THE LIVING WORD TRANSCRIPT<br> <br>

PROGRAM AIR DATE – 2-12-17<br> <br>



LESSON TITLE: “CHILDREN OBEY YOUR PARENTS”<br> <br>

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WELCOME<br> <br>

      TODAY WE ARE BLESSED WITH A WONDERFUL GIFT FROM GOD, THE BIBLE. THIS BOOK IS GOD'S LIVING WORD. IN ITS PAGES, WE ARE TOLD “FOR THE WORD OF GOD IS LIVING AND POWERFUL AND SHARPER THAN ANY TWO-EDGED SWORD.” IT IS IN THIS BOOK OF BOOKS THAT WE FIND THE ANSWERS TO ALL OF MAN'S QUESTIONS AND NEEDS. THIS MORNING YOUR AREA CHURCHES OF CHRIST WELCOME YOU TO A PROGRAM COMMITTED TO THAT PERFECT LAW OF LIBERTY AS WE PRESENT THE LIVING WORD. NOW HERE IS YOUR HOST RAY SULLINS.<br> <br>

      THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THIS MORNING FOR THE LIVING WORD PROGRAM, A WORK OF OUR LORD COMMITTED TO STUDYING HIS WILL AND TO DOING THINGS IN HIS WAY.  AS ALWAYS, IT IS OUR HOPE AND PRAYER THAT EVERYTHING WE DO TOGETHER WILL BE EDIFYING TO EACH OF US, BUT ULTIMATELY IT IS OUR GOAL TO GLORIFY GOD, THE ALMIGHTY!  LET ME ENCOURAGE EACH OF US TO DO OUR PART THIS MORNING IN MAKING THIS TIME TOGETHER PROFITABLE IN HIS SIGHT.  NOW, LET’S TALK TO THE FATHER IN PRAYER! <br> <br>

      PRAYER: OUR GOD AND FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS DAY AND THE MANY GREAT BLESSINGS OF LIFE - THE PRIVILEGE THAT WE HAVE TO BE CALLED YOUR CHILDREN AND TO SERVE YOU DAILY. AND FATHER, WE THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF JESUS WHICH ALLOWS US TO BE FOUND JUSTIFIED BEFORE YOU SO THAT WE'LL NOT ONLY RECEIVE THE BLESSINGS TODAY BUT BLESSINGS ETERNALLY. AND FATHER, HELP US TO DO ALL ACCORDING TO YOUR WILL SO THAT WE MIGHT ALWAYS BE KNOWN AS THE FAITHFUL. IN JESUS NAME WE PRAYM, AMEN.<br> <br>

      AN IMPORTANT QUESTION WE NEED TO ASK OURSELVES EVERY DAY AS CHRISTIANS IS, “ARE WE PREPARED FOR THE SPIRITUAL BATTLE THAT IS BEFORE US?”  OUR FIRST SONG OF THE MORNING CHALLENGES US TO BE PREPARED AS SOLDIERS OF THE CROSS!  SO WONT YOU JOIN WITH THE CONGREGATION AS WE SING OUR FIRST SONG OF THE MORNING; THE NAME OF THE HYMN, “SOLDIERS OF CHRIST ARISE.” <br> <br>



DEVOTIONAL THOUGHTS<br> <br>

      SOMETIMES WE FORGET HOW BLESSED WE ARE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE OUR OWN COPIES OF GOD’S WORD.  THE WHOLE BIBLE IS SUCH A WONDERFUL GIFT FROM GOD, TO PROVIDE US WITH ALL THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE NEED FROM HIM.  EVEN THE OLD TESTAMENT IS SO PROFITABLE FOR OUR LEARNING. IN FACT, IN ROMANS 15:4, PAUL SAID, “FOR WHATEVER THINGS WERE WRITTEN BEFORE WERE WRITTEN FOR OUR LEARNING, THAT WE THROUGH THE PATIENCE AND COMFORT OF THE SCRIPTURES MIGHT HAVE HOPE.”  <br> <br>

      ONE SUCH PASSAGE IS FOUND IN PSALMS 16:11.  THERE DAVID GAVE US GREAT AND ENCOURAGING WORD’S, CONCERNING OUR GOD.  IN THAT VERSE WE READ, “YOU WILL SHOW ME THE PATH OF LIFE; IN YOUR PRESENCE IS FULLNESS OF JOY; AT YOUR RIGHT HAND ARE PLEASURES FOREVERMORE.”  NOTICE THE MANY AREA’S OF INSTRUCTION COVERED HERE IN THIS VERSE.  <br> <br>

