Older women teach the younger

Q: What does the Bible say about older women teaching younger women?

The Bible emphasizes that older women should teach younger women to live according to sound doctrine, including loving their husbands and children. In Titus 2:4-5, the Apostle Paul instructs older women to teach younger women to be sober-minded, to love their husbands and children, and to demonstrate holiness and good character. This teaching is vital as it helps foster godly families and strong communities of faith. When older women pass on their wisdom and experiences, they provide invaluable guidance to the younger generation, helping them navigate their roles as wives and mothers with grace and wisdom. The emphasis is on building a culture of discipleship where older women model the virtues they are teaching, thereby ensuring that younger women recognize the importance of their roles in the family and church.

Q: Why is it important for women to love their husbands and children?

It is important because love and affection foster a harmonious family environment, which reflects God's design for family life. In the context of Christian living, loving one's husband and children is not merely a social expectation but rather a divine calling. The Bible instructs women to love their husbands and children with a deep, affectionate love, which may be best described in Titus 2:4-5 as a love that is fond and nurturing. This love is critical as it sets a foundation for a home that displays God’s love and order. When women embrace their roles as loving wives and mothers, they actively participate in God's plan for the family unit, which is designed to operate in love, support, and godliness. A nurturing home cultivates an environment where faith can flourish and children learn the ways of the Lord.

Q: How do older women set an example for younger women?

Older women set an example through their actions and character, demonstrating godly living in their roles as spouses and mothers. The most effective way for older women to teach younger women is through their own example. As outlined in Titus 2:7, they should show themselves as a pattern of good works and sound doctrine. Younger women are observant and are likely to imitate the behavior of those they respect. Thus, when older women embody the qualities of kindness, patience, and love, they lay a practical foundation that younger women can follow. Examples of self-control, reverence, and dedication to family life become visual teachings for the younger generation. This principle of 'teaching by doing' ensures that the transmission of godly values becomes tangible, making it easier for younger women to understand and accept their roles in the family and church.

Q: What should Christian mothers teach their children?

Christian mothers should teach their children about God's love, the importance of faith, and the joy of living according to His Word. Christian mothers bear the profound responsibility of guiding their children in the ways of the Lord. This involves teaching them that each child is a precious gift from God, as emphasized in the discussions surrounding accountability and nurturing in Titus. Mothers should instill the understanding that children have souls that will exist for eternity, highlighting the significance of spiritual teachings and modeling a Christ-centered lifestyle. By fostering an environment of love, correction, and guidance, mothers prepare their children to understand the importance of salvation through Christ, equipping them to navigate life in accordance with God’s will. This holistic approach to motherhood underlines the importance of nurturing not just physical needs but also spiritual ones.

Q: How can older women encourage younger women to be submissive to their husbands?

Older women can encourage younger women by explaining the biblical principles of submission and the benefits of a harmonious marriage. Submission in marriage is a sensitive but essential topic that older women can address with younger women using biblical wisdom. In Titus 2:5, women are instructed to be obedient to their husbands, which should be framed not as an oppressive requirement, but as a divine design that leads to unity and peace in the home. Older women can share their experiences to illustrate how mutual respect and understanding between spouses create a healthy marital environment. By loving and respecting their husbands, wives reflect the love of Christ, fostering an atmosphere of trust and partnership. This teaching enables younger women to see that submission is not weakness, but a display of strength and commitment, ultimately contributing to the well-being of the family.

