Mattäus 18

Matthäus 18

Matthäus 18, 3:
„und sprach: Wahrlich, ich sage euch: Wenn ihr nicht umkehrt und werdet wie die Kinder, so werdet ihr nicht ins Himmelreich kommen“

I like this verse very much because it let me think a lot. First I ask myself why we have to become a child.

- A child needs his parents a lot because it is helpless and weak. Like us in front of Jesus. We need him like a little child needs his parents.
- A child needs a lot of love, attention and patient. They always want to be at their parents side and if they leave for a moment, the little kid is very unhappy
- Besides a child is very naïve, so his heart has no bad thoughts, jealousy and worries. His heart is full of happiness, love and freedom.
- A child is very trustful and believes everything that his parents tell him. He never would suspect or not believe.
- Also a child is very thankful and happy for everything that he gets. Not like adults who want more and more and never are pleased.
- A child does not know the different between good and evil. So it has no sins.

Matthäus 18, 20:
„Denn wo zwei oder drei versammelt sind in meinem Namen, da bin ich mitten unter ihnen“

Jesus is between you and me and he sees and knows everything that we do or think.
So we should forgive each other and kick the hate out of our heart that only love and forgiveness exists in our heart.

Matthäus 18, 22:
“Jesus sprach zu ihm: Ich sage dir: nicht siebenmal, sondern 70-mal siebenmal“

70^7 = this is an amazing number. I think that nobody of us have ever forgive 70^7 mal.

But we should not only forgive. We should forgive with our whole heart. (von Herzen vergeben”

Matthäus 18, 35:
“… wenn ihr einander nicht von Herzen vergebt, ein jeder seinem Bruder“

Wie Gott sich um unserer Sündenlast erbarmt, sollen wir uns auch über andere erbarmen.

Nicht:
Wie du mir, so ich dir
Sondern:
Wie Jesus mir, so ich dir!!!