1. Zechariah 6:12-13
"Then speak to him, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, saying: "Behold, the Man whose name is the BRANCH! From His place He shall branch out, and He shall build the temple of the LORD; Yes, He shall build the temple of the LORD. He shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule on His throne; So He shall be a priest on His throne, and the counsel of peace shall be between them both."'

2. God’s Basic Plans for Families
And Satan’s Plans
1 Pet. 5:8

3. Marriage is honorable Heb. 13:4
And He answered and said to them, "Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning 'made them male and female,' "and said, 'For this reason a man shall leave his father and mother and be joined to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh'? "So then, they are no longer two but one flesh. Therefore what God has joined together, let not man separate." (Matthew 19:4-6 NKJV)
I. Marriage is honorable Heb. 13:4; Mt. 19:4-6
A. Mt. 19:4-5
1. at the beginning, not millions of years after the beginning
2. God made two: male (him) and female (her)
B. Mt. 19:6 joined by God
1. joined (suzeugnumi) = the union, or yoke, of a couple (a team)
2. man can make a commit to another, but only with God’s approval do they actually belong to each other
C. 1 Cor. 7:39
1. bound by law until death
2. this is what makes marriage different from other human relationships (employment, friends, local church)
3. things with long-term obligations deserve serious attention, study, and discussion
4. death releases her from all the law bound her to
D. Mt. 19:9 One exception
1. marriage is about far more than sex, but God makes that experience so exclusive and intimate, that He will allow your spouse to permanently leave you for violating this aspect of marriage.
2. the gift of your nakedness is a gift for your spouse alone (that says something about our dress...another topic)
E. Satan makes it dishonorable
1. redefining gender (Time issue; an actress recently chose to be in the actor category of Emmys)
2. ignoring and rejecting God’s role in marriage—His definition, terms of being joined or released
3. giving more attention to human law than God’s law (defining “divorce” as primarily a court decision instead of primarily a personal decision to abandon my spouse)
II. Unique role for each spouse
A. Husbands lead in love Eph. 5:25, 28-29
1. head (v23) gets most of the attention today and “self-sacrificial love” often gets neglected
2. nourish and cherish her as you nourish/cherish yourself----you learn!
3. For the unmarried, this should affect my decision of who I will choose to marry---do you want to nourish and cherish a faithful Christian or someone who feeds mostly on things below and less on things above?
B. Wives Ti. 2:4-5
1. love your husband = love of a friend (philos) What does God say about friendship? You need to know!
2. obedient to husbands Godly wives are among the best visible examples of Jesus’ relationship with His Father---both willingly obeying a friend with whom they share an equal nature (neither superior).
3. For the unmarried, this should affect my decision of who I will choose to marry---do you want to obey someone who is a faithful Christian or someone who is led by another shepherd?
C. Satan blurs the lines of distinct roles
1. Ask 5 of your religious friends (or a stranger in line somewhere) if they have heard a lesson on marriage that taught wives to obey their husbands (some will, some will not).
2. Take a survey of non-religious friends—ask who is the head of their home.
3. I could quote articles and surveys, but you’ll believe your own survey even more.
III. Parents Eph. 6:4
A. bring up (ektrepho)
1. = nourish, Eph. 5:29 learn and meet their needs
2. instruct, chasten, train = everything necessary to help them know and do the Lord’s will
B. Father’s lead 1 Tim. 3:4-5
1. rules...well // take care of (epimeleomai; Lk. 10:34-35)
2. take care of your children like you would want elders to take care of us (time, planning, ind attn)
C. Mothers Ti. 2:4-5
1. love your children = also love of a friend Involves the challenge of leading, guiding a friend
2. keep (guard, watch) the home compare Jn. 10:3 door-keeper; 20:15 garden-keeper
D. Satan seeks to divide and conquer
1. Absence of fathers- Most of the time, pregnancies before marriage and divorces leave this void and for those children what should be normal is abnormal---does a father provoke children to wrath by being absent?
2. Divided mothers- When the attention of mothers is consistently diverted away from her family due to the deceitfulness of riches, cares of this world, or pleasures of life, she becomes unfruitful (Mt. 13:22).
IV. Children obey, honor, and repay parents
A. Obey in the Lord Eph. 6:1-3
1. Do what they tell you, as long as it is not sinful
2. Outwardly obey them in a way that pleases them and the Lord
3. Honor = to prize, value them---think about what makes them uniquely important to you
B. Repay 1 Tim. 5:4
1. For most of human history, children expected to care for aging parents especially when one died.
2. God says “repay”—children you owe your parents a debt (in many ways)
3. SS, pensions, and investments have changed this expectation
a. helpful- allows other needs to be met
b. not helpful
i. when children resent it or refuse to repay
ii. parents refuse help saying “I don’t want to be a burden”---is God’s plan a useless burden?
iii. is our nation better off when families are less dependent on each other?
iv. when riches and luxury are spent by a fool, he is harmed (Prov. 19:10; Eccl. 5:13)
C. Satan is
A. (if time) Illustrated by this college class AMST-A 301: Question of American Identity (3 CR) WEB; M. Brodrick. “In this online course, we will study the ways in which Americans derive personal and national identity from their perceptions of aging. This will involve examining the worship of youth in America, American experiences of aging, and notions of what it means to mature.”
B. More tonight as we study “The Value of Old”