      FIRST, WE ARE REMINDED THAT GOD SHOWED US THE WAY TO LIVE IN HIS HOLY BOOK.  HOW WONDERFUL IT IS TO HAVE A GUIDE THAT GIVES US THE ANSWERS, AS TO HOW WE SHOULD ACT AND WHAT WE SHOULD SAY.  <br> <br>

      THE SECOND THING DAVID REMINDED US OF IS THAT GOD IS WITH US.  HOW EXCITING IT IS TO KNOW THAT WE ARE NEVER ALONE AND THAT GOD WILL ALWAYS BE BY OUR SIDE.  FURTHERMORE, NOTICE THAT THIS PRESENCE OF GOD BRINGS US JOY.  WHAT GREATER JOY CAN WE EXPERIENCE, AS FOLLOWERS OF GOD, THAN TO KNOW THAT GOD IS ALWAYS THERE FOR US.  

      THE FINAL THINGS MENTIONED BY DAVID IS CONCERNING OUR REWARD, IF WE ARE FOUND FAITHFUL.  WE HAVE BEEN PROMISED THAT WE WILL LIVE WITH GOD FOREVER, BECAUSE OF THE HOPE WE HAVE THROUGH CHRIST JESUS.  <br> <br>

      AS YOU SEE, TRULY THE THINGS OF OLD ARE VERY PROFITABLE TO THOSE WHO DESIRE TO PLEASE GOD TODAY.  WE CAN LEARN SO MUCH FROM THE LIVES OF OTHERS WHO HAVE GONE ON BEFORE.  SOMETIMES THE LESSONS ARE POSITIVE IN THE FACT THAT WE FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN PLEASING TO GOD.  HOWEVER, SOMETIMES THE EXAMPLES ARE NEGATIVE, IN THAT WE CAN LEARN NOT TO MAKE THE SAME MISTAKES THAT OTHERS HAVE MADE.  MAY WE ALL LEARN TO STUDY GOD’S WORD MORE OFTEN, SO THAT WE CAN LEARN THE THINGS WHICH HE WOULD HAVE US TO DO.  <br> <br>

      TODAY, WE WILL CONTINUE OUR STUDY CONCERNING THE FAMILY IN OUR SERIES ENTITLED, “AND THEY SHALL BECOME ONE FLESH.” OUR SPECIFIC TOPIC THIS MORNING WILL BE ON “CHILDREN OBEY YOUR PARENTS.” AFTER OUR NEXT SONG TOGETHER, I WILL RETURN WITH THIS DISCUSSION FROM GOD’S WORD.  NOW, WON’T YOU JOIN IN WITH THE CONGREGATION AS WE SING, “SUN OF MY SOUL.” <br> <br>

LESSON<br> <br>

BY RAY SULLINS<br> <br>

      WE THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR CONTINUING WITH US TODAY AS WE NOW GO TO GOD'S WORD AND CONSIDER ANOTHER LESSON IN RELATIONSHIP TO OUR SERIES CONCERNING THE CHRISTIAN HOME. SO FAR TOGETHER WE'VE BEEN ACTUALLY ABLE TO SPECIFICALLY LOOK INTO THE BIBLE AND FIND OUT WHAT GOD'S PLAN FOR THE HOME WAS. BUT ALSO WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO LOOK TOGETHER AT THE ROLE OF THE HUSBAND AND FATHER IN THE HOME AS WELL AS THE WIFE AND MOTHER IN THE HOME - AND AS WELL WE HAVE ALREADY LOOKED AT THE IDEA OF PARENTS AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS THAT PARENTS BE PARENTS, NOT JUST FRIENDS, BUT PARENTS. AND ALSO LEARN TO LOVE AND DISCIPLINE THEIR CHILDREN, THAT THEY MIGHT BRING THEM UP IN THE NURTURE AND ADMONITION OF THE LORD. <br> <br>

