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Learning a Legacy from Biblical Fathers
Online Sermon:
http://www.mckeesfamily.com/?page_id=3567
What makes a person a good dad?
When we think
about the ideal father, we think of a person who is loving, kind,
and filled with empathy and compassion.
The person who is
consistently available to show us he cares not only by his
words “I love you” but also by willfully and joyfully getting
involved in our
lives.
It is in the
walks in the parks,
the singing songs by
a campfire, fishing
trips, musical
jamborees, and the
family decorating
the Christmas tree
that results in us
having found of
memories of the
person we call dad.
Is it not the man who picked us up,
bandaged our scraped knees, and reassured us that yes, we
would soon be able to ride our bikes safely and effortlessly that
we with great pride and joy, call our father?
Are not the men
who goes to countless hockey, basketball, football games,
dance, and music recitals that makes their love for their
Isaac M. Kikawada, “Noah and the Ark: The Hero of the
Flood,” ed.
David Noel Freedman, The Anchor Yale Bible
Dictionary (New York: Doubleday, 1992), 1123.
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children the most apparent to them?
Surely the man who treats
his wife with respect, kindness and love goes a long way
towards creating an environment that enables our children to
feel safe to explore this strange world that can be at times quite
challenging and frightening.
A great dad is strong, filled with
wisdom, compassion, and empathy for he too knows what it is
like to think that failure is one’s inevitable destination when it
is but a mere steppingstone of learning and success.
While
many people say that since every child is different none of
them ever comes with a handbook; I would disagree for the
Bible is a beautiful love letter from our Creator explaining His
expectations on how we are to rightly raise the children that He
has entrusted to our care!
The following sermon is not going to
review all the attributes of being a great dad but will review six
fathers mentioned in the Bible to outline six does and don’t
lessons of raising children rightly in the eyes of our heavenly
Father.
Lesson 1: The Compass (Noah)
If one is to successfully navigate through the challenges
that comes from raising our children to be righteous while
living in a fallen world, then one will need the right compass!
One almost gets whip lash to read at the end of Genesis chapter
one that “God said all He made was very good” (31) and then
just seven to ten genealogies later1 to read that “the Lord saw
how great the wickedness of humans had become on the earth
and He regretted making human beings (6:5-6)!
You think it is
hard to live in this “ME” generation and think about whatever
is true, noble, right, pure, lovely, excellent, or praiseworthy
(Philippians 4:8), imagine what it must have been like for Noah
to raise his three sons Shem, Ham, and Japheth in the ways of
the Lord that all others had rejected!
There would have been
great pressure for Noah to conform the ways of this world for
in “not belonging” to this world he invited great ridicule (John
15:19) upon himself and his children!
Anyone can handle
momentary
criticism but it
likely took Noah
about 55 to 80
years to build the
ark … that is a lot
of years of harsh
criticism!2
Dad it
is impossible to
raise your children
to be right in God’s
sight based on your own strength and definition of what is right
but with the Bible, Holy Spirit and prayer as your compass the
narrow path God wants both you and your children to take
(Matthew 7:13-14) is not only clear but easily traversed.
Like
Noah, show your children how much God means to you by
living His word and rejoicing in His blessings not only in the
good but bad times as well.
And when you do not know what
is the “right” path to take may your children see you on your
knees looking up to the Lord who gives you wisdom, strength,
truth, and courage to follow in His footsteps …for where He
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