I AM FATHERED

1 At kayo'y binuhay Niya, nang kayo'y mga patay dahil sa inyong mga pagsalangsang at mga kasalanan, 2 na inyong nilakaran noong una ayon sa lakad ng sanglibutang ito, ayon sa pangulo ng mga kapangyarihan ng hangin, ng espiritu na ngayon ay gumagawa sa mga anak ng pagsuway;

EPHESIANS 6:1-9

1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 "Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 "that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land."

EPHESIANS 6:1-9

4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. 5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with fear and trembling, with a sincere heart, as you would Christ,

EPHESIANS 6:1-9

6 not by the way of eye-service, as people-pleasers, but as servants of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart,7 rendering service with a good will as to the Lord and not to man,

EPHESIANS 6:1-9

8 knowing that whatever good anyone does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether he is a slave or free. 9 Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that He who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with Him.

BIBLICAL FATHERING

GOD’S PROMISE TO DAVID

GOD’S PROMISE TO DAVID

2 SAMUEL 7:12-16

12 When your days are fulfilled and you lie down with your fathers, I will raise up your offspring after you, who shall come from your body, and I will establish his kingdom. 13 He shall build a house for My name, and I will establish the throne of his kingdom forever.

2 SAMUEL 7:12-16

14 I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to Me a son. When he commits iniquity, I will discipline him with the rod of men, with the stripes of the sons of men, 15 but my steadfast love will not depart from him, as I took it from Saul, whom I put away from before you.

2 SAMUEL 7:12-16

16 And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before Me. Your throne shall be established forever.

GOD’S PROMISE TO DAVID

EXAMPLE OF JESUS

JOHN 5:19-2019 So Jesus said to them, "Truly, truly, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of His own accord, but only what He sees the Father doing. For whatever the Father does, that the Son does likewise. 20 For the Father loves the Son and shows Him all that He Himself is doing. And greater works than these will He show Him, so that you may marvel.

CHILDREN

EPHESIANS 6:1-3

1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 "Honor your father and mother" (this is the first commandment with a promise), 3 "that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land."

DEUTERONOMY 5:16

16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God commanded you, that your days may be long, and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

FATHERS

EPHESIANS 6:4

4 Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

DEPOSITS AND WITHDRAWALS

MOM AND DAD NEED TO AGREE TO INTEGRATE INSTRUCTION.

DEUTERONOMY 6:7-97 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. 8 You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 9 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

The Lord will “father” the parents first, so parents can do

likewise to children.

LUKE 6:40

40 A disciple is not above his teacher, but everyone when he is fully trained will be like his teacher.

EXCUSES OF CULTURE

2 TIMOTHY 3:1-2

1 But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. 2 For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,

2 TIMOTHY 4:3-4

3 For the time is coming when people will not endure sound teaching, but having itching ears they will accumulate for themselves teachers to suit their own passions, 4 and will turn away from listening to the truth and wander off into myths.

FATHERS BEAR PRIMARY

RESPONSIBILITY

PSALM 103:8-14

8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. 9 He will not always chide, nor will He keep His anger forever. 10 He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities.

PSALM 103:8-14

11 For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His steadfast love toward those who fear Him; 12 as far as the east is from the west, so far does He remove our transgressions from us.

PSALM 103:8-14

13 As a father shows compassion to his children, so the LORD shows compassion to those who fear Him. 14 For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust.

BEING EMOTIONALLY

ABSENT

MATTHEW 28:20

20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."

JOHN 14:16

16 And I will ask the Father, and He will give you another Helper, to be with you forever,

JOHN 14:18

18 "I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you.

PUBLIC HUMILIATION AND

CRITICISM

HEBREW 12:2

2 looking to Jesus, the Founder and Perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is seated at the right hand of the throne of God.

BEING NO FUN

MATTHEW 9:10

10 And as Jesus reclined at table in the house, behold, many tax collectors and sinners came and were reclining with Jesus and His disciples.

NOT GENEROUS

PROVERBS 19:17

17 Whoever is generous to the poor lends to the LORD, and He will repay him for his deed.

LACKING REPENTANCE

1 TIMOTHY 4:16

16 Keep a close watch on yourself and on the teaching. Persist in this, for by so doing you will save both yourself and your hearers.

BEING A GOOD MODEL MEANS

BEING INVOLVED

MARK 6:56

56 And wherever He came, in villages, cities, or countryside, they laid the sick in the marketplaces and implored Him that they might touch even the fringe of His garment. And as many as touched it were made well.

PRACTICING GODLINESS

1 TIMOTHY 4:8

8 for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.

SACRED HONOR

2 SAMUEL 7:16

16 And your house and your kingdom shall be made sure forever before Me. Your throne shall be established forever.

I AM FATHERED BY GOD SO I CAN DO LIKEWISE TO

PRECIOUS PEOPLE THAT HE COMMITS TO MY CARE.