Innocence

Luke 18:15-17

A baby can melt the heart of the cynic, open the checkbook of the miser, bring a smile to the joyless, and give hope to the despairing. A child can be a powerful influence upon a person’s life. Jesus tells us that we need to become like a child to enter the kingdom of God. Let’s look at three different characteristics of an innocent child that we should emulate.

I. Childlike

Reveal Answer

A. A young child is innocent about

.

B. Adult Christians are to

that childlike purity.

C. Keep your

from evil.

D. Teenagers, be

about what is evil.

II. Childlike

Reveal Answer

A. It’s fun to watch a child

something for the first time.

B. We need that childlike

in our lives.

C. Come to

with childlike wonder.

D. Come to

with childlike wonder.

III. Childlike faith

A. A childlike faith finds it

to believe in God.

B. To

God, we must develop an innocent childlike faith.