WHY DO BABIES AND LITTLE CHILDREN CANNOT HAVE ACCESS INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN AND WHY DO OUR SOUL CANNOT HAVE LIFE IF WE STILL MANIFEST DESIRES AND PASSIONS OF OUR FLESH ?
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In truth, the world is on confusion in what concerns things of the kingdom of heaven because the men want to understand the word of God and Holy Scriptures by the human or animal spirit. We have to understand that those prophets of yesterday in the Old Testament who spoke about God and whose scriptures bear witness today did it by the Spirit of Christ in them, that is why it is written: “ Concerning this salvation, the prophets who prophesied about the grace that was to be yours searched and inquired carefully, inquiring what person or timethe Spirit of Christ in them was indicating when he predicted the sufferings of Christ and the subsequent glories” (1Peter 1/10-11). The apostles who later spoke of God in the New Testament and whose writings bear witness today did it by the Spirit of Christ in them, that is why it is also said: “And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness” (Acts 4/31). It is also said: “ And with great power the apostles were giving their testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all” (Acts 4/33).
How do men in their human spirit and knowledge want to know and understand things of God announced by his spirit? That is even the reason why it is said: “ For who knows a person's thoughts except the spirit of that person, which is in him? So also no one comprehends the thoughts of God except the Spirit of God” (1Corinthians 2/11). The men who came out of seminaries and pastoral schools say to talk about God; they think that certificates, the time they spent for their training and other criteria of men give them knowledge and understanding of things of God. This being, confusion is conceived, raised up, gives birth to more ignorance and raises seduction in this world. In truth, glory to the Lord Jesus who in his veritable love does not stop shouting to us, talking to us, warning us... in his messages that give eternal value to our souls.
Many people think that when a baby or little child dies, his soul goes into the kingdom of heaven, because for some people, little children are innocent or cannot do evil; but this way of thinking is purely human thinking. But the question that we have to ask ourselves is: a baby is born alive or death in his soul or spiritual body? If the answer is no, therefore, we must know that God is not the God of the dead, but the God of those who are alive. Again, the kingdom of Heaven is not the dwelling place of the death, but those who are alive. But if the answer to the question is yes, we know that in order to enter the kingdom of heaven, we must be born again. And to be born again, we must be born of water and the Spirit. But at what time did the baby listen and believe to the word of life, when did he receive the baptism of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit in order to have hope to enter the Kingdom of Heaven?
The soul or spiritual body of a baby comes dead in this world because of the sin of Adam, and the resurrection of this soul or spiritual body can only come from Christ, that is even the reason why it is said: “For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive” (1Corinthians 15/21-22). In truth, can the soul or spiritual body of a baby which is dead because of the sin of Adam be resuscitated through drops of water that are poured on the head of his body of flesh? When God was destroying the first world through water floods because of evil of men, he did not save babies, when he was destroying the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah by fire, he did not save babies. The Lord Jesus came to save the man or his soul. And only the one that will believe and be baptised will be saved as he says: “Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned” (Mark 16/16). The devil can seduce and deceive many parents by telling them that their babies have received the baptism. But he can never tell them that their babies have received the word or believed in it. Meanwhile, baptism comes after the belief and reception of the word of God. That is why the Lord Jesus says that whoever believes and will be baptised will be saved. In God, those who receive the word are the ones to be baptised, that is why it is written: “ So those who received his word were baptized, and there were added that day about three thousand souls” (Acts 2/41).
Even Simon the magician, before receiving the baptism, he first heard Philip preaching and believed in what he was preaching as it is said: “Even Simon himself believed, and after being baptized he continued with Philip. And seeing signs and great miraclesperformed, he was amazed” (Acts 8/13). Further in the writings, when the Ethiopian eunuch who was with Philip saw the water, he asked Philip what prevent him from being baptised. But what prevented him is because he had not yet believed, but Philip let him understand that he can only be baptised if he believe, that is why it is written: “Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning with this Scripture he told him the good news about Jesus. And as they were going along the road they came to some water, and the eunuch said, “See, here is water! What prevents me from being baptized?” And he commanded the chariot to stop, and they both went down into the water, Philip and the eunuch, and he baptized him” (Acts 8/35-38).
