Dearly Beloved and Righteous In
Christ,
Beware Philosophy!
"Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters' of Life's longing for itself. They
come through you but not from you, and though they are with you,
yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not
your thoughts. For they have their own thoughts. You may house
their bodies but not their souls. For their souls dwell in the
house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your
dreams..You are the bows from which your children as living arrows
are sent forth.." Kahil Gibran
Kahil Gibran author of "The Prophet" sagely points out to us that
our children are not our children, but if they are not ours then
whose are they? Gibran talks of this mysterious "Life's longing for
itself" but as every Godly person knows, God is Life - what more
could our simple and pious needs want? I feel that it is my
Sanctified Christian Duty to slate any 'wise' advice or philosophy
that isn't Biblically based. The Bible clearly directs us to beware
of philosophers:
"Beware
lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after
the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not
after Christ." Colossians 2:8.
Mr Gibran's unorthodox and unchristian
'wisdom' qualifies for such a warning. His whole discourse
undermines the principles and points of The Bible: The Ultimate
Handbook And Guide To Parenting and his thoughts on child raising
and discipline are really quite New Ageist and contrary to Biblical
Advice. In short "The Prophet" is a clear counterfeit 'parental
guide' based on one man's opinions on family and living "issues",
which I advise you to read at your peril. I urge you also Brothers
and Sisters in Christ, to remain strong in Faith and in Spirit if
you do choose to read this abomination of Mr K. Gibran's.
Honour thy family
So what does the Bible have to say about parenting and
children?
For children, the Bible directs them
to: " Hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the laws
of thy mother." Proverbs 1:8 and to "Apply thine heart unto
instruction, and thine ears to the words of knowledge", and finally
all children should: "Honour thy father and thy mother." Proverbs
3:21 For parents the Bible says to: "Train up a child in the way he
should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it."
Proverbs 22:6 and that parents should: "Provoke not your children
to anger, lest they be discouraged." Colossians 3:2. Here then is
some obvious but Godly advice for parenting.
But how many of us are following
Biblical advice?
Following a world survey based only in
Britain. Apparently 5% of Christian families adhere to the literal
guidelines of parental advice given from the Bible. The remaining
95% claim that Biblical Discipline is not necessary for this day
and age. How misguided and deceived by Satan are these 'Christians'
who have so obviously fallen away from Christ! This clearly gives
us the message that only a small proportion of The Faithful are
following our Lord's directives.
What can we do?
We can only pray that God will bring His Sheep back to the fold,
like the faithful shepherd He is and that they follow the
guidelines that advise us how to raise God fearing children. Part
of parenting involves discipline, but if we love our precious
babies so much how can we possibly correct them?
Despise not the chastening of the Lord...
"My son, despise not the chastening of
the Lord,
neither be weary of his correction:
For whom the Lord loveth he correcteth;
even as a father the son in whom he delighteth."
Proverbs 3:11-12
The Bible clearly states on numerous
occasions that we are not our own property (1 Corinthians 6:20) and
as a Guide to instilling Family Values it clearly states that
discipline is the way forward and through this our darling children
will grow wise from it (Proverbs 29:15). So as parents or guardians
we shouldn't be worried about over kill but our concern should be
with our child's spiritual welfare, correction as the Bible clearly
tells us is a Hell preventative (Proverbs 23:13-14).
But so much controversy abounds within the issues of child
discipline it's a should we shouldn't we, pull you push me, tug of
war. Which only serves to confuse ourselves as parents and also
gives mixed messages to the child. The Bible: The Ultimate Handbook
And Guide To Parenting gives us many a positive directive on how to
raise a Godly Child, but what if loving discipline just doesn't
work, what should we do?
Once again we can look to our Biblical Oracular Advisor for
answers.
Deuteronomy clearly states that: "If a man hath a stubborn and
rebellious son, which will not obey the voice of his father, or the
voice of his mother, and that, when they have chastened him, will
not hearken unto them. Then shall his father and his mother lay
hold on him, and bring him out unto the elders of his city, and
unto the gate of his place. And they shall say unto the elders of
his city, This, our son is stubborn and rebellious, he will not
obey our voice; he is a glutton, and a drunkard. And all the men of
his city shall stone him with stones, that he die: so shalt thou
put evil away from among you…" Deuteronomy 21:18-21.
