What was most important to Jesus in the final days before His death. If He were to make a list of “Things to Do and Say Before you Die,” what would be on that list?
The Biographers of the New Testament all wrote a lot about what went on in the final days just before His Crucifixion. Some of them told of things He said and did between His Resurrection and Ascension.
In one of Matthew’s Chapters – 18 – he recalls several things Jesus said after he’d begun the final trip to Jerusalem.
1. If you want to be great remember that the “greatest in the Kingdom of Heaven” is that one who changes their thinking about what is right and wrong and becomes as humble as a little child.
2. When you treat a Child as someone important Jesus sees it as an act of kindness to Him.
3. If you misguide a Child and they choose a way of life other than what Jesus wants for them you are doomed.
4. Because the world is a sinful place it’s inevitable that people will be tempted to live in ways contrary to God’s intentions for them. Sorrow awaits those who do. Unimaginable sorrow awaits those who promote such evil.
5. There is no pain nor suffering so awful that it could be considered worse than being thrown into the fire of eternal waste.
6. Don’t belittle Children. Their Angels are with the Father constantly.
7. Our Heavenly Father does not want any little one to die without hope.
8. If you see another Christ-follower drifting away from the Lord’s way whether or not, in their deviance, they’re hurtful to you, make every effort to restore them to what is right even if you must withhold Grace in the process.
9. Christ’s Followers have been given authority equivalent to His own. So true is this that when 2 or 3 of His Followers are together in the same room or agreed as to what must be done Christ is with them in it.
10. Forgiveness is a very big deal in the Kingdom of Heaven and must be extended as often as necessary.
11. Our Heavenly Father will deal harshly with anyone who chooses not to forgive.
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