“Your words have been hard against me, says the LORD. But you say, ‘How have we spoken against you?’ You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What is the profit of our keeping His charge or of walking as in mourning before the LORD of hosts? And now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper but they put God to the test and they escape.’”
Then those who feared the LORD spoke with one another. The LORD paid attention and heard them, and a book of remembrance was written before Him of those who feared the LORD and esteemed His name. “They shall be mine, says the LORD of hosts, in the day when I make up my treasured possession, and I will spare them as a man spares his son who serves him. Then once more you shall see the distinction between the righteous and the wicked, between one who serves God and one who does not serve Him….(Malachi 3:13-18 ESV)

As we continue our End Times look at relevant portions of the Prophets, to whom the Lord has led us,  we return to our brief look at Malachi chapter numbers 3 and 4. This short passage is meant for us who call ourselves Christians, in today’s world. There are about 45 messages and books in those six verses above, but, what basic message they carry should sober up a whole bunch of people….deceived people…in these last days! The first portion in BLUE is actually a charge against the following who are among us today. They are:
– the actual lost, but they are so lost they don’t know it. This is the majority of mankind and they will be eternally removed from the Presence of the Holy One…..

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HOW TO BE A GODLY FATHER

Over the past couple of days, we looked at some really prominent men in the Bible, whose children turned out less than desirable and completely ungodly. There were others we could have examined from Gideon to Samuel etc…but the listen is obvious for us, in these last days.  The lesson, thus is, heed the Words of the Lord and the Lessons of the Lord or learn the Hard Way!

While there is no “HOW TO…” manual for fathers in the Bible, there are God’s Statutes, Commands and Decrees which are ALL supposed to OBEY. 
We do that, it will go well with us. 
We do that, and we can impart and pass on the blessings of that knowledge and teaching to the next generation. 
We do that, and even though many of us (including me) did not have fathers growing up (mine died when I was 11), we can be the best we know how, with God’s Help to our own children.  
So briefly, here is what I know God says to us fathers in His Word:

Proverbs 22:6 (written by Solomon!!) says “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it”.  Now Solomon did return to the Lord in Ecclesiastes with a life of regret, but he had already left the House of David in tatters by worshipping sin, sex and Satan.The actual translation of this Proverb, in part, is not “in the way he should go”…but “the way he is bent”….or nurtures him, according to Godly principles, in the unique way God created the child. This implies spending time with our children…because this is what the word “nurture” implies!

Our job as men and fathers is to mirror our heavenly Father God – Abba! Our Father Who is in Heaven expects no less. We are going to mess up badly. But the good news is – God does not mess up! He is perfect and there for us if we just call on Him.

GOD’S TRAINING MANUAL FOR DADS: