![]() Parents can only be held responsible for the sins of the children if they were negligent in teaching them of their duties. 7).Ī careful review of the scriptures reveals that parents can be held responsible for some of the sins of their children but children cannot be held responsible for the sins of their parents. It was because of this blessing that the Lord God will not suffer that ye (Lehi's grandchildren) shall perish wherefore, he will be merciful unto you and unto your seed forever (v. Lehi wanted Laman and Lemuel to be held responsible for the mistakes of their children. And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments. Doubtless, he was familiar with the scriptures like Ex 20:5-6, I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me. Lehi was concerned for the salvation of his grandchildren and great grandchildren. ![]() 2 Ne 4:6 the cursing may be taken from you and be answered upon the heads of your parents Solomon should know-he probably had hundreds if not thousands of children born to him by his 700 wives and 300 concubines (see 1 Kings 11:3). ![]() Nevertheless, the proverb of Solomon is generally remarkably true. It is just as true that the same spirit which we possessed in the pre-mortal life is the same spirit which possesses our bodies now. We often quote the scripture, that same spirit which doth possess your bodies at the time that ye go out of this life, that same spirit will have power to possess your body in that eternal world (Alma 34:34). The fact that some children raised in good environments will rebel while their siblings faithfully follow the Lord makes one wonder about the attitude and spirit of the individual in the pre-mortal sphere. The agency of man is given to all and if a spirit of rebellion festers in the soul, all the righteousness in the world will be rejected. There are those souls who will not respond to a righteous upbringing. On the contrary, on many occasions he plead with them, with all the feeling of a tender parent and with the entreaty, hear the words of a trembling parent (1 Ne 8:37, 2 Ne 1:14). There is nothing from the record of Nephi which would indicate that Lehi had done a poor job as a father. His use of this scripture is interesting because his two sons, Laman and Lemuel, seem to be an exception to this general rule. Lehi is obviously quoting the passage from Proverbs, Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it (Prov 22:6). McKay | Gospel Ideals p.2 Ne 4:5 if ye are brought up in the way ye should go ye will not depart from it The principal aim of many of our schools and colleges seems to be to give the students purely intellectual attainments and to give but passing regard to the nobler and more necessary development along moral lines.”ĭavid O. It is regrettable, not to say deplorable, that modern education so little emphasizes these fundamental elements of true character. True education seeks, then to make men and women not only good mathematicians, proficient linguists, profound scientists, or brilliant literary lights, but also honest men, combined with virtue, temperance, and brotherly love - men and women who prize truth, justice, wisdom, benevolence, and self-control as the choicest acquisitions of a successful life. Character is not the result of chance work but of continuous right thinking and right acting. “Character is the aim of true education and science, history, and literature are but means used to accomplish the desired end. ![]()
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