Oh. I see. How wrong I was! But this well-reasoned, articulately expressed and persuasive argument immediately convinces me of the error of my thinking.
/sarc
Seriously, I already knew you disagreed. Calling what I say hogwash doesn't add to that knowledge and doesn't incline me to adopt your opinion.
COME UNTO ME ALL YOU WHO LABOR AND ARE HEAVY LADEN.
The Speaker is Jesus. Jesus is the Son, not the Father.
COME UNTO ME LITTLE CHILDREN.
Who is the speaker? (And where is this text?)
EXCEPT YOU COME AS A LITTLE CHILD.
Is this in the Bible? There's something like it late in Matthew, but it's in a saying about entering the Kingdom of Heaven, not about access to the Father.
Hogwash.
Oh. I see. How wrong I was! But this well-reasoned, articulately expressed and persuasive argument immediately convinces me of the error of my thinking.
= = =
tee hee . . . to those who see, more shall be seen . . . grossly brazen paraphrase . . .
Clearly, my brief listing of Scriptural phrases were inadequate to the task for many . . .
EXCEPT YOU COME AS LITTLE CHILDREN . . .
to CHRIST
WHO CAME AND DIED FOR WHAT?
TO RESTORE FELLOWSHIP AND INTIMACY WITH WHOM?
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh,
DING, DING, DING!
Give the man a gold star!
THE FATHER!
Wheeeeeee
Elementary my dear Watson.
Exceedingly and everlastingly elementary.
Except you come as little children . . . let me introduce you to SUPER DADDY children . . . DADDY-- . . . HERE'S . . . who have newly fallen in Love with you in me and I in you.