Authority in the home
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· 8 viewsThe exercise of God-given authority within the husband-wife and parent-child relationships.
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(See also: Peace)
[Peace is] the tranquillity of order.
Augustine of Hippo
He that is not a son of peace is not a son of God.
Richard Baxter
A husband is given headship over his wife
A husband is given headship over his wife
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
The basis for this headship
The basis for this headship
God’s headship over Jesus Christ
God’s headship over Jesus Christ
But I want you to realize that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is man, and the head of Christ is God.
Jesus Christ’s headship over the church
Jesus Christ’s headship over the church
For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.
God’s order of creation
God’s order of creation
For man did not come from woman, but woman from man; neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
See also Ge 2:20–22
This headship has been affected by the fall
This headship has been affected by the fall
To the woman he said,
“I will make your pains in childbearing very severe;
with painful labor you will give birth to children.
Your desire will be for your husband,
and he will rule over you.”
How this headship is to be exercised
How this headship is to be exercised
Lovingly and sacrificially
Lovingly and sacrificially
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her
See also Eph 5:28; Eph 5:33; Col 3:19; 1 Pe 3:7
As Jesus Christ rules as head of the church
As Jesus Christ rules as head of the church
Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her to make her holy, cleansing her by the washing with water through the word, and to present her to himself as a radiant church, without stain or wrinkle or any other blemish, but holy and blameless. In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—
Regarding his wife as part of himself
Regarding his wife as part of himself
In this same way, husbands ought to love their wives as their own bodies. He who loves his wife loves himself. After all, no one ever hated their own body, but they feed and care for their body, just as Christ does the church—
See also 1 Pe 3:7
Christian wives are to submit to their husbands
Christian wives are to submit to their husbands
Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.
They are to follow the example of the submission of the church to Jesus Christ
They are to follow the example of the submission of the church to Jesus Christ
Now as the church submits to Christ, so also wives should submit to their husbands in everything.
Fathers are heads of their families
Fathers are heads of their families
For I have chosen him, so that he will direct his children and his household after him to keep the way of the Lord by doing what is right and just, so that the Lord will bring about for Abraham what he has promised him.”
See also Ge 35:2; Jos 24:15; Eph 6:4; 1 Ti 3:4; 1 Ti 3:12; Tt 1:6
Fathers’ authority is to be exercised reasonably
Fathers’ authority is to be exercised reasonably
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.
See also Col 3:21
The response of children to parental authority
The response of children to parental authority
Obedience
Obedience
Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.
See also Pr 6:20; Pr 23:22
Respect
Respect
“Honor your father and mother”—which is the first commandment with a promise—“so that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth.”
See also Dt 5:16; Ex 20:12; Ex 21:15; Ex 21:17; Dt 27:16; Pr 19:26; Pr 20:20; Mt 19:19
Kinds of authority within the family
Kinds of authority within the family
Authority to discipline
Authority to discipline
Discipline your children, for in that there is hope;
do not be a willing party to their death.
See also Pr 23:13; Pr 29:17
Authority to teach
Authority to teach
Listen, my son, to your father’s instruction
and do not forsake your mother’s teaching.
See also Pr 3:1; Pr 13:1
Authority to command
Authority to command
Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord.
See also Pr 6:20–23