Genesis 30:1 Captures Rachel’s intense grief and desperation.
When Rachel saw that she bore Jacob no children, she envied her sister. She said to Jacob, “Give me children, or I shall die!”
I. Vss. 13-16: Adults Shall Be as Children:
- Jesus’ attitude towards the little ones
- Jesus’ challenge about child like faith
brought is prosphero meaning present unto, to deal with. It is the idea of dedication
Word used for children is paidion– newborn up to twelve years old
brephos which translates as infant
Greek word aganakteō which means indignation
2 commands:
- Let the children come to me
- Do not forbid them
Charles Spurgeon says; “Will you be very angry if I say that a boy is more worth saving than a man? It is infinite mercy on God’s part to save those who are seventy; for what good can they now do with the [burnt] end of their lives? When we get to be fifty or sixty, we are almost worn out, and if we have spent all our early days with the devil, what remains for God? But these dear boys and girls – there is something to be made out of them. If now they yield themselves to Christ they may have a long, happy, and holy day before them in which they may serve God with all their hearts. Who knows what glory God may have of them? Heathen lands may call them blessed. Whole nations may be enlightened by them.”
II. Vs. 15: Must Be As a Child:
The word assuredly is amēn.– “trustworthy, firm, so be it.”
The kingdom is both a gift to be received and a realm to enter.
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