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A neurologist at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan has done research that reveals the great capacity of growing human brains to absorb information. He discovered that by age 2, the infant’s cortex is operating at adult levels. At age 4, that child’s brain is twice as active as the adult brain and continues at that rate until 10, when it begins to slow down. By 16, it has slacked off to the pace at which it continues through adulthood.
God’s wisdom is seen in His stressing the importance of instilling in children the truths of His Word at an early age (Proverbs 22:6; Deuteronomy 6:4-7). By exposing them to a large quantity of Bible teaching in their early years, we can be instrumental in programming their “mental computers” so that they know the mind of God and think as He does.
As they reach adulthood, they can then choose to have good, honest hearts that will make them followers of the Lord (Luke 8:15).
Mike Mayes
via Fidlay church of Christ
Sparta, TN