{"id":20770,"date":"2020-02-22T00:01:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-22T08:01:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/?p=20770"},"modified":"2020-02-21T20:06:16","modified_gmt":"2020-02-22T04:06:16","slug":"from-good-parents-come-good-sons-and-daughters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/from-good-parents-come-good-sons-and-daughters\/","title":{"rendered":"From Good Parents Come Good Sons And Daughters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><a href=\"http:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/From-Good-Parents-Come-Good-Sons-And-Daughters.mp3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-474\" src=\"http:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/SEV-CampfireAudio-300x86.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"86\" srcset=\"https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/SEV-CampfireAudio-300x86.jpg 300w, https:\/\/davesevern.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/SEV-CampfireAudio.jpg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><b><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">You Will Know Them By Their Fruits<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">You Will Know Them By Their Fruits<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">(15) \u201cBeware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep\u2019s<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">(16) \u00a0You will know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">from thorn bushes or figs from thistles?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">(17) \u00a0Even so, every good tree bears good fruit, but a bad tree<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">bears bad fruit.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">(18). A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">good fruit.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">(19). Every tree that does not bear good fruit is cut down and<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">thrown into the fire.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">(20). Therefore by their fruits you will know them.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">MATTHEW 7 : 15&#8211;20 NKJV<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The world is ordered and balanced and in perfect harmony with all that is in or on it. It was divinely designed and engineered to operate and produce everything that was needed to complete and fulfill God\u2019s original plan for the earth and for mankind. <strong>Our Creator, God Almighty, makes no mistakes. He is in control of everything that is or has existed on earth from the beginning of time and history.<\/strong> It all started at the moment of Creation as is all recorded within the pages of Holy Scripture in the Book of Genesis, Chapters 1 &amp; 2.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Facts are facts and they do not change.<\/strong> They are unarguable because of their constant existence regardless of people, time, or circumstance. <strong>The Word of God is a written record of the True Truth of and in the life of mankind.<\/strong> According to the Word of God, all of the creation process occurred in six days (six full 24-hour days) and then God rested from His labors on the seventh day,&#8230;on the Sabbath.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">You never violate God\u2019s Laws,&#8230;you only confirm them.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Included in the creation process, every living thing on and in the earth has within itself a \u201cseed of creative reproduction.\u201d And every seed of reproduction was miraculously created with the ability to reproduce (procreate) itself in exact same kind, type, and manner. Trees reproduce more like kind trees. Dogs reproduce more like kind dogs, and people reproduce more of their kind&#8230;.more people. <strong>Never in the history of mankind have two different types or species of created things ever been able to crossbreed and produce any kind of living hybrid.<\/strong> Trees cannot procreate with flowers, dogs cannot crossbreed with cats, and people cannot crossbreed with animals. That is just the way that God designed things to work and exist. It is for these explicit and factual reasons that the process of the evolution of species as hypothesized by Charles Darwin has never been proven,&#8230;only theorized. Remember, you never violate God\u2019s Laws,&#8230;you only confirm them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">This is how it is all laid out within the pages of the Bible. This is how God wanted and designed everything to work in perfect harmony and balance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">God spoke the world into existence<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Genesis 1 : 24\u201431 : NKJV<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">(24) \u00a0\u201cThen God said, \u2018Let the earth bring forth the living<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">creature according to its kind: cattle and creeping thing<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">and beast of the earth, each according to its kind\u2019 and<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">it was so.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">(25) \u00a0And God made the beast of the earth according to its kind,<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">cattle according to its kind, and everything that creeps on<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">the earth according to its kind. And God saw that it was<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">good.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">(26) \u00a0Then God said, \u2018Let Us make man in Our image, according<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">all the earth and every creeping thing that creeps on<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">the earth.\u2019<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">(27) \u00a0So God created man in His own image; in the image of<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">God He created him; male and female He created them.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">(28) \u00a0Then God blessed them and God said to them, \u2018Be fruitful<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">every living thing that moves on the earth.