HOW TO TEACH THE WORD TO YOUR FAMILY!!!

Genesis chapter 1







Today we are walking in: How To Teach The Word To Your Family!!!!







Today we look to the word TEACH H3384 yarah--to direct, teach, instruct ; to point out, show











The Torah testifies...............






Leviticus 10:11





And that ye may teach H3384 the children of Israel all the statutes which the LORD hath spoken unto them by the hand of Moses.








The prophets proclaim..................




Isaiah 2:3




And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach H3384 us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem.











The writings bear witness...........................









Judges 13:8




Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach H3384 us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.







How to Teach the Word to Your Family




In Deuteronomy 4, Moses gave instructions from Yah to heads of households about specific ways in which they were to teach their families His Word. First, he said,




Be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them. (v. 9)




Yah is saying to men, ―Don‘t let My ways out of your sight. Make sure you understand and obey them first. Then “teach them to your children and to their children after them.” Why? Because you are supposed to be the teacher.




Don‘t just tell your children, ―Do this, or ―Don‘t do that. Show them. Watch your life and make sure you keep the Word of Yah. Some men say one thing but do another. For example, they may tell their children to be honest but then call off work when they‘re not sick. Some fathers tell their children, ―Tobacco is bad for you, while at the same time they‘re puffing away on a cigarette. Do you know what children see when they see adults smoking? They see an adult world, and they say, ―To be a grown-up, you have to smoke. Adults reinforce this idea by their actions.




Yah tells us not to do this to our children. People don‘t seem to understand that you cannot teach something if you‘re not being an example of it yourself. A good teacher is one who teaches by example.




“Teach them to your children and to their children after them.” I want to say a word here to grandparents. When your daughter or son sends that little boy to you, what does he go back home with? Some kids learn things from their grandparents that are disgraceful. Parents find their little children coming back home cursing or telling foul stories, and they wonder where they are hearing them. They‘re getting them from Grandpa and Grandma! Your children‘s children should get the Word from you. When your children send their kids to you, those kids should go back home knowing more about Yah.




Yah is very concerned that parents teach their children. He isn‘t saying here to send your children to communities. He‘s saying to teach them yourself. These other things are good, but if they‘re not reinforced in the home, children can get the impression their parents don‘t think the Bible is important. Parents don‘t realize the negative impact this attitude can have on their families.




After giving Yah‘s commands to the people, Moses said,




These commandments that I give you today are to be upon your hearts. Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. (Deut. 6:6–9)




First of all, Yah says, “Impress [My commandments] on your children.” Then He tells how to do it.




1. “Talk about Them When You Sit at Home.”




What do your children hear in your house? What do they hear when you sit down to eat? Some scandal reported in the newspaper? The latest movie? What do you discuss? Do you talk about the goodness of the Most High? When you sit around your house during your leisure time, what do you do? Do you spend time teaching your children the Word? Do you have family devotions?




2. “Talk about Them...When You Walk along the Road.”




What do you talk about when you drive your children to school or go on outings and trips? Do you yell at other drivers, or listen to less-than-edifying radio shows? What example do you set for your children when you‘re out in public? Do you talk about others behind their backs? Or do you live out Yah‘s Word in a natural, everyday way?




Some men never talk about Yah outside the community. It hurts me when I see men ashamed of the Gospel of Yahusha Hamachiach. They think they‘re supposed to be cool, and to be cool, they can‘t talk about Yahusha. Yah says, ―A real man that I honor is a man who won‘t have devotions at home, but will walk out into the world and talk about Me along the road‘—where he works, shops, and recreates.




When you go to work, you don‘t just hide your Hebrew culture under your paperwork. You tell people about Yahusha right there on the job. Right there on the street. Don‘t be ashamed to tell them about the One who died for you.




3. “Talk about Them...When You Lie Down.”




Before you say goodnight to your children or tuck them into bed, what words do you leave them with? The assurance of Yah‘s presence and peace during the night? An encouraging psalm? Or do you wave them off to bed while you finish working on something?




What do you think about before you drift off to sleep? Do you know that the last thing you think about at night is usually the first thing you think about when you wake up? Sometimes you dream about it. It amazes me that people deliberately think about the worst things. Some of you read the worst kind of books before you go to bed. Then you wonder why your spirit is disturbed.




4. “Talk about Them...When You Get Up.”




When you wake up in the morning, you will more likely think about the Word of Yah if you have meditated on it before going to bed. And you will start ministering as you talk about it with your family.




How do you usually greet your children in the morning? With a quiet reminder of Yah‘s love and strength for the day? What spiritual armor do you send them off to school with? It‘s a difficult world for children to grow up in today, and they need Yah‘s Word to fortify them.




5. “Tie Them as Symbols on Your Hands and Bind Them on Your Foreheads. Write Them on the Doorframes of Your Houses and on Your Gates.”




The point Yah is trying to make in the above passage is that whatever your hands find to do, make sure it is in accordance with the Word. Whatever is in your thoughts, make sure it‘s the Word of Yah. “The doorframes”—I like that. The doorposts in Moses‘ day were two major posts that held up the frame of the house. Anyone who came through those doorposts came into your home. This means that all of your house should be held up by the Word of Yah, and that you are supposed to check who comes into your house to make sure they pass through the Word of Yah.




Yah is saying to fathers and young men who aspire to be good fathers, ―Get the Word in you. Plaster your whole life with the Word. If anybody wants access to your life or your home, he is to come through the Word of Yah. If any woman wants to marry you, tell her straight, ―If you don‘t know Yah and His Word, I don‘t care how cute you look or how much you can give me—forget it.




I would love for Yah to raise up men who wouldn‘t compromise, who wouldn‘t marry a woman who‘s not a woman of Yah. Sometimes we don‘t have any standards. We have to have standards and values again. Our values come from what we believe. They create our morals and affect our behavior. If we believe the Word of Yah, that‘s our value system.