Your own disobedience in the past will not ultimately keep your child from becoming a believer. It is pointless to berate yourself for any wrong behavior on your part as if it were the reason your child is without Christ. This does not mean that we as parents should not repent and do better, and even admit wrong to our children. But the reason your child is without Christ is related to his or her own sin. Every parent is sinful and inconsistent. This has never been a barrier to God if He desires to save your child. Illustrations abound of children who come from far less godly families who are nonetheless converted to Christ. In fact, this may have been the case in your own experience.
Jim Elliff

Is The Bible Inspired

Is The Bible Inspired

IS THE BIBLE INSPIRED WHERE PAUL SAYS, “TO THE REST SPEAK I, NOT THE LORD”?

Oh, yeah, it’s inspired. He’s saying, “By the Holy Spirit, I’m telling you what the Lord will allow.” That’s what he’s saying. “The Lord will allow that.”

Let me show you another one just like it. Verse 10: “To the married I command, yet not I, but the Lord.” Verse 12: “But to the rest speak I, not the Lord.” The idea on that is, that the Lord, when He was on the earth, didn’t say anything about that. When he says, “To the rest speak I, not the Lord,” he’s not saying, “The Lord is not behind what I’m saying.” He’s saying, “The Lord didn’t say what I’m getting ready to say. So I’m speaking this.” But the Lord led him to say it! “All Scripture is given by inspiration of God.”

When the Lord was on the earth, He said some things about marriage in Matthew 19, but didn’t say the things that Paul says in 1Corinthians 7. So, when Paul says, “I’m saying it, not the Lord,” he’s saying, “The Lord didn’t say these things, but I’m saying them.” And, of course, he’s saying them under inspiration.