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Introduction
This message is for the individual and for the church, but most of all it is for the family.
The family is under attack from all angles.
It is under attack from the school system, the government, entertainment, games, etc.
Every time you turn around, it is under attack.
Why?
Why is it under attack so hart by the enemy?
Because, the enemy knows that the family is the glue to society.
The family was the first relational group created within the Scriptures and then the church was ordained.
We have spent some much time protecting the institution of the church, we have forgotten the relationships of the family.
Are we sinning in our family relationships.
Opening Passage
Outline
Are Your Family Relationships Consistent with God’s Word?
1. God’s Special Words to the Husbands and Fathers
A. God commands the husband to be the spiritual head of the home (Eph.
5:23)
Headship is not dictatorship.
This verse is not stating that the husband is superior to the wife or that the wife is inferior to her husband.
What is being shown within this text?
This text is a reminder of the importance of order.
It is a reminder that we all are in relationships of authority and submission.
God is a God of order.
We find within our text, an example shown through marriage that relates to Christ and His church.
As Christ is the head of the church, so is the husband to be head of the wife, of the home.
As with other stages in life, weight comes with responsibility.
How is the husband to be the head of the home.
He is to be the spiritual head of the home.
He is responsible for leading his home in the realm of spiritual needs.
How often does the father speak of the Lord with his wife and children?
How often does he lead them in Bible study?
How often does he lead them to church?
How often does he remind them of their need for prayer?
As his wife is submissive to him, he is to be submissive to the Lord.
In being submissive to the Lord, he should be leading his home in the spiritual realm not just the physical.
How often we fail?
It does not good for me to win the entire world for Christ and yet lose my own family.
In the role of the head, the husband should pay great attention to how Christ lead.
Christ lead through love.
He did not force himself on anyone.
In fact, Christ Himself said it is better to give than receive.
Just as Jesus, who was the head over his disciples, knelt the night before His death and washed the feet of His disciples, we show leadership and headship best through service and love.
We, as husbands, can only lead faithfully, when it is a lead through love.
B. God commands the husband to love his wife with sacrificial love (Eph.
5:25)
What kind of love did Christ have for His church?
It was a love in action.
His love was sacrificial.
His love was revealed through patience.
His love was revealed through poring himself out for His church.
His love was shown through service.
Husbands, how do you show your love toward your wife?
If we are trying to lead without love, we fail.
We are to love our wives with a love that is demonstrated through a sincere caring for her and sensitivity.
C. God commands the husband to be caring and sensitive to his wife’s needs (1 Pt 3:7)
D. God commands the father to relate to his children in loving and spiritual guidance, not in anger and wrath (Eph.
6:4)
While bringing your children up has a part in the area of provision, the main part, the part of utmost importance is the spiritual area.
It is making sure they know Jesus.
As Paul stated:
One way that father’s fail their children is the hypocrisy that their children see.
They may see their father claiming Jesus on Sunday but by Monday, Jesus is gone from their life and they only give an example of the world, anger, and frustration.
This ought not be.
We must understand that our children learn more about spirituality, Christianity, and a true, genuine relationship with God from the actions and words of a parent than they do from the lectures of a father.
What example are you showing to your children?
One of faithfulness?
One of hypocrisy?
Or one of Schizophrenia (faithfulness one day and hypocrisy the next)?
As we look at our text, the father is not the only one that has to worry about their relationship within the home.
The wife has a calling from God as well to be on guard and alert about their relationship within the home.
2. God’s Special Words to the Wives
A. God commands wives to allow their husbands to lead (Eph.
5:24, 33)
B. God commands wives to be humble in spirit (1 Pt. 3:3)
3. God’s Special Words to the Parent
A. God commands parents are to be an example to their children (Pr.
22:6)
Children learn by example.
When you see children, what do you see them doing often.
They mimic their parents.
Why?
Because this is how they learn.
My question is simple.
What are you teaching your children?
What kind of example are you showing them?
Are you showing them how to provide?
Are you showing them how to work?
Are you showing them how to have a good time?
Are you showing them the importance of church? the respect of their husband/wife?
the importance of a committed and sacrificial relationship with Christ? the importance of tithes and offerings?
the importance of evangelism?
What kind of example are you being?
B. God commands parents to be a stepping-stone in the faith for their children not a stumbling-block (Mt.
18:6)
One of my greatest fears as a parent is winning my church to the Lord but losing my family.
I do not want my life to be an offense to my child in such a way I cause them to deny the faith rather than embrace the faith.
Too often, we can claim Jesus on Sunday, but on Monday, we ask whose that?
This may not be done through these exact words, but it done through our words, our actions, our care.
Actions speak louder than words.
Don’t tell me that you love me and then turn around and hit with me a bat.
Often this is how we treat our children.
We may tell them that we love them with our words but we hit them verbally.
We hit them physically.
We hit them mentally.
We continue to tell them that care, but it is only in words.
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