{"id":1342,"date":"2011-08-31T05:13:03","date_gmt":"2011-08-31T09:13:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/godonomics\/?p=1342"},"modified":"2011-08-27T15:23:41","modified_gmt":"2011-08-27T19:23:41","slug":"1342","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/godonomics\/2011\/08\/1342.html","title":{"rendered":"GPS (God&#8217;s Parenting System) How to Develop Your Child&#8217;s Conscience"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/VZRx6T7hygkk-eTNwW3xriLxNi7I8jlkv_v3nxfAg3IKNNemhiMSflDrlB6JEFhzOkCVqtbug-AB591RpGqUv4f-N8BcBlPOPpDcKSEixwwelL5niY0\" alt=\"\" width=\"326px;\" height=\"252px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>God wants to develop our internal Navigation as well as help you develop you children\u2019s. A well trained conscience helps a child know right from wrong, keep from being governed by their appetites (anger, overspending, greed, lust, etc), and how to handle money.<\/p>\n<p>The word Conscience is used over 860 times in the Old Testament translated as the word \u201cleb\u201d meaning heart. It is used 30 times in the NT translated conscience and human heart.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cLEB\u201d used in 1 samuel 24:5 where David\u2019s heart had troubled him because he cut Saul\u2019s robe. he felt guilty about what he had done. \u00a0In 2 Samuel 24:10, his heart condemned him when he disobeyed God.<\/li>\n<li>1 Timothy 4:2 tells us that it is possible to sear the human conscience. To make it hard and calloused, and unresponsive to God. \u00a0The conscience is the INTERNAL NAVIGATION that receives and reflects values and perceives what is right and wrong.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">1 Timothy 1: 1 Now the Spirit expressly says that in latter times some will depart from the faith&#8230; speaking lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience seared with a hot iron,<\/span><\/p>\n<p>So, here we see that a person can burn out their internal navigator. They can shut it down, they can break it, destroy it. \u00a0\u00a0So the question you and I have before us today is this: How do we develop an internal navigator for ourselves and our childrenI read a true story about a mother who\u2019s 36 month child had already overwhlemed and bewildered his parents. The contest of wills was over and the child had won. \u00a0His sassy talk was legendary in the neighborhood, not only to his mother but to anyone who got in his way. \u00a0One day he was riding his tricycle down the driveway and into the street. They lived on a curve and a car was coming around the bend at high speed. Mom can out, caught up with him, took hold of the handlebars to redirect him, and he became unglued. \u201cGet Your dirty hands off my tricycle!\u201d \u00a0He screamed. His eyes were squint in fury. As Shirley watched in disbelief, this mom did as she was told. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This is a child who needs an internal navigation device to handle his tongue, his humilty, his understanding of authority, and sense of foolishness.<\/p>\n<p>I have a friend who was a high end home builder. He often visited the building site with his clients. he met with a father one day of a 10 year old. \u00a0The father told his son to stay close and not go near the building due to the equipment, nails, and danger. The child blantantly ignored his dad. He ran around. Did exactly what his father told him not to. My friend watched respectfully to see what might happen. \u00a0He had seen this interaction every time they had got together. \u00a0\u00a0The father nagged, beggs, and threatened. \u00a0\u00a0In a moment of exhaustion.. and honesty, the father blurted out, \u201cGet over here. If you don\u2019t stop it&#8230; I\u2019ll&#8230; I\u2019ll&#8230; (My friend waited for the clear consequence to be\u00a0communicated) I\u2019ll&#8230; say stop again! \u00a0\ud83d\ude42 \u00a0This father had trained his son to know that if you don\u2019t obey, dad repeats himself. \u00a0But in this moment of clarity and hilarity, his father actually blurted out the truth behind how he had trained his son. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Our children need us as parents to train them with an internal navigator.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">EVERY PARENT CAN IMPART AN INTERNAL NAVIGATOR BY MARKING TRAINING THE TERRAIN WITH TRUTH.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000\"><strong>Why TRAIN THE TERRAIN<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>One of the cool things about GPS and google maps is the ability to see maps in layers. You can see the terrain view or the traffic view. You can add in stores and restaurants, or you can turn them off. \u00a0\u00a0The conscience is the same. There are two layers to the conscience: \u00a0The Terrain view (the layer that is inborn) and the Traffic View (which must be designed, built and constructed within a person).<\/p>\n<p>TERRAIN<\/p>\n<p>The primary conscience is inborn into human personality. It is untrained.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"color: #0000ff\">Romans 2:14-15 having the law, are a law to themselves, 15 who show the work of the law written in their hearts, their conscience also bearing witness, and between themselves their thoughts accusing or else excusing them)<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Here Paul is saying that every human being is born with some untrained portion of their conscience that knows some sense of right and wrong. \u00a0Our thoughts in our hearts accuse us of wrong doing, or excuse us of wrong doing. \u00a0\u00a0So, the Bible teaches that every human being is born with a TERRAIN MAP with the basic layout of what we should or should not do. \u00a0Children know they shouldn\u2019t hit, lie, cheat, steal, or hurt others, so when they do it -their conscience points it out by either accusing them making them either admit the problem or hide from it. \u00a0\u00a0In the movie Pinocchio, there is a great scene that reminds us that we need to access the TERRAIN CONSCIENCE and TRAIN OUR CONSCIENCE. We are developing an ability to hear the inner Jiminy Criket.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket - Always Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide!\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DOZzNOkcEgM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>To put simply, the TERRAIN but be TRAINED! \u00a0We must train the TERRAIN of a child\u2019s conscience. We must let God train the Terrain of our conscience to get to the next level. Like building roads on the countryside or interstates on a countinent, parenting is about TRAINING the TERRAIN with the TRAFFIC of a moral framework.TRAIN THE TERRAIN WITH TRUTH<\/p>\n<p>The Bible teaches that the conscience can and must be Trained. Paul is a mentor, and he writes to a young man in his 30\u2019s and tells him that he needs to continue to train his conscience. \u00a0He needs to continually lay out the tracks and traffic in his heart.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff\">1 Timothy 1:3-7 As I urged you&#8230; to teach no other doctrine&#8230;5 Now the purpose of the commandment is love from a pure heart, from a good conscience, and from sincere faith, 6 from which some, having strayed, have turned aside&#8230;understanding neither what they say nor the things which they affirm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This is such brilliant spiritual, psychological, and practical information. Paul says that in order to TRAIN THE TERRAIN of your conscience, you must commit to teaching Doctrine! \u00a0What is doctrine? It\u2019s truth. \u00a0\u00a0You lay the traffic lines of truth into your heart. \u00a0And those commandments when IMPARTED into the heart result in \u201cpure heart\u201d good working trained conscience and a sincere faith&#8230; \u00a0\u00a0Paul notes that he knows some that have strayed (have an untrained conscience) and don\u2019t know what they affirm. \u00a0See that. \u00a0They affirm (the Terrain level of the map), but don\u2019t do it (The Traffic view of the map).<\/p>\n<p>To watch the first session of Godonomics free, check out\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.godonomics.com\/watch-session-1\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.godonomics.com\/watch-session-1<\/a><\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"GODONOMICS: Crown Ministry&#039;s Chuck Bentley interviews Chad Hovind 1 of 2\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qJFUdvlLYtM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>God wants to develop our internal Navigation as well as help you develop you children\u2019s. 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