Our church is studying Christ in the Old Testament in our Women's Bible Study. Last week we were talking about how so many of these stories that we have grown up with took on new meaning when we read them as adults from the Scriptures and not just from Children's Picture Bibles or in the context of a Sunday School lesson.
So often we grow up hearing Bible stories but don't actually get them from the Bible.
Scripture is whole, perfect and complete. But how often do we settle for a summary or paraphrase of Bible stories instead of the inerrant, perfect Word of God? There is nothing wrong with teaching your children from Children's Picture Bibles, as long as you are also teaching them from the Bible.
In the Preschool Ministry, children begin hearing each story back-to-back from a Children's Bible and from an NIV Bible each week beginning at age 5.
It is in this context that they hear, not only the fundamental truth we are trying to teach and not simply the Christian value or moral lesson, but the written word of God, provided to teach, rebuke, correct and train in righteousness (2 Timothy 3:16).
May we not neglect to teach our children biblical truths from the Bible, God's Perfect Word.
No comments:
Post a Comment