But especially when they're younger, we're called to seek the kids, seek the Lord on our kids' behalf.

Hey guys, welcome to the Five Minute Fatherhood podcast.

I'm your co-host, Jeff Bethke, along with my friend and mentor, Jeremy Pryor.

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What's up, guys? Welcome to another five-minute fatherhood. So this is a conversation that I've

never had before. So I'm curious how Jeff will react to this one.

So ancient fathers had the practice of setting specific dates for their children.

And this happens in our culture a little bit, but we almost never talk about it.

Like I said, I've never heard about this.

This is in the Bible a lot.

It's really interesting to think about some of the verses. Let me just read three of them to you guys. In Acts 1, Jesus said,

he was asked by his disciples, Lord, will you at this time restore the kingdom to Israel? Right? This is

just before the ascension. And Jesus says, it is not for you to know the times or seasons that the

father has fixed by his own authority.

Similarly, in Matthew 24, when Jesus is talking about the end of days, he says,

no one knows the day or hour when these things will happen, not even the angels in heaven or the

son himself, only the father knows. And then in Galatians, Paul is using this analogy about how the law was sort of like a guardian,

and he says he uses the similar idea here.

He says, I mean that the heir, as long as he is a child, is no different from a slave,

though he is the owner of everything.

But he is under guardians, this is his analogy of the law, and managers until the date

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