After reading this article I've notice that it was not base of biblical principle, we are born not sinless but sinful, therefore born "bad" and that without Christ, no one can do good.
Thanks very much for your comment, Renee. Yours is the first comment from someone other than my wife:)!
Re: the article, I can (as I am sure you can as a mother of 3, right?) empathize with how those "good" parents felt. "What did I do wrong?" I also started to think about King Hezekiah, for example, who was a godly (though not morally perfect) man, yet whose successor son Manasseh was a wicked King. I wonder whether Hezekiah questioned his parenting of Manasseh.
Blessings to you, your husband, and your growing family, Renee.
I know a family where 2 God fearing parent did their best to teach all their children to fear the Lord to see some of them turning to Christ and others to the enemy. They are good parent and did the same with all of them.
But in the end Salvation comes from the Lord, and we has parent are not in charge of the final outcome (seeing our children being save ) but part of the process and it's a privilege to be part of something this big.
I do not agree with the article point of view that we are born "good or bad" and that parental influence as little or no play in the end.
Keep posting these interesting taught provoking post, I like it :-)
After reading this article I've notice that it was not base of biblical principle, we are born not sinless but sinful, therefore born "bad" and that without Christ, no one can do good.
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Renee
Thanks very much for your comment, Renee. Yours is the first comment from someone other than my wife:)!
ReplyDeleteRe: the article, I can (as I am sure you can as a mother of 3, right?) empathize with how those "good" parents felt. "What did I do wrong?" I also started to think about King Hezekiah, for example, who was a godly (though not morally perfect) man, yet whose successor son Manasseh was a wicked King. I wonder whether Hezekiah questioned his parenting of Manasseh.
Blessings to you, your husband, and your growing family, Renee.
I know a family where 2 God fearing parent did their best to teach all their children to fear the Lord to see some of them turning to Christ and others to the enemy. They are good parent and did the same with all of them.
ReplyDeleteBut in the end Salvation comes from the Lord, and we has parent are not in charge of the final outcome (seeing our children being save ) but part of the process and it's a privilege to be part of something this big.
I do not agree with the article point of view that we are born "good or bad" and that parental influence as little or no play in the end.
Keep posting these interesting taught provoking post, I like it :-)