Preparing Your Children For This World Listen to Jesus’ Prayer For His Apostles. . . (Jn. 17:14-16)
Prepare For The World To Come Devout – Please God (2 Cor. 5:9, Col.3:20) Lifting young eyes above focus upon the body – bodily exercise In tune with sound doctrine (I Tim. 6:3) Be Godly Now! (I Timothy 4:7-9) Worthy Of All Acceptation!
Prepare For The Present Deceptive World Focus on this world’s “mind” not “things” Reality: no love of the Father –not of the Father Lusts -Things do not satisfy long term (Heb. 11:25, Eccl. 5:10) Love Not The World! (I Jn. 2:15-17) What or Who Abides?
Prepare For The Present Deceptive World Greed. . . (Prov. 1:10-19) Illicit sexual desires. . . (Prov. 7:1-23) Know The End From The Beginning (Isa. 46:9-10) Drugs – Alcohol… (Prov. 23:29-35)
Prepare For The Present Deceptive World Advantage ? – look at what I have on paper! Loose Sleep ! Things can perish quickly by adventure ! Accumulation of Riches Realities (Eccl. 5:11-17) All leave this world without them!
Prepare For The Present Deceptive World Enjoy the Fruits of Work – Your Portion in life Enjoy but be not entangled (Matt. 13:22, I Tim. 6:6-10, Col. 3:5) Work To Live (Eccl. 5:18-20) Turn your money into Good Works (I Tim. 6:17-19, 2 Cor. 9:11-13)
Prepare For the World Of Enmity Hates the Lord – Will Hate you (Jn.15:18-19) Enemies of Christianity can be in Power (Rev. 6:9-12) The World Hates Them. . . (Jn. 17:14) Conviction and Hope Overcomes (Rev. 2:13, Heb. 10:34-35)
Perceive This World’s Facade World to Come Priority - Focus Godly – Please God Prepare Your Children Perceive This World’s Facade Endure This World’s Hate For This World See Preparation Parent’s Example