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“Knowing & Making Known”
               1 John 2:12-14
Intro to 1 John
WRITER: John the Apostle
DATE: A.D. 90-100
John wrote 3 books in the Bible
  Gospel of John
  Epistles of John
  Revelation
PURPOSE for John’s Writings :
    For the Gospel of John
    John 20:31
      But these are written that you
      may believe that Jesus is the
      Christ, the Son of God,
      and that by believing you may
      have life in his name.
PURPOSE for John’s Writings :
For the Revelations of John
Revelation 1:19
  Write the things which thou hast seen,
  and the things which are,
  and the things which shall be hereafter.
1:3 We proclaim ... so that you also may
    have fellowship with us ... and with
   God.
1:4 We write this to make our joy
   complete.
2:1 I write ... so that you will not sin
5:13 I write.... so that you may know that
         you have eternal life.

                  Purpose for 1 John
“Family Epistle”
                                    1 John
The sanctum sanctorum (Latin "Holy o Holies”)
     of the New Testament
‘It takes the child of God across the threshold
     into fellowship with our Heavenly Father’
                  • Know            - 33
                  • Love            - 35
                  • Children        - 15
                  • Life            - 14
                  • Father          - 13
                  • Light           - 6
1 John
General Outline of 1 John
God is LIGHT 1:1- 2:2
God is LOVE      2:3- 4:21
God is LIFE      5:1-21
1 John 2:12-14
      v12 I write to you, dear children,
        because your sins have been
      forgiven on account of his name.
          v13 I write to you, fathers,

        because you have known him
         who is from the beginning.
         I write to you, young men,
      because you have overcome the
                    evil one.
Cont 1 John 2:12-14
      I write to you, dear children,
  because you have known the Father.
          14 I write to you, fathers,

because you have known him who is from
                the beginning.
        I write to you, young men,
          because you are strong,
          and the word of God lives in you,
                and you have overcome the
                   evil one.
1 John 2:12-14
In your bible :
Q: What difference do you notice about
      1 John 2:12-14 compared to the rest of
      the letter ?
A: It is a different form of ‘writing’ ....
      • PROSE where God is sharing his MIND
      • POETRY where God is sharing his
            HEART eg 1 John 2:12-14
I write to you,               1 John 2:12-14
dear children*, because your sins have been forgiven
                on account of his name.
fathers,        because you have known him who is
                from the beginning.
young men,      because you have overcome the evil
                one.
dear children*, because you have known the Father.
fathers,        because you have known him who is
                from the beginning.
young men,      because you are strong, and the
                word of God lives in you, and you
                have overcome the evil one.
1 John 2:12-14

Possible explanations:
• Poetic style ?
• Repetition for emphasis ?
• Order ?
Three Groups of People
    NIV                          NLT




                SPIRITUAL
  Fathers                   Mature in the
                               faith

Young Men                   Young in the
                               faith

Dear Children               God’s Children
Little Children 1 John 2:12 & 13b
      I write to you, dear
      children,
       because your sins have
         been forgiven on
         account of his name.
       because you have
         known the Father.
Little Children : The “Forgiven” Generation
Our Christian Life :
 BEGINS with Forgiveness
 Only ground for SALVATION.
 God alone can forgive.
        • He pardons all our sins
        • He accepts us as righteous in His
           sight
               BUT WHY MUST GOD
                   FORGIVE US ?
Little Children : The “Forgiven” Generation
GOD Forgives....
• Not because we are so good
• Not because we deserve it
• But all because of the Lord Jesus Christ
   and what He did on Calvary
      “your sins have been forgiven on
             account of his name”
Little Children : The “Forgiven” Generation
v13: “I have written to you, children,
  because you know the Father.”
Message Bible : “And a second reminder,
  dear children: You know the Father from
  personal experience.”
As you know the forgiveness of your sins
          you also come to KNOW &
              experience your heavenly
                   Father.
Little Children : The “Forgiven” Generation
Receiving FORGIVENESS is just the 1st step
• Only possible because of JESUS ...
  and His finished work on the Cross
  Acts 4:12 Salvation is found in no one else,
  for there is no other name under heaven
  given to men by which we must be saved.
       • Goal is to KNOW the Father
Young Men 1 John 2:13,14
  I write to you, young men,
  because you have overcome
    the evil one.
  because you are strong,
    and the word of God lives in
    you, and you have overcome
    the evil one.
Young Men : The “OVERCOMING” Generation

