Matthew 12:50. Matthew 12:50 spells out the Christian definition of brethren. It says, “For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother”. You are a Christian brethren if you voluntarily do the will of God. The Bible teaches us that God's will is for us is to freely accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior. With accepting salvation through Jesus Christ, God's will is for all of mankind to receive eternal life and be in fellowship with Him forever.

Genesis 3:20. Eve was the first mother. Her name means "life, living, life-spring". She is the mother of all of mankind. Without children, a mother is not a mother. The definition of a mother is defined as "a woman in relation to a child or children to whom she has given birth". There are no degrees of motherhood. A new mother is as much of a mother as a mother that has had several children. Some mothers may be very inexperience, but they are still a mother.

1 King 3:26. A mother's love can never be separated from her children. When King Solomon had to decide which mother was the mother of a child, he used his wisdom of a mother's selfless love to decide who was the mother of the child. When both mothers claimed the child, Solomon decreed that the child be cut into two and divided between the two women. He knew that the true mother would never agree to her child being harmed.

Proverbs 29:15. It is natural for a mother’s love to be forgiving and not judging. At the same time a mother’s love should not just accept anything that a son or daughter does as OK. A mother must provide correction to her children when they are wrong. She still loves them, but she does have a responsibility to nurture and reproof a child. A child that is just left alone to do what he or she wants will become a shame to their mother ( Proverbs 29:15, “The rod and reproof give wisdom: but a child left to himself bringeth his mother to shame”).

Ephesians 6:4. In discussions of nature versus nurture, many think that either our genes or our environment, or both, are the driving factors that govern our actions. In fact, God is the guiding light in this world. He has given us His Word to guide our actions and to nurture others in God’s Word. God supersedes our human nature and our environment in guiding our actions. God may have given us free choice, but He provides us the saving truth to know what is right and wrong. That saving truth is the Bible.

John 8:44. You can know God, but still be separated from God. Besides knowing God, God expects you to act on His truth (Titus 1:16, "They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate."). His central truth as proclaimed in the gospel of Jesus Christ is for you to love God and to love your neighbor (Mark 12:30-31). If you only do things based on your own likes and dislikes, you are not abiding in God's truth and you are separated from God. You have chosen your own lusts over God's truth.

Ephesians 6:1. God holds the parent-child relationship as special. In the Bible our relationship with God is continually compared with a parent-child relationship. God tells us in the ten commandments to obey and have respect for parents. He says that to obey our parents is right (Ephesians 6:1, "Children, obey your parents in the Lord:"). This does not mean that we only obey our parents when we agree with them or fully understand why they are telling us to do something. We must obey them at all times. We must also honor and have respect for parents.

Ephesians 6:2. Truth and honor are so important in a relationship between a father and a child. Fathers must always provide truth, honor, and love to their children. In turn, a father gets so much joy when his children are walking in truth (2 John 1:3-4, Grace be with you, mercy, and peace, from God the Father, and from the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, in truth and love.) I rejoiced greatly that I found of thy children walking in truth, as we have received a commandment from the Father").

Ephesians 6:4. Child discipline is done to nurture and correct a child's behavior. We must communicate to the child why he is being discipline. If we provoke them to a state of anger and wrath, we are no longer nurturing the child (Ephesians 6:4, "And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord").

BIBLE SCRIPTURE: Ephesians 6:4, "And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord."