Spiritual Decline Under Manesseh

Man or man! So now Hezekiah dies and his son takes over at the ripe old age of 12. You think that might be too young to rule a nation?!?!?! Anyway, he ends up being the bad seed of such a God loving guy and turns the whole nation against God in jut 50 years of his rein. He is bitter, mean and kills and God finally says that is enough and tells them hes done. They will all perish and fall under Egypt!

Now this is a great moment to bring up the whole idea of children turning away from God. As a Christian homeschooler , we pray and do a lot of things through out our 24 hour day with the kids that all relate to God but if we do not explain why we should love God and then eventually, when they get a bit older, ask our children to commit their lives to God , there is always the possibility they could go astray! And even if they do commit their lives, they could still go a different way if the circumstances are just right. Just like Manasseh. The one thing we can all do for our kids is pray for them and pray with them. Yes, lead by example, but as you can see sometime examples are not the only answer. It is possible the Hezekiah led by a great example but neglected to explain the Whys of worshiping God. The Whos of God and the Whats will happen if we go astray. This is all so very important. Yes do it age appropriately, but do it. Do not expect that they grow up in a christian home they will be Christians. This is a perfect example of this not always being so.