FATHERS
& CHILDREN
Abraham
- Example of a Godly Father
Gen.
12:1-3 God's
3-fold promise to Abram.
(age
75)
Gen.
13:14-16 God repeats His promise to
Abram at Canaan.
Gen.
15:1-6 Again, God assures Abram of His
promise & Abram believed.
SARAI
GIVES ABRAM HER MAID SERVANT TO MARRY. (ISHMAEL BORN)
Gen.
17:1-8 Again, God assures Abram of His
promise This
time God changes
Abram's name to Abraham
(means
"father of a multitude")
Gen.
18:9-14 3 men (angels)
appear
to Abraham
& Sarah at Mamre (age
99) to
announce the coming promise of a
male child.
Gen.
21:5 "Now
Abraham was one hundred years
old when his son Isaac was born
to
him."
Gen.
22:1-18 Abraham's obedient response to
God's command to offer up his
son
- prompted the repeating of God's
promise of future generations
in
abundance. ABRAHAM
SET AN
EXAMPLE
OF FAITHFULNESS
FOR
HIS SON, ISAAC.
Num.
1:1 "Now
the Lord spoke to Moses in the
Wilderness of Sinai, in the tabernacle
of
meeting, on the first day of the second
month, in
the second year after they had
come out of the land of Egypt,
..."
Num.
1:45-46 "So
all who were numbered of the
children of Israel, by their father's
houses,
from twenty years old and
above, all who were able to go to
war
in Israel - [46]
all who were
numbered were six hundred and
three thousand
five hundred and
fifty." (603,550)
(Levites not
included) AFTER
430 YEARS -
THEY WENT FROM 70 PEOPLE
TO ABOUT 3,000,000.
Rom.
4:17-22 Abraham - a father of many nations
- FAITHFUL
example
to
his
son, Isaac.
Psm.
127:3-5 Children
are a blessing from God.
Therefore a responsibility for
which we are accountable.
INVITATION
Mt.
25:14-30 Parable of the talents -
Children (like the talents) are
entrusted to
us - we are accountable
for pointing them to God.
FATHERS
& CHILDREN
Part
2
Characteristics
of a Godly Father
BEING
A FATHER MEANS MORE THAN "FATHERING" CHILDREN
Many
father children & abandon them. God
will not leave His children.
Josh.
1:5 "No
man shall be able to stand before you
all the days of your life; as I
was with
Moses, so I will be with you. I
will not
leave you nor forsake you."
Josh.
1:9 "Have
I not commanded you? Be strong
and of good courage; do not be afraid,
nor be dismayed,
for the Lord your God
is with you wherever you go."
A
CHILD'S FIRST VIEW OF GOD IS SEEN IN THEIR PARENTS (THEIR FATHER)
HE
ACCEPTS HIS RESPONSIBILITY TO TEACH HIS CHILDREN
Eph.
6:4 "And
you, fathers, do not provoke your
children to wrath, but bring them
up in
the
training and admonition of the Lord."
"do
not provoke" -
Not
to be overly severe
resulting in bitterness
& Not be be overly critical
resulting in discouragement
never able to lease their parents.
"TRAINING"
(nurture,
kjv)
= Primarily teaching by example.
"ADMONITION"
= Primarily teaching by word
Deut.
6:6-9 God's command to Israel to be diligent
in teaching their children.
Pass
on to subsequent generations those standards of virtue
Prov.
22:28 "Do
not remove the ancient landmark
which your fathers have set."
HE
EXERCISES MEASURED
DISCIPLINE
- NOT ABUSE (verbal
or physical)
Heb.
12:5-11
Discipline
is an act of LOVE &
should reflect that to the child.
Prov.
119:18 "Chasten
your son while there is hope,
and do not set your heart on his
destruction."
Prov.
13:24 "He
who spares his rod hates his son,
but he who loves him disciplines
him
promptly."
HE
SETS AN EXAMPLE OF A GODLY HUSBAND - NOT ABUSIVE
Eph.
5:23 "For
the husband is the head of the wife,
as also Christ is head of the
church; and
He is the Savior
of the body."
HE
IS AN EXAMPLE OF A LOVING HUSBAND - SELFLESSNESS
Eph.
5:25 "Husbands,
love your wives, just as Christ
also loved the church and
gave
Himself
for it."
Children
need to see their father honoring their mother
(not calling her old lady)
Exercizing
chivary
= opening the door for her - pulling the chair out from the table to
seat her
Prov.
31:28 "Her
children rise up and call her
blessed; Her
husband also, and he
praises
her:"
HE
IS AN EXAMPLE OF DEPENDABILITY & PATIENCE
as the Lord is.
2
Pet. 3:9 "The
Lord is
not slack concerning His
promise,
as some count slackness, but
is
longsuffering
toward us, not willing
that any should perish but that all should
come
to repentance."
INVITATION
HE
IS AN EXAMPLE OF COMPASSION & TENDERNESS
Lk.
15:17-24 Compassion when they do wrong &
repent. Not
afraid to show affection
(hugs
& kisses)
HE
IS STILL COMPASSIONATE - DESIRING US AS HIS OBEDIENT CHILD