15 Jun 2014: "Keeping to our Positions / Father's Day Message"

Keeping To Our Positions

Pastor Oh Beng Khee

Genesis  1:25  “and  God  saw  that  it  [crea5on]  

was  good”  

Isaiah  53:6    

“All  we  like  sheep  have  gone  astray;  we  have  turned  every  

one  to  his  own  way”  

Derailed/ gone Off-track!

Isaiah 14:12 12 How you have fallen from heaven,     morning star, son of the dawn! You have been cast down to the earth,     you who once laid low the nations!

Jude 6 6 And the angels who did not keep their positions of authority but abandoned their proper dwelling—these He has kept in darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judgment on the great Day.

Derailed/ gone Off-track!

Isaiah 14: 13-14 13 You said in your heart,   “I will ascend to the heavens;

I will raise my throne above the stars of God; I will sit enthroned on the mount of assembly, on the utmost heights of Mount Zaphon.

14 I will ascend above the tops of the clouds; I will make myself like the Most High.”

What makes a “good parent”?

Good Parenting

1 Kings 3:14 14 And if you walk in obedience to Me

and keep My decrees and command as David your father did, I will give you a long life.”

-  a Role Model for your child

Good Parenting -  To be the Pride and Honour

of your child Proverbs 17:6 16 Children’s children are a crown

to the aged, and parents are the pride of their children.

Good Parenting To Discipline

-  To be a Teacher for your child

1 Timothy 3:4 4 He must manage his own family well and see

that his children obey him, and he must do so in a manner worthy of full respect.

Good Parenting -  Never offer your child

to the devil

Psalm 106:37 37 They sacrificed their sons

and their daughters to false gods.

Duties of Children 2.  To be the Heritage

of your parents Psalm 127:3 3 Children are a heritage from the LORD,

offspring a reward from Him.

Duties of Children 3. To be the Pride of

your parents

Proverbs 17:6 6 Children’s children are a crown to the aged,

and parents are the pride of their children.

Roles of Parents

1.  Guardian

Angel

2.  Intercessor

3.  Companion

4.  Provider

5. Listener

6. Friend

7. Teacher

8. Instructor

Keep to your positions and families will function according to the perfect will of God