A Parent's Regrets

The Bible speaks clearly on the importance of training young minds in the truth of the Scriptures.  It is my holy resolution that the little ones under my influence will know the whole counsel of God.  My wife and I intercede daily that their little souls will be saved early in life.  Let us not neglect our duties as parents lest we live with the regret of one young women converted under Charles Spurgeon's ministry.  Spurgeon shared a conversation with this women in one of his sermons:

I shall never forget the anguish of a poor illiterate woman whom I had been the means of leading to Christ.  She was rejoicing in Christ when I had seen her before, but when I saw her next she was in great sorrow and bondage of spirit, and I said to her, "What aileth thee?"  She replied, "My children! my children!  They are all grown up, and they are all ungodly.  I brought them up as well as I could; but, woe's me, I never thought about their souls.  I did all I could to comfort her; but I can only say to younger persons while they still  have their little ones about, never let the occasion go (Spurgeon 56-57).

Salvation is a sovereign work of grace.  Ultimately it is in the Lord's hand to regenerate a soul causing them to put their faith in Christ Jesus.  Let us not use this as an excuse to neglect our duties.  May we not embrace the leaven of hyper-calvinism which has no course for pleading with souls and praying for them.  Woe is us if we do not do all we can the win the souls of our children to Christ Jesus!

Bibliography

Spugeon, Charles. 12 Sermons to Young People. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1976. (accessed November 2, 2012).