Covenant. The apostle Peter says: “For the promise is unto you, and to your children” (Acts 2:39a). Children of believers are as such in the covenant by birth. As olive shoots growing on the Olive

  行为：一定不要轻易地认为你的孩子会自动地知道如何行事为人。倘若你的孩子在公众场合因其言行使你尴尬，比如：对你的朋友或长辈说话粗鲁（譬如：拒绝向他们打招呼），在教会里喧嚷吵闹，在饭桌前没有礼节（譬如：嚼东西太大声，或抱怨饭食不好吃），不把自己的玩具分享给其他孩子玩，等等，这些都是因为你没有训练他们如何做。要牢记，你必须训练他们的心灵；同时，也必须训练他们的言行举止。

  Behaviour. Do not assume that your children know how to behave automatically. If your children embarrass you in public by their behaviour, such as being rude towards your friends and elders (like refusing to

权威：你是上帝的代表，在祂所赐给的权柄之下教养你的孩子。照此说来，你有来自上帝的托付，确保你的孩子尊重你，顺服你。因此，为着主的缘故，千万不要让你的孩子对你讲话时粗鲁无礼，也不要任凭他们自己来选择顺服或不顺服你。既然知道他们乃是主暂时借给你管理的产业，就当努力鼓励你的孩子遵守第五条诫命，以慈爱和恩典之心殷切祷告，训练他们，由此赢得他们的尊重。

Authority. You are a representative of God, under His authority to train up your children. As such, you have a divine mandate to ensure that your children honour you and submit to you. Therefore, for

《圣经中所启示的圣约父母的义务》是朝圣者圣约教会的林集章牧师撰写的一篇文章，原本是一篇文章，由于偏长，因此在此以微型文章的方式，定期挂上，希望能造就主内肢体。

Biblical Duties of Covenant Parentsis an article by Pastor JJ Lim of Pilgrim Covenant Church (PCC). It was published in PCC’s bulletin as one single article, however, due to the length, we have decided to

信仰危机

经文：创世记 2:24 “因此，人要离开父母，与妻子连合，二人成为一体。”

A crisis in belief. Every Christian parent wants his or her children to understand, believe and live the foundational truths of the Christian faith. However, numerous voices warn us that many of our children are