LUKE 18:15-17, C. H. Cayce “And they brought unto Him also infants, that He would touch them: but when His disciples saw it, they rebuked them. But Jesus called them unto Him, and said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you, Whose ever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.
In Mark 10 it is said that “He took them up in His arms, laid His hands upon them, and blessed them.”
Little children, then, receive the kingdom of God, and they receive it because of the blessing which Jesus bestows. “For of such is the kingdom of God.” The kingdom of God is composed of just such characters as this— of such.
“Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child.” This means that a little child receives the kingdom of God, and that the adult receives it the same way that a little child does. If a little child receives the kingdom because of infantile purity, then the adult must receive it that way too. He cannot receive it any other way only the way a little child receives it. Then, if the adult cannot receive the kingdom of God because of his infantile purity, neither does a little child receive it that way. If the adult must hear, believe and obey the conditions of the gospel in order to receive the kingdom of God, then a little child (an infant) must receive it that way too. But an infant cannot understand and obey the conditions of the gospel, and cannot, therefore, receive the kingdom of God that way.
And as the adult must receive the kingdom of God the same way that a little child does, then the adult cannot receive it by hearing, believing and obeying the conditions of the gospel. A little child receives the kingdom of God because of the blessing which Jesus bestows. For that same reason, and in the very same way, the adult also receives the kingdom of God. Both of them receive the kingdom without conditions on their part. The doctrine taught by the Old Baptists is the doctrine Jesus and the apostles taught, and is the truth. The Primitive Baptist, December 22, 1914.