Preparing your children for a blessed marriage'

1
The Biblical Blessing of Marriage Part 3

• Preparing your children for a blessed marriage.

2
Introduction

• Loving Christian parents undoubtedly want their
  children to go to heaven.
• It is consistent, then, that Christian parents
  would want their children to marry a faithful
  Christian someone that will influence their
  lives in the ways of faithfully serving God.
• What are we doing to prepare our children for a
  blessed marriage?
• How much time are we spending preparing our
  children for a blessed marriage and family life?

3
Introduction

• Continuing the theme of a blessed marriage we
  need to look at preparing our children for it.
• To get back to accepting, living, and teaching
  God-given roles to our children.
• To instill a principle of faithful yoking
  finding someone of like precious faith.
• To ensure a strong parent-child relationship
  where children will employ their parents wisdom
  when they become teens.

4
Preparing Them To Be Equally Yoked

• As parents (who have authority over our children)
  we should not shy away from teaching the
  principle of faithful yoking. Cp. Deut. 2210 2
  Cor. 614-17
• We rightly teach Christians not to love the world
  or the things in it. 1 Jn. 215
• We authoritatively and faithfully teach against
  fellowship with brethren walking in darkness. 1
  Cor. 59-11
• In like manner we must instill within our
  children a desire to find someone of like mind
  of like precious faith.

5
Preparing Them To Be Equally Yoked

• Applying the principle Do not be unequally yoked
  with unbelievers. 2 Cor. 614
• This passage does not explicitly nor contextually
  forbid marriage to an unbeliever, therefore a
  Christian has no authority to bind this on
  another Christian.
• The principle behind this passage, however, can
  be appropriately and wisely applied to ones
  marriage as easily as any other area in our
  lives.
• This God inspired warning should be heeded by
  parents in preparing their children for a blessed
  marriage.

6
Preparing Them For Their God-Given Roles

• Before parents can ideally and effectively train
  their children for their God-given roles
• Parents must first believe in, accept, and strive
  to practice Gods revealed word on this subject
  matter (as they would on any other area of
  study). Cp. 2 Tim. 316
• We may not live in the perfect environment or
  circumstance but will strive nonetheless to
  instill these God-given roles to our children.

7
Preparing Them For Their God-Given Roles

• Fathers teaching their sons
• To take the lead in making decisions like Joshua.
  Josh. 2415
• To learn courage and sacrifice, provide for,
  protect against like David. 1 Sam. 1731-37
• To take godly wives who will quietly follow their
  (godly) lead.

8
Preparing Them For Their God-Given Roles

• Mothers teaching their daughters
• To ingrain them to submit to their husbands
  headship. Cp. 1 Pet. 36 Eph. 522
• This does not mean she is to be afraid of him.
• Nor obeying her husband even if it means sinning
  against God. Cp. Acts 528-29
• Teach them to be industrious.
• Give our daughters to godly men who will lead
  their families like Joshua. Josh. 2415

9
Teenage Years Wisdom Employed

• The transition from child to adult are the
  teenage years.
• If they are prepared to learn to accept and love
  their God-given roles.
• If they have learned to seek out someone of like
  precious faith.
• If they have learned to seek after the wisdom of
  their godly parents. Prov. 41-9
• Then a strong parent-child relationship coupled
  with diligent training will prepare their
  children to seek a blessed marriage.

10
Teenage Years Wisdom Employed

• When not trained up in the way they should go,
  they will look to the world for guidance and
  acceptance.
• Forsaking Gods wisdom, your child will turn to
  the wisdom of the world. Prov. 17
• Their decisions may bring fleeting happiness, but
  not a blessed marriage leading to eternal life.

11
Conclusion

• If we want our children to have blessed marriages
  we must take the time and energy to prepare them
  for such a blessed relationship.
• God has given us His wisdom so they may find
  someone like-minded focused on having a blessed
  marriage.