Godly Parents and Evil Children
Godly Parents and Evil Children
This document is intended to answer the question, “How can a Godly and righteous person rear a vile and evil son?”
This question indicates that the person asking it has assumed that child rearing works according to the popular understanding of Proverbs 22:
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it.
The popular understanding is that a child who is trained in a Godly manner will not depart from that Godly manner when he is old. The child might depart from Godliness for a time, according to this belief, but will eventually return to Godliness and fervency in righteousness, and will stay that way until death.