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It would appear that Kings do not make good fathers. Are their jobs or careers so important that they don’t have any time for being the spiritual head of their homes? The principal teacher should be the father with the help of the mother.

Deuteronomy 4:9  "Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and your grandsons. 

4:10  "Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when the LORD said to me, 'Assemble the people to Me, that I may let them hear My words so they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.'

We are all prone to forget things. Interesting that many fathers know more about their top sports figures than what they need to teach their children. God wants everyone to remember Him and to fear Him all of their lives.

Deuteronomy 6:6  "These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. 6:7  "You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way and when you lie down and when you rise up. 6:8  "You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. 6:9  "You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. 

Some of this is figurative in actuality but the emphasis can not be ignored. Teach diligently, teach regularly, and teach correctly. This includes to teach thru your own example as well.

Deuteronomy 11:21  …so that your days and the days of your sons may be multiplied on the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, as long as the heavens remain above the earth. 

While this is a good promise, the best promise is eternal life for being an obedient servant to our LORD. So these verses are all in Deuteronomy and therefore should be known by all the Kings. Actually these should be also have been taught by the priests to all the people.

Proverbs 1:8  Hear, my son, your father's instruction And do not forsake your mother's teaching;

This clearly indicates the importance of both parents. They need to be ‘on the same page’. When studying these passages on Godly kings we must come to the conclusion that neither really taught their children well. Of course, it was further influenced by ungodly mothers, as the Kings married ungodly women. The Bible calls this unequally yoked.

2 Corinthians 6:14  Do not be bound together with unbelievers; for what partnership have righteousness and lawlessness, or what fellowship has light with darkness? 

This verse can be used for marriages and any other earthly partnerships or relationships.

1 Corinthians 15:33  Do not be deceived: "Bad company corrupts good morals.

We are all vulnerable to being corrupted by this darkened, evil, demonically controlled world we now find ourselves in. Let us not be deceived!!!

More next Saturday.