Children, like all of us, come
into the world with a sin nature. The
Psalmist David said, “In sin did my
mother conceive me.” In Scripture we
do not find a contrast between “innocent children” and “sinful adults.”
Proverbs 22:15 says, “Foolishness is
bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far
from him.” Children are sinners as
well as adults.
I have never seen a child who
needed instruction on how to sin; it comes quite naturally. I doubt that any of you sat your child down
and taught him how to lie. It just comes
naturally.
In his book, Recovering the Lost Tools of Learning, Douglas Wilson
writes, “I had to confront my five year-old daughter because of bitterness
toward her brother. It seems he had
clobbered her earlier in the day; although he was disciplined for his action,
she was unwilling to forgive. So I
quoted Matthew 6:14-15, ‘For if you
forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly father will also forgive you; but
if you forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your father forgive your
trespasses.’
“Looking at me she said, ‘Who is this Matthew
guy, anyway?’
“Now her questioning of the
scripture was not due to liberal theology, but it was a result of her
unforgiving spirit and her sin nature.”
Our children are sinners and
education alone is not the answer. All you get when you educate a sinner is a
“clever sinner.” Knowledge by itself
does not make people better, but rather makes them worse. Education is not the answer to our problem;
Jesus is! (Romans 3:20, 5:20)
I think all of you would agree with me that we here
at the school want your children to receive a Godly education; but
if all we do is
educate the mind and never attempt to regenerate the heart, we all have failed,
both as staff and parents.
What to do:
✞ Make sure your children know God’s plan of salvation.
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