Building Strong Families: Children

Building Strong Families: Children (Ephesians 6:1–3)

Introduction:

The Children’s Responsibility to Parents:

1) The Responsibility Stated and Affirmed (vs. 1)

“Children obey your parents in the Lord…”

Romans 1:28…29–32; 2 Timothy 3:2

Proverbs 15:5

Proverbs 1:7, 8; 10:2

“…for this is right.”

Colossians 3:20 (Ephesians 5:10, 17)

1 Peter 3:12; Hosea 14:9

2) The Responsibility Justified and Rewarded (vss. 2–3)

“Honor your father and mother…” (See Exodus 20:12; Deuteronomy 5:16)

Proverbs 13:1; 31:1

John 5:23

Matthew 15:1–9

Exodus 21:17; Leviticus 20:9; Deuteronomy 21:18–21

Proverbs 30:17

“…so that it may be well with you, and that you may live long in the land.”

John 12:26

Acts 2:38–39; 2 Corinthians 7:1

Matthew 25:21, 23; Mark 14:7

Leviticus 26:3–6 (cf. Deut 27–28); Deuteronomy 30:15–20