Lesson 25: Train Up A Child

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Lesson 25: Train Up A Child

1. What is the difference between a child and an adult? 1 Corinthians 13:11

2. What words are parents commanded to teach their children? Deuteronomy 6:4, 5

3. How, where and when are parents to teach them to their children? Deuteronomy 6:7-9

4. Who taught Timothy to love God? 2 Timothy 1:5

“Then came he to Derbe and Lystra: and, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timotheus, the son of a certain woman, which was a Jewess, and believed; but his father was a Greek” Acts 16:1. 

“And that from a child thou hast known the holy scriptures, which are able to make thee wise unto salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus” 2 Timothy 3:15.

5. What promises has God made for parents and children? 

A. Proverbs 22:6

B. Deuteronomy 30:6

C. Isaiah 54:13

6. When a young person seeks to please himself by doing what he wants to do, what is eventually going to happen? Ecclesiastes 11:9

7. What should they remove from their hearts and flesh? Ecclesiastes 11:10

8. What are the youth told to remember and when? Ecclesiastes 12:1

9. Why are youth told to remember their Creator? Ecclesiastes 12:6, 7

10. Paul told Timothy to let no one despise his youth but to be an example in what? 1 Timothy 4:12

11. What is the fifth commandment of God’s law and what promise does it contain? Exodus 20:12

“Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)” Ephesians 6:2.

12. In ancient Israel, what actions by children against their parents were punishable, and what was the punishment? 

A. Exodus 21:15

B. Exodus 21:17

C. Deuteronomy 21:18-21

13. How long should children listen to their parents? Proverbs 23:22

“Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, he saith unto his mother, Woman, behold thy son! Then saith he to the disciple, Behold thy mother! And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home” John 19:25-27.

Jesus was a grown man, but as he was dying, He cared for His aging mother and charged His disciple John to care for her.

14. What is the crown of old men? Proverbs 17:6

15. What conduct by parents in dealing with their children brings shame? Proverbs 29:15

“Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him” Proverbs 22:15.

“Withhold not correction from the child: for if thou beatest him with the rod, he shall not die. Thou shalt beat him with the rod, and shalt deliver his soul from hell” Proverbs 23:13, 14.

Beat or beatest: to strike lightly or severely.

Rod: to branch off, a scion, a stick as used for writing or a staff.

Correction: chastisement; also reproof, warning, or instruction; also restraint.

The Bible tells parents it is alright to use corporal punishment but it is not advocating that children should be beaten and abused. Corporal punishment is not always the best way to correct problems in a child. The meaning given for “correction” indicates that children need to be instructed; they must be taught right from wrong by words and examples. They need to be warned against doing wrong and what the consequences will be for disobedience. They need to be reproved when they are caught being disobedient. Always, no matter what a child has done wrong, they should be corrected in love, not in anger or the heat of the moment.

16. What example of childhood obedience did Jesus give us? Luke 2:51

17. What do a child’s actions tell us? Proverbs 20:11

18. Who is called a companion of a destroyer? Proverbs 28:24

“For Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death: But ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such like things do ye” Mark 7:10-13.

“Cursed be he that setteth light by his father or his mother. And all the people shall say, Amen” Deuteronomy 27:16.

If grown children did not want to take care of their aging parents, they would give all that they owned to the temple. They kept their property, but were no longer under any legal obligations to see to their parents needs. Jesus pointed out that those who did such were guilty of breaking the fifth commandment.

19. What counsel does the Bible have for children? 

A. Ephesians 6:1-3

B. 1 Timothy 5:1, 2

C. Proverbs 23:22

D. Proverbs 1:8

E. Proverbs 4:1

F. Proverbs 4:13

G. Proverbs 13:1

H. Proverbs 19:27

I. Deuteronomy 5:16

J. Colossians 3:20

20. What will children be like in the last days? 2 Timothy 3:2

“There is a generation that curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother” Proverbs 30:11. 

The fulfillment of this sign can be seen everywhere. On television, in the news, on the streets and in schools and stores, it becomes quickly evident that children are disobedient to all authority.

21. What has God promised to do for the last generation? Malachi 4:6

22. What should fathers not do to their children and why? Ephesians 6:4

23. When selecting ministers and other church leaders, what requirement pertaining to children should they meet? 1 Timothy 3:4, 12; and Titus 1:6

24. What is the difference between a wise son and a foolish son? 

A. Proverbs 15:20

B. Proverbs 10:1

C. Proverbs 17:21

D. Proverbs 17:25

25. What must we become like to enter heaven? Matthew 18:2-5

A little child looks up to and believes his parents. He puts all his faith and trust in their promises. We must trust our heavenly Father in the same way.

26. The Spirit bears witness that we are what? Romans 8:16, 17

27. How does God’s love for us compare to a parent’s love for his children? 

A. Isaiah 66:13

B. Psalm 103:13

C. Proverbs 3:12

D. Hebrews 12:7-9

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