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O<\/b>ur eleventh, and last, grandchild came to Christ last month. This completes that specific prayer I have always had for each grandchild. But my prayers have only just begun, of course, as now there are eleven lives ahead that will take many twists and turns. In thinking of these eleven lives brought into the world by the four children my wife and I brought into the world, I want to remind young parents of five important truths about children.<\/p>\n

Children are born with parents. \u201cFurthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us\u201d (Heb 12:9). It is a sad day in which grown people with brains think that children can come from two men or two women. Genesis says, \u201cHe created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, \u2018Be fruitful and multiply\u201d (Gen 1:27-28). Children are offspring of a man and woman and are the specific responsibility of a husband and wife.<\/p>\n

Children are born with God\u2019s image. \u201cSo God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created them; male and female He created them\u201d (Gen 1:27). Human beings are the only part of God\u2019s creation that are made in His image and after His likeness. We are not animals nor are we angels. That little one in the crib is an image bearer in this sinful world of a holy God, the imago dei<\/i> in an untoward generation.<\/p>\n

Children are born with gender. Even Jesus was saddened by the ignorance regarding gender and said, \u201cHave you not read that He who made them at the beginning made them male and female?\u201d (Matt 19:4). I believe that the worst blasphemy toward God today is the self-denial of one\u2019s gender, as if God made a mistake, or as if we know better than God, or as if our will matters more than God\u2019s will for us. We still identify so-called transgender people as \u201cbiological males\u201d or \u201cbiological females.\u201d That is because neither their DNA nor their chromosomes, XY or XX, can change or be changed by mutilation. Gender is a gift from God specially designed for a purposeful life.<\/p>\n

Children are born with sin. David admitted, \u201cI was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin my mother conceived me\u201d (Psa 51:5). We may laugh when we look at a new-born baby and say, \u201cHe\u2019s a cute little sinner,\u201d but that is more serious than we think. As Christians, we are realizing that this human being has an eternal soul that is lost. Without salvation from God this little one will spend eternity in hell. There cannot be a more serious prayer for a soul than a parent\u2019s prayer. Not only that, but this little cherub can become a little demon if that sinful nature is not taken seriously. Children must be taught to \u201cabstain from fleshly lusts which war against the soul\u201d (1 Pet 2:11).<\/p>\n

Children are born with responsibility. A child cannot be left to himself and be expected to grow into a proper adult. He needs discipline and love and instruction in God\u2019s Word. I believe there are two areas in which a child must grow if he or she will be a godly adult. One is love and respect for parents. \u201cDisobedience to parents\u201d is mentioned among the worst of sins in the Bible (see Rom 1:30; 2 Tim 3:2). It is given in the 5th commandment as the key to long and healthy life. The second area is the love for God\u2019s church. How can a person love God but not His family? Or how can a person love a Savior but not His bride? John said, \u201cWe know we have passed from death to life, because we love the brethren\u201d (1 Jn 3:14).<\/p>\n

These and more make those little ones we bring into the world our joy and crown.<\/p>\n

Book Review<\/b><\/h3>\n

God, Marriage, and Family<\/a><\/strong>. <\/i>By Andreas K\u00f6stenberger with David Jones.<\/p>\n

T<\/b>his rather large book is done almost entirely by K\u00f6stenberger with Jones contributing. K\u00f6stenberger is a Southern Baptist author and has been writing on the family for many years (In another volume, Equipping for Life<\/i>,<\/a><\/strong> 2019, he co-authors with his wife Margaret). This large volume (2010) is a great help in areas of life such as God\u2019s image, abortion, marriage as a covenant, divorce, adoption as an alternative, the biblical view of sex in marriage, singleness as a calling, and many related subjects for parents, old and new. He writes concerning God\u2019s creation of male and female, \u201cThus equality and distinctness, complementarity and submission\/authority must be held in fine balance. The man and the woman are jointly charged with ruling the earth representatively for God, yet they are not to do so androgynously or as \u2018unisex\u2019 creatures, but each as fulfilling their God-ordained gender-specific roles\u201d (p. 26). This is a message badly needed in our mixed up generation.<\/p>\n

\u201cConscious Co-Parents?\u201d<\/b><\/h3>\n

Broadcast journalist Van Jones recently announced the birth of his third child by his recent girlfriend. He said that he wanted a child and so did she, so they \u201cdecided to join forces and become conscious co-parents.\u201d This is a growing trend among celebrities as the article reports (WHAS11, ABC). Jones used a term (\u201cco-parents\u201d) that is usually reserved for divorced couples and applied it to any two people or group of people who want to have or raise children together. Ken Ham, in commenting on this arrangement, wrote, \u201cOur culture says the makeup of a family doesn\u2019t matter. Children can be raised by one parent, two parents (two moms, two dads, or a mom and a dad), three or more parents\u2014it doesn\u2019t matter as long as the parents love (however they decide what love <\/i>means) the kids.\u00a0 Science confirms that God\u2019s design is what is best for kids! Children don\u2019t thrive under just any family structure, as long as they are \u2019loved.\u2019 Study after study confirms that there\u2019s nothing better for children than living in the home of their biological father and mother, who are married to each other. That\u2019s the very best family design.\u201d (AiG, 2\/28\/22)<\/p>\n

Statistics<\/b><\/h3>\n

The Barna Group posted a 2019 survey of Christian teenagers, asking them who influenced them the most during their teenage years. Of those who influenced them (mother, father, sibling, grandparent, friend, other relative, non-relative), when asked about going to church, setting an example, God\u2019s forgiveness, and the Bible, in every category the most influential person was the mother and the next was a grandparent followed closely by the father. In only one category was the grandparent not second, teaching them about important Christian traditions. In that the grandparents were first.\u00a0 Barna Group: \u201c<\/i>What will it take to disciple the next generation?\u201d <\/i>Accessed 3\/28\/22.<\/p>\n

Lessons on Prayer<\/b><\/h3>\n

\u201cL<\/b>ikewise you husbands, dwell with them with understanding, giving honor to the wife, as to the weaker vessel, and as being heirs together of the grace of life, that your prayers may not be hindered\u201d (1 Pet 3:7).\u00a0 It is a sobering thought to realize that our prayers can be hindered! My wife and I are heirs together of the grace of life. We have a posterity of grace given to us and a progeny to whom grace must be given. As one writer put it, \u201cWe have a rich composted family history.\u201d Rather than looking at one another critically, we must see how God has brought us together through generations of faith that we might serve Him together in our own time. We pray as husband<\/i>, head, protector, provider, and wife<\/i>, a \u201chelper comparable to him,\u201d that our prayers are not hindered.<\/p>\n

T<\/b>he Last Paper Towel <\/b><\/h3>\n

From an entry on Facebook: T<\/b>he last paper towel on the roll. The one nobody wants. Some say it serves no purpose with all that glue on it. It was the foundation for all the other paper towels on that roll and now it has no purpose. Now think of a family member. A grandparent perhaps. For some they\u2019re like the last paper towel on the roll. We think they have no purpose yet they have been the glue that\u2019s held the family together for many years. They were the foundation for who we are. Hold on to those grandparents and make sure they know their importance. Without the last paper towel of glue……we\u2019d all be napkins.<\/p>\n

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