4. Marriage is honorable Heb. 13:4
A wife is bound by law as long as her husband lives; but if her husband dies, she is at liberty to be married to whom she wishes, only in the Lord. (1 Corinthians 7:39 NKJV)
I. Marriage is honorable Heb. 13:4; Mt. 19:4-6
A. Mt. 19:4-5
1. at the beginning, not millions of years after the beginning
2. God made two: male (him) and female (her)
B. Mt. 19:6 joined by God
1. joined (suzeugnumi) = the union, or yoke, of a couple (a team)
2. man can make a commit to another, but only with God’s approval do they actually belong to each other
C. 1 Cor. 7:39
1. bound by law until death
2. this is what makes marriage different from other human relationships (employment, friends, local church)
3. things with long-term obligations deserve serious attention, study, and discussion
4. death releases her from all the law bound her to
D. Mt. 19:9 One exception
1. marriage is about far more than sex, but God makes that experience so exclusive and intimate, that He will allow your spouse to permanently leave you for violating this aspect of marriage.
2. the gift of your nakedness is a gift for your spouse alone (that says something about our dress...another topic)
E. Satan makes it dishonorable
1. redefining gender (Time issue; an actress recently chose to be in the actor category of Emmys)
2. ignoring and rejecting God’s role in marriage—His definition, terms of being joined or released
3. giving more attention to human law than God’s law (defining “divorce” as primarily a court decision instead of primarily a personal decision to abandon my spouse)
II. Unique role for each spouse
A. Husbands lead in love Eph. 5:25, 28-29
1. head (v23) gets most of the attention today and “self-sacrificial love” often gets neglected
2. nourish and cherish her as you nourish/cherish yourself----you learn!
3. For the unmarried, this should affect my decision of who I will choose to marry---do you want to nourish and cherish a faithful Christian or someone who feeds mostly on things below and less on things above?
B. Wives Ti. 2:4-5
1. love your husband = love of a friend (philos) What does God say about friendship? You need to know!
2. obedient to husbands Godly wives are among the best visible examples of Jesus’ relationship with His Father---both willingly obeying a friend with whom they share an equal nature (neither superior).
3. For the unmarried, this should affect my decision of who I will choose to marry---do you want to obey someone who is a faithful Christian or someone who is led by another shepherd?
C. Satan blurs the lines of distinct roles
1. Ask 5 of your religious friends (or a stranger in line somewhere) if they have heard a lesson on marriage that taught wives to obey their husbands (some will, some will not).
2. Take a survey of non-religious friends—ask who is the head of their home.
3. I could quote articles and surveys, but you’ll believe your own survey even more.
III. Parents Eph. 6:4
A. bring up (ektrepho)
1. = nourish, Eph. 5:29 learn and meet their needs
2. instruct, chasten, train = everything necessary to help them know and do the Lord’s will
B. Father’s lead 1 Tim. 3:4-5
1. rules...well // take care of (epimeleomai; Lk. 10:34-35)
2. take care of your children like you would want elders to take care of us (time, planning, ind attn)
C. Mothers Ti. 2:4-5
1. love your children = also love of a friend Involves the challenge of leading, guiding a friend
2. keep (guard, watch) the home compare Jn. 10:3 door-keeper; 20:15 garden-keeper
D. Satan seeks to divide and conquer
1. Absence of fathers- Most of the time, pregnancies before marriage and divorces leave this void and for those children what should be normal is abnormal---does a father provoke children to wrath by being absent?
2. Divided mothers- When the attention of mothers is consistently diverted away from her family due to the deceitfulness of riches, cares of this world, or pleasures of life, she becomes unfruitful (Mt. 13:22).
IV. Children obey, honor, and repay parents
A. Obey in the Lord Eph. 6:1-3
1. Do what they tell you, as long as it is not sinful
2. Outwardly obey them in a way that pleases them and the Lord
3. Honor = to prize, value them---think about what makes them uniquely important to you
B. Repay 1 Tim. 5:4
1. For most of human history, children expected to care for aging parents especially when one died.
2. God says “repay”—children you owe your parents a debt (in many ways)
3. SS, pensions, and investments have changed this expectation
a. helpful- allows other needs to be met
b. not helpful
i. when children resent it or refuse to repay
ii. parents refuse help saying “I don’t want to be a burden”---is God’s plan a useless burden?
iii. is our nation better off when families are less dependent on each other?
iv. when riches and luxury are spent by a fool, he is harmed (Prov. 19:10; Eccl. 5:13)
C. Satan is
A. (if time) Illustrated by this college class AMST-A 301: Question of American Identity (3 CR) WEB; M. Brodrick. “In this online course, we will study the ways in which Americans derive personal and national identity from their perceptions of aging. This will involve examining the worship of youth in America, American experiences of aging, and notions of what it means to mature.”
B. More tonight as we study “The Value of Old”

