Honoring Father's

A. Passivity Genesis 3:6

Lacking in energy or will
Not active or operating
Tending not to take an active or dominant
part

Eli- 1 Samuel 3:12-14

Biblical Manhood Robert Lewis
1. Reject Passivity
2. Accept Responsibility
3. Lead Courageously
4. Reach for the Greater Reward – God’s Reward

C. Accountability Genesis 2:16-17; Genesis 3:17-20

Head of every man is God

1 Corinthians 11:3
But I want you to understand that the head of every man is Christ, the head of a wife is her husband, and the head of Christ is God.

- Freedom of Choice
Genesis 2:16-17

- Adam chose to act independent of God
Genesis 3:17-20

- Joshua chose to function under the headship of God Joshua 24:15

Generational consequences

Numbers 14:18
The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, forgiving iniquity and transgression, but he will by no means clear the guilty, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on the children, to the third and the fourth generation.'

We will give an account of our role as leaders of our home!

B. FellowshipGenesis 3:8

1 John 1:6-7 (John 3:19-21)
If we say we have fellowship with him while we walk in darkness, we lie and do not practice the truth. 7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.

Sin breaks our fellowship

Isaiah 59:2
but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear.

They hid Genesis 3:7-10

Jeremiah 8:12

Philippians 3:19
Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and they glory in their shame, with minds set on earthly things.

We must take ownership of our sins

Gen 3:11-12


D. Example Genesis 4:3-5

Proverbs 23:26
My son, give me your heart, and let your eyes observe my ways.

1 Corinthians 11:1
Be imitators of me, as I am of Christ.

E. Emotions Genesis 4:8,14

Psalms 42:5
Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil within me?

Mark 14:33

1. Glad
2. Mad
3. Sad
4. Stress

1. Passivity
2. Accountability
3. Fellowship
4. Example
5. Emotion

- Passivity
What is one area of your life where you struggle with passivity or are failing to act?

- Accountability
Are you functioning under the Headship of Christ?

- Fellowship
Are you walking in fellowship with God?

- Example
Are you setting an example worth following?

- Emotion
Are you honest with God about your emotions?