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NASB | Matthew 18:6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble, it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone hung around his neck, and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | Matthew 18:6 but whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to stumble and sin [by leading him away from My teaching], it would be better for him to have a heavy millstone [as large as one turned by a donkey] hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depth of the sea. [Mark 9:42; Luke 17:2] |
Subject: Do all little ones believe? |
Bible Note: Dear cwade I guess let me approach this from a different angle. What will ultimately condemn us or save us? Acts 4:11-12 He is the STONE WHICH WAS REJECTED by you, THE BUILDERS, but WHICH BECAME THE CHIEF CORNER stone. And there is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men by which we must be saved. John 3:16-18 For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. He who believes in Him is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. You see the way I see things is God love the world so much that he gave his son to pardon all our sins. To me the thing that condemns us is not that we have done something wrong, but that we have rejected God and His sacrifice for our sin. Every person that I see in the New and Old Testament was judged by did they believe and follow God not by whether or not they have sinned. Therefore I have to ask myself a questions: Does an infant or three year old or whom ever have the ability to reject the sacrifice Jesus made for them at Calvary. Now you might say, “Well I know some three year olds who have accepted Jesus.” I feel what they have accepted is what there parents have said about Jesus, which is very important. What I saying is I knew of Jesus when I was a child, believe I Jesus, and the molded decisions I later made. However I personal feel I was much older before I understood who Jesus was, what He did for me, and then made the decision to take up my cross and follow Him. Peace to you my brother. |