As The Twig is Bent

Training our children

Gen. 1:28 “...be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth...”

• Created us male and female

• Parental responsibility

Proverbs 22:6

• “Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.”

Children must be taught to goIn the right way

Pro. 22:15

“As the Twig is Bent, so the Tree’s Inclined”

“As the Twig is Bent, so the Tree’s Inclined”

ChildrenChildren

• Do not grow up right by themselves

• We have to train them

Go Astray J.D.

PROBLEM CHILDRENPROBLEM CHILDREN

• Ham

• Lot’s girls

• Jacob’s boys

• Absalom

= Noah was drunk

= Lot lived in Sodom

= Jacob - partial

= David - Bathsheba

J.D. P.D.

“Don’t blame the children”

PARENTSPARENTS

The Solution

Triangle Of

Training

Discipline

• “He that spareth his rod hateth his son: but he that loveth him chasteneth him betimes” Pr.13:24

• “He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly.” NKJV

Discipline

Purpose of disciplinePurpose of discipline

Not to build parents ego

To Build respect for parents

This will be child’s view of authority

Discipline

• “Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell.”

Prov. 23:13-14

Rules of Discipline

1. Start Early

2. Agree as to type and amount

3. Be consistent

4. Discipline in love not anger

5. Fair, Firm, Friendly

6. Use Variety

Goal of Discipline

Help child learn self-discipline Pro.29:17 “Correct thy son, and

he shall give thee rest; yea, he shall give delight unto thy soul”

Definition

The Solution

Triangle Of

Training

Example• Children are imitatorsChildren are imitators

–Parents who wish to train up children in the way they should go...

–Must go in the way which they would have their children go!

–Eph. 6:4

Example• Children are like ClayChildren are like Clay

–Easily molded

–Follow a good example

–Follow a bad example

–Read their parents

–“A little fellow follows me”

The Solution

Triangle Of

Training

Teaching• Teach about God and His WordTeach about God and His Word

– Where we came from

– Why we are here

– Where we are going

– Eccl. 12:13

Teaching• Teach them about MarriageTeach them about Marriage

– Show a happy marriage

– Answer Questions about sex

– Makes rules about dating

– Marriage / divorce / remarriage

– Working / money

The Solution

Triangle Triangle OfOf

TrainingTraining

As The Twig is Bent

Training our childrenVery important work

“As the Twig is Bent, so the Tree’s Inclined”

C.C. Gill put the bend in the tree

As the Twig Is Bent

• “Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of the womb is his reward.”

- Psalms 127:3

As The Twig is Bent

•By Arthur PigmanBy Arthur Pigman•Evans Church of ChristEvans Church of Christ•Evans, GeorgiaEvans, Georgia•Sunday Morning – 27 February 2005Sunday Morning – 27 February 2005