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This is what we have heard:
"See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. -Matthew 18:10
What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? -Matthew 18:12
And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. -Matthew 18:13
So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish. -Matthew 18:14
If the Lord asks us to see, the Lord wants us to perceive that the little ones deserve His love not our hate !
Why ? This is what we have heard:
but Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven." -Matthew 19:14
Yes, the Lord considers the little ones as those who belong to the kingdom of God as those who deserve His love.
What it means when the Lord said the angels of the little ones always see the face of the Father our Lord Jesus Christ in heaven?
This is what we have heard:
Bless the LORD, O you His angels, you mighty ones who do His word, obeying the voice of His word! -Psalms 103:20
So, the angels of the little ones who see the face of the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ to do His word, obeying the voice of His word.
So, what the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ set His angels of the little ones to do !
This is what we have heard:
For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all Your ways. -Psalms 91:11
On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone. -Psalms 91:12
In His love, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ command His angels concerning His children to guard them in all His ways and bear them up, lest they strike their foot against a stone.
If the angels of the little ones are to be guarded in all the Heavenly Father’s ways; that means that the angels must ward any enemies’ attacks on the little ones so that the children would not be let astray from the ways of the Heavenly Father. Thus, it is important that the children to hold on to the ways of the Heavenly Father.
That is why we have heard:
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. -Ephesians 5:1
Children are called to imitate the ways of the Heavenly Father.
What are the ways of the Heavenly Father ? This is what we have heard ：
He made known His ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel. -Psalms 103:7
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. -Psalms 103:8
As beloved children of God, we are called to imitate the ways of the Heavenly Father, that is, to be merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
How is the angels bear the children up, lest they they strike their foot against a stone ?
This is what we have heard:
And to which of the angels has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"? -Hebrews 1:13
Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation? -Hebrews 1:14
Yes, the angels of the little ones are all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation.
Likewise, we heard :
For it stands in Scripture: "Behold, I am laying in Zion A STONE, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in Him will not be put to shame." -1 Peter 2:6
So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone," -1 Peter 2:7
and "A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. -1 Peter 2:8
So, the the angels who are all ministering spirits strengthen children up in what the Lord have said, lest they stumble because they disobey the word.
For we heard the parable:
What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?
Have we think as the Lord told us ? That we think that the Son of Man who has a hundred sheep, and if one of them has gone astray, He will leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray.
We can understand how many the Son of Man has or how many belongs to Him because He told us. But why the Son of Man leave the ninety-nine on the mountains ? Which mountains do He leave them ?
This is what we have heard:
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O LORD. -Psalms 36:6
So, we understand that the Lord leave the the ninety-nine on the mountains of God, that is, the Lord leave them in His righteousness. That is how the Lord save His sheep.
But how do the Son of Man go in search of the one that went astray ?
This is what we have heard:
"For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. -Ezekiel 34:11
As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness. -Ezekiel 34:12
And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country. -Ezekiel 34:13
I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel. -Ezekiel 34:14
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD. -Ezekiel 34:15
I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice. -Ezekiel 34:16
By these promises, the Lord have spoken what good to His sheep !
The Lord Himself will search for His sheep and will seek them out !
But why one went astray ?
This is what we have heard:
For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. -1 Peter 2:25
So what makes one astray ?
This one that astray is that his or her soul have not returned to the Shepherd and that this one has not been willing for his or her soul to be lead by the Lord.
For we heard the parable:
And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. -Matthew 18:13
So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish. -Matthew 18:14
So the Lord said if He finds it, that indicates there are possibilities that they are those whom He cannot find ! Why ?
There are those who are unwilling to be shepherded or lead by the Lord to be found in His righteousness that comes from God.
But if I finds the sheep, the Lord said that He Himself rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. That is how much He loves to find those who strayed.
Why ?
It is because it is not the will of the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ that one of these little ones should perish but to have everlasting through His Beloved Son.
"See that you do not despise one of these little ones. For I tell you that in heaven their angels always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. -Matthew 18:10
What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray? -Matthew 18:12
And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. -Matthew 18:13
So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish. -Matthew 18:14
If the Lord asks us to see, the Lord wants us to perceive that the little ones deserve His love not our hate !
Why ? This is what we have heard:
but Jesus said, "Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven." -Matthew 19:14
Yes, the Lord considers the little ones as those who belong to the kingdom of God as those who deserve His love.
What it means when the Lord said the angels of the little ones always see the face of the Father our Lord Jesus Christ in heaven?
