Home with Attitude
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Text: Proverbs 25.3-28
Text: Proverbs 25.3-28
And Samuel said,
Hath the Lord as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices,
As in obeying the voice of the Lord?
Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice,
And to hearken than the fat of rams.
For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft,
And stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry.
Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord,
He hath also rejected thee from being king.
Here recorded for us is the heart of a rebellious king that refused to submit himself his future or his spirit to the Word and command of God.
It is here that we find that a rebellious spirit is in direct opposition to God. Rebellion is the attitude that pushes man to submit to something other than God.
This is an important messages for the home because when outlining the structure of the home to the local church Paul had an important lesson for the church.
Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
God expects children to have a respectful and honoring attitude from the children in the home. Make no mistake there is only one reason for this. IT IS RIGHT!!!!
Understand IT IS RIGHT for children to obey their head. Come on now parents help me out.
Be ye followers of me, even as I also am of Christ.
Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you. But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
How many of you know that there is an attitude problem when Kids don’t submit to mom and dad?
How many of you all know that rebellion is wrong when Mom won’t submit to Dad?
How many of you all know that rebellion is like bowing down and worshipping idolatry and witchcraft when Dad refuses to live his life for Christ?
what we find is the progression of authority
I want us to remember tonight that God cares about the attitude in your home. But as much as I worry about the bad attitude that can pop up in teens I’m just as worried when I see the attitude pops up in me.
Consider our text this evening.
The heaven for height, and the earth for depth,
And the heart of kings is unsearchable.
He that hath no rule over his own spirit
Is like a city that is broken down, and without walls.
There is an issue of the attitude from which no one is exempt.
We must remember the impact of the attitude on the home.
5 principles of your attitude…
“a bad attitude is not a small problem, but a dangerous sin that does far more damage than we imagine.”
“The Rare Jewel Of Christian Contentment” - Jeremiah Burroughs
A bad attitude is evil in five ways:
1. It’s unworthy of a Christian. vs 6-8
Driven by an spirit that is antithetical to the disciples of Jesus.
When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him; And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.
We have been adopted into the household of God (Romans 8:15). We have been made royal priests. We are the bride of Christ, and God paid a dear price to make us his special possessions (1 Peter 2:9). We are a people who have been guaranteed a future so glorious that we can’t even begin to imagine it. Therefore it is below our station to have a bad attitude when plans don’t go our way or when seasons of life are hard. If anything we end up imitating Satan instead of Christ.
“The Devil is the most discontented creature in the world, he is the proudest creature that is, and the most discontented creature, and the most dejected creature. Now, therefore, so much discontent as you have, so much of the spirit of Satan you have.” - Jeremiah Burroughs
2. Your attitude takes many forms.
A bad attitude is always accompanied by a number of ungodly friends. Melancholy, ingratitude, complaining, envy, jealousy, and anger just to name a few. It is a popular sin that gathers many others in its fellowship. The longer our bad attitude goes unchecked the more our sins will multiply.
3. It stems from pride
Bad attitudes flow from a prideful heart. A heart that says that we deserve for our day to go the way we had planed or for people to act in a way that we approve of and for life’s circumstances to be free of hardships, annoyances and frustrations. It is foolish living and will rob us of our comfort both mentally and physically.
When we have a bad attitude we lessen all the blessings and mercies God has shown us in our lives. In the moment we live as though God has dealt unfairly with us. We momentarily forget how awesome and good He is to us.
4. It drags out your troubles longer.
The person who can accept the providence of God in their lives will be able to go about their day without worry. Joy and peace will be the character of our lives when we do not pit our desires against what God has for us.
There will be hard days, messed up plans, and difficult people but the more we fight and rail against them the harder and longer our troubles will seem.
5. It spreads to others like an infection.
Think back to a time when you were hanging out with a group of people who were complaining, badmouthing, or otherwise expressing a bad attitude towards someone or something. How easy is it to join in? This is because attitudes are contagious. They influence and rub off on people causing others to act in the same way. (1 Cor. 15:33)
A bad attitude mars Christ’s likeness in us and robs us of our calling to encourage others.
Sometimes I have bad attitude. And what a bad attitude reveals is my ongoing need for Jesus. We all continuously need his forgiveness, his help, his wisdom, and his Spirit working in us to conform us more to his own image. It is impossible to do this on our own. When we find ourselves with a bad attitude we need to repent and look again to Jesus and all we have in him. There we will find joy and peace to overcome our circumstances and strengthen us as we follow Jesus.
closing illustration:
Paul and Silas
Beaten but not broken...