Foundational Anchors of L.E.D.

In teaching our children, we do not begin with knowledge. For, as we've learned from 1 Cor.8:1, "Knowledge puffs up." So knowledge must be anchored in order to avoid pride. There are 2 'anchors' listed in 2 Peter 1:5, to which knowledge must be secured: Faith and Virtue.

We must begin, as the Lord commands through Peter, with Faith. Romans 12:3 tells us that all men are given a measure of faith, but we can encourage the development of faith in our children's lives. The Word explains that faith can be weak or strong, fail or be kept, be denied or lived and walked by, can be dead or increase and overcome the world. Romans 10:17 is the key to faith in our children's (or our) lives: "Faith cometh by hearing and hearing by the Word of Yahweh." This training should begin pre-birth. Start reading the Scriptures aloud to your children in the womb and continue throughout all their years in your home.

The instruction in 2 Peter is to give all diligence in adding to your faith, virtue. Virtue is moral purity or godly character. The anchor of godly character will keep the knowledge that's secured to it from opening the door to pride. To train children in virtue we need to not only instruct them in what godly character traits are, but also what words, deeds, thoughts, attitudes/motives they will manifest in their lives, so they can keep a constant check on their own lives: "Lord, if there be any wicked thing in me..." and recognize that when the "fruit" they're manifesting isn't good, they need to seek Yahweh to see where they have been resisting His grace that He gives them to do His will - manifest His character.

When these foundational anchors are strong, then the knowledge and everything else built on them will be secure. But we must continue to repair any breaches created in these foundational anchors, for a cracked foundation will surely lead to a great fall of everything built on them. We have but one foundation that will stand, and its cornerstone is Y'shua ha Mashiach (Jesus the Messiah). The anchors in that foundation are Faith and Virtue. They are the Key to Discipleship. Before we can ever begin to teach our children knowledge, we must give them a foundation of Faith and Virtue.

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