Our oldest has recently made some statements recently that caused us concern. His statements reflected the post modern relativistic view of life and truth. Since we had sent him to public school last year, in some ways we weren’t surprised. But in other ways we were, after all, he’s only seven.

In an effort to arm him with proper defenses for when he is out in the world, I did an activity with him using a strainer and a can of tomatoes. I explained to him that for demonstration purposes, the strainer represents the Word of God and the can of tomatoes represents something he has learned. He poured the can of tomatoes into the strainer. I told him that whatever the strainer caught, it what is true and consistent with Scripture and what came through into the bowl was not true. We used a couple of examples of things he had learned in school last year and “filtered” them through Scripture. I also told my son that he is to use the same method with what anyone says to him, including Sunday school teachers.

Everything we learn or hear has to be filtered through the Bible. Whatever is not consistent with Scripture is false. I used this lesson to teach him that the Bible is our only rule of faith and authority; by it we determine everything else.

This is not the first time, nor the last time that we will talk about the importance of Scripture in our daily lives. This activity is something I can refer back to when I want him to practice evaluating something he has learned.

What about you? Have you had any “teach me Jesus” moments this week?

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