Seminarian Steven Key

God's law. And, parents must lead their children in the way of obedience to the will of God. Second, the necessity lies in the child. The child has foolishness bound in his heart. By nature he is totally depraved. According to the flesh the child cannot do the good and is inclined to all evil. He has but a small beginning of the new obedience in Christ. In the child, therefore, there remains sin. In fact, there are sins peculiar to children. David prayed: "Remember not the sins of my...