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It is the usual thing to think in terms of what adults can teach children. Adults have much to teach. They teach children ways to develop their bodies, personalities and their relationships with God. At the same time children can often teach adults.
Adults sometimes become so proud, skeptical or self-righteous that they need to recover some of the spirit of childhood. Jesus said, “Truly, I say to you, whoever does not receive the kingdom of God like a child shall not enter it.” (Mark 10:15)
The Kingdom or the reign of God has been proclaimed. As Jesus put it, ‘‘the kingdom of God has come upon you.’’ (Luke 11:20b) The responsibility of those who would follow the Christ is to receive the reign of God. Citizenship in that Kingdom requires a…