Some parents can be trusted, others cannot»Ahaz was an evil father, 2 Kgs. 16:1-4»Hezekiah did not trust his father, 2 Kgs. 18:1-7»Manasseh did not trust Hezekiah, 2 Kgs. 21:1-6

Can you trust your parents?»Yes: with many things»No: regarding your soul»You must investigate truth for yourself

May be deceived or deceiving you,2 Tim. 3:13; Titus 3:3

»Raised in error themselves»Never questioned beliefs & practices»May want to believe it, despite doubts»May want you to believe it for family tradition

May be willfully ignorant of God’s word,2 Pt. 3:5

»Afraid of consequences»Do not want to accept reality

May be apathetic toward religion & afterlife,Mt. 25:7, 8

»Busy with job»Pursuing entertainment»Caught up in hobbies»Unwilling to face mortality

May be religiously sincere, but sincerely wrong,Mt. 7:21-23; 15:14

»Dedicated & zealous»Devout»Full of hope

Few parents are committed to the truth,Mt. 7:13, 14; 2 Tim. 1:3-5

»Must develop own faith, Acts 17:11»Cannot go to heaven on parents’ faith, 2 Cor. 5:10»Be your own person

Are your parents the standard of truth?»Ask a teenager!»Observe various beliefs in different homes»Man not the standard, Jer. 10:23

Is science the standard of truth?»Changing theories»Lack of knowledge»False knowledge, 1 Tim. 6:20, 21

Are religious organizations the standard of truth?»Which one would be right?»Are they all right?»Man not the standard, Prov. 14:12

The Bible is the standard of truth,Jn. 17:17

»Revealed by God, 1 Cor. 2:9-13»Unchanging, 1 Pt. 1:22-25»All else a lie, Rom. 3:4

Were you taught about the one true God?»Created the world in six days, Gen. 1»Made man in His image, Gen. 1:26, 27»Rules over the world now

What were you taught about religion?»Christianity, Jn. 14:6; Heb. 8:6»One true church, Eph. 1:22, 23; 4:4-6»One faith, Eph. 4:4-6; 1 Tim. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6»False doctrine damns souls, 1 Tim. 4:1-5; 2 Jn. 9

Were you taught God’s plan of salvation?»Hear, Rom. 10:17»Believe, Rom. 10:9-13»Confess, Rom. 10:9-13»Repent, Acts 3:19»Be baptized, Acts 2:38»Be faithful, 2 Pt. 2:18-22

Some parents can be trusted, others cannot»Ahaz was an evil father, 2 Kgs. 16:1-4»Hezekiah did not trust his father, 2 Kgs. 18:1-7»Manasseh did not trust Hezekiah, 2 Kgs. 21:1-6

Can you trust your parents?»Yes: with many things»No: regarding your soul»You must investigate truth for yourself