Home School

Psalm 78:1 Give ear, O my people, to my law; Incline your ears to the words of my mouth. 2 I will open my mouth in a parable; I will utter dark sayings of old, 3 Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of the Lord, And His strength and His wonderful works that He has done. 5 For He established a testimony in Jacob, And appointed a law in Israel, Which He commanded our fathers, That they should make them known to their children; 6 That the generation to come might know them, The children who would be born, That they may arise and declare them to their children, 7 That they may set their hope in God, And not forget the works of God, But keep His commandments; 8 And may not be like their fathers, A stubborn and rebellious generation, A generation that did not set its heart aright, And whose spirit was not faithful to God.

The difference between right and wrong is the most important distinction in life.

Right now it is really cool to be “open-minded.” In fact, “It’s the coolest!” It’s the most important moral value in the world today, (being open-minded that is…)

But what does it really mean to be open-minded? To some, and probably most, it is closely akin to being un-prejudiced, as in, “I will remain open-minded about that person, and I will not judge them by the color of their skin, or their apparent ethnicity or economic standing.” Sounds good to be open-minded, doesn’t it? Admirable, in fact.

And that’s why so many of our young people value open-mindedness above all else. That’s what the schools are teaching these days. Let’s be open-minded about history and science, and let’s be open-minded about sexuality, and let’s be open-minded about politics. Close-mindedness is wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong…

But if open-mindedness is righty, right, right, and closed-mindedness is wrongy, wrong, wrong, isn’t that still making a clear distinction between right and wrong – all the while appearing to be very open-minded? Do you see the logical problem? And, what if you are wrong about the things you allow in your life whilst being ‘open-minded?’ Can you be open-minded about gravity, or inertia, or hunger? Can we get a clue?

The home is where we are to learn the difference between right and wrong, and I shudder to think what happens when we don’t. We are seeing it all around us. The home is no place to learn to be open-minded, the home is the place to learn to be right about things, and to be close-minded - I’m sorry – even to the death - about what is right. From the first day of life, this is mom’s primary responsibility. Nothing is as important as teaching our children the DIFFERENCE between right and wrong. It is the difference between heaven and hell.

-  Pastor Bill