2. Seven Keys to Raising Godly Children

3. Key #5 : AUTHORITY (Control)
Authority – “the power or right to give orders, make decisions, and enforce obedience.”
Some demand “freedom” from restrictions!
Society Denies Children should be required to submit to parental authority

4. Why Is Authority Important In The Home?
Authority In The Home Ordained by God
Husbands have Authority over Wives- 1 Corinthians 11:3; Ephesians 5:22-24; Acts 5:29
Parents need to correct their own relationship toward authority first

5. Parents Have Authority Over Children
Proverbs 1:8 “hear instruction of your father ... not forsake the law of your mother.”
Deuteronomy 21:18-21 “son… stubborn & rebellious… stone him to death with stones.”
Romans 1:30,32 “disobedient to parents” “deserving of death”
Ephesians 6:1; Colossians 3:20 “obey your parents”

6. Authority Produces Cooperation & Organization in the Home
God ordained Authority in Every Human Relationship that He Ordained
Citizens Must Submit to Civil Government – Romans 13:1-6; 1 Peter 2:13,14

7. Authority Produces Cooperation & Organization in the Home
God ordained Authority in Every Human Relationship that He Ordained
Employees Must Submit to Employers – Ephesians 6:5-8; 1 Peter 2:18

8. Authority Allows Children to Benefit from Parents’ Wisdom & Experience
Proverbs 29:15 “rod & rebuke give wisdom”
Proverbs 4: “taught you in the way of wisdom”
Gives Children Sense of Security

9. Authority Molds Children’s Character & Habits
Proverbs 22:6 “train up… in the way he should go”
How can parents get children to practice & develop good habits?
1 Corinthians 13:11
1 Samuel 2:22-25; 3:12,13 “his sons made themselves vile, and he did not restrain them.”

10. Parental Authority Teaches Children Proper Attitudes Toward All Authority
Must Learn to Submit to Others who Have Authority & how to Exercise Authority when They Have it
Develop Proper Authority Relationship Between Our Children & Ourselves
Does God know best, or Doesn’t He?

11. Parental Authority Teaches Children Proper Attitudes Toward All Authority
People Must Learn How to Relate to the Authority of God
God is an “Authority Figure” –to receive eternal life, must OBEY HIM – Matthew 28:18-20; 7:21-27; Ecclesiastes 12:13; Hebrews 5:8,9; 1 Peter 1:22
Use of Authority Not Contrary to Love, but proper exercise of Love

12. How Should Children Show Respect For Authority?
Must Act Obediently – Ephesians 6:1; Colossians 3:20
You should expect your children to obey You like God will expect them to obey Him
Must Speak Respectfully- Ephesians 6:2,3; Matthew 15:4; Proverbs 30:11,17; 1 Timothy 5:1
Respectful ways to Speak to a father and Disrespectful ways

13. How Should Children Show Respect For Authority?
May a Child Ever Express Disagreement with Parent’s Decision?
1 Timothy 5:1 – includes telling him he was wrong – be respectful
Rebellion will not be tolerated
Children must Never Strike Their Parents- Exodus 21:15 – Put to death under Old Law.

14. Are The Children in Your Home Learning Proper Authority Relationships?