In our study, we are here in
Titus chapter 2. We have a few Bibles. It is on
page 1300. Let us begin in verse 1. We have
read this now several times. And read through verses 10. Titus
chapter 2 and verse 1. But speak thou the things which
become sound doctrine, that the aged men be sober. That is good instructions from
the Lord. Sober. Sober minded. grave, reverent,
temperate, self-controlled, sound in the faith, sound in love,
sound in patience. They age women likewise that
they be in behavior as becometh holiness, not false accusers,
not given to much wine, teachers of good things, that they may
teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love
their children, to be discreet, chaste, keepers at home, good,
obedient to their own husbands, that the word of God be not blasphemed. Young men likewise exhort to
be sober-minded in all things, showing thyself a pattern of
good works, in doctrines showing uncorruptness, gravity, seriousness,
sincerity, sound speech that cannot be condemned, that he
that is of the contrary part may be ashamed having no evil
thing to say of you, exhort servants to be obedient to their own masters,
and to please them well in all things, not answering again,
not pilfering, not stealing, but showing all good fidelity,
faithfulness, obedience, that they may adorn the doctrine of
God our Savior in all things. We looked at this last week,
but I want us to go back to it one more time tonight about the
aged women teaching the young women, teaching the young mothers.
And I want to paraphrase verses 4 and 5. If you'll look at it
again, and let me read it in a paraphrase, and you look at
it as I read it. Here in verse 4, that the aged
women may teach, instruct, and train, and encourage and admonish
and give reasons why the young women should be sober, sober-minded,
sane, sound in judgment, that they teach, that they train their
wives to love their husbands, to be fond of, affectionate to
their husbands and their children. In verse 5, to be discreet That
means to keep themselves under control, to be temperate, guard
the home, be domestically inclined, and to be good, good-natured,
to be a good wife, a good mother, a good sister, to be a good neighbor,
and obedient to their own husbands. And the Amplified says, adopting
to, adapting to, and subordinating themselves to their husbands. Now that's a pretty good paraphrase,
isn't it? But sometimes it helps us understand these words in
our version just a little bit better to paraphrase these things.
And let me say this, as a believer in Christ, as a believer in the
gospel of the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, anyone who believes
in Christ as the Savior of their soul, it's a great source of
contentment to find your place in your life. Whatever your occupation
is, whatever your position in life, it is a source of great
contentment to find that place and to walk there as God gives
you grace to. For a believing husband to love
his wife and respect his wife, for a believing dad to teach
his children, to train his children, to adapt to being a dad in his
role as a dad, to live up to that responsibility by the grace
of God, that's great contentment of heart. And for a wife or a
mother or an employee or an employer or a child, anyone to find their
role according to Christ's rule in their life and be responsible
there and be content there, that's grace, isn't it? That's the gift
of God. And I'll be the first one to
say here this afternoon that that's not easy. It's just not
easy, is it? It would be easy if we weren't
sinners. But the Scripture says, all we
like sheep have gone astray, we've turned everyone to his
own way. And that's what makes this finding
our place in life as children of God and being responsible
there and content there, that's what makes it difficult. We've
turned everyone to his own selfish, self-centered way. The most of
the trouble, that we have on our jobs. A lot of the trouble
we have in our home comes down to this. I want it my way. I
am so selfish. Everybody has gone in their own
way. But this is one of the things
that salvation begins to correct, isn't it? The grace of God that
brings salvation, he said in verse 10 and 11, teaches us. It teaches us. One thing about
salvation is I know there is a feeling to salvation, there
is a feeling of joy and peace, but salvation teaches us, doesn't
it? It changes the course that sin
has put us on, that awful course that has brought so much trouble
and burden in our hearts and in our life. It changes that
course. It teaches us that denying ungodliness
and worldly lust, we should live soberly and righteously and godly
in this present world. And don't you thank God for salvation?
And when the Lord saves us, He begins to reverse that course
and puts us on a road that is no more seeking our will. It's
no more seeking our way, but now it's His way. And that child
of God that seeks His place in life, whatever it is, whatever
position, whatever occupation, whatever position it is, mom,
