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Being a Father

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Being a Father

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  1. Being a Father

  2. Being a Father

  3. "Children, obey your parents • (Eph 6:1-3 NKJV) "Children, obey your parents in the Lord,for this is right. {2} "Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with promise: {3} "that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth."

  4. Father’s Must Require the Honor • (Eph 6:4 NKJV) "And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord."

  5. A Father’s Gift • Jim Valvano said, My father gave me the greatest gift anyone could give another person, he believed in me.

  6. The Father must require obedience • Eph 6:1 "Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

  7. Eli is a Failure as a father • (1 Samuel 3:10-15 NKJV) "Now the LORD came and stood and called as at other times, "Samuel! Samuel!" And Samuel answered, "Speak, for Your servant hears." (11) Then the LORD said to Samuel: "Behold, I will do something in Israel at which both ears of everyone who hears it will tingle.(12) "In that day I will perform against Eli all that I have spoken concerning his house, from beginning to end.

  8. Eli is a Failure as a father • (1 Samuel 3:10-15 NKJV) (13) "For I have told him that I will judge his house forever for the iniquity which he knows, because his sons made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them. (14) "And therefore I have sworn to the house of Eli that the iniquity of Eli's house shall not be atoned for by sacrifice or offering forever.” . . .

  9. Eli is a Failure as a father • (1 Samuel 3:10-15 NKJV) (15) So Samuel lay down until morning, and opened the doors of the house of the LORD. And Samuel was afraid to tell Eli the vision."

  10. Saying “No” was not enough! • (1 Samuel 2:22-24 NKJV) "Now Eli was very old; and he heard everything his sons did to all Israel, and how they lay with the women who assembled at the door of the tabernacle of meeting. (23) So he said to them, "Why do you do such things? For I hear of your evil dealings from all the people. (24) "No, my sons!For it is not a good report that I hear. You make the Lord's people transgress.

  11. The Father is Spiritual Leader • (Eph 6:4 NKJV) "And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord."

  12. Lead by example • Clarence Budington Kelland said of his father, “He didn’t tell me how to live; he lived, and let me watch him do it.”

  13. Lead by example • (Mat 18:6-10 NKJV) ""But whoever causes one of these little ones who believe in Me to sin, it would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were drowned in the depth of the sea. {7} "Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes! . . .

  14. Lead by example • (Mat 18:6-10 NKJV) {10} "Take heed that you do not despise one of these little ones, for I say to you that in heaven their angels always see the face of My Father who is in heaven."

  15. Turn The hearts of the fathers • (Mal 4:5-6 NKJV) "Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet Before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD. {6} And he will turn The hearts of the fathers to the children,And the hearts of the children to their fathers, Lest I come and strike the earth with a curse.""

  16. Act Like Men! • (1 Cor 16:13 NKJV) Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong.

  17. Act Like Men! • (1 Cor 16:13 NKJV) Watch, stand fast in the faith, be brave, be strong. • (1 Cor 16:13 NIV) Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be men of courage; be strong.

  18. Philip Whitmore said. . . • Any fool can be a Father, but it takes a real man to be a Daddy!!

  19. Don’t forget love. • (1 Cor 16:14 NIV) Do everything in love

  20. A Christian Home • (Eph 5:25-33 NKJV) "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, {26} that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word, {27} that He might present her to Himself a glorious church, not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing, but that she should be holy and without blemish.

  21. A Christian Home • (Eph 5:25-33 NKJV) {28} So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies;he who loves his wife loves himself. . . . {33} Nevertheless let each one of you in particular so love his own wife as himself, and let the wife see that she respects her husband."

  22. Faithful Children • (3 John 1:4 NIV) I have no greater joy than to hear that my children are walking in the truth.

  23. Our Father in heaven • (Mat 6:9 NKJV) "In this manner, therefore, pray: Our Father in heaven, Hallowed be Your name.

  24. Our Fathers • Our fathers are to provide for our food, clothing, and shelter.

  25. Our Fathers • Our fathers are to provide for our food, clothing, and shelter. • They provide love, help and encouragement.

  26. Our Fathers • Our fathers are to provide for our food, clothing, and shelter. • They provide love, help and encouragement. • They provide us with instruction and guidance.

  27. Our Fathers • Our fathers are to provide for our food, clothing, and shelter. • They provide love, help and encouragement. • They provide us with instruction and guidance. • If they are harsh, or uncaring, they reflect upon God, whether they intend to or not.

  28. Today we have talked about our earthly fathers.

  29. Today we have talked about our earthly fathers. • What about your heavenly Father?

  30. Today we have talked about our earthly fathers. • What about your heavenly Father? • How do you relate to Him?

  31. Being a Father

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