[Biblemat] A) GOD HAS SPOKEN

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Brethren and Friends, Jim Sasser here.  A very good Wednesday
morning to each and everyone.  May God bless you and yours.
Here is an article that recently came my way:

GOD HAS SPOKEN

     According toe God's plan of human reproduction, children
are conceived and born to a husband and wife, thus, into a
family relationship.  God never authorized or approved of homosexual 
relationships, which are an abomination to Him;
and He surely would never approve of children being brought
up by two men or two women living in that fashion.  He plann-
ed for children to have a mother and a father in their home
(Eph. 6:1-4).

     From their parents first, children should learn about autho-
rity.  The fundamental principles of discipline should first be
learned in the family from their parents.  Children who are
properly trained by their parents have the understanding nec-
essary to conform to the expectations and highest principles
of society.  From their parents also children learn to disting-
uish between wants and needs.  Children have their "want-to's", but parents 
determine their real need.  This discipline
will keep them from over-indulgence and from indebtedness
and financial woes from which they cannot extricate themsel-
ves.  In this matter, if parents set an example of over-indulg-
ence and fiscal irresponsibility, they lead their children into
ruin.

     Children must obey their parents in the Lord (Eph. 6:1).
This necessarily implies both knowledge of God (which they
must be taught) and direction and instruction from their par-
ents.  Did you ever try to obey someone who never gave you
assignments or directions?  Obedience of children does not 
stop at the beginning of their teens.  They also are to honor
their father and their mother (Eph. 6:2).  This involves not
only obedience but also requiting (repaying) their parents 
when the parents get old (1 Tim. 5:4).

     Children are a blessing, a heritage from the Lord (Psa. 127:3-5).  They 
need love, the physical necessities, spiritual
guidance, discipline both instructive and corrective, and strong 
encouragement for the things they achieve so that they can have a proper sense of 
self-esteem (Rom. 12:3; Ti.
2:7; Prov. 25:6,7; 30:32; Phil. 2:3; 4:13).  A great responsibili-
ty, which cannot rightly be neglected, is placed upon parents
to nurture their children and lead them to be God-fearing and
obedient adults.   ---------- Gilbert Alexander.   </HTML>
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