      AND SO TODAY WE'D LIKE TO CONTINUE BY LOOKING TO THE CHILDREN THEMSELVES - THOSE WHO ARE YOUNG IN THE HOUSEHOLD BUT YET STILL HAVE THE COMMAND OF GOD TO OBEY WHAT IT IS THAT GOD REQUIRES IN RELATIONSHIP TO THEIR ROLE IN THE HOME. AND WE FIND THE BEST ANSWER TO THAT THERE IN THE BOOK OF EPHESIANS IN CHAPTER 6 - VERSE ONE BEGINNING. AND THE BIBLE SAYS, “CHILDREN OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN THE LORD FOR THIS IS RIGHT.” WELL, WE IMMEDIATELY SEE THE IDEA OF A CHILD OR CHILDREN PLURAL - THOSE WHO ARE IN THE HOME AND STILL UNDER THEIR PARENTS, UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THEIR PARENTS - AND THE CHALLENGE IS CLEAR THAT THEY OBEY THEIR PARENTS. DON'T YOU FIND IT INTERESTING THAT THERE'S REALLY NO QUALIFIERS THAT ARE LAID ON THAT SPECIFICALLY IN RELATIONSHIP TO OBEYING IN WHAT AREAS? BUT IF YOU WERE TO LOOK OVER WITH ME INTO THE BOOK OF COLOSSIANS CHAPTER 3 YOU ACTUALLY FIND THERE IN VERSE 20 THAT THAT VERSE SAYS, “CHILDREN OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN ALL THINGS.” YOU SEE, CHILDREN ARE TO BE SUBMISSIVE TO THEIR PARENTS. THEY ARE TO LISTEN TO THEIR PARENTS. WHY? NUMBER ONE - THEY DON'T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF EXPERIENCE NOR WISDOM NOR KNOWLEDGE. THEREFORE, THE CHILD WOULD MAKE AND DOES MAKE MANY MISTAKES. AND IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE PARENT, THE CHILD PERHAPS WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO SURVIVE OR TO GROW UP IN THE PROPER WAY THAT GOD INSTRUCTS, WHICH AS WE LEARNED LAST WEEK, IS ONCE AGAIN WITHIN THE NURTURE AND ADMONITION OF THE LORD. <br> <br>

      AND WE ALSO THINK ABOUT THIS IDEA - HE CHALLENGES THEM TO BE OBEDIENT. WE KNOW WHAT IT MEANS TO OBEY. THAT MEANS WHEN WE ARE GIVEN COMMANDMENT OR WE ARE TOLD WHAT TO DO, WE DO THOSE THINGS. NOW WE MIGHT ASK THE QUESTION - WHAT ABOUT A PARENT THAT CHALLENGES OR ASKS THE CHILD TO DO SOMETHING WRONG OR ILLEGAL. WELL, CERTAINLY GOD WOULD NOT BIND AN INDIVIDUAL TO SIN OR TO PRACTICE SIN, ESPECIALLY ON A REGULAR BASIS WHEN LEARNING WHAT SIN IS, IF A PARENT WERE ASKING THE CHILD TO COMMIT SIN! THEREFORE, WHAT WE WOULD UNDERSTAND ARE THOSE THINGS PERTAINING TO OR BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE LORD. IS THAT NOT WHAT THE BOOK SAYS? IN EPHESIANS CHAPTER 6 IN VERSE ONE AGAIN THE BIBLE SAYS, “CHILDREN OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN THE LORD.” WHAT DOES THIS TERMINOLOGY IN THE LORD MEAN? WELL, IN THE NAME OF OR BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE LORD. WHO THEN HAS ESTABLISHED THE NEED FOR CHILDREN TO OBEY? THE LORD. BY THE WILL OF THE LORD, IN THE NAME OF THE LORD. THE VERY SAME WAY THAT A POLICEMAN MIGHT SAY IN THE NAME OR BY THE AUTHORITY OF THE STATE OF MISSOURI I CHARGE YOU OR I ARREST YOU OR I GIVE YOU A SPEEDING TICKET. YOU SEE, IT IS IN THE NAME OF A HIGHER AUTHORITY THAT HE HAS RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS TO FULFILL THE WORK THAT HE HAS TO DO, THE SAME WAY AS FOLLOWERS OF GOD'S CHILDREN ARE TO OBEY THEIR PARENTS IN THE LORD, IN THE NAME OF THE LORD, AS IS PROPER - AS IS FITTING. <br> <br>

