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As The Twig is Bent
Training our children
Gen. 1:28 “...be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth...”
• Created us male and female
• Parental responsibility
Proverbs 22:6
• “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”
Children must be taught to goIn the right way
Pro. 22:15
“As the Twig is Bent, so the Tree’s Inclined”
“As the Twig is Bent, so the Tree’s Inclined”
ChildrenChildren
• Do not grow up right by themselves
• We have to train them
Go Astray J.D.
PROBLEM CHILDRENPROBLEM CHILDREN
• Ham
• Lot’s girls
• Jacob’s boys
• Absalom
= Noah was drunk
= Lot lived in Sodom
= Jacob - partial
= David - Bathsheba
J.D. P.D.
“Don’t blame the children”
PARENTSPARENTS
The Solution
Triangle Of
Training
Discipline
• “He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes” Pr.13:24
• “He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly.” NKJV
Discipline
Purpose of disciplinePurpose of discipline
Not to build parents ego
To Build respect for parents
This will be child’s view of authority
Discipline
• “Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.”
Prov. 23:13-14
Rules of Discipline
1. Start Early
2. Agree as to type and amount
3. Be consistent
4. Discipline in love not anger
5. Fair, Firm, Friendly
6. Use Variety
Goal of Discipline
Help child learn self-discipline Pro.29:17 “Correct thy son, and
he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul”
Definition
The Solution
Triangle Of
Training
Example• Children are imitatorsChildren are imitators
–Parents who wish to train up children in the way they should go...
–Must go in the way which they would have their children go!
–Eph. 6:4
Example• Children are like ClayChildren are like Clay
–Easily molded
–Follow a good example
–Follow a bad example
–Read their parents
–“A little fellow follows me”
The Solution
Triangle Of
Training
Teaching• Teach about God and His WordTeach about God and His Word
– Where we came from
– Why we are here
– Where we are going
– Eccl. 12:13
Teaching• Teach them about MarriageTeach them about Marriage
– Show a happy marriage
– Answer Questions about sex
– Makes rules about dating
– Marriage / divorce / remarriage
– Working / money
The Solution
Triangle Triangle OfOf
TrainingTraining
As The Twig is Bent
Training our childrenVery important work
“As the Twig is Bent, so the Tree’s Inclined”
C.C. Gill put the bend in the tree
As the Twig Is Bent
• “Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.”
- Psalms 127:3
As The Twig is Bent
•By Arthur PigmanBy Arthur Pigman•Evans Church of ChristEvans Church of Christ•Evans, GeorgiaEvans, Georgia•Sunday Morning – 27 February 2005Sunday Morning – 27 February 2005