When Your Son Asks...

(Deuteronmy 6:20-25) Here in Deuteronmy 6, Moses gives a set of instructions in anticipation of the nation's entry into the Promised Land. His primary concern is the preservation of the faith for the succeeding generations. In essence, the set of instructions are: 1. hey shou!d carefu!!y o"serve the Lord's !a# #hi!e !iving in the !and. 0/omans 6:$;2. $. Israe!i parents are to te!! the chi!dren, .My son, #hi!e #e #ere he!p!ess s!aves, una"!e to fight the stronger >gyptians, ,od rescued us "y doing miracu!ous deeds proving He is the true ,od and not the gods of >gypt.. <ontemporary parents ought to te!! the younger ones, .&hi!e #e #ere #ea: s!aves of sin, una"!e to save ourse!ves, he too: us a#ay from the fangs of the evi! one.. &e #ere former!y serving fa!se gods, "ut no# #e #ere given the privi!ege to #orship the +ne rue ,od 01 hess. 1:52

$. heir !oya!ty shou!d "e to %H&H a!one. he 'hema in verse ( is not )ust an affirmation of monotheism* it is a!so a confession of a!!egiance to the +ne rue ,od. -nd so immediate!y after the 'hema, #e read: .Love the L+/D your ,od #ith a!! your heart and #ith a!! your sou! and #ith 3. Israe!i parents are to te!! the chi!d, .&e #ere not a!! your strength.. 0verse 12 on!y emancipated from s!avery* #e #ere a!so p!aced in this !and f!o#ing #ith mi!: and honey. 3. he &ord of ,od must "e di!igent!y taught to <ontemporary parents ought to te!! the :ids that the younger ones for every opportunity and in #e #ere not on!y de!ivered from the po#er of sin, every possi"!e means. 0verses 6452 #e #ere a!so granted every spiritua! "!essing in <hrist 0>ph. 1:32 (. 6no# that there #i!! "e "itter conse7uences for diso"edience 0verse 112 (. Israe!i parents are to te!! their offspring, .My son, other nations may "e stronger than us* they &hen this #ho!e4hearted devotion is o"served in have a !arge armed forces and they are #e!!4 the home, the chi!dren #i!! "e pu88!ed. hey may e7uipped, "ut as !ong as #e are faithfu! to the "egin to #onder, .&hat's a!! the fuss a"out these Lord, #e'!! "e safe and sound in this p!ace.. dos and don'ts in the !a# that #e are meticu!ous!y <ontemporary parents ought to te!! their chi!dren o"serving9. that there may "e so many threats to our #e!!4 .&hy are #e so !oya! to %H&H9 &hat ma:es "eing: poverty, famine, persecution, sic:ness, him different from the gods of the neig"oring crimina!s, terrorists, #ars... "ut amidst a!! of these, countries9. nothing can separate us from the !ove of ,od. &e .-!! my c!assmates are free to vie# this fi!m, #hy are safe in his arms 0/omans ?:314352 can't I9. 1. he fifth one #i!! :eep us <hrist4centered and &hen the chi!d cou!d no !onger :eep it in, he #i!! cross4centered. @or an Israe!ite parent then #ou!d approach his parents and as: them a"out it 0verse say .if #e are carefu! to o"ey a!! this !a# "efore $;2. han:fu!!y, ,od himse!f prepared an ans#er the L+/D our ,od, as he has commanded us, that for the parents !ong "efore the chi!dren as: 0$14 #i!! "e our righteousness.. +ur Ae# estament $12 revea!s that no one has ever achieved that righteousness "y perfect!y o"eing the !a#. -s a 1. Israe!i parents are to te!! their offspring of their resu!t, the entire human race are under a curse misera"!e condition "efore sa!vation came. .&e 0,a!.3:1;2. his is the very reason #hy <hrist #ere s!aves my 'on, #e #ere #ea: and misera"!e died, that he may grant us the righteousness #e s!aves.. <ontemporary <hristian parents never are una"!e to attain from the !a#. In <hrist, #e are e=perienced ens!avement from human tyrants, yet righteous "efore ,od 0$ <or. 1:$1, 1 <or. 1:3;2 they #ere a!! s!aves to sin "efore sa!vation came