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In this chapter, Spurgeon offers three admonitions of particular importance to those who work with kids. These admonitions are based on the following verse which provides the title of the book:
“Come, Ye children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD. [Psalms 34:11 KJV]”
Admonition #1 – Recollect Whom You Are Teaching
Even when working with kids, perhaps especially when we are working with kids, we need to remember to respect our audience. By respect, Spurgeon does not mean that you give people special treatment because of their status or position. Instead, he means that we must remember that
Continue reading “Come, Ye Children” – Three Admonitions (Synopsis of Come Ye’ Children – Chapter 13)
In this chapter, Spurgeons offers 5 lessons for Children’s Ministry teachers on teaching kids about morality. Spurgeon utilizes Psalm 34 as the basis for these lessons and begins the chapter with the following verse:
Keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking deceit. Turn away from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. [Psalms 34:13-14 ESV]
In order for kids to understand the holiness of God, we must teach them about morality. However, we must be clear in our teaching that leading a moral life is not the way to salvation. Instead, Children must be made to understand that
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This chapter contains a series of pieces of advice on raising spiritual champions.
Get them to come in
Spurgeon begins this chapter of instructions for teachers with the following simple instruction:
“First, get the children to come to your school.”
Spurgeon implores teachers to get kids to come to their churches “by all fair and right means.” Indeed, Spurgeon advocates every persuasive means short of bribery to get kids to come to church. Indeed, we should try all means to get kids into our Children’s Ministries. Spurgeon puts the endeavor in the correct spiritual context:
“Go and catch the children. There is no law against
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In the Old Testament days of Eli the priest, the word of the Lord was precious. Eli failed to teach his own sons to hear and obey the Word of the Lord. Eli was certainly capable of teaching children to hear the word of the Lord as he taught Samuel and trained him to listen to God. In this chapter, Spurgeon offers a warning to parents who serve in Children’s Ministry. Those of us who work diligently for the souls of others must also work diligently for the souls of our own kids. Spurgeon summarizes:
“O that those who are diligent
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This week marks the end of our look at the Old Testament prophecies of the lineage of the coming Messiah. In past weeks, we have looked at prophecies related to some notable Old Testament characters including Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Judah, Jesse and David. Today, we will look at a prophecy related to a slightly lesser known Old Testament character: Zerubbabel.
Haggai the prophet informs us that the Lord chose Zerubbabel to be like a signet ring (his signature). This is an indication that the Messiah (God’s signet ring on his right hand) would come from Zerubbabel’s lineage:
On that day, declares the
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Introduction
In this chapter, Spurgeon looks at what kids should be taught about Jesus and the doctrines of the Christian faith. Far from shying away from teaching kids doctrine, Spurgeon demands they be taught and explains why they are foundational for faith in Christ beginning with what he see as the most important concept – redemption!
Redemption
More than just a doctrine which should be learned, Spurgeon views redemption of the lens through which we should view all of life. Spurgeon explains:
“It makes a wonderful change whether you view Providence from the standpoint of human merit or from the foot of the cross.
Continue reading What Mean Ye' By This Service? (Synopsis of Come Ye’ Children – Chapter 9)
Last week, we looked at the Old Testament prophecy that the Messiah would come from the line of Jesse. This week we will examine the Old Testament prophecies that the Messiah would come from the line of Jesse’s son David.
In 2 Samuel, the Lord commissions Nathan to go the David:
Now, therefore, thus you shall say to my servant David, ‘Thus says the LORD of hosts, I took you from the pasture, from following the sheep, that you should be prince over my people Israel. And I have been with you wherever you went and have cut off all your enemies
Continue reading Monday Morning Prophecy #22 – The Messiah Would Come From the Lineage of David
Over the last several weeks, we looked at prophecies made thousands of years before the birth of Jesus that indicated that the Messiah would come from the line of Abraham through Isaac through Jacob through Judah. This week, we will skip a number of generations and look at Old Testament prophecies that the Messiah would come from the line of Jesse (a descendant of Judah and father of King David).
The prophet Isaiah prophecies hundreds of years before the birth of Christ that the Messiah would come from the line of Jesse:
There shall come forth a shoot from the stump of
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The Role of Parents and the Church
The need for the modern day Children’s Ministry has grown, in part, because of the lack of godly role models at home. Fewer and fewer kids are receiving adequate spiritual training in the home. The primary role for instructing children in spiritual matters is given to parents, but the church naturally steps in to fill the void where that is not happening. Those people who work in Children’s Ministry spend a lot of time and effort in that pursuit, and the kids we teach and shepherd often become as precious to us as our
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In the last three weeks, we have looked at Old Testament prophecies that the Messiah would come from the line of Abraham through Isaac through Jacob. Unlike his father Isaac and grandfather Abraham, Jacob had many more sons – 12 to be exact. You might know them as the twelve tribes of Israel (Jacob was renamed Israel by God). They were (in order of birth):
Reuben
Simeon
Levi
Judah
Dan
Naphtali
Gad
Asher
Issachar
Zebulun
Joseph
Benjamin
Indeed, roughly the last half of the book of Genesis deals primarily with the story of Joseph (think coat of many colors!). However, the Old Testament is clear that the promises of a blessing to the
Continue reading Monday Morning Prophecy #20 – The Messiah Would Come From the Lineage of Judah
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