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Part 5- Children:Obey and Honor

Ephesians 6 and select ProverbsSlide2

A Command…

Children Obey and Honor

Obedience is first and foremost a commitment to God

Obedience is an active pursuit not a passive obligation

Obedience is both an action and an attitudeObedience is not optional in the case of imperfect parents and parentingHonor celebrates and recognizes the worth of God’s gift of parentsHonor continues into adulthood (1 Timothy 5:8)

“Children

, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right

. Honor

your father and mother

,”

Ephesians 6:1, 2

“But

if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever

.”

1 Timothy 5:8Slide3

A Promise…

It will be well with you

The foolish son reaps dishonor, discontent and

destruction

Proverbs 17:21, 25; 19:13, 26; 20:20; 28:24; 30:11, 17; 28:7; 13:15The wise son inherits praise, peace and prosperityProverbs 13:1; 15:20; 23:24-25; 29

which is the first commandment with promise: “that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth

.

Ephesians 6:3Slide4

A Promise…

It will be well with you

The foolish son reaps dishonor, discontent and

destruction

Proverbs 17:21, 25; 19:13, 26; 20:20; 28:24; 30:11, 17; 28:7; 13:15Proverbs 17:21

21 He who begets a

scoffer

does so to

his sorrow

, And the

father of a fool

has

no joy

.

Proverbs 17:25

25 A

foolish son

is a

grief to his father

, And bitterness to her who bore him.

Proverbs 19:13

13 A

foolish son

is the

ruin of his father

, And the contentions of a wife are a continual

dripping.

Proverbs

19:26

26 He who

mistreats his father

and chases away his mother Is a

son who causes shame and brings reproach

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A Promise…

It will be well with you

The foolish son reaps dishonor, discontent and

destruction

Proverbs 17:21, 25; 19:13, 26; 20:20; 28:24; 30:11, 17; 28:7; 13:15Proverbs 20:20

Whoever

curses his father

or his mother, His

lamp

will be

put out in deep darkness.

Proverbs 28:24

Whoever robs his father

or his mother, And says, “It is no transgression,” The

same is companion to a destroyer

.

Proverbs 30:11

There

is a

generation that curses its father

, And does not bless its mother

.Slide6

A Promise…

It will be well with you

The foolish son reaps dishonor, discontent and

destruction

Proverbs 17:21, 25; 19:13, 26; 20:20; 28:24; 30:11, 17; 28:7; 13:15Proverbs 30:17

17 The

eye that mocks his father

, And scorns obedience to his mother, The

ravens

of the valley will

pick it out,

And the

young eagles will eat it

.

Proverbs 28:7

7 Whoever keeps the law is a discerning son, But a

companion of gluttons

shames his father

.

Proverbs 13:15

Good understanding gains favor, but the way of the unfaithful is hardSlide7

A Promise…

It will be well with you

The foolish son reaps dishonor, discontent and

destruction

Proverbs 17:21, 25; 19:13, 26; 20:20; 28:24; 30:11, 17; 28:7; 13:15The wise son inherits praise, peace and prosperityProverbs 13:1; 15:20; 23:24-25; 29

Proverbs 13:1

1 A

wise son

heeds

his father’s

instruction

, But a scoffer does not listen to rebuke.

Proverbs 15:20

20 A

wise son

makes a

father glad

, But a foolish man despises his

mother.Slide8

A Promise…

It will be well with you

The foolish son reaps dishonor, discontent and

destruction

Proverbs 17:21, 25; 19:13, 26; 20:20; 28:24; 30:11, 17; 28:7; 13:15The wise son inherits praise, peace and prosperityProverbs 13:1; 15:20; 23:24-25; 29

Proverbs

23:24-25

24 The

father of the righteous

will greatly

rejoice

, And he who begets a

wise child

will

delight in him

. 25 Let your

father

and your mother be

glad

, And let her who bore you

rejoice.

Proverbs

29:3

3 Whoever

loves wisdom

makes his

father rejoice

, But a companion of harlots wastes his wealth.Slide9

A Caution…

Provoke Not Your Children

Do not exasperate your children with inconsistent discipline

Do not exasperate your children with unrealistic expectations

Do not exasperate your children with lawlessnessDo not exasperate your children with relation-less rulesRULES WITHOUT RELATIONSHIP LEADS TO REBELLION

Ephesians 6:4, “And

you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath,

but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

Colossians 3:20-21

“

Children

, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord

. 21

Fathers, do not provoke your children

,

lest they become discouraged

.”Slide10

A Prescription…

Bring Them Up

Discipline

—Correction through consequences

Hebrews 12:5-11, Proverbs 22:15Ephesians 6:4, “And

you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath,

but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord. Slide11

A Prescription…

Bring Them Up

Discipline

—Correction through consequences

Hebrews 12:5-11, Proverbs 22:15Hebrews 12:5-11 5 And you have forgotten the exhortation which speaks to you as to sons: “My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, Nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him;

6 For whom the Lord loves He chastens, And scourges every son whom He receives

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A Prescription…

Bring Them Up

Discipline

—Correction through consequences

Hebrews 12:5-11, Proverbs 22:15Hebrews 12:5-11

7 If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten?

8 But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons.Slide13

A Prescription…

Bring Them Up

Discipline

—Correction through consequences

Hebrews 12:5-11, Proverbs 22:15Hebrews 12:5-11

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Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live

?

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For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness.Slide14

A Prescription…

Bring Them Up

Discipline

—Correction through consequences

Hebrews 12:5-11, Proverbs 22:15Hebrews 12:5-11

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Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Proverbs 22:15

15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of correction will drive it far from him.Slide15

A Prescription…

Bring Them Up

Discipline

—Correction through consequences

Hebrews 12:5-11, Proverbs 22:15Hebrews 12:5-11

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Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but painful; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.

Proverbs 22:15

15 Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of correction will drive it far from him.Slide16

A Prescription…

Bring Them Up

Discipline

—Correction through consequences

Hebrews 12:5-11, Proverbs 22:15Direction—Correction through instructionProverbs 17:10

Proverbs 17:10

10 Rebuke is more effective for a wise man Than a hundred blows on a fool

.Slide17

A Prescription…

Bring Them Up

Discipline

—Correction through consequences

Direction

—Correction

through

instruction

(infancy thru adulthood)

Age of childSlide18

A Prescription…

Bring Them Up

Train Up a child in the way he should go and when he is old he will not go far from it.

Proverbs 22:6

Christ-Like

character

The opposite

Obedience

Willfulness/Rebellion

Contentment

Covetousness

Forgiveness

Rejection/Bitterness

Truthfulness

DeceptionSlide19

Three Keys to Life…

My Goal in Life is To Please God

2 Corinthians 5:9

I Please God by being like Jesus

Matthew 3:17God Knows I’m not perfect but He expects me to be growing

Philippians 1:6

To Children…

Obey and Honor

To Parents…

Bring Them up

-Don’t Exasperate

-Do

D

iscip

line

-Do Direct