Mt. Olive Baptist Church | 1/29/23

Deuteronomy 6:1-8

A Father’s Responsibility

A father’s responsibility is to be the spiritual leader and teach the Word of God in the home.

In our churches today where there is such a focus on youth and children’s ministry, we don’t see a generation coming up that is holding the line. We see a generation that is sliding.

Whenever you see the training of children mentioned in the Bible, you always see it directed to the parents, particularly the father.

Ephesians 6 - Paul doesn’t tell the church to start a youth ministry. He tells the fathers to bring their children up in the training and admonition of the Lord.

The phrase “there is more caught than taught” is a false dichotomy.

Deut. 6 says that fathers are to do both formal teaching and teaching by how you live.

If it’s not taught, then it’s not going to be caught.