1. Parent – Child Relationship

2. “I see no hope for the future of our people if they are dependent upon the frivolous youth of today, for certainly all youth are reckless beyond words and opinionated much beyond their years. When I was a boy we were taught to be discreet and respectful of our elders, but the present youth are exceeding wise and impatient of restraint.”
Hesiod, a Greek poet in 8th century B.C.

3. Always Been Problem Children
Cain slew Abel – Genesis 4:8
Marked & had to leave home – Gen. 4:11
Ham yielded to immoral desires
Genesis 9:22 – Noah cursed his own son
Lot’s daughters committed incest
Made him drunk – Genesis 19:32-35
Jacob stole blessing & left home
Genesis 27:22-45

4. Always Been Problem Children
Jacob’s sons sold Joseph
Genesis 37:28
Son’s of Eli were immoral & corrupt
1 Samuel 2:22,23
Absalom tried to steal kingdom
2 Samuel 15:6, 12
Amnon raped his sister, Tamar
2 Samuel 13:14

5. What About Their Parents?
Adam & Eve brought sin into world
Noah was drunk
Lot had “pitched” toward Sodom
Rebekah helped Jacob deceive Isaac
Jacob had shown partiality
Eli did not restrain his sons
David had taken Uriah’s wife & life

6. Parent’s Responsibility
Instruct & discipline
Ephesians 6:4b; Proverbs 22:6; 13:24
Don’t discourage
Colossians 3:21
Children’s Responsibility
Honor and Obey
Ephesians 6:1, 2

7. All Fault Not With Parents
Prodigal Son – Luke 15:11-24
Israel – Isaiah 1:2
Even when parents fail it does not relieve child of individual accountability & responsibility!

8. What Must I Do To Be Saved?
Hear the gospel (Romans 10:17)
Believe Jesus is Christ (Acts 8:37)
Repent of your sins (Acts 17:30)
Confess faith in Christ (Matthew 10:32)
Baptized for remission of sins (Acts 2:38)
Faithful unto death (Revelation 2:10)