5. Marriage is honorable Heb. 13:4
"And I say to you, whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her who is divorced commits adultery." (Matthew 19:9 NKJV)
I. Marriage is honorable Heb. 13:4; Mt. 19:4-6
A. Mt. 19:4-5
1. at the beginning, not millions of years after the beginning
2. God made two: male (him) and female (her)
B. Mt. 19:6 joined by God
1. joined (suzeugnumi) = the union, or yoke, of a couple (a team)
2. man can make a commit to another, but only with God’s approval do they actually belong to each other
C. 1 Cor. 7:39
1. bound by law until death
2. this is what makes marriage different from other human relationships (employment, friends, local church)
3. things with long-term obligations deserve serious attention, study, and discussion
4. death releases her from all the law bound her to
D. Mt. 19:9 One exception
1. marriage is about far more than sex, but God makes that experience so exclusive and intimate, that He will allow your spouse to permanently leave you for violating this aspect of marriage.
2. the gift of your nakedness is a gift for your spouse alone (that says something about our dress...another topic)
E. Satan makes it dishonorable
1. redefining gender (Time issue; an actress recently chose to be in the actor category of Emmys)
2. ignoring and rejecting God’s role in marriage—His definition, terms of being joined or released
3. giving more attention to human law than God’s law (defining “divorce” as primarily a court decision instead of primarily a personal decision to abandon my spouse)
II. Unique role for each spouse
A. Husbands lead in love Eph. 5:25, 28-29
1. head (v23) gets most of the attention today and “self-sacrificial love” often gets neglected
2. nourish and cherish her as you nourish/cherish yourself----you learn!
3. For the unmarried, this should affect my decision of who I will choose to marry---do you want to nourish and cherish a faithful Christian or someone who feeds mostly on things below and less on things above?
B. Wives Ti. 2:4-5
1. love your husband = love of a friend (philos) What does God say about friendship? You need to know!
2. obedient to husbands Godly wives are among the best visible examples of Jesus’ relationship with His Father---both willingly obeying a friend with whom they share an equal nature (neither superior).
3. For the unmarried, this should affect my decision of who I will choose to marry---do you want to obey someone who is a faithful Christian or someone who is led by another shepherd?
C. Satan blurs the lines of distinct roles
1. Ask 5 of your religious friends (or a stranger in line somewhere) if they have heard a lesson on marriage that taught wives to obey their husbands (some will, some will not).
2. Take a survey of non-religious friends—ask who is the head of their home.
3. I could quote articles and surveys, but you’ll believe your own survey even more.
III. Parents Eph. 6:4
A. bring up (ektrepho)
1. = nourish, Eph. 5:29 learn and meet their needs
2. instruct, chasten, train = everything necessary to help them know and do the Lord’s will
B. Father’s lead 1 Tim. 3:4-5
1. rules...well // take care of (epimeleomai; Lk. 10:34-35)
2. take care of your children like you would want elders to take care of us (time, planning, ind attn)
C. Mothers Ti. 2:4-5
1. love your children = also love of a friend Involves the challenge of leading, guiding a friend
2. keep (guard, watch) the home compare Jn. 10:3 door-keeper; 20:15 garden-keeper
D. Satan seeks to divide and conquer
1. Absence of fathers- Most of the time, pregnancies before marriage and divorces leave this void and for those children what should be normal is abnormal---does a father provoke children to wrath by being absent?
2. Divided mothers- When the attention of mothers is consistently diverted away from her family due to the deceitfulness of riches, cares of this world, or pleasures of life, she becomes unfruitful (Mt. 13:22).
IV. Children obey, honor, and repay parents
A. Obey in the Lord Eph. 6:1-3
1. Do what they tell you, as long as it is not sinful
2. Outwardly obey them in a way that pleases them and the Lord
3. Honor = to prize, value them---think about what makes them uniquely important to you
B. Repay 1 Tim. 5:4
1. For most of human history, children expected to care for aging parents especially when one died.
2. God says “repay”—children you owe your parents a debt (in many ways)
3. SS, pensions, and investments have changed this expectation
a. helpful- allows other needs to be met
b. not helpful
i. when children resent it or refuse to repay
ii. parents refuse help saying “I don’t want to be a burden”---is God’s plan a useless burden?
iii. is our nation better off when families are less dependent on each other?
iv. when riches and luxury are spent by a fool, he is harmed (Prov. 19:10; Eccl. 5:13)
C. Satan is
A. (if time) Illustrated by this college class AMST-A 301: Question of American Identity (3 CR) WEB; M. Brodrick. “In this online course, we will study the ways in which Americans derive personal and national identity from their perceptions of aging. This will involve examining the worship of youth in America, American experiences of aging, and notions of what it means to mature.”
B. More tonight as we study “The Value of Old”

