The main headings are planned to be- ---1.---- This is addressed to believers--2.---- This is an appeal not an order--3.---- The grounds of the appeal--4.---- We are urged to give our bodies to God--5.---- We are to do this as a living sacrifice--6.---- Our lives are to be holy and pleasing to God--7.---- This is our reasonable act of worship

1. Parents should not exasperate their childrenThings that might exasperate children-- An attitude of resentment towards children- Bad temper shown towards children- Making unfavourable comparisons with other children- Inconsistency when dealing with children- Overly harsh punishment or reproof- Failure to correct wrong behaviour- Hypocrisy- Neglect2. Parents should bring children up in the training and instruction of the Lord- Children are to be nurtured- Children are to be trained- Children are to be taught3. God the greatest Father of all

1. The greatness of God's grace, knowledge and wisdom, verse 33.--2. Scriptures which speak of God's greatness, verses 34 and 35.--3. To God alone belongs the glory for all things, verse 36.

1. God's love for Abraham and his descendants still stands.----2. Just as God ruled over the disobedience of the Jews in order to save Gentiles, so he will rule over the salvation of Gentiles in order to save the Jews.----3. God's has ruled so that all imprisoned in their disobedience, so it is clear that all who are saved are saved according to God's mercy.