A godly father leads his family to God
Josh. 24:14-15
Father’s Day is a specific day to honor fathers as the bible has so clearly commanded
Old Testament Exod. 20:12, “Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth.”
New Testament, Eph 6:2, “Honour thy father and mother which is the first commandment with promise.”
Living the best in Christ requires honoring your father and mother.
Honor thy father contextually is a commandment to respect, to place high value and provide practical care and support as parents grow older.
To honor thy father is not just words but actions, helping your father when they need help due to age or health.
The Bible does not qualify honoring fathers based on they being a good father, God just commands us to honor they father.
What does society see as a good father, most would say, one who takes care of children through providing housing, food and clothing.
But I believe a good father according to the Bible is one who leads his family to God.
God will judge fathers on how they parented their children.
Food, clothing and housing are a necessity, but they are temporary.
But the soul is everlasting, meaning they will live forever either in heaven or in hell, a godly father will do all he can to make sure his children live in heaven with the Savior.
A godly father leads his family to God
Brothers God has commanded us to lead our families to God.
There is a reason why God made Adam first and gave him Eve to lead her and their children to God.
A godly father is the spiritual leader of the family.
Joshua made a choice to serve the LORD and lead his wife and children to serve God too.
Well, we may not have an earthly father to do all of that, but we do have a heavenly Father who gave us his word and His Spirit to lead us closer to HIM.
We have the written word and the Living WORD!
He is our Father who looks over us day and night!
Old Testament Exod. 20:12, “Honour thy father and thy mother that thy days may be long upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth.”
New Testament, Eph 6:2, “Honour thy father and mother which is the first commandment with promise.”
Living the best in Christ requires honoring your father and mother.
Honor thy father contextually is a commandment to respect, to place high value and provide practical care and support as parents grow older.
To honor thy father is not just words but actions, helping your father when they need help due to age or health.
The Bible does not qualify honoring fathers based on they being a good father, God just commands us to honor they father.
What does society see as a good father, most would say, one who takes care of children through providing housing, food and clothing.
But I believe a good father according to the Bible is one who leads his family to God.
God will judge fathers on how they parented their children.
Food, clothing and housing are a necessity, but they are temporary.
But the soul is everlasting, meaning they will live forever either in heaven or in hell, a godly father will do all he can to make sure his children live in heaven with the Savior.
A godly father leads his family to God
- A godly father is strong and will publicly denounce sin before his children- vs. 14
- A godly father obeys God’s word, even when the majority is chasing after the world- vs.15a
- A godly father speaks for his whole family- vs. 15c
Brothers God has commanded us to lead our families to God.
There is a reason why God made Adam first and gave him Eve to lead her and their children to God.
A godly father is the spiritual leader of the family.
- A godly father is strong and will publicly denounce sin before his children- vs. 14
“Now therefore fear the LORD and serve him in sincerity and in truth: and put away the gods which your fathers served on the other side of the flood and in Egypt; and serve the LORD."
- Joshua is a strong father; he loves God and loves his family.
- A strong father will stand alone if need be, rather than following the crowd.
- Joshua was one of the twelve spies that were sent to survey the land.
- Ten of the men were weak with no faith but Joshua and Caleb were strong through faith.
- A strong father in not made strong by physical, financialmight but by faith in God.
- Eph. 6:10, “Finally my brethren be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might.”
- A strong father will publicly denounce sin before his children
- Fathers’ children need to know where you stand on this matter of sin.
- Sin is when people are doing what God says don’t do.
- Fathers can’t be silent on sin that is destroying society.
- A godly father obeys God’s word even when the majority is chasing after the world- vs. 15a
“And if it seems evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom you will serve.”
- The culture cannot influence a godly father to follow the world.
- Just because everyone else is doing a thing doesn’tmean you should do the thing.
- Paganism, pantheism and polytheism had consumed Israel.
- A godly father follows God not the world.
- Fathers be careful and never take your eyes off God.
- What was a sin 20 years ago many pastors who are fathers are not accepting what God says is not acceptable.
- A godly father will never be a popular father in the view ofthe world.
- To be popular in this world today you must be ecumenical and extremely liberal.
- A godly father will teach his children you can’t go along with everything because some things are sin.
- A godly father speaks for his whole family- vs. 15c
“But as for me and my house we will serve the LORD.”
- A godly father understands that he is responsible for his family.
- A godly father understand that you cannot lead from behind, you must be out front.
- Joshua knew that fathers cannot be neutral when it comes to obeying God’s word.
- We are either for God or against God.
- We cannot tell our children I am not for drugging,drinking, stealing but I am not against it either.
- A godly father shares person faith and spiritual leadership with his family.
- Godly father leads his family to worship God.
- Godly father leads his family in ministry for God.
- Godly father leads his family to evangelize for God.
- Godly father leads his family in fellowship with God.
- Godly father leads his family in discipleship to glorify God.
Joshua made a choice to serve the LORD and lead his wife and children to serve God too.
Well, we may not have an earthly father to do all of that, but we do have a heavenly Father who gave us his word and His Spirit to lead us closer to HIM.
We have the written word and the Living WORD!
He is our Father who looks over us day and night!
