Bring Up Children in the Lord's Nurture
Minister: |
Rev. Ronald Van Overloop |
Date: |
6/14/2015 PM
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Text:
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Ephesians 6
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Psalters: |
133, 322, 91, 283 |
Sacrament of Baptism |
- The meaning.
- To “bring up” is to nurture or to nourish to maturity.
- The children must be nourished or fed physically, psychologically and spiritually.
- Objectively, a child is nourished in God’s Word and commandments.
- Subjectively, we nourish each child according to their unique character and personality.
- The participants are children and fathers.
- That it is the father (and not someone else) implies the presence of love and intimate care.
- There is a danger which is present in every fallen father and child.
- To provoke is to irritate or exasperate, to cause adverse reaction, to cause someone to be resentful or angry.
- There are many ways in which fathers can provoke their children to wrath.
- The possibility of right parenting is when the bringing up is when the nurture and admonition is “of the Lord.”
- Nurture and admonition go together.
- “Nurture” is the whole training and educating, especially their actions (this word is usually translated “chastening”).
- “Admonition” is instruction with words which are set before the child’s mind.
- “Of the Lord.”
- Then the father (and mother) teach what Jesus teaches and approves.
- They teach them in such a way that the Lord is doing the nurturing and nourishing.
- So teach the child that they see the real Father in and through the earthly Father.