FATHER KNOWS BEST! (12 OF 17)
by Tim Badal
Scripture: Ephesians 5:1-21
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Father Knows Best! (12 of 17)
Series: WHO AM I?
Tim Badal
Ephesians 5:1-21
In the 1950s there was a TV show called "Father Knows Best." Some of you who are really old remember that show. I would have shown the picture in black and white, because that's how the show ran, but I didn't want our younger people to be traumatized by TV in black and white.
The show was about the life of the Anderson family, more specifically about the life of the father, Jim Anderson, and his two teenage children who found themselves in trouble in just about every episode. They were involved in a scenario, a situation or a circumstance where they didn't know what to do or where to turn. Inevitably, within the 25-minute episode, they would turn to their father for wisdom, advice and direction. By the end of the program, their father's wisdom, advice or direction would get them out of the trouble they were in. By the end of the program, we inevitably learned that father did know best.
Now, we live in a world where we know that not all fathers know best. Perhaps many of you this morning have experienced life with a father for whom that could not be farther from the truth. Your father may be an abusive or evil man. Your father may be an unwise man who treated you badly, or maybe even now is treating you badly. Maybe you don't even know who your father is. One of the problems these scenarios can bring is when you come into the church and you're introduced to this Book, is that God identifies Himself and speaks about Himself as our Father.
There's a rub here, because you start understanding your heavenly Father through the lens of how you think about your earthly father. If your earthly father was a good and godly man, a kind and wise man, then it's not too hard for you to think about your heavenly Father in the same way. But when you start thinking about your heavenly Father through the lens of an evil , unwise, unhealthy or abusive father, then it becomes really, really ...
Series: WHO AM I?
Tim Badal
Ephesians 5:1-21
In the 1950s there was a TV show called "Father Knows Best." Some of you who are really old remember that show. I would have shown the picture in black and white, because that's how the show ran, but I didn't want our younger people to be traumatized by TV in black and white.
The show was about the life of the Anderson family, more specifically about the life of the father, Jim Anderson, and his two teenage children who found themselves in trouble in just about every episode. They were involved in a scenario, a situation or a circumstance where they didn't know what to do or where to turn. Inevitably, within the 25-minute episode, they would turn to their father for wisdom, advice and direction. By the end of the program, their father's wisdom, advice or direction would get them out of the trouble they were in. By the end of the program, we inevitably learned that father did know best.
Now, we live in a world where we know that not all fathers know best. Perhaps many of you this morning have experienced life with a father for whom that could not be farther from the truth. Your father may be an abusive or evil man. Your father may be an unwise man who treated you badly, or maybe even now is treating you badly. Maybe you don't even know who your father is. One of the problems these scenarios can bring is when you come into the church and you're introduced to this Book, is that God identifies Himself and speaks about Himself as our Father.
There's a rub here, because you start understanding your heavenly Father through the lens of how you think about your earthly father. If your earthly father was a good and godly man, a kind and wise man, then it's not too hard for you to think about your heavenly Father in the same way. But when you start thinking about your heavenly Father through the lens of an evil , unwise, unhealthy or abusive father, then it becomes really, really ...
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