dad, child, and to be responsible in that position. I tell you,
that's contentment. That's contentment. And that's
what he's talking about here in these instructions. I know
this also, that a wife who is meek and submissive in her heart,
she exposes herself sometime to some degree to an abusive
husband. who either don't live up to his
responsibility, or he's lacking knowledge, he don't have grace
in his heart, he don't have mercy in his heart, he's not mindful
of her, he don't protect her. And I know there are situations,
there's been in the past and there is now, that puts such
a humble, meek, and lowly, and submissive wife in somewhat of
a predicament. She's abused because she's meek
and because she's lowly. She don't rise up against her
husband and threaten to kill him or leave him or something
else. Abraham was not always a good
husband to Sarah. Did you know that? He was not
always a good husband. Boy, a couple of times, one time
in particular, he erred greatly, didn't he? To save his own skin,
he said, We're going down to Egypt and you're a beautiful
woman. This is another reason why I don't believe that those
women back there in those days veiled their whole bodies. If
all you could see was her eyes, how could Abraham say they're
going to see you and say that's a beautiful woman? She must have
had some flesh exposed. Must have somewhat of a figure
that they could look at her and say, and he said, you're a beautiful
woman. When they see you, they're going to kill me and take you.
Say this, you're my sister. You're my sister. I just wondered
if he realized the predicament he was putting her in. But Pharaoh
sent and took her into his own house. And it was only by the
grace of God that she was spared from who knows what. But boy, I tell you what, he
didn't always treat her right, did he? To save his own skin. The first time Abraham asked
Sarah to lie for him, to deceive for him, and somebody said, well,
it really wasn't a lie. Technically it wasn't because
she was his half-sister. But it was a lie, wasn't it?
He did it to deceive and he had her to deceive. The first time
he had her to say that he's my brother. But the second time
he said that himself. He did it twice. One time he
got her to say it and the next time she wouldn't say it, I guess,
because the next time he said it himself. I'm just wondering
if Abraham asked her to and She refused. Here's the relationship,
and let me add this, if there's anybody here that's afraid, any
of you ladies afraid to be meek and lowly because of what you're
afraid you might suffer, don't misunderstand me when I say that
a woman can never stand up to her husband. That's not what
I mean. That's not what I mean at all. You look at the relationship
that Sarah and Abraham had, Abraham never was the kind of fella that
would point his finger at Sarah and raise his voice and say,
you will or else. He just never did do that. I'm
not that kind of fella because I can't get by with that. But
Abraham wasn't that kind of guy anyway. When he asked her to
deceive and lie, you know what he said? I pray thee. My dear
wife, I pray you. I need a favor from you. He didn't
demand it. And I tell you, when push comes
to shove, boy, she could pretty much skin Abraham if he messed
up, too. She come up to him one time and
said, I've given you Hagar to be your wife, and now she's turned
on me, and my wrong be on you. What did she mean? I think one
thing she meant was this. You should have stopped me. You
should have kept me from giving you my maid to be your wife.
Now she hates me and my wrong be on you. The Lord judged between
me and you." She could get pretty sharp. Being submissive and being
meek and lowly doesn't mean you walked on or did wrong without
sometime you checking your husband. Some of us need to be checked,
don't we? I tell you what, I wouldn't want a wife that could not be
a critic to me sometime because that saved me from a lot of error.
and a lot of heartache. And when the Lord tells your
wife, dear men, to be submissive to you and be meek and lowly,
that doesn't mean she can't be your critic. I remember Abigail. Remember Abigail, Nabal's wife? David sent to Nabal. He had protected
Nabal's sheep all winter, hadn't lost a one of them. He sent to
Nabal and asked him, for some fruit and meat for his soldiers. Nabal wouldn't give him anything.
Called him a rebel. And David said, I'm going to
kill that one of them. By the time it's daylight, by the time
the sun comes up, Nabal won't be alive and no man in his house
will be alive. I'm going to kill that one of
them. And boy, he was headed there to do it with his men.
And Abigail met him on the way and humbled herself before him.
And you know what she said about her husband? Now she was a meek
and mild woman. But you know what, when a meek
and mild woman does say something, when she does become a critic,
her words carry some weight. And she come up to David and
said, My husband's a son of Belial. He's a child of the devil. He's
