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Seeing through the 'eyes' of simplicity

Mt. 11.25 Jesus said, "I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.

ANYONE can see and enter 'God's kingdom'; not just the learned and 'wise'. ("Wise" may be a mistranslation, as 'wise' usually denotes clear insight.) It's when one is blinded by one's own world-view (generated from selfish motives) that the kingdom vanishes. (This 'vanishing' isn't permanent, as it remains available even to those who are temporarily blind.)

What Jesus tried to teach his followers wasn't adherence and acceptance to a set of 'fact statements', rather it was a living, moment by moment way of existing in 'the world'. It's in allowing oneself to be completely guided by God's (Reality) direction that one discovers the kingdom. He lived this way and expected his followers to do the same- "Follow me".

Matthew

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