Sermon
The Gospel in the Family | Ephesians 6:1-4
Treeline Church
Speaker: David Livingston
April 28, 2025 · 46 min
Summary
Paul addresses children and fathers in Ephesians 6, calling children to obey parents in the Lord and fathers to disciple their children without exasperating them. The gospel elevates all human beings—including children—to intrinsic dignity and worth in God's sight, making even small acts of obedience acts of worship to Christ.
Highlights
You address children as though they matter because God actually says they matter and they have dignity purely because they're made in his image.
The fastest way that you can get your children to run away from Jesus is to demand total obedience from them while you don't give Jesus your own obedience.
There are many, many, many, many children in America today who are sacrificed on the altar of their father's careers. Jesus will never call you to sacrifice your children for him.