A question was recently posted asking which was the best way to teach children to serve God. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;_ylt=AqQ04fw_EO9rpIoHZz038Cbd7BR.?qid=20070901211747AA4FlCd Someone posted this as a response:
"Ummm... no offense to the previous poster, but I think we MUST teach them that they are NOT worthy of God's love.
Romans 3:23... ALL have sinned.
Romans 6:23... The wages of sin is death, but the GIFT of God is eternal life.
The bottom line is that children are born with sinner's hearts. No one has to teach them to disobey, to lie, to have a temper tantrum or anything like that., They are born with a "want" to sin."
As an atheist, my first reaction was a dumbfounded "whoa...?".
As a mother, this disturbs me greatly! How prevalent is this idea? How many new parents look into their beautiful baby's face and think, "You are not worthy of God's love."?
2007-09-01
17:41:51
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