Timmay
Puritan Board Freshman
Hello all,
My wife sent me a conversation between herself and my almost 4yr old son. We are a bit saddened by how it ended but we know God is faithful, and at least my son is telling the truth and not faking anything. We do catechism questions with him every day and a devotional every night before bed.
“C” is my son, “me” is my wife.
c: remember that song “wash away my sin” at church? Where is my sin?
Me: sin is disobeying or not keeping God’s law in any way. Did you disobey God?
c: yes. Do you have sin too?
me: yes, I have sin. I disobey God and I don’t keep his law
Then he asked what the law looks like,
Me: it is what God tells us to do in the Bible
Me: and Jesus takes away sin. He always did what God told him to do (note: he knows Jesus is God)
c: “Is Jesus in here? (Pointing to heart) I don’t want Jesus in here. Jesus is bad. I don’t want him to take my sin away.”
Me: Jesus is good. The best person ever. The only one who is good.
He disagrees.
Me:do you want to live and be with God forever?
C: No I want to stay here
I wasn’t there so I’m not sure how much he is really processing. His thing right now is to call his toy trains ‘bad guys’ so I don’t think he realizes what he is saying.
But it was kind of shocking to hear a forthright “no” on this matter.
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My wife sent me a conversation between herself and my almost 4yr old son. We are a bit saddened by how it ended but we know God is faithful, and at least my son is telling the truth and not faking anything. We do catechism questions with him every day and a devotional every night before bed.
“C” is my son, “me” is my wife.
c: remember that song “wash away my sin” at church? Where is my sin?
Me: sin is disobeying or not keeping God’s law in any way. Did you disobey God?
c: yes. Do you have sin too?
me: yes, I have sin. I disobey God and I don’t keep his law
Then he asked what the law looks like,
Me: it is what God tells us to do in the Bible
Me: and Jesus takes away sin. He always did what God told him to do (note: he knows Jesus is God)
c: “Is Jesus in here? (Pointing to heart) I don’t want Jesus in here. Jesus is bad. I don’t want him to take my sin away.”
Me: Jesus is good. The best person ever. The only one who is good.
He disagrees.
Me:do you want to live and be with God forever?
C: No I want to stay here
I wasn’t there so I’m not sure how much he is really processing. His thing right now is to call his toy trains ‘bad guys’ so I don’t think he realizes what he is saying.
But it was kind of shocking to hear a forthright “no” on this matter.
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