For various reasons - I lay it at the foot of Darby, Scofield and others before and after them - the words of YESHUA is EXCLUDED from Christian teachings, or at least diminished to a large extend, Yet these words should/must be the MOST important in Christian thought and action. The most important message that YESHUA proclaimed was that of the kingdom of YHWH. In my training this kingdom was referred to in passing, a crying shame.
YET IT IS THE MOST IMPORTANT SUBJECT FOR ANY CHRISTIAN (STUDENT)!!! Do professional theologians even know where they are, and where they are going?
And here YESHUA uses a little child as an example of how to enter into this kingdom. An exact opposite of Gen 3, where the little god, independent and even equal to his Maker, is replaced with a little child, depending on and subjected to his Creator.
Only when one accepts, and applies, that kind of mindset, only then the words of YESHUA and the rest of the New Covenant begin to fall into place like puzzle pieces.
Let us seek the kingdom of YHWH as that treasure, that absolute valuable pearl. Let us humbly, compliant excited as a child, walk on the narrow road, enter into the kingdom through the low narrow door, the little god baggage thrown into the fire before.