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The Family & the Home

Learn about the key roles, responsibilities, and attitudes that fathers should have towards their children in parenting. Explore biblical principles and practical advice for fathers to lead, guide, provide, protect, correct, and love their children effectively.

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The Family & the Home

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  1. The Family & the Home Lesson 6: The Role of the Man

  2. Marriage & Family Roles (review) Marriage and family responsibilities can be identified in three ways… • One’s role • One’s responsibility • One’s attitude

  3. The Father: His Responsibility • His spiritual responsibility to his children: • Teach them God’s word (Gen. 18:19; Deut. 6:6-9; Psa. 78:5-7; Prov. 1:8; 6:20; 13:1; 23:24) • Lead them to serve the Lord (Josh. 24:15) • Bring them up (nurture) in the chastening (child training) and admonition (warn, put to mind) of the Lord (Eph. 6:4; Lk. 2:52)

  4. The Father: His Responsibility • His spiritual responsibility to his children: • Lead them in the Lord’s work (Neh. 3:12; 1 Cor. 16:15) • Set the right example for them (Deut. 18:19; 1 K. 22:43, 52-53; Prov. 17:6; 20:7; 1 Pet. 1:18; 1 Jn. 2:13-14) • Remember that God gave them to you (Gen. 33:5; Psa. 127:3)

  5. The Father: His Responsibility • His spiritual responsibility to his children: • Pray for them (1 Chron. 29:18-19)

  6. The Father: His Responsibility • His physical responsibility to his children: • Lay up an inheritance for them (Prov. 13:22; 19:14; 2 Cor. 12:14) • Work to provide for them (Gen. 3:19; Eph. 4:28; 1 Thess. 4:11-12; 1 Tim. 5:8) • Physically protect them (Neh. 4:14)

  7. The Father: His Responsibility • His corrective responsibility to his children: • Instruct them and correct them (Prov. 3:12; 13:24; 19:18; 22:15; 23:13-14; 29:15, 17, 19; Heb. 12:7-11) • Cause them to obey (Prov. 15:5; Eph. 6:1; Phil. 2:22; Col. 3:20; 1 Tim. 3:4-5)

  8. The Father: His Attitude • His attitude toward his children: • Do not provoke them or discourage them (Eph. 6:4; Col. 3:21) • Be loving (Psa. 103:13; Lk. 11:11-13) • Be forgiving (Lk. 15:20) • Be encouraging (1 Thess. 2:11)

  9. The Father: His Attitude How does a father “provoke” a child? By… • Setting impossible goals, then punishing them; forcing a child to be an adult • Playing favorites, double standards, unfavorable comparisons • Refusing to reward their good; withholding praise; they are never good enough

  10. The Father: His Attitude How does a father “provoke” a child? By… • Constantly being negative • Living your life through them, forcing them to do what you want (in areas of opinion) • Ignoring sincere questions or conversation • Breaking trust or promises

  11. The Father: His Attitude How does a father “provoke” a child? By… • Being absent from their lives • Giving unreasonable / inconsistent punishment • Making light of their true problems • Over controlling or under controlling • Living inconsistently before them

  12. Father Figure or Father Failure? • Some are absent from their children’s lives or indifferent to their real needs • Some are too busy with their work or hobbies to care for their children • Some are unwilling to pay the price for godly fatherhood; let someone else do it • Some are selfish and worldly and show their children how to be the same

  13. Review Questions 1. What role does the father have in parenting? 2. What are the responsibilities of the father to his children? 3. What attitudes must the father have toward his children?

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