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Dad's Divine Duty
Contributed by Donnie Martin on Nov 28, 2017 (message contributor)
Summary: As God’s representatives in the home, fathers have a duty to set the standard of godliness, as well as providing for its physical well-being.
[5] Dad, you should never take the attitude that religion and spirituality is something to be left to the wife and kids. The fact is, God holds you personally responsible for the spiritual leadership in your home. I’m not saying your wife has no responsibility in that area, but simply that you are more responsible than she is, since God has made you the head of the home. A man once confessed:
I’m not much of a gardener. Once I took a seed catalog and started out the door. “Where are you going with that?” my wife asked.
“I’m going to show it to my tomatoes,” I explained.
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Dad, show your wife and kids a picture of Jesus in the way you live.
II. A FRUITFUL WALK
Ps.128: 2 “For thou shalt eat the labour of thine hands; happy shalt thou be, and it shall be well with thee.”
A. Be Fruitful In Your Provision.
1. God’s Word indicates it won’t always be easy.
Gen.3: 19 “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”
NOTE: Dads, do you sometimes feel unappreciated? I hope it hasn’t gotten quite this bad:
A little girl once said to her mother: “Mommy, if Santa Claus brings our presents, and God gives us our daily bread, and Uncle Sam gives us Social Security, why do we keep daddy around?”
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2. God’s Word indicates it is absolutely essential.
I Tim.5: 8 “But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.”
B. Be Fruitful In Your Parenting.
1. Most of the time this will involve the art of reasoning.
Prov.3: 1 “My son, forget not my law; but let thine heart keep my commandments:
2 For length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.”
2. Sometimes this will involve the action of the rod.
Prov.22: 15 “Foolishness is bound in the heart of a child; but the rod of correction shall drive it far from him.”
III. A FAMILY THAT WORSHIPS
Ps.128: 3 “Thy wife shall be as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
4 Behold, that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord.
5 The Lord shall bless thee out of Zion: and thou shalt see the good of Jerusalem all the days of thy life.
6 Yea, thou shalt see thy children’s children, and peace upon Israel.”
A. Daddy, You Make That Determination.
Joshua 24: 15c “…as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”
NOTE: [1] The idea of worship is brought out by the words “feareth the Lord,” found in verse four of Ps.128. A man who leads his home to follow and worship God will be blessed. That blessing extends not only to this man’s family, but also to the nation, according to Ps.128: 5-6. As the family goes, so goes the nation. I agree with Bro. Ed Wood when he says, “America will never be right until our homes are right. Our homes will never be right till the daddies get right” (Ed Wood, “God’s Plan For The Man,” pg. 2).
