Being like Dad
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First Sentence
First Sentence
God is our father
God is not our father
God is not not our father
What Does it Risk if they fail to hear from me?
What Does it Risk if they fail to hear from me?
1. Scripture calls us to emmulate God as father.
What am I proposing?
What am I proposing?
God is full of Hesed
Breaking the laws of our kingdom VS. the laws of the kingdom of God
23 During that long period, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. 24 God heard their groaning and he remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac and with Jacob. 25 So God looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them.
19 In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now.”
1 My son, do not forget my teaching, but keep my commands in your heart, 2 for they will prolong your life many years and bring you peace and prosperity. 3 Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart.
He prunes as opposes to punishes
A lot happens in the name of Christian parenting that has nothing to do with Christianity. The goal of Christian parenting is not-well behaved kids.
1 A wise child hears the discipline of a father, but a scoffer does not listen to a rebuke.
18 Discipline your child, for there is hope, but on his destruction do not set your desire.
7 “For a brief moment I abandoned you, but with deep compassion I will bring you back. 8 In a surge of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the Lord your Redeemer. 9 “To me this is like the days of Noah, when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth. So now I have sworn not to be angry with you, never to rebuke you again. 10 Though the mountains be shaken and the hills be removed, yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken nor my covenant of peace be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you. 11 “Afflicted city, lashed by storms and not comforted, I will rebuild you with stones of turquoise, your foundations with lapis lazuli.
He gives instruction as opposed to remaining silent
God is not a passive but an active parent.
Why Won’t They Do it?
Why Won’t They Do it?
What Are the Next Steps?
What Are the Next Steps?