SPIRITUAL DIARY FOR 9/4/2019
12:01 PM
My Worship Time Focus: PT-4 “Intro
to Eph. 6:1-4
Bible Reading & Meditation Reference: Eph. 6:1-4
Message of the verses: “1 Children, obey
your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 HONOR YOUR FATHER AND MOTHER
(which is the first commandment with a promise), 3 SO THAT IT MAY BE WELL WITH
YOU, AND THAT YOU MAY LIVE LONG ON THE EARTH. 4 Fathers, do not provoke your
children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the
Lord.”
In
John MacArthur’s commentary he goes into talking about how in the Socialist
countries that one of the things common in these countries is to take the
children out of the home and have the state educate then so that there will be
no moral or any religious things taught to them which certainly goes against
the things that we find in the Word of God.
Even in our country today we see are so called schools and colleges
doing something very similar, actually making fun of the things that are found
in the Word of God. I have always said
that I have both good news and bad news for those doing these kind of thing in
our country, and the good news is that they will win, and the bad news for them
is that they will win.
John
MacArthur writes the following near the end of his commentary’s
introduction: “From the beginning of
Scripture it is plain that children are a blessing from God. When Cain was born Eve exulted, ‘I have
gotten a man-child with the help of the Lord’ (Gen. 4:1), and when Seth was
born she said, ‘God has appointed me another offspring in place of Abel’ (v.
25). When God blessed Leah with sons
because she was unloved by Jacob, she recognized His gracious hand in the
births and said of Reuben, ‘Because the Lord has seen my affliction’ and of
Simeon, ‘Because the Lord has heard that I am unloved, He has therefore given
me this son also’ (Gen. 29:32-33).
Throughout both Testaments children are shown to be the Lord’s gifts—blessings
to be cherished, loved, and cared for with gratitude and faithfulness. ‘Behold, children are a gift of the Lord; the
fruit of the womb is a reward. Like
arrows in the hand of the warrior, so are the children of one’s youth. How blessed is the man whose quiver is full
of them’ (Ps. 127:3-5). The
qualification for true blessing in parenthood is that of raising children to
love the Lord and to follow His ways. It
is the righteous, godly child who brings blessing and happiness to his
parents. ‘The father of the righteous
will greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise son will be glad in him’ (Pro.
23:24). Women make their most unique
contribution to the church, as well as find their own highest fulfillment, in
childbearing and in their involvement and activity in the home, which precludes
their seeking the male role in the church (see 1 Tim. 2:15).”
The
paragraph above talks about what will happen to children whose parents raise
them in the way that the Bible talks about which will more than not bring about
children who will become born-again and live lives to the fullest to the Lord,
but if parents do not follow the things taught in the Word of God then chances
are that their children will not come out following the Lord.
“In
God’s Word, parents have every truth and every guideline necessary for raising
their children in righteousness and godliness.
And what a child needs to know about how he should relate and respond to
his parents in there also. The Bible was
completed two thousand years ago, but men have not changed since then and
neither has God. What Scripture has to
say is timeless and up-to-date. No human
discovery, philosophy, or attitude is new or surprising to God or outside the
scope and judgment of His revealed Word.
“Ephesians
6:1-4 continues Paul’s teaching on the mutual submission of believers (5:21) by
moving to the family. Verses 1-3 focus
on the submission of children and verse 4 focuses on the submission of parents.”
Spiritual meaning for my life today: I think that since my parenting days are not
past that being a good grand-parent is what I should focus on at this time,
doing things that the Word of God teaches me to do.
My Steps of Faith for Today: Humility is needed in being a parent or
grand-parent and so I must be continually filled with the Holy Spirit in order
to do these things, including being humble.
Today’s quotation from “Love in Action:”
Now may our Lord Jesus Christ Himself,
and our God and Father, who
Has loved us and given us everlasting
consolation and good
Hope by grace, comfort your hearts and
establish
you in every good word and work.
II
Thessalonians 2:16, 17
9/4/2019 12:31 PM
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