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Sharpen Your Children. Parents have a duty to raise their children in the Lord, Eph. 6:4 To save their souls To save our souls Pass on the faith. Sharpen Your Children. Too many are falling short Some utterly failing Others struggling Determine to turn it around. Sharpen Your Children.
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Sharpen Your Children • Parents have a duty to raise their children in the Lord, Eph. 6:4 • To save their souls • To save our souls • Pass on the faith
Sharpen Your Children • Too many are falling short • Some utterly failing • Others struggling • Determine to turn it around
Sharpen Your Children Duty of Parents Love the Lord In Truth
Sharpen Your Children Duty of Parents • Moses was raised to believe in God & His promises • Secular, Acts 7:21, 22 • Spiritual, Ex. 2:9-12; Heb. 11:23-27
Sharpen Your Children Duty of Parents • Timothy was raised to have faith • From childhood, 2 Tim. 3:14, 15 • By mother & grandmother, 2 Tim. 1:5
Sharpen Your Children Duty of Parents • We cannot rely on the church • to raise our children in the Lord • Fathers, not churches, Eph. 6:4 • Church not as strong as a family can be
Sharpen Your Children Love the Lord • We must keep the commands, Deut. 6:1-3 • Know them, Acts 17:11 • Live them, Jas. 1:22 • Teach them, 2 Tim. 2:2
Sharpen Your Children Love the Lord • All heart, soul, strength, Deut. 6:5 • Heart: emotion, affection • Soul: consciousness, being • Strength: physical, mental
Sharpen Your Children Love the Lord Sanctify Christ as Lord in your heart, 1 Pt. 3:15
Sharpen Your Children In Truth • “Thou shalt sharpen them to thy children” – Pulpit Commentary • Hebrew: Shanan – whet, sharpen • Use them to sharpen your children, Prov. 27:17
Sharpen Your Children In Truth • We must spend time with our children • Sit in your house: inside home • Walk by the way: outside home • Lie down: end of day • Rise up: start of day • On hand & between eyes: see & do • Doorposts & gates: coming & going
Sharpen Your Children In Truth • Practical ways fulfill our duty • Discussion of sermons & lessons • Study verses – little ones draw a picture • Use a workbook • Post Scripture on walls, doors, mirrors • Visit with other Christians • Take to gospel meetings • Quiz them on the Bible • Pray together
Sharpen Your Children • Parents have a duty to raise their children in the Lord, Eph. 6:4 • To save their souls • To save our souls • Pass on the faith
Sharpen Your Children • Too many are falling short • Some utterly failing • Others struggling • Determine to turn it around