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The Parent And The Child
The Parent And The Child
1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right.
2 Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;)
3 That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
It is right
It is only right for children to obey their parents
In the last days the bible teaches relationships will crumble
29 Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
30 Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents,
A level of disobedience that is unprecedented
31 Without understanding, covenantbreakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful:
The Last Days
2 For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy,
It’s natural for parents to love children
Someone focused on their atomistic desires =existing or operating separately from other similar things or people
Disobedience is wrong
There is a biblical plan for success in raising children
Clear instructions must be given for children to obey.
Children need instruction
Telling children to just stop all the time is not instruction.
The preeminent voice in your children’s life is you as a parent.
The church takes a role in instructing and helping to guide
2Ti 1:4 Greatly desiring to see thee, being mindful of thy tears, that I may be filled with joy;
2Ti 1:5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.
Clear defined conversations
How do you talk to your children
planned
intentional
with purpose
What do you talk about
The scripture
Salvation
Eternal Security
The culture
Music
Dress
This is not just with commands - children obey your parents
What are you teaching your children
Discipleship
Salvation - Are you born again
you do not want to get this subject wrong
Baptism
Who is the Holy Spirit
Conversations are vital in the home
“In The Lord”
Are you in the Lord
Abiding in the Lord
Is your Bible opened in your home?
Galatians 6:7–9 (KJV 1900)
7 Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
If we are operating in the flesh in the home
A spirit filled dad is what our families need
A spirit filled mom
8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Sometimes it looks like things aren’t working out
Our Adam nature will never give
Clear instructions with life issues
There are certain ages that we will need to have serious conversations
Life issues
Biblical boundaries
Scriptural Convictions
There are things we will die for
Loving and consistent discipline so they know what their conduct and attitudes portray.
“Honor thy father and your mother”
Honor = revere and highly value
A special calling to be honorable as parents
Honorable = Moral, virtuous, with integrity
Are you honorable as a parent,
Integrity = solid, sound, stable
Children need to know that parents are committed to church.
When church assembling, my parents will be there
Involved in activities
Using their gifts in the body of Christ
Parents that don’t change
What if you feel like you’ve already failed as a parent
Start again
How can we expect our children to grow up and not only build a home of their own but also be faithful to the Faith if we don’t do our part as parents - Be honorable.
Our society is in a death spiral because of a love of money;
There many things more important to your family than money
Why don’t you stand up against the society?
Why don’t you be the salt and light Christ has made you to be as a parent?
4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.
Anger has no place in your home
Men, you have the spiritual responsibility in your home
Carry the burden of the spiritual health of your family
Devotions, prayer, praise, singing
We have work
Hobbies
TV
You are tired, but so is your spouse
The wrath of man worketh not the righteousness of God.
The weapon of wrath does not
It is a dark sin to disobey your parents
It is a
Be the parents God has called you to be
Be Honorable parents
Lord protect our homes from indoctrination of the world
Protect us from the wickedness of this world