Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
As parents, we are responsible for what children do when they are young, but when they reach the age of accountability and reason, with their intelligence in place, they are 100% responsible for the decisions or actions they take, even though we brought them into this world, knowing they would do evil. O.J Simpson’s parents were never charged in court for whatsoever he did, or did not do.
And this week, as the trials of the former president ramp up, folks will observe that his parents are not mentioned in any of the indictments as having any responsibility, even though they are deceased. He is innocent until proven guilty, and persons are not to rush to any conclusions prematurely, but if the charges were to stick, his father, whose second name is Christ, will not be mentioned, even though he and his wife brought the former president into this world.
The implications of the study today are indeed grim, because the you and me have the opportunity, and the freedom to be the arbiters of our own destiny, through the freedom of intelligent choice. God does not lock anyone into an inevitable vortex of evil choices, from which they cannot escape, and He does not coerce the conscience into doing either good or evil.
Joshua 24:15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!