His First Teacher. "Bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord." Eph. 6:4.
1. How should parents train their children?
“Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old he will not depart from it.” Prov. 22:6. “And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.” Eph. 6:4.
2. How diligently should parents teach children God's Word?
“These words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: and thou shall teach them diligently unto thy children.” “Ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.” Deut. 6:6, 7. 11:19.
3. What high ideal should be placed before the young?
“Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.” 1 Tim. 4:12.
4. What duty does God require of children?
“Honor thy father and thy mother.” Ex. 20:12.