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Todays Lesson:
This quarter your child will be studying about the age-old
conflict between God and Satan, in the struggle for souls. The first
lesson is an introduction to Satan as a spirit being who is real and who
has great power. All of us will be better able to ward off his attacks if
we learn what Gods word has to say about him and his deceitful lies.
This subject has been largely ignored in the world as well as in the
church in recent years, resulting in the rampant growth of sin with all
its destructive power.
Use Life Span as a refrigerator-door reminder for your child
to be on the look-out for Satans work, his lies, and his temptations to
do wrong. Be sure that this knowledge is balanced with an equally
strong reminder that God is greater than Satan, and that He is always
with us to help us. No temptation has overtaken you except as is
common to man; but God is faithful, who will not allow you to be
tempted beyond what you are able, but with the temptation will also
make the way of escape, that you may be able to bear it (1 Corinthians 10:13).
Thinking Aloud to Parents
You parents, with your greater Bible knowledge as well
as your greater experience in living, are able to see Satans work
more clearly than your children can do. Because he is a very
powerful force in the world today, it is imperative that they learn
about him, so that they may be able to overcome him. A thorough
knowledge of Gods word is our shield against all of Satans varied attacks.
As parents, help your child to grow closer to God each
day by helping him to recognize the times when Satan is trying
to influence him to disobey God. Too often, both God and Satan
are relegated to the church building, in the sense that parents fail
to incorporate awareness of their presence and their activities in
the every-day life of the home. Children need to see life from that
spiritual perspective, so that it will take precedence over the physical,
material world.
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Teachers to Parents
Todays Lesson:
In these lessons, we are making a contrast between the kind
of world Satan makes and the kind we have if we are following Gods
directions in the Bible. Though we hope that none of the children in the
class are living with these kinds of problems and we hope they dont
deal with these kinds of fears the only way we can begin to change
the broken world is to warn our children of its realities and its dangers.
Please take the time to talk with your young ones about these things
and strengthen them in their security at home and with God.
The weekly take-home sheet, Life Span, gives you a small
insight into the weeks lesson. It would be good to ask your child to
tell you what he/she studied in class, so that you can be aware of any
impact/questions/misconceptions/concerns. The questions and activity page may be filled out in class, but if there is not enough time it can
serve as a review you can have at home during the week. No lesson
will have its full impact during those few minutes of class time. Your
reinforcement of it throughout the week will greatly strengthen the
message and help in your childs spiritual development.
Thinking Aloud to Parents
We live in a busy world. Fifty or sixty years ago, few
mothers worked outside the home. Sadly, the thinking of many in
this era is that unless a woman is bringing home a paycheck, she
is not carrying her share of the load. Yes, there are situations in
which a mother has no choice but to put in eight hours a day on a
job. When that is necessary, in most cases everyone in the family
helps to pay the price.
We would pray that you, as parents, would carefully examine your situation to see if you could manage on less, being willing
to give up some of the luxuries that seem to be necessary, so that
the mother can devote her time to her husband, her children, and
the home. Families need time every day to grow together, to study
Gods Word together, and to help each other through the hard times
in life. Sadly, because of this lack of time, there is little spiritual
cohesion in many Christian families, and children are lost.
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Each one of us is in this world for a purpose: to let our lights
shine for God, so that the friends around us will learn how God
wants us to live. Do this activity about different kinds of lights.
Take It Home!
In the beginning, when God created the world, everything was _____________. Were there storms, tornadoes,
and earthquakes? ________. Were Adam and Eve afraid of
the animals? _______. Did anything die? ________.
Name two trees God placed in the Garden of Eden:
The _______ ____ ____________ of ________ and ______;
the _______ ____ _______. God told them not to eat the
fruit of one of the trees. Which one was that? Did they obey
God? What happened when they disobeyed?
What did Adam and Eve suddenly realize when they
ate the fruit? What did they do? What was the first death?
Why did God kill the animals? Is it important for us to dress
modestly?
Can you think of some wrong things Satan is still getting people to do today? Why is it important for Christians to
be together? When you are with Christian friends, is it easier
to do right things than when you are with kids who fight and
bully and use bad language?
