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God says, “Stop.” Someone says, “To be like a child is to have faith
like a child.” A child will believe anything; they’ll believe in Santa
Claus.

I have a jar of teeth at home. I told my grandchildren that there is
no tooth fairy. So, they made me the tooth fairy. Every time they
lose a tooth they want three dollars. So, I’ve got a jar of teeth and
I’m getting poor. Some people say, “Have the faith of a little child.”
Ephesians 4:14&15, “As a result, we are no longer to be children,
tossed here and there by waves, and carried about by every wind of
doctrine, by the trickery of men, by craftiness in deceitful scheming;
but speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in all aspects into
Him, who is the head, even Christ...” Jesus said to become like a
little child but don’t believe like a little child. A little child is carried
about by every wind of doctrine. We have to be like a child but we
can’t believe like children.

Some say that to be like a child is to be humble like a child. I had
six children. They are not humble. They are very proud. Every
achievement is on my refrigerator. A child is poster child for pride.
1 Corinthians 3:1, “And I, brethren, could not speak to you as to
spiritual men, but as to men of flesh, as to babes to Christ.” You
must become like a child but don’t believe like that. You must be
like a child but don’t be humble like that.

Someone says, “Maybe it means to be simple and naïve.” 1
Corinthian 14:20, “Brethren, do not be children in your thinking; yet
in evil be babes, but in your thinking be mature.” Don’t be children
in your understanding. Be like a child but don’t believe like that and
don’t be humble like that and don’t be childish in your thinking.
What did he mean?

We’ve got to be childlike, so maybe we should behave like children.
Matthew 11:16&17, “But to what shall I compare this generation?
It is like children sitting in the market places, who call out to the
other children, and say, ‘We played the flute for you, and you did
not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not mourn.’” He said to