• “young men” in the faith have been able
  to ‘overcome’, be ‘victorious’,
  ‘prevailed’....
• Have experienced a release from ...
       – the power of sin
       – the bondage of satan
John Piper summarizes :
Satan only have Two Main Weapons to use :
i. ACCUSATION.
   –accuses us with the sin that we have
     already done
     ii. TEMPTATION.
          –tempts us to do the sin we haven’t yet
                done.

                   the ways of the evil one
i. ACCUSATION
Ref Revelation 12:10
     And I heard a loud voice in heaven,
     saying, “Now the salvation and the
     power and the kingdom of our God
     and the authority of his Christ have
    come, for the accuser of our brothers
           has been thrown down,
      who accuses them day and night
               before our God.
                 the ways of the evil one
the ways of the evil one
i. ACCUSATION
   • All of us have sinned
   • Satan accuses us for all the sins we have
     committed
   • Causes guilt / doubt /fear to arise
    How then do we counter this ?
          By coming to Jesus using 1 Jn 1:9
          Confession – Forgiveness
                 - Cleansing
Martin
Luther
the ways of the evil one
ii. TEMPTATION
• Eg immoral behaviours
• consider also :
    • Sickness eg cancer • financial hardship,
    • unbearable pain,    • marriage tensions,
    • loss of loved ones, • political strife,
                          • natural disasters,
                          • threatening crime,
                          • mob violence etc
the ways of the evil one
ii. TEMPTATION
Gk ‘peirasmos’
   • Also used for ‘testing’
The reasons :
   • all temptation will test our faith, and
         • all testing of our faith is a
           temptation to forsake our faith
the ways of the evil one
ii. TEMPTATION thru LIES
    Satan tempts / tests in only one way: He lies.
    Ref John 8:44-45
    You belong to your father, the devil, and you
    want to carry out your father's desire. He
    was a murderer from the beginning, not
    holding to the truth, for there is no truth in
           him.
           When he lies, he speaks his native
                 language, for he is a liar and
                      the father of lies.
the ways of the evil one
ii. TEMPTATION thru LIES
   Satan has only TWO MAIN LIES.
   • In every TEST, his lie is:
      GOD is BAD
        •in every TEMPTATION his lie is:
          SIN is BETTER
Tempted : “conveys the idea of
               appealing to the worst part of
               man, with the wish that he may
               yield and do the wrong”
               Tested : “ appeal to the better
Alexander
MacLaren
               part of man, with the desire
               that he should stand”
   Temptation says, `Do this pleasant thing; do
  not be hindered by the fact that it is wrong.'
    Testing says, `Do this right and noble thing;
        do not be hindered by the fact that it is
                                         painful.’
the ways of the evil one
Temptation Vs Testing
• Temptation is to make you fall
  Testing is to build you up,
    make you stronger.
• God tempts no one (Ref James 1:13)
       God however do ‘test’ people
Father’s Day Sermon 17th June 2012
Young Men : The “Overcoming” Generation
 “overcome the evil one”
 How is this possible ?
 v 14 “because you are ‘strong’...”
 Q: Can physical strength defeat satan ?
 A: NO, definitely not
Young Men : The “Overcoming” Generation
It is possible by :
i. The WORD Within
   TLB v14b “... and to you young men
   who are strong with God's Word in your
   hearts, and have won your struggle
   against Satan”
Young Men : The “Overcoming” Generation
i. The WORD Within
   Importance of
    • Reading the Bible
    • Meditating & doing daily devotion
    • Memorizing scripture
    Eg the temptations of Jesus (Luke 4)
Young Men : The “Overcoming” Generation
       ii. The CHRIST Within
          Ref : 1 John 4:4
          You, dear children, are from
          God and have overcome
          them,
          because the one who is in
          you is greater than the one
          who is in the world.
Young Men : The “Overcoming” Generation

