Children
Children
Christ was an example to - Lu 2:51; Joh 19:26,27
Are a gift from God - Ge 33:5; Ps 127:3
Are capable of glorifying God - Ps 8:2; 148:12,13; Mt 21:15,16
SHOULD BE
SHOULD
- Obey God
- De 30:2 - Fear God
- Pr 24:21 - Remember God
- Ec 12:1 - Attend to parental teaching
- Pr 1:8,9 - Honour parents
- Ex 20:12; Heb 12:9 - Fear parents
- Le 19:3 - Obey parents
- Pr 6:20; Eph 6:1 - Take care of parents
- 1Ti 5:4 - Honour the aged
- Le 19:32; 1Pe 5:5 - Not imitate bad parents
- Eze 20:18
An heritage from the Lord - Ps 113:9; 127:3
NOT TO HAVE
Anxiety of the Jews for - Ge 30:1; 1Sa 1:5,8
Often prayed for - 1Sa 1:10,11; Lu 1:13
Often given in answer to prayer - Ge 25:21; 1Sa 1:27; Lu 1:13
Treatment of, after birth, noticed - Eze 16:4
Mostly nursed by the mothers - 1Sa 1:22; 1Ki 3:21; Ps 22:9; So 8:1
Weaning of, a time of joy and feasting - Ge 21:8; 1Sa 1:24
Circumcised on the eighth day - Php 3:5
Named at circumcision - Lu 1:59; 2:21
WERE NAMED
MALE
- If first born, belonged to God and were redeemed
- Ex 13:12,13,15 - Birth of, announced to the father by a messenger
- Jer 20:15 - Under the care of tutors, till they came of age
- 2Ki 10:1; Ga 4:1,2 - Usefully employed
- 1Sa 9:3; 17:15 - Inherited the possessions of their father
- De 21:16,17; Lu 12:13,14 - Received the blessing of their father before his death
- Ge 27:1-4; 48:15; 49:1-33
FEMALE
Fondness and care of mothers for - Ex 2:2-10; 1Sa 2:19; 1Ki 3:27; Isa 49:15; 1Th 2:7,8
Of God's people, holy - Ezr 9:2; 1Co 7:14
Of God's people, interested in the promises - De 29:29; Ac 2:39
Prosperity of, greatly depended on obedience of parents - De 4:40; 12:25,28; Ps 128:1-3
Frequently bore the curse of parents - Ex 20:5; Ps 109:9,10
WERE REQUIRED
- To honour their parents
- Ex 20:12 - To attend to instruction
- De 4:9; 11:19 - To submit to discipline
- Pr 29:17; Heb 12:9 - To respect the aged
- Le 19:32
Mode of giving public instruction to - Lu 2:46; Ac 22:3
Power of parents over, during the patriarchal age - Ge 9:24,25; 21:14; 38:24
Often wicked and rebellious - 2Ki 2:23
Rebellious, punished by the civil power - Ex 21:15-17; De 21:18-21
Sometimes devoted their property to avoid supporting parents - Mt 15:5; Mr 7:11,12
Could demand their portion during father's life - Lu 15:12
Amusements of - Zec 8:5; Mt 11:16,17
Casting out of weak, &c alluded to - Eze 16:5
Inhuman practice of offering to idols - 2Ki 17:31; 2Ch 28:3; 33:6
ILLEGITIMATE
- Had no inheritance
- Ge 21:10,14; Ga 4:30 - Not cared for by the father
- Heb 12:8 - Excluded from the congregation
- De 23:2 - Sometimes sent away with gifts
- Ge 25:6 - Despised by their brethren
- Jud 11:2
Destruction of, a punishment - Le 26:22; Eze 9:6; Lu 19:44
Grief occasioned by loss of - Ge 37:35; 44:27-29; 2Sa 13:37; Jer 6:26; 31:15
Resignation manifested at loss of - Le 10:19,20; 2Sa 12:18-23; Job 1:19-21
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