As Christians, not only are we blessed with the knowledge of the truth that saves, but we also have a great responsibility to share that knowledge with others, not least our own children.
I was amazed to read of a group of people in Australia who decided to abandon civilization, and to go out into the outback and ‘live it rough’. How many generations of ‘living rough’ do you think it took for these people to forget everything about civilized life?
The answer: just one generation! The parents of the next generation of children chose not to tell them about the civilized life they once had, so their children grew up completely ignorant of civilization.
Do you realise this can happen to Christianity? If our society continues on its path of neglecting to go to church and refusing to send its children to Sunday schools, the next generation will know nothing about God and His Bible!
How important it is, then, that we pass on our knowledge of God and the Bible to our children. Let us not neglect reading the Bible together at home, and praying together regularly, so our children can see how a Christian family ought to live. By doing this, we are ensuring our children know how to teach their children to do the same things.
Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6