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The Gospel According to Matthew - Week 27
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- Awake Us Now
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- May 20, 2026
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Summary
This teaching is from Matthew 19:13-30 and Matthew 20:1-16. This teaching starts with a focus on children. The disciples didn't like that people were bringing little children to Jesus, these children were babies, infants, toddlers, and the disciples were thinking Jesus is trying to talk to the adults and they're bringing kids to him, taking time away from Jesus speaking, that they were noisy and disruptive and that it just wasn't appropriate. But Jesus says, "Let the children come to me and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these." What's Jesus saying? He's saying kids matter to Him, They are part of His kingdom! The question is how does a child believe? But then, how does an adult believe? The answer is in 1 Corinthians 12 where Paul says that no one can say Jesus is Lord except by the Holy Spirit. It's only when the Holy Spirit moves in a person's life (adult or child) that they can believe. Many times we act like the disciples, looking at things from a human standpoint and personal prejudice instead of the vantage point of heaven. Jesus is saying kids matter and after correcting the disciples He blesses the kids. Then the text moves into the topic of wealth and Jesus answers the question of a man asking Him how to be saved. Meaning the man is asking what he can do, this man has it wrong - we are saved by grace, not works. But Jesus patiently continues with the man and He mentions to keep the commandments to which the man replies that he's done that. Jesus sees into the man's heart and understands that he is proud of his accomplishments, wealth and focused on earning eternal life. This is when Jesus invites the man to be one of his disciples and to sell his possessions and give to the poor. But as Jesus knew he would, the man goes away…