HOW DO WE PROTECT OUR CHILDREN?

By: American Decency Staff

It’s an age-old question for parents: how do we protect our children from evil? What threatens their Spiritual development, and how do we shield them from it? There are as many answers as there are parents.

How do we protect our children from bad influences? Where are the greatest dangers?

Some Christian parents have decided that the greatest evil influence is secular music. Others have set their sights on movies. Still others think it’s the public school system, video games, the Disney Channel, or SpongeBob. It could be that awful child down the street, gluten, sugar, or immodest clothing. On and on the list goes.

But if we turn to Scripture, we see that Jesus has a very different answer:

And he called the people to him again and said to them, “Hear me, all of you, and understand: There is nothing outside a person that by going into him can defile him, but the things that come out of a person are what defile him… For from within, out of the heart of man, come evil thoughts, sexual immorality, theft, murder, adultery, coveting, wickedness, deceit, sensuality, envy, slander, pride, foolishness. All these evil things come from within, and they defile a person.” (Mark 7:14­­–15, 21–23)

Jesus is saying that the problem isn’t some outside force working to make our children bad. The problem is that our children are already born sinful (Ps. 51:5). Cain didn’t kill Abel because he had been spending too much time playing Call of Duty; Cain killed Abel because his heart was jealous and filled with rage (Gen. 4:1–16).

Read More: http://theresurgence.com/2013/07/30/how-do-we-protect-our-children

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