Bible Basics

Teaching Our Children

It’s not unusual for parents to see the value of their children’s secular education, but often many parents don’t seem to see their need for learning the Bible to be as great. Many consider the primary responsibility of educating children in the Scriptures to fall on the church, but in reality it is the parents who owe their children a knowledge of God’s word. This is emphasized in the Old Testament as Moses writes concerning God’s commandments, “And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thy house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up” (Deut. 6:7). In other words, every day regardless of what we are doing we need to stress to our children we are obeying God. They need to know what God requires of them. And they need to know He requires no less of us. We are all subject to His authority and His commands, “And whatever you do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him” (Col. 3:17). The problem is, many parents have a “do what I say, not what I do” mentality. We must remember we are living letters, “known and read of all men” (2 Cor. 3:2, 3), and especially by our children. What lessons are you teaching your children?

                                                                                                               -- Clark Dugger

Bible Basics