In bringing up our son in God's truth I cam accross this quesiton last night with my wife...
The question was this: How do we approach made-up figures like Santa Clause, the Toothe Fairy, the Ester Bunny, etc. when educating our children?
I have some thoughts on the matter but I would like to get others perspectives on this.
Before the thread get's going I was wondering if we could all who post on this thread agree to the following.
A. I agree God is love. (John 3:16, 1 John 4:9-12,John 13:34-35, Romans 5:8)
B. I agree God loves us. (Psalm 37:28, Proverbs 8:17, Deuteronomy 7:9, 1 John 3:1)
C. I agree nothing can separate us from God’s love (Rom. 8:37-39)
D. I agree we need to be sensitive to what the Holy Spirit teaches us through His Word. He primarily speaks to us through His Word which is good for teaching, correcting, rebuking, and training in righteousness. (2 Tim. 2:16-17)
E. I agree God uses other Believers to stretch us and grow us. (Prov. 27:17)
F. I agree sometimes we can do good things with good intentions with the wrong motivations. (Prov. 21:2, Matt. 6:1, Gal. 1:10, Phil 2:3)
G. I agree we, Christians, are ambassadors for Christ (2 Cor. 5:20) who should be known by our love for others. (John 13:35)
H. I agree we are citizens of Heaven as Christians (Phil. 3:20) passing through strange lands. (1 Pet. 2:11-12)
I. I agree we are to love God above all else (Matt. 22:37) and love our neighbors as ourselves. (Matt. 22:39)
If so just start your post by saying... "I agree" please.