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They were afraid to ask#2 - Coggle Diagram
They were afraid to ask#2
Why a child?
Other instances
Receive kingdom like a child
Lowly like a child = greatest in heaven
Cause a little one to stumble - like a millstone
specific reason - addresses the 'greatest' thing - but also 'afraid to ask'
Child/faith development
Babe in arms has faith
That mother will provide
If withdrawn - has crisis of faith
Toddler aware that something greater even than their parents - santa claus/tooth fairy/Jesus?
But as we get older recognition/need fades
Don't need God
Enchanted by candle - spiritual experience?
We think we understand the world
If a non spiritual family adolescent will conclude
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844)
God is dead. God remains dead. And we have killed him
Triumph of scientific rationality over sacred revelation
In other words - we're all grown up - we don't need a higher authority. We don't need to ask questions about meaning - we know everything
Just as he predicted - Leads to nihilism and Left the door wide open for ideologies Karl Marx, Adolph Hitler
That's the predominant philosophy of the post Christian age
The OT - especially the Psalms - are full of people asking questions/demanding answers of God
never doubting his presence, but pleading with God for understanding, to be heard
Ray and Beryl
I believe God wants us to go to him with our frustrations, our doubts and our anger
Just as we do with our own children
That's the route to wisdom
Just as the D's had to learn
If you want to be great in the kingdom of heaven
Become like a child
Recognise that God is so far above our understanding
Be grateful that one day we sill understand
But never be afraid to ask questions!