Held on Mother’s Day, Cape Cod Church
offers a Parent Commitment service. This service is the promise of parents to offer
their child to the Lord and to dedicate themselves to rearing the child to
the glory of God.
As parents, we cannot decide our child’s salvation for
them - each person must make their own decision about their relationship with
Christ. When a child becomes old enough to understand the concept of sin and
their responsibility for that sin before God, they are then ready to make a
personal decision about salvation.
Parents can, however, lay a foundation with their teaching and
example. The commitment service is a public confirmation between the parents and
the church to raise the child in a godly way until the child is old enough to
make their own decision in accepting Christ as their personal savior.
The dedication of children is taught in the Bible. As a
baby, Jesus was dedicated by his parents (Luke 2:22-25). Jesus also bestowed
“blessings on the children.” (Mark 10:16)