What does Matthew 5:14-16 teach us about the work God
has given us to do, to be the lights in a dark world?
What was the world like when Noah was building the
ark? Jesus said that when He comes again, the world will
be like it was in the days of Noah. Would you want to live in
that kind of world?
Memory Verse:
Who made the family?
You are of your father the God gave _________ and
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Teachers to Parents
Your children and their eternal destination are our great
concern. In reality, their spiritual education is of far greater importance than their secular education, so we know we can provide
very little of what they need in two weekly class periods. At best,
the time in the classroom on Sunday morning and Wednesday
night is very short. As a teacher I have prepared to teach a lesson that we feel is vital. If the first 15 minutes are spent getting
late-comers settled in and brought up to speed on what weve been
doing, very little time is left for the singing that is important, for
reciting the memory verses, and for the lesson and activity.
You can help me with the tremendous responsibility of implanting Gods word in those precious hearts by having your child in class on
time. Or better still, try to come a little early! That will allow us time
to better get to know the children and their individual needs.
Thinking Aloud to Parents
When children are young, the years of parenting seem to
stretch on and on but too soon the fledglings are graduating from
high school and heading off to college! THEN you may look back
and think, Have I taught them strongly enough that they will remain
faithful Christians through the challenges that lie ahead of them?
It will be too late to lay that firm foundation as they are
walking out the door. NOW, during these days and weeks and
months while they are your little ones, looking to you for guidance
in the shaping of their lives, NOW is the precious time you have to
mold them. The pattern for our spiritual interaction with our children
should be as God taught the Israelites in Deuteronomy 6:7, You
shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk
of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the
way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
If spirituality permeates our thinking so that whatever we are
teaching our children grows from our intimate relationship with God,
they will develop the same natural relationship with Him. We urge
you, as parents, to make family Bible study a daily practice, and to
weave godly thinking into all that you teach them by the way.
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Teachers to Parents
Todays Lesson:
Your children are reaching the age when they can understand
the concept of obedience to God. It is for that reason that we are introducing in this lesson the plan of salvation, as it is taught throughout the New Testament. Probably the tender heart of the average children of this age would prompt them to voice concern about obeying
the Gospel. My concern as a teacher is that they not be encouraged to
be baptized before they are old enough to be held accountable to God,
and before they are old enough to really understand what they would
be doing. It is better to teach well but to encourage waiting about
such a life-commitment until they are have reached some emotional
and logical maturity in thinking things through.
Ask your child to tell you what he/she learned in class today.
Get them to explain what we must BELIEVE, what it means to REPENT, what we are to CONFESS, and what BAPTISM is. If they are
at all confused about the words and their meanings, explain to them
but also talk with me as their teacher so that I can reinforce what was
covered in this lesson.
Thinking Aloud to Parents
The concept of parenting, and of parent/child relationships
was established by God for a very important purpose. You are
teaching your children that rules must be followed, that respect is
due those in authority, that disobedience brings consequences, and
that family bonds are lasting. As they learn these lessons in their
family relationships, it will be an easy extension of that knowledge
for them to respect teachers, policemen, government and God
as our spiritual authority. As they learn obedience to you, that will
translate into an understanding of the necessity to obey secular
rules and ultimately, God, as their heavenly Father. If you
threaten punishment for disobedience but fail to keep your word,
inadvertantly you will be teaching them that authority can be
ignored and that may lead to disobedience to God. BE CAREFUL! In human relationships, you are teaching spiritual attitudes
that may determine their eternal destination.
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He ______ and __________ people.
Jesus was _____________ to be our ___________.
The _________ is the ________ ________.
All have __________ and _______ short of Gods glory.
God so _________ the __________.
Jesus ________ for our sins, was ________ and _______.
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and are ______________ into Christ to be __________.
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Teachers to Parents
Todays Lesson:
This is a very important time in the lives of your children.
