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1 | parental responsibility and serving | Bible general Archive 3 | DocTrinsograce | 182734 | ||
Hi, saved... I'm a strong believer in good, solid catechesis for our children. Indeed, if the parents were catechized properly in their own faith, they would be taking proper responsibility in raising their children. The church frequently, though, tries to take on this responsibility. I've seen many churches offering a variety of children's programs for just such purposes. Instead, they should have intense training programs for the adults! How can we be right with God if we are assuming the roles He has mandated to us? Anyway, recently, my grown son said, "Dad, you remember the Westminster Shorter Catechism you made me memorize before I turned 13? I just wanted to say, thanks! It has proven helpful more times than I can count." As he spoke, I was reminded of this anecdote: Dwight Lyman Moody was once speaking to a crowded meeting of children in Edinburgh, Scotland. He began his talk with the question, "What is prayer?" Of course, he intended it to be a question that he'd give the answer to himself. Consequently, he was surprised when dozens of little hands shot up all over the room. He pointed to one little boy who gave the following immediate answer, "Prayer is an offering up of our desires unto God for things agreeable to His will, in the name of Christ, with confession of our sins and thankful, acknowledgment of His mercies." Moody, delighted, exclaimed "Thank God, my boy, that you were born in Scotland!" (I sadly doubt such training of children is common there now as it was in Moody's day.) Along these lines, Charles H. Spurgeon wrote a wonderful book for parents and teachers on "the Christian training of children." It might be of interest to some of our forum members who work with children: http://www.biblebb.com/files/spurgeon/cyc.htm In Him, Doc PS By the way, Matthew 18:20 isn't about prayer. It is about church discipline. Context is everything! :-) |
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2 | parental responsibility and serving | Bible general Archive 3 | savedbyunmeritedfavor | 182751 | ||
Hi Thanks for your reply to my answer. If you would in the future desire to "join" in prayer with me, I will take the time. In the meantime, I will ask "The Lord" what He would have to say to you about the question you asked, and I will let you know ....(smile) PS...Agreed...Matthew 18:20 (the context). is about church discipline. I believe the "principal" can be "applied" to prayer! My oldest granddaughter, who turned 16 on Thursday of last week, and who is adopted, sometimes says when I give her (a scripture or a song) I received "from The Lord", (rhema) Grandma, "that touched MY HEART". I am always happy when "THE HEART HAS BEEN TOUCHED" and not "JUST THE MIND". I appreciate the kind, gentle, loving creator who made us because He wanted "fellowship" with us so together redeemed (Mankind and Holy Spirit) (in harmony) can dicipline our children "IN THE LORD". And, "In Harmony" (agreement) bring order out of disorder on the Earth. When Christ is present there "Is Peace on Earth". When there is Peace in the Earth (We have this treasure in Earthen Vessels) We do the works of Christ. Let your light so shine among men that they see your good works and "GLORIFY YOUR FATHER" which is in Heaven. We can teach our children about God. We can teach them to say the right thing. We can teach them to do good works like Niccodemus. We can dicipline them in "THE LAW" as The Apostle Paul was schooled. However, when Jesus appeared to Paul on the road to Damacus, He said, "Who art Thou Lord..................'what would you have me to do"? Paul found out that the Lord was Jesus. He KNEW "WHO" He was, but then Paul said after His conversion, "...That I might "know" Him in the "fellowship of His suffering" AND "the power of His ressurrection". (the real dicipline) (CHRIST IN YOU THE HOPE OF GLORY) His legal background was not enough.....It actually made him "Spiritually Proud". Paul desired "to KNOW Him." (intimately in the Spirit....the God of the Law and the God of Grace. Paul prayed for the baptized believers "....that Christ might be formed in you". (He actually groaned in travail for this). I am sure that Paul would pray that prayer for parents today..... Then their children would "GLORIFY GOD" when they see their parents good works that come from the HEART. Jesus Christ has all of our answers just as He did in the Gospels. "If you abide in My Word and My Word abide in you, you may ask what you will and IT SHALL BE DONE...." Of course, the Law is a schoolmaster to bring us to Christ. Keep up the good work!!! Again, If you would in the future desire to "join" (hopefully in agreement)(smile) in prayer with me, I will take the time. In the meantime, I will ask "The Lord" what He would have to say to you about the question you asked, and I will let you know.....(smile) (Now we can go into the Holy of Holies and make our petitions known because of the blood of the covenant .... "Ask and ye shall receive..seek and ye shall find....knock and it shall be opened unto you"(smile) "To Him that hath shall more be given...to Him that Hath not, even that that He hath shall be taken away".(smile) Blessings savedbyunmeritedfavor (To Be Conformed To The Image of Christ) |
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3 | parental responsibility and serving | Bible general Archive 3 | DocTrinsograce | 182753 | ||
Dear saved... Thank you for the reply! Yes, when knowledge is only head knowledge, it isn't beneficial at all. Nevertheless, it is a Scriptural truth that God never bypasses the mind in accomplishing His eternal purpose in His own. Note that that is the case even in the instance you mentioned with your granddaughter. We certainly don't want to throw out the intellectual side of who we are. There were some heretics who were all about knowledge alone. Fascinating that Paul, in dealing with that heresy, prays that the believers would "increase in knowledge" (Colossians 1:9). The word their is Greek for a deep kind of knowledge. The kind of knowledge that effects not just our minds, but our hearts, our actions, and our words. Isn't that amazing? But we shouldn't be surprised by this. The Scripture is, indeed, the very words of God (Hebrews 1:1-2). Faith comes by hearing the Word (Romans 10:17). Paul points out that if we didn't understand those words, there could be no response (1 Corinthians 14:8). We are made in the image of God. Hence we think, we speak, we feel, we act, etc. As believers, empowered by the Holy Spirit, we do all these things in a way that brings glory and honor to the Lord through a regenerate life. As you've pointed out, we must be diligent in seeking (searching), asking (inquiring), knocking (exerting the effort to enter in). We become worthy workmen through study (2 Timothy 2:15), growing up in our knowledge and skill in handling the Word. "For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the basic principles of the oracles of God. You need milk, not solid food, for everyone who lives on milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, since he is a child. But solid food is for the mature, for those who have their powers of discernment trained by constant practice to distinguish good from evil." (Hebrews 5:12-14 ESV) "And He gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the pastors and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes." (Ephesians 4:11-14 ESV) Note that Bible does not promote intellectualism. It promotes the Godly use of the gift our intellect through the revelation of divine truth in lives transformed by the Holy Spirit. In Him, Doc |
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4 | parental responsibility and serving | Bible general Archive 3 | savedbyunmeritedfavor | 182757 | ||
IN TOTAL AGREEMENT!!!!TO GOD BE THE GLORY!!!! I Love The Written and the Rhema word!!! There is the "letter of the law" and, of course, as you know, "the Spirit of the Law". My Pastor at the age of 90 passed away in January 2007. I am so grateful to have had such a wonderful Pastor-Teacher, one who "Knew" Christ through His Word and His Love for people was so great! His son had not received Jesus until a few weeks before His father's death. He was baptized in water and in the Holy Spirit at age 70! My pastor said, after his son's conversion, "Now I am ready to go to be with The Lord". For The Lord is good and his mercy endureth forever! If I recall in the future a good source of information regarding your request, I will certainly let you know. It is a pleasure to receive and share with you! Again, Blessings, savedbyunmeritedfavor |
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