January 23, 2005      Sunday 11a.m.      Worship Service             Sr. Pastor-Teacher: Rev. Mark A. Cain 

Series:                HUMILITY                                                               LESSON 1 of 4:  HUMILITY IN THE HOME                                 Text:   2 TIMOTHY 3:16-17

Organizational Humility: The Family is God’s initial defense of each person’s freedom in the devil’s world (Eph. Prov. 22:6).

Enforced Humility: In the Home authority resides with the parents (Eph. 6:1-3).

Genuine Humility: A child becomes Teachable when he responds to parental discipline and respects authority in the home (Col. 3:20).

REASONS WHY THE ROD IS RIGHTEOUS AND REQUIRED           1. THE ROD IS REQUIRED IN THE BIBLE BECAUSE WE PREFER      NOT TO USE IT (Prov. 4:3-4 cf. Prov. 23:13; 13:24)

2. THE ROD IS REQUIRED TO RESTRAIN THE SIN OF THE CHILD

(1 Sam. 2:12-17, 22-26 cf. 3:13; 1 Tim. 3:14; 1 Pet. 2; 13-14).

3. THE ROD IS REQUIRED BECAUSE IT DEMONSTRATES THE CHARACTER OF THE CHILD (Prov. 12:1; 13:1 cf. 15:5).

4.  THE ROD IS REQUIRED BECAUSE IT IS A TEACHING TOOL (Prov. 6:23; 15:31-32; 29:15 cf. 9:8-9; 19:25; Ps. 119:71, 75; Isa. 1:18).

5.  THE ROD IS REQUIRED BECAUSE OF THE DEVASTATING RESULTS OF NOT USING (Prov. 20:30; 23:13-14; Deut. 21:19-21).

6.  THE ROD IS REQUIRED BECAUSE IT IS RIGHTEOUS AND BECAUSE GOD USES THE ROD ON HIS CHILDREN (Prov. 3:11-12; 2 Sam. 7:14).

                  “It is better to build a child than to repair an adult.”

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