TODAY ON TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM.
I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT THE FATHER IN THE HOME,
OR MORE PARTICULARLY, ABOUT THE GODLY FATHER IN THE HOME.
MY BODY, MY CHOICE IS A HOLLOW SLOGAN.
THERE IS NOTHING THERE.
IT’S JUST A CLAIM OF BRUTE FORCE
HAPPY FATHER’S DAY, AND
WELCOME TO TRUTHS THAT TRANSFORM,
A PRODUCTION OF CORAL RIDGE MINISTRIES.
I’M PASTOR ROB PACIENZA.
ALL THIS MONTH, WE’RE INVESTIGATING
SOME OF THE KEY LIES OF OUR CULTURE,
AND COUNTERING THEM WITH THE TRUTH.
OUR CULTURE HAS BEEN LYING TO US
ABOUT FATHERS FOR DECADES
TELLING US THEY’RE NOT IMPORTANT OR NECESSARY,
AND EVEN THAT FATHERHOOD AND
MALE LEADERSHIP ARE INHERENTLY TOXIC.
ON TODAY’S PROGRAM,
YOU’LL DISCOVER THE TRUTH ABOUT FATHERS AND FATHERHOOD.
AND AS WE BEGIN, THE ABDICATION OF FATHERS,
AND A CULTURE THAT ENCOURAGES IT,
IS ONE OF THE REASONS THAT WE’VE EXPERIENCED
A HOLOCAUST OF ABORTIONS.
IT’S BEEN AIDED AND ABETTED BY ANOTHER GREAT LIE
THE LIE THAT TELLS WOMEN, “MY BODY, MY CHOICE.”
“MY BODY, MY CHOICE!”
CHILDREN ARE A BLESSING.
YET, THOSE WHO EMPLOY “MY BODY, MY CHOICE”
AS A SLOGAN TO JUSTIFY ABORTION,
AS THE SOLE RIGHT OF WOMEN,
DENY THE EXISTENCE AND THE RIGHTS
OF BOTH THE FATHER AND THE CHILD.
“MY BODY, MY CHOICE!!”
THE MANTRA IS MY BODY, MY CHOICE.
I MEAN, ISN’T IT INTERESTING IF A WOMAN WANTS HER CHILD,
SHE’LL CELEBRATE THAT LIFE, IT ISN’T A FETUS, IT’S A BABY.
IF SHE DOESN’T WANT THE BABY, THEN IT’S A BLOB OR A MASS.
TEWANNAH AMAN IS THE DIRECTOR OF
BROWARD RIGHT TO LIFE IN FLORIDA.
THE FACT THAT WE THINK THAT IT’S MY BODY, MY CHOICE,
WE NEED TO HELP WOMEN UNDERSTAND
THAT IT’S NOT JUST THEIR BODY,
THERE'S A SEPARATE ENTITY GROWING INSIDE OF THEM,
A SEPARATE BABY, A CHILD,
A MEMBER OF THE HUMAN RACE.
BUT ALSO FROM A BIBLICAL STANDPOINT,
WE'RE TOLD THAT OUR BODIES ARE NOT OUR OWN,
THEY WERE BOUGHT WITH A PRICE.
MY BODY, MY CHOICE IS, I THINK, THE MOST PREVALENT AND
WIDELY RELIED UPON ARGUMENT FOR THE RIGHT,
SO-CALLED RIGHT, TO ABORTION.
A STATEMENT OF A WOMAN'S RIGHT TO DO WHAT
SHE WANTS WITH SOMEONE ELSE'S BODY, WHICH SHE IS
CONVENIENTLY FORGETTING TO REALIZE IS NOT HERS.
SO, IT'S A STATEMENT OF THE RIGHT TO DOMINATE
AND ACTUALLY KILL ANOTHER HUMAN BEING.
THAT'S WHAT MY BODY, MY CHOICE STANDS FOR.
WHEN A WOMAN SAYS, MY BODY, MY CHOICE,
IT'S LIKE THAT'S NOT YOUR BODY.
