Sermon Tone Analysis

TITLE:  The Training of Children

TEXT:  Deut 6:4‑7

OBJECTIVE:  God wants parents to train children in a Godly way.

It is up to us to follow Him and obey Him in raising or our children.

INTRODUCTION:

John 10:10 ESV The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy.

I came that they may have life and have it abundantly.

1.

Children are under overwhelming assault from Satan

a. Suicide rate is staggering

 

b.

Alcoholism and drug abuse is epidemic—Monday evening at the High School Auditorium—Alcohol awareness – drunk driving simulator

 

c.

Many school systems are distributing condoms w~/o consent of parents.

STDs are epidemic‑‑

 

Center for Disease Control is giving half of facts

 

        d.

Child abuse is on the rise

                April is Prevent Child Abuse Month

                See Brochure

 

2.

The Bible has been thrown out of public schools

 

3.

Morality has been down graded

 

4.

Home and family values are being eroded

 

a.

Family values‑‑

President commits adultery, lies and  has a party on the White House lawn.

b.

Divorces have left millions torn apart

 

5.

What is a parent to do?

a.     Christian homes must seek to implant Godly values

 

b.

What are we to do?

1) Is the Church helping the family?

2) Is the School helping the family?

3) Is the government helping the family?

a) How long can a country stand that kills its babies?

b) How long can a country stand that kills its senior citizens?

6.     AS THE TWIG IS BENT, SO GROWS THE TREE.

Proverbs 22:6 ESV Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.

7.

An eye witness account from New York City , on a cold day in December, some years ago: A little boy, about 10-years-old, was standing before a shoe store on the roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold

 

A lady approached the young boy and said, 'My, but you're in such deep thought staring in that window!'

 

'I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes,'was the boy's reply.

The lady took him by the hand, went into the store, and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy.

She then asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel.

He quickly brought them to her.

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She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with the towel.

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By this time, the clerk had returned with the socks.

Placing a pair upon the boy's feet, she purchased him a pair of shoes.

She tied up the remaining pairs of socks and gave them to him..

She patted him on the head and said, 'No doubt, you will be more comfortable now'

 

As she turned to go, the astonished kid caught her by the hand, and looking up into her face, with tears in his eyes, asked her.

 

'Are you God's wife?'

 

 

8.

We will try to hit on some vitally important principles.

9.

Priority is obedience of Children and proper priority of children

 

10.

We are being told that rebellion and disrespect are just a natural part of children so let them be.

11.

Should children be left to grow up according to their nature?

They have a sinful nature

 

 

 

 

12.

Children have great insight from God

Author and lecturer Leo Buscaglia once talked about a contest he was asked to judge.

The purpose of the contest was to find the most caring child.

The winner was:

A four-year-old child, whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman, who had recently lost his wife.

Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there.

When his mother asked him what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy just said, 'Nothing, I just helped him cry.'

I.

The Principles

A.  The Right Model

 

"Truth is more caught than taught"

‑‑Children need a right model in their parents

--What you allow in moderation, you children will do in excess

 

1.

Love for God

 

a.

Love for the Word—Reading

 

b.

Love for church—attendance

 

c.

Prayer must be a priority

 

Deuteronomy 6:4-6 ESV 4 “Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.

5 You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might.

6 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart.

2.

Love each other

 

a.

Command of husband to love wife

 

b.

Command of wife to love husband

 

c.

"One of the greatest things a father can do for his children is to love his wife and visa‑versa.

As children see a good model in their parents, they also learn how to be good mates.

3.

Submit to Authority

One of Satan's greatest lies was that submission to God would keep you from being happy.

a.

To God‑‑Take this lightly and what will kids do?

 

b.

Submission to each other

1)  Husband sensitive to wife's needs

2)  Wife who does not undercut husband

‑‑Leads to disrespect of children

 

c.

Submission in the market place

1)  Obey traffic laws

2)  Honor the boss's requests