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Duties Of Godly Parents

Duties Of Godly Parents. And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord. - Ephesians 6:4. To Develop The Whole Person. Four things involved in a child’s growth: Mental, physical, social and spiritual

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Duties Of Godly Parents

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  1. Duties Of Godly Parents And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord. - Ephesians 6:4

  2. To Develop The Whole Person • Four things involved in a child’s growth: • Mental, physical, social and spiritual • Children need a good education that can be used in service to God and man. • Mental Attitude – Proverbs 23:7 • Taking Physical care of oneself – I Cor 6:19-20 • Fostering personal relationships – Romans 12:10-21 • Underlying all of this is respect for God, His will and developing a relationship with Him while young – Eccl 12:1

  3. To Discipline And Instruct Them In The Lord • Admonition –“training by word, whether of encouragement, or, if necessary, by reproof”. Discipline or nurture “primarily denotes training of children…including instruction, correction or chastening” (W.E. Vine - Eph 6:4) • What does “in the Lord” mean? • Deuteronomy 6:5-9 • This is a God-given responsibility can’t be transferred to someone else. • Others may assist, but it’s OUR responsibility as PARENTS

  4. To Apply Correction • “Foolishness is bound up in the heart of a child; The rod of correction will drive it far from him” Proverbs 22:15 • No doubt that God’s word teaches spanking. • When done in the right way for the right reasons, it works. • Other forms of correction may be used such as the loss of privileges, etc. • Make sure the “punishment fits the crime” • 2 biggest mistakes that parents make is under-discipline and over-discipline • Either the child “gets away murder”, or is “murdered for doing nothing”. Proverbs 23:13-14; 19:18; 22:6

  5. Things To Avoid… • Injustice • A failure to be fair can discourage – Colossians 3:21 • Indulgence • Like Eli, it is easy to let children “run wild”. This leads to selfishness and a lack of discipline – I Sam 2:22; 3:11-14 • Partiality • Jacob made this mistake, leads to jealousy – Gen 37:3-4 • Inconsistency • Pharisees, “Do as I say, not as I do” or letting something go and then overreacting – Matthew 23:1-3

  6. To Love Your Children • “Behold, children are a heritage from the LORD” -Psalms 127:3 • We should love them as such. Younger women are to be taught by older to “love their children”. Titus 2:4 • We see lack of natural affection in some today – II Tim 3:3; Rom 1:31 • Love is founding principle for all other principles in teaching and training our children. • See book for last point.

  7. Questions • What are some specific ways we may discipline and instruct our children? • What is the purpose of correction? • What are some common mistakes parents make in raising their children? • What should be our attitude toward our children?

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