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

• Brought to Christ
- Mr 10:13-16
• Brought early to the house of God
- 1Sa 1:24
• Instructed in the ways of God
- De 31:12,13; Pr 22:6
• Judiciously trained
- Pr 22:15; 29:17; Eph 6:4

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

• Considered an affliction
- Ge 15:2,3; Jer 22:30
• A reproach in Israel
- 1Sa 1:6,7; Lu 1:25

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

• After relatives
- Lu 1:59,61
• From remarkable events
- Ge 21:3,6; 18:13; Ex 2:10; 18:3,4
• From circumstances connected with their birth
- Ge 25:25,26; 35:18; 1Ch 4:9
• Often by God
- Isa 8:3; Ho 1:4,6,9
• Often numerous
- 2Ki 10:1; 1Ch 4:27
• Numerous, considered an especial blessing
- Ps 115:14; 127:4,5
• Sometimes born when parents were old
- Ge 15:3,6; 17:17; Lu 1:18

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

• Taken care of by nurses
- Ge 35:8
• Usefully employed
- Ge 24:13; Ex 2:16
• Inherited property in default of sons
- Nu 27:1-8; Jos 17:1-6

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