FIRST OF ALL, HALF THE TIME
IT'S GOING TO BE A LITTLE BOY
SO HOW CAN THAT BE PART OF HER BODY?
HUMAN LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION, AND THAT'S NOT AN OPINION,
THAT'S A FACT. THAT'S WHAT THE VERDICT OF SCIENCE IS.
THERE WAS A POLL TAKEN IN 2019 OF ABOUT 5,500 BIOLOGISTS,
PROFESSIONAL BIOLOGISTS, ACADEMIC BIOLOGISTS,
HUMAN LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION.
SCRIPTURE MAKES IT CLEAR THAT WE ARE MADE BY GOD.
IN PSALM 139, DAVID SAYS,
HE HAD A PLAN
AND A PURPOSE FOR OUR LIFE AND PSALM 127:3-5,
IT SAYS THAT CHILDREN ARE OUR HERITAGE FROM THE LORD,
THE FRUIT OF THE WOMB IS HIS REWARD,
THAT’S REALLY TELLING US THAT THE CHILDREN
THAT ARE CONCEIVED ARE CHILDREN THAT HE HAS CREATED,
THEY ARE CREATED IN, AS GENESIS 1:26 SAYS,
IN THE IMAGE AND LIKENESS OF GOD.
WHAT HAPPENS IS THAT THERE IS AN AMAZING PERIOD OF DEVELOPMENT
THAT TAKES PLACE IN THE WOMB
THE HEART STARTS BEATING AT 21 OR 22 DAYS.
THERE IS JUST AN AMAZINGLY RAPID PERIOD OF HUMAN DEVELOPED
THAT TAKES PLACE ACTUALLY IN THE FIRST EIGHT WEEKS.
BY THE FIRST EIGHT WEEKS, YOU HAVE ALMOST ALL OF THE
HUMAN ORGANS ARE IN PLACE AND ARE BEGINNING TO BE FUNCTIONAL.
IT'S JUST AN AMAZING PERIOD.
AND YET AT THE SAME TIME, THAT'S WHERE MOST ABORTIONS TAKE PLACE.
THAT'S WHERE HUMAN BEINGS’ LIVES ARE ENDED
JUST AT THEIR VERY ONSET.
MOM HAS 60 TRILLION CELLS IN HER BODY, BUT EVEN AT JUST 10 WEEKS
ALONG IN A PREGNANCY, THERE'S A BILLION CELLS.
AND IF ITS A BOY EVERY ONE OF THOSE CELLS IS XY CHROMOSOMES
SO, WHEN SHE SAYS, IT'S MY BODY, IT'S MY CHOICE.
HER BODY IS AN AMAZING LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THAT BABY.
BUT THAT BABY IS DIFFERENT.
IN FACT, THE BABY CAN EVEN HAVE
A DIFFERENT BLOOD TYPE FROM THE MOTHER.
THE PRO-ABORTION WORLD WANTS TO DENY THE REALITY THAT
IT IS A BABY THAT IS CONCEIVED IN THE WOMB,
A BABY WITH DISTINCT DNA,
EITHER MALE OR FEMALE FROM THE VERY OUTSET.
AND THEY USE TERMS LIKE BLOB OF TISSUE, PRODUCT OF CONCEPTION,
EVEN THE WORD FETUS.
ALL OF THOSE THINGS ARE USED IN AN ATTEMPT TO DENY
THE HUMANITY OF THE UNBORN CHILD.
AT THE MOMENT OF CONCEPTION, EYE COLOR, HAIR COLOR,
THE SEX OF THE BABY IS ALL DETERMINED, ALL YOUR DNA,
THE LIBRARY OF WHO YOU ARE
WILL BE SPELLED OUT AT THAT MOMENT,
SO IF THAT CHILD IS ALLOWED TO SURVIVE,
THAT CHILD WILL GROW UP AND WHO KNOWS
WHAT THEY COULD BECOME?
