Church Of The Lost Sheep

Whoever Becomes Simple Again "At about the same time, the disciples came to Jesus asking, “Who gets the highest rank in God’s kingdom?” For an answer Jesus called over a child, whom he stood in the middle of the room, and said, “I’m telling you, once and for all, that unless you return to square one and start over like children, you’re not even going to get a look at the kingdom, let alone get in. Whoever becomes simple and elemental again, like this child, will rank high in God’s kingdom. What’s more, when you receive the childlike on my account, it’s the same as receiving me." -Jesus of Nazareth, 1st century, speaking to His disciples Matthew 18:1-5 in the Message Paraphrase Version [This is the  18th  lesson of  this series ] Scene from The Chosen GOD In our world today, we have pushed aside the concept of a Creator. We have taught science or the theory of evolution as the absolute truth. We have pitted one against the other. We were taught that the Old Testamen...

Instructions for Christian Households " Children, always obey your parents, for this pleases the Lord. Fathers, do not aggravate your children, or they will become discouraged ." -Apostle Paul, 1st century Colossians 3:20-21 [This is the  28th  message of this series] This lesson is intended for mature believers (or adulting believers). For a more orderly study, please go through all the  previous messages  first, if you haven't yet. New Nature This is the  13th  part of this  series , within a series. Households As we mentioned in the previous lesson, at the time of this writing all the believers were newbie believers, none of them was born into the faith and grew up as Christians. They were the first ones in their family and in their community to follow Christ. And so Paul was teaching them how to act like one. Family Normally not everyone in one's family will become believers at the same time. So Paul had to address how members o...