Title Ephesians 06:1-6 Family Restoration 2
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Family Restoration II (Ephesians 6:1-6)
God, thank you for allowing me to hold onto the promise of being with you. Please wait for the Word you will give today in worship and receive blessings. May the precious family you have given us become the kingdom of heaven and a home that testifies of Your love.
Many families have problems between spouses and between parents and children. There may be several reasons for the problem. It could be a difference in personality, economy, or values. But they are not the real reason. The real problem is hidden. The problems buried in the individual, the problems that remain unresolved, come out because of the children's problems when there are economic problems. This is a fundamental problem. This solution is not for us. Only the Holy Spirit must solve it. To do that, we must first admit our problem. And we must put our problems before the Lord. To do this, you must always strive for the guidance of the Holy Spirit and the filling of the Holy Spirit. If anyone believes in Jesus, the Holy Spirit comes into us to rule and guide us. So, you must be filled with the Holy Spirit. The Lord wants to guide us. We must pray earnestly for the filling of the Holy Spirit.
Today, we want to deal with the problem between parents and children. There is one thing that you must understand first when you need to solve a relationship problem. In other words, it is necessary to know and understand the spirit and principles that govern the relationship between parents and children. In the past, in Korea, the 'spirit of filial piety' was the dominant spirit between parents and children, but now there is no dominant spirit. Everyone is doing their own thing. According to their experience and learning, they maintain the relationship between parent and child in their own way.
Children's education in democracy is an era in which children are treated and respected as individuals, and the current situation is flowing with emphasis on human rights and individualism. Parents misunderstand that love is to be kind to their children and to be child-centered. Parents fail to teach their children right and wrong. Children have lost their habit and are making things go their own way. There are many cases of children who do not respect parents and respect order as described in the Bible, and eventually become controversial children in society. They disregard authority and order in society.
Some parents are oppressors of their children, and most of them go back and forth between these two extremes, which confuses their children. This is the 'current state of children's education'.
Let's ask a question first and then answer it first!! whose children are they??
1. The children of the family are not owned by the born-again believer. Everything belongs to God. All of me belongs to God. My life, my job, and my children all belong to God. God is the master of life. Everything has been given by God. 'If God did not give me children, we would not have children.' God has entrusted us with children. it has been entrusted Confessing this, you must entrust everything to the Lord and try to live.
2. If it belongs to God, I have no right to raise my children according to my own will. We must raise our children according to the will of God and according to the will of God. We are raising our children for the purpose of making our wishes come true. I am nurtured with vicarious satisfaction to achieve what I have not achieved. Therefore, I must not treat my children according to my will, my feelings, my feelings.
(Colossians 3:21) "Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, lest they become discouraged". In other words, we must not let our children get hurt by planting bitter roots. I'm saying don't let it get you frustrated by pushing it. However, children can sometimes make mistakes. Parents can scold and teach.
(Proverbs 13:24) "He who does not dare to flirt hates his child." Those who love their children can be disciplined and rodent.
(Proverbs 22:6) "Teach a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it."
(Proverbs 22:15) "Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline will drive it far away."
(Proverbs 23:14) "If you beat him with a whip, you will save his soul from Hades."
(Proverbs 29:15) "A whip and rebuke give wisdom, but if left alone, a child dishonors its mother.
(Proverbs 29:17) "Discipline your child, and he will give you peace and give joy to your heart."
How can I be tolerant and how can I be overbearing in my children's education? It is very difficult. Parents must eventually be led by the Holy Spirit. Even with good intentions, children make mistakes. So, even your children should be guided by the Holy Spirit. We must teach them to fear God from an early age and live a life of caution before God. Parents should know that raising their children properly before God is the center, and children do this because their parents love them. Otherwise, you can seriously hurt your child. You need to let your children know that even when you lift the rod, you love it.
3. We must know and believe that God is in charge of our children. You must believe that God helps your children and guides their steps. We have to believe that God really takes responsibility for His children and entrusts them to us.
4. If God created our children and sent them to our homes, and we believe in guidance, we must acknowledge that God has given us what we are. It must be acknowledged that when God created His children, He gave them their own talents. Therefore, it is necessary to discover and develop the talents and aptitudes of God-given children. But sometimes believers are getting a bit more out of the way. If there are studies or exams, they are not sent to church. Parents are showing nonsense of making a fuss while praying all night and even at dawn. We believers should be parents who let their children live according to God's will and raise them well in faith.
5. If you have entrusted education to our children, ask me first. Do I live by faith? Or are you living in the world? If I live a life that is not led by the Holy Spirit, I am living a life of failure, and if I entrust my children to me, my children will fail. When parents live by faith and receive the guidance of the Holy Spirit by being filled with the Holy Spirit, their children will be guided. It should be the right of the children to believe that God has given each of our children the best aptitude, and to discover God's high plan for our children. If you believe, acknowledge, and pray as God's things, your children's education will lead to comfortable and joyful lives. God always makes his children succeed in order to fulfill God's will. If God has a clear plan for His children, God will surely use them.
1. Obey your parents.
(Colossians 3:20) ?쏞hildren, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing in the Lord.??Honoring and obeying parents at home is learning order and training in faith.
Obedience to the visible parents is the discipline to obey the invisible God.
2. Respect for parents is the first commandment with a promise, so it is a promise that gives blessings physically and spiritually.
(Romans 13:1) "Let each one be subject to the superior authorities. There is no authority except from God, and all authority is ordained of God." He teaches parents how to do it. You must honor your parents right away.
3. Raise parents only in the discipline and admonition of the Lord.
We need to hear God's word and culture. You must thoroughly raise your children right before God. We need to hear God's help from a young age, not our parents' help. Therefore, it should be a life that fulfills the will that has been entrusted to you without being overly meek and strict with the Word of God centered on God.
4. You must receive the help and guidance of the Holy Spirit.
In raising children, we should strive and pray for a life of faith filled with the Holy Spirit and led by the Holy Spirit so that we can immediately believe that Jesus is the Christ.
Prayer> Thank you, God. Because God loves us, He has given us a home, a haven, and has entrusted us with His children. All that belongs to God. Help us to raise the children entrusted to us to be worthy children of God. May the Holy Spirit work in every corner of the world to help you raise your children.