Title: Let your children be blessed
Contents
Let your children be blessed
Words to receive grace from last week
We want to learn lessons from the education of the children of the family of Eli priest and Elkanah.
The family of the priest Elijah failed in educating their children, and their children were also destroyed.
He sees himself being killed by having his head splintered.
But Elkanah and Hannah had their son Samuel
nurtured by faith
In that age, you will become a good leader and your family will be blessed.
through these two assumptions
We want to learn a lesson about how we should educate our children in this age.
If we look at the text of God’s text today,
Several reasons for the destruction of the priest Eli were recorded.
1) Eli's children did not know God.
2:12 The sons of Eli are delinquents.
did not know the LORD.
It means not knowing God here.
It can be viewed in three ways.
First, I didn't believe it.
Second, he did not fear God.
Third, they did not obey the Word of God.
In the end, you will do something that will be judged before God.
I've been ruined
2) They ignored the worship offered to God.
2:17 The sins of these young men are exceedingly great before the LORD.
for they despised the sacrifice of the LORD.
The saints come before God and steal the offerings
He robbed the sacrifice at will.
This is a sin that ignores the worship of God.
Not only that, he committed the crime of touching and raping women who served in the tent of meeting.
3) Parents' irresponsibility and non-interference.
My parents were too irresponsible.
I don't see him rebuking his sons for their sins.
How about our children?
Do our children know and serve God?
If the parent is standing upright, the child is expected to stand upright.
On the other hand, look at why Elkanah's family is doing well.
The father is also important in the family.
It matters who the mother is.
Samuel is
Her mother, Hannah, raised her with great faith.
First, he made his children serve before God from an early age.
Hannah gave her a son in answer to her prayer.
He fearfully kept his promises to God.
So let the baby wean
Dedicated to God's house.
So Samuel began to serve God from a young age.
Do you want your children to prosper and become great before God?
Before the waves of the world fill their hearts, I hope they fill them with the Word.
Second, Hannah lived to be an example of faith in front of her children.
He shows how thoroughly he keeps his promises to God.
Samuel learned faith from his mother.
Third, Samuel receives favor and esteem in the sight of God and man.
a spiritually prosperous family,
The people who prosper are those who live with the grace of God and people.
Moreover, people value him.
I pray that your children will receive favor from God and men like Samuel.