Watchtower Sep 1, 2007 Study

This week's Watchtower Study "TEACH YOUR CHILDREN TO LOVE JEHOVAH" includes the following paragraphs:

Par 4 Why is parental example so important? Just as adults can learn to love God by looking at Jesus' example, children can learn to love Jehovah by following their parents' good example. A child's associates can either strengthen the child or "spoil useful habits." (1 Corinthians 15:33) For much of a child's life, and certainly during the important formative years, the closest, most influential associates a child has are his parents. Therefore, parents do well to ask themselves: `What sort of associate am I? Does my example encourage my child to develop useful habits? What example am I setting in the vital areas of prayer and Bible study?'

What sort of an associate is a parent to a child? Are they a family or Wal-Mart employees?

Par 8 How can a parent's attitude toward Bible study influence a child's relationship with God? For any relationship to grow and survive, the individuals involved must not only talk to each other but also listen. One of the ways we listen to Jehovah is by studying the Bible with the aid of publications supplied by `the faithful slave.' (Matthew 24:45-47; Proverbs 4:1, 2) Therefore, to help their children develop a lasting, loving relationship with Jehovah, parents do well to encourage them to develop the habit of studying God's Word.

They listen to Jehovah by studying their publications? Even when errors and inconsistencies proliferate their literature?

Numbers 23:19 God is not a man, that he should lie, nor a son of man, that he should change his mind. Does he speak and then not act? Does he promise and not fulfill?