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lesson 4 Parent-Children Relationships
I.
TEXTUAL THOUGHTS 1. Pr
3:12; 22:6; 29:17 – Love requires discipline. 2. Pr
13:24; 22:15; 23:13-14; 29:15 – Correction produces wisdom. 3. Col
3:20-21 - Fathers, do not make your children angry. 4.
Eph 6:1-4 - Children should honor their parents. II.
MAIN THEME – God intends for parents to bring up their children in the nurture of
God’s will. Authority of parents must be established by discipline while the
children are still young, beginning when the children are old enough to
understand instructions. Discipline should be loving, considering the best
interest of the child. 1. Parents
should practice loving discipline of children. a. God
disciplines his children, Heb 12:5-11. b. Children
must learn to respect authority, Heb 13:17. c. Discipline
helps children avoid sin, 2 Cor 6:14-18. d. Failure
to discipline leads to corruption, 2 Sam 2:12, 22, 3:12. 2. Parents
should be considerate of their children’s feelings. a. Do not
willfully make them angry, Col 3:20-21. b. Teach
them to love the Lord, Deut 6:5-7, Mar 12:30. c. Encourage
them with positive words, Php 4:8. 3. Parents
should nurture their children with good gifts. a. Children
are precious to God, Mat 19:14. b. God’s
gives good gifts to His children, 1 Thes 2:7-12. c. Children
are a blessing, Ps 127:3. 4. The ultimate
goal is for our children to become children of God, Rom 8:18-19. III. PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS 1. Failure
to discipline children leads to sorrow. Children who grow up without
discipline often become corrupt, like the sons of Eli, 2 Sam 3:12. 2. Lack of
respect for authority is an abomination, 2 Pet 2:9-10. If children are not
taught to respect the authority of their parents, it is likely they will have
no respect for other authority. 3. Children
should be brought up in the training and admonition of the Lord, Eph 6:4,
Deut 6:5-7. Parents should teach their children the great stories of the
Bible, and about our Lord Jesus Christ. 4. Children
should be taught to think positively about themselves, realizing that the
purpose of God’s creation is that they might become children of God, Rom
8:18-19. IV.
MEMORY VERSE - Col 3:20-21 |