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Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free. (JN 8:32)
Could part of a "murky morality" be the result of a "murky gospel?" Are too many parents who confess Christianity trying to raise their children with a socially accepted gospel, instead of the gospel of Jesus Christ? A Christian parent should seek to establish a godly home that is filled with the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, a home that is filled with the dynami...more
Could part of a "murky morality" be the result of a "murky gospel?" Are too many parents who confess Christianity trying to raise their children with a socially accepted gospel, instead of the gospel of Jesus Christ?
A Christian parent should seek to establish a godly home that is filled with the presence and power of the Holy Spirit, a home that is filled with the dynamics of God's word, praise, and worship. A Christian parent is to be a watchman on the wall, guarding the home and child from demonic, sensual, and seductive infiltration, blocking all possible inroads with fervent prayer and fasting.
Children raised in purity and truth without compromise, will be given a wonderful "discernment alarm." When filth and falsehood approaches, they will have a better chance of sensing it. They may hit the "snooze button," but at least the parent can say, "I was obedient to the Lord."
A Christian parent should not be tempted to dumb down the gospel with socially accepted terms such as, pre-marital sex or sex outside of marriage. The word of God calls it fornication, and such a lifestyle has a consequence other than just pregnancy or an STD.
Now the works of the flesh are manifest, which are these; Adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lasciviousness, Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, Envyings, murders, drunkenness, revellings, and such like: of the which I tell you before, as I have also told you in time past, that they which do such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God (Galatians 5:19-21)
Is fornication a lesser sin, should that even be an issue, since it carries the same consequence as the rest of the list?less
1Co 6:9, 10 Know ye not that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.
Mt 7:13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: Mt 7:14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Mt 7:15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
Through it all we can stand upon the Rock that does not roll, Jesus Christ. He who is come in the flesh, without sin, who died and rose again. He who will return someday. He who is King of kings and Lord of lords. Our buckler and our shield. Our hope and our redeemer.
Online4Him (from Kobia Advocates Full Communion among All Denominations): Which Christ are we talking about; is it the Christ of Scripture or someone entirely different? That is a good point. In light of that, the following scripture is powerful: Jn 10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, t...more
Online4Him (from Kobia Advocates Full Communion among All Denominations):
Which Christ are we talking about; is it the Christ of Scripture or someone entirely different?
That is a good point. In light of that, the following scripture is powerful:
Jn 10:1 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.less