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Part of Children Day 101
The frailer parts of the Household Body have a particular significance. Paul writes, "These parts of the body that seem to be weaker are indispensable." Children have a particularly special place there. Though regarded in law as their parents' property, in the Household Body they are honored. Jesus' followers tried to discourage mothers from bringing their babies to him but he insisted on blessing them. His assertion rocked his listeners on their heels and challenges us too. "Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these."1
Jesus emphatically taught here, by word and action, that babies and children hold passports to the Kingdom of God. They do not have to qualify like adults but already possess full membership. Only when young people reach the age of discretion do they need to act on their Christian faith. Prior to that time, they are automatically part of God's Kingdom. Children are individuals rather than small versions of adults as far as evangelism is concerned.
1 Matthew 19.14.
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