Because many of them are beginning to understand that sin separates
us from God, they are wondering if they are lost and if they need to be
baptized. Thorough teaching needs to be done on all aspects of sin,
obedience to God, the plan of salvation, the resulting birth into the
church, and what it means to be a new baby in Gods family. Questions
and answers will need to be repeated, enlarged upon, and referred to
again and again in subsequent materials. Reinforcement by parents is
vital if the children are to understand the importance of these lessons.
Use Life Span as a further review of the lesson and discussion
of any concepts that might not be clear in the minds of your children.
Help them to grow in the idea of Gods spiritual family the church
by being interactive yourself with fellow-Christians as dear brothers and sisters. Dont let your relationship be simply, Hello, how are
you? but cultivate family involvement with the church. Have times of
home fellowship together, be there to help in time of need, etc.
Thinking Aloud to Parents
Perhaps your son or daughter has already been questioning, Am I lost? Do I need to be baptized? No one wants to
discourage the completion of obedience to the Gospel, but there
is also the danger of baptizing children when they are actually too
immature to have fully understood even the concepts of the Gospel, of obedience to it, and of the lifetime commitment they should
be making. In consequence, often in later years there will be the
haunting question, Did I really understand what I was doing?
Now that I know I understand, do I need to be baptized [again]?
In answer to the question of being lost, we urged our children to make their judgment based on who they feared offending:
their parents or God? If God was their first concern when they
knew they had done something wrong, that would indicate that
they were mature enough in their understanding of sin and the
resulting separation from God that they could be counted ready.
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Todays Lesson:
Teachers to Parents
Todays Lesson:
Just as God developed the physical family [parents and children, grandparents, aunts and uncles and cousins] to be help and support for each other, He developed His spiritual Family the church
so that Christian brothers and sisters can turn to each other in time
of need or joy. Developing that kind of relationship among Christians
is vital, and bringing up children with the realness and preciousness of
that relationship as a part of their lives will be the natural result.
As a background to the beginning of the church, this lesson
gives facts concerning the inspiration and writing of the Bible, so that
children can grow up with the assurance that the message is from God.
It would be good for you, as parents, to go over these facts so that they
can become part of your childrens memory work. Doing Bible Facts
as a game and challenge can be a productive form of entertainment in
the car on the way to school or while making some other car trip. It is
smart parents who capitalize on such times of enforced togetherness!
Thinking Aloud to Parents
Because of the rampant atheism and humanism in our
country today, and because that foundational thinking has made its
way even into our schools, it is vital that parents counteract those
doctrines with sound spiritual answers. The Bible IS the inspired
word of God, but can you give your children the evidence that will
take away any doubt they may have?
Much that is taught today is laid on the foundational fact
that evolution explains all that exists. Have you studied their
doctrines and the answers so that you can fortify your children and
protect their faith?
Do you know how to deal with your childs questions
about the moral and cultural changes that are taking place? Unless
they are equipped with rock-solid answers, their faith will not be
strong enough to withstand the onslaughts of change and political
correctness accepted without question by many of their friends.
Your time to armor them is short Dont let it slip away!
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Have there been damaging storms, tornadoes, or hurricanes in our country this year? This is not the kind of world
God created, but the perfection of creation was broken when
Adam and Eve listened to Satan. Death came. Sin grew
and grew and grew, until finally God brought the great flood
to destroy that world of sinners. Only Noah and his family
were left. After the flood, everything was changed changed!
Our world is broken!
God sees all of time, and He knew what would happen, even before He began the creation. It was planned
then that Jesus would be born as Gods Son and would die
for the sins of the world. All those people who obey Jesus
are born into His family, called the ________. Christians live
in the world, but they dont live like the _______. On the day
of Pentecost, when the church was started, Peter told the
people to _________ and be __________ in the name of
Jesus Christ for the ____________ of ______ (Acts 2:38).
How many people became Christians on that first
day? _________________. What does Acts 2:47 say that
God did in response? _____________________________.
Those early Christians continued in the apostles
___________ and ______________, in the breaking of
__________, and in _____________ (Acts 2:42). In worship
today, we __________, ___________, study Gods _______,
take the __________ ___________, and give of our ______.
