Title: Great Parents, Great Children/Ephesians 6:4
Content Title: Great Parents, Great Children/Ephesians 6:4
Ephesians 6:4 And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
Just like the saying goes that you will grow up in the royal field, faith is also
= Under the parents of great faith
Children of great faith are born and raised.
parental beliefs
= It can be said that it is passed on to children.
Isaac under Abraham, Israel under Isaac,
= Joseph under Israel, Moses under Amram and Jochebed;
Samuel under Hannah, succeeding Lois and Eunice
It can also be found in Timothy's growing up.
Under such a great believer
= You can expect people of great faith.
If you want children of great faith
= Parents of great faith should come first.
Educator Coleman McCarthy published a surprising study in 1978.
The personality and behavior of a 16-year-old child had already been determined by the age of 12.
= The behavior of a 12-year-old child had already been identified at the age of 8.
Behaviors displayed by an 8-year-old child at 3 or 4 years of age
It had its roots.
This is also true of the Korean proverb that the habit of being three years old goes away.
Correct religious education from an early age is very important in this sense.
To do this, we must first see our children through the eyes of Jesus.
The ancients treated children as if they belonged to adults.
= Treated and abused at will.
In Greece, when a child is born, it is soaked in hot alcohol.
= If you survive there, raise it, otherwise
It is said to have been thrown into the mountains.
Plato raises boys even if they are poor, and raises girls
= I accepted the Athenian law that even the rich can abandon them.
In Rome, the right to sell a child into slavery
= My father had it.
In some parts of Japan, when a child reaches three
= It is said that there was a custom to kill one by pressing.
It's really weird.
But how many little children did Jesus
= I don't know if you valued it.
Jesus told us to welcome little children.
To welcome him means to welcome him, to give for him, and to respect him.
No one in the history of mankind has respected children as much as Jesus did.
Jesus said in Matthew 18:3
=" He said to them, "Truly I say to you, turn around and
If we don't become together, we will definitely go to heaven
You will not be able to go in.”
In Matthew 18:6,
="If anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to stumble, I would rather
To hang a millstone around his neck and throw him into the deep sea
It's fine," he said.
Also, in 18:10,
“Be careful not to despise any of these little ones, I tell you.
Our angels will see the face of my Father in heaven from heaven
I see you always,” he said.
Jesus tolerated little children unconditionally,
= He hugged me and blessed me.
Socrates the iron man said:
“The strangest thing to me is that people
= I have a lot of interest in things that will disappear
As for the children who are the real heritage
The fact is that it doesn't take much attention and effort.
I climbed the highest tower of Athens and said a word
If you are in a position where you have to leave behind and die, one word from me
'Citizens, invest in children,' he said.
If you go to the coast of Virginia, USA, you can see the MacArthur Memorial.
It was there that General MacArthur received during his lifetime.
= Medals and awards are displayed.
However, he usually confessed this.
“If there is one of the greatest decorations I have ever received,
= That's what God is proud of to me
He gave him a son."
So MacArthur was born on the day his son was born.
= I wrote this in my diary.
“God has given me a wonderful gift,” he wrote.
Children are the precious inheritance of life given by God.
In Psalm 127:3
“Children are an inheritance from the LORD, and the fruit of the womb is his
It is a reward,” he said.
Giving thanks to God for giving them children and raising them well
= Realize that you have a duty to take care of them, and you need to nurture them.
Parents are responsible for raising their children.
The Bible tells parents to raise their children.
If you look at Ephesians 6:4,
“And fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but only in the education of the Lord and
Bring up with discipline.”
is to nurture.
Here, the word nurture is the Greek word
="Raising flowers", "Raising pets",
It's a word used when we say "take care of your body".
Psalm 34:11
“Come, little ones, and hear from me, that I fear the LORD.
I will teach you"
Psalm 78:5
“The LORD establishes a testimony against Jacob, and gives a decree to Israel.
Ordained and commanded our ancestors
make it known to our children."
Proverbs 3 verse 1
“My son, do not forget my law, but in your heart
Keep my command."
In Proverbs 22:6
“Teach a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will
will not leave",
In Ephesians 6:4
“And fathers, do not provoke your children, but
Bring them up in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.”
You can see that you are commanding nurturing.
