Reading this post by Seth Godin about “Childish vs. Childlike” got me thinking about how we are called to a Childlike Faith in Christ, and what that actually means to us as followers of Jesus…

“Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it” Mark 10:15

We are not called to a childish faith, but rather to a childlike faith:

  • Childlike asks how we can work on God’s behalf
  • Childish asks God to work on our behalf
  • Childlike fills our prayers with asking what we can do for God
  • Childish fills our prayers with telling God what He can do for us
  • Childlike leads to service
  • Childish leads to selfishness
  • Childlike leads to sacrifice
  • Childish leads to greed
  • Childlike leads to faith and trust in God
  • Childish leads to doubt and fear
  • Childlike leads to a desire to know God more
  • Childish leads to superficial knowledge of God
  • Childlike faith leads to complete obedience of God’s will
  • Childish faith leads to the Health, Wealth and Prosperity Gospel

I could keep going, but I will leave you with some videos and a few verses. Feel free to add to the comments at the bottom of this post…

“When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways” (1 Corinthians 13:11)

“Brothers, do not be children in your thinking. Be infants in evil, but in your thinking be mature” (1 Corinthians 14:20).

The Prosperity Gospel from The Global Conversation on Vimeo.

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