“Whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him if a great millstone were hung around his neck and he were thrown into the sea. (Mark 9:42 ESV)
The
above text is actually more about not being the means by which
disciples falter, but it can also be applied to being a daddy. It goes
without saying that I do not desire the destruction of my children. One
because I love them. Two because a millstone seems like a really
uncomfortable necklace—especially for swimming in the sea.
If you, however, think a millstone necklace would be
fashionable attire here are 10 ways that you can work towards making
your children stumble and turn away from Jesus. In no particular order
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Be an unrepentant hypocrite. We all have elements of hypocrisy. It’s when we are unrepentant in our hypocrisy that it becomes deadly.
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Display with your life and lips that things are more precious than Christ. The thing you pick can be as insignificant as parking spaces or as significant as a large house. It doesn’t matter. Set something other than Christ as your affection and you are well on your way to shopping for a new millstone.
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Neglect teaching. Leave it up to the Sunday school teacher, the television, their peers, or favorite musician and you can start picking out millstone colors.
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Don’t pray for them. Discipleship is a work of God. Your own sanctification as well as that of your children demands a prayerful life.
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Be silent in times of danger. You wouldn’t let little Sally have a tea party on a freeway but will you let her give her heart to an unbeliever? You probably won’t let junior have a pet cobra but do you let him be saturated with the not so subtle advances of our sex-crazed culture? Continue at Mike Leake
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