The Home – Part 2: The Kids

INTRO: Last week I began a series on the home. I dealt with the Mom and Dad, specifically their marriage. Marriage is the foundation of our society. This is why Satan attacks it with so much force. He also wants our children, thus he tries to derail them.

Let us look at the kids and see how important they are in the home.

First I want to look at the…
Commission of the parents

Provide the essentials of life

2 Cor 12:14 Behold, the third time I am ready to come to you; and I will not be burdensome to you: for I seek not yours, but you: for the children ought not to lay up for the parents, but the parents for the children.

Protect them from harm

1 Tim 3:4 One that ruleth well his own house, having his children in subjection with all gravity;

Promote their abilities to excel

Eph 6:4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Prepare them to serve the Lord

Titus 2:4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

Next I want to examine the…
Credibility of the parents

Example shown and seen

1 Ki 22:52 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the way of his father, and in the way of his mother, and in the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel to sin:

Jer 9:14 But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

Edify them for better things

Ethics as a way of life

2 Chr 17:3 And the LORD was with Jehoshaphat, because he walked in the first ways of his father David, and sought not unto Baalim;

Evangelize them

2 Tim 1:5 When I call to remembrance the unfeigned faith that is in thee, which dwelt first in thy grandmother Lois, and thy mother Eunice; and I am persuaded that in thee also.

We need to know or hear the…
Challenge to the children

Psalm 29:2 Give unto the LORD the glory due unto his name; worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness.

They need to serve the Lord. They should…

Take up harmony (with)

Family

Friends

Lord

Try honesty

With self

With parents

With the Lord

Trust humility

Turn away from hedonism

Toss out hypocrisy

And last, we need to deal with the…
Choice of the children

I have two suggestions, Find the path and follow the path, you need to…

Find the path you will take

By choice, not chance

Duet. 30: 19 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:

By allowing Christ to speak to you

Follow your path

Matt. 7: 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat:
14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it.
15 Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?
17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.
20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.
21 Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

Stick to the plan

Stand in the right

Start down the path

Serve with your all

 

□ I will CHOOSE REJECT Christ

□ I will REJECT Christ

 

Gary Marcum – New Beginnings Church – 030903am