A good way to preach on Fathers Day, amen?
We see over and over that Jesus has what He has only because of His Father - and that is to be used as a witness, and example and a testimony to the world. We then see that Jesus wants to give to His 'children' all that His Father has given to Him.
To be like the children of darkness?
There is a generation that
curseth their father, and doth not bless their mother.
There is a generation that
are pure in their own eyes, and yet is not washed from their filthiness.
There is a generation, O
how lofty are their eyes! and their eyelids are lifted up.
There is a generation, whose
teeth are as swords, and their jaw teeth as knives,
to devour the poor from off
the earth, and the needy from among men.
Proverbs 30:11-14
To be like their dads were in their
unsaved days?
And might not be as
their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation;
a generation that set not
their heart aright,
and whose spirit was not
stedfast with God.
Psalm 78:8
To live a shortened life?
Children, obey your parents
in the Lord: for this is right.
Honour thy father and mother;
(which is the first commandment with promise;)
That it may be well with
thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.
Ephesians 6:1-3
Rebel against dad's nurturing and
admonition of the Lord (Eph
6:4)?
Hear, O heavens, and give
ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken,
I have nourished and brought
up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Isaiah 1:2
An adult that has forsaken the Lord
and even provoke Him to anger?
Ah sinful nation, a people
laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters:
they have forsaken the LORD,
they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger,
they are gone away backward.
Isaiah 1:4
An adult that will be replenished
from the east and from soothsayers?
(Psychology - New Bible Versions,
etc. to please their self!)
Therefore thou hast forsaken
thy people the house of Jacob,
because they be replenished
from the east, and are soothsayers like the Philistines,
and they please themselves
in the children of strangers.
Isaiah 2:6
Even as children, already ruling the house and getting
what they want?
Note: In all reality, they are destroying their own family!
And I will give children
to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.
Isaiah 3:4
As for my people, children
are their oppressors, and women rule over them.
O my people, they which lead
thee cause thee to err,
and destroy the way of thy
paths.
Isaiah 3:12
Do you want your children to grow
up not knowing the Lord,
in what ever manner or level of
closeness?
Wherefore I was grieved with
that generation, and said,
They do alway err in their
heart; and they have not known my ways.
Hebrews 3:10
Do we want our children to be smart
in the wrong things
and dumb in the right things?
Ever learning, and never
able to come to the knowledge of the truth.
II Timothy 3:7
"No way!" amen?
but yet I would have you
wise unto that which is good, and simple concerning evil.
Romans 16:19
We want for our children,
the same things that God has given us...
And
I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it:
that
the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.
vs 26
The Scriptures!
By the means of the scriptures,
we have the opportunity to be perfect (vs
21)
All
scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: That the
man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
II Tim 3:16,17
But the God of all grace,
who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus,
after that ye have suffered
a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.
I Peter 5:10
Let's guide our children down
God's way!
Lets give our children a buckler!
Lets give our children The Rock
from God - not the rock from Satan!
As for God, his way is perfect:
the word of the LORD is tried:
he is a buckler to all those
that trust in him.
For who is God save the LORD?
or who is a rock save our God?
It is God that girdeth me
with strength, and maketh my way perfect.
Psalm 18:30-32
Lets give our children the counsel
of God and the thoughts of His heart!
The counsel of the LORD standeth
for ever,
the thoughts of his heart
to all generations.
Psalm 33:11
Lets give our children His Name!
(that's another study/sermon about His Name!)
I will make thy name to be
remembered in all generations:
therefore shall the people
praise thee for ever and ever.
Psalm 45:17
Lets give our children God's
strength and protection from an enemy
that will be their enemy their
entire life!
Mark ye well her bulwarks,
consider her palaces;
that ye may tell it to the
generation following.
Psalm 48:13
If we give our children the right
stuff - maybe they will give it to their children!
That the generation to come
might know them,
even the children which should
be born;
who should arise and declare
them to their children:
Psalm 78:6
We can be our children's their
example in giving 'thanks' to God!
So we thy people and sheep
of thy pasture will give thee thanks for ever:
we will shew forth thy praise
to all generations.
Psalm 79:13
Do our children hear us praise
the Lord for His strength and wonderful works?
We will not hide them from
their children,
shewing to the generation
to come the praises of the LORD,
and his strength, and his
wonderful works that he hath done.
Psalm 78:4
One generation shall praise
thy works to another, and shall declare thy mighty acts.
Psalm 145:4
Grandpa - this is where you
can come in, for sure!
Now also when I am old and
grayheaded, O God, forsake me not;
until I have shewed thy strength
unto this generation,
and thy power to every one
that is to come.
Psalm 71:18
We can tell our children of God's
mercies, his truth and of His faithfulness!
I will sing of the mercies
of the LORD for ever:
with my mouth will I make
known thy faithfulness to all generations.
Psalm 89:1
For the LORD is good; his
mercy is everlasting;
and his truth endureth to
all generations.
Psalm 100:5
Let our children see how we live
IN the Lord!
The closer we are to the Lord,
maybe they will want to be there, too!
There is joy, peace, righteousness,
etc. there - if we show it!
LORD, thou hast been our
dwelling place in all generations.
Psalm 90:1
Let our kids know that God always
WILL BE...
...regardless of the new laws coming
up and most people not even wanting believe in Him!
But thou, O LORD, shalt endure
for ever; and thy remembrance unto all generations.
Psalm 102:12
We must show our children that
being in God's family is a blessing!
His seed shall be mighty
upon earth:
the generation of the upright
shall be blessed.
Psalm 112:2
And of most importance, we must
leave our children the WORDS OF GOD!
Do they know all the 'places' and
'evidences' that prove the KJV is the 'one and only'??
The words of the LORD are
pure words:
as silver tried in a furnace
of earth, purified seven times.
Thou shalt keep them, O LORD,
thou shalt preserve them
from this generation for ever.
Psalm 12:6,7
Out of that Book will come your
child's salvation & righteousness!
For the moth shall eat them
up like a garment,
and the worm shall eat them
like wool:
but my righteousness shall
be for ever,
and my salvation from generation
to generation.
Isaiah 51:8
Let's not leave our children the ways of the heathen -
a culture - the customs of the people!
Lets not leave our children psychology and the foolish
wisdom of man!
Let's not leave our children with the false belief or
desire in visions!
Let's not leave our kids looking for signs and wonders!
Let's not leave our kids looking for the anti-christ!
Let's leave them with the spirit of God - the sword
of the Spirit!
The King James Bible
Nothing else and No-one else!
Then you will have led your child closer toward being
perfect in Christ Jesus.
God will take care of the rest!
Whom we preach, warning
every man,
and teaching every man in
all wisdom;
that we may present every
man perfect in Christ Jesus:
Colossians 1:28