Childlike faith
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Oh boy, you shouldn't have done this now I am going to go on a rant on child like faith.
Child like faith is something that i find quite amazing. here is my description of a child like faith. you see the father sees us as his children and the relationship he wants is like that of a tender innocent child in the arms of a strong and loving father. I can imagine a small sweet child(us) cuddling in the arms of a strong and loving father( God) and the child falls asleep very happily in his arms and as the father looks down on his beautiful child a tear of love rolls down his face.
strange how I see things huh? to me have such a deep and tender love between you and the father is what it means to have great faith, because this is how he wants us to be. believe it or not even though he is an all powerful God who should be feared he is actually very tender and loving towards us, believe me when I say he wants to hold us in his strong and loving arms and never let go.
I think it is relying on God like a child relies on a perfect and good parent. Accepts correction, looks to Him to provide, and worries about nothing while under His care knowing that everything He does and has planned is the right thing for them.
I like each answer, I will read each again and savor them. Something I have noticed about accepting scripture with childlike faith is to simply accept it as coming from God. Don't use it as a base for using complicated reasoning, don't add to it with "if this is so and that is so of course this added thing that I think of must also be so. And don't forget when God says one thing it doesn't cancel out all the other instructions God gives. When Dad says shut the door that doesn't mean you can never open it to go in for dinner. When our Father says we are not under law for Christ will forgive us, it does not mean we are never to read and try to obey the law in scripture. We are to be like a child.
We do that with the story of creation. We use it as a story of how to or of time lines. A child says Oh! God created us.
We do that with the story of creation. We use it as a story of how to or of time lines. A child says Oh! God created us.
Children do not worry about if a person is a Christian or a Muslim. They are totally at the will of adults. They eat what the parents feed them.
I'd like to add to this: A child like faith is being totally dependent on mom and dad. A Man must also be totally dependent on our Father in heaven. To have this faith we must not try to depend on our selves but on God.
When that baby cries cause his\her little tummy is empty that child is showing faith: Faith, the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. That baby is hoping mama will feed it. The baby gets fed and the babies faith grows. The baby learned real fast like God speed that crying gets problems fixed. We cry to the Father and our faith knows God is there to pick us up in His loving arms.
And one more thing which is scriptual:
All children are born of flesh and spirit making them a living soul. That spirit part has that measure of faith God gives every one at conception. It's the life in us, it keeps the heart beating and the lungs breathing. Jesus said, "suffer the little one's to come onto me and forbid them not for of such is the kingdom of God." He is saying bring them to him, get them baptized by water and Holy Spirit so that the Holy Spirit can work in their hearts and build the childs faith in God and not in man. Who has the right to say the Spirit can't do that. Why does Jesus say Their (the childs) gardian Angels always behold the Face of God. And why did he say woe unto those that offend (try to stop the relationship) of one of these (Gods children) little ones, for it would be better to put a millstone around those offenders neck and be cast into the sea
It's faith without any doubt at all. The human understandings and our sinful life that we were taught and which we had gained overtime has snatched away the belief of the spiritual universe and which if we don't see it, and which we doubt that it exist.
Matthew 13:19When anyone hears the message about the kingdom and does not understand it, the evil one comes and snatches away what was sown in their heart. This is the seed sown along the path.
Matthew 13:15For this people’s heart has become calloused; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts and turn, and I would heal them.’
John 6:36But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe.
John 20:29Then Jesus told him, “Because you have seen me, you have believed; blessed are those who have not seen and yet have believed.”
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reject-tech
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Just remember how it was when you were a child.
And, these are the "former works" mentioned in revelation 2
And, these are the "former works" mentioned in revelation 2
I agree with this. We can look at our children as their minds develop and see how they are awestruck and in wonder of things that they can understand in their simplest and most basic forms. They don't need long complex explanations, and they are always curious. I notice in my son, and in a lot of children, that they have this innate ability to judge and sense things, especially pertaining to morality that we tend to lose as we move into adulthood and start to complicate the most basic of things.
So I completely agree with you here about how this is a child-like faith and an innate ability that we all tend to lose due to immersion in the world and other factors. I think what it boils down to innocence and loss of that as we are corrupted in our teenage and adult years.
