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Christ repeated this same principle when He said:
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Verily I say unto you, w:nosoever shall not receive
the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter
therein....
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(Mark 10:13-16). It is the mature, converted
Christian who humbles himself as a little child, keeps
God
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s
commandments and acquires God
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scharacter after a lifetime of
experience, who has a right to eternal life in the family of
God and enters into the gates of the eternal city (Rev. 22:14).
God's great purpose is that we learn the value of
His ways through experience and trial and test and even
suffering. Even Christ, "Though he were a Son, yet learned
he obedience by the things which he suffered
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(Heb.
5:8).
Before giving us eternal l.if'e, with_ all of its powers and
responsibilities, God intends that we learn obedience to His
law
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the right and- happy way of life.
Little children have not had the opportunity for
this spiritual growth. They were born mortal and have had
no eternal life in them because they did not receive the
Spirit, or life, of God which imparts--eternal .life. "But
if the
Spiri~
of him that raised up Jesus from the dead
dwell · in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall
also quicken your mortal bodies
by
his Spirit that dwelleth
in you
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(Rom. 8:11). Little children die without having
been begotten
by
this Spirit, or life, of God.
We read that
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God is no respecter of persons
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(Acts 10:34). Yet, He permits many little children to die
without knowing the truth. Therefore, he would have to
raise them from the dead and give them their first and only
opportunity to gain eternal life!
All people -- young or old -- who have died
in
ignorance of God's laws and ways will be given their
opportunity for salvation. This is the Great White Throne
Judgment described in Revelation 20:12-13.
If Y.9U do not
un~~rstand
thi_s encouraging truth
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then write immediately for the article "Is This the Only
Day of Salvation?" which fully explains the subject.
God deals fairly and equally with every person.
He does not have the hurried and confusing way of "saving"
people that misguided preachers have imagined. We need
time to "grow in grace and knowledge." Everyone
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including
little children
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needs character-development which comes
before we inherit the precious gift of eternal life.
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