The Most Impoortant Lessons We Should Be Teaching Our Children

Christian parents need to address a problem which has been having a severe and negative effect on our community and in our families for the last few decades. At some point many of us have fallen for this idea that we should not teach our children about our Christian beliefs but, rather, should simply "raise them right" and "let them come to their own conclusions."

This idea was spoon fed to us by the liberal left and sounded so "touchy feely good" at first. "If you raise your child right and Christianity is truth then they will follow in your footsteps." It sounded sort of fair. Let us examine this idea for a moment.

Drinking rat poison is could be described as an "incorrect lifestyle choice." What parent, in their right mind, would sit back and allow their child to "come to their own conclusion" about whether or not to get into a bottle of rat poison and take a big swig? The answer is none. No one in their right mind would even consider allowing a small child to make a decision like that. If you saw your child with the rat poison you would take it away from them, show them the emblems for "poison" and tell them why they should never play with such things. You are the "parent" and you know better than to drink poison, "fair" has nothing to do with it.

Why then, should Christian parents allow their children to "play with the poison" of a non Christian life? We should not. Rather, we should show our children the gospel as they grow, teach them the Bible as they are brought up and, they will know not to "drink the poison" of a false religion later in life.

Beyond the simple practical side is the added benefit of moral grounding. I have a grown daughter and I cannot imagine trying to raise her without the moral framework of Christianity. It gives us our basic guidelines in life.

My daughter is now nineteen and she chooses not to participate in things other young girls freely engage in. She does not do drugs, drink nor engage in extramarital sex. No, it is not that I turn a "blind eye" to it, I am an old soldier and I know what kids can and will do. She chooses not to. I trust her in these matters. Remember Proverbs, "Train a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not turn from it" 22:6 (NIV). It does not tell us, "turn your child loose and lets see if they land in the right spot." Remember, the people pushing that idea are not responsible for your child, you are. They are just pushing their political and social agendas