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Grey
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All faith should be voluntary, so typically instructing children that this is the absolute truth and squashing all alternatives isn't too good.
Aren't they shown many viewpoints through music, movies, school, etc? They are presented with a kaleidoscope of worldviews from a young age all telling them theirs is right.
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Grey
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There's quite a few homeschooled kids out there, not to mention what your parents say in early childhood before school, pop music, movies, has a much larger impact and longer lasting one.
I don't see many parents (at least self professed religious ones) telling their kids to utilize their own will in choosing a religion, more so 'this is right' and you will burn in such and such if you choose otherwise.
I agree with you to an extent there. With my son, I don't impose anything on him. He sits in and listens to my bible studies sometimes. He has his own kids bible he reads sometimes. He learns what the bible says in an objective way. I don't terrify him with stories of burning in hell, although he knows hell exists. I compete with school teaching him evolution, movies teaching him about magic and occult things, music teaching him about sexual immorality and self-worship.
Really though, our right as parents allows us to teach our kids what we feel is truth. It's not a brainwashing tactic. It's not abusive or wrong in any way. It's simply teaching them what we know. The world overpowers what we teach in most cases. I grew up in a semi-Christian home with limited access to biblical teachings. I knew the Gospel. My parents let me make my own choices and it led me nearly to destruction.
The bible teaches us that faith comes from hearing the Word, not by imposing our wills on others, and I think the same is true for our children. Solomon tells us that if we teach our kids moral fundamentals from childhood, they won't depart from that, which also reinforces your point, but mine as well. I agree that kids will live what they learn in a lot of cases, but any who have heard the true Gospel, it has a way of coming back to them when they need it the most and it tears down all the other views they've been taught. I've seen this true for kids who grew up with very minimal knowledge of the Gospel, including myself.
I firmly believe that faith that is generated by hearing the Gospel is much more powerful than faith we can put in anything else. I know many people in the world won't agree with that, but it's something I do believe in.
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Grey
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So how have you mentioned other religions? I know parenting is a tough job and that everyone has religious inclinations and the best in mind for their children, and by no means is there a concrete set of right and wrong in parenting, but its an important subject. Every child looks to their parent for religious knowledge, and around the world parents of all religions teach their respective religion to be true. Everyone thinks what they hold true, well, to be the truth.
Children are so trusting......
Kids believe in Santa Claus because they are told of him from an early age. It is much like kids believing in the tooth fairy or Easter bunny. These things are all done in good fun and to add to the festivness of the holidays that they represent. However, the real story of Christmas should be taught as well. Often kids put Santa higher on their lists than Jesus. Kids generally tend to believe what their parents say is true.
santa is real! i am 35 years old and guess what... he is real!
Why do kids believe in Santa Claus
Kids believe in Santa Claus because they are told of him from an early age. It is much like kids believing in the tooth fairy or Easter bunny. These things are all done in good fun and to add to the festivness of the holidays that they represent. However, the real story of Christmas should be taught as well. Often kids put Santa higher on their lists than Jesus. Kids generally tend to believe what their parents say is true.
santa is real! i am 35 years old and guess what... he is real!
Why do kids believe in Santa Claus
Children are so trusting.......
Kids believe in Santa Claus because they are told of him from an early age. It is much like kids believing in the tooth fairy or Easter bunny. These things are all done in good fun and to add to the festivness of the holidays that they represent. However, the real story of Christmas should be taught as well. Often kids put Santa higher on their lists than Jesus. Kids generally tend to believe what their parents say is true.
santa is real! i am 35 years old and guess what... he is real!
Why do kids believe in Santa Claus
Kids believe in Santa Claus because they are told of him from an early age. It is much like kids believing in the tooth fairy or Easter bunny. These things are all done in good fun and to add to the festivness of the holidays that they represent. However, the real story of Christmas should be taught as well. Often kids put Santa higher on their lists than Jesus. Kids generally tend to believe what their parents say is true.
santa is real! i am 35 years old and guess what... he is real!
Why do kids believe in Santa Claus