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Hey guys, so today I wanted to look at a passage when you watch the episode 3 of the Chosen, one of the Bible passages that is portrayed is when Jesus meets the children and basically Jesus this is in Mark chapter 10 verses 13 through 16 if you want to read it, but Jesus is there and the disciples see the kids come in and they're like, stop, stop, stop, stop, you know, back up, this is an adult area. No, no, no, no. And Jesus rebukes the disciples and says, absolutely not. If those children want to come to me, let them because truly I tell you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God as these children, they will not inherit or they will not receive the kingdom of God. And it reminded me of another teaching by Jesus. This is in John chapter 3 verses 3 through 8, where Jesus is talking to one of the Pharisees. And so Jesus tells them, truly, I tell you, unless you're born again, you're not going to see the kingdom of God. And Nicodemus goes on to ask like, well, how in the world is that supposed to be? I can't enter my mother's womb a second time. And Jesus tells him, flesh gives birth to flesh. Spirit gives birth to spirit. You don't see the wind, yet you know that it's there. When the wind blows, it goes as it pleases. You hear the sound, but you don't know where it's coming from or where it's going. So it is with everyone born of the spirit. The wind is something that I'm not talking about like the science of it. Actually, maybe I am. There probably is a ton of science to the ways of the wind that I do not know. Do I believe that the wind is real? Absolutely. Do I know everything about it? No, but with my senses, I perceive it through touch. As I feel it, I hear the sound as it moves past objects, but I can't actually see the wind. But I just accept that it's there. So when you think about children, they accept most everything at face value. If you tell them, hey, I mean, think about if you've got little ones, maybe change it for a second. But like Santa Claus, we talk about Santa Claus, we tell them about Santa Claus. And most children are like, okay, do they need to see the North Pole? No. Do they need to see the reindeers flying? No. They just trust that this being who isn't even real is going to come down their chimney and going to bring them presents if they are on the nice list. They take it at face value. They don't need to know every little thing in order to embrace it. They trust authority figures in their lives to provide food, shelter, clothing, love. And I'm not talking about, I know there are some really horrible situations with children and abuse, but I'm just talking about the most children who are in healthy situations that Jesus is kind of trying to create a metaphor for. So when you think about how easy it is for children to just accept, and then when they just accept, they see and feel and sense in a way that we can't. Because we read the Bible, we hear the Bible stories, we know that God will provide for us. And we are sitting here so focused on, okay, but wait, how does that work? Is this real? What is this? How does that work? We get so tripped up in the details that children just so beautifully accept, embrace, and enjoy. And that is what Jesus says to do. Sometimes as this Pharisee, who was a religious leader of that day and time, we try to make it so big. We try to make it so hard. Like, okay, what ritual should I be doing? And then how do I structure my days every day to be sure that I can hear you? And Jesus is like, just be a child. Just come to me, completely dependent upon me, and you will feel me. You're not going to know why. You're not going to be able to explain it to anybody, but you will know that I am there.