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">(29) \u00a0And God said, \u2018See I have given you every herb that yields<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">seed which is on the face of all the earth, and every tree<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">whose fruit yields seed; to you it shall be for food.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">(30) \u00a0Also, to every beast of the earth, to every bird of the air,<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">and to everything that creeps on the earth, in which<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">there is life, I have given every green herb for food\u2019<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">and it was so.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">(31) \u00a0Then God saw that everything that He had made, and<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">indeed it was very good. So the evening and the<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">morning were the sixth day.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Genesis 1 : 24-31 NKJV<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Permit me to ask you a thought provoking question. Have you ever recognized God as the Ultimate Leader of the Universe? Not only did He create the Universe, redeem humankind, innovate with entrepreneurial energy, and act as a maverick&#8211;He also leads. You see, God certainly had the strength and power to have ruled and redeemed the earth on His own, He chose to include mortal man and woman in His plans. God could have limited His creation to animals of instinct&#8211;but He didn\u2019t. He created human beings with a free will of their own,&#8230;men and women who must choose to follow His leadership according to His plan. <strong>God always brings others with Him.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">God, as all good leaders do, always initiates actions and activities. He initiated the creation of the universe. He initiated the birth of our species. He also initiated the redemption process, extending Himself to us so that we might be saved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Permit me to encourage you, as you read the Holy Scriptures, to carefully watch how often God Almighty demonstrates His magnificent leadership. He truly is the Ultimate Leader!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">An event occurred at the beginning of the 20th century that wraps a blanket of understanding around the entire subject matter of this discussion. I would like to share with you. God gave the responsibility of educating, equipping, and preparing their own children to the mother and father of said children. Such an important responsibility was not to be shrugged off, abandoned, delegated, or assigned to any other person or institution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Woodrow Wilson was the President of Princeton University (located in the state of New Jersey) from 1902 to 1910&#8211;8 years before being elected to the office of President of the United States.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">During his tenure as president of Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson was once asked to speak to a parent\u2019s group whose children were enrolled and studying at Princeton. He fielded many questions and inquiries of the parents concerning the operation, style, content, and purpose of the education regimen that the University was providing to its students.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">His reply to a very pointed and almost critical inquiry from one of the parents in the audience strikes at the very heart of the proper upbringing of children and their proper preparation for life from birth all the way to a formal college education. President Wilson said, in part:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI get many letters from you parents about your children. You want to know why we people up here in Princeton can\u2019t make more out of them and do more for them. Permit me to tell you the exact reason we can\u2019t.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">My comments may shock you just little, but I am not trying to be rude.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The reason is that they are <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">your<\/span> sons and daughters, reared in your homes, blood of your blood, bone of your bone. They have absorbed the ideals of your homes. <strong>You have formed and fashioned them. They are your sons and daughters. In those beginning years of their lives,&#8230;in those malleable, moldable years of their lives,&#8230;you have forever left your imprint upon them.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">While most parents hope their children will enjoy a higher standard of living than they themselves have experienced, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>what many parents fail to realize is that a child will rarely exhibit a higher standard of morality, ambition, and godliness than that which his parents displayed.<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">We can never expect a teacher, pastor, mentor, counselor, friend, or Sunday school teacher to impart to our children that which only we as parents can give or do. You, dear parents, are the main \u201cStar\u201d in your children\u2019s life. All others are merely supporting actors.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">God Almighty designed all of His created people to be successful. He makes no junk. He makes no mistakes. He has a plan and specific purpose for each human being on this earth, no matter who they are, where they live, what their level of intelligence, or what their perceived capabilities. He designed them all for success and He engineered them all for greatness.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Your life, giftedness, talents, and abilities are indeed God\u2019s gift to you. What you do with His gifts is your gift back to Him. Leave this world a better place than what it was when you arrived into it.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Peace and Love to All of You&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;Poppa Bear<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You Will Know Them By Their Fruits You Will Know Them By Their Fruits &nbsp; (15) \u201cBeware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep\u2019s clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves. 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