6. Satan makes marriage dishonorable
1. Gender 2. Ignore and reject God’s role 3. Emphasize human law over God’s law
I. Marriage is honorable Heb. 13:4; Mt. 19:4-6
A. Mt. 19:4-5
1. at the beginning, not millions of years after the beginning
2. God made two: male (him) and female (her)
B. Mt. 19:6 joined by God
1. joined (suzeugnumi) = the union, or yoke, of a couple (a team)
2. man can make a commit to another, but only with God’s approval do they actually belong to each other
C. 1 Cor. 7:39
1. bound by law until death
2. this is what makes marriage different from other human relationships (employment, friends, local church)
3. things with long-term obligations deserve serious attention, study, and discussion
4. death releases her from all the law bound her to
D. Mt. 19:9 One exception
1. marriage is about far more than sex, but God makes that experience so exclusive and intimate, that He will allow your spouse to permanently leave you for violating this aspect of marriage.
2. the gift of your nakedness is a gift for your spouse alone (that says something about our dress...another topic)
E. Satan makes it dishonorable
1. redefining gender (Time issue; an actress recently chose to be in the actor category of Emmys)
2. ignoring and rejecting God’s role in marriage—His definition, terms of being joined or released
3. giving more attention to human law than God’s law (defining “divorce” as primarily a court decision instead of primarily a personal decision to abandon my spouse)

7. Unique Role for Each Spouse
For the husband is head of the wife Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, So husbands ought to love their own wives as their own bodies; he who loves his wife loves himself. For no one ever hated his own flesh, but nourishes and cherishes it, just as the Lord does the church. (Ephesians 5:23, 25, NKJV)
II. Unique role for each spouse
A. Husbands lead in love Eph. 5:25, 28-29
1. head (v23) gets most of the attention today and “self-sacrificial love” often gets neglected
2. nourish and cherish her as you nourish/cherish yourself----you learn!
3. For the unmarried, this should affect my decision of who I will choose to marry---do you want to nourish and cherish a faithful Christian or someone who feeds mostly on things below and less on things above?
B. Wives Ti. 2:4-5
1. love your husband = love of a friend (philos) What does God say about friendship? You need to know!
2. obedient to husbands Godly wives are among the best visible examples of Jesus’ relationship with His Father---both willingly obeying a friend with whom they share an equal nature (neither superior).
3. For the unmarried, this should affect my decision of who I will choose to marry---do you want to obey someone who is a faithful Christian or someone who is led by another shepherd?
C. Satan blurs the lines of distinct roles
1. Ask 5 of your religious friends (or a stranger in line somewhere) if they have heard a lesson on marriage that taught wives to obey their husbands (some will, some will not).
2. Take a survey of non-religious friends—ask who is the head of their home.
3. I could quote articles and surveys, but you’ll believe your own survey even more.
III. Parents Eph. 6:4
A. bring up (ektrepho)
1. = nourish, Eph. 5:29 learn and meet their needs
2. instruct, chasten, train = everything necessary to help them know and do the Lord’s will
B. Father’s lead 1 Tim. 3:4-5
1. rules...well // take care of (epimeleomai; Lk. 10:34-35)
2. take care of your children like you would want elders to take care of us (time, planning, ind attn)
C. Mothers Ti. 2:4-5
1. love your children = also love of a friend Involves the challenge of leading, guiding a friend
2. keep (guard, watch) the home compare Jn. 10:3 door-keeper; 20:15 garden-keeper
D. Satan seeks to divide and conquer
1. Absence of fathers- Most of the time, pregnancies before marriage and divorces leave this void and for those children what should be normal is abnormal---does a father provoke children to wrath by being absent?
2. Divided mothers- When the attention of mothers is consistently diverted away from her family due to the deceitfulness of riches, cares of this world, or pleasures of life, she becomes unfruitful (Mt. 13:22).
IV. Children obey, honor, and repay parents
A. Obey in the Lord Eph. 6:1-3
1. Do what they tell you, as long as it is not sinful
2. Outwardly obey them in a way that pleases them and the Lord
3. Honor = to prize, value them---think about what makes them uniquely important to you
B. Repay 1 Tim. 5:4
1. For most of human history, children expected to care for aging parents especially when one died.
2. God says “repay”—children you owe your parents a debt (in many ways)
3. SS, pensions, and investments have changed this expectation
a. helpful- allows other needs to be met
b. not helpful
i. when children resent it or refuse to repay
ii. parents refuse help saying “I don’t want to be a burden”---is God’s plan a useless burden?
iii. is our nation better off when families are less dependent on each other?
iv. when riches and luxury are spent by a fool, he is harmed (Prov. 19:10; Eccl. 5:13)
C. Satan is
A. (if time) Illustrated by this college class AMST-A 301: Question of American Identity (3 CR) WEB; M. Brodrick. “In this online course, we will study the ways in which Americans derive personal and national identity from their perceptions of aging. This will involve examining the worship of youth in America, American experiences of aging, and notions of what it means to mature.”
B. More tonight as we study “The Value of Old”

