Not just a warning…
The revealed scriptures are not only a warning to the people that it was sent to but it tends to also have prophecies in it. Furthermore, there is revelation and knowledge that is unbeknownst to those people. And usually, the revelation advises you to meditate on the words found in it. For example, in the Koran, God is talking to the Children of Isreal about the power of the revelation that He sent to them, and what it did for them:
“O Children Of Israel, call to mind my favor which I bestowed on you and that I made you excel the nations.” (2:47)
They excelled above other nations because guidance and knowledge were given to them that touched all aspects of their lives. They plumbed the depth of the revelation sent to them, making them excel in the nations.
Over time, this Creator has revealed to us revelation that touched on every aspect of life. He gives us directives on manhood and the responsibilities of manhood, womanhood, fatherhood, motherhood, wealth management, health, etc. He also teaches us Spiritual laws in the scriptures.
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work.” (2 Timothy 3:16-17)
The revelation that touches on the subject of children
What does this Creator say to us (parents) and the children about the rearing of children and parenting? Let’s look at some Biblical verses:
- “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” (proverbs 212:6)
- “Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” (Ephesians 6:4)
- “Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.” (Proverbs 13:24)
- “The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.” (Prov. 29:15)
- “Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.” (Colossians 3:21)
- “Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.” (prov. 29:17)
- “And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.” (Deuteronomy 6:6-7)
- “Do not withhold discipline from a child; if you strike him with a rod, he will not die. If you strike him with the rod, you will save his soul from Sheol.” (prov. 23:13-14)
- “Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him.” (prov. 22:15)
- “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.” (psalms 127:3-5)
- “Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.” (Colossians 3:20)
- “Whoever curses his father or his mother shall be put to death.” (Exodus 21:17)
- “And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? “My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives.” It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? If you are left without discipline, in which all have participated, then you are illegitimate children and not sons. Besides this, we have had earthly fathers who disciplined us and we respected them. Shall we not much more be subject to the Father of spirits and live? … “ (Hebrews 12:5-11)
- “Likewise, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.” (Titus 2:6)
- “You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.” (Det. 6:7)
- “Discipline your son, for there is hope; do not set your heart on putting him to death.” (prov. 19:18)
- “For the moment all discipline seems painful rather than pleasant, but later it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.” (Hebrews 12:11)
- “For I have chosen him, that he may command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing righteousness and justice, so that the Lord may bring to Abraham what he has promised him.” (Genesis 18:19)
- “And you took your sons and your daughters, whom you had borne to me, and these you sacrificed to them to be devoured. Were your whorings so small a matter that you slaughtered my children and delivered them up as an offering by fire to them?” (Ezekiel 16:20-21)
- “All your children shall be taught by the Lord, and great shall be the peace of your children.” (Isaiah 54:13)
- “Even a child makes himself known by his acts, by whether his conduct is pure and upright.” (Proverbs 20:11)
- “Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life. Make them known to your children and your children’s children—” (Deut. 4:9)
- “Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.” (Exodus 20:12)
- “I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.” (3 John 1:4)
- “He must manage his own household well, with all dignity keeping his children submissive, for if someone does not know how to manage his own household, how will he care for God’s church?” (1 Timothy 3:4-5)
- “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.” (Ephesians 6:1-4)
- “A fool despises his father’s instruction, but whoever heeds reproof is prudent.” (prov. 15:5)
- “And so train the young women to love their husbands and children, to be self-controlled, pure, working at home, kind, and submissive to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be reviled. (Titus 2:4-5)
- Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. (Ephesians 5:1)
- The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice; he who fathers a wise son will be glad in him.” (prov. 23:24)
- “As a father shows compassion to his children, so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.” (Psalms 103:13)
- “If a man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey the voice of his father or the voice of his mother, and, though they discipline him, will not listen to them, then his father and his mother shall take hold of him and bring him out to the elders of his city at the gate of the place where he lives, and they shall say to the elders of his city, ‘This our son is stubborn and rebellious; he will not obey our voice; he is a glutton and a drunkard.’ Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death with stones. So you shall purge the evil from your midst, and all Israel shall hear, and fear.” (Deut. 21:18-21)
- “And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.” (Deut. 6:6-9)
- “Do not profane your daughter by making her a prostitute, lest the land fall into prostitution and the land become full of depravity.” (Leviticus 19:29)
- “Whoever strikes his father or his mother shall be put to death.” (Exodus 21:15)
- “Grandchildren are the crown of the aged, and the glory of children is their fathers.” (Prov. 17:6)
- “My son, do not despise the Lord’s discipline or be weary of his reproof, for the Lord reproves him whom he loves, as a father the son in whom he delights.” (Prov. 3:11-12)
What was your purpose when you made them?
