Children, Obey Your Parents - Zac Poonen (பிள்ளைகளே, உங்கள் பெற்றோருக்குக் கீழ்ப்படியுங்கள்)
Tuticorin Conference - 2016 For more videos, please visit www.cfcindia.com
Summary
The sermon emphasizes the importance of children obeying their parents, using biblical examples and modern analogies to illustrate the principle. The speaker advises that just as we must obey traffic signals, we must listen to the guidance of our parents and caregivers to live safely and correctly. Ultimately, the message calls for parents to pray and help raise children to be people of God.
Outline
The message in plain words, in the order it unfolds. Select a time to jump the video to that moment.
What does the Bible say about children obeying parents?The speaker notes that there are verses in the Bible instructing children to obey their parents because it is right.
Jesus grew up with an earthly motherJesus came to earth as a baby and grew up with an earthly mother named Mary, having an earthly upbringing.
Jesus as a boy at age twelveThe speaker pictures Jesus as a twelve-year-old boy who liked to play games like cricket.
Playing games and being called by motherChildren playing games might be interrupted when a mother asks for help in the kitchen or asks them to fetch water from the well.
Waiting thirty-five minutes versus immediate obedienceThe speaker contrasts delaying obedience by saying 'wait a minute' with obeying immediately to honor parents.
Honoring your father and motherThe speaker highlights the promise that honoring your father and mother ensures things will go well with you.
A story about a family of ratsA mother rat warns her baby not to go into the house kitchen, but the little rat disobeys and encounters danger.
Parents protect you from bad thingsGod gave you a father and mother to protect you from harmful things and bad habits like drugs or stealing.
Traffic lights as an analogy for obedienceThe speaker compares parental rules to traffic lights with red, yellow, and green signals that tell us when to stop and go for safety.
Can you tell the story yourself?The speaker asks the children to remember and retell the stories about the rat and obeying parents when they go home.
Closing prayer for the childrenThe speaker leads a prayer thanking Jesus for the children and asking for help for them to obey their parents and grow as disciples.
