“And, ye fathers, provoke not your children

to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture

and admonition of the Lord.” Eph. 6:4

Abraham - Gen. 17:15-17 Abraham - 100 Sarah - 90

IsaacAbraham was a good fatherTest – Gen. 22:1-12 Offer sonHeb.11:17 “By faith Abraham”

Deut.6:6 "And these words which I

command you today shall be in your heart.

7. You shall teach them diligently to your

children, and shall talk of them when you sit

in your house, when you walk by the way,

when you lie down, and when you rise up.

Eph. 5:22-25Love his wife as Christ loved churchLove his wife as he loves his bodyBe one flesh with his wife

The wifeSubmit as unto the Lord – Col.3:18Subject to their husband – 1 Pet.3:1

Eccl. 12:13 “Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man.

14. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.

Malachi 4:5-6 “Behold, I will send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and dreadful day of the LORD:

6. And he shall turn the heart of the fathers to the children, and the heart of the children to their fathers, lest I come and smite the earth with a curse.”

John the Baptist – Lk.1:17Reconcile in the Lord

Adam turned his heart awayCain followed

God sent his son to reconcile all

John the Baptist came to “to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.”

Luke 1:17

Whole family punishedJoshua 7 Achan

2 Cor. 5:10 “that every one may receive the things done in his body”

Jesus would have been a great father

Complete Obedience to His Father

Phil. 2:7-8Made in likeness of menHumbled himselfObedient unto death

Heb. 5:8-9Learned obedienceAuthor of salvation

Sermon by Arthur Pigman

Evans Church of Christ

515 Gibbs Road

Evans, Ga. 30809

706-855-1249

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Sunday Morning June 15, 2014