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The Biblical Pattern for
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Parents & Children
Colossians 3:20-21
January 12, 2020
THE BIG IDEA:
God’s Word to Parents: Don’t Provoke
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The foundation of a Christian home is Jesus,
acknowledged and worshipped as Lord.
His Lordship leads to grace-
Colossians 3:20-21 (ESV)
3 20 Children obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
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Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
God’s Word to Children: Obey
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Meaning of "obey" – “listen under” – meaning, “hear under
the authority of your parents”
Jesus, Himself, was a model of obeying His Father.
John 15:10 à “If you keep my commandments, you will
abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's
commandments and abide in his love.”
And, he “was submissive” to Joseph and Mary (Luke 2:51).
God’s design for children and parents has always been for
loving parents to guide and shape their children and for children
to listen and obey.
The scope of the obedience – “in everything”
The motivation – it pleases the Lord.
Paul’s argument is that this
is a part of our learning to listen to God’s voice and obeying His
words.
Proverbs 1:8 (ESV)
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Hear, my son, your father’s instruction, And forsake not your
mother’s teaching,
“provoke” -- means to “stir up” or “embitter”
Consistent provocation results in the child becoming
"dis-couraged" à literally, “without heart” or “without spirit”.
driven love and guidance from parents and children who obey their
parents.
Finally, there are 2 calls to children.
One is time-limited: obey
them.
The other never ends: Honor them.
12 WAYS TO DISCOURAGE YOUR CHILDREN: [Steven J. Cole]
o Unpredictability
o Unreasonableness
o Unfairness
o Favoritism
o Selfishness
o Extremes of over and under discipline.
o Criticism without praise
o Insensitivity
o Unavailability
o Breaking promises
o Hypocrisy
o Legalism
A Special Word for Grandparents:
Deuteronomy 4:8–9 (ESV)
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And what great nation is there, that has
statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today?
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“Only take care, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the
things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all
the days of your life.
Make them known to your children and your
children’s children—
The church has your child, at best, 1% of the time; the schools (if they
are not home-schooled) has your child around 16% of the time; but, the
home has the child 83% of the time.
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