BECOME AS LITTLE CHILDREN
1.
Review Matthew 18:3–4 and Doctrine and Covenants 78:17–18. Explain in writing
the ways we are like little children. In these verses, how does the Lord say
He will help us?
D&C 78:17-18
17 Verily, verily, I say unto you, ye are little children, and ye have not as yet understood how great
blessings the Father hath in his own hands and prepared for you;
18 And ye cannot bear all things now; nevertheless, be of good cheer, for I will lead you along. The kingdom is yours and the blessings thereof are
yours, and the riches of eternity are
yours.
Matthew 18:3-4
3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be
converted, and become as little children,
ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.
4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself
as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
When I
think of a little child, I think of my four beautiful children that I have been
so blessed to teach and raise in the gospel. When I teach them of the gospel they open
their eyes, hearts, and minds to all that I teach, and they know of the truthfulness
that the gospel tells us from the very first time they hear it. I think this is what the Lord is trying to
tell us, that we need to have complete faith and trust in all his commandments
that it is for our eternal happiness. I
found this quote from a conference talk by Neil L. Andersen that explains it
much better than I can:
“We need the
believing heart of a child. Through the power of His Atonement, we are to
become “as a child, submissive, meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to
submit to all things which the Lord seeth fit to inflict upon [us], even as a
child doth submit to his father.” This is the mighty change of heart. “
-Neil L. Andersen of
the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles
2.
Read Mosiah 3:19 and list the ways in which we are to become as little
children.
Mosiah 3:19
19 For
the natural man is an enemy to God, and has been from the fall of Adam, and will be, forever and
ever, unless he yields to the enticings of the Holy Spirit,
and putteth off the natural man and becometh a saint through the atonement of Christ the
Lord, and becometh as a child,submissive,
meek, humble, patient, full of love, willing to submit to all things which the
Lord seeth fit to inflict upon him, even as a child doth submit to his father.
We become like a little child by putting off the natural man,
taking advantage of the Atonement in our lifes, be submissive, meek, humble,
patient, full of love, willing to submit all things that the Lord desires.
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