike we adults, who have knoweldge of good and evil are living on worldly things - materialistic and boastful of what we are when we are not and trying to out-do others. In Matthew 18, Jesus taught us that we have to humble ourselves and be as innocent as little children. We all have an obligation and that is to live as what the Lord God command us to.



By: Kathleen Terado
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BEFRIENDING AND PROMOTING THE LOWLY
I THINK JESUS IS TEACHING US, TO CONSIDER ALL OTHERS BEFORE OURSELVES, NOT TO JUDGE ANY, TO REMAIN INNOCENT, AND TO MOVE AWAY FROM OUR COMFORT ZONES.



By: LYNDA CHISHOLM
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FACE OF JESUS
HERE I FEEL JESUS IS SAYING DO NOT TRY TO IMPRESS OTHERS OF LIKE MEANS FOR SELF GRATIFICATION IN THIS WORLD. BUT SHARE ALL YOU HAVE TO HELP THE SUFFERING, AND THIS WAY IS THE ONLY WAY FOR SALVATION. WE DO NOT REALISE THAT THE GIFTS OF KNOWLEDGE WE RECEIVE AND OUR CARREERS ARE SENT BY GOD. WE THINK THAT WE DO IT ON OUR OWN. WE ARE TO BE LIKE THE INNOCENT CHILDREN AND HUMBLE IN OUR DOINGS. FOR IF WE LOOK ALL WHO ARE IN NEED ARE FACES OF JESUS.



By: LYNDA CHISHOLM
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Jesus and the poor

This is an extensive and excellent article. The piece examines Jesus` relationship and attitude towards the poor, and also examines who the poor are.


URL: http://www.goodnewsunlimited.org/magazine/mag1205.pdf

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Who did Jesus reach out to?

This is a transcript of a sermon. This sermon emphasizes how Jesus made it a point to reach out to the outcasts and the lonely people of life.


URL: http://www.pbc.org/library/files/html/matt04.html

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Now all the tax-gatherers and the sinners were coming near Him to listen to Him. And both the Pharisees and the scribes began to grumble, saying, "This man receives sinners and eats with them." ( Luke 15:1-2)

Then some children were brought to Him so that He might lay His hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, "Let the children alone, and do not hinder them from coming to Me; for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." ( Matthew 19:13-14)

He called the twelve and said to them, "If any one wants to be first, he shall be last of all and servant of all." And taking a child , He stood him in the midst of them; and taking him in His arms, He said to them, "Whoever receives one child like this in My name is receiving Me; and whoever receives Me is not receiving Me, but Him who sent Me." ( Mark 9:35-37)

And He sat down opposite the treasury, and began observing how the multitude were putting money into the treasury; and many rich people were putting in large sums. And a poor widow came and put in two small copper coins, which amount to a cent. And calling His disciples to Him, He said to them, "Truly I say to you, this poor widow put in more than all the contributors to the treasury; for they all put in out of their surplus, but she, out of her poverty, put in all she owned, all she had to live on." ( Mark 12:41-44)

There came a woman of Samaria to draw water. Jesus said to her, "Give Me a drink." For His disciples had gone away into the city to buy food. The Samaritan woman therefore said to Him, ‘How is it that You, being a Jew, ask me for a drink since I am a Samaritan woman?" (For Jews have no dealings with Samaritans.) ( John 4:7-9)

And it came about when He went into the house of one of the leaders of the Pharisees on the Sabbath to eat bread, that they were watching Him closely…And he went on to say to the one who had invited Him, "When you give a luncheon or a dinner, do not invite your friends or your brothers or your relatives or rich neighbors, lest they also invite you in return, and repayment come to you. But when you give a reception, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, and you will be blessed, since they do not have the means to repay you, for you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous." ( Luke :-1-:1)


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