Adam and Eve were in the Garden, the perfect place with no sin. Their Father was their creator, and yet they chose sin over obedience.
In the Millennium, Christ will rule over the nations, those who have been born again before the beginning of the Millennium, who possess spiritual bodies will rule over those who are in the flesh, with a perfect judgment, because they will have the mind of Christ. And, yet, there will be most who will follow the devil when he is finally unleashed at the end of it.
Anyone who thinks they will be providing the perfect environment for their children, doing what they believe to be all the right things, still remain imperfect as they train their children, because no human being is perfect.
Those who think they can provide the perfect environment for their children automatically affording them the attitude of walking righteously and trusting Christ, are walking in pride, the very idea that "they" as imperfect human beings, will do it just right, is a dilution.
We must ask the Lord to work in our children in spite of us. We do what we should as commanded by God, but we do it imperfectly with all our warts and imperfections. Each child that is presented with truth, must make the choice for themselves to obey Christ.
No child will be able to blame anyone else for their sin or their bad attitudes. I have known very godly families who were obeying God in training their children, who have experienced rebellion and contempt on the part of their children, left feeling shocked that they live as they do.
I have also known children who came out of wicked environments who trusted Christ, while their families remained evil and in rebellion, they were changed into a new creation following hard after Christ.
We must obey Christ, while realizing that He is ultimately the One who must work on the hearts of our children.
Another phenomena that I have observed has been children who appear to act wonderfully obedient, compliant and seemingly respectful while in the home with their parents, however upon leaving their family to go into the world, changed quickly after removing themselves from their parental authority. They were great children at home but now that they are in the world, they lose all that honor and respect we felt so blessed with while they were home. Obedience on the outside is not necessarily obedience on the inside, eventually the true self will emerge when we are tested at times when we have no authority monitoring us and when we think there will be no consequences for it.
There is only one conclusion I can come to and that is that the rebellious ones were compliant, respectful on the outside at home to get along in the environment in which it was expected, but their heart was not compliant. On the inside these children were resenting the rules, the accountability and the expectations of the parents all along, until they got away, realizing that they no longer had to comply, they were free to be the real self, that had been there all along.
Any child that holds things against their parent because of their imperfections, is holding themselves up as gods, thinking that they have no imperfections of their own that need correction.
It is not a good idea to judge any family based on what we think we see, when we don't live with them. Each child has their own heart and their own choices, what they do and how they think may not be at all what their parents taught them.
Some of the most damage done has been by those in the church who have elevated themselves as perfect parents, who lack wisdom in judging others based on how their children turned out. This is not only unwise, but wicked, not to mention gossip.
There are bad and good parenting styles, but that does not mean that all children who turn out good had great parents, nor does it mean that all children who turn out bad had bad parents. It is best to stop the judging and begin being helpful, seeking God for the way that we can be a blessing to those who are struggling with difficulties that may possibly not be their fault.
All the judging of a matter that cannot be changed manages to do is demean others and elevate self.
John 7:24 " 24"Do not judge according to appearance, but judge with righteous judgment."
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