1 / 87

Home & Work

In this passage from Ephesians 6:1-9, children are encouraged to obey and honor their parents, while parents are reminded not to provoke their children. The passage also addresses the relationship between slaves and masters, emphasizing the importance of obedience and mutual respect. This text language highlights the significance of obeying and honoring parents, the promise of a long and blessed life, and the importance of providing discipline and instruction in the Lord.

brendaj
Download Presentation

Home & Work

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Home & Work Ephesians 6:1-9

  2. Ephesians 6:1-9 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), that it may be well with you, and that you may live long

  3. Ephesians 6:1-9 on the earth. And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord. Slaves, be obedient to those who are your masters according to the

  4. Ephesians 6:1-9 flesh, with fear and trembling, in the sincerity of your heart, as to Christ; not by way of eyeservice, as men-pleasers, but as slaves of Christ, doing the will of God from the heart.

  5. Ephesians 6:1-9 With good will render service, as to the Lord, and not to men, knowing that whatever good thing each one does, this he will receive back from the Lord, whether slave or free.

  6. Ephesians 6:1-9 And, masters, do the same things to them, and give up threatening, knowing that both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no partiality with Him.

  7. A marriage that is built upon Jesus Christ provides the best environment for children to thrive.

  8. First comes love,then comes marriage,then comes ________with a baby carriage.

  9. Maybe not in today’s world!

  10. It seems like many things are out of order or upside down.

  11. In today’s world we often have yours, mine, and ours.

  12. Nonetheless,the bible still says…

  13. “Children, obey your parents in the lord, for this is right.”

  14. A family should only have one set of rules.

  15. Everybody in the family should obey the same set of rules.

  16. To “Obey” in the greek

  17. G5219ὑπακούωhupakouō / hoop-ak-oo'-oto hear under (as a subordinate), that is, to listen attentively; by implication to heed or conform to a command or authority: hearken, be obedient to, obey.

  18. In the Lord

  19. For this is right

  20. Ephesians 6:2-3 Honor your father and mother (which is the first commandment with a promise), that it may be well with you, and that you may live long on the earth.

  21. To “honor” in the greek

  22. G5091τιμάωtimaō / tim-ah'-oto prize, that is, fix a valuation upon; by implication to revere: honor, value.

  23. The first commandment with a promise.

  24. Paul is quoting one of the big ten.

  25. Exodus 20:12 Honor your father and your mother, that your days may be prolonged in the land which the Lord your God gives you.

  26. What is the promise or the cause and effect?

  27. When my parents train me to do what is righteous…

  28. And I choose to honor them and obey them…

  29. I have positioned myself for a long and blessed life.

  30. But if I choose not to honor or obey them…

  31. deuteronomy 21:18-21 If any man has a stubborn and rebellious son who will not obey his father or his mother, and when they chastise him, he will not even listen to them, then his father and mother shall seize him, and bring

  32. deuteronomy 21:18-21 him out to the elders of his city at the gateway of his hometown. They shall say to the elders of his city, “This son of ours is stubborn and rebellious, he will not obey us, he is a glutton and a drunkard.”

  33. deuteronomy 21:18-21 Then all the men of the city shall stone him to death; so you shall remove the evil from your midst, and all Israel will hear of it and fear.

  34. I may not live very long.

  35. Back to Ephesians

  36. Ephesians 6:4 And, fathers, do not provoke your children to anger; but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

  37. Do not provoke your children to anger.

  38. G3949παροργίζωparorgizō / par-org-id'-zoto anger alongside, that is, enrage: - anger, provoke to wrath.

  39. But bring them up

  40. G1625ἐκτρέφωektrephō / ek-tref'-oto rear up to maturity, that is, (generally) to cherish or train: - bring up, nourish.

  41. In the discipline

  42. G3809παιδείαpaideia / pahee-di'-ahtutorage, that is, education or training; by implication disciplinary correction: - chastening, chastisement, instruction, nurture.

  43. And instruction

  44. G3559νουθεσίαnouthesia / noo-thes-ee'-ahcalling attention to, that is, (by implication) mild rebuke or warning: - admonition.

  45. Of the lord!

  46. Be consistent

  47. Mean what you say and do what you say.

  48. Remember, there’s only one set of rules for the entire family.

  49. God’s

  50. As we go back to look at verses 5-9, god simply wants us to treat everybody the same.

More Related