14) THE BIBLICAL FATHER SEES HIS CHILDREN AS REWARDS
The Biblical father has all the children God wants him to have. He sees children as arrows, rewards, blessings, and the heritage of the Lord. Amen. So be it! The unbelieving Christian father does not see it this way. He does not believe in God's Word of truth, such as Psalm 127:3-5. This is an amazing paradox. The very idea of an unbelieving Christian is in itself a contradiction of true Christianity, for true Christianity is all about faith in Christ and the testimony of the Scripture on all subjects.
Most modern day Christians have very little understanding on God's values of having and raising children. Most of the average 21st century church believes that any more than two children, or at the most three per family is being down right undisciplined, unthinking, unacceptable, and inconsiderate of popular opinion. They think Family Planning has nothing to do with God.
I constantly hear Christian grandparents bewailing their own children for having any more than two or three children. They feed them with unbelief, telling them that in today's world they cannot afford them and it will put more burden on the grandparents. Rather than being an encouragement on biblical family values, they discourage God's heritage and rewards for young Christian families. Many pastors are just as discouraging.
To be continued.
Be encouraged. Colin Campbell