God's Will that Not One Little One Should Perish - Matthew 18:14

Matthew the apostle wrote how Jesus asked His disciples, “How think you? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not leave the ninety and nine, and goes into the mountains, and seeks that which is gone astray? And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoices more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not astray”, and in chapter eighteen and verse fourteen of his book, Matthew shares how Jesus proclaimed, “it is not the will of your Father … that one of these little ones should perish” where we read:

Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

The verse reads, “Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, ...”. Matthew began with the words, “even so” or “in this manner and thus” “it is not the will” which means “it is not the desire, choice, inclination and pleasure” “of your Father” or “pertaining to the disciple's generator and progenitor” “which is in heaven” which means “who resides within the region above the sidereal heavens which is the seat of order of things eternal and consummately perfect where God dwells and other heavenly beings ”. Matthew shared how Jesus declared His heavenly residing Father's desire for the following to occur.

The verse continues, “... that one of these little ones should perish.” Matthew continued with the words, “that one” or “that one certain” “of these little ones” which means “pertaining to the small children” “should perish” which means “should be destroyed, abolished, put to an end, ruined and rendered useless”. Matthew shared how God does not desire a single “child” to be “destroyed and rendered useless”.

When we meditate upon Matthew's words in this verse, we discover God's passion to “save” every person in the world. John chapter three and verse sixteen says, “God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life”, and He wants every person to receive Him as “Savior and Lord”. God wants no one to “perish”, and only those who refuse His offer of “salvation” will not be saved. Let all who read these words submit themselves to Him and receive Him as their “Savior and Lord” today.

Next time Matthew shares how Jesus declares what to do, “if your brother shall trespass against you”, so read ahead, and we shall join together then.

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