Is there a difference between childlikeness and childishness?
Jesus told us that unless we become like little children, we
would not enter the kingdom of heaven. Yet Paul several
times chastises different churches for being "infants" who
cannot handle solid food. In 1 Corinthians 13:11, Paul writes,
"When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a
child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put
childish ways behind me."
What sort of childish ways do we need to put behind us in
order to become childlike? I believe the answer is hinted
at in a remark made by John Newton who said, "The men
of this world are children. Offer a child an apple and bank
note, he will doubtless choose the apple." One of the great
dangers of childhood is the failure to recognize one's own
best interest by choosing momentary delights over lasting
pleasure. Children want immediate gratification without
considering the future consequences.
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