In truth, all this is written in advance so that we should be enlightened and freed from the traps of foxes that are thirsty of leading souls astray and maintaining them in the eternal death through their seduction and deception because of money and the glory of man. They will tell you to come with your children so that they should baptise them on the pretext that the Lord Jesus said to let little children come to him. But, in truth, the Lord Jesus did not tell his disciples to let little children come to him so that he should baptise them, but it was to lay hands on them and pray for them because it is for this reason that parents were coming with their children, but the disciples rebuked them. That is why the writings say: “Then children were brought to him that he might lay his hands on them and pray. The disciples rebuked the people,but Jesus said, “Let the little children come to me and do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.” And he laid his hands on them and went away” (Mathew 19/13-15).
These cunning people make believe to the parents of these babies that if they baptise their children, it is to ensure them entrance in the kingdom of heaven in case they die. But the men must know that a baby is born with the seed of sin in him, that is why he is dead in his spiritual body. A baby is carrier of the seed of sin, but does not practice sin; that is why a baby who does not speak cannot insult... When he starts growing up, he listen to people talking, saying good morning repeatedly, greetings which is a sign of politeness and peace. But the seed of sin in him will not like and keep this word in him to bring it out from time to time. However, if this child listens to a word of insult just once such as the word fool, the seed of sin in him will keep this word, and he will bring out this word of insult from his mouth all the time to express his discontent. When this child starts growing up, this seed of sin starts developing itself, where lies, stealing, gossip... also start developing in him. Condemnation comes from the existence of the seed of sin in man and not only in the practice of sin. The flesh comes alive in this world, but the soul comes dead; and for the soul to have life, the flesh has to die because sin has been condemned in the flesh as it id said: “ For God has done what the law, weakened by the flesh, could not do. By sending his own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh and for sin, he condemned sin in the flesh” (Romans 8/3).
For the soul to live, the flesh must die, and here we do not talk of the physical death of the flesh, but rather the death of the works of the flesh, and these works are: “...sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these…” (Galatians 5/19-21). On the other hand, God ask us to develop fruits that come from his Spirit: “...love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control” (Galatians 5/22). In fact, the flesh rejects what the Spirit like and the Spirit rejects what the flesh like. Therefore, there is an opposition between the two bodies, that is why it is said: “For the desires of the flesh are against the Spirit, and the desires of the Spirit are against the flesh, for these are opposed to each other, to keep you from doing the things you want to do” (Galatians 5/17).
These two bodies have each one his own desires and they cannot live together. If one lives, it means that the other one is dead and vice versa. But you have to understand that it is not the physical body of man that must die, but rather the works of the flesh. For example, if pride which is the works of the flesh live, it means that humility which is the works of the Spirit is dead. And if humility which is the fruit of the spirit is alive, it means that pride which is the fruit of the flesh is dead. If forgiveness which is the fruit of the Spirit is alive, it means that rancour which is the fruit of the flesh is dead. That is why those who are of Christ have crucified the flesh, not physically as the Lord Jesus did, but spiritually in his evil desires and passions, that is why it is said: “And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires” (Galatians 5/24). And it is in this context that is mentioned this good example concerning Apostle Paul who says: “ I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the life I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me” (Galatians 2/20).
To be crucified with Christ is to die in the fleshly spirit because of sin like Christ died in the physical body because of our sin. Therefore, he who wants to live Christ must die in his body of sin or destroy sin in him, that is why it is said: “So you also must consider yourselves dead to sin and alive to God in Christ Jesus” (Romans 6/11). That is why it is still said: “ But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit is life because of righteousness” (Romans 8/10).The suffering that we must endure in the walk in Christ is to kill the evil desires and passions of our fleshly body just like Christ suffered up to death on the cross to destroy his fleshly body that carried our sin as it is said: “Since therefore Christ suffered in the flesh, arm yourselves with the same way of thinking, for whoever has suffered in the flesh has ceased from sin, so as to live for the rest of the time in the flesh no longer for human passions but for the will of God” (1Peter 4/1-2). When they insult or mock at someone who is dead in the flesh or in the works of the flesh, this last can never get angry or seek to make revenge, but he will rather feel pity for the person who insult or mock at him. He who is dead in the flesh does not have a look of envy, he does not desire, he does not bring out a displaced word from his mouth because things of the earth no longer make his glory, greatness and richness, but the greatness of spiritual things dominate his being. The flesh must become poor for the soul to become rich, it must decrease for the soul to increase, it must become humble for the soul to be glorified.
Glory and thanks be to the Father of creation of all men and everything by Jesus Christ who sacrificed his flesh to the suffering and death so that by him, we should have life in our souls for the eternity.
CHAMPI Apostle not behalf of man, nor by a man but by Jesus Christ and God the Father. God’s power is the knowledge. To know, avoid sin and to be free from the eternal death. (John 8/32)