8. Unique Role for Each Spouse
. . . that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed. (Titus 2:4-5 NKJV)
II. Unique role for each spouse
A. Husbands lead in love Eph. 5:25, 28-29
1. head (v23) gets most of the attention today and “self-sacrificial love” often gets neglected
2. nourish and cherish her as you nourish/cherish yourself----you learn!
3. For the unmarried, this should affect my decision of who I will choose to marry---do you want to nourish and cherish a faithful Christian or someone who feeds mostly on things below and less on things above?
B. Wives Ti. 2:4-5
1. love your husband = love of a friend (philos) What does God say about friendship? You need to know!
2. obedient to husbands Godly wives are among the best visible examples of Jesus’ relationship with His Father---both willingly obeying a friend with whom they share an equal nature (neither superior).
3. For the unmarried, this should affect my decision of who I will choose to marry---do you want to obey someone who is a faithful Christian or someone who is led by another shepherd?
C. Satan blurs the lines of distinct roles
1. Ask 5 of your religious friends (or a stranger in line somewhere) if they have heard a lesson on marriage that taught wives to obey their husbands (some will, some will not).
2. Take a survey of non-religious friends—ask who is the head of their home.
3. I could quote articles and surveys, but you’ll believe your own survey even more.

9. Satan Blends the Roles for Each Spouse
II. Unique role for each spouse
A. Husbands lead in love Eph. 5:25, 28-29
B. Wives Ti. 2:4-5
C. Satan blurs the lines of distinct roles
1. Ask 5 of your religious friends (or a stranger in line somewhere) if they have heard a lesson on marriage that taught wives to obey their husbands (some will, some will not).
2. Take a survey of non-religious friends—ask who is the head of their home.
3. I could quote articles and surveys, but you’ll believe your own survey even more.
III. Parents Eph. 6:4
A. bring up (ektrepho)
1. = nourish, Eph. 5:29 learn and meet their needs
2. instruct, chasten, train = everything necessary to help them know and do the Lord’s will
B. Father’s lead 1 Tim. 3:4-5
1. rules...well // take care of (epimeleomai; Lk. 10:34-35)
2. take care of your children like you would want elders to take care of us (time, planning, ind attn)
C. Mothers Ti. 2:4-5
1. love your children = also love of a friend Involves the challenge of leading, guiding a friend
2. keep (guard, watch) the home compare Jn. 10:3 door-keeper; 20:15 garden-keeper
D. Satan seeks to divide and conquer
1. Absence of fathers- Most of the time, pregnancies before marriage and divorces leave this void and for those children what should be normal is abnormal---does a father provoke children to wrath by being absent?
2. Divided mothers- When the attention of mothers is consistently diverted away from her family due to the deceitfulness of riches, cares of this world, or pleasures of life, she becomes unfruitful (Mt. 13:22).
IV. Children obey, honor, and repay parents
A. Obey in the Lord Eph. 6:1-3
1. Do what they tell you, as long as it is not sinful
2. Outwardly obey them in a way that pleases them and the Lord
3. Honor = to prize, value them---think about what makes them uniquely important to you
B. Repay 1 Tim. 5:4
1. For most of human history, children expected to care for aging parents especially when one died.
2. God says “repay”—children you owe your parents a debt (in many ways)
3. SS, pensions, and investments have changed this expectation
a. helpful- allows other needs to be met
b. not helpful
i. when children resent it or refuse to repay
ii. parents refuse help saying “I don’t want to be a burden”---is God’s plan a useless burden?
iii. is our nation better off when families are less dependent on each other?
iv. when riches and luxury are spent by a fool, he is harmed (Prov. 19:10; Eccl. 5:13)
C. Satan is
A. (if time) Illustrated by this college class AMST-A 301: Question of American Identity (3 CR) WEB; M. Brodrick. “In this online course, we will study the ways in which Americans derive personal and national identity from their perceptions of aging. This will involve examining the worship of youth in America, American experiences of aging, and notions of what it means to mature.”
B. More tonight as we study “The Value of Old”

