Ephesians 6:1-4 - Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother” (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.” 4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Introductory Ideas
Submission - seeking the welfare of those below you and above you
Church Is a
Society/Culture Is Dependent On
Order Is Achieved By
The Child’s Responsibilities
Obey
To Hear Under Authority (Wuest)
In
Colossians 3:20 - Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
Because It Demonstrates
Because It Is a Testimony That Our
Because It Is
Fitting and Required (Wuest)
Because It
Honor
A Commandment of First
A Commandment Without
A Commandment With a
Exodus 20:12 - Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be long in the land that the Lord your God is giving you.
Deuteronomy 5:10 - but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
Long
The Parents’ Responsibilities
Do Not Use the Cattle Prod On the Kids
Colossians 3:20-21 - Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. 21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.
Bring Them Up
Discipline
Proverbs 13:24 - Whoever spares the rod hates his son, but he who loves him is diligent to discipline him.
Negative AND Positive
2 Timothy 3:13–17 - while evil people and impostors will go on from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it 15 and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. 16 All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, 17 that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work.
Your Takeaways
Understand What God Is Saying to
Obey
Honor God Going Forward
Commit to
Commit to Doing Your Part In the