To the Fathers (Eph 6:4) Introduction Books on raising children abound in our culture. But they never ask...raise them for what? To what end? It's not something that's often discussed. What is the goal of child-rearing? Compare the 3/2005 Barna survey: 'Only 3 out of 10 born-again parents included the salvation of their child in the list of critical parental emphases…. Believers do not train their children to think or act any differently.'
1. God uses people to make a spiritual impact on other people.
2. Paul chooses to counterbalance the negative of provoking to wrath with the positive of raising them or bringing them up in the Lord's nurture.
3. Paul is not speaking about the kind of situation where a father corrects or instructs or admonishes a child, and it prompts an outburst of anger and temper.
Application “When the work of instruction the children becomes a burden, you may be sure it is an indication off something wrong within your own heart. Your love for God in heaven, or the delight in his word, [is] fading…. The [parent's] whole life must be an attractive example of what he has taught” (A. Murray).
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