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Lesson 26 - Bible Instructions for Parents 

God said of Abraham:

"I know him, that he will command his children and his household
after him, and they shall keep the way of the Lord, to do justice and
judgment..." (Genesis 18:19).

In contrast God said concerning Eli, the priest: 

"For I have told him that I will judge his house for ever for the iniquity
which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he
restrained them not. "And therefore I have sworn unto the house of
Eli, that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be purged with sacrifice
nor offering for ever" (1 Samuel 3:14-15).

Pharaoh said, "Let the men go, that they may serve the Lord their
God," but Moses said, We will go with our young and with our old,
with our sons and with our daughters..." (Exodus 10:7, 9).
Sometimes parents seem content to be Christians but fail to insist
against Satan that their children will leave Egypt (the land of
bondage) with them.

Parents sometimes do not realize how important it is that they
serve God while rearing their children.

   "I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of
   the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth
   generation of them that hat me; And shewing mercy unto
   thousands of them that love me, and keep my
   commandments" (Exodus 20:5).

   God said in Hosea 4:9, "...Seeing thou hast forgotten the law
   of thy God, I will also forget they children."

   "Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his
   commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may
   go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that
   thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the Lord
   thy God giveth thee, for ever" (Deuteronomy 4:40).

   "O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear
   me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be
   well with them, and with their children for ever!" (Deuteronomy
   5:29).

   "Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the
   womb is his reward" (Psalm 127:3).

   "And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and
   the heart of the children to the fathers, lest I come and smite
   the earth with a curse" (Malachi 4:6). 

Concern for Children Before Birth. 

Children are of concern to both parents and the doctor before the
child is born, with concern for the wellbeing of the child and mother.

It is a sad fact that millions of mothers have concerned themselves
with the deliberate destruction of their children before they have a
chance to be born -- the murder of unborn infants, called abortion.

Should parents be concerned for their children's spiritual
welfare before they are born? 

I heard of an incident but am not sure that I remember the time
element correctly. It, however, illustrates the point. A mother went to
the minister in by gone years and asked him at what age should she
begin the spiritual training of her child. The minister asked, "When
will the child be born?" She replied, "O, he is three years old." The
minister responded, "Go home quickly and begin because you have
lost the three best years to do it." 


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