Parental Dichotomy
Pastor Caleb Yetton
(caleb@trc.life)
I. YOU ARE
A. Biblical
to us all
2 Timothy 3:16-17 All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives. It corrects us when we are wrong and teaches us to do what is right. 17 God uses it to prepare and equip his people to do every good work.
Malachi 2:15 Didn’t the LORD make you one with your wife? In body and spirit you are his. And what does he want? Godly children from your union…
B.
and your children
Proverbs 22:6 Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 13:24, Proverbs 3:12, Proverbs 19:18
II. YOU ARE UNIQUE
Proverbs 12:6 In his grace, God has given us different gifts for doing certain things well.
A. Point them to
2 Timothy 1:7, Psalm 91:14-16
Deuteronomy 6:6-7 And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. 7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise.
III. GET
Proverbs 15:22 Without counsel plans fail, but with many advisers they succeed.
A. Don’t try to do it alone
B. Be teachable
Proverbs 12:15, Proverbs 19:20
IV. HAVE A
A. Have clear expectations and be consistent
Colossians 3:21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.B. Be on the same page with your spouse
Mark 3:24-25 A kingdom divided by civil war will collapse. Similarly, a family splintered by feuding will fall apart.
C. Be an example
Deuteronomy 4:9-10, Proverbs 16:3