Have
values in your life taken a tumble because sin has lost its meaning? Carl
Menninger asked, "Whatever happened to sin?" Do you think the
definition of sin has lost significance? Is sin just being naughty and of no
real consequence and nothing to worry about?
Values compel a person to take
seriously the responsibility for the health and well-being of oneself and
others. Constant exposure to depravity will numb a person's sense of what is
right or wrong. Someone asked a counselor, "Why should I teach my child
what's right and wrong?" The counselor’s response: "Children are
self-centered and will seek what they want when they want it."
You do
not have to teach children to lie or steal or be self-centered. When one of my
children came home with a friend's toy, we went together to the friend's house
to return the toy and apologize. Deuteronomy 4:9 commands parents to teach
their children and their children's children all of God's word and his expectations
so that they might live for him all of their days.
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