Seven Keys to Raising Godly Children

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Seven Keys to Raising Godly Children
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Key 5 AUTHORITY (Control)

• Authority the power or right to give orders,
  make decisions, and enforce obedience.
• Some demand freedom from restrictions!
• Society Denies Children should be required to
  submit to parental authority

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Why Is Authority Important In The Home?

• Authority In The Home Ordained by God
• Husbands have Authority over Wives- 1 Corinthians
  113 Ephesians 522-24 Acts 529
• Parents need to correct their own relationship
  toward authority first

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Parents Have Authority Over Children

• Proverbs 18 hear instruction of your father ...
  not forsake the law of your mother.
• Deuteronomy 2118-21 son stubborn rebellious
  stone him to death with stones.
• Romans 130,32 disobedient to parents
  deserving of death
• Ephesians 61 Colossians 320 obey your parents

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Authority Produces Cooperation Organization in
the Home

• God ordained Authority in Every Human
  Relationship that He Ordained
• Citizens Must Submit to Civil Government Romans
  131-6 1 Peter 213,14

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Authority Produces Cooperation Organization in
the Home

• God ordained Authority in Every Human
  Relationship that He Ordained
• Employees Must Submit to Employers Ephesians
  65-8 1 Peter 218

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Authority Allows Children to Benefit from
Parents Wisdom Experience

• Proverbs 2915 rod rebuke give wisdom
• Proverbs 410-12 taught you in the way of
  wisdom
• Gives Children Sense of Security

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Authority Molds Childrens Character Habits

• Proverbs 226 train up in the way he should go
• How can parents get children to practice
  develop good habits?
• 1 Corinthians 1311
• 1 Samuel 222-25 312,13 his sons made
  themselves vile, and he did not restrain them.

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Parental Authority Teaches Children Proper
Attitudes Toward All Authority

• Must Learn to Submit to Others who Have Authority
  how to Exercise Authority when They Have it
• Develop Proper Authority Relationship Between Our
  Children Ourselves
• Does God know best, or Doesnt He?

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Parental Authority Teaches Children Proper
Attitudes Toward All Authority

• People Must Learn How to Relate to the Authority
  of God
• God is an Authority Figure to receive eternal
  life, must OBEY HIM Matthew 2818-20 721-27
  Ecclesiastes 1213 Hebrews 58,9 1 Peter 122
• Use of Authority Not Contrary to Love, but proper
  exercise of Love

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How Should Children Show Respect For Authority?

• Must Act Obediently Ephesians 61 Colossians
  320
• You should expect your children to obey You like
  God will expect them to obey Him
• Must Speak Respectfully- Ephesians 62,3 Matthew
  154 Proverbs 3011,17 1 Timothy 51
• Respectful ways to Speak to a father and
  Disrespectful ways

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How Should Children Show Respect For Authority?

• May a Child Ever Express Disagreement with
  Parents Decision?
• 1 Timothy 51 includes telling him he was wrong
  be respectful
• Rebellion will not be tolerated
• Children must Never Strike Their Parents- Exodus
  2115 Put to death under Old Law.

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Are The Children in Your Home Learning Proper
Authority Relationships?