10:30am “Modern Service” SLBC (LKLD, FL)
Father’s Day
Good Fathers from the Old Testament
Noah, Job, and Abraham
• Nancy R. Pearcey (2003) “The Toxic War on Masculinity”
I. Noah — DETERMINATION
“A father who stays the course”
Gen. 6:18 But I will establish my covenant with you, and you will enter the ark with your sons, your wife, and your sons’ wives.
II. Job — INTERCESSION
“A father who prays for his children”
Job 1:5 Whenever a round of banqueting was over, Job would send for his children and purify them, rising early in the morning to offer burnt offerings for all of them.
III. Abraham — FAITH
“A father who trusts the Lord”
Gen.18:19 For I have chosen him [Abraham] so that he will command his children and his house after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just.