Would it be OK to add things to worship or change
things or leave off things? Are we supposed to follow the
commands in Sripture and the
examples we see there?
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Teachers to Parents
Todays Lesson:
There are many denominational churches. All of us are used to
seeing the buildings and we know that most of our friends are members
of those groups. It is very important that our children be taught clearly
about the Lords church. The teaching must be done with love, more
from a positive and informative point of view. There are many definitive points about the church that will enable any concerned person to
identify it. Those need to be taught.
Use Life Span to reinforce the lesson. Practice a drill with
your children with these questions:
What is Gods family called?
When did it begin?
Where?
Who is its head?
What book does it follow?
What are the 5 steps in the plan of salvation?
When do Christians meet together to worship God?
What are the 5 things that are done in a worship service?
Knowing these things clearly will prevent confusion in later years.
Thinking Aloud to Parents
As your children reach the age of accountability, looking
toward the time they will decide to be baptized, it is vital that they
realize the uniqueness of the church in contrast to the many denominations begun by men and governed by teachings contrary or
in addition to those recorded in the New Testament. They need to
know that when they are baptized into Christ, they are born as new
babies into His spiritual Family, the church. Christ and His church
are bonded together, the Head and His body.
This teaching of distinctiveness is not done to be divisive
but to lay a firm foundation on which your children can build their
entire spiritual life. Too many times, when these truths have not
been clearly taught, as children grow up and have more interaction
with denominational friends it is no challenge for them to begin to
go to a community/denominational church that may seem good.
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Teachers to Parents
Todays Lesson:
Because many erroneous things are being taught in religious
groups, it is important that we in the church carefully study what the
Scriptures teach and promise about Gods work in the world today with
and through His people. This lesson defines and explains miracles
and providence, as two ways that God has interacted with humans
through the ages.
If you have access on your TV to channels that carry various
religious programs featuring faith healers it would be good to watch
one of them with your children and then discuss with them the great
differences between the miracles of the Bible and what is claimed
today. These men will announce that the dead can be raised, the lame
can be made to walk, etc., but these things dont happen either gradually or instantaneously as a result of their prayers which are often
made in the form of demands of God: Heal! Heal!. They are false
claims and our children must be educated to see the contradiction
between these claims and what the Scriptures teach.
Thinking Aloud to Parents
Your children have a measure of security in knowing that
you are taking care of them, that you will do all in your power to
protect them and to help them out of any difficulty.
Through His tools of providence, we can depend on Gods
care as we live in this dangerous world. He does not promise to
shield us from every challenge and hardship, because it is inevitable that life will bring those difficulties. But He will strengthen us
and help us through, if we remain strong in our faith in Him. It is
important that you, as a parent, help your children to grow in this
understanding of security in His providential care. The understanding must not be built on presumptions and our own desires
but on exactly what the Scriptures promise, both in example and
in promises in words such as in Romans 8:28, this weeks memory
verse. That verse does not say that no negatives will come into
our lives, but the promise is made that God will work everything
togehter for our good, if we love Him and are His children.
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Jesus wants all Christians to take the Gospel to
their friends and family and into the whole world. Use
your Bible to find the answers to the questions about
Pauls first missionary journey.
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Teachers to Parents
Todays Lesson:
In addition to the examples we see in the Bible of God helping people through providence, this lesson teaches us to look to things
that happen in our own time that show us that God is still very much
at work. When Jesus went back to Heaven, He told His disciples to go
into all the world and teach people the Gospel. He told them not to
be afraid, that He would not leave them to do that work alone. We are
Jesus hands and feet today, to teach others what He has done for us.
Study Hebrews 1:14 and Hebrews 13:2 with your children.
Discuss the meaning of these verses and stress that angels are Gods
workers to help His human children, even though we are not able
to see them. If you have a concordance, look up angel and select
as each nights family study a Bible event concerning Gods use of
angels. Understand, and help your children to understand, that these
are not fairy tales but that they are true accounts of things that happened in our real world.
