AIA MANINAM AIA - TODAY I HAVE BECOME A CHILD OF GOD

WHEN I WAS A CHILD, I SPOKE LIKE A CHILD, I THOUGHT LIKE A CHILD, I REASONED LIKE A CHILD, NOW I HAVE BECOME AN ADULT AND HAVE PUT ALL MY CHILDISH WAYS BEHIND ME, NOW I KNOW THAT EVEN A CHILD IS KNOWN BY HIS ACTIONS, BY WHETHER HIS CONDUCT IS PURE AND RIGHT, NOW I KNOW TO TEACH AND TRAIN EACH CHILD IN THE WAYS THAT WILL BENEFIT OUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS, NOW I KNOW THAT WHOEVER INSTRUCTS A CHILD LIKE THIS, HAS OBEYED OUR CREATOR. BE ASSURED THAT WHOEVER IS NOT TAUGHT TOVE HIS BROTHERS AND SISTERS AS A LITTLE CHILD WILL BY NO MEANS BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, THESE INSTRUCTIONS YOU MUST KNOW AND TEACH THE CHILDREN OF GOD, WE MUST HONOR OUR FATHER AND MOTHER, CURSED ARE THEY WHO DISHONOR THEIR FATHER OR MOTHER, KNOW THAT IF SINNERS ENTICE YOU, DO NOT GIVE IN TO THEM, PAY ATTENTION AND GAIN UNDERSTANDING, KNOW THAT BLESSED ARE THOSE WHO KEEP GOD'S WAYS, LISTEN TO HIS INSTRUCTIONS AND BECOME WISE, DO NOT IGNORE HIS TEACHINGS, KNOW THAT A WISE SON BRINGS JOY TO HIS FATHER, BUT A FOOLISH SON WILL ALWAYS BRING GRIEF TO HIS MOTHER, KNOW THAT A WISE SON HEEDS HIS FATHER'S INSTRUCTION, BUT A MOCKER DOES NOT LISTEN TO REBUKE, KNOW THAT A FOOL SPURNS HIS FATHER'S DISCIPLINE, BUT ALL GOD'S CHILDREN HEED CORRECTION AND KNOW TO SHOW PRUDENCE, KNOW THAT A WISE SON BRINGS JOY TO HIS FATHER, BUT A FOOLISH ONE WILL DESPISE HIS MOTHER, DO NOT BE A FOOLISH SON WHO ALWAYS BRINGS GRIEF TO HIS FATHER AND BITTERNESS TO HIS MOTHER, KNOW THAT ALL CHILDREN ARE KNOWN BY THEIR ACTIONS, BY WHETHER THEIR CONDUCT IS PURE AND RIGHT, KNOW TO ALWAYS OBEY OUR CREATOR, WHO GAVE US LIFE, KNOW TO NEVER TURN YOUR BACK ON YOUR MOTHER WHEN SHE IS OLD, KNOW THAT THE FATHER OF A RIGHTEOUS MAN WILL KNOW GREAT JOY AND WILL DELIGHT IN THE WISDOM OF HIS CHILD, KNOW TO GIVE GOD YOUR HEART AND LET YOUR EYES KEEP HIS WAYS, KNOW THAT HE WHO KEEPS THE LAW IS A DISCERNING SON, DO NOT BE A COMPANION OF GLUTTONS FOR THIS WILL BRING DISGRACE TO OUR FATHER, KNOW THAT GOD WILL POUR WATER OVER THIRSTY LANDS, AND DIRECT STREAMS TO DRY GROUNDS, HE WILL POUR OUT HIS SPIRIT ON OUR OFFSPRING, AND HE WILL BLESS OUR DESCENDANTS SO THAT THEY WILL KNOW PEACE, UNLESS YOU ARE CONVERTED AND BECOME AS LITTLE CHILDREN, YOU WILL BY NO MEANS ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, KNOW TO HUMBLE YOURSELF AS LITTLE CHILDREN AND LEARN ALL THE WAYS OF GOD SO THAT YOU WILL KNOW GOD'S KINGDOM, FOR THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN BELONGS TO SUCH CHILDREN, KNOW TO BE AN EXAMPLE TO YOUR BROTHER AND SISTER SO THAT THEY MIGHT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN BY YOUR INSTRUCTIONS.