The Legacy of a Godly Dad - Part B

I think that's very healthy for a child to know that his or her parents are growing our learning or developing from their God so love your God personally learn the truth inwardly is diligent people around watching how you live your life VCU following God today on connect with Skip Heitzig Skip shares how you can look diligently to inspire those around him to follow Jesus want to tell you about an opportunity you have to see the Bible come alive before your eyes. Nothing tops studying the Scriptures in the real life locations where it often liked that's what I'm eager to announce our upcoming trip to Israel in 2022 and if you register by November 30 using promo code connect Israel you will receive $150 off the tour price. Find out more about the tour@inspirationcruises.com/C a B, then skip. Now here's a resource that will nourish your soul with God's amazing truths@McDonald about the tactics waiting for I enthusiastically recommend tactics Skip right thing to comment on how Jesus spoke out for truth we might think that Jesus never raised his voice that he would never call anybody out. However, there was a side of Jesus that was contentious. The Jesus that took tables in the temple, and overturned them and took out a whip and throw people out of the temple that Jesus equipped to defend the gospel and guard against false teachings with pain for the house. Six message theories to the continued with skip. I think this teaching series on CD Bible teaching ministry on $35 or more. Today the book by Gregory Kunkel called tactics your game plan for communicating the truth about Christianity with confidence and grace to give this a connectwithskip.com or call 819 team Deuteronomy chapter 60 given to the teacher Skip Heitzig Elizabeth Elliott and you'll know that name because of her missionary background very out of the office Indians. Elizabeth Elliott said the word of God. I think of as a straightahead which shows up our own crookedness.

We can really tell how crooked we can't really tell how crooked our thinking is, until we live it up with the straight edge of Scripture, you found that to be true right is to build a house, you need a set of blueprints right if you try to build a house without a set of blueprints you're going to have a cricket house looks good.

I like that I the door closes yet today. You need blueprints you need plans you need specs God has given you and I a blueprint and if you want to build your life and you wanted to be a straight life. You build according to the blueprint you want to crooked life, then the only annual fly by the seat of the fat is good. So these are the blueprints word of God is the instruction manual so your life can operate smoothly. Another analogy might be. It's the sheet of music that we all read from so that our lives can be in harmony together. Or if you well. It's the download that we need to keep the system running and I discovered I need daily updates daily upgrades to the system is an old Chinese proverb that says one generation plants the trees next generation gets the shade that's the father's job. Plant the trees so your kids can get the shade. My dad reminded me of this a lot know what it takes for you eat that meal you know what it takes to either drive the car and live in this house, he'd always remind me that the plan of the trees, but to this day I'm grateful that he did plant the trees and I got the shade. What kind of shade well. Our kids have what kind of planning are we doing right now what are we doing to protect them from the harsh rays of this cultural sun that is beating down on them daily so we plant the trees or kids get the shade that is not to say that it's a guarantee that your kids will all walk with the Lord every step along the way.

So women I did all the right things.

I made all the right moves. I I said all the right things.

I gave the right example, but my kids are following the right way right now and that's because were all volitional creatures. We all make choices, you discover that like a week in right interning that that that little guy is a will of his own yeah yeah yeah, you discover that the whole time the whole, the whole life. But just because they're making bad choices now doesn't mean, though always make bad choices you have sown those seeds given a seat.

You can read from it. I believe in a read from the influence of a godly father, the godly, father's influence that his presence in the home is in estimable we we have one son and I always tell people a ceramic hijab. I said I been only begotten son, God, and I have that in common. God is given is one son and when he was in grade school and I have always known I have one shot literally one shot at this so every morning when he was in grade school. We have a two-story house at the time so you come down the stairs in the morning and for me, doing my devotions, my quiet time instead of being in my little home office that I had. I always made sure that I was on the living room couch by the window so that the first thing my son saw as he walked down the stairs's dad every morning Bible open reading so that would be always pictured in his mind. I can always remember my dad reading his Bible in the morning wanted to carry that picture throughout his life and I'll tell you why I think that is important for children to see it shows your kids that you have a boss is the kids arty know you're their boss. You tell them that right. Rightfully so.

Dad want to argue that I'm the boss.

Okay, but did make sense. Why because I said so right because I said so.

So I wanted my son to see his dad getting instructions basically saying I'm reading this because my father says so and I need to do what he says because he says so. So it's like oh you have a boss to you have a dad telling you what to do to and I think that's very healthy for a child to know that his or her parents are growing our learning or developing from their God so love your God personally learn the truth inwardly.

