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𝐓𝐄𝐀𝐂𝐇 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐍

  Teach your children to know God, and bring them up in the church. Very seldom do parents have trouble with children when the Bible is read regularly in the home, grace is said at the table and family prayers take place daily. Most trouble with teenagers comes from children reared in homes where prayer is neglected, the Bible is never opened and church attendance is spasmodic. Aaron, the first priest in Israel, was unable to make two of his sons, Nadab and Abhihu, understand the seriousness of handling holy things. He could not stop them from offering 'strange fire'. Hence, Aaron paid a price for this lack of parental control. He saw his sons smitten of God. The last two judges of Israel were Eli and Samuel. Interestingly, both of them had the same problem: wayward children. Eli's two sons, Phinehas and Hophni, were priests who committed evil deeds. Their sins were greed and immorality. 1Sam 2:11-17. They did whatever they wanted to do and who was going to stop them?...

𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐱—𝐃𝐢𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬?

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗰𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘂𝗺, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝘄𝗼-𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘅 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗲𝗱, “𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀𝗻’𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘅?” 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗮 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵 – 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗶𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘂𝗹𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗳𝗼𝘂𝗿-𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗺𝗮 𝗰𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 – 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗽𝗮𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘅 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝘁 (𝗠𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘄 𝟭𝟳:𝟮𝟰-𝟮𝟳). 𝗜𝘁 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘀𝗲𝗲𝗺 𝗼𝗱𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗝𝗲𝘀𝘂𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘅 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗣𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗵𝗶𝗺𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 – 𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗹 𝘄𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝘅 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗯𝗲 𝗽𝗮𝗶𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝘁𝗵𝗼𝘀𝗲 𝗮𝗴...