Tuesday 11 November 2014

Raising godly offspring

Raising godly offspring!
Let us read Hosea 5 verse 7, it says, ". They have dealt treacherously with the Lord, For they have begotten pagan children. Now a New Moon shall devour them and their heritage (NKJV Emphasis added)" This scripture touched my heart, it immediately brought to mind a scripture in Malachi 2 verse 15, it goes as follows,
" But did He not make them one, Having a remant of the Spirit? And why one? He seeks godly offspring. Therefor take heed to your spirit, And let none deal treachorously with the wife of his youth (NKJV Emphasis added)" These two scriptures made me think, God has put two people into marriage, has made them one to produce godly offspring, this is one of the most basic purpose of marriage, for we read in Genesis, " Be fruitful and multiply"(NKJV Genesis 1 verse 28).
So one of the duties of marriage is to produce godly offspring for Jesus Christ, godly offspring are children that are raised to love the Lord Jesus Christ, children that are trained in the ways of God, that are taught the commandments of God.
We do however also have a heavenly marriage, we are to be married to Jesus Christ at the end of this age (2 Corinthians 11 verse 1 to 2). Like the earthly marital commandment, we as believers in Jesus Christ are also given a commandment, we are told by Jesus (as the bride of Christ), to go out and make diciples of all nations, to baptize them in the name of the Father, rhe Son and the Holy Spirit, and to teach them the commandments of God (Matthew 28 verse 19 to. 20)!
This can be likened to the scripture about raising godly offspring, we as believers are to show Christ to the unbelievers, we are to raise them in the ways of Christ, in other words to teach them about our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ!
Bear in mind that when you can raise a child in God's ways, he can still fall away from God, he can still make the concious decision to reject Christ, but your duty is to show him Christ, in the end it is not your duty to save him, (for man can save no one), only God can save him, you are to be the light to him or her.
In the same way, we are to show Christ to the unbeliever, we cannot save him, but only God can do that. It is our duty to show Christ to the world and to especially show Christ to our children, it is a sin, to disobey God's commands, for He has shown us His ways, so we are without excuse.
We are taught that the stronger in the faith are bear with the weaker in the faith, they are to please their neighbor for his own good (which is to treat him as Christ would, for that would be for his own good), to lead him to edification in the faith, that he might be built up (Romans 15 verse 1 to 2).
It is the duty of mature Christians to bear with infant Christians (those young in the faith), we are to teach them (in love) the ways of God, to build them up, to edify them!
Be not decieved brothers and sisters, we are to raise godly offspring for God, if you have not raised godly offspring, whether spiritually or physically, then repent of this sin and then show the light of Christ to them!
Remember we cannot show the light of Christ to them, if we are still in darkness, we are called to walk in the light as Christ is in the light (1 John 1 verse 7), this means that we cannot have sin in our lives, for when we sin, we remain in the darkness, we must make right with God, by confessing, repenting and forsaking our sins (Proverbs 28 verse 13). Only then can we show the light to others!
Remember it is our duty to raise godly offspring, the Israelites were condemned for raising their children, like a pagan would    (Hoshea 5 verse 7).
The scripture says that they have dealt treachorously with God. The Israelites had not taught their children the ways of God, but the ways of satan. When the ways of God are not taught to our children, when we don't show Christ to them, then it is as good as giving them to satan.
When we as Christians don't witness for Christ, by showing Christ to others, it is the same as giving them to satan without a fight.
So raise godly offspring and show Christ not only to your children, but to all people!

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