Third is lead your kids diligently verse seven you shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your home when you walk by the way, when you lie down when you rise up so having breakfast in the morning. We are given in their lunch sure driving to the store and the corridor in the backseat or the or at a stoplight you're talking to him and that at night use all of the day is teaching moments and then look at verse eight.

Nine. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the door posts of your house and on your gates. You know the picture is surround your life with reminders so that you can teach that to your children. So in the flow of the passage, which is come look at it this way.

As we get through this before the passage of the first commandment is love God second one is store up the words in your heart and the third one is now teach it to your kids and do it diligently.

You shall teach them now notice what it does not say it does not say Sunday school shall teach them diligently to your children Sunday school helps. We have great teachers. We have a great children's director rendered they pray for your children.

They love your children they think of all sorts of great ways to pass the word of God under them. Identity does not say, though, are your youth pastor teach them diligently to your children, though they love to do that or wait till summer camp and summer camp that he's them diligently to your children. It says to us, you do it you do it you teach them diligently to your children.

In fact, get this. In Hebrew the word for parents is the word holding and so a fear of speaking about a male parent it's holiday. If it's a female parent caught off together. The plural is according is the word for parents. It's the same root word as another Hebrew word for teacher more day haughty morning is the same root word and that's because the Jews believed that a child's first and foremost teacher is the parents. The parents will teach them and that is how the education in the ancient Jewish home was developed for the first three years of that child's life until the child was weaned. Mom did the domestic duties. And then when the child was three years old moms began teaching their daughters domestic housework and duties.

The father began teaching his sons. The law of God and how profession that interesting.

For three years old, get a job but but that early on their teaching and out the law of God and a profession.

So there's a passage in the Talmud, the Jewish Talmud that says a father is obligated to do the following for his son to circumcise him to redeem him if he is the firstborn to teach him, Tori.

That's the first five books of Moses to find him a wife.

I will comment on that because God found myself a great wife and to teach him a trade to teach them a trait was the father's responsibility. Now there is a town music commentator scholar who later onset all and also don't just teach them the law of God. Don't just teach them a trade but also teach them how to swim.

I don't know why. I mean, it's a good thing to know how to swim bye-bye don't know why dad is like up there with the law of God and the governor to swim.

But if you live by a Laker notion gets a good thing that so I will disputed. I like that now that's what we are to do as parents we are to love God near to learn this truth were to lead our kids diligently with interesting or verse eight and nine which were we ended says you bind them as a sign in your on your hand and as frontlets between your eyes. You will write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates in Jewish tradition. Men have taken this commandment to the absolute literal verbatim application. Some explain what I mean if you got Israel with it shall see, this or if you visit Orthodox communities. You'll see this, but the Jewish people take four passages of Scripture hand written on little scrolls for tiny scrolls that take up the first passage from the book of Exodus chapter 13 verses one through 10.

They write that down a little paper they take a secondly the book of Exodus chapter 13 verses 11 through 16/3 Deuteronomy chapter 6 verses four through nine. But we are reading and forth. Deuteronomy 11 verses 13 through 21.

They take those little scrolls put them in a box covered with leather or made out of leather leather box called a phylacteries and a strap that baby to the head right there right on the floor had a strap around the head CC a guy walked down the street with the big leather box sticking out of his head and then they take another box with leather strap, put it on their left arm and they blinded to the left arm and they put those on when they pray so you see them at the Western Wall wrapped up and on their head and though be moving in devotion of the will be praying and delighted to do that because this is what it says and to examine it is a reminder that the word of God should govern my thoughts twice on my head to govern my actions at sweats on my arm to beautiful reminder then if you going to do a Jewish home because it's is put them on the doorpost of your home actually put it on the doorpost of their home to have a little cylinder on the right-hand doorpost as you enter a Jewish home called them Azusa and if you're like really devout. You don't just put on the front door you put it in the doorway of every room in your house to remind you, going out and coming in. I am governed by the word of God by the law of God, so this is the directives for parents, and in particular forefathers in and to be honest with you I would love to see a revival of Biblical manhood.

I would love to see a revival of responsible, godly men who aren't afraid to be leaders who aren't afraid to love God with all their heart, mind, soul, strength, aren't afraid to memorize Scripture weren't afraid to compassionately leave their families and look to see that resurrected and so much of the Scripture does put that on men on fathers. Here's a sampling. Proverbs chapter 4 verse one. Solomon writes listen my sons to a father's instruction. Pay close attention and gain understanding.

