TRAIN UP A CHILD

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and even when he is old he will not depart from it.” (Prov. 22:6) What a wonderful opportunity we have to train our little ones when they are small, and through their teen years.

Parents are not given the opportunity only, but also the responsibility to do so. Under the Law of Moses it is stated, “Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord; and thou shall love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words that I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart, and thou shall teach them diligently unto thy children, and shall talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.” (Deut. 6: 4- 7).

Also in the new Testament come these words, “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor thy father and thy mother (which is the first commandment with promise) that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long on the earth. And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” (Eph. 6:1-4)

We can teach them with love at home to do what is right. And we need to be bringing them to Bible study and worship, rather than sending them. While in the church we can help to train the children, it is in the home and the example that we set before them that gives the most lasting benefit. This is not only proved by the word of God, but by our own experiences. They will learn to be the kind of people that we train them to be.

Love you, David