foolish. And I pray that you'll forgive
him and spare him, that his blood not be on your hands when God
raises you up to be the king. So I don't mean when I say a
woman is to be meek and mild. I don't mean that if she has
an abusive husband, he walks on her without some objection
from her. Let me show you the ideal situation.
Look over here. We were here last week. Let's
look over here again in 1 Peter 3. 1 Peter chapter 3. 1 Peter chapter 3. We looked at
this last week and you remember the context. In verse 4, let
it be, talking about a woman adorning herself, not outwardly. In verse 4, let it be the hidden
man of the heart. in that which is not corruptible,
even the ornament of a meek and quiet spirit, which is in the
sight of God of great price. For after this manner in the
old time the holy women also who trusted in God adorned themselves,
being in subjection to their own husbands." And then you go
up here in verse 7. Look up here in verse 7. Here is the husband's part. And
here it tells the attitude that Abraham had towards Sarah. "...Likewise,
ye husbands, dwell with them according to knowledge, giving
honor unto the wife as unto the weaker vessel, and as being heirs
together of the grace of life, that your prayers be not hindered."
There is the type of husband that we all should be as Christians. having knowledge, knowledge of
who our wives are, that they are indeed the weaker vessel.
And therefore, we honor them. We uphold them. We support them. We are mindful of their trials
and troubles that they are going through. We have knowledge of
that. And we protect them as husbands. I tell you, it is a
lot easier, as I said last week. It is easy, ain't it? if you
have a gracious husband who is mindful of you. But you'll have
to remember, ladies, about the husbands, that they're just like
everybody else. We're sinners. And how often
we come so short, how often we don't live up to our responsibility. But like I said last week, we're
not talking here about the husbands. We're talking about the wives.
And that's why last week I put all the responsibility on you
wives. to be what you should be. And
I told you there was grace, there was grace the Lord would give
you for you to remain what you should be, meek and lowly and
submissive to your husband. And let me add this before we
go on. A wife, a gracious wife will never regret what she has
to suffer. if she has to suffer from being
meek and lowly. She will never regret it. The
reward of it is great. It's great. There has been a
lot of mothers, young mothers too, that have endured great
trials, but looking back on it, they were so thankful because
their patience, their meekness and lowly attitude helped the
family together. What would it have been like
if she gave in? What would it have been like
if she gave up? It would have been awful, been devastated. The whole family would have been
torn apart. And we've seen that, haven't
we? We've seen that. So no matter what the husband
is, if he's a... Well, I almost said something.
I better not say that. I'm on this thing here and it'd
be all over the place. But if he's just a butt, we can
say that, can't we? If he's just a butt, be good
to him. Be reverent to Him. Love Him
and submit to Him. And if He's lost, maybe the Lord
will save Him. Maybe the Lord will save Him.
Let's go on now, okay? I want to say some more things
quickly about what a mother, what an older, aged woman is
to teach the young mothers, the young ladies. And it said back
over here in our text, you are in chapter 2 in verse 4, that
they teach them, they teach the young women to be sober, to love
their husbands. And I said last week this word
love means to be fond of, affectionate to, and it is the only place
in the New Testament that it is used, this one time that this
love in this sense is used. To be fond of, and this word
fond means loving ardently, loving ardently. delighted with, relishing
highly, to treat with great tenderness, to caress, to love her husband,
to love her children. Now let's go on to the children
for just a minute. We've looked at a woman's attitude
towards her husband, but here it says being fond of her children,
to relish in her children, to caress, to treat tenderly her
children. don't mean to imitate her children.
How many have we seen? We have seen some mothers that
try to imitate their daughters, haven't we? And that's awful
embarrassing. They try to dress like their
young daughters, try to look like their young daughters, and
try to act like their young daughters. And isn't that embarrassing when
you see that? He didn't say imitate your children.
Be fond of your children. Be affectionate to your children.
And it also doesn't mean when He says, Love your children and
be tenderly, affectionately, it doesn't mean to spoil your
children. It doesn't mean not to correct them when they're
in need of correction. The wise man said this, He that
spareth his rod, hateth his son. The mother that spares the rod
hates her son or her daughter. But he that loveth him, He that's