10. Focused Parents
And you, fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath, but bring them up in the training and admonition of the Lord. (Ephesians 6:4 NKJV)
III. Parents Eph. 6:4
A. bring up (ektrepho)
1. = nourish, Eph. 5:29 learn and meet their needs
2. instruct, chasten, train = everything necessary to help them know and do the Lord’s will
B. Father’s lead 1 Tim. 3:4-5
1. rules...well // take care of (epimeleomai; Lk. 10:34-35)
2. take care of your children like you would want elders to take care of us (time, planning, ind attn)
C. Mothers Ti. 2:4-5
1. love your children = also love of a friend Involves the challenge of leading, guiding a friend
2. keep (guard, watch) the home compare Jn. 10:3 door-keeper; 20:15 garden-keeper
D. Satan seeks to divide and conquer
1. Absence of fathers- Most of the time, pregnancies before marriage and divorces leave this void and for those children what should be normal is abnormal---does a father provoke children to wrath by being absent?
2. Divided mothers- When the attention of mothers is consistently diverted away from her family due to the deceitfulness of riches, cares of this world, or pleasures of life, she becomes unfruitful (Mt. 13:22).
IV. Children obey, honor, and repay parents
A. Obey in the Lord Eph. 6:1-3
1. Do what they tell you, as long as it is not sinful
2. Outwardly obey them in a way that pleases them and the Lord
3. Honor = to prize, value them---think about what makes them uniquely important to you
B. Repay 1 Tim. 5:4
1. For most of human history, children expected to care for aging parents especially when one died.
2. God says “repay”—children you owe your parents a debt (in many ways)
3. SS, pensions, and investments have changed this expectation
a. helpful- allows other needs to be met
b. not helpful
i. when children resent it or refuse to repay
ii. parents refuse help saying “I don’t want to be a burden”---is God’s plan a useless burden?
iii. is our nation better off when families are less dependent on each other?
iv. when riches and luxury are spent by a fool, he is harmed (Prov. 19:10; Eccl. 5:13)
C. Satan is
A. (if time) Illustrated by this college class AMST-A 301: Question of American Identity (3 CR) WEB; M. Brodrick. “In this online course, we will study the ways in which Americans derive personal and national identity from their perceptions of aging. This will involve examining the worship of youth in America, American experiences of aging, and notions of what it means to mature.”
B. More tonight as we study “The Value of Old”