THERE IS A LARGE COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE HERE IN THE UNITED STATES
WHO ARE SURVIVORS OF ABORTION.
THE ESTIMATE IS THAT THERE'S OVER 85,000
SOME OF THEM BEAR THE WOUNDS IN THEIR OWN BODIES
FROM THE ATTEMPT TO ELIMINATE THEIR LIVES,
BUT THESE PEOPLE ARE A CLOUD OF WITNESSES
TO THE FACT THAT “MY BODY, MY CHOICE,”
IS COMPLETE NONSENSE.
I SURVIVED A FAILED ABORTION.
IT WAS IN 1977 THAT MY BIRTH MOTHER,
AS A COLLEGE STUDENT ACTUALLY HAD A SALINE INFUSION ABORTION
FORCED UPON HER, AGAINST HER WILL.
BUT INSTEAD OF BEING DELIVERED AS A SUCCESSFUL ABORTION
I WAS ACCIDENTALLY BORN ALIVE.
YOU CALL THIS A CHOICE, BUT THERE IS VERY LITTLE CHOICE.
WHEN I WAS FIRST DELIVERED
I WEIGHED A LITTLE LESS THAN 3 POUNDS.
I SUFFERED FROM SEVERE RESPIRATORY LIVER PROBLEMS,
SEIZURES, THE DOCTORS ACTUALLY THOUGHT I HAD A FATAL HEART
DEFECT BECAUSE OF THE AMOUNT OF DISTRESS I WAS UNDER.
BUT I AM “PERFECTLY HEALTHY” TODAY; MY EMOTIONAL AND
SPIRITUAL SCARS RUN MUCH DEEPER THAN ANYTHING PHYSICALLY.
WHEN MELISSA OHDEN SURVIVED THE ATTEMPTED ABORTION,
SHE WAS THEN ADOPTED BY LOVING CHRISTIAN PARENTS.
AT AGE 30, MELISSA FINALLY MET HER BIRTH MOTHER.
SHE HAD SPENT OVER 30 YEARS OF HERS BELIEVING THAT
I HAD DIED THAT DAY AT THE HOSPITAL.
IT IS THE MOST HEARTBREAKING THING YOU COULD EVER IMAGINE.
SHE WAS TOLD THE ABORTION WAS SUCCESSFUL.
SHE DIDN’T KNOW IF IT WAS A LITTLE BOY OR A LITTLE GIRL
WHO HAD LOST THEIR LIFE IN THAT ABORTION, BUT WHAT SHE DID KNOW:
WAS THAT SHE REGRETTED EVERY SINGLE MOMENT.
ABORTION IS NOT ONLY FATAL TO THE UNBORN CHILD,
BUT IT'S ALSO VERY HARMFUL TO WOMEN.
THERE ARE ALL KINDS OF NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES THAT FOLLOW WOMEN
WHO HAVE HAD ABORTION UP TO INCLUDING DEATH.
STATISTICS ARE NOT KEPT ON HOW MANY WOMEN ARE INJURED
OR DIE FROM COMPLICATIONS OF ABORTION.
BUT STUDIES SHOW THAT WOMEN WHO HAVE ABORTIONS ARE MORE LIKELY
THAN WOMEN WHO HAVEN’T HAD ABORTIONS.
ADDITIONALLY, WOMEN WHO UNDERGO ABORTION HAVE
A SIGNIFICANTLY HIGHER RATE OF DEATH FROM VIOLENT CAUSES.
I HAD AN ABORTION WHEN I WAS 18 AND I REALLY DIDN’T UNDERSTAND
WHAT I WAS DOING AND I DIDN’T GET ANY INFORMATION ABOUT IT AND
WHEN I REALIZED WHAT IT WAS, IT JUST BROKE MY HEART
AND REALLY SENT ME INTO A STATE OF DEPRESSION.
WOMEN SUFFER, FAMILIES SUFFER.
THERE IS A LOSS THAT GOES ON REALLY OVER TIME BECAUSE YOU'VE
CUT SOMEONE OUT OF THE TREE OF HUMAN, THE HUMAN FAMILY.