fond of his children, he that cherishes his children, chastens
them. He corrects them. He teaches
them. He guides them often as needed,
the wise men say. But here's the question I want
to ask you. How can an aged woman teach the
young women to so love their husbands? How can you teach a
young woman to love their husbands and to love their children? And if we say this, and we often
say this, you either have that maternal instinct or you don't.
If we're going to get stuck on maternal instinct, then we're
going to mistake this. I know maternal instinct goes
a long way. Having a nature as a mom, that
goes a long way. But that won't substitute for
the knowledge that a woman should have. about being affectionate
for her children. How to be affectionate and why
she should be affectionate for her children. How is that taught? How should an aged woman teach
younger women to be affectionate and to love and to be fond of
their children? Let me give you five things right
quickly, okay? First of all, and this is one
of the best ways An aged woman teaches the younger woman by
example. Isn't that the best way? They
won't listen to your words, dear mother and dear grandmother,
if they can't see it in that example. A lot of good advice
goes unheeded because of a bad example. One of the best ways
for an aged woman to teach a young woman is by example. He said
here in verse 7, In all things show thyself a pattern of good
works. Some have had mothers who cured
about them, and because they really cured about them, they
took care of them, paid attention to them, showed them affection,
They guided them every move in their life. They guided them
and they raised them up. And some of you right here tonight
can look back upon your mother if she's still here. Some of
you know how to treat your children because the way of your mother
treated you. My mother was one of the most tenderest women.
She could get very stern with me. A time or two she's laid
a belt across my behind. But I'm telling you, I could
not help but know, even at that time, and especially now, looking
back on it, nobody loved me like my mother. And she delighted
in me, she caressed me, she cared for me. And that's went a long
way, and I bet some of you here tonight can say, because of your
mother being an example to you, that's gone a long way in you
having the right attitude towards your children. That's the first
thing. Example. If these aged women
wanted to teach these younger women, then being an example. Let them see how you treat your
children. Let them see how you should love
your children. That's the first thing. Example.
The second thing is this. The aged women teaching the younger
women what a precious gift of God a child is. What a precious gift! Instinct should teach us a little
bit of that, but instinct won't teach all. Having a baby is not an accident. Having a child, dear mother,
is not a bad decision you suddenly realize that you've made. Having
a baby is the gift of God. I don't care what circumstances
it may be under. It may be under sorrowful, heartbreaking
circumstances. But when a woman conceives in
her womb, and that baby develops in the mother's womb, and it
comes forth from her and draws its first breath, and that baby
is laid in her arms, she can know without a doubt that that
baby is a gift to her from the living God. Rachel got so mad at Jacob. And
she didn't have any children. She was barren. And she said,
If you don't give me children, I'm going to die. And he got
so upset with her. He said, Woman, am I God? I can't
give life. I can't give conception. That's
God's business. And when you have a baby, when
a mother has a baby, one thing she needs to realize God has
given her a gift. And you take a woman, you take
a mother that is a true child of God, that knows God, that
fears Him, that knows something about His gifts of grace, when
she finds out that God has given her this precious life, you think
that's not going to change her attitude towards that child?
She's going to be affectionate towards that child. She's going
to love that child and train that child the best God will
give her grace to do. Why? That's a gift of God. It's a gift of God. All these women today aborting
their babies. Ain't that sad? Killing babies. Killing little babies in the
womb. That's a gift of God. Our Lord said, Will a mother
forsake her suckling child? Not if she values God's gifts. That is the second thing. That
needs to be stressed, doesn't it? A baby in a womb is not a
piece of meat to be abused and destroyed and mistreated at someone's
whim. A baby in a womb is the gift
of God. It's the gift of God. We need
to know that, don't we? We need to remember that. Young
mothers need to remember that. Thirdly, here's something else
the aged women can teach mothers. They can emphasize to these young
mothers that that child, that infant, as it's born and grows,
is absolutely and haplessly dependent upon her. Absolutely. helplessly dependent upon her. To love a child must mean also
