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lift B y R eference to G od ' s W ord • (2 Tim . 3:14, 15) Timothy Was to “ continue,” or “ abide,” in those things Which he had learned and of, which he was as sured. His "grandmothèr had receiv ed the true faith, arid so had his mother (2 Tim. 1:5); and from these two godly women Timothy had re ceived the Word. “ From a child” Timothy had hëard that Word honored arid obeyed. Happy is the home in which such instruction as this is given. That Word of God always has
that they both make a cross. As such they fit each other perfectly. They are “ONE” in Christ. When the “U” and the “ I” are “ONE” in Christ, hap piness w ill be assured. Paul realized the importance of Christians’ marry ing Christians, and he wrote, “Be ye riot unequally yoked together with unbelievers'’ (2 Cor. 6:14).., but pot all do. Christians are more likely to be happy in married life than are unsaved people. Most- people must be changed if they are to be happy in marriage. This large “U” and “i ” w ill help us to Understand the secret of a happy marriage. [Fqld them as previously described.] i As I fold these letters, you see NOVEMBER 8, 1942 CHRISTIAN NURTURE IN THE FAMILY D euteronomy 6:4-9; 20-25; 2 : T imothy 3:14, 15 The provision: for Israel’s living ac cording to God’s standard was to be found in God’s Word. That Word Was to regulate their family life, being, taught in the home; their industrial life,:vbeing, bound upon their hands; their intellectual life, being between their eyes; their domestic life, being upon their doors, and their social life, being seen upon their gates. II. ■B y R emembrance of G od ’ s G race (Deut, 6:20-25) *The Lord^s people were to instruct all their . children concerning the meaning o f the testimonies, statutes, and judgments-involved in their re ligious life (vs. 20-23). The Lord knew that when, under the blessing of God, 'they had been made rich, there would be danger of their- for getting that all they had and were had come to them by God’s grace. They were to tell their children that the Lord'had shown His grace toward them by bringing them, who were at one time bondmen, into the land He had promised to their fathers (v. 23). That land is 'Still the l a n d of Israel, and one day the nation of Israel w ill be brought info it, never iribre to leave it or be cast otit from it (c f.: Amos 9:15). They werp also to instruct their children that all the statutes of the Lord were “for our good always, that he might preserve us alive” (vs. 24, 25), In the measure in which the people obeyed God’s commands would righteousness be imputed unto them in God’s sight. Thus in the observance of thesé statutes they would nurture true religion in their families and be a name and praise [ unto their God among the nations. Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear* O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord: 5 . And thou shalt love the Lord thy God îvltli all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy m ight. ) 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be In thine heart: .7 . And thou shalt 'teach them diligent ly unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine housed and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, i and when thou risest up. 8 And thou shalt bind them fo r a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. 6 And thou shalt w rite them upon thé posts of thy house, and on $hy gates. ’% ‘ . 20 And when thy son askcth thee In time .. to come, saying, .What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord our God ' hath commanded you? ¿1 Then thou, shalt say unto thy son* W é were Pharaoh*» bondmen in ESgypt.: and the Lord brought us out o f E gypt with a m ighty hand: 22 And the Lord, showed -signs and wonders, great and sore* upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all bis house hold, before our eyes: - 23 And he brought us out "from thence, that he m ight bring Us in, to give us the land which he sware Unto our fathers. 24 And the Lord commanded us .to do all these statute»* to fea r the Lord our God, fo r Our good always, that he m ight preserve us alive as it Is at this day. 25 An d it shall be our righteousness, $f w e observe to do all these command ments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded Us. 2 Timothy 8:14 But continue thou In the things which thou hast learned and hast been assured of, know ing Of whom than hast learned them; 15 And that from a child thou hast kpown the holy Scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which Is in Christ .Jesils» ; GOLDEN T E X T : “ Train up a child In the w ay he should go: and when he Is old, he W ill not depart from it” (Prov. 22 : 6 ). DEVOTIONAL READ ING : Prov. 4:1-0. ' Outline and Exposition I. B y R ecognition of G od ' s . S upremacy (Deut. 6:4-9) - HE DISTINCTIVENESS of Israel as a nation consisted in the JL fact that their God was unlike any other God.1Israel could say* “Our God is one Lord.” The unity of God, and the plurality of Persons in the one Godhead, is revealed in a plural wOrd used in the singular number (v, 4). The supremacy of God is indicated by c e r t a i n requirements involving control of the motives of life, the desires of life,. and the actions of life. Or, in other words, heart, soul, and body are involved (v. 5). B k A C K B O A R D L E S S O N SHOULD60: ADDLUHffl HE15OLD, HEUJILL OPT DEPBBT FBOmirfMiu.»* W
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