Parents have a tremendous responsibility in rearing their children. Because of the struggles with the evils of the world, parents sometimes, find themselves scrambling to get their children involved in activities that they believe promote wholesomeness and purity. These activities involve sports, music, art, etc. What parents sometimes forget is the time these activities cost them and their children. Most of the activities mentioned above involve the parents and the children spending hours upon hours practicing and performing their skills. With all the hours spent on such activities, very little time is left for anything important. Unfortunately some Christian parents forget the important things as well. They will pull out all the stops in making sure that their child is involved in all that one can be involved, but will forget about their children being involved in the Sunday School of the congregation of which they are members. This is a place where they will study the Bible with those who are of the same age and have the same goals as all that are involved. They will develop relationships with others that will last into eternity. No other activity in life can offer this type of reward.
The spiritual education that a child receives in Sunday School will be the most important education he or she will receive in this life time. The elders of the church make sure that the material studied is that of the Word of God. This activity will help them get to Heaven. This is the goal that every Christian parent should have for his or her children. Every Christian parent has the responsibility to teach his or her children the way of the Lord (Eph. 6:1-4). The church can help in this if the parent will see the importance of Sunday School and encourage their children to be involved.
(Lord willing, continued next week)