1. Truth Matters “The Truth Concerning Raising Kids!”
Proverbs 22:6 and selected passages

2. “the church or the called out ones”
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“the church or the called out ones”
(called out of the world in the sense of not identifying with the world…)

3. I’m not about to suggest to you that I have everything figured out and that I’m an expert when it comes to raising kids…

4. Purpose:
to renew our conviction the Bible is all that is needed in knowing how to properly raise kids

5. In the eyes of the world our purpose statement is far too simplistic
In the eyes of the world our purpose statement is far too simplistic. Modern psychologist have made it clear that raising kids in these complicated times is beyond most parents so don’t even try without “the village”…

6. I God’s CALL to Parents
A. As Found in Ephesians

7. Ephesians 4:17
“So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.”

8. Ephesians 5:1-3
“Be imitators of God, therefore, as dearly loved children and live a life of love, just as Christ loved us and gave Himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God. But among you there must not be even a hint of sexual immorality, or of any kind of impurity, or of greed, because they are improper for God’s holy people.”

9. Ephesians 5:8-9
“For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Live as children of light (for the fruit of the light consists in all goodness, righteousness and truth…”

10. Ephesians 5:22-26
“Wives, submit to your husbands as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church… Husbands, love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave Himself up for her to make her holy…”

11. Ephesians 6:1-4
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother… Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.”

12. I God’s CALL to Parents A. As Found in Ephesians
B. As Found in Leviticus

13. Leviticus 18:3-5
“You must not do as they do in Egypt, where you used to live, and you must not do as they do in the Land of Canaan, where I am bringing you. Do not follow their practices. You must obey my laws and be careful to follow my decrees. I am the Lord your God. Keep my decrees and laws, for the man who obeys them will live them. I am the Lord.”

14. Leviticus 18:24-25
“Do not defile yourselves in any of these ways because this is how the nations that I am going to drive out before you became defiled. Even the land was defiled; so, I punished it for its sin, and the land vomited out its inhabitants.”

15. Leviticus 18:30
“Keep my requirements and do not follow any of the detestable customs that were practiced before you came and do not defile yourselves with them. I am the Lord your God.”

16. When it comes to raising kids, Christians are going to be “odd-man-out

18. II Consequences of Parental COMPROMISE
A. Compromise in the Past

19. Munich Conference 1938
Neville Chamberlain (Prime Minister of Great Britain) and Adolf Hitler shake hands at the signing of a pact on September 29th, This recognized the German “annexation” of Czechoslovakia… a policy of appeasement that failed miserably…

20. April 28, 2004, Canada’s Parliament passed Bill C-350, which criminalized speech/writings that criticize homosexuality…

21. II Consequences of Parental COMPROMISE
A. Compromise in the Past
B. Compromise in the Present

22. Proverbs 23:24
“The father of a righteous man has great joy; he who has a wise son delights in him.”

23. II Consequences of Parental COMPROMISE
A. Compromise in the Past
B. Compromise in the Present
C. Compromise and its Results

24. Dr. Paul D. Meier (author and psychiatrist… a man of faith)
In a book entitled: Christian Child-Rearing and Personality Development wrote: “What to do if you want a kid to be a jerk rather than a joy…”
Dr. Paul D. Meier (author and psychiatrist… a man of faith)

25. Proverbs 29:15
“The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.”

26. III Parental RESPONSIBILITY
A. The Parents are Identified

27. Hebrews 11:23
“By faith Moses’ parents hid him for three months after he was born, because they saw he was no ordinary child, and they were not afraid of the king’s edict.”

28. III Parental RESPONSIBILITY
A. The Parents are Identified
B. Parents are Instructed

29. Conclusion and Summary:
God wants our families to reach their full potential and not be forced into the mold of the world. Is this possible? Can we actually have marriages and kids that are Christ centered, productive and content? Indeed we can, as long as, we accept His Word as TRUTH!