(LORD to Abraham) ... that he may charge his children and
his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by
doing righteousness and justice;... (Gen 18:17-19)
(Note: Employees, household servants, even beasts are
included.)
(LORD to Moses) Gather the people to me, that I may let
them hear my words, so that they may learn to fear me all
the days that they live upon the earth, and that they may
teach their children so. (Deut 4:9-10)
(Ancient Israelites sojourned in Egypt. The Egyptians
dealt harshly with them (Ex 1:11-16, Ex 5) and even
killed their male children upon birth. And LORD was about
to requite them with 10 plagues.)
(LORD to Moses) ...that I may show these signs of mine
among them (refer to Egyptians) and that you may tell in
the hearing of your son and of your son's son how I have
made sport of the Eqyptians... that you may know that I
am the LORD. (Ex 10:1-2)
(Note: Bible history as bedtime/meal-time/leisure-time
stories to our children. Word of LORD/Jesus, including
Law, Commandments, Ordinances, Statutes as inheritance to
our children.)
Stand by the roads, and look, and ask for the ancient
paths, where the good way is; and walk in it, and find
rest for your souls. (Jer 6:16)
Even the stork in the heavens knows her times; and the
turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their
coming; but my people know not the ordinance of the LORD.
(Jer 8:7-9)
I will chasten you in just measure, and I will by no
means leave you unpunished. (Jer 30:11)
(LORD to Ancient Judah when LORD destroyed them by the
Chaldeans and let them be captive slaves) Your hurt is
incurable, and your wound is grievous. There is none to
uphold your cause, no medicine for your wound, no healing
for you. All your lovers have forgotten you; they care
nothing for you; for I have dealt you the blow of an
enemy, the punishment of a merciless foe, because your
guilt is great, because your sins are flagrant....
because your sins are flagrant, I have done these things
to you. (Jer 30:12-15)
(Note: To punish more than one deserves, or to punish
less are both wrong. To find fault mercilessly is wrong
too. Is it TRUE love if we let our children break loose?)
(LORD allowed Satan kill all children of Job, take away
all his belongings, afflict him with loathsome sores from
foot to head. Job was a blameless man.)
(Job to LORD) If I sin, what do I do to thee, thou
watcher of men? Why has you made me thy mark? (Job 7:20)
(Job) ... For he (refer to LORD) is not a man, as I am,
that I might answer him, that we should come to trial
together. There is no umpire between us who might lay his
hand upon us both (Job 9:32-33)
(Job) I will say to GOD, Do not condemn me; let me know
why thou dost contend against me. Does it seem good to
thee to oppress, to despise the work of thy hands... (Job
10:2-3)
(Job) He (refer to LORD) leads counsellors away stripped,
and judges he makes fools... He takes away understanding
from the chiefs of the people of the earth, and makes
them wander in a pathless waste (Job 12:13-25)
(See also Job 21:6-9, 21:19-33, 23:6-9, 24:1-12,
24:21-23)
(Note: Job said that LORD wronged and oppressed him. His
3 friends said that LORD could not be in the wrong and
that Job or his children must have sinned. LORD approved
of Job even Job spoke such things, but punished his 3
friends with 7 bulls and 7 rams. LORD wants us to use our
conscience to think consciously and independently. LORD
may even test us to see if we follow RIGHT/WRONG or
blindly follow his word, (Num 22).
Was LORD really wrong in his dealing with Job? When we
can fully answer LORD's questions to Job on Job 38-39, we
may understand better.)
There are many good examples of teaching our children
in the Bible
How Lord taught Joshua (Josh 1:1-11)
How David taught Solomon before his death (1
Chron 22,28)