Maturing to Childhood

“Unless you are converted and become like children, you will not enter the kingdom of God.” ~Jesus

Jesus never talked about spiritual "adults". He communicated that the pinnacle of our belief should be to mature into a childlike faith and live it out. This has some serious implications for those who want to be religious. Religion likes to "get someone saved" and then put a bunch of religious adults clothes (laws and rules) on them even though they don't fit.
I had always thought Jesus was talking about going backward to childhood, but He isn't at all. The phrasing that He used in the original language is very obvious that He is talking about a forward progression, not a "going back".

There is no such thing as a spiritual adult...outside of religion. There are only three classifications of spiritual existence in the New Testament that Jesus talks about, we're either spiritually dead, an infant or experiencing a fully mature child-like faith.

I don't have a problem with my 6 month old daughter being an infant. That's what she is supposed to be. Why do we get so uptight when we make mistakes in the "body of Christ"? Because we don't know what our true identity is. We're supposed to be like children. Does that mean simple? No, I believe that Jesus words are more accurately interpreted to mean that we should always be growing and maturing, never thinking we've "arrived".

Be like a child. Don't ever stop growing.

peace,
glo