         iii. The FAITH Within
            Ref : 1 John 5:4
            This is the victory that has
            overcome the world,
            even our faith.
Young Men : The “Overcoming” Generation
    Young men,
    Continue to be ‘Overcomers’
    Always have the WORD, CHRIST &
     FAITH within you ....
    You can and will Stand, Prevailing
     against the Accusations &
     Temptations of the evil one.
Fathers : 1 John 2:13, 14
I write to you, fathers,
 because you have known him
   who is from the beginning.
 because you have known him
   who is from the beginning.
Fathers : the ‘KNOWING’ Generation
         “to know”
         used 33 times in 1 John
         • To be aware,
         • To understand,
         • To perceive,
         • To sure of,
         • Sense of Intimacy...
Fathers : the ‘Knowing’ Generation
Know who ? :
    “Him who is from the beginning”
Refers to Jesus
John 1:1-2 In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and the Word was
God. He was with God in the beginning.
       John 1:14 The Word became flesh and
       made his dwelling among us. We have
       seen his glory, the glory of the One and
               Only, who came from the Father,
               full of grace and truth.
Fathers : the ‘Knowing’ Generation
• HALLMARK of spiritual maturity :
    KNOWING CHRIST
  Not “knowing about Christ”
• GOAL for every believer :
    CHRISTLIKENESS
‘Addicted to bottle feeds’
       May 22, 2012
 What is wrong with this
         picture ?
  S’ban: Farah Sauffiah
 Rahmat is a 14-year-old
‘healthy’ teenager who is
addicted to bottle-feeds –
  15 bottles a day to be
exact. A Form 2 student in
   SM Tuanku Ampuan
 Durah, she is unaffected
 by public opinion of her
    strange addiction.
In fact, though by this
    time you ought to be
     teachers, you need
someone to teach you the
    elementary truths of
 God's word all over again.
  You need milk, not solid
food! Anyone who lives on
 milk, being still an infant,
is not acquainted with the
       teaching about
       righteousness.
  But solid food is for the
 mature, who by constant
      use have trained
 themselves to distinguish
       good from evil.
So What !
There is a need to grow-up
There is a need to go on to “maturity”
Consider 1 Cor 13:11
       When I was a child, I talked like a
       child, I thought like a child, I
       reasoned like a child.
       When I became a man, I put
       childish ways behind me.
So What !
Our lives must have : an aim
                     : a purpose
                     : a goal
John’s sole Aim, Purpose & Goal was
 to Know Christ - fully
So What !
Can that also become our goal in life ?
     To KNOW CHRIST
if we truly Know God,
we would also want
     To MAKE Him KNOWN
God alone have the answer to life.
     not only on this earth
           but for all eternity.
Father’s Day
Today as we celebrate Father’s Day
My Challenge to ‘Fathers’ in our midst
To adopt as our life’s ambition & purpose –
     To Know Christ
     and to Make Him Known
          beginning with our own family
              members
                    and rippling out ...
Quote :
 A Father's spiritual temperature will
 determine the children's emotional
 state, security and stability.
     Christian Business Men’s Research :
       Father an “active Christian”
        75% chance ...
       If the Mother alone is ...
             reduced to 15% chance ...
Finished the Book ...




                        Lost the Boy
In order to reach the stage of being a “spiritual
fathers” you must have :
i. Known the forgiveness of sin thru Christ
    along
ii. Overcome the evil one’s accusations &
    temptations -
    with the Word, Christ & Faith within...
        iii. Enjoy an intimate & living
             relationship with Christ

                 Fathers : the ‘Knowing’ Generation
A Tribute to Fathers
For what you are about to see, any
 association, reference or linkage to
    people dead or alive is purely
     coincidental and accidental.
   Choice of photos depicted were
 submitted by one (or more) of your
family members of their own volition
 and not under any threat or duress.

                     Disclaimer
Disclaimer
Some photos were sent without infor
 on ‘age’ so I had to ‘guess’. Right or
          wrong – not sure.
     Accompanying song track :
      “FATHER'S LOVE”
          (by Gary Valenciano)
                   Valenciano)
 Do sit back, enjoy the presentation
and learn about “My Daddy & I”.
“My Daddy & I”
Age 3: MY DAD IS THE BEST
Age 4: My Dad Knows Everything
Age 5 & 6: My Dad Can Do Everything
Age 7: My Dad is my Hero, reading me
great adventure stories every night ...
Age 8: My Dad is so much fun
 He takes me everywhere ...
Age 9: My Dad is so clever...
      he can even do my homework ...
Age 11: My Dad is cool ... but not very
        good with computer games...
Age 13: I think my dad may not be
       so smart after all...
Age 14: I now know my dad is not so
smart after all – he’s no longer able to
                   do my homework ...
Age 15 & 16 : I ‘think’ my dad may be
pretty “old fashioned” in his thinking...
Age 17 & 18 : I know my dad is “old
fashioned”. He’s always saying “When I
was your age ....” for the zillionth time.
Age 19 & 20 : My Dad is becoming ‘over-
     bearing’ ... always asking & even
intruding into my space – doesn’t he trust
                     me?
Age 21+ : Dad I am pass 21...
I can decide for myself ... trust me.
Age 25+ : My dad seems to be objecting to
         everything I do .... ‘Sigh’
Age 30+ : My Dad does know about
things, but then he should, because he’s
         been around so long...
Age 35+ : Maybe I should ask Dad what he
    thinks. After all, he’s had a lot of
               experience.
Age 40+ : I’m not doing a single thing until
  I talk to Dad... He knows quite a lot...
Age 45+ : I wonder how Dad will handle it.
             He is so wise.....
Age 50+ : I am puzzled, how did my dad
     manage to raise all of us up ?
                   .
Age 55+ : It's so difficult to control my
own children - how much my dad must
   have suffered to bring us up ...
Age 60+ : I’d give anything if Dad were
 here now so I could talk this over with
  him. Too bad I didn’t appreciate how
smart he was. I could have learned a lot
from him. MY    DAD IS THE BEST
Just wondering why it
 take so long for us to
      learn that -

