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Thought for Today: Friday August 24

Patience is not simply “teeth-clenched” endurance. It is an attitude of expectation. Farmers patiently watch their barren ground because they know there will be results. They have patience in their labours because there will be products of their labour. The same is in the spiritual realm. YHVH knows the final product of what is happening to us, and He would have us link patience to our faith. Ask YHVH for the gift of patience today --- and then use it.

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Children sinning?

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Interesting that there is no mention or correlation of children sinning in scripture. It seems that only "those 20 and older" are held accountable for sin, as was the case for not entering Canaan after the exodus.

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nitpickingly, the only mention i can think of, with a certain satisfaction as i have a nice bald patch (oh, vanity!) , is the youths mocking elisha in 2 kings 2.
whether this is a classification of sin, and being mauled by yogi is an accounting, is another thing.

children need carrots and sticks (rods, literal or figurative, psychological pain is real too) for education, not for sentencing.

(i had the pleasure of experiencing both types of rods in my childhood. welts fade faster, it's more clear you're being punished, and there's better awareness in the risk/gratification determination. correct usage assumed, of course.)

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That is such a good question. Thinking on it, it looks like there is an age of accountability as you mentioned, 20 and older.

The only exception is that the Levi boys were trained from earlier on in their lives, but that was about training and not about them being considered to be accountable.

Hmmm, thinking of what Henk mentioned, I can't recall whether it was youths in the original translation or 'young men' that got mauled.

So it comes down to the parents as in the "honor your mother and father" part of the Commands. If your parents raise you well and you honor them then you will listen to them and not sin.

Similar to how a woman is under either the protection of her dad as an unmarried woman or under her husband. The onus is on the dad or husband to lead and train their households and am therefore more accountable in these cases.

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Bulletin for 8/23/25

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082125 / 27th day of the 5th month 5786
WORD FOR TODAY “are you faithful with the little things?”: Mat 25:23 "His master said to him, 'Well done, good and faithful slave. You were faithful with a few things, I will put you in charge of many things; enter into the joy of your master.'

WISDOM FOR TODAY: Pro 24:20 For there will be no future for the evil man; The lamp of the wicked will be put out.

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