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Introduction
Today is Father’s Day.
History shows that this holiday was began by a young woman named Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, WA.
After listening to a Mother’s Day sermon she wanted to honor her father.
Originally she tried to have the date for the celebration be his birthday, June 5th, but it was pushed back to June 19, 1910.
Miss Dodd wanted to honor he father who had fought in the civil war and raised 6 children after his wife died in childbirth.
Since its inception, Father’s Day has been about honoring Father’s.
It has been about thanking and recognizing the contribution made by Father’s to the lives of their children.
This brings up a problem.
In our day and age Fatherhood is not well respected.
The sexual revolution of the 60’s and 70’s has given rise to large numbers of single mother’s.
Children are being raised without Fathers.
Added to that is the feminist movement shouting that men are not necessary.
In our modern society Father’s are routinely mocked, belittled, and put down.
It is almost impossible to watch a family TV show without seeing the dad portrayed as a selfish, lazy, buffoon!
What this has led to is the withdrawal of men and fathers.
Added to this difficulty is the reality that some fathers have been bad fathers.
There has been abuse, violence, and harm.
What we face today is many fathers who are not present, who are disconnected from their families, and who are abusive.
Brothers and sisters, that is not Biblical.
I believe that many of us father’s have recognized the problems.
We want to be engaged, we want to be involved, but we don’t know how.
How can we be the men, leaders, and fathers that God has called us to be?
Here at Grace Church we believe in the supremacy of Scripture.
We believe that the answer to all of life’s questions can be found right here in this book.
If we want to be the best dads we can be, we must learn how within these pages.
Scripture reveals that the best Dad is three things.
Men, here is your assignment.
It’s only three things.
Before the rest of you go to sleep, know that what we are going to learn applies to all of us.
While I will be speaking primarily to the Father’s, all of us will benefit by putting three truths to practice in our lives.
To be the best Dad, a father must have a vibrant, growing, relationship with Jesus Christ.
That relationship requires time and effort.
When we are close to Jesus, we will be what God has called us to be.
First of all, to be the best dad we must know that…
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A Father Is A Child vv.
1-3
I want to be very clear with this point.
Read it carefully.
It does not say that a father is childish.
Our culture spends far too much time, money, and energy demeaning fathers.
The point is that a father is also a son, he is the child of his parents and the child of God.
How a father treats his own parents teaches his children how to treat him.
A father’s attitude toward God will be directly mirrored in his children.
As we look at this first verse a lesson becomes clear…
a.
To receive obedience, give it v. 1
3 questions come to mind in reading this verse.
1 - Are you a child?
Yes, we all are.
2 - Are you obedient?
It becomes important here to explain what is in view.
While a child is living at home and having needs met by parents that child is expected to obey.
Once the child moves out on their own, this expectation ends.
However, for us as children of God, we will never be free from the necessity to obey Him.
Are you “in the Lord” you need to be His child and walking in obedience to Him or this whole parenting thing breaks down.
3 - Are you “in the Lord”?
You need to be His child and walking in obedience to Him or this whole parenting thing breaks down.
This is vital.
We cannot expect our children to obey us if we are not obeying God! Hear me very carefully.
It only takes one compromise to communicate to our children that obedience is optional!
Now, if sitting here saying “pastor, I have made that compromise”.
Let me tell you what to do.
1st, acknowledge this compromise as sin.
Confess it to God, and know His forgiveness.
2nd, no matter the age of your children, sit them down and confess your sinful compromise.
Explain that you desire to walk with the Lord.
3rd, stop compromising!
If you are here and you are not in the Lord, deal with that right now.
GOSPEL.
If you want your children to obey, you obey God!
As a child, a father must obey.
Show your children how to obey.
Let me broaden the application here.
This goes for moms too.
Your obedience has just as much impact as a father’s does.
Not a mother or father?
That’s ok.
Jesus said that if we love Him, we keep His commandments.
Our obedience indicates our love for God.
Our obedience is something that others see.
We cannot have a healthy relationship with Christ if we are disobedient.
There is a second lesson as we read the next two verses…
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To receive honor, give it vv.
2-3
This is a quotation from .
It is part of the Mosaic Law given to the nation of Israel as they are coming out of Egypt.
With the Law God is kind of setting their identity as a nation.
God wants them to be known as people who honor their parents.
It states here in v. 2 that this is the first commandment with a promise.
The promise is then stated in v. 3.
The command is to honor your father and mother.
There is no time limit on this command.
Honor – τιμάω (timaō) To respect, to show esteem or honor towards.
Honor – τιμάω (timaō)
All of us are children.
All of us are called to honor our parents.
This can be hard.
We began this morning by noting how messed up our society is when it comes to father’s and mother’s.
I am going to give you something very difficult to swallow, ready?
This does not tell us to honor them only when we feel they deserve it.
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