Blessed Father’s Day

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Father’s Day Sermon 17th June 2012

  • 2. “Knowing & Making Known” 1 John 2:12-14
  • 3. Intro to 1 John WRITER: John the Apostle DATE: A.D. 90-100 John wrote 3 books in the Bible Gospel of John Epistles of John Revelation
  • 4. PURPOSE for John’s Writings : For the Gospel of John John 20:31 But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name.
  • 5. PURPOSE for John’s Writings : For the Revelations of John Revelation 1:19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter.
  • 6. 1:3 We proclaim ... so that you also may have fellowship with us ... and with God. 1:4 We write this to make our joy complete. 2:1 I write ... so that you will not sin 5:13 I write.... so that you may know that you have eternal life. Purpose for 1 John
  • 7. “Family Epistle” 1 John The sanctum sanctorum (Latin "Holy o Holies”) of the New Testament ‘It takes the child of God across the threshold into fellowship with our Heavenly Father’ • Know - 33 • Love - 35 • Children - 15 • Life - 14 • Father - 13 • Light - 6
  • 8. 1 John General Outline of 1 John God is LIGHT 1:1- 2:2 God is LOVE 2:3- 4:21 God is LIFE 5:1-21
  • 9. 1 John 2:12-14 v12 I write to you, dear children, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. v13 I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one.
  • 10. Cont 1 John 2:12-14 I write to you, dear children, because you have known the Father. 14 I write to you, fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. I write to you, young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
  • 11. 1 John 2:12-14 In your bible : Q: What difference do you notice about 1 John 2:12-14 compared to the rest of the letter ? A: It is a different form of ‘writing’ .... • PROSE where God is sharing his MIND • POETRY where God is sharing his HEART eg 1 John 2:12-14
  • 12. I write to you, 1 John 2:12-14 dear children*, because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name. fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. young men, because you have overcome the evil one. dear children*, because you have known the Father. fathers, because you have known him who is from the beginning. young men, because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
  • 13. 1 John 2:12-14 Possible explanations: • Poetic style ? • Repetition for emphasis ? • Order ?
  • 14. Three Groups of People NIV NLT SPIRITUAL Fathers Mature in the faith Young Men Young in the faith Dear Children God’s Children
  • 15. Little Children 1 John 2:12 & 13b I write to you, dear children,  because your sins have been forgiven on account of his name.  because you have known the Father.
  • 16. Little Children : The “Forgiven” Generation Our Christian Life :  BEGINS with Forgiveness  Only ground for SALVATION.  God alone can forgive. • He pardons all our sins • He accepts us as righteous in His sight BUT WHY MUST GOD FORGIVE US ?
  • 17. Little Children : The “Forgiven” Generation GOD Forgives.... • Not because we are so good • Not because we deserve it • But all because of the Lord Jesus Christ and what He did on Calvary “your sins have been forgiven on account of his name”
  • 18. Little Children : The “Forgiven” Generation v13: “I have written to you, children, because you know the Father.” Message Bible : “And a second reminder, dear children: You know the Father from personal experience.” As you know the forgiveness of your sins you also come to KNOW & experience your heavenly Father.
  • 19. Little Children : The “Forgiven” Generation Receiving FORGIVENESS is just the 1st step • Only possible because of JESUS ... and His finished work on the Cross Acts 4:12 Salvation is found in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved. • Goal is to KNOW the Father
  • 20. Young Men 1 John 2:13,14 I write to you, young men, because you have overcome the evil one. because you are strong, and the word of God lives in you, and you have overcome the evil one.
  • 21. Young Men : The “OVERCOMING” Generation • “young men” in the faith have been able to ‘overcome’, be ‘victorious’, ‘prevailed’.... • Have experienced a release from ... – the power of sin – the bondage of satan
  • 22. John Piper summarizes : Satan only have Two Main Weapons to use : i. ACCUSATION. –accuses us with the sin that we have already done ii. TEMPTATION. –tempts us to do the sin we haven’t yet done. the ways of the evil one
