Poster Child
Family Ties
James Merritt
Ephesians 6:1-3
Introduction
1. You think you have heard it all. You think you have seen it all and then you read this,
Rather than being grateful for his opportunity in life, Raphael Samuel is suing his parents for bringing him into the world without his consent. The twenty seven-year-old man from Mumbai, claims his parents were selfish and “had me for their joy and their pleasure.” He explained, “I want everyone in India and the world to realize one thing, that they are born without their consent. I want them to understand they do not owe their parents anything.” He also stated, “If we are born without our consent, we should be maintained for our life. We should be paid by our parents to live.”
I don’t think he has a very good chance in court, because both of his parents are attorneys. (1)
2. By the way, I do love his mother’s response. She said, “I must admire my son’s temerity to want to take his parents to court knowing both of us are lawyers. And if Raphael could come up with a rational explanation as to how we could have sought his consent to be born, I will accept my fault.”
3. I wish Raphael could hear the message that I am delivering today, because it actually goes to the very heart of his concern. We are in series that we have called “Family Ties.” We have been dealing with the various parts of the traditional family. We have talked to husbands, wives, fathers, and mothers, but today we are going to talk directly to children. The reason I am going to do that is because that is exactly what the Apostle Paul did in a New Testament book he wrote called Ephesians. [Turn to Ephesians 6]
4. It is highly unusual that Paul is addressing this directly to children. Rarely are children ever directly addressed in scripture. You may not know this, but Jesus never is recorded as having a conversation with one live child. In the Ancient World, children were seen as unimportant and of low value ...
Family Ties
James Merritt
Ephesians 6:1-3
Introduction
1. You think you have heard it all. You think you have seen it all and then you read this,
Rather than being grateful for his opportunity in life, Raphael Samuel is suing his parents for bringing him into the world without his consent. The twenty seven-year-old man from Mumbai, claims his parents were selfish and “had me for their joy and their pleasure.” He explained, “I want everyone in India and the world to realize one thing, that they are born without their consent. I want them to understand they do not owe their parents anything.” He also stated, “If we are born without our consent, we should be maintained for our life. We should be paid by our parents to live.”
I don’t think he has a very good chance in court, because both of his parents are attorneys. (1)
2. By the way, I do love his mother’s response. She said, “I must admire my son’s temerity to want to take his parents to court knowing both of us are lawyers. And if Raphael could come up with a rational explanation as to how we could have sought his consent to be born, I will accept my fault.”
3. I wish Raphael could hear the message that I am delivering today, because it actually goes to the very heart of his concern. We are in series that we have called “Family Ties.” We have been dealing with the various parts of the traditional family. We have talked to husbands, wives, fathers, and mothers, but today we are going to talk directly to children. The reason I am going to do that is because that is exactly what the Apostle Paul did in a New Testament book he wrote called Ephesians. [Turn to Ephesians 6]
4. It is highly unusual that Paul is addressing this directly to children. Rarely are children ever directly addressed in scripture. You may not know this, but Jesus never is recorded as having a conversation with one live child. In the Ancient World, children were seen as unimportant and of low value ...
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