WHO’S IN CHARGE?
WHO’S IN CHARGE?
I. CHILDREN?
A. Children sometimes dream of being in charge: "When
I grow up..."
B. They can be in charge in certain situations
C. Some ways children can take charge of situations
Some ways children can take charge of situations:
• Pouting and murmuring
• Failing to prepare for a given appointment
• Outrageous conduct
• Showing anger
• Blatant disobedience
• Theft or causing damage to property
• Deeds that bring police or school officials into the picture
WHO’S IN CHARGE?
I. CHILDREN?
A. Children sometimes dream of being in charge: "When
I grow up..."
B. They can be in charge in certain situations
C. Some ways children can take charge of situations
D. The Bible warns us against letting children have their
way, Prov. 22:15; 29:15; Eccl. 10:16; 1 Sam. 3:13; Gal.
4:1-2; Eph. 6:4
WHO’S IN CHARGE?
I. CHILDREN?
II. WIFE?
A. Women's advances in our world
Women's advances in our world:
“Critics of feminist action groups say there is little
left for them to do, now that market forces have just
about equal- ized the status of women with that of
men. Statistics show that:
• The number of female senior vice presidents in the
business world has increased 75 percent in the past
decade.
• Women now earn 98 percent as much as men -after taking into account such factors as family
status, education, profession and the number of
hours worked.
• The number of businesses owned by women is
growing faster than the national economy.
• Women are now earning more college degrees than
men and outnumber them in graduate schools.
Many women now in the business mainstream have
little or no interest in activist groups such as the
National Organization for Women. N.O.W. pursued
largely left-of-center political and social agendas in
WHO’S IN CHARGE?
I. CHILDREN?
II. WIFE?
A. Women's advances in our world
B. Women can and have taken charge in the home.
C. God’s will for the wife in the home, Eph. 5:23-24; 1
Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 5:14
Eph. 5:23; 1 Tim. 5:14
“be in subjection to your own husbands”
“bear children”
“rule the household”
“give no occasion to the adversary for reviling”
WHO’S IN CHARGE?
I. CHILDREN?
II. WIFE?
A. Women's advances in our world
B. Women can and have taken charge in the home.
C. God’s will for the wife in the home, Eph. 5:23-24; 1
Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 5:14; 2:11-14
WHY IS THIS SO?
• “Adam was first formed, then Eve”
• “The woman being beguiled hath fallen into transgression”
(1 Tim. 2:13-14)
WHO’S IN CHARGE?
I. CHILDREN?
II. WIFE?
A. Women's advances in our world
B. Women can and have taken charge in the home.
C. God’s will for the wife in the home, Eph. 5:23-24; 1
Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 5:14; 2:11-14
D. It is not a question of equality
GOD HAS PLACED ALL PEOPLE
UNDER SOME OTHER AUTHORITY
Citizen,
Rom. 13:1
Christian,
Heb. 13:17
Employee,
Eph. 6:5
Wife,
Eph. 5:23
WHO’S IN CHARGE?
I. CHILDREN?
II. WIFE?
A. Women's advances in our world
B. Women can and have taken charge in the home.
C. God’s will for the wife in the home, Eph. 5:23-24; 1
Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 5:14; 2:11-14
D. It is not a question of equality
WHO’S IN CHARGE?
I. CHILDREN?
II. WIFE?
III. HUSBAND? Eph. 5:23, 25; Col. 3:19; Eph. 6:4; 5:2528; 1 Pet. 3:7; Col. 4:6
“One of the greatest needs is men! Men who are bigger
than trifles; men with the breadth of intellect and depth of
character; men who will not stoop to cheat or be unfair;
men who will not stand imperiously on their rights, but
who in magnanimity of soul cast away personal advantage
for the good of many; men who will not lie, and defame,
and steal to increase their own personal fame or fortune;
men who would rather stand with the right in the end than
to have their own way; men who love the truth and are
willing to die for it rather than to compromise with falsehood; men who act upon principle in all their dealings with
their fellow men rather than personal feelings whether of
bias or prejudice; men with clean hearts and pure motives;
men who feel neither envy nor jealousy when one of
superior endowments and greater ability surpasses what
they have been able to achieve; men who are not too
big to be satisfied to fill the place in the world for which
they were created and fitted by the benign creator who
made every man for a definite place in His infinite universe
of time and space and sense.” (A. Hugh Clark)
WHO’S IN CHARGE?
I. CHILDREN?
II. WIFE?
III. HUSBAND?
IV. GOD? Eph. 5:22-6:4; 1 Pet. 2:25
V. FORCES THAT ARE OFTEN "IN CHARGE" OF
FAMILY MEMBERS
• "Things," Phil. 3:19, “mind” = "to set one's mind on, be
intent on" (A&G, p. 866); Col. 3:2; Matt. 4:8-9
• Pleasure, Jas. 4:1-3
• Covetousness and lust, Jas. 4:2
• Selfishness, 2 Tim. 3:2; Rom. 15:1
• Pride, Prov. 28:25; 13:10; 8:13
• Anger, Prov. 15:18; 21:19; 29:22; 16:32 – 2 Tim. 2:26; 1
Pet. 5:8
WHO’S IN CHARGE?
I. CHILDREN?
A. Children sometimes dream of being in charge: "When
I grow up..."
B. They can be in charge in certain situations
C. Some ways children can take charge of situations
D. The Bible warns us against letting children have their
way, Prov. 22:15; 29:15; Eccl. 10:16; 1 Sam. 3:13; Gal.
4:1-2; Eph. 6:4
WHO’S IN CHARGE?
I. CHILDREN?
II. WIFE?
A. Women's advances in our world
B. Women can and have taken charge in the home.
C. God’s will for the wife in the home, Eph. 5:23-24; 1
Cor. 11:3; 1 Tim. 5:14; 2:11-14
D. It is not a question of equality
WHO’S IN CHARGE?
I. CHILDREN?
II. WIFE?
III. HUSBAND?
IV. GOD? Eph. 5:22-6:4; 1 Pet. 2:25
V. FORCES THAT ARE OFTEN "IN CHARGE" OF
FAMILY MEMBERS
• "Things," Phil. 3:19, “mind” = "to set one's mind on, be
intent on" (A&G, p. 866); Col. 3:2; Matt. 4:8-9
• Pleasure, Jas. 4:1-3
• Covetousness and lust, Jas. 4:2
• Selfishness, 2 Tim. 3:2; Rom. 15:1
• Pride, Prov. 28:25; 13:10; 8:13
• Anger, Prov. 15:18; 21:19; 29:22; 16:32 – 2 Tim. 2:26; 1
Pet. 5:8