Against what evil should fathers guard?
Answer
"Fathers, provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged." Col. 3:21.
NOTE - Correction should never be given in anger, for anger in the parent stirs up anger in the
child. It is well to pray with a child before correcting him, and frequently mild but faithful instruction,
admonition, and prayer are all the training necessary-are, in. fact, the best training that can be given. But in
any case of perverseness, stubbornness, or wilful disobedience, the correction, whatever it may be, should
be persisted in until the child yields submissively to the will and wishes of the parent. It is best, generally,
that correction should be done in private, as this tends to preserve the self-respect of the child, a very
important element in character building. No correction or training should be violent or abusive, or given
for the purpose of breaking the will of the child, but rather to direct the will, bring it into proper subjection,
and the child to a realization of what is right and duty.
What test should therefore be applied to every professed teacher of truth?
What is said of the strength and wisdom of God?
To whom, therefore, should we ascribe glory and honor?
Did Joshua think it immaterial what god Israel served?
What was to be the nature of the next kingdom after Babylon?
Does the New Testament teach the same duty?
When Peter was imprisoned and about to be executed by Herod, what did the church do?
Questions & Answers are from the book Bible Readings for the Home Circle