Children Obey
Your Parents
Ephesians 6:1-3
I. THE PRECEPTS
Eph.6:1
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“Children”
Jewish boy: age 13, bar mitzvah
Jewish girl: age 12, bat mitzvah
Roman culture: age 14
Greek culture: age 18
Eph.6:1
“Children”
 Obey: listen, hearken to a command
Twice in Ephesians (6:5)
 Present imperative Hb.5:8-9, suffered
Ja.3:3, horses
 Learned behavior
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1 Pt.3:1, husband
Children are not judges of what they should
or should not obey in parental precepts
Eph.6:1
“Children”
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Obey: listen, hearken to a command
 Parents:
Ro.1:30; 2 Tim.3:2
“But my parents are not perfect”
Eph.6:1
“Children”
Wives: Ep.5:22, as to the Lord
 Obey: listen, hearken to a command
Wives: Col.3:18, in the Lord
 Parents: Ro.1:30; 2 Tim.3:2
Children: obey…as to the Lord
 In the Lord:
“Children, obey your
parents in the Lord,
modifies
for this is right”
 Ac.5:29; Lk.2:51
Eph.6:1
“Children”
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Obey: listen, hearken to a command
Parents. Ro.1:30; 2 Tim.3:2
In the Lord
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For this is right. Prov.6:20
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Eph.6:2
“Children”
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Obey: listen, hearken to a command
Obedience:
Parents. Ro.1:30; 2 Tim.3:2
outward expression
In the Lord
of inward honor
For this is right. Prov.6:20
Honor your father & mother –Ex.20:12
 Respect, prize, value, esteem
 Ac.28:10; 2 Chr.24
Col.3:20
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Children
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Degree: complete
 Obey:
twice in Mt.10:34-39
Colossians (3:22)
obedience.
Children, obey your parents in all things,
for this is well pleasing to the Lord
Design: please the Lord
Col.3:20
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What kind of obedience is well pleasing
to the Lord?
1. Cheerful. Mt.5:41
2. Committed. Mt.16:24-26
3. Complete. Mt.23:23
4. Consistent. Lk.2:51
5. Caring. Jn.9:4
I. THE PRECEPTS
II. THE PROMISES
Eph.6:2b-3
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First commandment with promise
Time?
 Rank?
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a primary command
 First commandment with promise
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Well with you. 1 Pt.3:10-12
Live long. Prov.10:27
I. THE PRECEPTS
II. THE PROMISES
III. THE PLAN
WHAT SHOULD A CHILD EXPECT
FROM GODLY PARENTS?
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Chastening, Hb.12:5-8,10-11 (Pr.13:24)
Heritage, Gn.18:19. 1 K.21:20-21
Interest, Ph.2:4.
Love, Tit.2:4.
Discipline, Lk.6:40.
Respect, Prov.17:6 (Col.3:21)
Encouragement, Prov.17:22.
No, Prov.17:12.
WHAT SHOULD A CHILD EXPECT
FROM GODLY PARENTS?
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Chastening, Hb.12:5-8,10-11 (Pr.13:24)
Heritage, Gn.18:19. 1 K.21:20-21
Interest, Ph.2:4.
Love, Tit.2:4.
Discipline, Lk.6:40.
Respect, Prov.17:6 (Col.3:21)
Encouragement, Prov.17:22.
No, Prov.17:12.