Our Lives

Matthew 18:5-6 says, "And whoever welcomes a little child like this in My name welcomes Me. 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." NIV

It has been said that every child would come to faith in Jesus if it weren't for an adult blocking the way.  How sad when parents live lives that exclude an introduction to Jesus.  Of course, it's hard for a parent who doesn't know Jesus, to introduce their child to someone they themselves don't know.

This verse is talking about so much more then that.  It's talking about those who raises their children in the church but live lives contrary to God's Word.  The children aren't fooled and neither is the Lord.  Do we ever consider the impact of our lives on those around us?

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