Parents and Leaders are to 'train up a child in the way he should go',
not offer him a multiple choice test on how he wants to deal with life
and the Lord.
This will be a definitie stretch for some because it's "outside the box"
thinking but... Consider how Christ taught? Did he teach "this is the way"
or did he teach in parables - comparing different scenarios and situations?
For example, in the story of the good Samaritan did He say "when you find a
guy injured on the side of the road you should help him"? Or did He offer a
set of scenarios and ask which one was the right one? Additionally, did He
offer the one right way the talents should have been handled? Or did He tell
the story of three ways to handle them and ask which was he right way? What
about the parable of sowing the seed? I recall that He offered several
situations and then taught which was right.
SNIP
This is why we must train our children to compare
everything to the word
and not take it at face value....
EXACTLY!!!
Michael
