Sermon Outline 8.4.24

Title: “Kingdom Vision for Future Generations: How to Avoid Kicking the Can”

Scripture Passage: Ephesians 6:1-4; 2 Kings 20 (esp. vv.12-19; Isa 38-39)

Theme: The church desperately needs men who will live today for days they’ll never see

Translation: Ephesians 6:2—this is the first commandment with “upon news.”

Interpretive paraphrase: This commandment links the reality of our relationship w/God (first table of the law) and our relationship w/neighbors (second table of the law).  When we love God with all our heart, mind, & strength, it will go well with our neighbor.  God sustains your life because of the promise of obedience to Him.

Exposition/Outline:

• εὐαγγέλιον (Romans 1:16, gospel or “good news”) similar to promise in 6:2 ἐπαγγελίᾳ “upon news”
• Honor your father and mother (that’s the commandment)
• ἐπαγγελίᾳ is attached to the commandment; not εὐαγγέλιον “good news,” but “upon news.”
• The “upon news” is that if you obey, “that it may go well with you and that you may live long in the land.”
• Question that arises from the commandment and flows from vv1-4, specifically that fathers would feed their children in the discipline and instruction of the Lord, is: what will come upon the next generation?  
• 2 angles of responsibility for Kingdom Vision:  1) Fathers should obey the command of God to provoke their children in the Way generationally 2) children should actually honor their fathers instruction and discipline by holding onto the promise, what has come upon them, the “upon news,” thus well-being & long life

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