Francisca Ogechi Okwulehie

  Welcome to Part Two of today’s Bible study of Luke Chapter 18. 1. What does it mean to receive the kingdom of God like a little child? Vs. 17. It means to possess innocence, to not question the ways and the works of God. It is to receive the Good News of Jesus Christ with joy and embrace the knowledge of Christ wholeheartedly. Thus, this is why Jesus says that the kingdom of God belongs to little children, vs. 16. 2. It is hard for the rich to enter the kingdom of God, Jesus declares in vs. 24, because of their attachments to worldly wealth. Jesus’s encounter with the rich man calls for reflection. It requires us to ask ourselves this question: “What are we holding onto that could prevent us from entering God’s kingdom?” Anything we hold onto dearly and are unwilling to let go of can prevent us from seeing Jesus. This is because that thing becomes like a god and now takes our full concentration and devotion. Hence, we must be careful to not allow worldly things to take our ...