THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CHILDREN AND FATHERS

TEXT- EPHESIANS 6:1-4

INTRODUCTION

OUR TEXT IS FOUND IN EPHESIANS 6:1-4 AND THE TITLE OF MY MESSAGE IS, "THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CHILDREN AND FATHERS.

AFTER WATCHING A TELEVISION SHOW ABOUT HOW REBELLIOUS YOUNG PEOPLE ARE TODAY IN OUR SOCIETY A HUSBAND SAID TO HIS WIFE, "WHAT A MESS! WHERE DID OUR GENERATION GO WRONG?" THE WIFE CALMLY ANSWERED, "WE HAD CHILDREN."

FOR SOME, CHILDREN ARE CONSIDERED A BOTHER WHILE FOR OTHERS THEY ARE A BLESSINGS.

A SALESMAN ASKED A SMALL BOY SITTING ON THE STEPS IN FRONT OF A HOUSE, "IS YOUR FATHER HOME?" "YEAH, HE'S HOME," THE BOY REPLIED. THE SALESMAN WENT TO THE DOOR AND RANG THE BELL, BUT NO ONE ANSWERED. THEN HE KNOCKED AND STILL NO ONE CAME TO THE DOOR. TURNING TO THE BOY, THE MAN SAID, "I THOUGHT YOU SAID YOUR FATHER WAS HOME." THE KID SAID, "HE IS; BUT THIS ISN'T WHERE I LIVE."

LET'S LOOK NOW AT OUR TEXT AND SEE WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF CHILDREN AND FATHERS ARE.