Thinking Aloud to Parents
In their Bible class your children learned lessons concerning Gods use of providential tools in todays world. Ask them
to tell you what they remember of the beginning of the church of
Christ in the country of Sri Lanka, and of the things that happened
that show Gods providence in Reggies conversion and later in his
help with the radio programs for the entire nation of India.
Ask them, also, to tell you about the conversion of the
family that was the beginning of the church in Burma. Do they remember where the man was from who told them of the American
missionary, and where he lived? Gods providential care spanned
how many countries, to bring the Gospel to these people?
Ask them about the Pakistani doctor who told a missionary
that his people in the mountains of Iran were also Christians and
a part of the church of Christ. How had they learned about Jesus?
Were their beliefs biblically correct about how to become a Christian and how we as a congregation are to worship God ?
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Jesus said, Go into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature. He who believes and is baptized will
be saved; but he who does not believe will be condemned
(Mark 16:15,16). We are His people today, so Hes saying
the same thing to us. We have work to do and we want to
prepare so that we can know the Bible and love the ones we
want to teach. Some of the people who learn about Jesus
and obey Him through our teaching will spend eternity with
Him! Thats a wonderful thing that we can do for Him!
How big is the world? __________ miles around.
How many countries are in the world? ___________
About how many people are there? ______________
Jesus said, ... I will not leave you _________.
What does that mean?
God has put the treasure of the Gospel in our hands.
Can you think of ways you can help to teach your friends?
Do you know anyone who is working in a foreign country as
a missionary?
What is a missionary? _______________________
What are some of the religions in other countries?
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In order to live and teach in those countries, we need
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Are they not all ministering
spirits sent forth to minister
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Teachers to Parents
Todays Lesson:
We need to understand that we are in a real war with Satan. He
began by getting Adam and Eve to disobey God. He tried to kill the baby
Jesus. He tempted the disciples to deny that they knew Jesus, and he got
Judas to betray Jesus to the Jewish rulers. When Jesus was crucified,
Satan must have thought he had at last won the war, but what happened?
In dying, Jesus made the way for us to be forgiven of our sins and to be
born into Gods spiritual family, the church. What a victory!
Just as a man has one wife, the church is called the bride of
Christ. He died to save that one bride. We need to carefully and
clearly teach our children the oneness of Gods system: ONE body
[church, Ephesians 1:22,23], ONE Spirit, ONE hope, ONE Lord,
ONE faith, ONE baptism, One God.
Satans goal is still to win the war. The way he does it today
is to start lots of churches and teach lots of things that are not in the
Bible, so that people will think they are doing what God wants them
to do, and they wont see the Truth and obey only that.
Thinking Aloud to Parents
In these days there are thousands of denominational
churches. Many of these are large community churches that draw
people from multiple denominational backgrounds. Your childrens friends may be attending one of these groups that offer
many activities that appeal to children. The tendency among
humans is to go with the crowd, to fit in well with ones peers.
Especially can this be an attraction for young people who dont yet
have a firm foundation in the Scriptures.
For the sake of your childrens eternal welfare, it is vital
that you, as parents, carefully teach them about the church the
special spiritual family for which Christ died and that they
understand that you are not being bigotted or prejudiced in what
you are teaching, but that you want them to be guided only by
Gods inspired word. You want them to be saved, not deceived by
a counterfeit Gospel and church.
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Teachers to Parents
Todays Lesson:
Not only are there many churches in the world today, but there
are also many different religions, following many gods and goddesses. To worship an idol may seem laughably silly to us because we
have been taught about God, but many millions of people in the world
worship idols and believe that they can either bless them or curse them.
Many sacrifices are made to idols: money, animals, and sometimes
even humans.
Google the names of some of the idols that are worshiped in
Hinduism and Buddhism: Buddha, Shiva, Ganesh, or Vishnu. There
are children your age in India and other countries whose daddys and
mothers are teaching them to love and woship these as their gods.
In Muslim countries, they dont have idols but children are taught
in schools, in the mosques [places of worship] that it is right to kill
people who wont become Muslims. They think Jesus was showing
weakness when He taught His followers to love and forgive others.
