Action Not Words
1 Samuel 2:23-25 (KJV)
23 And he said unto them, Why do ye such things? for I hear of your evil dealings by all this people.
24 Nay, my sons; for it is no good report that I hear: ye make the LORD'S people to transgress.
25 If one man sin against another, the judge shall judge him: but if a man sin against the LORD, who shall intreat for him? Notwithstanding they hearkened not unto the voice of their father, because the LORD would slay them.
1 Samuel 3:13 (KJV)
13For I have told him that (I will judge his house for ever) for the iniquity which he knoweth; because his sons made themselves vile, and he restrained them not.
Verbal Disapproval is Weak…
*Without Consequences…
Verbal Correction Needs
Physical Enforcement…
Words and Fireside Chats Will Not Always Be Enough…
Restrain- Means (You) as the parent are Responsible for your Children’s behavior!
Better to Train and Demand Obedience While they’re young and not wait until they’re Teenagers….
Proverbs 29:15 (KJV)
15 The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame.
Don’t Say “No” if You’re Not Going to Enforce It!
Your Family Dynamics and Culture-
Do Not Override “Scripture”
You Could Very Well Be the Master of Your Family’s Destruction…
ACTION NOT WORDS
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牧師 Pastor, R.D. Frazier
1 Peter 4:11