Children are a blessing from God. "Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord...," wrote one of the Psalmists (Ps. 127: 3). "Happy is the man," he continues, "that hath his quiver full of them..." (vs. 5). Along with the blessing of children, though, there

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The Nurture and Admonition of the Lord

• Children are a blessing from God. "Lo, children
  are an heritage of the Lord...," wrote one of the
  Psalmists (Ps. 127 3). "Happy is the man," he
  continues, "that hath his quiver full of them..."
  (vs. 5). Along with the blessing of children,
  though, there is responsibility.

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The Nurture and Admonition of the Lord

Many precious memories will be of children and
family!
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The Nurture and Admonition of the Lord
An examination of Ephesians 6 4

• 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to
  wrath but bring them up in the nurture and
  admonition of the Lord.

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The Nurture and Admonition of the Lord

• "Paideia denotes 'the training of a child,
  including instruction' hence, 'discipline,
  correction,' 'chastening,' Eph. 6 4, RV (AV,
  'nurture'), suggesting the Christian discipline
  that regulates character so in Heb. 12 5,7,8
  (in ver. 8, AV, 'chastisement,' the RV corrects
  to 'chastening') in 2 Tim. 316, 'instruction.'
  See INSTRUCTION, NURTURE" (Expository Dictionary
  of New Testament Words).

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The Nurture and Admonition of the Lord

• 4 That they may teach the young women to be
  sober, to love their husbands, to love their
  children, 5 To be discreet, chaste, keepers at
  home, good, obedient to their own husbands, that
  the word of God be not blasphemed (Tit. 2, cp.
  Prov. 6 20-23).

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The Nurture and Admonition of the Lord

• Children taught to honor parents
• Children are to be taught to honor and respect
  their parents. The scriptures teach, "Honour thy
  father and mother which is the first commandment
  with promise that it may be well with thee, and
  thou mayest live long on the earth" (Eph. 6 2,
  3).

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The Nurture and Admonition of the Lord

• Children learn obedience in the home
• It is in the home that children learn the first
  lesson in obedience. Paul commands, "Children,
  obey your parents in the Lord for this is right"
  (Eph. 6 1). The biblical home is structured
  (Eph. 5 22-6 4). The Bible teaches discipline,
  both of an instructive and punitive nature (cp.
  Prov. 13 24). Children must be provided guidance
  and rules to be followed.

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The Nurture and Admonition of the Lord

• Children learn early
• Timothy had from an infant been taught the things
  of God by his godly mother and grandmother (2
  Tim. 3 15, 1 5). Jesus, his authority and
  church, should be an ever present theme in the
  home, both in teaching and in practice (Matt. 28
  18 Eph. 1 22, 23).

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The Nurture and Admonition of the Lord

• Children taught about material things
• Children must be taught the nature and value of
  material things (Luke 12 15). Respect for God
  should begin in the home.

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The Nurture and Admonition of the Lord

• Childrens gender considered in teaching
• Young men should be taught the importance of
  fatherhood and being a provider and leader in the
  home (Eph. 5 24 ff., I Tim. 5 8). Young girls
  are to be taught their role as a wife and mother
  and the art of home making (Eph. 5 22 ff., Tit.
  2 4, 5).

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The Nurture and Admonition of the Lord

• Children learn of marriage in the home
• They learn of the sanctity, dignity, and purpose
  of marriage and home making. The children learn
  all these matters not only by the verbal teaching
  of their parents, but also by the good examples
  their parents are to set for them (cp. Deut. 6
  6-9).

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The Nurture and Admonition of the Lord

• 4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children
  to wrath but bring them up in the nurture and
  admonition of the Lord(Eph. 6).