Isaiah 49:24 Shall the prey be taken from the mighty or the lawful captive be delivered? 25 But thus saith the Lord, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contends with thee, and I will save thy children.
The fact of the matter is that if a person is not guilty he/she does not need pardon, or a Savior, and if the babies and children were exempted from the state of sinful human nature, they cannot be eligible for God’s grace through Christ. That they being exempt from sinful human nature is absolutely not the case, is born out in the above scripture.
As Laodicea contemplates the assessments given to us by The True witness, it will be necessary for us to first humble ourselves by accepting the diagnosis as being true. This is the first step in bringing about the necessary changes, because if we were to conclude that God is wrong in His analysis of Laodicea, the appropriate remedial measures will not have meaning to us, and persons would turn away from Christ, encased in a sarcophagus of self-righteousness.
When one believes that there is some inherent form of goodness within the natural human heart, then that person risks suffering a severe shock, when, out of the blue they might do things, and speak words that they never believed, or knew that they were capable of. Jesus does not make His assessments of our fallen condition just to make us feel bad; instead, He has to make us aware of our dire need, because Jesus deploys resources and remedies only where they’re needed.
Mark 2:16 And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans and sinners, they said unto his disciples, How is it that he eats and drinks with publicans and sinners? 17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!