AND SO THAT BABY WOULD'VE GONE ON TO GROW UP,
TO MARRY, TO HAVE A JOB, TO HAVE CHILDREN.
SO, ALL OF THAT IS TAKEN OUT OF THE HUMAN STORY.
MUSIC.
THE TRAGEDY OF THE “MY BODY, MY CHOICE,”
ETHIC IS THE RESULTING CULTURE OF DEATH
FOSTERED BY THIS RADICAL COMMITMENT TO MURDER.
EVEN SOME PRO-LIFE ADVOCATES HOP ON THE BANDWAGON
TO DECLARE DEATH FOR EXCEPTIONS SUCH AS RAPE
BUT THEY, TOO, ARE BUYING THE LIE.
HOMESCHOOL PARENTS RYAN AND BETHANY BOMBERGER ARE DEDICATED
TO PRO-LIFE EDUCATION AND TELLING OTHERS ABOUT WHAT MIGHT
HAVE NEVER COME TO PASS IF RYAN HAD BEEN ABORTED.
MY BIOLOGICAL MOTHER EXPERIENCED
THE HORROR AND THE VIOLENCE OF RAPE.
AND YET STILL WAS COURAGEOUS ENOUGH TO GIVE ME LIFE,
TO GIVE ME THE GIFT OF ADOPTION.
YOU KNOW WHEN IT COMES TO THE ISSUE OF ABORTION
I LITERALLY AM THE 1% THAT IS USED 100% OF THE TIME
TO JUSTIFY ABORTION, BUT YET THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF OUR CONCEPTION
NEVER CHANGE THE CONDITION OF OUR WORTH.
I KNOW THAT MY LIFE WOULD BE RADICALLY DIFFERENT IF I WASN'T
MARRIED TO MY BEST FRIEND, THE FATHER OF MY CHILDREN,
WE'VE WALKED THROUGH BIRTHING BIOLOGICAL KIDDOS AND
ALSO WALKED THROUGH ADOPTING SOME OF OUR CHILDREN.
AND I KNOW THAT THE WORLD IS A BETTER PLACE
BECAUSE RYAN'S IN IT.
AND HE REALLY IS THAT TANGIBLE EXAMPLE OF
GOOD THINGS CAN COME FROM VERY DIFFICULT SITUATIONS.
HAVING BEEN CONCEIVED IN RAPE I AM SOMETHING
THAT IS OFTEN THE ABSTRACT FOR PEOPLE.
THAT'S WHY WHEN I SPEAK IN
COLLEGE CAMPUSES AND CONFERENCES AND CHURCHES,
I'M RIGHT THERE IN THAT FLESH AND BLOOD EXAMPLE OF
WHAT SO MANY PEOPLE WILL HAVE REJECTED OR THE LIE THAT THEY'VE
EMBRACED, THAT I DON'T DESERVE TO LIVE AND SO, MY HOPE IS THAT
I AM ABLE TO SPEAK TRUTH AND BE THAT LIVING PROOF THAT GOD
ENABLES TRIUMPH TO RISE FROM TRAGEDY ALL THE TIME.
“MY BODY, MY CHOICE!” “MY BODY, MY CHOICE!”
IS A TRIUMPHANT CRY OF A WOMAN, HER RIGHT TO DO WHAT SHE WANTS.
WELL, THE TRUTH IS THAT MOST ABORTIONS ARE DONE
UNDER PRESSURE BY OTHERS THAT ARE
FORCING THE WOMAN TO HAVE AN ABORTION.
SO THAT'S ANOTHER WAY IN WHICH THIS SLOGAN BELIES
THE REALITY OF WHAT AN ABORTION IS.
