Complementary Old Testament Passage:
Proverbs 17
Sermon Outline:
1. God’s intentional Gospel design for generations
2. Children obey your parents for this pleases the Lord
3. Fathers do not provoke your children
4. Focus on when they will be old
Family Discussion Questions:
1. Not everyone is God’s child - who is?
2. What did Jesus do so that we can be God’s children?
3. Why is the relationship between Christians and God like children to a father?
4. How does our view of parents and children shape our view of God?
5. What are the limits of non-adult children for obedience to their parents?
6. How is the parent-child relationship designed by God good for us as training?
7. What is the role of parents?
8. What would “provoking” mean?
9. What are parents who do not require obedience of children missing?
10. How should God’s own parenting of us shape how we parent our children?
11. How does the parent child relationship change when children are independent and or married?