11. Focused Parents
one who rules his own house well, having his children in submission with all reverence (for if a man does not know how to rule his own house, how will he take care of the church of God?); (1 Timothy 3:4-5 NKJV)
III. Parents Eph. 6:4
A. bring up (ektrepho)
1. = nourish, Eph. 5:29 learn and meet their needs
2. instruct, chasten, train = everything necessary to help them know and do the Lord’s will
B. Father’s lead 1 Tim. 3:4-5
1. rules...well // take care of (epimeleomai; Lk. 10:34-35)
2. take care of your children like you would want elders to take care of us (time, planning, ind attn)
C. Mothers Ti. 2:4-5
1. love your children = also love of a friend Involves the challenge of leading, guiding a friend
2. keep (guard, watch) the home compare Jn. 10:3 door-keeper; 20:15 garden-keeper
D. Satan seeks to divide and conquer
1. Absence of fathers- Most of the time, pregnancies before marriage and divorces leave this void and for those children what should be normal is abnormal---does a father provoke children to wrath by being absent?
2. Divided mothers- When the attention of mothers is consistently diverted away from her family due to the deceitfulness of riches, cares of this world, or pleasures of life, she becomes unfruitful (Mt. 13:22).
IV. Children obey, honor, and repay parents
A. Obey in the Lord Eph. 6:1-3
1. Do what they tell you, as long as it is not sinful
2. Outwardly obey them in a way that pleases them and the Lord
3. Honor = to prize, value them---think about what makes them uniquely important to you
B. Repay 1 Tim. 5:4
1. For most of human history, children expected to care for aging parents especially when one died.
2. God says “repay”—children you owe your parents a debt (in many ways)
3. SS, pensions, and investments have changed this expectation
a. helpful- allows other needs to be met
b. not helpful
i. when children resent it or refuse to repay
ii. parents refuse help saying “I don’t want to be a burden”---is God’s plan a useless burden?
iii. is our nation better off when families are less dependent on each other?
iv. when riches and luxury are spent by a fool, he is harmed (Prov. 19:10; Eccl. 5:13)
C. Satan is
A. (if time) Illustrated by this college class AMST-A 301: Question of American Identity (3 CR) WEB; M. Brodrick. “In this online course, we will study the ways in which Americans derive personal and national identity from their perceptions of aging. This will involve examining the worship of youth in America, American experiences of aging, and notions of what it means to mature.”
B. More tonight as we study “The Value of Old”

12. Focused Parents
that they admonish the young women to love their husbands, to love their children, to be discreet, chaste, homemakers, good, obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God may not be blasphemed. (Titus 2:4-5 NKJV)
III. Parents Eph. 6:4
A. bring up (ektrepho)
1. = nourish, Eph. 5:29 learn and meet their needs
2. instruct, chasten, train = everything necessary to help them know and do the Lord’s will
B. Father’s lead 1 Tim. 3:4-5
1. rules...well // take care of (epimeleomai; Lk. 10:34-35)
2. take care of your children like you would want elders to take care of us (time, planning, ind attn)
C. Mothers Ti. 2:4-5
1. love your children = also love of a friend Involves the challenge of leading, guiding a friend
2. keep (guard, watch) the home compare Jn. 10:3 door-keeper; 20:15 garden-keeper
D. Satan seeks to divide and conquer
1. Absence of fathers- Most of the time, pregnancies before marriage and divorces leave this void and for those children what should be normal is abnormal---does a father provoke children to wrath by being absent?
2. Divided mothers- When the attention of mothers is consistently diverted away from her family due to the deceitfulness of riches, cares of this world, or pleasures of life, she becomes unfruitful (Mt. 13:22).
IV. Children obey, honor, and repay parents
A. Obey in the Lord Eph. 6:1-3
1. Do what they tell you, as long as it is not sinful
2. Outwardly obey them in a way that pleases them and the Lord
3. Honor = to prize, value them---think about what makes them uniquely important to you
B. Repay 1 Tim. 5:4
1. For most of human history, children expected to care for aging parents especially when one died.
2. God says “repay”—children you owe your parents a debt (in many ways)
3. SS, pensions, and investments have changed this expectation
a. helpful- allows other needs to be met
b. not helpful
i. when children resent it or refuse to repay
ii. parents refuse help saying “I don’t want to be a burden”---is God’s plan a useless burden?
iii. is our nation better off when families are less dependent on each other?
iv. when riches and luxury are spent by a fool, he is harmed (Prov. 19:10; Eccl. 5:13)
C. Satan is
A. (if time) Illustrated by this college class AMST-A 301: Question of American Identity (3 CR) WEB; M. Brodrick. “In this online course, we will study the ways in which Americans derive personal and national identity from their perceptions of aging. This will involve examining the worship of youth in America, American experiences of aging, and notions of what it means to mature.”
B. More tonight as we study “The Value of Old”

13. Satan Divides and Conquers
Absent Distracted (Mt. 13:22)
III. Parents Eph. 6:4
A. bring up (ektrepho)
1. = nourish, Eph. 5:29 learn and meet their needs
2. instruct, chasten, train = everything necessary to help them know and do the Lord’s will
B. Father’s lead 1 Tim. 3:4-5
1. rules...well // take care of (epimeleomai; Lk. 10:34-35)
2. take care of your children like you would want elders to take care of us (time, planning, ind attn)
C. Mothers Ti. 2:4-5
1. love your children = also love of a friend Involves the challenge of leading, guiding a friend
2. keep (guard, watch) the home compare Jn. 10:3 door-keeper; 20:15 garden-keeper
D. Satan seeks to divide and conquer
1. Absence of fathers- Most of the time, pregnancies before marriage and divorces leave this void and for those children what should be normal is abnormal---does a father provoke children to wrath by being absent?
2. Divided mothers- When the attention of mothers is consistently diverted away from her family due to the deceitfulness of riches, cares of this world, or pleasures of life, she becomes unfruitful (Mt. 13:22).

