Who's Really in Charge?

  • Pastor Rick Millikin
  • Mar 8, 2009
  • Series: Relationships

WHO'S REALLY IN CHARGE?
Relationships - Part 5
March 8, 2009
Proverbs 22:6
Pastor Rick Millikin


1Now the serpent was the shrewdest of all the creatures the LORD God had made. "Really?" he asked the woman. "Did God really say you must not eat any of the fruit in the garden?"...4"You won't die!" the serpent hissed. 5"God knows that your eyes will be opened when you eat it. You will become just like God, knowing everything, both good and evil." 6The woman was convinced. The fruit looked so fresh and delicious, and it would make her so wise! So she ate some of the fruit. She also gave some to her husband, who was with her. Then he ate it, too. Genesis 3:1-6 (NLT)

The Family Coup Begins:

• The Sin Of Control


• The Displacement of God.

1Follow God's example in everything you do, because you are his dear children. Ephesians 5:1 (NLT)


The Resignation of ___Husbands & Wives___.

21Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ. Ephesians 5:21 (NIV)


• The Coup of The Kids

1Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. Ephesians 6:1 (NLT)

 

Setting Your Kids Up To Succeed:

1. Clarify the Goals of the Family.

27So God created people in his own image; God patterned them after himself; male and female he created them. 28God blessed them and told them, "Multiply and fill the earth... Genesis 1:27-28 (NLT)


• Do a Corporate Takeover.

6Teach your children to choose the right path, and when they are older, they will remain upon it. Proverbs 22:6 (NLT)

• Move Your Children Down the Chart.

2"Honor your father and mother." This is the first of the Ten Commandments that ends with a promise. 3And this is the promise: If you honor your father and mother, "you will live a long life, full of blessing." Ephesians 6:2-3 (NLT)

"Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger by the way you treat them. Rather, bring them up with the discipline and instruction that comes from the Lord". Ephesians 6:4 (NLT)

• Set The Agenda.

1Children, obey your parents because you belong to the Lord, for this is the right thing to do. Ephesians 6:1 (NLT)

• Limit the Perks.

...for this is the right thing to do. 2"Honor your father and mother." This is the first of the Ten Commandments that ends with a promise. Ephesians 6:2-3 (NLT)

• Nurture Corporate Morale.

33So again I say, each man must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. Ephesians 5:33 (NLT)

"Honor your father and mother" is the first commandment that has a promise attached to it, namely, "so you will live well and have a long life." Ephesians 6:3 (MSG)