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The Family

The Family. The Third Sermon of Seven Selected Themes from the Book of Proverbs Proverbs 22:6 August 10, 2014. Proverbs 22:6 – Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it . Outline A Husband and Wife Grow in Wisdom Toward One Another

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The Family

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  1. The Family The Third Sermon of Seven Selected Themes from the Book of Proverbs Proverbs 22:6 August 10, 2014

  2. Proverbs 22:6 – Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. Outline • A Husband and Wife Grow in Wisdom Toward One Another • Children Grow In Wisdom Toward Their Parents • Parents Grow in Wisdom Toward Their Children • All of Us Grow in Wisdom From The Lord

  3. 1. A Husband and Wife Grow in Wisdom Toward One Another • Proverbs 31:10-11 - An excellent wife who can find? She is far more precious than jewels. The heart of her husband trusts in her, and he will have no lack of gain. • “Excellent wife” – a woman of strength • Verse 17 - “She dresses herself with strength and makes her arms strong.” • As a husband you are called upon to cultivate and nurture your wife. • It is a life-long journey to help her become all God wants her to be.

  4. Proverbs 31:28-31 - Her children rise up and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praises her: "Many women have done excellently, but you surpass them all." Charm is deceitful, and beauty is vain, but a woman who fears the Lord is to be praised. Give her of the fruit of her hands, and let her works praise her in the gates. • A husband cultivates his wife by setting a high tone of praise in the home. • When a woman gives selflessly to her family and her community, she is receiving life-giving praise from her husband and children at home and from her community “in the gates.”

  5. Men, how you see God will inevitably show up in how you treat your family. • What you really believe about God will eventually show up in your relationship with your wife and children. • AW Tozer = “The essence of idolatry is the entertainment of thoughts about God that are unworthy of him.” • Jesus is a glorious Savior. If you see him in his grace and glory toward you, it will change now you treat your wife at home.

  6. 2. Children Grow In Wisdom Toward Their Parents Proverbs 15:20 - A wise son makes a glad father, but a foolish man despises his mother. Proverbs 20:20 - If one curses his father or his mother, his lamp will be put out in utter darkness. Proverbs 23:25 - Let your father and mother be glad; let her who bore you rejoice. Exodus 20:12 - "Honor your father and your mother,” The command to honor dad and mom applies to us even when we grow up and leave the home.

  7. Despise = To treat them as worthless, beneath us, dumb and stupid. • Honor = To treat them with as worthy and valuable. • Parents do not have to earn our respect; we owe it to them. • Hebrews 13:7 -“Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith.” • Kids, your mom and dad re your first and closest leaders. • How can you honor your parents” • Thank them • Imitate them • Pray for them

  8. 3.Parents Grow in Wisdom Toward Their Children Proverbs 22:6 - Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it. “Train up” means literally “to dedicate”. Your role as a parent is to point your children to Jesus. “One of the greatest injustices we do to our young people is to ask them to be conservative. Christianity today is not conservative, but revolutionary. To be conservative today is to miss the whole point, for conservatism today means standing in the flow of the status quo…[We] must teach the young to be revolutionaries, revolutionaries against the status quo?” Francis Schaeffer – The Church at the end of the 20th Century

  9. Proverbs 22:15 - Folly is bound up in the heart of a child, but the rod of discipline drives it far from him. “Folly” = the willful refusal to make moral choices. “More people in their 20’s are living with their parents. About 1/4 of 25 year old white men lived at home in 2007 – before the current recession. Compare that with one fifth in 2000 and 1/8 in 1970. (From a NY Times Article by Patricia Cohen in 2010) It is one of our roles as parents to help them move from immaturity into greatness for God. Every child needs: Loving rod of discipline, loving example, loving counsel. Every child needs a combination of: coaching, punishment, and rewards.

  10. Proverbs 14:26 - In the fear of the Lord one has strong confidence, and his children will have a refuge. • Key: Parents, the greatest legacy you can leave your kids is to teach them how to find refuge in God in all circumstances. Psalms 46:1 - God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble. • When your children see you trust Christ, you are teaching them with the powerful example of your life as you seek refuge in God.

  11. 4. All of Us grow in Wisdom From the Lord Hebrews 12:5-7 - And have you forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons? "My son, do not regard lightly the discipline of the Lord, nor be weary when reproved by him. For the Lord disciplines the one he loves, and chastises every son whom he receives." It is for discipline that you have to endure. God is treating you as sons. For what son is there whom his father does not discipline? • Everything depends on how you see God. • When we lose things, we gain Christ. Hebrews 5:8 – Although he was a son, he learned obedience through what he suffered.

  12. Let’s Remember: • Jesus suffered in a way you and I never will. • Jesus really was rejected so that you would be accepted. • Jesus was abandoned so that you and I could be held close forever. • Jesus was treated as an outcast and an enemy, so that you and I would be treated as family forever. • God is not forsaking you, he is not dismissing you, and he is not hostile toward you. He is treating you as a beloved son or daughter. If you are in Christ, he is well pleased with you. • He is drawing you in and taking you deeper into the riches of his grace. Right now he is treasuring you, rejoicing over you and has a wonderful future for you.

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