{"id":34249,"date":"2014-02-10T18:00:08","date_gmt":"2014-02-11T02:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.olivetree.com\/?p=34249"},"modified":"2019-04-15T10:12:31","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T17:12:31","slug":"gospel-powered-parenting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/blog\/gospel-powered-parenting\/","title":{"rendered":"Gospel-Powered Parenting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.olivetree.com\/store\/product.php?productid=17887\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.olivetree.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/gospel-powered-parenting-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"gospel powered parenting\" class=\"wp-image-34250\"\/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The gospel is the most important tool for Christian parenting. For many parents this statement is surprising. When most Christians hear the word \u201cgospel\u201d they think of soul-winning. The gospel saves unbelievers. While this is true, the gospel is much more than a message for the lost. To the apostles the gospel was the message that saved people, but it was also a comprehensive moral and spiritual map for all of life. That includes marriage, vocation, and parenting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>THE GOSPEL &amp; PARENTING<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>By the gospel I mean the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The gospel is the good news about everything that God has done to save us from eternity past to eternity future. It starts with the Father\u2019s electing love, and ends with a new heavens and a new earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The goal of Christian parents is to parent our children as God has parented us. More than anywhere else in the Bible the gospel unpacks how God loves, serves, and disciplines his sons and daughters. The gospel also shows us ourselves. Everything we need to know about our value to God as well as the depths of our sinfulness, God reveals to us through the gospel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore, when it comes to our children, nothing could be more important than how to apply the gospel to our parenting. The Bible contains little teaching about parenting (only 2 verses in the New Testament). That is because the gospel is the paradigm for parenting. We can derive many parenting principles from the gospel. Here are some examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>THE BASICS<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Should we focus on protecting our children from the world or on bringing them into new birth? The Bible stresses the positive. \u201cFor everyone who has been born of God overcomes the world\u201d (1 John 5:4). Do we really believe this? If this is true, a good offense, combined with a proper understanding of new birth, is more important than protecting them from the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What parental virtue is most apt to attract God\u2019s blessing? Surprisingly, it is not love, discipline or Bible study. Scripture testifies overwhelmingly that God blesses the parent that learns to fear him, and we get that fear from the gospel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are the characteristics of all effective disciplinarians? First, they have a clear understanding of indwelling sin. Second they are comfortable with the authority that God has given them. Third, they love their children with God\u2019s affection. The gospel instructs us on all three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last, most parents experience times of crushing failure and discouragement. The gospel encourages parents with the grace that they need when they feel discouraged, defeated, or inadequate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>GOD WILL BLESS YOUR CHILDREN<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In summary, go deep with the gospel, and God will amplify your children\u2019s faith through. God will bless your children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. By His grace, they will marry believers, enjoy a vibrant faith, stay married, rejoice in the privilege of children, joyfully serve local churches, and honor their parents. What could be better than that?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><em><strong>Bill Farley<\/strong> is the senior pastor of Grace Christian Fellowship, a non-denominational Evangelical church, which he planted with several other families in Spokane, Washington. 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