The following comes from the latest post by Discipleland (Check out their great resources.)
“Four Key Benefits of Teaching Children the Truths of Scripture:
- Makes kids wise for salvation (2 Timothy 3:15)
- Thoroughly equips them to do good works (2 Timothy 3:17)
- Prepares them to respond to those who ask about their hope (1 Peter 3:15)
- Readies them to withstand the culture’s onslaught that attempts to indoctrinate and deceive them (Ephesians 6:10-18)
After the Lord freed the Hebrews from slavery, Moses knew that God’s people needed a dramatic paradigm shift regarding parenting. He implores parents to do whatever it takes to train their kids about walking in God’s ways: ‘Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and your gates’ (Deuteronomy 6:7-9).
Why was Moses so concerned that successive generations observe God’s laws? The Lord had promised His people that effective parenting would lead to these wonderful rewards:
- His people would live safely in the land (Leviticus 25:18)
- All would go well with them (Deuteronomy 12:28)
- God would bless them in the land (Deuteronomy 30:16)
Training children to know and obey God is the primary way believers access God’s long-term blessing and rewards—for the family, for the church, and for the whole society.”