IT WAS THROUGH CHRIST THAT I EXPERIENCED HEALING AND FREEDOM
AND AS I UNDERSTOOD HOW HE DIED FOR ME
AND HOW HIS WORD ENABLED ME TO BE, SET THE CAPTIVES FREE,
THAT I WANT THAT SAME FREEDOM FOR WOMEN,
I WANT THEM TO EXPERIENCE WHAT GOD CAN GIVE THEM,
HOW HE CAN HEAL THEM AND RESTORE THEM AND
REDEEM THEIR LIFE FOR HIS GLORY.
“MY BODY, MY CHOICE,” IS A DEVASTATING AND DEADLY LIE
BUT THE TRUTH IS LIFE-GIVING AND WITH INFINITE POTENTIAL.
WE ARE JUST PASSIONATE ABOUT ILLUMINATING THE TRUTH THAT
EVERY HUMAN LIFE HAS GOD-GIVEN PURPOSE.
SO, WHETHER YOU'RE PLANNED, UNPLANNED, ABLE, DISABLED,
YOU HAVE PURPOSE. I AM HOPEFUL.
I HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE, A FUTURE OF AMERICA THAT DOES
NOT BELIEVE THAT ABORTION IS SOMEHOW AN ACT OF COMPASSION
BUT IT'S AN ACT OF INJUSTICE.
I OWE MY LIFE TO JESUS.
THAT'S THE ONLY REASON THAT I AM ALIVE
THAT'S THE ONLY REASON WHY I AM REUNITED
WITH MY BIOLOGICAL FAMILY, RIGHT
THIS IS A STORY I WANT THE WORLD TO HEAR.
YOU KNOW, YES, I FIGHT FOR LIFE.
YES, EVERY CHILD DESERVES BETTER THAN WHAT I WENT THROUGH
IN THAT ABORTION BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY
OUR WHOLE WORLD DESERVES THE RESTORATION AND RECONCILIATION
THAT’S BEEN DONE IN MY LIFE AND
THE LIFE OF MY BIOLOGICAL FAMILY.
BUT NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE EVER BEEN POSSIBLE
IF I WOULDN’T HAVE FIRST BEEN BLESSED TO LIVE.
IT’S STAGGERING THE DAMAGE THAT HAS BEEN DONE AND
THE LIVES THAT HAVE BEEN LOST
BECAUSE OF THE LIES OF OUR CULTURE.
THEY COME FROM SATAN, WHO IS THE FATHER OF LIES,
AND A MURDERER FROM THE BEGINNING.
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TRUTH AND LIES IS OFTEN
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH.
THAT’S WHY WHAT WE BELIEVE IS SO VITALLY
AND EVEN ETERNALLY-IMPORTANT.
ANOTHER OF THOSE LIES IS THAT FATHERS ARE NOT NECESSARY.
TO COUNTER THIS DAMAGING, FALSEHOOD,
MY PASTOR AND MENTOR DR. D. JAMES KENNEDY
TAKES A BIBLICAL LOOK AT THE CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE OF DADS
TO THE LIFE OF THEIR CHILDREN
IN HIS MESSAGE, “THE FATHER IN THE HOME.”
ON THIS FATHER’S DAY I WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT
THE FATHER IN THE HOME, OR MORE PARTICULARLY,
ABOUT THE GODLY FATHER IN THE HOME.
AND IN ORDER FOR THERE TO BE A GODLY FATHER IN THE HOME,
IT IS OBVIOUS THAT, FIRST OF ALL,
WE NEED TO HAVE A GODLY MAN.
WHAT IS A GODLY MAN?
A GODLY MAN IS A MAN WHO KNOWS GOD AND
A MAN WHO DELIGHTS TO DO HIS COMMANDMENTS AND TO FOLLOW HIM.
JESUS CHRIST MADE IT VERY CLEAR THAT
NO MAN KNOWS THE FATHER EXCEPT THE SON
AND THOSE TO WHOM HE WILL REVEAL HIM.
AND HE SAID THAT NO MAN HAS THE FATHER
EXCEPT HE THAT HAS THE SON.
ARE YOU A GODLY FATHER?
