Highest Calling

Yesterday, I received my monthly newsletter from Focus on the Family. Dr. Dobson's topic was refuting claims made in the Dec. 15, 2008 Newsweek cover story titled "The Religious Case for Gay Marriage", written by Lisa Miller.

Lisa Miller has said "the Apostle Paul was 'tough on homosexuality' but that 'progressive scholars' have found a way to re-interpret the Pauline passages to refer only to homosexual violence and promiscuity".

What she is actually trying to convey is the scholars of today are more informed, have more biblical knowledge, and have more insight than the scholars of Jesus day. She is saying we are smarter today than the Neanderthals of biblical times. She is telling us to buy into the theory's of today's scholars and throw out anything we believed in the past.

Miller writes, "A mature view of scriptural authority requires us, as we have in the past, to move beyond literalism. The Bible was written for a world so unlike our own, it's impossible to apply its rules, at face value, to ours".

My former Pastor spoke very similar words to me and to members in that congregation. I have been spending the last few months dismantling all the junk she had tried to teach us from her deceived perspective. The Lord gave us discernment and led us out of that church very quickly, but there are still so many who are buying into these deceptive thoughts and ideologies, and even more that promote and teach them.

Let me ask you this: Is it easier to believe the scholars of today, 2000 plus years after Christ walked the earth or, to believe the recorded, God-breathed, inspired accounts from those who actually walked with Jesus or wrote their gospels/letters only 25 years or so after Christ left the world?

I have alternated between anger at false teachers because of the destruction they are causing and the souls they are jeopardizing and feeling sorry for them, because they have bought into such deception and are held captive by it. I believe God calls us to try and deal gently with those held captive by the world, but at the same time to be angry at the results of deception and work hard to counter the lies with truth.

Parents, our call from God has always been to raise our children in the knowledge of the Lord. To teach them about who God is and how to obey Him. There has always been an attack on Christianity, this isn't new. However, I believe God's truth is under attack like never before, and we must step up our efforts to guard against and protect our children from these false teachings.

When I felt God prompting me to quit my career several years ago, I really didn't understand why at the time. Today, I can see quite clearly my need to be fully involved in the life of my children. The world is bombarding our children with so many lies. Satan is using the entertainment industry, governments, and even the church to further his deceptive agenda. I am especially grieved by the deception in the church because our children cannot even trust the religious institutions anymore.

When I was working full time, I was too preoccupied with other things to notice the subtle ways my children were under attack. It's always easy to see the 'big' attacks coming but it's the little, everyday cultural attacks that are the most damaging. I know without a doubt, my placement in the home is not restrictive, or an obscure, unrewarding calling. It is the highest calling, given to me by the Creator of the Universe.

Our children are really God's children. God the Father, gifts us with His children for a time in our lives. When He blesses us with them, He is entrusting us with their very souls. We are to teach them how to 'know and serve' their real Father in Heaven. This is our number one priority as parents.

We must stay in God's Word, in prayer, and in walking in obedience ourselves so that we may be strong, accurate teachers to our children. They will need God's Truth even more than our generation does, as the world seems to be increasingly more evil. I know God will bless our sincere efforts!