      WE ALSO SEE THAT OVER IN COLOSSIANS CHAPTER THREE AGAIN IN VERSE 20 WHEN THIS IS ADDED TO THE DISCUSSION, “CHILDREN OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN ALL THINGS FOR THIS IS WELL PLEASING TO THE LORD.” YOU SEE, IT'S NOT ONLY ACCORDING TO HIS AUTHORITY AND THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD THAT CHILDREN OBEY (VERY DISTINCTIVE), BUT IT'S WHAT PLEASES GOD. WELL, WE MIGHT PAUSE AGAIN FOR A MOMENT AND SAY - WHAT IS IT THAT WE WANT TO DO AS FOLLOWERS OF GOD? DO WE NOT WANT TO PLEASE GOD? CERTAINLY WE DO! AND THEREFORE, OUR DESIRE IS TO STUDY THE WORD OF GOD AND KNOW WHAT GOD WANTS. THEREFORE, WHEN WE SEE WHAT GOD WANTS, WE OBEY THAT WE MIGHT BE WHAT? PLEASING TO THE LORD BECAUSE WE KNOW THOSE WHO PLEASE THE LORD ARE BLESSED AND GIVEN THE PROMISES OF GOD. SO WHAT SHOULD CHILDREN DO? CHILDREN SHOULD OBEY THEIR PARENTS IN ALL THINGS FOR IT IS PLEASING TO GOD WHEN THEY OBEY GOD'S WILL THUS OBEYING THEIR PARENTS. THAT'S THE COMMAND - AND THEREFORE, THEY OBEY THEIR PARENTS IN THE LORD IN ALL THINGS FOR THIS IS WELL PLEASING. <br> <br>

      IT'S ALSO SIGNIFICANT NOW AS WE RETURN TO EPHESIANS 6 THAT HE ADDS ONE MORE SIMILAR THOUGHT AS HE SAYS, “CHILDREN OBEY YOUR PARENTS IN THE LORD FOR THIS IS RIGHT.” YOU KNOW, IN LIFE THERE ARE JUST THOSE THINGS THAT ARE RIGHT AND THERE ARE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE WRONG. THERE ARE MORAL THINGS - MORALITY THAT IS ESTABLISHED, NOT ONLY BY THE WORLD OR BY SOCIETY BUT THE MORALITY THAT GOD HAS PLACED WITHIN US. THINGS THAT ARE JUST RIGHT. AND WHEN SOMEONE IS OLDER THAN US OR SOMEONE IS OVER US WE SHOULD RESPECT THEM. DOESN'T THE BIBLE TEACH US THAT? SO HOW MUCH MORE WITHIN A FAMILY - A FAMILY WHERE A MAN AND A WOMAN HAVE BROUGHT FORTH A CHILD - HOW MUCH MORE SHOULD THAT CHILD BEING RAISED UP, OBEY AND HONOR THE ONE WHO HAS TAKEN PART IN BRINGING THEM IN THE WORLD? ACCORDING TO THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD, THAT WHICH IS WELL PLEASING TO GOD IN ALL THINGS, THAT THEY OBEY THEIR PARENTS. YOU SEE, THIS IS NOT JUST THE COMMANDMENT OF GOD, IT IS SOMETHING THAT IS JUST RIGHT. IT IS SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE, THAT A CHILD WOULD OBEY THOSE WHO THEY ARE SUBORDINATE TO....THEIR PARENTS - THOSE WHO HAVE AUTHORITY OVER THEM. THEIR FATHERS AND THEIR MOTHERS. WHY? THIS IS WELL PLEASING TO GOD. IT IS ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD AND COMMANDMANT OF GOD AND, THEREFORE, WHEN A CHILD OBEYS HIS OR HER PARENTS, THEY HAVE DONE THOSE THINGS THAT ARE RIGHT AND ACCEPTABLE IN THE SIGHT OF GOD. <br> <br>

