Sermon notes for Father's Day, June 16, 2019 Path to Christian Fatherhood 1 John 2:12-14 Father of a different sort Being a Christian father is not so much about raising children in your household Being a Christian father is about training the children in Christ to mature That includes our household children, but also the members of the body of Christ who come into the faith The writer of 1 John addresses three age groups: children, young men, and fathers There are two words for children that both imply immature people The word for young men is pointing to people in the prime of their lives The word for fathers addresses those who have matured Since there can be inferred that there were women involved in this community of faith, we can deduce that children, prime of lifers, and fathers addresses males and females But it doesn’t address these groups in terms of age - it is faith development For the community that the writer is addressing, the body of believers is broken into 3 ...