Without question, fathers are the most responsible for the biblical instruction of their children. In fact, fathers are not only COMMANDED but ORDAINED of God to instruct their children in biblical truth.
It is an inescapable role of fatherhood. If we fathers abdicate biblical instruction to our children, we abdicate true scriptural fatherhood. If we do not teach our children the truth of God’s Word, they will be deprived of the most important commodity in the entire world. If we do not accept this duty, it shows that we do not regard God’s Word as that important.
“The father to the children shall make known thy truth” (Isaiah 38:19).
“Our fathers have told us . . . We will not hide them from their children, showing to the generation to come the praises of the Lord . . . he commanded our fathers, that they should make them known to their children: that the generation to come mighty know them…” (Read the full passage in Psalm 78:1-9).
We must not pass this awesome responsibility on to our wives, although they have an important supportive role. We must not pass this responsibility on to the church, although it also has an important supportive role. We fathers have the primary responsibility.
Be encouraged.
Colin Campbell