Becoming a Child, Not Having to Pretend
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bible Verses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mark 10:13 And they brought little children to Him so that
He might touch them, but the disciples rebuked them. 14 But
Jesus, seeing it, was indignant and said to them, Allow the
little children to come to Me. Do not forbid them, for of
such is the kingdom of God. 15 Truly I say to you, whoever
does not receive the kingdom of God like a little child shall
by no means enter into it.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Many people do not realize how much they make pretensions and
imitations before men. Many [religious] people seem to have
burnt-up earthen vessels; they appear unnatural to others and
give others an uneasy feeling. No one can remain in their
presence for more than three minutes. Some act in such a way
that even their voices change and their speaking becomes
different. None of these outward pretensions will accomplish
anything.
The goal of Christ's salvation is to manifest Christ before
men. It is to present the Lord within to others. We are not
drawing others' attention to the earthen vessels [ourselves].
If we do this, it will only damage ourselves. We are drawing
others' attention to the Christ within us. Only He is the
treasure. When the Son of Man came, He ate and drank (Matt.
11:19), but the principle some practice today is not to eat
or drink. Man always thinks that in order to be spiritual, he
has to be somewhat extraordinary or mysterious.
In the Gospels, the Lord taught the disciples to turn and
become as little children (Matt. 18:3; Mark 10:15; Luke
18:17). A child never pretends. We should never pretend to be
what we are not. All pretending Christians are those who cry
for help in private. They say to themselves, "What a
suffering and burden it is to be a Christian!" Even
bystanders would feel sorry for them. God does not want us to
be this kind of Christian. A Christian is not one who forces
himself to behave in a certain kind of way.
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(c) Living Stream Ministry. Bible verses are taken from the
Recovery Version of the Bible and Words of Ministry from
Messages Given During the Resumption of Watchman Nee's
Ministry, Chapter 49, Section 2. Both are published by Living
Stream Ministry, Anaheim, CA
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