To Christian Parents: Are you teaching the Word of God to your Children?

Question

Read Pv 22:6 - train up a Child in the way He SHOULD GO, and when he is old, he will not depart from it.

Not in the way he is going. Thats where many parents let their children loose. Love towards children also includes chastisement. Children getting too involved in TV, other sorts entertainment, and thus having no interest in the WORD of GOD. Its your responsibility to train them.

Where they need advice, advice them. Using the stick wont spoil them But its for their better-ment. Also, parents should have a burden to pray for them - sealing them in the Blood of Christ. Because they are living in the wicked world. If you dont, you will have to give account of this at the Day of the Lord.

If you havent done yet, START right away. All these to be done with the guidance of the HolySpirit.

Are you doing your duties?

(yes, i want to share this message across)

Answer 1

You just made me a very happy man. My mom and dad taught me and my brothers about God, and spared the rod when needed, and I trully Thank God and them. Most of my childhood friends are either dead or in prison. They were not taught as I was. I can see the results of being brought up in a good Christian home. Thank God for you. I agree 100% with what you have to say.

Answer 2

I'm sure going to try my best. The best is all we can do. The rest is up to God.

I will teach my children the Word of God and I will teach them what is wrong and what is right.

But - there comes a time, when the child leaves the home of his/her parents and must make his/her own decisions. This is when the child becomes responsible for his/her own behavior, not the parents.

While the child is living and learning under his/her parents guidance, than the parents are responsible for teaching or not teaching their children. If the child does not learn that stealing or murdering is wrong, then the fault is with the parent. But if the child learns that murdering or stealing is wrong, but chooses to do it anyway, then the fault is with the child.

But yes, I think that many parents these days are lax in their responsibility of raising their children. They want to be a friend more than a parent.

I am grateful to have parents who raise my brothers and sisters and I in a loving, spiritual home where God was center. Yes, my siblings have chosen to walk away from God (I haven't), but that is their choice and does not reflect the goodness or badness of the way my parents raised us. We learned what was right and wrong.

My parents have never stopped praying for their children. And I will never stop praying for my little son.

Answer 3

Yes. Our family is actively involved in our church; my son and I pray together every night; and he attends a good Christian school. We work on Royal Rangers badges together, and frequently discuss matters of faith. BUT, we have NEVER hit him. It's simply not necessary. He is a very compliant child, and he has a very kind, gentle spirit. I am NOT going to break that spirit God gave him with physical battering. Do some research into what the 'rod of correction' really was to a shepherd and to a sheep. It had nothing to do with physical beating - it was about setting boundaries and giving direction.

All physical discipline is not necessarily abuse, but I have seen much that IS abuse explained away using the "spare the rod" mentality. I don't think that's right for EVERY child.

I stand fully ready to give an account of my child-rearing practices before the throne of the King of Kings.
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Answer 4

Yes, We as a family have. We have three sons one 19 who is not out of the house and on the other side of the state, when he comes in as he did for Thanksgiving, he cant wait to go with us to church when we have service. The other 2 are being lead as well. As you can see form some of the answerer's here, its much easier to be a Friend than a parent, and then you end up with columbine, Puduka KY, etc. A child who is raised with a church family, will know God, and will have a great life, one far better than anyone without God could ever understand.

Answer 5

Beautiful message...
I hope I am making a good account of myself as a parent to my four children.

But, I must take issue with the answere that accuse brain washing. Since when is teaching your children to follow the beliefs you know to be true brain washing? Are we to just abandon them to the happenstance of life and choices? I don't think so! I will and have taught each of my children the truth as I see it regarding God and the loving sacrifice of Christ Jesus. I will not allow any other entity to put their notions in their heads before me. I am their father and it is my responsibility to raise them and teach them the way of the Lord.

Answer 6

Yes I am.And God Bless you for what you are doing here.
An old minister once told me " If you don't spank your child hard enough to make it cry when it is little, it will make you cry when it is big."A child should never be beaten, or spanked out of anger, but a firm spanking on the hind end done out of love for the child's betterment works wonders.

Answer 7

Kids don't respond to preaching. You have to set a good example. I was sent to Sunday School and it was fun. I learned the stories, but not much else. Mostly I watched my parents and learned right from wrong that way. Kids know when you're being bogus. They know when you've got a "log" in your eye so be careful about trying to take a splinter from their eye.

Answer 8

Yes, my husband and I do teach our children the Word of God. I teach it at out church as well. Faith is the saving factor in my belief, faith that Jesus died on the cross for our sins. I want my children to know God. But we do not just teach it, we show it. We make the invisible God visible to our children through our actions toward them. We share the fruits of the Spirit (Galations 5:22-23, "But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law."). We do not beat it into our children but rather evidence it to them through our outward expression of our faith. We practice the fruits in all our daily interactions. We also remember 2 Timothy 2:15-16, "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth. Avoid godless chatter, because those who indulge in it will become more and more ungodly."

Great question. Thank you! God Bless

Answer 9

Thanks for that!!
I just bought a book called "Leading Kids to Jesus by Staal. I haven't read it yet, we haven't had kids. But I want to know how to do this with my future kids as well as any others I am around. It is true, too many people don't let God work through them with His Living Word. I am just starting, and boy what a difference in my relationship with God!!

Answer 10

Yes, fellow clay i did raise my child in the Word of God, but he has decided to fellow the world, keeping one foot in the world and one foot in God's Word.