I remember just how she looked, with her cap and spectacles. )Obedience to a masterKing's Highway.The Hon. No plan could be devised for the discouragement of piety in children more certain in its object. Bushnell, D. D.)LinksColossians 3:20 NIVColossians 3:20 NLTColossians 3:20 ESVColossians 3:20 NASBColossians 3:20 KJVColossians 3:20 Bible AppsColossians 3:20 ParallelColossians 3:20 Biblia ParalelaColossians 3:20 Chinese BibleColossians 3:20 French BibleColossians 3:20 German BibleColossians 3:20 CommentariesBible Hub, (4)His Fatherly relation (Malachi 1:6).II. Cheerfully. We have no right to be anxious anywhere; it is unbelief which trust in God should set at rest. Sermon. Colossians 3:12-21 EXEGESIS: ... 20 Children, obey your parents in all things, for this pleases the Lord. August 18, 2019; Troy Warner; Colossians; Details Watch Listen Colossians 4:2-6 Evangelistic Praying . The parent is not to rule in a spirit of exasperating severity. I think most of us have seen parents chasing children up and down store aisles because the kid refuses to stay with the parent. We cannot imagine that this is so universal and absolute as obedience to God. THE OFFICE OF PARENTS. (a)With respect to their benevolence towards us. Thomas H. Benton was for many years a United States senator. It could be environmental factors, societal failure or psychological trauma caused by someone else. "(King's Highway. Your best life now…is hidden. He has placed before you the immortal minds of your children, more imperishable than the diamond, on which you are about to inscribe every day and every hour, by your instruction, by your spirit, or by your example, something that will remain and be exhibited for or against you at the judgment day!"Lessons:1. There is a beautiful courage in a child's approach to God; but if his courage even toward his father is broken down, he will only shrink from God with a greater fear.III. (b)With respect to their claims when in indigence, in infirmity, or dead. Instantly, without waiting to ask the reason, or promising to obey at some future time.5. Children are not the center of the family and neither are they somewhere on the outskirts. Always. (Proverbs 1:8. This obedience is universal. Primarily it means “to place value upon” them. Responsibility is always shifted to something else. (3) When without necessity they compel them to perform sordid actions. The so called experts warn us that we must provide children with the right environment, give them freedom to explore, and do not inhibit their efforts to express themselves. The permission did not come, and there he stood at his post and perished.(E. THE NATURE OF THIS RECONCILIATION. (b)With respect to their claims when in indigence, in infirmity, or dead. Neither God nor your parents would wish it if it were not for your good. We have no right to be anxious anywhere; it is unbelief which trust in God should set at rest. She asked me never to gamble, and I never learned to gamble. Introduction. However, the statement here to obey them in “all things” is not without qualification. It takes a lot of practice to learn to control your fingers so that you can color between the lines or nimbly use a keyboard to operate a computer. 1, To children. 3 Since, then, you have been raised with Christ, set your hearts on things above, where Christ is, seated at the right hand of God. But what can win a child to attempt to please God when His earthly representative is so difficult to please?IV. He had lain down, and the whole train passed over him without injury. I remember just how she sat with the Bible on her lap. Nothing will so dreadfully overcast the sky of childhood as the weather this makes. She asked me never to gamble, and I never learned to gamble. 3 Introduction to These Reflections on Colossians This sermon series allows a congregation to explore some of the main passages in Paul’s letter to the Colossians alongside the sessions in the Fruitfulness on the Frontline DVD. Barlow. The reason for the duty: because it is well pleasing to the Lord. (4) Submission. BY KEEPING CHILDREN IN A CONTINUAL TORMENT OF SUPPRESSION. Filial obedience should be prompt, cheerful, self-denying, uniform; not dilatory and reluctant.2. Neither God nor your parents would wish it if it were not for your good. BY THE HOLDING ALOOF SYSTEM BY WHICH CHILDREN ARE DENIED A RECOGNITION OF THEIR CHURCH MEMBERSHIP. (5) When they chastise them beyond measure or desert (2 Samuel 7:14).2. Nor is the case improved when the child is cowed into fear of such a parent, and thus reduced to submission. If the parents have done their job properly and the children are walking with the Lord, this arises out of the love of devotion. I made a resolution of total abstinence. You cannot lie for them. (3) Perform all with sincerity and impartiality to both parents. (3) It promotes your daily improvement. Nor is the case improved when the child is cowed into fear of such a parent, and thus reduced to submission. When making a speech in New York once, he turned to the ladies present, and spoke about his mother in this way" "My mother asked me never to use tobacco, and I have never touched it from that day to this. I remember just how she sat with the Bible on her lap. A child loses his temper, and the conclusion forthwith sprung upon him is that he has a bad heart. (2) It will make you cheerful and happy in your minds, whereas disobedience makes you sullen and disagreeable to yourselves as well as others. The child must be wisely trusted to danger, and shown how to conquer it.VII. Soon after the father was slain. This obedience is qualified and limited by the Divine approval.II. The extent of the duty. That is why you need to obey them. "In all things." It is right when children have done wrong to make them feel your displeasure; but that should not take the manner of a grudge, and hold on after repentance. They are not to irritate their children, but, by parity of reasoning, to so comport themselves in good government as to secure their children's honour. Heartily and sincerely, as opposed to that hypocritical obedience which some children yield when their parents are in sight, because they are afraid of the consequences.3. (5) It is most favourable to conversion, but the contrary almost precludes the hope of it.3. Cheerfully. Children that disobey parents also disobey God – what are the consequences to this? Colossians 4:3 Parallel Verses [⇓ See commentary ⇓] Colossians 