Sermon Outline
- Ephesians 6:4 A Father’s Heart
- Carrying on the Analogy
- God as Father (Eph 6:4)
- Train up (Heb 12:11, 2Tim 3:16)
- Instruction (1Cor 10:11, Tit 3:10)
- These two words taken together, instruct, command, the parents to ensure that good behavior is taught and bad behavior is pointed out and corrected.
- We must discipline (Dt 8:5, Jer 30:11, Prov 3:12, Heb 12:8-10, Mt 7:13-14)
- The Basics of God the Father
- He is the creator (Dt 32:6, Jer 31:9)
- Provider of what I need for Body and Soul (HC26, Mt 6:25-26)
- Turns all things to my good (Rom 8:28)
- Faithful (Dt 7:9, 32:4)
- Dt has one of the best descriptions of faithfulness.
- One of the fastest ways to exasperate a child is to be faithless.
- Loving (Ps 103:13, 2Cor 1:3, Isa 63:15-16)
- Compassionate
- Tenderness
- A Child that doesn’t know these basic things about God – His Creating, providing, faithfully redeeming love – will have a hard time being brought up in the Lord. Fathers, it is your job to teach them in word and deed.
- The Father’s relationship to the Son
- Models the Life for his Son to live (Jn 5:19-20)
- Educate your children, as the Father trained his son.
- Family Worship – daily.
- Teachable moments (Dt 6:4-9)
- Share testimony (Ps 78:4)
- Educate your children, as the Father trained his son.
- Expressed his Love for the Son (2Pt 1:17)
- Loved the Son
- Models the Life for his Son to live (Jn 5:19-20)
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