to pity the child's awful need. How could we look at a little
child and not pity it? If you don't change its diaper,
what's going to happen to it? Is it going to stink? Is it going to break out? If
you don't feed the baby, it's going to starve to death. Emphasize
this baby is utterly dependent upon you to supply all its needs. It must be helped. It must be
cared for, supported, trained, and raised to be independent
and responsible itself. And much of that responsibility
rests upon the mother. It rests upon the mother. Children don't know what's good
or bad for them, do they? Children have no idea what's
good or bad for them. That's why a mother is called
the keeper. The keeper. She's called the
guard. She's the watchman. She watches
for that child. She's afraid to leave it to itself. That child is utterly dependent
upon Me, its mother. It can't make it without Me.
And if I leave it to itself, what's going to become of that
child? That precious gift of God. You know what the Bible
says about a child left to itself? Just leave a child to itself.
We see it all the time, don't we? It bringeth its mother to
shame. A child left to itself bringeth
its mother Why? She hasn't trained it. She hasn't
loved it. She hasn't cared for it. She's
left it to make its own decision. Fourthly, consider this. The
aged women should teach these young mothers this, that her
child, her precious child, is not only a gift of God utterly
dependent upon her, but that her child has a soul. Her child
has a soul and a body and that soul and body must spend eternity in bliss, in happiness with God,
with Christ, with saints and angels or with the devil and
with the damned and eternal misery. That child that that mother holds
in her hand, that precious gift of God, she needs to remember
this, that that child is a soul and has a body and will never
cease to exist somewhere. Boy, I tell you what, if you
take a young mother, Paul is writing this to Christian mothers. The Christian mothers are the
salt of the world. They're the light of the world.
And it seeps off on lost people. But boy, you take a mother, a
Christian mother that's mindful of that child, that baby having
a soul that must be saved, that must spend eternity, never cease
to exist. That should influence her, shouldn't
it? It should have some effect upon
her mind and the way she behaves. towards this child. A mother who has been taught
to love and value her own soul and the redemption of it will
in turn love and value the redemption of the soul of her child. How
can we look upon a lost humanity without sympathizing and without
feeling for it? And surely a mother who is taught
to value the soul and salvation of herself will surely desire
and pray for the salvation of the soul of her children. Are
we Christians if we don't value our souls? Are we even saved
ourselves if we don't value our souls and the souls of our fellow
man? Is a mother a Christian if she
doesn't pray for the salvation of her child? Is she even a Christian? Is a mother gracious if she doesn't
use every means the Lord has provided her for the instruction
in the way of salvation for that child? Is a mother a wise Christian
if she allows things into her home? that only appeals to the
foolishness and worldliness of her child? That only serves to
distract that child from its spiritual needs? If the mother
has learned to value her child as the gift of God, then she
needs to learn also that her child needs the gift of God. And that is the salvation of
her soul. The gift of God is what? Eternal
life through Christ Jesus the Lord. By grace are you saved
through faith, not of yourself. It's the gift of God. And a Christian
mother whom the Lord has awakened and saved herself, she will in
turn desire the salvation of her children because she sees
as she holds that baby in her arm, this is a precious soul.
He must spend eternity someplace, somewhere with God in heaven
or with the damned. That's heart-gripping, isn't
it? That's heart-gripping. Timothy's grandmother was named
Lois, and Lois read the Bible to her daughter Eunice, and Eunice
read the Bible to Timothy, her son. Paul was writing to Timothy
and he said, From a child, from a child, probably before he could
ever read. I think we could reach that conclusion,
don't you? Before he could ever read. From
a child you have known the Holy Scriptures which are able to
make you wise unto salvation. Somebody loved Lois and read
to her the Scriptures and showed her and taught her the way of
salvation. Lois, in turn, read it to Eunice and taught her daughter
the way of salvation. Eunice, in turn, read it to Timothy
and taught him the way of salvation. And on and on you go. That's
the way things should be, isn't it? I'm not saying that this
is a formula. I hate it when you listen to
religious broadcasting and they come up, you just follow this
formula and your life's going to be all right. Your family
is going to be well-behaved. And you try to follow that formula
