Colossians 3:20-21
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
Fathers, do not embitter your children, or they will become discouraged.
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A majority of practicing Christians tells Barna they became Christians long before adulthood, usually before they were 12 years old. -George Barna group
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Young children are to
their parents
When a child respects his parent’s authority, they are respecting
Respect for authority is
2 Timothy 3:1-5
But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God— having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.
Ephesians 6:1-3
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. “Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise— “so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”
Adult children are to
their parents
The command to obey
Deuteronomy 5:16
Honor your father and your mother, as the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and that it may go well with you in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
Matthew 15:3-6
Jesus replied, “And why do you break the command of God for the sake of your tradition? For God said, ‘Honor your father and mother’ and ‘Anyone who curses their father or mother is to be put to death.’ But you say that if anyone declares that what might have been used to help their father or mother is ‘devoted to God,’ they are not to ‘honor their father or mother’ with it. Thus you nullify the word of God for the sake of your tradition.
Jesus honored His
Fathers must provide
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leadership
Embitter - provoke, stir up, arouse to anger,
Discouraged - lose heart, disheartened, become despondent,
Ephesians 6:4
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
Matthew 3:17
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Action Point
The first place we clothe ourselves with Christ everyday is in our home
(compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, patience)