http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevinwax/2012/05/02/teaching-kids-the-gospel-a-conversation-with-j-d-greear/
http://theresurgence.com/2011/06/17/do-you-teach-your-kids-the-gospel-or-law http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/tgc/2012/02/21/teach-children-the-bible-is-not-about-them/ "Every way we try to make our kids good that isn’t rooted in the good news of the life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ is damnable, crushing, despair-breeding, Pharisee-producing law. We won’t get the results we want from the law." Been thinking about this a LOT! It is my goal to teach our children the gospel all day long. The WHOLE gospel. Not just "Jesus loves me" or "Jesus saved me" or "God will judge me" or "Obey the 10 commandments" or "Love eachother". But the whole thing. The Bible is very clear that adding anything to or taking away anything from the gospel is worship of a totally different kind. It's heresy. The gospel is so useful every moment of every day, not just for salvation. So it should be on our tongue all the time. This concept is very new to me. It's taking a lot of practice and thought. I've been watching a lot of Boy Meets World lately. Ha! I loved that show growing up! I let the girls watch the first season with me but after that it gets a little too mature for them. But I'm watching it, none the less! : ) Something I've noticed about Boy Meets World is that it's very good. I think the whole show is rooted in teaching kids the right thing to do. Five or ten years ago I would've thought that was great. But now, geez, that's just religion. It's just focusing on the works. The show (which I love and laugh hysterically through) is very much focused on morals. Morals minus Jesus is religion. And ya know, this is a battle christian parents must fight with the world everyday! Because the world tells our children to "be good", "don't do drugs", "don't drink and drive", " be a loyal friend", "give money to the poor". And if you do these things then you will be worth something. It tells our children that if they try hard enough that they can do anything and be good enough. But if we are teaching our children the whole gospel then we should be teaching them that they can never be good enough on their own. That we are measured for perfection by a perfect, just God. And we are never perfect, despite all of our works that seem good to the world. That the only way that we reach perfection is through Jesus' atonement for our imperfections. How releasing is this for the over-achieving child to hear, "It's okay. You're not suppose to do it right. Jesus already did it right for you. Cling to Him and he will lift you up." or for the rebillious child, "In your moment of weakness RUN to Him! He will forgive you and lead you to repentance!" I am reminded constantly that I must be saying these things to my children that lean to either of these sides. Instead of feeding their self-esteems, I should be pointing them continually to the Glory of God and His grace that gives them everything they don't deserve. This is hard! “Mortification of sin by self-strength, carried on by ways of self-discipline, unto the end of self-righteousness, is the soul and substance of all false religion in the world.” John Owen http://www.ligonier.org/learn/articles/what-gospel/
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