  • 23. i. ACCUSATION Ref Revelation 12:10 And I heard a loud voice in heaven, saying, “Now the salvation and the power and the kingdom of our God and the authority of his Christ have come, for the accuser of our brothers has been thrown down, who accuses them day and night before our God. the ways of the evil one
  • 24. the ways of the evil one i. ACCUSATION • All of us have sinned • Satan accuses us for all the sins we have committed • Causes guilt / doubt /fear to arise How then do we counter this ?  By coming to Jesus using 1 Jn 1:9  Confession – Forgiveness - Cleansing
  • 26. the ways of the evil one ii. TEMPTATION • Eg immoral behaviours • consider also : • Sickness eg cancer • financial hardship, • unbearable pain, • marriage tensions, • loss of loved ones, • political strife, • natural disasters, • threatening crime, • mob violence etc
  • 27. the ways of the evil one ii. TEMPTATION Gk ‘peirasmos’ • Also used for ‘testing’ The reasons : • all temptation will test our faith, and • all testing of our faith is a temptation to forsake our faith
  • 28. the ways of the evil one ii. TEMPTATION thru LIES Satan tempts / tests in only one way: He lies. Ref John 8:44-45 You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
  • 29. the ways of the evil one ii. TEMPTATION thru LIES Satan has only TWO MAIN LIES. • In every TEST, his lie is: GOD is BAD •in every TEMPTATION his lie is: SIN is BETTER
  • 30. Tempted : “conveys the idea of appealing to the worst part of man, with the wish that he may yield and do the wrong” Tested : “ appeal to the better Alexander MacLaren part of man, with the desire that he should stand” Temptation says, `Do this pleasant thing; do not be hindered by the fact that it is wrong.' Testing says, `Do this right and noble thing; do not be hindered by the fact that it is painful.’
  • 31. the ways of the evil one Temptation Vs Testing • Temptation is to make you fall Testing is to build you up, make you stronger. • God tempts no one (Ref James 1:13) God however do ‘test’ people
  • 33. Young Men : The “Overcoming” Generation “overcome the evil one” How is this possible ? v 14 “because you are ‘strong’...” Q: Can physical strength defeat satan ? A: NO, definitely not
  • 34. Young Men : The “Overcoming” Generation It is possible by : i. The WORD Within TLB v14b “... and to you young men who are strong with God's Word in your hearts, and have won your struggle against Satan”
  • 35. Young Men : The “Overcoming” Generation i. The WORD Within Importance of • Reading the Bible • Meditating & doing daily devotion • Memorizing scripture Eg the temptations of Jesus (Luke 4)
  • 36. Young Men : The “Overcoming” Generation ii. The CHRIST Within Ref : 1 John 4:4 You, dear children, are from God and have overcome them, because the one who is in you is greater than the one who is in the world.
  • 37. Young Men : The “Overcoming” Generation iii. The FAITH Within Ref : 1 John 5:4 This is the victory that has overcome the world, even our faith.
  • 38. Young Men : The “Overcoming” Generation Young men, Continue to be ‘Overcomers’ Always have the WORD, CHRIST & FAITH within you .... You can and will Stand, Prevailing against the Accusations & Temptations of the evil one.
  • 39. Fathers : 1 John 2:13, 14 I write to you, fathers,  because you have known him who is from the beginning.  because you have known him who is from the beginning.
  • 40. Fathers : the ‘KNOWING’ Generation “to know” used 33 times in 1 John • To be aware, • To understand, • To perceive, • To sure of, • Sense of Intimacy...
  • 41. Fathers : the ‘Knowing’ Generation Know who ? : “Him who is from the beginning” Refers to Jesus John 1:1-2 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was with God in the beginning. John 1:14 The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the One and Only, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
  • 42. Fathers : the ‘Knowing’ Generation • HALLMARK of spiritual maturity : KNOWING CHRIST Not “knowing about Christ” • GOAL for every believer : CHRISTLIKENESS
  • 43. ‘Addicted to bottle feeds’ May 22, 2012 What is wrong with this picture ? S’ban: Farah Sauffiah Rahmat is a 14-year-old ‘healthy’ teenager who is addicted to bottle-feeds – 15 bottles a day to be exact. A Form 2 student in SM Tuanku Ampuan Durah, she is unaffected by public opinion of her strange addiction.