and it just breaks all the pieces. It doesn't work. I'm not saying
there's a certain formula that you follow and your children
are going to be saved. Your children are going to grow
up and they're going to be wonderful children. I'm not saying that
at all. The great prophet Samuel had
two sons that they call sons of Belial, wicked men. Randy has been teaching us about
Job. Job was fearful that his sons were cursing God in their
hearts. Look at David's house. It was
an absolute mess, wasn't it? I know the Lord sometimes, and
bless His name for it, when He reaches down and saves some poor
sinner, that his mom has been a blasphemer, his dad has been
open and profane. He wasn't taught the way of salvation
at all. But the Lord reaches down and
He saves people like that. But you know, in an established
country and community, that's usually the exception and not
the rule. What's really the rule? In general, who do you see the
Lord saving? In general, it's children that
have been raised and taught by their moms and dads the ways
of the Lord and the ways of salvation. Is that not generally? You can
see a correspondence between Lois and Eunice and Timothy,
can't you? And they're using the means and
teaching one another. And it's when the mothers are
taught that their children have precious souls, precious souls
that must be in eternity somewhere. It's usually those kind of people
the Lord winds up saving. We've seen it so often. Fifthly
and lastly is this. Man, I've kept you long tonight.
I apologize, but I'll get through this right quick. This word teach,
you notice this word teach in verse 4, that the aged women
teach the young women. This word means admonish also,
not just instruct or train, but it means to admonish or mildly
warn. It means to warn, warn, mildly
warn. Sometimes I feel my responsibility. And I don't mean just in my responsibility
as pastor. I mean my responsibility as a
husband, my responsibility as a dad, my responsibility as a
grandfather, my responsibility in my community, my responsibility
to be a light, not to bring shame or reproach upon the Lord's name.
Sometimes I get almost overwhelmed when I feel my personal responsibility
to the Lord and to humanity. And one of the things I've noticed,
it's not always comfort in words that helps me. Sometimes it's
a good, mild warning. A warning. I know what my responsibility
is. The Lord's taught me that in
my life through His Word. And He's given me His Holy Spirit. He's given me His Word. He's
given a throne of grace to go to. I have no excuse for shirking
my responsibility. And that's the same thing He's
saying to these young women. He's teaching them here. He says,
teach them to love their husbands and to love their children, to
teach them and train them. And then he says, don't forget,
you may need to issue a mild warning. A warning. Why would a warning be needful? I think sometimes I've wanted
when I was going to perform a wedding ceremony to especially the ladies. And I've asked the men this.
I've asked the men this, but I've not maybe been diligent
enough to ask the woman. Do you have any idea what you're
getting yourself into? Do you have any idea of the awesome
responsibility that you're taking on to love your husband, to obey
your husband, to be obedient to your husband? You probably
bring some children in this world. Do you have any idea of the awesomeness
of that responsibility that God is putting upon you as a mother? Maybe we should have some back
out. Back out before and not after. Put them in mind of their awesome
responsibility to God. And that responsibility must
not and cannot be shirked, but at great potential loss and cost
to themselves and others. These instructions are for the
church family that you and I have been studying about. And boy,
they're essential. They're essential. And the church
may go on for a short time. to some degree, shirk that responsibility. And maybe short term we won't
see any negative effect. But boy, long term. Let a mother,
for instance, shirk her responsibility to her children. It won't be
long, down the road, not only will that family feel the negative
aspect of it. But the church will also. The
church will also. Lord bless His Word.

Older women teach the younger

What does the Bible say about older women teaching younger women?

Why is it important for women to love their husbands and children?

How do older women set an example for younger women?

What should Christian mothers teach their children?

How can older women encourage younger women to be submissive to their husbands?

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Older women teach the younger

What does the Bible say about older women teaching younger women?

Why is it important for women to love their husbands and children?

How do older women set an example for younger women?

What should Christian mothers teach their children?

How can older women encourage younger women to be submissive to their husbands?

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