14. Children Obey, Honor, Repay
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. "Honor your father and mother," which is the first commandment with promise: "that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth." (Ephesians 6:1-3 NKJV)
IV. Children obey, honor, and repay parents
A. Obey in the Lord Eph. 6:1-3
1. Do what they tell you, as long as it is not sinful
2. Outwardly obey them in a way that pleases them and the Lord
3. Honor = to prize, value them---think about what makes them uniquely important to you
B. Repay 1 Tim. 5:4
1. For most of human history, children expected to care for aging parents especially when one died.
2. God says “repay”—children you owe your parents a debt (in many ways)
3. SS, pensions, and investments have changed this expectation
a. helpful- allows other needs to be met
b. not helpful
i. when children resent it or refuse to repay
ii. parents refuse help saying “I don’t want to be a burden”---is God’s plan a useless burden?
iii. is our nation better off when families are less dependent on each other?
iv. when riches and luxury are spent by a fool, he is harmed (Prov. 19:10; Eccl. 5:13)
C. Satan is
A. (if time) Illustrated by this college class AMST-A 301: Question of American Identity (3 CR) WEB; M. Brodrick. “In this online course, we will study the ways in which Americans derive personal and national identity from their perceptions of aging. This will involve examining the worship of youth in America, American experiences of aging, and notions of what it means to mature.”
B. More tonight as we study “The Value of Old”

15. Children Obey, Honor, Repay
But if any widow has children or grandchildren, let them first learn to show piety at home and to repay their parents; for this is good and acceptable before God. (1 Timothy 5:4 NKJV)
IV. Children obey, honor, and repay parents
A. Obey in the Lord Eph. 6:1-3
1. Do what they tell you, as long as it is not sinful
2. Outwardly obey them in a way that pleases them and the Lord
3. Honor = to prize, value them---think about what makes them uniquely important to you
B. Repay 1 Tim. 5:4
1. For most of human history, children expected to care for aging parents especially when one died.
2. God says “repay”—children you owe your parents a debt (in many ways)
3. SS, pensions, and investments have changed this expectation
a. helpful- allows other needs to be met
b. not helpful
i. when children resent it or refuse to repay
ii. parents refuse help saying “I don’t want to be a burden”---is God’s plan a useless burden?
iii. is our nation better off when families are less dependent on each other?
iv. when riches and luxury are spent by a fool, he is harmed (Prov. 19:10; Eccl. 5:13)
C. Satan is
A. (if time) Illustrated by this college class AMST-A 301: Question of American Identity (3 CR) WEB; M. Brodrick. “In this online course, we will study the ways in which Americans derive personal and national identity from their perceptions of aging. This will involve examining the worship of youth in America, American experiences of aging, and notions of what it means to mature.”
B. More tonight as we study “The Value of Old”

16. Satan Re-Values Youth & Age
“In this online course, we will study the ways in which Americans derive personal and national identity from their perceptions of aging. This will involve examining the worship of youth in America, American experiences of aging, and notions of what it means to mature.”
Question of American Identity (3 CR)
IV. Children obey, honor, and repay parents
A. Obey in the Lord Eph. 6:1-3
B. Repay 1 Tim. 5:4
C. Satan is
A. (if time) Illustrated by this college class AMST-A 301: Question of American Identity (3 CR) WEB; M. Brodrick. “In this online course, we will study the ways in which Americans derive personal and national identity from their perceptions of aging. This will involve examining the worship of youth in America, American experiences of aging, and notions of what it means to mature.”
B. More tonight as we study “The Value of Old”

17. God’s Basic Plans for Families
And Satan’s Plans
1 Pet. 5:8

18. “What Must I Do To Be Saved?”
Hear The Gospel (Rom. 10:17)
Believe In Christ (Jn. 8:24)
Repent Of Sins (Acts 2:38)
Confess Christ (Rom. 10:10)
Be Baptized (1 Pet. 3:21)
By JJacobs
For The Erring Child:
Repent (Acts 8:22), Confess (1 Jn. 1:9),
Pray (Acts 8:22)