More specifically in Deuteronomy 11:18-19
“Therefore, put these words of mine in your hearts and minds, and
Tie it around your wrist as a sign and put it between your foreheads.
take it as a mark, and teach it to your children, and
when you sit, when you walk on the road, when you lie down,
When you get up, preach these words, and put them on the doorposts of your house,
Teach your children, "Write on the outside door."
is to nurture.
Moses emphasized the responsibility of parents to teach their children.
Comparing home education to school education
= The home is the school, the parents are the teachers, and the Bible is the textbook.
The religious education of parents for their children is very important.
Parents must diligently teach the Word of God.
Nurturing by faith cannot be overemphasized.
Giving your children etiquette or making a living in this world
= More necessary and more important than passing on professional skills
It is teaching them how to serve God.
In the New Testament, the Apostle Paul also emphasized the religious education of children.
In fact, educating children well is
= It makes a great contribution to the prosperity of a nation.
A visitor came to the British poet Coleridge.
He had always admired Coleridge.
As we talked, the topic of conversation shifted to the little child.
Then the visitor said:
“I encourage young children to think and act freely.
= I think you should leave it alone. so that they early
You learn to make decisions for yourself. little children
to fully develop their potential
I believe the only way is this.”
Here Coleridge suggested:
"Shall we go see our flowers?"
Having said this, Coleridge made the visitor
=I took you to the garden where the flowers are in full bloom.
The visitor took a look around his garden and said in amazement.
"No! Why are there only weeds here?"
“Before, this place was full of flowers.
But this year, I deliberately left it alone.
They were left to grow as they wished.
I wanted to see how it grows.
Then there was nothing but weeds.”
If you want to raise children, you must first not provoke them.
If you look at Ephesians 6:4,
“And fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but only in the education of the Lord and
Do not provoke your children by saying, "Nurture them in discipline."
Also in Colossians 3:21
“Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger.
lest you become discouraged." It means the same thing.
The word rage is originally
It is derived from the meaning of "a ship is sailing and the wind blows away".
Without wind, the boat cannot move forward.
In other words, no more
= to destroy the power to sail.
It breaks the spirit and destroys the courage.
If you discipline your child excessively or discipline your child incorrectly,
= If you build up anger in your child's heart
Your child will be bored later.
So later like a ship that can no longer sail
= You lose the courage to live life.
You lose all motivation.
The second is to nurture with love.
All living things cannot thrive without love.
In Titus 2:4 it is said to the young women,
“I love her husband and children,” he said.
The word here is not agape.
When to tell parents to love their children
= I used the word philos, not agape.
Here Philos is the love of a friend.
It is a love that allows parents to be friends with their children.
Parents!
How close are you with your children?
How often do you talk to your children?
What parent does not love their children?
But the problem is that children don't love such parents.
= How you feel.
It's the children's fault, but it's the parents' fault too.
Undelivered love is not love.
Because parents want their own satisfaction,
= Because you are doing self-centered love.
I truly understand my children.
= You have to show love for them.
Only with this kind of love is proper nurture.
Dr. Howard Hendrix of Dallas Theological Seminary said this.
“I have two of the most intense memories of my father in my life.
= One is when I pass the living room in the early morning and evening,
It is the voice of my father who prayed while calling my brothers and me by name.
And another one with his arms rolled up
It's a picture of my father wrestling with us.
I can't forget these two faces of my father."
Lastly, we must nurture with the Word.
If we look at 2 Timothy 3:16 below,
="All Scripture is inspired by God, for teaching, for reproof, for
useful for correction and training in righteousness, for the man of God
perfect for every good work
to make it perfect.” The Bible says
He said that it would be the best textbook for nurturing people.
When Lincoln was nine, his mother died of an endemic disease.
she told young Lincoln
="I prefer to read the Bible rather than become rich or great.
Be a person of enjoyment.”
Lincoln, who loves the Bible and wants to live by learning its words,
= In the end, to impress the world and to all mankind
He became a great man who set a great example.
One day, the world-famous opera singer Halverton
= I overheard conversations between my young son and his friends.
A boy boasted this to his son.
"My father is very close with the mayor."
At that time, my son responded naturally without hesitation at all.
"Yes, my father is very close to the God who created this world."
I responded like this.
After hearing his son's answer, Halverton realized once more.
Instilling faith in childhood
= I realized once again how precious it is.
Only healthy parental faith and healthy religious education attitude
= It is to raise children who are healthy and live right.
Let your children become great people in all fields.
= I wish you the grace to live a great life.
Become great believers and raise great children
= I bless you in the name of the Lord to become great parents.