NOT UNLESS YOU HAVE RECEIVED CHRIST IN YOUR HEART AS LORD
AND SAVIOR OF YOUR LIFE AND SURRENDERED TO HIM
AND HAVE BEEN BORN ANEW WITH A NEW CHARACTER, A NEW NATURE.
IF SO, YOU ARE A GODLY MAN.
NOW IT DOESN’T TAKE A LOT OF SMARTS TO BECOME A FATHER
ANY MAN CAN DO THAT BUT ITS VERY DIFFICULT
TO BE A GODLY FATHER IN THE HOME.
YOU MUST, FIRST OF ALL, BE A GODLY MAN.
SECONDLY, YOU MUST VERY OBVIOUSLY, BUT TODAY,
IMPORTANTLY, YOU MUST BE IN THE HOME,
BECAUSE IF THERE IS ONE PLACE
WHERE TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICAN FATHERS AREN’T TODAY,
IT IS IN THE HOME.
IT IS INTERESTING THAT 70% OF THE TEENAGE CRIMINALS
IN AMERICA COME FROM BROKEN HOMES;
70% OF THE TEENAGE MURDERERS
COME FROM BROKEN HOMES TODAY.
YES, MY FRIENDS, IT IS EVERYBODY’S PROBLEM,
AND THERE IS A PRICE TO PAY FOR EVERYONE.
AND THEN THERE IS ANOTHER RESULT THAT HAS RECENTLY COME TO LIGHT.
IT HAS BEEN REVEALED BY THE TERMITES.
I AM NOT TALKING ABOUT THE LITTLE CRITTERS
THAT CRAWL AROUND AND EAT YOUR HOUSES,
BUT THAT IS A NAME GIVEN TO A GROUP OF
1,500 YOUNG PEOPLE WHO WERE CHOSEN 85 YEARS AGO,
APPROXIMATELY, BY A DR. TERMAN, FOR A LONGITUDINAL STUDY.
HE CHOSE 1,500 YOUNG PEOPLE,
APPROXIMATELY ELEVEN YEARS OF AGE, OUT LIVING IN CALIFORNIA,
TO STUDY THEIR LIVES OVER A LONG PERIOD.
NOW HE IS LONG AGO DEAD.
THEY CHOSE FOR THEMSELVES THE NAME OF TERMITES.
BUT THEY HAVE BEEN STUDIED BY OTHERS WHO HAVE CONTINUED
THIS LONGITUDINAL STUDY TO DISCOVER WHAT AFFECTS LONGEVITY.
THEY HAVE EXAMINED THESE PEOPLE EVERY WAY
FORWARD, BACKWARD, AND SIDEWAYS.
THEY HAVE DISCOVERED ONE INTERESTING FACT:
CHILDREN OF BROKEN HOMES LIVE, ON AVERAGE,
MALE OR FEMALE, FOUR YEARS LESS
THAN THOSE WHO COME FROM HOMES THAT ARE NOT BROKEN.
JUST A PRIVATE MATTER BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR WIFE?
THINK AGAIN MY FRIEND.
IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE A GODLY FATHER,
YOU HAVE TO BE IN THE HOME AND YOU GOT TO STAY THERE.
THE BEST THING A FATHER CAN DO FOR HIS CHILDREN
IS TO LOVE THEIR MOTHER.
THAT IS VERY, VERY TRUE.
THE VOWS SAY, “FORSAKING ALL OTHERS,
I WILL CLING TO THEE ALONE.
I TAKE THEE TO BE MY LAWFULLY WEDDED WIFE.”
AND TRAGICALLY, THERE ARE MANY MEN TODAY WITH ROVING EYES.
WITH THE TIDAL WAVE OF PORNOGRAPHY
TITILLATING THE SENSES ALL AROUND,
I THINK EVERY MAN NEEDS TO GUARD HIMSELF.
HE NEEDS TO GUARD HIS EYES, HIS EARS, AND HIS THOUGHTS
AND HIS BODY FROM SEXUAL TEMPTATION.
“FORSAKING ALL OTHERS!”
