2. “This command I entrust to you, Timothy, my son, in accordance with the prophecies previously made concerning you, that by them you fight the good fight, keeping faith and a good conscience, which some have rejected and suffered shipwreck in regard to their faith. Among these are Hymenaeus and Alexander, whom I have handed over to Satan, so that they will be taught not to blaspheme.”
(1 Timothy 1:18–20, NASB95)

3. “Now this is the commandment—the statutes and the rules—that the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, that you may do them in the land to which you are going over, to possess it, that you may fear the Lord your God, you and your son and your son’s son, by keeping all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be long.”
(Deuteronomy 6:1–2, ESV)

4. OBEDIENCE

5. Two things we know for sure:
Coming to faith in Christ and walking faithfully with the Lord involves the influence of others who help guide and direct our lives.

6. “Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so that they will not lose heart.”
(Colossians 3:21, NASB95)

7. “Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an example of those who believe.”
(1 Timothy 4:12, NASB95)

8. Two things we know for sure:
The world and the devil are powerful forces who seek to influence and win the hearts and minds of our children

9. “The righteous is a guide to his neighbor, But the way of the wicked leads them astray.”
(Proverbs 12:26, NASB95)

10. “We know that we are of God, and that the whole world lies in the power of the evil one.”
(1 John 5:19, NASB95)

11. “For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh and the lust of the eyes and the boastful pride of life, is not from the Father, but is from the world.”
(1 John 2:16, NASB95)

12. “Be of sober spirit, be on the alert
“Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.”
(1 Peter 5:8, NASB95)

13. “See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Christ.”
(Colossians 2:8, ESV)

14. I. We must evangelize our children

15. “You, however, continue in the things you have learned and become convinced of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the sacred writings which are able to give you the wisdom that leads to salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.”
(2 Timothy 3:14–15, NASB95)