Kids and the Kingdom

Matthew 18:3-4

“I’m telling you the truth,” he said, “Unless you turn inside out and become like children, you will never, ever, get into the kingdom of heaven. So if any of you make yourselves humble like this child, you will be great in the kingdom of heaven.”

Tom Wright, Matthew for Everyone (Vol. 2)

[T]he weakest, most vulnerable, least significant human being you can think of is the clearest possible signpost to what the kingdom of God will be like. . . . [H]umility is what counts in god’s kingdom, because pride and arrogance are the things which, more than anything else in God’s world, distort and ultimately destroy human lives—their own, and those of people they affect (27-8).