WE DON’T NEED TO GET OUT ON THE EDGE OF THE PRECIPICE AND
JUST SORT OF PLAY AROUND WITH TEMPTATION.
WE NEED TO STAY AS FAR AWAY FROM IT AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.
FLEE TEMPTATION!
IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE A GODLY DAD,
YOU NEED TO FORSAKE ALL OTHERS
WITH HEART AND MIND AND SOUL AND LOVE YOUR WIFE.
WE ARE TO LOVE OUR WIVES AS CHRIST LOVED THE CHURCH AND
GAVE HIMSELF FOR US
YOU KNOW WHAT THE WORD “HUSBAND” MEANS, HUSBANDS?
IT COMES FROM THE TWO WORDS “HOUSE” AND “BAND”
A BAND THAT GOES AROUND THE HOUSE TO PROTECT IT,
TO PROVIDE FOR IT, TO TAKE CARE OF IT, TO NURTURE IT.
THIS IS WHAT A HUSBAND IS SUPPOSED TO DO.
AND THEN LASTLY, WE ARE TO BRING THEM UP
IN THE NURTURE AND ADMONITION OF THE LORD.
GENTLEMAN, GOD PLACES UPON YOU, UPON THE PARENTS
PARTICULARLY THE FATHERS
THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EDUCATING YOUR CHILDREN,
REARING THEM IN THE NURTURE AND THE ADMONITION OF THE LORD,
SEEING THAT THEY RECEIVE A GODLY EDUCATION.
THEY ARE NOT GOING TO RECEIVE THAT IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS,
IF THAT IS WHERE YOU ARE SENDING THEM.
IN FACT, THEY ARE NOT GOING TO RECEIVE MUCH OF AN EDUCATION
AT ALL, I AM AFRAID, TODAY.
FATHERS, IT IS YOUR JOB TO SEE TO THE EDUCATION
TO THE GODLY EDUCATION OF YOUR CHILDREN.
YOU NEED TO SPEND TIME YOURSELF, TEACHING THEM THE THINGS OF GOD,
READING TO THEM THE BIBLE,
TEACHING THEM TO HIDE IT IN THEIR HEART,
TO MEMORIZE IT, PRAYING WITH THEM AND FOR THEM,
LEADING THEM TO CHRIST AS SAVIOR AND LORD.
ALL OF THIS IS INVOLVED IN BRINGING THEM UP
IN THE NURTURE AND ADMONITION OF THE LORD
AND SPENDING TIME WITH THEM, AS WELL.
IT’S INTERESTING THAT WHAT CHILDREN MOST REMEMBER
WHEN THEY GROW UP ABOUT THEIR PARENTS
IS NOT SO MUCH WHAT THEY SAID
BUT WHAT THEY DID WITH THEM.
THE TIME THEY SPENT WITH THEM.
FATHER, ARE YOU SPENDING TIME WITH YOUR CHILD?
DOES HE EXPERIENCE THAT LOVE?
DOES HE SEE THE LOVE OF CHRIST IN YOU?
DOES HE SEE THE SINCERITY OF YOUR FAITH?
DOES HE SEE YOU IN THE WORD OF GOD IN PRAYER?
DOES HE SEE YOU SPENDING TIME WITH HIM?
WHAT A PRECIOUS PRIVILEGE IT IS THAT GOD SHARES SOME
OF HIS PREROGATIVE AS CREATOR OF LIFE
WITH US GENTLEMEN THE PRIVILEGE OF BEING A FATHER.
BUT ZIP, 5 YEARS HAVE GONE AND THEIR OFF TO SCHOOL.
ZIP, ZIP THEIR AWAY TO COLLEGE AND
THEN IT’S THAT LONG WALK DOWN THE AISLE.
AND THEY ARE GONE FOR GOOD.
HOW FLEETING ARE THE MOMENTS THAT WE HAVE TO BE A MAN;
A STAND UP AND SHOULDER THE RESPONSIBILITIES
AS WELL AS THE PRIVILEGES AND THE JOYS OF BEING A DAD.
