The Greatest Job You’ll Ever Love Part 2.

Outline for sermon preached on April 2, 2017, entitled “The Greatest Job You’ll Ever Love Part 2.”

INTRODUCTION

1. The first family was a troubled family.
2. TEXT: Genesis 4:1-2.
3. Family is never perfect.
4. Family can be helpful or harmful.
5. Being a family is work.

OUTLINE

1. The Two Key Contexts:
   1. Ephesians 6:4. Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
   2. Proverbs 29:15. The rod and reproof give wisdom, but a child left to himself brings shame to his mother.
2. The Two Key Concepts:
   1. Balance.
      1. Do not be too overbearing.
      2. Do not be overly lenient.
   2. Consistency.
      1. Frustration is constant when the rules are not.
3. The two key components:
   1. Instruction.
      1. If they don’t have your love, they will find it in someone else.
   2. Admonition.
      1. They don’t stay sweet and cuddly very long.
      2. Love must be balanced with laws.
      3. Laws must transfer to love.
4. Parents need the help of the Lord.

CONCLUSION

1. PRAYER.