Title: Fathers/Ephesians 6:4
Contents Bible Ephesians 6:4
Title Fathers./
Ephesians 6:4 And fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but only in the education of the Lord,
Nurture with discipline
As human beings created by God, everything starts at home.
Adam and Eve formed a family and started from that family and had Cain and Abel. Cain and Abel grew up in this family, learned the knowledge of life, and learned God.
A family is very important for a person to accomplish God's will.
As fathers as fathers, mothers as mothers, and children as children, only when we live a life that pleases God, the family can fulfill God's will and each family member can fulfill God's will.
In addition, in order for a family to be happy, fathers must do what they are supposed to do as fathers, mothers must do what they are supposed to do as mothers, and children must do what they are supposed to do as children, so that the family can be happy.
Psalm 127:3 says, “Children are an inheritance from the Lord, and the fruit of the womb is his reward.” is saying
Enterprise - refers to the transfer of property from one generation to another (next generation), not large enterprises or small and medium enterprises.
“Children are an inheritance from the Lord.” This means that He has given us children who will inherit the grace of God that He has bestowed upon us.
How should we raise the children that the Lord has given us as an inheritance so that God will be pleased?
The desirable attitude of parents toward their children is an essential and essential point in the Christian family as the basis of all domestic chastity.
1. Children are a gift of God's grace, and they have a responsibility to nurture them with a sense of stewardship, that is, they are children of God before they are their own poor children.
2. Desirable children's education is not to realize parents' thoughts, values, desires, etc., through children, but to entrust the truth and character of Christ with humility.
3. Parents should not take the full responsibility of their children's education, but play the role of a link between God and their children.
4. Above all, parents should set an example in their lives through a life of unity in words and deeds and concrete practices.
Today's text is about how to become parents that God is pleased with to the children God has given as a gift.
1. I tell you not to anger your children.
to provoke - to arouse anger; offend
It is better not to run errands for alcohol and cigarettes for children who live a religious life.
Do not drink and drink in church, do not smoke, alcohol and tobacco are harmful. If you smoke and drink alcohol, you will commit a sin. No matter how much you educate, it is useless.
don't lie
Even if you teach them to live honestly, they cannot bear fruit.
Don't be biased.
If you want to go to church on a Sunday, don't take it to another place.
Teaching Holy Week is of no use.
Do not disregard the just and right opinions of your children with parental authority.
. I try not to talk to my parents.
... these things can irritate your child.
2. Nurture them only in the discipline and admonition of the Lord
Culture is - to be taught.
to train through hardship and refinement
Punish with a whip
Proverbs 13:24 He who does not wear crutches hates his children.
Those who love are diligent to discipline.
Proverbs 29:17 Discipline your child, and he will give you peace, and
I will give joy to my heart
Hebrews 12:11 Any discipline at the time does not seem joyful, but sad, but later
It bears the peaceful fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it.
Refrained eggs - to speak in words.
admonish
Nurture - Raise until you grow.
provide nutrients
to promote health or strength;
Deuteronomy 6:4 Hear, Israel, the LORD our God is the only LORD.
Deuteronomy 6:5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
Deuteronomy 6:6 These words that I am commanding you today, take them into your heart,
Deuteronomy 6:7 Teach your children diligently, both at home and on the road.
I will preach these words when I walk, when I lie down, and when I get up.
Deuteronomy 6:8 And you shall tie it to your wrist as a sign, and put it on your forehead as a mark;
Deuteronomy 6:9 And you shall write it on the doorpost of your house and on the outer door of your house.
Proverbs 22:6 Teach a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.