Biblical parenting – Train up a child in divine viewpoint choices. Guest speaker Rory Clark.
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BIBLICAL PARENTING
Train Up a Child
INCULCATE YOUR CHILDREN’S SOULS WITH
BIBLE DOCTRINE
PARENTING CURRICULUM
And do not be conformed
to this world (Satan’s system)…
…(keep on) be(ing) transformed by the renewing of your mind (thinking)…
ROM 12:2ab
PARENTING CURRICULUM
For as he thinks within himself
(the right lobe of the soul), so he is…
PRO 23:7
God’s Provision
to raise your children…
Navigation Hardware
The Creator and
His Predetermined Plan
MIND OF CHRIST
Navigation Software
The Commands
“the way we should go”
PASTORS
The Voice of the Navigation Device
“proceed to the highlighted route”
“continue to follow the road”
“recalculate the route”
EUSEBEIA
The Vehicle
The Christian Way of Life
PARENTS
In a family…
The Drivers of the Vehicle
Responsible for the Passengers
PARENTING CURRICULUM
Choose Fuel for the Child’s Soul
Human Viewpoint
or
Divine Viewpoint?
CHILDREN
Passengers
Don’t have driver’s licenses yet…
SO SHUT THE HELL UP
IN THE BACK SEAT!
BIBLICAL PARENTING
Train Up a Child
Divine Viewpoint Choices
What are parents inculcating into their children?
MINDSET
A mental attitude or disposition that predetermines a person’s responses to and interpretations of situations.
For as he (mankind) thinks within himself (in the right lobe of the soul),
so he is…
PRO 23:7a
The FIXED Mindset
versus
The GROWTH Mindset
The FIXED Mindset
The Thinking of the One Who Chooses It
Intelligence is Static
You Have it or You Don’t
Desire to look smart
and to be validated
The FIXED Mindset
Avoid Challenges
Give Up Easily
See Effort as Fruitless
Ignore Feedback (see it as criticism)
The FIXED Mindset
Feel threatened by the success of others
Plateau
Fail to Grow
Never Achieve Capabilities
The FIXED Mindset
Use experiences they create to confirm their deterministic
view of the world
This the Thinking of the One Who Chooses It
It is a CHOICE
The GROWTH Mindset
The Thinking of the One Who Chooses It
Intelligence Can Be Developed
Desire to Learn Embrace Challenges
Persist in the face of setbacks and mistakes
The GROWTH Mindset
See Effort as the Path to Mastery
Crave Feedback and Learn From It
Find Lessons and Inspiration
in the Success of Others
The GROWTH Mindset
Continually Elevate Achievement
Greater Sense of Free Will
This is the Thinking of the One Who Chooses It
It is a CHOICE!
These Mindsets are “States”
Temporary Conditions, Not Labels
Carnal Condition versus Spiritual Condition
Out of Fellowship with God versus In Fellowship with God
These Mindsets are “States”
And I (Paul), brethren (believers), could not speak to you as to spiritual (condition) men, but as to men of flesh (carnal condition men), as to babes in Christ. 1CO 3:1
These Mindsets are “States”
Losing versus Winning
Mindsets are not LABELS
Loser versus Winner
Mindsets are ABSOLUTE
Carnal versus Spiritual
Black versus White
I didn’t do it…versus I did it…
Cold versus Hot
I’m not committed…versus I’m committed…
…and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul , and with all your mind, and with all your strength.
MAR 12:30
**135** **139** **140** **145** **169** **177** **186** **192** **199** **202** Mindsets are not RELATIVE
Black and White
I didn’t do it…I did it
Cold or Hot
not committed…committed
versus Lukewarm
I’m getting better…
Christianity is not RELATIVE
Cold or Hot
Antagonistic to God or For God
versus Lukewarm
Indifferent to God
‘I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot ; I would that you were cold or hot.//So because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit (VOMIT) you
out of My mouth.’
REV 3:15-16
**139** **143** **144** **149** **173** **181** **190** **196** **203** **206** Lukewarm is ARROGANCE
Self-Justification
Self-Deception
Self-Absorption
Religion or Christianity
Lukewarm Christian or Committed Christian
Cold Christian or Hot Christian
It’s Your Choice!
As parents, we must begin to teach our kids how to make divine viewpoint choices
Show them the contrast…
The Human Viewpoint Choice versus The Divine Viewpoint Choice Show them the consequences…
The Human Viewpoint Choice versus The Divine Viewpoint Choice
Let them FAIL…
The Lesson of Free Will
The Lesson of Forgiveness
The Lesson of Grace
THE LESSON OF FREE WILL
“He who believes in the Son (Jesus Christ) has eternal life; but he who does not obey the (command to believe in the) Son shall not see (eternal) life (in heaven), but the wrath of God (everlasting life in the lake of fire) abides on him.”
JOH 3:36
THE LESSON OF FORGIVENESS
…bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you.
COL 3:13
THE LESSON OF GRACE
In Him (Jesus Christ) we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace…
EPH 1:7
Tales from the Parenting Front
I am NOT the perfect parent!
I am a COMMITTED parent!
**159** **163** **164** **169** **193** **201** **210** **216** **223** **226** Closing Prayer
**160** **164** **165** **170** **194** **202** **211** **217** **224** **227** Trust in the LORD with all your heart And do not lean on your own understanding.//In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He will make your paths straight.
PRO 3:5-6
**161** **165** **166** **171** **195** **203** **212** **218** **225** **228** “The LORD is the one who goes ahead of you; He will be with you. He will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.”
DEU 31:8
**162** **166** **167** **172** **196** **204** **213** **219** **226** **229** Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you, And therefore He waits on high to have compassion on you. For the LORD is a God of justice; How blessed are all those who long for Him.
ISA 30:18
**163** **167** **168** **173** **197** **205** **214** **220** **227** **230** Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time,//casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.
1PE 5:6-7
**164** **168** **169** **174** **198** **206** **215** **221** **228** **231** Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling, and to make you stand in the presence of His glory blameless with great joy,//to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, dominion and authority, before all time and now and forever. Amen.
JUD 1:24-25
**165** **169** **170** **175** **199** **207** **216** **222** **229** **232** Let us pray…
**166** **170** **171** **176** **200** **208** **217** **223** **230** **233** Thanks for Coming!