What I Would Do Differently
Lesson 2: What Does the Bible Say about Family Discipleship?
Lets Review the purpose of these lessons:
1. Know Your Role.
2. Develop Your Vision.
3. Make Your Plan.
4. Fulfill The Mission.
Moralistic Therapeutic Deism
Use Prezi Presentation on MVCC Family Ministry
If teenagers wrote out the creed of this religious outlook, it would look something like this:
• A god exists who created and orders the world and watches over life on earth.
• God wants people to be good, nice and fair to each other, as taught in the Bible and by most world religions.
• The central goal of life is to be happy and feel good about yourself.
• God is not involved in my life except when I need God to solve a problem.
• Good people go to heaven when they die.
I will teach these passages in a classroom with Discussion.
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
• Israel’s primary belief (v4) – The Shema o God is one
o God is the true and only God!
o “Our God is Yahweh, Yahweh alone!” – Daniel Block (as opposed to a verse that teaches against the trinity).6
• Play video that explains shema - https://thebibleproject.com/blog/what-is-the- shema/
• Action Verbs o Hear Him o Obey Him o Love Him
• Focus on the Heart
o Show verses throughout the bible that also emphasize the heart.
o Proverbs 4:23, Psalm 26:2, Hebrews 4:12, Luke 6:45, Jeremiah 17:9-10, Psalm 19:14, Matthew 15:18, Matthew 6:21, Psalm 139:23.
• “teach them diligently”
o Jewish Fathers (parents) were the primary influence and teachers of their children. Jewish fathers (parents) were meant to teach diligently the faith to their children.
▪ Emphasize the role of fathers, without diminishing role of mothers.
o Purpose of parenting is to impress the hearts of children with the love of God.
6 Daniel I. Block, Deuteronomy, The NIV Application Commentary (Grand Rapids:
Zondervan, 2012), 177.
• Every day small and incremental teaching.
o They were to teach their children while they sat, walked, laid down, and rose up.
o This is all the time and done daily (regularly).
o The shema was a regular part of life, repeated twice daily in the home.
o Shema (hear, obey, and love) was to initially be..
▪ In the heart (v8) “shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes” – Beliefs, feelings, choices.
▪ In your home (v9) “doorposts of your home”
▪ In your work/community (v9) “gates”
Psalm 78:1-8
• It was Israel’s responsibility to pass the faith on to the next generation.
o V1-3 – How were you taught the faith.
o V4-5 – Don’t give up this responsibility to teach your children.
▪ “We will not hide them from their children, but tell to the coming generation.”
▪ Deuteronomy 6:20-21
• Tell your children/grandchildren about the Lord and His work in History (Scripture/current culture)
• We need to be ready for when our children come to us. We should not delegate that responsibility to someone else.
o V5-8 – God’s plan for discipleship – the family!
o V8 – Don’t be like their fathers who were stubborn and rebellious.
▪ Whose heart was not steadfast
▪ Whose spirit was not faithful to God
▪ Therefore, a sign of faith is that they will teach their children.
Proverbs: To teach wisdom and the fear of the Lord.
• Proverbs 22:6: “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it”.
• Proverbs 1:7 – “The Fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom”
• Proverbs 23:24-25, 29:3, 17: Wise children bring gladness and joy
• Proverbs 10:1, 19:13, 28:7: Foolish children bring demise
• Proverbs 9:16: Vulnerable to wrong influences
• Proverbs 14:18: If uncorrected, will lead to full-grown folly.
• Proverbs 4:23: Need to guard heart
• Proverbs 3:11-12: Wisdom leads to parental discipline and correction
• Proverbs 3:11-12, 13:1: Need for discipline
• Proverbs 13:24, 22:15, 23:13-14: Verses on types of discipline (corporal punishment)
Ephesians 6:1-4 (very similar to Col 3:20-21) A challenge for both children and parents.
• Children:
• Col 3:20 – in all things.
• Connection to Deuteronomy 6:4-5 o Honor
▪ It may go well with you
▪ May live long in the land
• Father:
o Do not provoke your children to anger.
▪ Read (Shepherding a child’s heart – pg. 28-29)
▪ Counter culture to the Roman male-dominated culture
▪ Anger is a result of prideful control
• This anger is a sin (Eph 4:26)
▪ Tim Challies. 7 Things a good dad says
https://www.challies.com/christian-living/7-things-a-good-dad- says/?fbclid=IwAR1E4fX-
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o Bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
▪ The tendency to focus on “not provoking” and ignore “instruction / discipline”
▪ Connected to first 2 previous passages.
▪ Discipline
▪ Instruction of the Lord
• Teaching your children (video by David Platt)
o https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=14406131727 13903
• Catechism (video by Ligon Duncan)
o https://www.facebook.com/thegospelcoalition/video s/2169602019827603/?v=2169602019827603
• We will talk more about this in weeks to come, providing practical helps, but for those who are impatient, here are 6 ways to teach your kids the Bible.
o https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/6-ways- to-teach-your-kids-the-bible/
What do these 4 passages tell us about your role as parents? Church’s role?
Review: These lessons are meant for you to:
1. Know Your Role.
2. Develop Your Vision.
3. Make Your Plan.
4. Fulfill The Mission.
Homework:
• Read these four passages at home during the week
• Begin to list the parental expectations and roles from these passages.
• Pray for you and your family to understand and apply these passages.