Oh, how we need that today, fathers and mothers who walk with God. Despite the evil society that we live in. You know, when fathers fail, the homes fail. The churches fail and the nation fails. We need godly fathers. God has instituted. The home, the family as a vital part of transmitting truth. And also of the preservation of the church and nation, it's God's design. That we are faithful and that we transmit truth. It preserves the church and the nation. We need a revival of godly fathers, and I bless the Lord for. All the Godly fathers I see here this morning. We need everyone of you. God needs everyone of you. God needs. God wants everyone of you. Looking at verse 21, fathers provoke not your children to anger, lest they be discouraged. Turn back a few pages to the book of Ephesians. Ephesians 6, verse 4. And ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath, but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lords. I don't know why Paul is picking on the fathers that we provoke, not our children. Do the do the moms, the mothers not provoke their children? I don't know. But twice he is writing to the fathers, not to provoke their children to anger. Now, what are some things that we do? We tend to do that, provoke our children. That rouses anger in their life that causes them to resent. The father in the home. The first thing I have down I don't know, do I have all of them? I'm. Sure. I don't or are there in the proper order, but number one is anger and impatience coming from Dad. How children make mistakes? They're in that learning process. We tell them what to do and how to do something, turn our back and when we come back, it's not done the way we told them to do it |