  • 44. In fact, though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you the elementary truths of God's word all over again. You need milk, not solid food! Anyone who lives on milk, being still an infant, is not acquainted with the teaching about righteousness. But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained themselves to distinguish good from evil.
  • 45. So What ! There is a need to grow-up There is a need to go on to “maturity” Consider 1 Cor 13:11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me.
  • 46. So What ! Our lives must have : an aim : a purpose : a goal John’s sole Aim, Purpose & Goal was  to Know Christ - fully
  • 47. So What ! Can that also become our goal in life ? To KNOW CHRIST if we truly Know God, we would also want To MAKE Him KNOWN God alone have the answer to life. not only on this earth but for all eternity.
  • 48. Father’s Day Today as we celebrate Father’s Day My Challenge to ‘Fathers’ in our midst To adopt as our life’s ambition & purpose – To Know Christ and to Make Him Known beginning with our own family members and rippling out ...
  • 49. Quote : A Father's spiritual temperature will determine the children's emotional state, security and stability. Christian Business Men’s Research : Father an “active Christian”  75% chance ... If the Mother alone is ...  reduced to 15% chance ...
  • 50. Finished the Book ... Lost the Boy
  • 51. In order to reach the stage of being a “spiritual fathers” you must have : i. Known the forgiveness of sin thru Christ along ii. Overcome the evil one’s accusations & temptations - with the Word, Christ & Faith within... iii. Enjoy an intimate & living relationship with Christ Fathers : the ‘Knowing’ Generation
  • 52. A Tribute to Fathers
  • 53. For what you are about to see, any association, reference or linkage to people dead or alive is purely coincidental and accidental. Choice of photos depicted were submitted by one (or more) of your family members of their own volition and not under any threat or duress. Disclaimer
  • 54. Disclaimer Some photos were sent without infor on ‘age’ so I had to ‘guess’. Right or wrong – not sure. Accompanying song track : “FATHER'S LOVE” (by Gary Valenciano) Valenciano) Do sit back, enjoy the presentation and learn about “My Daddy & I”.
  • 56. Age 3: MY DAD IS THE BEST
  • 57. Age 4: My Dad Knows Everything
  • 58. Age 5 & 6: My Dad Can Do Everything
  • 59. Age 7: My Dad is my Hero, reading me great adventure stories every night ...
  • 60. Age 8: My Dad is so much fun He takes me everywhere ...
  • 61. Age 9: My Dad is so clever... he can even do my homework ...
  • 62. Age 11: My Dad is cool ... but not very good with computer games...
  • 63. Age 13: I think my dad may not be so smart after all...
  • 64. Age 14: I now know my dad is not so smart after all – he’s no longer able to do my homework ...
  • 65. Age 15 & 16 : I ‘think’ my dad may be pretty “old fashioned” in his thinking...
  • 66. Age 17 & 18 : I know my dad is “old fashioned”. He’s always saying “When I was your age ....” for the zillionth time.
  • 67. Age 19 & 20 : My Dad is becoming ‘over- bearing’ ... always asking & even intruding into my space – doesn’t he trust me?
  • 68. Age 21+ : Dad I am pass 21... I can decide for myself ... trust me.
  • 69. Age 25+ : My dad seems to be objecting to everything I do .... ‘Sigh’
  • 70. Age 30+ : My Dad does know about things, but then he should, because he’s been around so long...
  • 71. Age 35+ : Maybe I should ask Dad what he thinks. After all, he’s had a lot of experience.
  • 72. Age 40+ : I’m not doing a single thing until I talk to Dad... He knows quite a lot...
  • 73. Age 45+ : I wonder how Dad will handle it. He is so wise.....
  • 74. Age 50+ : I am puzzled, how did my dad manage to raise all of us up ? .
  • 75. Age 55+ : It's so difficult to control my own children - how much my dad must have suffered to bring us up ...
  • 76. Age 60+ : I’d give anything if Dad were here now so I could talk this over with him. Too bad I didn’t appreciate how smart he was. I could have learned a lot from him. MY DAD IS THE BEST
  • 77. Just wondering why it take so long for us to learn that - Blessed Father’s Day