📖 Sermon 133 – Blessing the Infants
Date: [no date given]
Text: Luke 18:15–17
Introduction
Parents bring their infants to Christ that He might touch them. The disciples, misunderstanding His mission, rebuke them. But Jesus welcomes the little ones and teaches that the Kingdom belongs to such as they.
A. A natural desire of believing parents
They long for Christ’s blessing upon their children.
B. Infants are included
They cannot come of themselves —
they are brought.
C. The disciples rebuke them
They thought the children unimportant,
a distraction to the Lord’s work.
A. “Suffer little children to come unto Me”
A command of invitation, not restriction.
B. “For of such is the Kingdom of God”
Not because of innocence,
but because they represent humility and dependence.
C. Christ values the little ones
He takes them in His arms and blesses them.
A. Childlike trust
The Gospel must be received by simple faith.
B. Childlike dependence
We bring nothing; we rely wholly on grace.
C. Childlike humility
Pride bars the way; humility opens it.
Conclusion
Christ’s blessing of infants shows His care for the weakest and smallest. It also reveals the posture required for all who enter His Kingdom: humble, trusting, dependent upon His grace. Let us come to Him as little children and receive His blessing.
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