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Teach Them

From: Christian Treasury: Volume 8

Narrator: Chris Genthree

Deuteronomy 6:7

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"Thou shalt teach them diligently
unto thy children.”

Deuteronomy 6:7⁷And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. (Deuteronomy 6:7)

What should you teach them?

To love the Lord God with all their heart (Deut. 6:5⁵And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. (Deuteronomy 6:5)).

Who should be taught?

Your children (v. 7), and the responsibility doesn't stop there. We are to teach our grandchildren also (Deut. 4:9⁹Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; (Deuteronomy 4:9)). Timothy knew the blessing of learning of "the unfeigned faith" from both his mother and grandmother (2 Tim. 1:5⁵When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also. (2 Timothy 1:5)).

When should it be taught?

When sitting at home, when walking by the way, when lying down and rising up—continually (Deut. 6:7⁷And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. (Deuteronomy 6:7)).

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