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Does Jesus Love the Little Children of the World?

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There is a special little song which is sung to Christians children to teach them about Jesus:

"Jesus loves the little children, all the children of the world. Red and yellow, black and white, they are precious in his sight. Jesus loves the children of the world."

For millenia and still today, millions of children have been:

1. Abused and neglected by their families and ethnic culture with sexual abuse, endemic ignorance, racism, gender discrimination, slave labor, abortion, and gross poverty.

2. Mangled, tortured, and slaughtered in warfare and at the hands of despots.

3. Born with severely morbid defects from both genetic errors and from intrauterine damage.

4. Killed by natural catastrophies in floods, fires, storms, volcanoes, earthquakes, and by animals both wild and domestic.

5. Horribly diseased from viruses, bacteria, fungi, and parasites.

6. Disabled and malformed from the effects of poverty, starvation, and impure water supplies.

7. Poisoned by chemical and nuclear pollutants.

8. Lost and never found in both urban and rural environments.

These horrible sufferings are not caused by Jesus. If He does love these children as the song says, how does He love them IN THE MIDST of their suffering and untimely deaths?

Please do not waste our attention with irrelevant comments like, "We live in a sinful world with sinful people," and "God has given men free will," and "Jesus will some day make everything right for these children in Heaven." The question here is, "How does Jesus love them IN THE MIDST of their suffering and death?", regardless of the cause and injustice of their maladies.

Remember, I am talking about little children who are too young to have any verbal skills, and have no concept of religion or of your explanations.

Shelli.
 
Shelli said:
....Please do not waste our attention with irrelevant comments like, "We live in a sinful world with sinful people," and "God has given men free will," and "Jesus will some day make everything right for these children in Heaven." The question here is, "How does Jesus love them IN THE MIDST of their suffering and death?", regardless of the cause and injustice of their maladies.

Remember, I am talking about little children who are too young to have any verbal skills, and have no concept of religion or of your explanations.

Shelli.
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Shelli,
Your list reads a lot like my testimony. ;-)

I am not real sure what the point of your post is. Are you against the song, the cliche's, or are you looking for a way to answer children who have suffered?

If it is the cliche's, learn to live with it, because they are true. We live in a world that God cursed. But because of His love for us, He made a way back.

I have never been too young for Jesus to watch over me, and He has a remarkable ability to do a supernatural work in the lives of babies. The Lord was with me through it all, and I made the decision to believe in Him.

Many of the children who suffer through the things on your list, sadly, made a decision to blame Him, growing up to be bitter, hateful and resentful adults. These children who grew up where I did, went through what I went through, and saw what I saw, made wrong decisions.

Yes, Jesus loves the little children of the world. He died so that they might inherit eternal life.
 
Shelli said:
....Please do not waste our attention with irrelevant comments like, "We live in a sinful world with sinful people," and "God has given men free will," and "Jesus will some day make everything right for these children in Heaven." The question here is, "How does Jesus love them IN THE MIDST of their suffering and death?", regardless of the cause and injustice of their maladies.

Remember, I am talking about little children who are too young to have any verbal skills, and have no concept of religion or of your explanations.

Shelli.
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Shelli,
Your list reads a lot like my testimony. ;-)

I am not real sure what the point of your post is. Are you against the song, the cliche's, or are you looking for a way to answer children who have suffered?

If it is the cliche's, learn to live with it, because they are true. We live in a world that God cursed. But because of His love for us, He made a way back.

I have never been too young for Jesus to watch over me, and He has a remarkable ability to do a supernatural work in the lives of babies. The Lord was with me through it all, and I made the decision to believe in Him.

Many of the children who suffer through the things on your list, sadly, made a decision to blame Him, growing up to be bitter, hateful and resentful adults. These children who grew up where I did, went through what I went through, and saw what I saw, made wrong decisions.

Yes, Jesus loves the little children of the world. He died so that they might inherit eternal life.
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How does Jesus "work supernaturally" in the lives of little children who are raped, mutillated, diseased, abused, and killed IN THE MIDST of their suffering and death?

How can a little infant make any decision to "blame" Jesus before they die as infants?

Shelli.
 
*cough*Shelli's*cough*
reason for that post was to be a troll, having been apparently banned finally at another forum.
 
This world isn't His Kingdom. Besides, it's OUR responsibility to teach the love of Christ to our kids. It's the parent's responsibilty to lead them through a life with God and Christ.
If anyone wants a God or saviour that serves their wishes and judgments well, Christianity isn't it. We don't expect God to serve us but rather we are to serve God. He gives us the tools, it's up to us what we do with them. We as parents and a society as a whole bear the responsibilty of the welfare of our own children. And I have little doubt we'll be held accountable concerning that responsibilty.
We can't expect Christ, as loving as He is, to provide heaven here on earth yet it's our faith and hope His love will do just that in His Kingdom. The world is against God and Christ in particular. The world hates Him and turns it's back on God. But because of Christ's love He died, was buried and rose again for us. That love, the love that held Him on the cross, bore our sin, He took upon himself the punishment we were condemned to bear giving us instead mercy and forgiveness through the grace of God. What more do people want? God on a string?
Perhaps.
 
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