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  WE MUST RECEIVE THE KINGDOM AS LITTLE CHILDREN
  by Andrew Murray
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Summary: To enter the Kingdom fully and entirely, we must become like
little children, approaching it with simplicity, trustfulness, and
gladness.

Topics: "Childlike Faith", "Humility"
Scripture References: Matthew 11:25, Matthew 18:3, Mark 10:15, Luke 18:17, John 3:3, Romans 8:15, Galatians 4:6, Philippians 4:13, James 4:10, 1 Peter 2:2

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Andrew Murray emphasizes the necessity of receiving the Kingdom of God
with the simplicity and trust of a little child. Just as the Prince of
Wales inherits his kingdom by birth, we must be spiritually reborn by
the Holy Spirit to embrace the Kingdom with a childlike heart. Murray
points out the difficulty for adults, burdened by their own wisdom and
strength, to adopt such humility and trust, yet he reassures that with
God, all things are possible. He calls believers to let go of self-
reliance and embrace the Kingdom in faith and gladness, just as a child
would.

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How did the Prince of Wales become heir to the throne of England? He
received the kingdom by his birth as a little child. He was born to it.
In a similar way we must be born by the Holy Spirit into the simplicity
of heart which will receive the Kingdom as a little child would. When a
child receives a kingdom, it does so as a feeble, helpless little thing.
As it grows up and begins to understand what it will inherit, it does so
in simple trustfulness and gladness. Jesus calls us to become little
children and to receive the kingdom in just such a way.

Oh, how hard it is for men and women, with their wisdom, their strength,
their will, with all the power of self, to become like little children!
It is impossible. And yet without this we cannot enter the Kingdom and
its heavenly life. We can know about the Kingdom, we may taste some of
its powers, we may work for it and often rejoice in it, but we cannot
enter into it fully and entirely until we become like little children.
And with men this is impossible. But with God all things are possible.

(Excerpted from Christ is All, pg. 38)

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