This is what we have heard:
Bless the LORD, O you His angels, you mighty ones who do His word, obeying the voice of His word! -Psalms 103:20
So, the angels of the little ones who see the face of the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ to do His word, obeying the voice of His word.
So, what the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ set His angels of the little ones to do !
This is what we have heard:
For He will command His angels concerning you to guard you in all Your ways. -Psalms 91:11
On their hands they will bear you up, lest you strike your foot against a stone. -Psalms 91:12
In His love, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ command His angels concerning His children to guard them in all His ways and bear them up, lest they strike their foot against a stone.
If the angels of the little ones are to be guarded in all the Heavenly Father’s ways; that means that the angels must ward any enemies’ attacks on the little ones so that the children would not be let astray from the ways of the Heavenly Father. Thus, it is important that the children to hold on to the ways of the Heavenly Father.
That is why we have heard:
Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. -Ephesians 5:1
Children are called to imitate the ways of the Heavenly Father.
What are the ways of the Heavenly Father ? This is what we have heard ：
He made known His ways to Moses, his acts to the people of Israel. -Psalms 103:7
The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. -Psalms 103:8
As beloved children of God, we are called to imitate the ways of the Heavenly Father, that is, to be merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love.
How is the angels bear the children up, lest they they strike their foot against a stone ?
This is what we have heard:
And to which of the angels has he ever said, "Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet"? -Hebrews 1:13
Are they not all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation? -Hebrews 1:14
Yes, the angels of the little ones are all ministering spirits sent out to serve for the sake of those who are to inherit salvation.
Likewise, we heard :
For it stands in Scripture: "Behold, I am laying in Zion A STONE, a cornerstone chosen and precious, and whoever believes in Him will not be put to shame." -1 Peter 2:6
So the honor is for you who believe, but for those who do not believe, "The stone that the builders rejected has become the cornerstone," -1 Peter 2:7
and "A stone of stumbling, and a rock of offense." They stumble because they disobey the word, as they were destined to do. -1 Peter 2:8
So, the the angels who are all ministering spirits strengthen children up in what the Lord have said, lest they stumble because they disobey the word.
For we heard the parable:
What do you think? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone astray, does he not leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray?
Have we think as the Lord told us ? That we think that the Son of Man who has a hundred sheep, and if one of them has gone astray, He will leave the ninety-nine on the mountains and go in search of the one that went astray.
We can understand how many the Son of Man has or how many belongs to Him because He told us. But why the Son of Man leave the ninety-nine on the mountains ? Which mountains do He leave them ?
This is what we have heard:
Your righteousness is like the mountains of God; your judgments are like the great deep; man and beast you save, O LORD. -Psalms 36:6
So, we understand that the Lord leave the the ninety-nine on the mountains of God, that is, the Lord leave them in His righteousness. That is how the Lord save His sheep.
But how do the Son of Man go in search of the one that went astray ?
This is what we have heard:
"For thus says the Lord GOD: Behold, I, I myself will search for my sheep and will seek them out. -Ezekiel 34:11
As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his sheep that have been scattered, so will I seek out my sheep, and I will rescue them from all places where they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness. -Ezekiel 34:12
And I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the ravines, and in all the inhabited places of the country. -Ezekiel 34:13
I will feed them with good pasture, and on the mountain heights of Israel shall be their grazing land. There they shall lie down in good grazing land, and on rich pasture they shall feed on the mountains of Israel. -Ezekiel 34:14
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep, and I myself will make them lie down, declares the Lord GOD. -Ezekiel 34:15
I will seek the lost, and I will bring back the strayed, and I will bind up the injured, and I will strengthen the weak, and the fat and the strong I will destroy. I will feed them in justice. -Ezekiel 34:16
By these promises, the Lord have spoken what good to His sheep !
The Lord Himself will search for His sheep and will seek them out !
But why one went astray ?
This is what we have heard:
For you were straying like sheep, but have now returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls. -1 Peter 2:25
So what makes one astray ?
This one that astray is that his or her soul have not returned to the Shepherd and that this one has not been willing for his or her soul to be lead by the Lord.
For we heard the parable:
And if he finds it, truly, I say to you, he rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. -Matthew 18:13
So it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish. -Matthew 18:14
So the Lord said if He finds it, that indicates there are possibilities that they are those whom He cannot find ! Why ?
There are those who are unwilling to be shepherded or lead by the Lord to be found in His righteousness that comes from God.
But if I finds the sheep, the Lord said that He Himself rejoices over it more than over the ninety-nine that never went astray. That is how much He loves to find those who strayed.
Why ?
It is because it is not the will of the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ that one of these little ones should perish but to have everlasting through His Beloved Son.
