Oh! How important it is to teach our children the doctrines of the Bible! Their sin, OUR sin, our need of a Saviour!, How many times, Christians that grow up in the faith fail to teach faithfully to their children the condition of men before God!, How sinful our hearts are, How there is nothing good in us that made God look down on us and have pity on us! YES! PITY... this word we hate to use because it speaks of a poor person that has nothing to offer... we need pity from God!
How little some Christians know about this doctrine of total depravity!, how high they think of themselves!... if only they could see their estate before a Holy God!, if only they could understand their heart and how it cannot be trusted!... they would fear the Lord.
Oh! how dangerous it is to avoid teaching about sin to our kids, not just that steal is wrong, but that we are not as bad as we could be for the pure will of God.. that is Grace!. How often we take for granted where the Lord saved us from!... the Israelites did not forget. They were reminded over and over again that one day they were slaves, and it was God that freed them!... so it is today, we are to remind ourselves and our children, so that the can remind their children, that once, they were in sin - slaves of sin- and were bought to freedom!
Oh! how sweet truth!, How sweet the understanding of that freedom.. that is not to do as I please, but to please Him!.. But remember those years of slavery and live my days setting my mind in things above... seeking to be holy in all my ways and mortifying the sin in me, because I hate every time I see how much my heart wants to cleave to it.
Parents, teach your children, learn the scriptures, understand this vital doctrine if you love your children!.
4 comments:
It's been so exciting to watch you grow so much in the last few years. What a blessing you are. Our depravity brings us closer to our Father and others...if we have LOVE.
It's been so exciting to watch you grow so much in the last few years. What a blessing you are. Our depravity brings us closer to our Father and others...if we have LOVE.
Let us bow before our God and thank Him for His grace towards us!
Love you.
My heart rejoices when I heard my children standing before God praying and knowing our God more everyday but also my heart aches when I see so much corruption and tolerance among the youth. It is just by His grace that we know Him.
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