The Watchtower Society and John and Morton Edgar - A2Z.org

THE CAMEL AND THE NEEDLE'S EYEMATT. 19: 13-26.-Avo. 7.Gor,n~x TRXT:-"JFSI~S said, Suffer little children to come trnto me and fot-bicl them not, for of s~ch k~the Kingdom of Heaven."En rci~~t~ lo~\-artl .Jt.n~sal~m thc IIastrr was met hy mothers tion to the n~le." The Lord did not say, "Tf yo11 love yonrr!~siriu,n to IIRPC his ille%sinx npon tI~rir rhililrrn. The Apos- nctirh.i,nr as ynu lore pourself yon will at least ptlt fort.11 an t.ftlci.rr:~lieing thr prratness of thcir nraster and the importance fort to make that nc~ig1111or nq comfortalllr as vt111 clrsire tnheoi his time. fnrl)n~lc this nnrl rrhukrrl thr mothers. When Jesus rnmfortahlr." Hr wns eontmt to he very rirh. wllile some of hisIlrarcl, hr c:~llrtl t11r.m ant1 said: "Suffer little elrildrm, and neigl~llors whom he thought he loved as 11e lovcd himself wereir~~llirl tl:rw i:trt. trl ec~mc~ nnirl mr: for of s11c11 is tl~e liingdon~ very poor--alijectly, sorron.fally so. When Jesus disroverrd(IF II~~:II.I~~." nntl IIP put his hnnrls in hlri-ing upon tlreir heads. to l~im the difficnlty of his sitnation, he graspetl it at onre. HeFrorn t11i.s we are not to unrlrrstnnrl that the kingdom of saw himself as never hcforr. It brcame a new test with him.1Tra~l~11 \\-ill 11r coinporrd of little children. This- erroncons ~ I Uit S is with all. A previous lesson shonecl us the kingtlomidm hiis pone Inrondcar;t, ant1 r;iic.h an imprrssion respecting the as a great prize, a pearl of great, ra11ie. n treasure, whirh tokir~~dorn has t1111c r~snlt~11. On llrr contrary, no little r.l~ilr1re11 possess, will cost all that we haw; and this lesson points out(.:III ,~c-t intn (Ira Itinzrlom. Orllv thaw xvho hare the hri~ring tho same fact.of faith nrcb crrn "r.nllt~d" to the kingrlom and its glorie~. Onr Lrt us not make the mistaLr made 11.v some. and SllppofieT,orO'n l~l(-.