Instructions To Share A Biblical Perspective With A Disobedient Child

Every child disobeys. Disobedience is built within us as a part of our sinful nature. So, at some point, you may want to sit down and discuss the biblical perspective of disobedience with your disobedient child. Here are some instructions. 

First, take a moment to calm yourself, you do not want to discuss the Bible in an attitude of anger or frustration. Sit down with your child and read through the following...

1. Exodus 20:12

2. Exodus 21:17

3. Leviticus 20:9

4. Deuteronomy 21:18-21

It's about now that your child may be cowering - and crying - in the corner. Be sure to reassure them that you are not going to kill them or allow anyone to stone them to death. Be sure to tell your child that is is the Old Testament law, established by God and obeyed by His chosen nation to ensure purity and purge evil.

And we continue...

5. Proverbs 1:7-9

6. Proverbs 13:1

7. Proverbs 20:20

8. Proverbs 23:22

9. Proverbs 30:17

Once again, call your child back out of the corner of the room, and them a tissue, and reassure them that they are not going to be fed to the birds. 

Perhaps now is the time to lay out God's ideal plan for His creation. Discuss God's creation and the garden of Eden, where everything was perfect, God walked with Adam and Eve, and sin - disobedience - was nonexistent. Discuss the "death" (separation) that Adam and Eve faced due to their sin against God. Then explain how a child's disobedience against their parents causes separation between them and God and between them and their parent. Go one step further and illustrate how - if left undisciplined - a child's disobedience will lead to separation between parents, separation between siblings, and separation within the entire family. Explain that disobedience can tear a family apart. 

Then, we conclude...

10. Romans 13:1

11. Ephesians 6:1-3

12. Colossians 3:20

Close with a hug and a prayer.