Morning: The sermon, "A Message for Parents," explored Ephesians 6:4. In this passage, Paul gives gospel-centered parents two tasks.
Task one is stated in the negative: do not exasperate your children. Christian parents should not provoke their children to anger. Some of the things that parents might do to anger their children include: neglecting them, showing favoritism, injustice, brutality, unrealistic expectation, failing to remember a child's inexperience and immaturity, etc. Children who are frustrated in these ways find it difficult to follow in the faith of their parents.
The second task is stated in the positive: bring up your children in the training and instruction of the Lord. We are to teach our children the law of the Lord, the gospel of Jesus Christ, and the doctrines of the faith. We are train them by example, instruction, and discipline.
When we do this, we imitate the heavenly Father, who is the pattern all parents are to seek to follow.
Evening: At 5 pm we had VBS clinic for day four. We looked at the Scriptures to be used in answering the question: "How can I be like Jesus?". At 6 pm we looked at Philippians 2:5-11, where Paul urges us to imitate Christ's great humility.
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