      WELL FORTUNATELY, WE HAVE EVEN MORE INFORMATION GIVEN. IT DOESN'T STOP THERE BECAUSE EVEN VERSE TWO OF EPHESIANS CHAPTER 6 INDICATES TO US THAT CHILDREN ARE AS WELL TO HONOR THEIR FATHER AND THEIR MOTHER. FIRST OF ALL IT'S SIGNIFICANT THAT THE FATHER NOR THE MOTHER IS SINGLED OUT. CHILDREN ARE TO SHOW OBEDIENCE AND HONOR TO BOTH PARENTS. NO MATTER WHAT THEY ARE TO OBEY BOTH PARENTS IN RELATIONSHIP TO THE AUTHORITY OF THE LORD AND AS IS REQUIRED BY GOD. THEREFORE, THEY ARE ALSO TOLD NOT ONLY TO OBEY BUT TO DO SO IN A RESPECTFUL AND HONORABLE WAY. YOU SEE, THOSE AGAIN WHO ARE OVER US - EVEN IN THE WORLD - WE ARE COMMANDED TO DO WHAT? HONOR THOSE. HOW MANY TIMES DOES PAUL AND OTHER WRITERS OF THE BIBLE SAY THAT WE ARE TO SHOW HONOR TOWARD THE GOVERNMENT OR HONOR TO THOSE KINGS OR THOSE PRINCES OR THOSE WHO ARE OVER US? THAT WE SHOULD SHOW HONOR TO THE LAWS OF THE LAND. THAT WE COULD PAY TAXES TO WHOM TAXES ARE DUE. HONOR IS NOT A STRANGE THING FOR THE CHRISTIAN OR THE FOLLOWER OF GOD. HONOR IS SOMETHING THAT WE DO IN OUR DAILY LIVES TOWARDS THOSE EVEN OF THE WORLD. SO WHY WOULD IT BE SO STRANGE THAT AS WE ARE TO BE CONSISTENT WHETHER WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THOSE WHO ARE OF GOD OR THOSE WHO ARE OUTSIDE OF GOD OR THOSE IN THE HOME OR OUTSIDE OF THE HOME? THAT WE ARE TO ALSO HONOR OUR PARENTS AND THAT WE ARE TO RESPECT OUR PARENTS. WELL, WE SEE THAT RESPECT CERTAINLY IS SOMETHING THAT IS REQUIRED EVEN IN CONJUNCTION TO ALL ASPECTS OF THE HOUSEHOLD. IS NOT A WIFE TO RESPECT HER HUSBAND? ACCORDING TO CHAPTER 5 IN VERSE 33. IS NOT A HUSBAND TO SHOW RESPECT OR LOVE? WOULD LOVE NOT INCLUDE RESPECT FOR THE WIFE? CERTAINLY. YOU SEE, THERES A MUTUAL HONOR OR RESPECT THAT WE ARE TO SHOW ONE FOR ONE ANOTHER. WHY? GOD HAS MADE EACH OF US. GOD HAS PLACED US WITHIN THE ROLE OF THE HOME - WHETHER WE BE FATHERS, WHETHER WE BE MOTHERS, WHETHER WE BE CHILDREN. AND I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT IF PARENTS DO NOT MAKE THEIR CHILDREN TO KNOW THE WILL OF GOD AND TO OBEY THE WILL OF GOD - TO OBEY THEIR PARENTS AND TO HONOR THEIR FATHER AND MOTHER - THEY'LL NEVER LEARN THE LESSON FROM THE WORLD. AND FURTHERMORE THEY'LL NEVER SHOW THE OBEDIENCE OR RESPECT TO THOSE OF THIS WORLD THAT GOD SAYS THEY SHOULD. DON'T YOU NOTICE THAT AROUND OUR SOCIETY? HOW DISRESPECTFUL SOMETIMES CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE ARE? HOW THEY EVEN DO NOT SHOW RESPECT TO THOSE, WHO NOT ONLY ARE OLDER, BUT THOSE WHO ARE MUCH OLDER? HOW IN FACT, NOT ONLY DO THEY NOT SHOW RESPECT THEY SHOW A DISRESPECT AND DISREGARD FOR EVEN THOSE WHO ARE IN AUTHORITY OR THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN GIVEN RIGHT OVER THEM. WELL, THINK ABOUT THAT FOR A MOMENT. THE QUESTION I WOULD ASK IS - WHERE DID THEY LEARN THAT? OR SHOULD I SAY - WHERE DID THEY NOT LEARN IT? WELL, WE MIGHT SAY THAT THEY LEARNED IT MOST LIKELY FROM THEIR PARENTS. PERHAPS THEIR PARENTS ARE DISRESPECTFUL. DO NOT SHOW HONOR TO THOSE IN AUTHORITY OVER THEM. MAYBE THEY ALWAYS HEAR THEIR PARENTS BASHING THE GOVERNMENT. MAYBE THEY ALWAYS HEAR THEIR PARENTS BASHING THEIR BOSSES AND EMPLOYEES AND REALLY TALKING ABOUT EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING IN A NEGATIVE WAY. ARE WE SURPRISED THAT OUR CHILDREN WOULD DO THE SAME IF RAISED IN SUCH A WAY? BUT NOT ONLY THAT - BUT MAYBE THE CHILDREN ARE ALLOWED BY THEIR PARENTS TO BE DISRESPECTFUL. AND SO WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THE PARENT TELLS THE CHILD TO DO SOMETHING AND THE CHILD DOES NOT OBEY AND THEN THE PARENT DOES NOTHING TO PUNISH THEM. WELL, IS IT ANY STRANGE THING THEN WHEN THE CHILD GOES TO SCHOOL AND IS DISRESPECTFUL TO THE TEACHER AND THE CHILD DOES NOT OBEY THE RULES AT SCHOOL? IS THERE ANY STRANGE THING THAT A CHILD WHO HAS NOT BEEN TAUGHT TO OBEY AND HONOR IN THE HOME WILL NOT OBEY AND HONOR IN RESPECT TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF GOD IN THE WORLD? BRETHERN, ARE WE NOT TO BE PEOPLE WHO ARE CONSISTENT PEOPLE? WHO ARE TO SHOW LOVE AND RESPECT AND HONOR AND GOODNESS AND KINDNESS AND GENTLENESS AND MERCY AND GRACE? ALL THESE THINGS TO ALL OF OUR FELLOW MAN. SHOULD, WE AS PARENTS, NOT TEACH OUR CHILDREN SO THAT THEY'LL NOT ONLY UNDERSTAND AND KNOW BUT SHOULDN'T WE ALSO DISCIPLINE OUR CHILDREN TO COMPREHEND THAT THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE OBEDIENT TO US AS PARENTS? YES! BUT ALSO TO SHOW HONOR AND RESPECT TO US AS PARENTS. IF THEY DON'T LEARN IT AT HOME THEY'RE NOT GOING TO PRACTICE IT IN SOCIETY! BUT THERE MIGHT BE ANOTHER ELEMENT I WOULD SUGGEST - MOMS AND DADS - WOULD YOU THINK IT'S ALSO A PROBLEM SOMETIMES THAT CHILDREN DON'T SHOW OBEDIENCE FOR OTHERS INCLUDING THEIR PARENTS OR HONOR BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEE THAT AT HOME? THEY DON'T SEE THAT WITH OTHER SIBLINGS AND THEY DON'T SEE THAT WITH THEIR PARENTS. <br> <br>

      WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED SO FAR ABOUT THE ROLE OF HUSBANDS AND WIVES? THAT WIVES ARE TO DO WHAT? TO BE OBEDIENT TO THE HUSBAND WHO IS HEAD OF THE WIFE. BUT WHAT TYPE OF A CHILD IS GOING TO LEARN OBEDIENCE IN RESPECT TO THE FACT THAT A MOTHER OR A WIFE NEVER IS OBEDIENT TO WHAT THE HUSBAND MAKES REQUEST OF. AND NOW I'M NOT FORGETTING THE LOVE THAT THE HUSBAND SETS THE STANDARD THAT THE HUSBAND SETS, THE SAVIOR OF THE BODY, THE PROVIDER OF THE BODY - I'M TALKING ABOUT IN A HOME THAT IS FUNCTIONING. WHERE THE MAN IS A LOVING, GOOD HUSBAND AND FATHER. BUT YET THEN THE WIFE IS NOT RESPECTFUL AND OBEDIENT TO WHAT IT IS THAT THE HUSBAND MAKES REQUEST OF OR ASKED THE WIFE TO DO. AND SO THEREFORE, THE CHILD HAS NOT LEARNED OBEDIENCE. AND THEN THEY SEE A LACK OF HONOR OR RESPECT BETWEEN PARENTS. THE PARENTS ARE ALWAYS ARGUING AND FUSSING AND FIGHTING AND NEVER AGREEING AND ALWAYS AT EACH OTHER'S THROATS. AND THEN WE'RE WONDERING WHY THE CHILD WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO HONOR OR RESPECT OTHERS WHILE THE CHILD GOES OUT WITH NEIGHBORHOOD CHILDREN AND MAYBE EVEN WANTS TO HIT THEM OR ARGUE WITH THEM OR DO THINGS THAT IS DISRESPECTFUL TO OTHERS OF EVEN THEIR OWN PEERS. <br> <br>

