What does the Bible say about the future of children?
Why does JESUS love children so much?
It is heartening to know these things:
2 Samuel 12:22-23
King James Version
22 And he said,
While the child was yet alive,
I fasted and wept:
for I said,
Who can tell whether God will be gracious to me,
that the child may live?
23 But now he is dead,
wherefore should I fast?
can I bring him back again?
I shall go to him,
but he shall not return to me.
Psalm 8:2
King James Version
2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings
hast thou ordained strength
because of thine enemies,
that thou mightest still the enemy
and the avenger.
Psalm 127:3
King James Version
3 Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord:
and the fruit of the womb is his reward.
Psalm 139:16-18
King James Version
16 Thine eyes did see my substance,
yet being unperfect;
and in thy book all my members were written,
which in continuance were fashioned,
when as yet there was none of them.
17 How precious also are thy thoughts unto me,
O God!
how great is the sum of them!
18 If I should count them,
they are more in number than the sand:
when I awake, I am still with thee.
Ecclesiastes 11:5
King James Version
5 As thou knowest not what is the way of the spirit,
nor how the bones do grow
in the womb of her that is with child:
even so thou knowest not the works of God
who maketh all.
Jeremiah 1:5
King James Version
5 Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee;
and before thou camest forth out of the womb
I sanctified thee,
and I ordained thee a prophet
unto the nations.
Matthew 5:5
King James Version
5 Blessed are the meek:
for they shall inherit the earth.
Matthew 5:8
King James Version
8 Blessed are the pure in heart:
for they shall see God.
Matthew 5:10
King James Version
10 Blessed are they
which are persecuted for righteousness' sake:
for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Matthew 18:4-5
King James Version
4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself
as this little child,
the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
5 And whoso shall receive
one such little child in my name
receiveth me.
Matthew 18:10
King James Version
10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones;
for I say unto you,
That in heaven their angels do always behold
the face of my Father which is in heaven.
Matthew 21:16
King James Version
16 And said unto him,
Hearest thou what these say?
And Jesus saith unto them,
Yea; have ye never read,
Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings
thou hast perfected praise?
Mark 10:13-14
King James Version
13 And they brought young children to him,
that he should touch them:
and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.
14 But when Jesus saw it,
he was much displeased,
and said unto them,
Suffer the little children to come unto me,
and forbid them not:
for of such is the kingdom of God.
Mark 10:15-16
King James Version
15 Verily I say unto you,
Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God
as a little child,
he shall not enter therein.
16 And he took them up in his arms,
put his hands upon them,
and blessed them.
Luke 18:15-17
King James Version
15 And they brought unto him also infants,
that he would touch them:
but when his disciples saw it,
they rebuked them.
16 But Jesus called them unto him,
and said,
Suffer little children to come unto me,
and forbid them not:
for of such is the kingdom of God.
17 Verily I say unto you,
Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God
as a little child
shall in no wise enter therein.
Ephesians 2:10
King James Version
10 For we are his workmanship,
created in Christ Jesus unto good works,
which God hath before ordained
that we should walk in them.
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