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Bible Classes 9:30 AMWorship 10:30 AM

5:30 PM

Wednesday Bible Classes 7:00 PM

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Psalm 66:4

“All the earth will worship You, And will sing praises to You;

They will sing praises to Your name” Hymns Invitation

Red Songbook - - -Supplemental - - -

Building Better Families:

Children

Family: A Divine UnitThe Family is the first place for:

EvangelismEdificationBenevolence

Failing hurts the church

Selfish Vs. Self-lessThe Selfish Parent:

Has children for their satisfactionDisciplines them for their comfortSees to their own physical needs vs. the spiritual needs of their children

Results?Grief

Proverbs 17:25 A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

Selfish Vs. Self-lessThe Self-less Parent:

Has children for God’s satisfactionDisciplines them in the LordSees to their child’s spiritual needs first

Results?Joy

Proverbs 15:20a A wise son makes a father glad

Proverbs 29:3a A man who loves wisdom makes

his father glad

Being ChildrenGod expects children to:

1. Be obedient 2. Honor their father and mother3. Ensure the living standards of their parents

Importance of ObedienceEphesians 6:1 Children, obey your parents

in the Lord, for this is right.

Colossians 3:20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this is well pleasing to the Lord.

Importance of ObedienceIt is important that young children learn

spiritual obedience in the homeWe need to be taught to obey from the heart

-Deuteronomy 26:16 Not by mere “eye service”

-Colossians 3:22

Importance of ObedienceIt is important that young children learn

spiritual obedience in the home

Children learn this from obedient parents“Cat’s in the Cradle”

Are “children” children?

Importance of ObedienceMost “children” passages speak to adultsConsider the “obedience” passages

Genesis 28:7 (Jacob)Deuteronomy 21:18-21 (death penalty case)Jeremiah 35:14 (Jonadab)

Matthew 21:28-30a "But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, 'Son, go work today in the vineyard.’ And he answered, 'I will not'; but afterward he regretted it and went. The man came to the second and said the same thing; and he answered, 'I will, sir'; but he did not go. Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said, "The first."

Importance of ObedienceIs disobedience really that serious?

Romans 1:28-30,32 And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God

any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper, being filled

with all unrighteousness, wickedness, greed, evil; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, malice; they are

gossips,slanderers, haters of God, insolent, arrogant, boastful, inventors of evil, disobedient to

parents….. and although they know the ordinance of God, that those who practice such things are worthy

of death, they not only do the same, but also give hearty approval to those who practice them

2 Timothy 3:1-4 But realize this, that in the last days difficult

times will come. For men will be lovers of self, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, revilers, disobedient to parents, ungrateful, unholy, unloving, irreconcilable, malicious gossips, without self-control, brutal, haters of good, treacherous, reckless, conceited, lovers of

pleasure rather than lovers of God

Importance of HonorHonoring Parents – Intent of Obedience

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 BE WELL WITH YOU, AND THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH.

Importance of HonorHonoring Parents – Intent of Obedience

God said Honoring a Father is about attitudeMalachi 1:6-11

Honoring parents is respected by mankind2 Corinthians 8:21

Importance of CaregivingCare-giving Parents – 2nd Step Honor

Seen by Ruth for Naomi Acknowledged by all

Ruth 4:15b “for your daughter-in-law, who loves you and is better to you than seven sons, has given birth to him."

Importance of Care-givingThe particular admonition: do not neglect

I Timothy 5:4-8Matthew 15:3-6

Selfish Vs. Self-lessThe Selfish Child:

Seeks only for their own life qualityHas no regard for the lives of a parent

Results?Grief Proverbs 17:25

A foolish son is a grief to his father and bitterness to her who bore him.

Selfish Vs. Self-lessThe Self-less Child:

Serves parents for God’s satisfactionObeys them in the Lord

Results?Joy

Proverbs 15:20a A wise son makes a father glad

Proverbs 29:3a A man who loves wisdom makes

his father glad

What Must I Do To Remain Saved?

Hear – Acts 13:48Believe – Acts 16:31Confess – Acts 8:37Repent - Acts 2:38Be Baptized – Acts 22:16

What Must I Do To Be Saved?

Abide in Christ & the doctrine of Christ – II John 7-9