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“ Summary, Part 4 (final) ” iv. Parents, you will utterly fail as your children’s caretakers if your chief goal in bringing them up is anything other than that they come to know, love, and serve the Lord. e) the NECESSARY PROHIBITION in formative discipline (‘do not provoke your children to anger’). “The object of the apostle here (in EPHESIANS 6:4) is to show parents that their commands should be such that they can be easily obeyed, or such as are entirely reasonable and proper. If children are required to ‘obey’, it is but reasonable that the commands of the parent should be such that they can be obeyed, or such that the child shall not be discouraged in his attempt to obey” (Albert Barnes). LESSON: Seek through your parental discipline and instruction not to provoke your children to anger, but instead to encourage them to cheerful obedience.
Ian Migala (7/4/2013)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 3 ” 1 KINGS 1:6: David did the same with Adonijah. LESSONS: i. Parents, especially fathers, you have the solemn God-given responsibility to instruct and admonish your children—so that they won’t turn out like the unruly sons of Eli and David. ii. Parents, make up your mind now that you must both command and forbid as well as instruct and discipline your children if you would be obedient to the Lord and faithful to the souls of your children. d) the DIVINE SPHERE of formative discipline (‘of the Lord’). Parental discipline and instruction is ‘prescribed’ by the Lord and is administered in His name (Vincent). LESSONS: i. Parents, the authority to raise your children does not originate with you, but with God: the One to which you will answer for your parenting. ii. Parents, impress upon your children that your authority and the matter of your instruction comes from God—and that their obedience or disobedience is ultimately to the Lord. Do you emulate God the Father? iii. Parents, you need not look far to discover curriculum for your discipline/instruction of your children. It comes from the Lord. It is found in His word.
Ian Migala (7/4/2013)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 2 ” ii. Parents, especially fathers: know that ordinarily you cannot impart to your children what you do not do yourself. 2. THE ESSENTIAL ASPECTS OF FORMAL DISCIPLINE: a) The PRIMARY AGENT in formative discipline (“fathers”). Fathers, God has invested you with the primary duty of the spiritual education of your children. The father is the prophet, priest, and king of his home. 1 THESSALONIANS 2:10-12. LESSON: Parents, model your discipline of your children after God’s discipline of you. In all your instruction and exhortation and urging, treat them as God has treated you. b) the GREAT GOAL of formative discipline (“but bring them up”). The nurturing of children should refresh their souls. It should not be onerous and in harmony with the wicked world. LESSON: Parents, you have a stewardship entrusted to you. Do you see your children, yourself, and your calling as a parent in this light? c) the TWIN FACETS of formative discipline (“in the discipline and instruction”). i) ‘Discipline’: 2 TIMOTHY 3:16-17, HEBREWS 12:7. ii) ‘Instruction’: admonition, correction. ACTS 20:31: Paul’s passion. COLOSSIANS 1:28: The work only begins at salvation. 1 CORINTHIANS 4:14: Instruction requires reproof and correction. Eli neglected this and brought judgment on his family forever (1 SAMUEL 3:13).
Ian Migala (7/4/2013)
from Minneapolis, Minnesota
“ Summary, Part 1 ” Previously discussed: I: GOD’S CREATION OF MAN SETS THE FRAMEWORK FOR PARENTAL DISCIPLINE, II: GOD’S DISCIPLINE OF HIS OWN SON PROVIDES A PERFECT PATTERN FOR PARENTAL DISCIPLINE. Today, we continue with III: GOD PROVIDES PARENTS THE PATTERN FOR CHILD DISCIPLINE IN HIS WORD. We’re now moving from larger principles to narrower ones. DEUTERONOMY 6:1-15, HEBREWS 12:5-13, and EPHESIANS 6:1-4. A. GOD’S WORD PROVIDES PARENTS THE MODEL FOR FORMATIVE DISCIPLINE. 1. TWO CRUCIAL FACTS ASSUMED IN FORMATIVE DISCIPLINE: a) we must see that formative discipline is the duty of all parents. Even pagan fathers understand the responsibility to train their children. b) we find it in the law of inheritance set before us in all of these texts. You cannot pass on what you don’t possess. A father cannot pass on a good trait that he does not show, let alone have. The child inherits an example, not just an estate. If God is not kept in the home, how can He be passed on to the children? LESSONS/QUESTIONS: i. Parents, especially fathers: are you the spiritual leader of your home? You’ll never be perfect, but do your children see you at least making the attempt? How do your children rate your devotion to your various responsibilities?