Thinking Aloud to Parents
As with the study about the many denominations that have
been developed by men, with their doctrines that contradict Scripture, this study of the other major religions of the world is of great
importance. In decades past, we in America saw very little of foreign influence, personally, but now there are mosques and temples
in all major cities and in many smaller ones. Millions who follow
those religions now call this country home. Their children are in
school with yours. Words in their languages are becoming a part
of ours: mantra, kudos, karma, and nirvana are only a few examples of Hindu words that are now heard frequently.
You have only a few short years to teach your children
about God, His word, and His will for us, to make a strong foundation on which they can build their lives and their eternity. Dont
presume that they will be well-grounded simply by association.
The New Age movement is an American version of Hinduism,
and by it many have been led away from a belief in God. Teach
with dedication so that your children will not be in any such danger.
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Maybe youll think your activity this week
is a strange one, but it will help you to learn an
important lesson:
v Buy some play-doh or a package of regular clay.
v Do the very best job you can do at shaping a
god like the Hindu god, Shiva, or the god Ganesh (the elephant-head god.)
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Teachers to Parents
Todays Lesson:
We live in such a world of self-centeredness that often we dont
even realize how much we focus on ourselves and our wants and our
indulgencies. Without realizing this, also, parents train their children in
self-centeredness. We feel that we are good parents when we fulfill
their little hearts desires, giving them the attention they want, the new
fads that keep them on par with their friends, and sparing them the
stresses of a demanding life.
Ask your children to evaluate the use of their time and
thoughts, making a written list in the order of their importance. Dont
prompt a listing of spiritual things first let this be their own spontaneous answers. Not only will the list be a strong indication of their
personal interests, it will also help you to see the strengths and weaknesses of your parenting. We have one short period of time to instill
in our children the life-focus that God must come first, family love
and responsibilities second, and that all the things in this world are
here today and gone tomorrow. If their happiness and well being
depend on things they will be going down the wrong road.
Thinking Aloud to Parents
In the past five decades many changes have taken place
in America. Largely, the mother has ceased to be the keeper of
the home, atheistic and humanistic thinking governs much of the
educational system which is shaping the minds of our children,
and violence, bad language, deviant sexuality, and other anti-God
influences have taken over the world of entertainment. From early
ages children become addicted to video games that comsume as
many hours of their day as would be permitted, hardening them to
violence in every imaginable form.
The tendency to allow the TV, video games, and other
forms of entertainment to baby-sit our children is a dangerous and
destructive practice. These things dominate their thinking, hardening them to real violence and death, and place them in a make-believe world where they fight to be in control of all the powers that
be. Parents, take control again and invest deeply in their souls.
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Todays Lesson:
The student book gives a review of the lessons of this quarter.
Today your child will bring that book home, to add it to his growing
library of Bible study books. The purpose in printing these class materials in a permanent book form is so that you as a family can use them
in your daily devotionals.
Now, during the formative years of your childrens lives, and
while you have the time day-after-day to mold them in the things that
are right, please invest this effort in their eternal welfare. By building
for them a firm foundation not only of knowledge of Gods word but
also of seeing it lived out in their parents lives, you will be giving them
a treasure far beyond anything that money or prestige could bring.
Beyond what you do in training at home, it is important that
they learn the value of Family association in the church depending
on that fellowship from others and also offering it themselves. We
must work with greater dedication to be the Family God intended.
Thinking Aloud to Parents
With this lesson we have completed a very important study
of the continual warfare going on in the world, in your life and in
the lives of your children. We have provided Scripture to serve as
spiritual armor in your defense in that war, but the only way you
and your children can be protected is through actually wearing the
armor!
For too long busy families have too often depended on the
once- or twice- weekly Bible classes to do most of the spiritual
equipping of themselves for life. Too often, daily life is secular,
filled with work, school, home responsibilities, and entertainment. For the Christian, this is not enough. As God instructed the
Israelites in Deuteronomy 6:7: You shall teach them [His Word]
diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in
your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and
when you rise up. It is in the God-centeredness of the Christian
family that we separate ourselves from the world around us and
that we secure the eternal salvation of our souls and the souls of
our children. Nothing else in life is of greater importance.
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