*WISDOM FOR TODAY.*
*ARE YOUR CHILDREN PROTECTED?*
*Scripture Treasure.*
Exd 11:5-7; 12:12-13:
v5 *And all the firstborn in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne, even unto the firstborn of the maidservant that is behind the mill; and all the firstborn of beasts.*
v6 *And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more.*
v7 *But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast: that ye may know how that the Lord doth put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel.*
*v12 *For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord.*
v13 *And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt.*
*Insight and Highlight.*
As God separated the children of Israel from the children of Egypt, so separate your children from the children of the world!
*Scripture Commentaries.*
The judgment at the passover tells us that *".....both man and woman, infant and suckling, ox and sheep, camel and ass.*" can be under God's wrath and judgment, ref 1 Sam 15:3. God destroyed Hophi and Phinehas through the Phillistines, 1 Sam 3:16-22.
God's judgment can be on people and nations, and they often come when He allows evil to have its way.
Egypt had sinned. Pharaoh had stretched God's patience. Not only did the nation's peace, agriculture, health, nature, and riverine suffer, but their males, females, children, and beasts all died.
The likes of Pharaoh and Pharaoh's types of nations like Egypt are still in existence today.
There are leaders of nations who persistently oppress, disobey, and do not know God.
In today's world, children are taught atheism, idolatry, ungodliness, and immorality. Technology has more negative things to teach them than for them to gain.
One may want to ask why small, teenage children are often lost in today's tragedies.
The answer is that when God allows these evil upon some of them, it may be in order to ensure evil is not reproduced. We have seen in the scriptures, especially in the passover, in God's instruction to Saul to kill the Amalekites and where God did this to ensure evil is not reproduced or perpetuated through the offsprings
Evil still happens in this world, and our responsibilities as parents are to raise godly children.
Raising Godly children is one of the assurances we have in God that He would be pleased to preserve them in order to produce the next generations of Godly children.
If God did not separate the children of Israel from the Egyptians, ref Exd 11:7 every firstborn would have died.
Today, there are man-made terror, massacres, and genocide that were not the intentions of God for us. This terror eats through all people both of all ages.
The bad news is that the innocent suffer along with others, but there is always a respite for those in the camp of God, Ps 91:1,
Prov 18:10.
You must earnestly pray for your children and, more importantly, have them in the camp of God.
God does separate His people from evil regardless of what happens in this world to those who fear God.
We must never judge by saying at least Christians die of life's calamity and thereby what is the worth of knowing Christ if these evil happen to them.
Persecution and suffering of the righteous are a part of what a child of God must expect, but God says *"....l will save thy children"*, Isaiah 49:25.
The more we perceive the presence of evil, the more we must pray and never cease
from praying in order to avoid it and the more we shall be delivered, Matt 6:13.
The reason why your children must be in the right camp of God is that we live in a world that is rebellious to God, and our children are a part of this world system. For example, education, sports etc.
The more evil we pray out, the less space for evil to penetrate our lives.
There are people who survive evil, so there should be no reason why your children should not.
What will your children remember you of?
Will they remember you as King Lemuel remembered what his mother taught him in the Lord? Prov 31.
When the fear of God is absent, the tendency for children to obey evil is more than the tendency to follow good.
Are they on the Lord's side?
Are they in the camp that has the blood upon them and on your house for a token so that when God sees the blood, death will passover and the world's plagues, terror and attacks shall not be upon them or the camp of the Egyptians where terror struck? ref Exd 12:13.
Are your children protected in the Lord?
Are they in the camp of God?
Pray for your children!
Teach them the way of the Lord.
Teach them to serve God.
Teach them to pray.
Take them to the House of God, Gen 18:19.
The world around them is too dangerous for them to neglect God out of it.
Raise them to know God and also be known by God! By doing this, you will separate them unto God.
*Remorse corner.*
Do not allow a world that hopes to raise your children to raise them for Satan. The more of God they have, the less Satan will have a hold on them!
*Call to Word action.*
The same world system will not be held responsible for any Satanic hold on any child. It may try to rehabilitate or offer a solution but will punish with retribution/punishment for any fault of the child. Only God can transform your child to be what He created him to be!
*The Christian clarion duty.*
Train your child God's way so that he/she can remember you trained and taught him/her.
Prov 31:1, *The words of king Lemuel, the prophecy that his mother taught him.....*
*Prayer.*
Lord, help me to train my child in the way he should go, and in the way of the Lord, ref Prov 22:6 . Do not let me neglect them, but let them be on the side of God, in Jesus name
Good morning all, and have a blessed day.
God bless you.
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