You are an evangelist in your home.

First and foremost, you are an evangelist.

Your job is to teach that little one the law of God

and lead them to the knowledge of Jesus Christ, right?

Urge them to put their trust in Christ.

Tell them to seek the Lord while he may be found.

Plead with them to be reconciled to God in this way. with John MacArthur. I'm your host Phil Johnson. It's been said parents can only

give their kids good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final

forming of a person's character lies in their own hands. And it's true. No parent can force his or

her child to follow Jesus Christ. But every Christian parent wants an answer to the

question, what can I do? Can I do anything at all to help

my child want to embrace Christ? That's the all-important issue John MacArthur tackles today

on Grace to You as he continues his series titled

The Fulfilled Family.

And here's John now with today's lesson.

Parenting is not difficult because it's expensive.

It's not difficult because it's time consuming it's not difficult because it's distracting

from your personal agenda it's not difficult because it gets so complex to

meet all the demands it is really difficult because there are such heavy

pressures from the society around us and heavier pressures from the nature of

children within them and until we understand that

we're not going to understand what parenting is really all about. And under the

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