Our young people have believed the climate liars, and think they are saving the planet by not having children. They have believed the fear mongers telling them, “Only a bad person would bring a child into such a dark, and evil world.” They have believed the greedy liars telling them, “Kids cost too much! You can’t afford them. Spend the money on yourselves!” If people thought like this during the black plague, there’d be no western civilization. If people thought like this during World War 2, there’d be no western civilization. If people believed this after the Dust Bowel, or the Great Depression, there’d be no western civilization.
We have raised generations of ignorant fools, who easily eat up the lies of satan’s minions. Teach your kids what God says about having children! God’s word presents having children as a profound blessing, a divine command, and an integral part of His creation plan. From the very beginning, God blesses humanity with the instruction to “be fruitful and multiply,” viewing children not as burdens but as rewards, heritage, and arrows in a parent’s quiver, symbols of strength, legacy, and joy. Scripture emphasizes God’s intimate involvement in forming life in the womb, the importance of raising children in faith, and the promise of blessing for those who do so. While the Bible doesn’t mandate a specific number of children, it consistently celebrates fertility, parenthood, and the sacred value of life from conception.
1. Children as a Blessing and Reward
God repeatedly describes children as gifts from Him, bringing joy and security to families.
| Verse | Text | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Psalm 127:3-5 | “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one’s youth. Blessed is the man who fills his quiver with them! He shall not be put to shame when he speaks with his enemies in the gate.” | A song of ascents affirming that godly families with children are fortified and blessed. |
| Psalm 127:3 | “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.” | Concise declaration of children as divine inheritance. |
| Psalm 128:3-5 | “Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within your house; your children will be like olive shoots around your table. Behold, thus shall the man be blessed who fears the Lord. The Lord bless you from Zion! May you see the prosperity of Jerusalem all the days of your life!” | Blessings for those who reverence God include thriving family life. |
| James 1:17 | “Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.” | All good things, including children, originate from God’s unchanging goodness. |
2. The Command to Be Fruitful and Multiply
God’s foundational directive for humanity underscores procreation as part of stewarding creation.
| Verse | Text | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Genesis 1:28 | “And God blessed them. And God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth.'” | The creation mandate given to Adam and Eve, repeated after the flood in Genesis 9:1. |
| Genesis 9:1 | “And God blessed Noah and his sons and said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth.'” | Renewal of the blessing post-flood, emphasizing repopulation as obedience. |
3. God’s Intimate Knowledge and Formation of Life
Scripture reveals God’s sovereignty over conception, affirming the sanctity of unborn life.
| Verse | Text | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Jeremiah 1:5 | “‘Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, and before you were born I consecrated you; I appointed you a prophet to the nations.'” | God’s call to Jeremiah shows pre-birth purpose and divine awareness. |
| Psalm 139:13-16 | “For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me together in my mother’s womb. I praise you, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Wonderful are your works; my soul knows it very well. My frame was not hidden from you, when I was being made in secret, intricately woven in the depths of the earth. Your eyes saw my unformed substance; in your book were written, every one of them, the days that were formed for me, when as yet there was none of them.” | David’s psalm praising God’s craftsmanship in creating each person. |
| Ecclesiastes 11:5 | “As you do not know the way the spirit comes to the bones in the womb of a woman with child, so you do not know the work of God who makes everything.” | A reminder of the mystery and divinity in prenatal development. |
| Job 10:8-12 | “Your hands fashioned and made me, and now you have destroyed me altogether. Remember that you have made me like clay; and will you return me to the dust? Did you not pour me out like milk and curdle me like cheese? You clothed me with skin and flesh, and knit me together with bones and sinews. You have granted me life and steadfast love, and your care has preserved my spirit.” | Job’s reflection on God’s personal role in his formation. |
4. Encouragement and Blessings for Parents
God promises joy, peace, and prosperity to those who embrace parenthood faithfully.
| Verse | Text | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Proverbs 22:6 | “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.” | Wisdom on guiding children toward lifelong faithfulness. |
| Deuteronomy 28:4 | “Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock.” | Part of the blessings for obedience under the Mosaic covenant. |
| Deuteronomy 28:11 | “And the Lord will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, within the land that the Lord swore to your fathers to give you.” | Promise of abundance, including many children, for covenant faithfulness. |
| 1 Timothy 5:14 | “So I would have younger widows marry, bear children, manage their households, and give the adversary no occasion for slander.” | Paul’s instruction promoting family life as honorable and strategic. |
| Titus 2:4 | “And so train the young women to love their husbands and children.” | Guidance for mentoring women in nurturing family roles. |
| Psalm 113:9 | “He gives the barren woman a home, making her the joyous mother of children. Praise the Lord!” | God’s compassion in granting fertility to the childless. |
5. Miraculous Conception and Joy
Biblical narratives illustrate God’s power to open wombs and the resulting praise.
Genesis 25:21: “And Isaac prayed to the Lord for his wife, because she was barren. And the Lord granted his prayer, and Rebekah his wife conceived.”
1 Samuel 1:19-20: “And Elkanah knew Hannah his wife, and the Lord remembered her. And in due time Hannah conceived and bore a son, and she called his name Samuel, for she said, ‘I have asked for him from the Lord.'”
Luke 1:13: “But the angel said to him, ‘Do not be afraid, Zechariah, for your prayer has been heard, and your wife Elizabeth will bear you a son, and you shall call his name John.'”
John 16:21: “When a woman is giving birth, she has sorrow because her hour has come, but when she has delivered the baby, she no longer remembers the anguish, for joy that a human being has been born into the world.” Jesus’ words on the transformative joy of birth.
If you want to be obedient to God, have children! Raise them in the faith!
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