No matter how extreme and over the top that command may seem, we
are duty bound to ensure that we strike evil from amongst us, in
this case it is your Child of Satan. To disobey means being damned
forever in Hell regardless of the blood of the Lamb because a
disobedient parent will be sinning against the Holy Spirit. Which
as we know is the Eleventh Commandment.
However, stoning your child isn't the only alternative.
Neither be weary of His correction...
"He struck down the first born.."
Psalms 136:10
If you have disobeyed our loving
heavenly Father, then it is within His rights to memorably punish
both parents and child in quite a unique manner, "And thou shalt
eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and
daughters." Deuteronomy 28:53-55.
The Bible: The Ultimate Handbook And Guide To Parenting also states
that being disobedient means that: "Those of you who are parents
will eat their children, and children will eat their parents." The
Bible goes on to say that our Lord's ultimate judgement for
disobedience will be executed: "On you and (He will) disperse what
remains of you to the winds." Ezekiel 5:10. This clearly tells us
that if we shirk our responsibilities as parents or guardians then
God Himself will exact punishment on all concerned, albeit in a
confusingly bizarre manner. We are also told that if you are
squeamish in carrying out your disciplinary duty to your child that
"The tender and delicate woman will be forced to eat her own
children that cometh out from between her feet." Deuteronomy
28:56-57.
Once again we are given a patently clear directive: All women who
have birthed evil children must eat the literal fruits of their
labour.
NB
Detailed recipes on some of my
favourite "Eat your Evil Child" dishes will be given in Work Sheet
4: The Bible: The Ultimate Handbook And Guide To Parenting 2. These
recipes will go down a treat at parties, wakes and BBQ's.
Whom the Lord Loveth He correcteth.. "He that smiteth (hits) his
father or his mother shall surely be put to death." Exodus 21:15
Again this sage advice helps us as parents to put into perspective
boundaries of what we find acceptable or in this case unacceptable
behaviour, likewise if a child uses foul language then that too
warrants extreme correction : "And he that curseth his father or
mother shall be put to death." Exodus 21:17.
One preventative is that all children should be muzzled and bound
lest they be put to the sword, bullet or pebble of death in order
to prevent wayward children from commiting these crimes. It is
needless to say that there is no grey area within the Bible. God's
commands are very state of the art black and white. Kill, move on,
deal with it and praise the Lord is very much the formula used in
Biblical times none of which should be doubted, questioned or
judged. If we are to be truly Christ- like then we must follow the
Biblical Directives to the letter.
Honour thy mother and father...
"Behold now, I have two
daughters
which have not known man;
let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you,
and do ye to them as is good in your eyes." Genesis
19:8
As we know incestuous relations were en
vogue in Biblical days. It's really thanks to contemporary
revivalists such as, Woody Allen, who should be praised for such
efforts in trying to make incest acceptable today by following
standards set in The Bible: The Ultimate Handbook And Guide To
Parenting. The whole of Genesis depicts quite clearly sibling
marriages and other forms of incest which were acceptable to God.
Consider, Abraham married his sister Sarah Genesis 17:15-16, Reuben
had sexual relations with his mother (concubine) Genesis 35:22, and
Onan slept with his brothers wife Genesis 38:8-10. Moses was too
was the product of an incestuous marriage: Exodus 6:20 reads "And
Amram took him Jochebed his father's sister to wife; and she bare
him Aaron and Moses.. "All acts blessed by our Lord and Saviour
except for Onan who spilled his seed.
Naughty Onan!
But if your sons and daughters are virgins and you find them
annoying, then one way to put them to good use is to make them
whore for you. If it works for Lot then it'll work for you too!
Glory! Or if you want to keep it in the family then sleep with your
progeny - alcohol or drugs may help: "And they made their father
drink wine that night: and the first born went in, and lay with her
father." Genesis 19:33.
Your children are not your
children
"The first born of thy sons thou shalt give me." Exodus
22:29
If you find all the above difficult to
swallow then I believe that you are being tested by Satan. The
Truly Faithful in Christ should have no qualms with biblical
correction but if you wish feel free to email me and I shall
intercede on your behalf and ask our Lord Jesus to direct and to
guide you. However, even though these Biblical Guidelines were
originally written for the original chosen tribe of God (the Jews)
and later the Neo Family of God (Christians). It is hoped that the
atheist, non believer, follower of Self and counterfeit religions
utilise The Bible: The Ultimate Handbook And Guide To Parenting to
bring humanity ever closer to the one true God. Amen.
But remember:You are the bows from
which your children as living arrows are sent forth