Despise Not One of These Little Ones - Matthew 18:10

Matthew the apostle wrote how, “it must needs be that offenses come; but woe to that man by whom the offense comes! Wherefore if your hand or your foot offend you, cut them off, and cast them from you: it is better for you to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire. And if your eye offend you, pluck it out, and cast it from you: it is better for you to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire”, and in chapter eighteen and verse ten of his book, Matthew shares how Jesus said, “take heed that you despise not one of these little ones” where we read:

Take heed that you despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.

The verse reads, “Take heed that you despise not one of these little ones;”. Matthew began with the words, “take heed” or “care for, attend to and discern clearly” “that you despise not” which means “that the disciples do not contemn, disdain or think little or nothing of”“one of these little ones” or “one of this sort of small children”. Matthew shared how Jesus warned against “disdaining or thinking little of” small children.

The verse continues, “for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.” Matthew added the word, “for” or “because, since and on account that” “I say” which means “Jesus utters, declares and proclaims” “unto you” or “to the disciples”, “that in heaven” which means “that in the region above the sidereal heavens, the seat of order of things eternal and consummately perfect where God dwells and other heavenly beings” “their angels” or “the little children have messengers and envoys who” “do always behold” which means “each, every, the whole and everyone of the messengers perceive, discern and see” “the face” or “the countenance” “of my Father” or “of Jesus' generator and originator who is God” “which is in heaven” which means “who dwells in the region above the sidereal heavens, the seat of order of things eternal and consummately perfect where God dwells and other heavenly beings”. Matthew shared how Jesus told His disciples that “children's messengers and envoys” are constantly before the “countenance” of God who is Jesus' Father in “heaven”.

When we consider Matthew's words in this verse, we see how Jesus repeated His warning against “offending” children. This time His warning referred to when a person “disdains or thinks little or nothing of” a small child, and He included the idea that they have “angels” who are before God's face constantly. God loves “children”, and He wants everyone of them to be in heaven with Him. This is true for all people who are or were once “children”, and those who think this through will know that God's desire is that they shall all live “eternally” with Him in heaven through Jesus Christ His Son.

Next time Matthew shares how Jesus declares, “the Son of man is come to save that which was lost”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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