Comments on: As Goes the Home… http://www.colossiansthreesixteen.com/archives/740 Sun, 20 Jul 2008 22:42:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Philip Cunningham http://www.colossiansthreesixteen.com/archives/740#comment-38321 Philip Cunningham Wed, 30 Aug 2006 17:36:28 +0000 http://www.colossiansthreesixteen.com/archives/740#comment-38321 Thanks for the post. I agree fully about the importance of family. It should be our main priority, especially among Christians. I see many Christians putting work, ministry etc. before family in the name of following Jesus call on their lives. Jesus 1st call is to worship him and I believe that the best extension of that is taking care of the family (wife, children) that He has given us. God forbid we should reach the whole world and watch our children go to hell. Thanks for the post. I agree fully about the importance of family. It should be our main priority, especially among Christians. I see many Christians putting work, ministry etc. before family in the name of following Jesus call on their lives. Jesus 1st call is to worship him and I believe that the best extension of that is taking care of the family (wife, children) that He has given us. God forbid we should reach the whole world and watch our children go to hell.

]]> By: DJ Cimino http://www.colossiansthreesixteen.com/archives/740#comment-38318 DJ Cimino Wed, 30 Aug 2006 13:01:27 +0000 http://www.colossiansthreesixteen.com/archives/740#comment-38318 I agree! I do worry though that many parents have "raised" Christians instead of the Holy Spirit producing new lives in Christ Jesus. I grew up in a denomination that is plagued with "easy prayerism". Routinely kids get saved at age 4 or 5 by being scared to death about going to hell and they ask Jesus to save them so they don't go to Hell. It produces numerous "salvations" but no regeneration. Obviously some of these kids probably do get saved, but the majority hit the back door once they leave mom and pops house and never darken the door of a church again. So, there is a fine line for parents who want to raise godly children, but want the Holy Spirit to do his work in his time. As a new parent myself this scares me to death. Any thoughts or suggestions? I agree! I do worry though that many parents have “raised” Christians instead of the Holy Spirit producing new lives in Christ Jesus. I grew up in a denomination that is plagued with “easy prayerism”. Routinely kids get saved at age 4 or 5 by being scared to death about going to hell and they ask Jesus to save them so they don’t go to Hell. It produces numerous “salvations” but no regeneration. Obviously some of these kids probably do get saved, but the majority hit the back door once they leave mom and pops house and never darken the door of a church again.

So, there is a fine line for parents who want to raise godly children, but want the Holy Spirit to do his work in his time. As a new parent myself this scares me to death. Any thoughts or suggestions?

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