HI, I’M JENNIFER KENNEDY CASSIDY.
IT’S ALWAYS SUCH AN ENCOURAGEMENT TO HEAR FROM
FRIENDS LIKE YOU WHO WRITE THIS MINISTRY.
RECENTLY, SARAH WROTE TO SAY,
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WHEN YOU GIVE, YOU SHARE GOD’S WORD AND THAT TOUCHES LIVES.
PLEASE LET US HEAR FROM YOU RIGHT AWAY!
WE LIVE IN A CULTURE THAT DOES NOT PROPERLY VIEW FATHERS,
AND WE ARE PAYING A STEEP PRICE FOR IT.
BIBLICALLY, GOD CREATED MEN TO BE THE HEAD OF THEIR FAMILIES,
AND HE DESIGNED FAMILIES FOR CHILDREN
TO HAVE BOTH A MOTHER AND A FATHER.
EVEN SAYING BASIC THINGS LIKE THIS TODAY
IS PRACTICALLY CULTURAL HERESY.
THE FACT THAT IT SOUNDS CONTROVERSIAL TO SAY THAT
CHILDREN NEED FATHERS SHOWS YOU JUST HOW WRONG WE’VE GONE.
OUR CULTURE HAS SPENT DECADES TELLING MEN
THAT THEY’RE NOT NECESSARY.
THE FEMINIST ICON GLORIA STEINEM FAMOUSLY SAID,
“A WOMAN NEEDS A MAN LIKE A FISH NEEDS A BICYCLE.”
THE RESULTS OF THIS FATHERLESSNESS
HAVE BEEN CATASTROPHIC.
GROWING UP FATHERLESS IS CORRELATED WITH MARKED INCREASES
IN DEPRESSION, POVERTY, CRIME, SUBSTANCE ABUSE,
AND A HOST OF OTHER TRAGIC PATHOLOGIES.
AS A NATION, WE DECIDED TO REMAKE THE FAMILY.
THE HEIRS OF KARL MARX CARRIED OUT HIS VISION
TO OVERTHROW THE NUCLEAR FAMILY,
WHICH WAS THE BIGGEST OBSTACLE TO STATISM.
WE DECIDED TO SUBSIDIZE FATHERLESSNESS AND,
AS A RESULT, ENCOURAGED MORE OF IT.
WE REPLACED FATHERS WITH GOVERNMENT CHECKS AND TOLD
MOTHERS THAT THEY SHOULD STRIKE OUT ON THEIR OWN TO BE TRULY
FULFILLED AND SELF-REALIZED.
IN DOING SO, WE REBELLED AGAINST GOD’S DESIGN,
AND CREATED ENORMOUS SUFFERING.
FATHER’S DAY SOMETIMES GOES BY LIKE A BRIEF BLIP COMPARED WITH
MOTHER’S DAY AND THAT’S A SHAME.
BECAUSE IT IS GOOD AND RIGHT TO STOP AND CELEBRATE FATHERS.
AND IT’S DOWNRIGHT COUNTER-CULTURAL.
OUR NATION IS DYING FOR A LACK OF FATHERS.
SO TODAY, OF ALL DAYS, WE STOP AND SALUTE THOSE MEN
WHO’VE MARRIED WIVES AND RAISED CHILDREN AND FULFILLED
GOD’S DESIGN FOR BEING A HUSBAND AND A DAD.
THANK YOU FOR GOING AGAINST THE CULTURE AND DOING WHAT’S RIGHT.
AND MAY GOD RAISE UP MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS MORE SUCH
MEN TO LEAD THEIR HOMES, PROVIDE FOR THEIR FAMILIES, AND
INVEST THEIR LIVES IN PREPARING CHILDREN FOR THE WIDER WORLD.
THAT’S GOD’S DESIGN FOR MANHOOD.
AND THAT’S GOD’S DESIGN FOR A FLOURISHING SOCIETY.
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