Since there are no perfect parents and no perfectly compliant children we are all left having to choose Christ, desiring to be changed into a new creation by Him.
No parent can take credit for their children when they are good, nor can any parent take credit for their children when they are bad. Every parent must obey God, however the results are left to God. The children must make their own choice for Christ.
If we believed that it was the parents who make or break a child, then no child from an unsaved family can come to Christ. I am one of those children, raised in a family that did not teach us in the way of the Lord. And yet, the Lord got hold of me, giving me the opportunity to choose Him and when I did He change me into a new creation.
ONLY CHRIST GETS THE CREDIT FOR ALL THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BORN AGAIN!
If any parent wants to boast, let them boast in the Lord, giving Him all the credit. May the children be grateful for their parents whether they are saved or not, because God used them to care for us and HE placed us in that family for His purposes.
If any parent is embarrassed because their children are not walking with God, then those parents walk in pride, thinking all along they were the vehicle by which a child is saved.....not so. They can be used, they can be obedient, but the Lord gets all the glory when a child comes to Christ.
Let us praise the Lord when children are saved, not ourselves.
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