Maybe because of my personal childhood issues, I’m very sensitive about children. Because of this, I can listen to people speak and hear the underlying meaning of what they’re not saying. I can see and feel the pain they are hiding in their statements many times. I’ve heard many honest answers on why children were made. Some that come to mind are:
- The Child was a mistake. They were irresponsible and made a child by mistake by a person who they probably never wanted to get pregnant.
- To keep him. I’ve met women who told me that the marriage was going bad, and so to keep them together (code word for: make it difficult for him to leave…because they knew he loved his children and didn’t want them to grow up in a single home), she purposely got pregnant again.
- To ensure that she’s always in his life. Guys will find a great woman and purposely impregnate her unbeknownst to her to forever keep her in his life. Also, she’ll raise great children…but he knows that he probably won’t be around to raise them. But she’ll do a great job
- He’s an important or affluent person (i.e., doctor, lawyer, professional athlete, an A-list actor, an A-list musician, or 6 figure earner), so the child support would be a high income for her for 18-20 years; this depends on the state. Furthermore, the child might have his father’s gift, so she will be taken care of later on in life.
- She was lonely and needed someone to love, so she had a baby.
- He has beautiful, wonderful features (i.e., height, hair, teeth, etc.)
- He/She comes from a well-off family.
- He’d make a great father. She doesn’t want to be in a structured traditional relationship because it interferes with her career and her life plans/freedom, but she wants her own child to do as she wants and doesn’t want that man interfering with her ideas and plans concerning “her children”. But he will pay.
- The married couple has no plans. They just want children.
- They want to live through their children. They want the child to become what they couldn’t become because of circumstances in their childhood.
- A retirement plan. They want to push their sons or daughters into sports or entertainment so that they can take care of them when they get older.
- 12.They want their children to have what they did not have…a childhood…or maybe love…etc.
- 13.etc.
What should be your purpose?
When I ask parents what their purpose was in having their children, I usually get a “deer in the headlights” look. They never thought about a purpose. This concept (intention of making children) came to my attention when I started reading about great families. I’m talking about the:
- Kennedys
- Bush family
- Ford Family
- Rockefeller family
- Royal family
- Kings of the past
- Modern day Kings and Chiefs in Africa
As a young man, I was taught that I should study great families if I wished to create a great family. And one thing that became quite apparent was that they had children with intention. You don’t have to have that desire (to make a great family), but there is a great lesson in this. The lesson is that you must have intent when it comes to raising your children.
When it comes to the mission of raising children, I believe that your first priority should be:
To raise your daughters and sons into high character men and women.
Men and women: raise your sons into manhood and raise your daughters into womanhood. God’s standard of Manhood and Womanhood. In other words…traditional manhood and traditional womanhood. Raise them into men and women with high character. This should be your mission. Now, here’s the second part:
All of the decisions you and the mother make concerning those children should have that mission in mind. ( To make Men and women with High Character.)
Now imagine if we made all of our decisions concerning our children with this mission in mind…do you think we’d make the foolish choices we make concerning our children? The answer is no.
What am I saying? We have pieces of shit adult males and females in this society today, usually because they weren’t raised correctly. The scriptures that I presented earlier give us direction on raising children correctly. Parents with all of this new wave bullshit, are ruining the country’s future. I see little boys running around in dresses now. Now, certain states are talking about not putting the sex of the child on the birth certificate to give the child or parents the choice to choose the child’s sex, even though the child is physically a male or female. We have gone astray from the word of God.
We ruin our daughters…
Many of us (men) are not focused on raising our daughters into good adult women. We spoil them and don’t teach them to work for things. You fill them with “bad character” that will stop them from staying married. They may be able to get a husband, but they can’t keep one. Because your mission was never to make her into an upright woman…you never had a mission in mind. Your “mission” was only to spoil her. So now she is an adult with a spoiled mentality. And this mentality manifests itself in other negative ways. We made that monster.
Do you know that you are the main catalyst that makes her a chaste woman or a whore? Yes, we are.
Conclusion
The children that we produce are the next generation of our bloodline. If you wish for them to be successful, you and the mother of your children must have a mission concerning the raising of your children. What is the mission of raising your children? It should be to:
To raise your daughters and sons into high character men and women.
And,
All of the decisions you and the mother make concerning those children should have that mission in mind. (To make Men and women with High Character.)
Conclusion
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What was the mission of the both of you in having children pt. 1
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