PREACHED:OL,
TEACH
YOUR CHILDREN
INTRODUCTION:
1§ SAT Scores
A. Scholastic Aptitude Test
1. Great focus on scores:
a. Scrutiny, interest, concern
1) Excel because:
a) College scholarship and even entrance!
b) Future success In life!
2§ Another kind of SAT
A. Spiritual Aptitude Test!
1. Same level of scrutiny, interest and
concern?
2. Same desire to excel?
B. Not college entranceheaven!
Not
earthly successeternal!
3§ Great Bible Emphasis
A. Gen 18:19; Prov 22:16; Eph 6:4; II Tim. 1:4,
B. One special passagePsa 78.
1. If we are going to teach our children
effectively, what must we do?
DISCUSSION:
GIVE CAREFUL
ATTENTION, OURSELVES!
A. Give ear, O my people, to my teaching;
incline your ears to the words of my mouth!
1. Preacher calls for attention!
a. Dont sleep through this sermon!
2. CHARLES SPURGEON, Treasury of David:
Shall God speak and his children refuse to hear?
a. Awesome, Sobering Question!
B. If the parents dont incline their ears to
the Word, it is clear that the children wont!
LEARN THE LESSONS OF HISTORY!
A. I will open my mouth in a parable; I
will utter dark sayings from of old, things that we have heard and known!
B. We need to hear over and over the lessons
and warnings that we already know!
1. Gods powerful words and actionsmans
willful ignorance, rebellion and suffering!
a. V 11. They forgot his works
V 18. They
tested God in their heart
V 32. They
still sinned in spite of his wonders
V 42. They did
not remember his power or the day when he redeemed them from the foe
Vs 56,57.
they
tested and rebelled against the Most High God and did not keep his testimonies,
but turned away and acted treacherously like their fathers.
C. If the father does not care about the
spiritual, neither will the children!
BELIEVEFUTURE IN OUR HANDS!
A. Vs 4-8.
1. The past, present and future merge NOW!!
B. Do you realize that you are teaching or
failure to teach the Word of God, affects not one generation, not two
generations but future generations of your family?
C. There is a positive and negative aspect to
teaching the Word:
1. I want my children to set their hope in God
and not forget his word and power, like some in my family that I know have
shown no spiritual interest and reaped a harvest of unfaithfulness in the lives
of their children!
a. The solution
is not putting it off on somebody else to teach your children!
D. Remember! You cannot teach what you dont
believe and practice!
1. V 8.
that they should not be liked
their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation whose heart
was not steadfast and whose spirit was not faithful to God.
ACCEPT THE BIBLE AS ESTABLISHED
LAW AND NOT FICKLED SUGGESTION!
A. V 5. He established a testimony
in Jacob, and appointed a law in
B. But they must see our love for God and his
will in our lives, if they will listen to our instruction!
1. We must respect his law and at the
same time, love his guidance!
AIM IN OUR TEACHING TOWARD AONE
GOAL!
A. V 7.
teach their children
so
that they should set their hope in God and not forget his commandments
B. How? When? Where?
1. Read Deut 6:4-9.
a. Naturally, everyday and everywhere!!
CONCLUSION:
1ŝ SAD AND SOBBERING VERSE!
A. Judges 2:8,9. Joshua the son of
Nun, the servant of the Lord, died at the age of 110 years. And they buried him
within the boundaries of his inheritance in Timnath-heres, in the hill country
of Ephraim, north of the
B. I pray, Brethren, that it will be said of
us:
1. Because of their diligence in teaching
their children the Word of God, and their emphasis on their children teaching
their children, generation after generation arose stronger in faith and
practice than the one that preceded them!