Leading Little Ones to God V: Three Final Admonitions

Jun 26, 2025

Explore the weighty responsibility of teaching children about faith and the eternal impact of our words. Discover three crucial admonitions emphasizing the privilege of imparting God’s truth. Delve into the concept of ‘teaching the fear of the Lord’ and how it shapes young minds through humility and reverence. Gain insights into the awe of God's majesty and the serious consequences of sin. Ultimately, learn how instilling these vital truths early on lays a strong foundation for their spiritual journey.

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INSIGHT

Teaching Can Outweigh The Pulpit

Spurgeon warns Sunday school teaching can be more responsible than pulpit preaching.
Children lack option and teachers shape lifelong belief.

ADVICE

Prepare Prayerfully For Young Learners

Misty Snyder prepares more carefully because children notice factual errors.
Pray and study before each lesson.

ADVICE

Don't Let Errors Become Lifelong Beliefs

If you teach a child wrongly, he believes you and may accept heresies.
Study carefully and avoid teaching errors.

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This week we conclude our series based on Charles Spurgeon’s pamphlet Feed My Lambs. In these final segments, Spurgeon gives us three admonitions: remember whom you are teaching, remember that you are teaching on behalf of God, and remember that your children need this teaching. Keeping these things in mind will be a help in both preparing and in teaching theological matter to children.

Spurgeon likens teaching children to the responsibility of ministers. He says we must bear the weight of the reality that children will accept what we teach them, even if what we teach is incorrect. They are not educated enough to correct us if we misspeak a truth. They cannot choose a different Sunday school teacher if we are not careful enough. They will often adopt what we say as gospel truth and may hold those truths for the remainder of their lives.

So remember who is accepting our teaching, but also remember that we are given the opportunity to teach by God Himself. He has placed us in positions to teach and we should take it as a weighty privilege.

Lastly, if we see the need in our children to teach them truth, we will be moved to study deeply and think with focus on how best to convey these truths to them.

We pray this episode, and indeed this series, is helpful to you. Please share it with your Sunday school teachers to edify them in their work for the Lord with children.

Show Notes:

Behold Your God: Seeking Him Early -

https://shop.mediagratiae.org/collections/childrens-curriculum

Charles Spurgeon’s book for parents and teachers: https://gracegems.org/B/Spurgeon_children.htm

J. C. Ryle - Two Bears and Other Addresses to Childre:

https://www.christianbook.com/two-bears-and-other-addresses-children/j-c-ryle/9781583391051/pd/391052

Love to the Unseen Christ by Thomas Vincent - https://www.amazon.com/Christians-Unseen-Christ-Puritan-Writings/dp/1877611573

Christ is All by Henry Law - https://www.amazon.com/Christ-All-Pentateuch-Classic-Reprint/dp/0243899300

Looking Unto Jesus by Isaac Ambrose - https://www.trinitybookservice.com/looking-unto-jesus/

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