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God's Pattern For Grandparenting



Obey your flesh and descend into darkness

How can we know anything about anything


To try to explain truth to him who loves it not is but to give him more plentiful material for misinterpretation. George Macdonald

Do we have to make a choice between science and the Bible?

NO!

That is NOT where the problem is, but that is what everyone seems to want to talk about.

Take science as an example. How can we know anything about the created material world around us?

How can we know anything from what we can see using natural sciences?

We all see the same things in the material world, but we don't come to the same answers.

Why is that?

How can we know anything about the Bible and what it teaches? Every person believes different things about the Bible and how it should be read.

Why is that?

Same scientific facts. Different answers.

Same Bible. Different answers.

Why is that?

The true question is this: How do we come to our answers that we get from what we can see through science or what we can read in the Bible?

How do we think about what we see using science or what we read in the Bible?

How do we analyze what we have seen and read?

How do we interpret what we have seen and read?

We use logic, but logic always has a foundation. Jesus talked about building on the Rock. That Rock is Jesus Christ. He is the true foundation. There are also the false foundations of the ungodly.

An example might help.

Question: Why do you believe in evolution?

Answer: Because my science teacher told me that evolution is scientific fact.

Question: Why do you believe your science teacher?

Answer: because he agrees with the textbook he assigned us to read.

Now, we have asked, "Why?" twice.

If we continued to ask, "Why?" we would come down to the foundation of this person's thoughts.

When we get down to the foundations, there are no more questions that can be answered. So where to the foundations come from?

There are three possibilities.

  1. things that we make up, pulled from the air
  2. demonic lies
  3. divine revelation

Question: Why do you believe in creation?

Answer: Because God revealed this to me. He spoke to me through the Bible and gave me His faith so that I could believe Him.

See how quickly we got to the foundation. This is a belief that has a foundation that is solid and that cannot be moved.

In reality, the things that we make up, that are pulled from the air, are actually from demons and all the lies of demons spring from the prince of demons, Satan. So these are one and the same.

Divine revelation comes from the Almighty, Creator, God, Jesus Christ. So there are only two choices, but how do we know there are only two choices? Because God has revealed this truth to us.

The question then is how do we tell the difference between the revelation that comes from God and the lies of Satan?

The answer is that everyone who sincerely wants to do the will of God will know.

Jesus said, "If you really want to obey God, you will know if what I teach comes from God or from me"

The rejection of the revelation that comes from God is not an intellectual problem. It is a moral problem.

Jesus said, "Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you: For everyone who asks receives; and he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks it shall be opened." *

Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to those who ask him? Matthew 7:7-11 *

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. You can set the truth before someone, but you can't make anyone believe those things that they don't want to submit to. They have to want to obey God.

How frequently it is brought to our attention that nothing good can be done if the will is wrong! Reason alone fails to justify itself. Richard M. Weaver

Jesus said, "You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free" (John 8:32)

"If we are not prepared to buy the truth at the cost of our own humbling we shall not receive it"

Lies appear to have no price upon them. They seem cheap and they abound everywhere. But for the truth there is always an obvious price to pay.

"[God] has set a day when He will judge all the world's people with fairness. And He has chosen the man Jesus to do the judging for Him. God has given proof of this to all of us by raising Jesus from death" (Acts 17:31).

"There is a judge for the one who rejects Me [Jesus] and does not accept My words; that very word which I spoke will condemn him at the last day" (John 12:48)

That also stands for every person who speaks the utterances of Jesus. When we hear them, we hear Jesus Christ, and we either accept or reject. Every person who follows Jesus Christ is commanded to only speak His utterances and not their own.

"When we love others, we know that we belong to the truth, and we feel at ease in the presence of God" (1 John 3:19)

Ravi Zacharias did two open forums in a university. On the second night, one man told him that he had brought two Atheists in the night before who said that the arguments presented were so strong that they could not contend with them, but they were going to remain Atheists because that is what they prefer to be true.

In another case of just listening to an unbeliever and drawing out his reasoning, the unbeliever finally came to his foundations.

They turned out to be assumptions that were pulled from the air. When asked why he believed his basic assumption, the unbeliever looked startled and blurted out, "I guess I'm making the whole thing up." It was quite a revelation to him since he hadn't even known that he had any assumptions. However, he decided to remain an Atheist because he didn't want God to rule over him.

 

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 Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

 This Scripture indicates that we have the ability to make choices.  God never says foolish things.  If we had no ability to choose, then this command would be foolish, so we do have the ability to chose and our choices will certainly have an impact on our children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and so on.

Psalms 103:17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children;

Grandparents can pass on the righteousness of God that they themselves have discovered in the Holy Spirit.  While verses 1-5 tell us not to forget all God's many benefits, verse 17 tells us that God's righteousness can be passed on to grandchildren.

     
  • Acceptance: Grandparents ought to be interested and involved in the lives of their grandchildren.  Ephesians 1:6 To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.  As God has accepted us, we need to accept our grandchildren as they are.
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  • Encouragement: Cheer your grandchildren on regardless of their endeavor (so long as it is not sin).  Use encouraging words such as, "You can do it!" or "Good work!"  Words connected to touch become very powerful.  Just a pat on the back or shoulder or a little hug associated with words of encouragement make all the difference.
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  • Expectations: Let your grandchildren know what you expect from their activities.  Grandchildren tend to meet expectations, but expectations that are too low or that are fuzzy just confuse them.  Ask them, "What are you going to do with your life?"  Whatever they tell you, accept it and explore it.  "How do you get a job as a jet pilot?"  "What will your life be like if you have that kind of job?"  Set expectations for the kinds of friends that your grandchildren choose.  You can have an influence in all of these things if you begin early.
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  • Gifts: Sometimes, Grandchildren concentrate on material gifts.  Those are fine, but the most important gifts are your time, yourself, and Jesus.  Give the gift of teaching your grandchildren to live an orderly life.  Teach them thankfulness for every gift.
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  • Creativity: Give your grandchildren some tools of creativity.  A sandbox, an easel and water colors, sidewalk chalk, and Legos are all examples.  Sometimes, just a big cardboard box or some such thing can be used.  Cut up some little blocks of wood.  A hot glue gun, with a little training, can turn those little blocks into engineering marvels.  Don't do projects for them.  Let them create, then accept what they make.  Accept their approach to what they create.  You can begin to teach them how to plan and manage a project, but don't do it for them.  In all of this, teach them how to seek the will of God and how to be led by God.  God is always the real creator.  
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  • Correction: Grandparents are a support for the parents.  Do not cross the parent's correction.  Follow the parent's rules and the parent's limits.  You can only correct as your correction has been sanctioned by the parents.  Always remember that you are helping in another household beyond your own household.  There is a God-given sanctity in each household.  Do not violate the sanctity of your son's or daughter's household by working against the will of the parent.  (Don't give advice to the parents unless you are asked.  If you are asked, go ahead and offer your advice, but stop if you see that they are shutting down.) When you do discipline, whether by word or some punishment, always let your grandchild know that you love them after the discipline is complete.  Pick them up and hug them.  Give them a gentle squeeze.  Let them get used to your affection in all situations so that you can reinforce your love for them after discipline.  Never discipline in anger.  
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  • Security: Help your grandchildren to trust God early in life.  Never stop giving the example of praying about problems and believing for solutions from God.  Be an example of faith and trust.  Show your grandchildren a love that cannot be questioned.  Use touch to assure your grandchildren of your unconditional love for them.  There is very little that you can do to show your love for them more effectively than by listening to them.  Tell your grandchildren that you love them.  Always show self-control.  When you lose control, you rob your grandchildren of God's security.  



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