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Motivating Ideas on Discourse on The Kingdom of God for Effective Parenting of Children in Their Formative Years.

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They brought little children to Jesus so that he would bless them but the disciples of Jesus tried to prevent the parents from presenting their children to Jesus. Jesus was indignant at his disciples and ordered them to allow the children to be brought to him. Oh, how Jesus loves children. He pronounced children as the appropriate candidates of the kingdom of God.

This shows the premium which God places on children and their upbringing. The kingdom of God is for those who are as innocent as children. Hence children must be brought up in such a way as to maintain their innocence even after they have grown. It is also written, “Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old, he will never turn from it” (Proverbs Chapter twenty-two, verse seven). To learn more about how to train children in a way that will guarantee their remaining in the way they should go, read the post on How to Teach the Child and What to Teach the Child, on this blog site, (Chukwuemeka EJIOFOR'S Blog).

How is it possible to achieve this state with the natural bent at work in man? Jesus is the King in the kingdom of God. He came to earth in the form of man to relate to man and show us how it can be achieved. He lived a sinless life yet he was killed by evil men. He offered to die in order to provide the means of dealing with the power that drags us to do things the wrong way, the natural bent.

The kingdom of God is meant for those who do things the right way alone. Now, the killing of Jesus provided the blood that must be used to wash the sins of man off their hearts. It is written that unless there is the shedding of blood, forgiveness of sin is impossible. So, the blood of Jesus is used to wash away the sins of those who accept that he died because of them to forgive their sins. This acceptance is made through faith in the name of Jesus and repentance from the wrong doings. Faith simply implies taking God by his word and being willing to do what God tells us to do. Repentance means change of heart, being actively sorry for living the wrong way and turning to God for forgiveness and empowerment to live right.

While the child grows and he is led through this process of repentance and faith, he can then remain on the way of doing the right things which he was groomed from the state of innocence at his developmental age to follow.

The kingdom of God is meant for all peoples on earth and every nation, both existing and emerging, are meant to reflect the values of the kingdom of God. This knowledge is very important especially for emerging nations to guarantee the stability of their kingdoms.

Nations, as we have noted in one of the posts in this blog site, The Judgment of God, that fail to keep to the path of right living will face the judgment of God. Prior to the anticipated final judgment of the nations, conflicts, economic hardships, famine and other natural disasters characterize the current judgment meted on nations that condone evils in their societies.

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