Pass it On (2)
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3 When I was my father’s son, Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother,
4 He also taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words; Keep my commands, and live.
It means something to be a father
It means something to be a father
Fatherhood in Israel was
++The key to family life
++The only way to perpetuate the family name
In the patriarchal worldview of biblical Israel, the father (Heb. ʾāḇ) was the linchpin of family life, and his house (bêṯ ʾāḇ) was the basic unit of biblical society. Fatherhood was the only way a man could perpetuate his name and memory after death.
Kathleen S. Nash, “Father,” ed. David Noel Freedman, Allen C. Myers, and Astrid B. Beck, Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: W.B. Eerdmans, 2000), 456.
The role of a father is based upon three assumptions
The role of a father is based upon three assumptions
A Father’s Care
A Father’s Care
13 As a father pities his children, So the Lord pities those who fear Him.
The word pities means
++To love or treat with love
++To be concerned
A Father’s Discipline
A Father’s Discipline
24 He who spares his rod hates his son, But he who loves him disciplines him promptly.
To discipline
++Accountability
++Responsibility
5 You should know in your heart that as a man chastens his son, so the Lord your God chastens you.
To chastise
++To exhort
++To warn
10 Harsh discipline is for him who forsakes the way, And he who hates correction will die.
A Father’s Instruction
A Father’s Instruction
1 Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding;
2 For I give you good doctrine: Do not forsake my law.
A father’s role is complex
A father’s role is complex
A father
++Knows His children
19 Nevertheless the solid foundation of God stands, having this seal: “The Lord knows those who are His,” and, “Let everyone who names the name of Christ depart from iniquity.”
A Father
Knows His children
++Give children hope
11 For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.
2 Beloved, now we are children of God; and it has not yet been revealed what we shall be, but we know that when He is revealed, we shall be like Him, for we shall see Him as He is.
A Father
Knows His children
Give children hope
++Provides instruction
1 Now I say that the heir, as long as he is a child, does not differ at all from a slave, though he is master of all,
2 but is under guardians and stewards until the time appointed by the father.
6 Train up a child in the way he should go, And when he is old he will not depart from it.
6 “And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart.
7 You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.
Pass it On
Pass it On
15 For though you might have ten thousand instructors in Christ, yet you do not have many fathers; for in Christ Jesus I have begotten you through the gospel.
To recognize the contributions of Fathers
To recognize the contributions of Fathers
The Position of the Father is as important today as it has ever been.
The Position of the Father is as important today as it has ever been.
National Center For Fathering and The Fatherless Generation:
++85% of youths in prison come from fatherless homes
++71% of high school dropouts come from fatherless homes
++90% of all homeless and runaway children are from fatherless homes
++Nearly 25 million children live without their biological father
++60% of youth suicides are from fatherless homes
Fathers are
++The solution not the problem
++The symbol of God’s expressed authority
Don’t underestimate who you are
Don’t underestimate who you are
When did you know you were a man?
When did you know you were a man?
Answers included
++When I got my first car
++When I got my first job
One man answered “When My father told me”
One man answered “When My father told me”
If Fathers don’t pass on what they have somebody will
Don’t leave it to chance
Don’t leave it to chance
We must pass it on
++When we sit in the house
++When we walk by the way
++When we lie down
++When we rise up
Be careful what you pass on
Be careful what you pass on
We can pass on
++Our work ethic
++Our customs and traditions
++Our biases and prejudice
23 Keep your heart with all diligence, For out of it spring the issues of life.
What we will pass on is a heart issue
What we will pass on is a heart issue
45 A good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart brings forth evil. For out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.
What is in your heart?
What is in your heart?
That which is in your heart
++Will be your legacy
++Will be what is remembered
6 And Solomon said: “You have shown great mercy to Your servant David my father, because he walked before You in truth, in righteousness, and in uprightness of heart with You; You have continued this great kindness for him, and You have given him a son to sit on his throne, as it is this day.
Solomon remembered His father’s
++Upright Heart
++Generous Heart
++Integrity of heart
That which was in his heart
++Reflected his love for God
++Commitment to God
More than just words
More than just words
1 My son, if you receive my words, And treasure my commands within you,
2 So that you incline your ear to wisdom, And apply your heart to understanding;
3 Yes, if you cry out for discernment, And lift up your voice for understanding,
4 If you seek her as silver, And search for her as for hidden treasures;
5 Then you will understand the fear of the Lord, And find the knowledge of God.
His words and commands
++Attuned his ear to wisdom
++Brought deeper understanding
++Motivated him for discernment
++Helps them to fear and to know God
Our children “Natural and Spiritual” need fathers
Our children “Natural and Spiritual” need fathers
1 Hear, my children, the instruction of a father, And give attention to know understanding;
2 For I give you good doctrine: Do not forsake my law.
This passage is directed to all children
This passage is directed to all children
They are directed
++To hear
++To know understanding
++To recognize the value of his words
3 When I was my father’s son, Tender and the only one in the sight of my mother,
4 He also taught me, and said to me: “Let your heart retain my words; Keep my commands, and live.
Solomon
++Recalls the care of his mother
++See a time of his immaturity
Solomon says
++He taught me
++His words were valuable to me
++In his words he found life