Proverbs chapter 6 verse 20 - keep your father's commands. Ephesians chapter 6 fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and the admonition of the Lord all that is directed the father's you train them you bring them up your responsible. Finally, another passage though.

Speaking about spiritual children and John being the spiritual father. He says in third John four. I have no greater joy than to see my children walk in truth, I think it's pretty easy to see from just a reading through of Scripture that it is dad's responsibility to set the moral, spiritual tone in the home. Member was Joshua who said as for me and my house we will serve the Lord was Mrs. Joshua. It was Mr. Joshua he did it. Now I think God for godly mothers. I had a wonderful mother and I seen so many hard-working even single-parent mothers who give it their all. I'm grateful for that. But dad's will answer to God for think back to the Garden of Eden.

Eve took the first bite, but God came after Adam right he took the first bite, but God came in the garden.

Where are you will I would want to hear that voice if I'm in trouble.

God came looking for Adam. Even Socrates said to the men of Athens. He said that he wondered how men could be so careful training up a colt and so indifferent to the training of their own children, and he was a pagan so in in in scriptural biblical parlance, and context. This is the role and responsibility primarily of a father why why why do so much depend on dad's as I watched an undue burden to put on a dad so much responsibility. Well, there's a lot of reasons why I mean our view of authority comes from our dad largely. I kind of my relationship with my dad carried into my life in terms of how I view and respond to earthly authority. Our view of conflict resolution often comes from our father. Sometimes dad just get mad.

Don't talk to me. Not a good example. Or they shut down, don't say anything at all. Yes or whatever you want just one make you happy.

That's not a good way to do it is not so are our our ability to resolve conflict is often seen there, but there are better reasons why the responsibilities is placed on a father give you three quick reasons. Number one did you know that a child's view of God is first of all, formed by their earthly father is outcome on how is that so well. Would you teach a child to pray. You say when you pray, son, daughter, say our father who art in heaven, and that's how the Lord Jesus taught us to pray is your heavenly father.

Well, the only father that child is known up to that point is an earthly father, for better or for worse. Good example about example that's the only frame of reference.

A child has is an earthly father. So what child's first view of God is formed by an earthly father.

That's a pretty important reason.

A second reason why so much depends on dad's dad's. If you have daughters. One day there to marry a man and they need to know what a godly man looks like, and if that godly man is you. You can have a daughter growing up saying I want to marry somebody like my dad was that character that integrity. There's 1/3 reason. If you have sons, your son is going to get up, get married to a woman he needs to know how to treat a woman he needs to know what it means to go from a boy to a man, a compassionate, loving, responsible man of integrity. I even read an article. Believe it or not in the Huffington Post know I rarely agree with the Huffington Post there very liberal news outlet but every now and then they have an article in there that surprises me in the here's one that I totally agree with. Probably because they quoted somebody else in the article, but in this article it says boys look for their father's approval in everything they do. And girls will look for men from the pattern that is set by their father so it's much easier to build a boy than it is to repair a man. It's much easier to build a girl than it is to repair a woman so this is your shot is my shot. I'm not throwing away my shot by fire one shot at this.

I want to make sure that account so it says you shall teach them.

Here's a better translation. I found you shall impress them. The ideas making an impression, a mold but I like that. Impress your kids. Impress your son impress your daughter by loving God madly by storing up his word rapidly.

By teaching them diligently impress them, teach them. I was on the conversation. This is many years ago with a man who was telling me how he teaches his family. The Bible is that Skip I built a pulpit in my home. I got you built a pulpit in your home is your Bible pulpit, a wooden pole but I stored in the dining room and take it out every night in the living room and I make my family sit down and I preach a sermon to Alex Yan know not a good idea. That's not what it means is not the idea mean your kids are going to grow up hating pulpits and preachers much better to build a pulpit in your heart and preach to yourself and then live out those principles. Kids, that's a homerun right there. Here's the great news. The great news is that any manner says Alana do this on the step into the role of fatherhood fall on fullbore know this.

Your God will be quick to help you because you're stepping into his role. He's a father.

He is our heavenly father. When any man says I want to be a father, God will say I'll show you how to do it and I'll give you all that you need and then the empowerment to pull it off because essentially a father is a partner with God in making disciples of the children so go teach your children how to swim how to swim through this world filled with Phil and values that are diametrically opposed to God teach them how to swim and keep their head above the water and do it joyfully by the example you and I sent them conclude Skip iTunes message from the series now Street right now we want to tell you about a special opportunity you have to take your knowledge of the Bible to a deeper level speculation about the end times is at an all-time high in Christianity is the only faith devotes nearly 1/3 of Scripture for future events.

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