'"I tell you the truth, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it."'
'As we have seen, acceptance of God and his kingdom is not so much concerned with intellectual assent, as with an instinctive and intuitive response to Jesus: it is less about the mind, and much more about the heart. For Jesus does not say here that we are to believe the kingdom; rather he says that we are to receive the kingdom. We are called not to believe a doctrine but to receive the free gift that God offers us in Jesus. And we are to do so like little children, receiving God’s kingdom just as a little child would receive any other gift: eagerly, excitedly, thankfully, joyfully. No concern about the motivation, no embarrassment about the generosity, no worries about what to give in return; just a simple, open-handed, open-hearted acceptance of the gift that is given…'
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