      YOU SEE BRETHREN - YOU SEE FRIENDS, WE MUST UNDERSTAND THAT THE RESPONSIBILITY AS PARENTS TO SHOW FORTH THE EXAMPLES THAT GOD WANTS SO THAT WE MIGHT, IN THE LORD, DO WHAT GOD ASKS OF US AND THAT WE MIGHT ACCORDING TO WHAT PLEASES GOD BE FAITHFUL AS HUSBANDS AND FATHERS AND WIVES AND MOTHERS. SO THAT THEN OUR CHILDREN AS THEY LEARN BY, NOT ONLY TEACHING AND COMMANDMENT, THE AUTHORITY OF THE LORD. BUT AS THEY LEARN BY EXAMPLE MIGHT KNOW EXACTLY OF WHAT IT MEANS WHEN WE OBEY THOSE WHO HAVE AUTHORITY OVER US. THAT OUR CHILDREN MIGHT KNOW ONCE AGAIN CLEARLY BY EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO SHOW HONOR AND RISK THAT FOR OTHERS. ISN'T THAT SIMPLY EVEN WHAT THE GOLDEN RULE INDICATES THAT JESUS SPOKE IN MATTHEW CHAPTER 7 IN VERSE 12? ARE WE NOT EVEN IN A GENERAL SENSE TO DO GOOD TO OTHERS OR TO BE KIND TO OTHERS BECAUSE THE BIBLE SAYS BASED ON HOW WE TREAT OTHERS IS HOW WE'RE GOING TO BE TREATED? YOU SEE, IS THAT NOT TRUE IN THE HOME? IS THAT NOT SOMETHING THAT WE LEARNED ACCORDING TO THE WILL OF GOD IN THE HOME? AND THAT WE CAN BE BENEFITED FROM KNOWING, THAT IF WE WILL TEACH OUR CHILDREN TO OBEY US AND TO HONOR AND RESPECT US, THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BE PRODUCTIVE IN RELATIONSHIP TO THEIR PART THAT THEY PLAY IN SOCIETY. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO BE ASSETS WITHIN SOCIETY. THEY'LL BE ABLE TO SHOW THE HONOR AND THE RESPECT AND THE KINDNESS AND GENTLENESS AND LOVE AND ALL THOSE GODLY CHARACTERISTICS THAT THEY NEED TO - FOR THEY LEARNED THOSE THINGS AND HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED IN THOSE THINGS BY THEIR PARENTS FROM THE WILL OF GOD ITSELF. AND THEY HAVE LEARNED THESE THINGS AS THEY'VE SEEN IT PRACTICED BY THOSE THEY LOOK UP TO THE MOST. AND I MIGHT ENCOURAGE US AS PARENTS TO REALIZE THAT. OUR CHILDREN LOOK UP TO US. THEY'RE GOING TO LEARN TO SPEAK LIKE US AND ACT LIKE US AND DO THE THINGS THAT WE DO AND SAY THE THINGS THAT WE SAY - AND THEREFORE, MAY WE ALWAYS SHOW FORTH TO GOD'S GLORY WHAT IT IS THAT HE REQUIRES ACCORDING TO HIS WILL. AND THEREFORE, I ASK YOU THE QUESTION - WILL YOU TEACH YOUR CHILDREN TO OBEY AND TO HONOR YOU THAT THEY MIGHT OBEY AND HONOR THOSE IN AUTHORITY THROUGHOUT THE WORLD? BUT ALSO, MAY I CHALLENGE YOU AS YOUNG PEOPLE AND CHILDREN TODAY - DO YOU HONOR YOUR PARENTS? DO YOU SHOW RESPECT TO MOM AND DAD? AND DO YOU OBEY THEM IN RELATIONSHIP TO WHAT IS PLEASING TO GOD AND REQUIRED BY YOUR CREATOR THAT YOU MIGHT, AS VERSE THREE OF EPHESIANS 6 SAYS, “’MIGHT LIVE LONG ON THIS EARTH AND THAT THINGS MIGHT BE WELL WITH YOU.’” KNOW - THAT THE FAITHFUL OF ALL AGES ARE ALWAYS REWARDED BY GOD! <br> <br>



CLOSING COMMENTS<br> <br>

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      AS PEOPLE OF GOD, MAY WE TEACH OUR CHILDREN THE NEED THEY HAVE TO BE OBEDIENT IN ALL THINGS.  FOR SUCH IS THE COMMAND OF GOD AND THUS THEY WILL BE FOUND PLEASING IN THE SIGHT OF THEIR CREATOR.<br> <br>