4:3, NIV: "And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains." W. Noel, M. De W. Talmage, D. D.When I was a boy, and a little reckless, my mother used to say to me, "De Witt, you will be sorry for this when I am gone." (1) God commands it, and He is so good that we ought to obey Him, and so great that He will not allow disobedience to go unpunished. Certainly people can come to know the Lord regardless of the beliefs of their parents just as have many of you. Their very presence causes us to be more careful how we act,what we say and even how we think. The next day the king sent for the man, and attached to his breast the medal for civil courage.Disobedience regrettedT. This obedience is qualified and limited by the Divine approval.II. Browse Sermons on Colossians 3:20. Say they do not want to be disturbed at the moment and ask them to call back. She asked me never to gamble, and I never learned to gamble. As with all authority there is a hierarchy that starts with God and then descends from there. 6. The parent is not to rule in a spirit of exasperating severity. They are not to irritate their children, but, by parity of reasoning, to so comport themselves in good government as to secure their children's honour. And then, since the child will most certainly learn how little reason there was for this eternal distress, he is sure to be issued finally in a feeling of confirmed disrespect. Now this is what God has done. . Colossians 1:1b. (3) When without necessity they compel them to perform sordid actions. The duty itself contains four things. It is of no use for children to obey in some things and disobey in others; to do half what their parents command, and leave half undone.4. The supreme authority of our heavenly Father makes any duties He requires highly reasonable: and in pleasing God you please your parents and yourself too, for you must needs be happy when God and you are pleased (Psalm 19:11; Ephesians 6:1).II. That resolution I have never broken. The reason for the duty: because it is well pleasing to the Lord. There is a beautiful courage in a child's approach to God; but if his courage even toward his father is broken down, he will only shrink from God with a greater fear.III. But the term is used to show us that this honour is not a vain respect, and to condemn hypocritical obsequiousness (Matthew 21:30). (2) It will make you cheerful and happy in your minds, whereas disobedience makes you sullen and disagreeable to yourselves as well as others. That this is well pleasing to God is seen —, (1)From His commandment. )The rarity of obedienceJ. The child giving evidence, however beautiful, of his piety, is still kept back from the Lord's table, for the simple defect of years. For a child that may be a toy – other children that come over to play only because they want to play with your toys. Self-control and considering the interests of other people are both vital to your getting along with others and becoming successful as adults. BY HOLDING DISPLEASURE TOO LONG, AND YIELDING WITH TOO GREAT DIFFICULTY. De W. Talmage, D. D.When I was a boy, and a little reckless, my mother used to say to me, "De Witt, you will be sorry for this when I am gone." Nothing will so dreadfully overcast the sky of childhood as the weather this makes. (3) Perform all with sincerity and impartiality to both parents. Lord Bacon observes that fathers have most comfort of the good proof of their sons; but the mothers have most discomfort of their ill proof. While Paul will deal with their problems one by one, he first seeks to ground these Colossian Christians solidly in the basics of the faith—and Christ is at the center of that faith (see especially 1:15-20). It does not stop with ten, like the words of Sinai, but keeps up the thunder from day to day. Children love approbation, and are specially disappointed when they fail of it in their meritorious endeavours, and especially when they are blamed for a trivial defect which, had they known, they would have avoided. "In all things." So, if the child evinces a desire to play on Sunday, has not the father, who has outgrown play, occupied himself even in church with his secular schemes? But what can win a child to attempt to please God when His earthly representative is so difficult to please?IV. Remember Hophni and Phinehas, and Absalom. VI. This obedience is universal. It does not stop with ten, like the words of Sinai, but keeps up the thunder from day to day. Add to cart. The study should be rather to forbid as few things as possible, and then soundly to enforce what is forbidden.II. Lord Bacon observes that fathers have most comfort of the good proof of their sons; but the mothers have most discomfort of their ill proof. The next day the king sent for the man, and attached to his breast the medal for civil courage.Disobedience regrettedT. 18 Wives, be subject to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. (1) Be thoroughly sensible of the mischief of disobedience, and the benefit of obedience. (1) Prayer for all necessary things, but more particularly that they may be God's children. When good intentions are rated low, and children are put under the ban of dishonour, they are very likely to show that they are no better than they are taken to be. We have no right to be anxious anywhere; it is unbelief which trust in God should set at rest. Remember Hophni and Phinehas, and Absalom. Religiously. There is a beautiful courage in a child's approach to God; but if his courage even toward his father is broken down, he will only shrink from God with a greater fear.III. Instantly, without waiting to ask the reason, or promising to obey at some future time.5. God uses them not only to protect and provide for you, but also to guide you in how to live life. W. Noel, M. "Lie down!" (Richard Adams, A. M.)The duties of parents and childrenG. Bushnell, D. D.— Discouraged, Paul means, in good. Thomas H. Benton was for many years a United States senator. Only two boys ventured to apply for the situation.(J. (3) Perform all with sincerity and impartiality to both parents. Bate. But what can win a child to attempt to please God when His earthly representative is so difficult to please?IV. THE DUTY OF THE CHILD TO THE PARENT IS TO OBEY.1. The first extreme I want to mention is the one now most prevalent in our society. This is, in itself, a sufficient reason for filial obedience, But it is well pleasing to the Lord for several reasons.