Final Five Commandments from our Father
Dad has instructed us from early in life, in case of his death, the Schamel Family's last 5 commands. This breaks down our family vision (Duet. 4:5-9) into 5 simple basic Life commandments from our Father, to teach our sons, sons. We have been reading through the Old Testament in our wisdom searches this month, and have seen how vitally important these commandments are! We thought it would be nice to share them with you.
First: Fear God!
This means that we Fear only God and not what man can do unto us, freeing us to live our life only for God
Second: Keep His Commandments!
This means that if we Fear God, love him with all our heart and all our soul, we will keep ALL the commandments that the Bible teaches us
The above two commandments sum up our Family's Vision and dedication to God, just as Moses commanded the children of Israel.
Third: Homeschool Your Children!
This is a very important commandment. By sending our children to a public school we take them out from under our God given protection, teaching and authority and expose them to many dangers, spiritually, emotionally, and physically. First, we release the mentorship of our children to a secular world, and put our children under their godless teachings. Second, in school they are taught that romantic relationships are the thing to do, no matter how young you may be. This creates emotional baggage that our children must carry for the rest of their lives. And finally there is always the danger of some troubled, decieved individual traumatizing the school. The Bible instructs us to "teach our children when we rise up, when we sit down, when we walk by the way, and when we go to sleep." (Duet. 6:7) And how can we do that if they are attending a pagan school all day?
Fourth: NEVER have debt!!!!
This one cannot be stessed enough! The Bible tells us that if we owe a man money, we then become a servant to that man. That man then rules your life, instead of Christ. How has Satan so easily decieved, even many of us as Christians, into becoming indebted, which can easily make us compromise our core values for a better car or home? How can we completely trust in God to provide as the children of Israel were required, when we only trust in man or the Bank?
Fifth: Own your own family business!
No matter how much we try to deny it, when a person is employed by someone else, they will almost always be forced to compromise their integrity & morals in order to make the boss happy. How many bosses serve money rather than God? And almost all are in debt. It can be as simple as, when we answer the phone and the person on the other end wants to talk to the boss, the boss says "Tell them I'm not here." you are force to serve man rather than God.
Another benifit of owning your own family business, is that your family can work with you! We have met many fathers who long to have their sons and daughters working by their sides, but sadly do not own their own business. So, not wanting them to become lazy, send them out under the mentorship of others, or even get them a part-time job. This is very dangerous. That is yet another reason our family so strongly believes in a family business.
Dad has been faithful in teaching us these 5 commandments, and talks about them often. But the thing he stresses the most is, TEACH THESE COMMANDMENTS TO YOUR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN!!!
If we don't teach them to our Children's, Children, the first generation passes, without the proper teaching being passed on for future generations. No family Vision or teaching of the future generations is the crisis in the church world today.