A Legacy Worth Leaving: Fatherhood, Brotherhood, and Multi-Generational Faithfulness
Title: A Legacy Worth Leaving: Fatherhood, Brotherhood, and Multi-Generational Faithfulness
Text: Psalm 78:5–7; 2 Timothy 2:2
We are going to be talking about the only legacy that truly matters in eternity: passing the faith on to the next generation.
Psalm 78:5-7: “He established a testimony in Jacob and appointed a law in Israel, which He commanded our fathers to teach to their children, that the next generation might know them, the children yet unborn, and arise and tell them to their children, so that they should set their hope in God and not forget the works of God, but keep His commandments.”
1. Legacy Begins with being Faithful Fathers
we are the ones that set the spiritual thermostat in our homes
what does it mean to be a faithful Father?
- we are, first, those who love the Lord our God with all of our hearts, mind, soul and strength: it’s not merely the elder’s job to teach your wife and your children good theology; no, good elders assist you in this task, helping remind you that you are the shepherd of your family.
brothers, you are leaving a legacy. The only question is: what kind of legacy is it?
Application: Are you leading your family in the Word? Do your children know more of your hobbies and sports loyalties than your love for Christ? What do you need to commit yourself to doing when you head back home?
2. Legacy is Sustained by Brotherhood in the Church
being a man does not mean that we are self sufficient; no, men recognize that there are some things that we just can’t do ourselves, that we have limits, because we are not the Lord.
Christian brothers are such a gift - Proverbs 27:17: “Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another.”
Men, we won’t be the godly men that God would have us be and that our families, church and culture need, on our own.
Application: Do you have brothers who know your battles, your temptations, and your fears? Or are you walking alone? Who knows you? Who can speak in?
3. Legacy Requires Courage to Swim Against the Current
men who live for temporary applause will leave no eternal legacy. However, men who live for Christ will leave ripples for generations.
Application: How’s your legacy? What are you handing down to your children or those younger in the faith around you? Compromise, comfort, cultural conformity? Or conviction, courage, and Christ?
Conclusion
See, Legacy is not built in a moment — it’s built daily, in faithfulness.
Brothers, let me remind you that our church needs your masculinity, your grit, and your leadership — we need it now - for today - and we need that kind of legacy for the generations yet to come.
Call to Action: Decide tonight what legacy you want to leave. Will you be remembered as a man who stood for Christ? Who taught his children the Scriptures? Who strengthened his brothers? And who lives with courage?
Brothers, Leave a legacy worth following.