Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
This does not mean that children would not deviate from the script, they may, but at the very least, the foundational principles, and laws of God’s kingdom would be etched upon their minds at an early age so that they will have God’s moral compass to refer to, when making decisions later on in life.
For example, as one born, and raised in a Seventh Day Adventist home, my parents did their best to try to etch upon the tables of our hearts, the Bible, and its teachings, so as to implant God’s moral compass to guide us in our choices as we grew. Therefore, in retrospect, we could accurately define in real time what that translates into. For starters, it taught us the definition of right and wrong, so that we could be guided in our decision-making process, even though my personal decisions did not always come down on the side of righteousness, to put it mildly.
But at least, I was aware that I was doing something wrong whenever I chose to do so. Thus, when it was time to return to God, I did not need a televangelist or a preacher. I knew the way home because God’s moral compass had been embedded into our minds at a tender age, and it not only delineated right and wrong, it also specified Christ as the Only Savior as the be all, end all in salvation and righteousness.
Deuteronomy 6: 6 And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: 7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt 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.
May God add His blessing to the study of His word. “Good night” and God bless!