Subject:  Re: What is the "inner comforter"? |
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Date Posted: 11:38:38 03/15/01 Thu
In reply to:
Relo from StL
's message, "What is the "inner comforter"?" on 06:10:31 03/15/01 Thu
>It isn't self. It's God. Listen to Him. Obey His
>leading. A failure to do that is 'rebellion'.
Perhaps GC was referring to the Holy Spirit?
>>It's not a rebellion against 'God' It's more a
>>trusting for the inner comforter as a guide. For some
>>love comes naturally.....or maybe I was taught as a
>>child.
>>
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>>Maybe I was thinking of the derogatory implication of
>>self-centered.....Both children were content and
>>happy. A baby can be called self centered because
>>they are learning so much in early part of life.
>>First few weeks are around the clock care.....It seems
>>the attention they recieved early on came back later
>on.
>
>They are content and happy because you have shown them
>love and trained them. Had you not done that, they
>would have turned out evil. That is what comes
>naturally if you, the parent, don't teach them
>otherwise.
Evil is such a harsh word when referring to the "sin nature". Biblically speaking, if a child is never shown love or training but is left to himself and the influences of the world's evil, with no one crossing his path with the "Good News" his future would be dark, indeed. On the other hand, what about Romans 1:20?
>Which brings us around to what started this thread.
>Why are we seeing so much evil from children these
>days (i.e. shootings in school)? Parents have failed
>to train these children to choose good.
I don't think any parents (in their right mind) deliberately set out to train their children to choose evil over good. Most teach their children morals and are more shocked than anyone when something like this happens. Some, but not all parents allow their children to read, watch, listen, speak, play, and do things that have a negative influence on them. But children have free will, too, and while away from a conscientious parent's watchful eye, exercize that free will no matter how Godly the training. Even "Christians aren't perfect, just forgiven) (sorry, had to throw that bumper sticker in). :)
>They have failed to love them as God intended. We can go on and
>list lots of reasons, but the biggest reason I can see
>is that the parents simply don't accept the reality
>that man is basically evil and that they must look to
>God and His teachings for their guidance.
Many do not have an understanding of the sin nature and would never think of mankind being basically evil. They love their children, whether or not they follow God's teachings. In our concept of a perfect world, all parents would accept God's teachings and His guidance, and no child would do any evil thing. But even those parents who have Biblically "trained up a child in the way he should go" have no guarantee that the child will not do evil things. The rest of that Scripture says, "and when he is old, he will not depart from it". This gives us assurance in our prayers of the hope that our child will eventually return to Godly principles.
Then there are those who don't "train up a child" spiritually but do teach them right from wrong. The child makes unwise choices, suffers the consequences, turns to God and the parents "lucked out" so to speak.
Child-rearing is definitely a responsibility not to be taken lightly, is never cut-and-dried, and is not for the faint of heart! But we do have an advantage if we depend on God for help. :)
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