Parents and Children

I believe a big problem in the church today is the role that is expected of the church. Many parents expect the church to be the place where their children learn about spiritual things. Not only that, many parents are leading a life they wouldn't want their kids to lead. The problem is that children copy what they SEE their parents do, much more so than what their parents tell them to do. If the parents wants their child to learn how to be followers of Christ, they need to first model that with their own life, and then personally teach their children what a relationship with God really is.

Reading in the Bible, I don't see where it was the priests, or the leaders of the church, that were to teach the next generation how to be godly. That was the job of the parent.

Deuteronomy 6:5-7
Love the LORD your God with all your heart
and with all your soul and with all your strength.
These commandments that I give you today are
to be upon your hearts.
Impress them upon 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.

The Christian life, is a relationship with God that permeates our life, all that we do, who we are. It is a natural thing to teach a child to eat, to walk, to play sports, to ride a bike. It is to be the same with the Christian life. They watch us, and look to us for answers.