Matthew 18:5-6 – 5 “And whoever welcomes a little child like this in my name welcomes me. 6 But if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.
Do you believe the Bible is the Word of God? Do you believe these are the words of Jesus?
I do.
To cause a young mind and little child to not know Jesus or tries to get them further away from Jesus, has a stern warning.
“It would be better for him to have a large millstone hung around his neck and to be drowned in the depths of the sea.”
The first thing that echoes through my mind is the people that want their children to be whatever it is they want to be. Hmmm, that’s not what Jesus appears to be saying. It looks like he is saying whoever welcomes a little child in HIS NAME welcomes Him. That sounds like a blessing. Not only for the person who welcomes the child to Jesus, but for the child themselves.
On the flip side to encourage them not to seek Jesus, help them to stay away, or cause them to sin, sounds bad. It needs to be taken seriously. If one believes the Word of God, they need to make it a point to help reach the youth and their own children to know Jesus.
To say it would be better to be drowned at sea, is to say Hell is not a good place. We’ll be talking more on that Monday.