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Part ll: What The Bible Teaches

Genesis 18:18-19, “18 Abraham will surely become a great and powerful nation, and all nations on earth will be blessed through him. 19 For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, so that the LORD will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”

 

Deuteronomy 6:4-9, “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.[a] 5 Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. 6 These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. 7 Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. 8 Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. 9 Write them on the door frames of your houses and on your gates.”

 

Proverbs 22:6, “Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it.”

 

Ephesians 6:4, “ 4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.”

 

From these verses we learn several spiritual lessons. From God’s direction to Abraham we see that he was called to set the example for household, by doing what is right and just.

 

This is hard. As parents we should never say, “Do as I say, but not as I do.” Rather we must say, “Do as I do.”

 

From the Lord’s instructions in Deuteronomy we learned that we need to impress the words of God on our children. We need to discuss the word of God with them at home, as we go for walks, in the morning and when we go to bed.

 

I don’t think that the young people in 1400 B.C. were much different in regards to receiving instruction in the Lord as kids are today. They were not eagerly begging their parents to impress the word of God on them.

 

Most likely they did not like it. But if we wait until our kids like it and ask for it, we may be waiting forever and miss the opportunity to impress the words of God on their hearts.

 

From Proverbs we learn that we need to train our children in the Lord. The word “train” is not a casual word. To train means to do something deliberate. Training is repetitive. Training is persistent. It may not be pleasurable at the time  but it reaps many benefits and makes a person stronger and more able to overcome hardships. All of these principles apply to raising our kids.

 

Paul teaches the Ephesian Christian fathers to bring their children up in the training and instruction of the Lord. To do this fathers not only need to know the Bible but they also need to be able to teach the Bible and show its application. Bringing them up in it, implies a lifestyle.

 

We’ll explore this further in Part lll: Some Examples Set By Parents In Christian History.




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