Adam-4: God's Plan for the Family-Part B

Let’s turn to Genesis 1 to start today.

The last time we were together for this study, we looked at Adam-God’s plan for the family we started out discussing:

I. GOD’S PLAN FOR COMPLETION

‌His plan involved one man for one woman. One husband and one wife. This is His perfect plan.

A. There is a breaking of ties

B. There is a bond of oneness

C. There is a beginning adventure

D. There is a beautiful picture

1. There should be love

2. There should be submission and reverence

And we saw the importance of how:

3. These things picture Christ and his church

II. God’s Plan of Companionship

A. During depths of despair

B. During days of delight

C. During detours into difficulty

The perfect plan for the family also involves:

III. God’s Plan for Children

God’s plan for children were and still are a mom and a dad.

A. It involves loving, married parents who are male and female

Genesis 1:27 So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

This was a God’s plan for mankind, God’s plan for the marriage and God’s plan for the family.

God did not create the one parent home, that is a consequence of sin.

God did not author a marriage of two men or two women, or a man who by either mental defect or reprobate mind, thinks he is a woman marrying a woman who thinks she’s man. He certainly did not institute a single marriage ever or family to be like that.- but sin did.

God’s plan involves, simply a man and woman who marry and bear children.

A two parent home of husband and wife used to be a prerequisite to adoption, it used to be a prerequisite to in vitro fertilization at least in the early days to my recollection.

But sin, causes families to be something else.

Romans 1:26–27 KJV

For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

Leviticus 18:22 KJV

Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.

Most of us today probably did not come from a home that involved married parents who were the model picture of what God intended.

It was probably something short of that or a long way away from that. Most of you know that much of my life was without a father.

This point is not to judge anyone who is making the best out of situation that has gone awry or has suffered a loss, but we all know that God’s Word is true and that its teaching on a home having two married parents is God’s perfect plan for the family.

B. It involves caring for children

Genesis 1:28 And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.

God’s perfect plan is not just having a couple who bear children, but a married husband and wife who love and care for their children and raise them picturing God and the church which we studied about last time.

Now everyone’s life is different, some cannot have children, some only have one or two children while other will have 5 or 6.

It is never our job to decide what is perfect and right for someone else or to judge them.

But God’s perfect will for the family is to bear fruit in children. To love them and raise them for God.

If you cannot have children impact some other children for Christ. My wife was impacted by her youth leaders in Chicago. They showed there love for her far more than her parents ever did, yet they had no children.

Are you loving and caring for your children the way God has commanded you mom and dad?

C. It involves Children who honor and obey their parents

I know it is not cool to obey your parents and treat them with honor and respect in our world today, but it God’s eye it is priceless.

Young people, as long as you are in the home you are to obey them, and you are always to honor and respect them and if you are not married I believe you must always strongly consider their advice.

Now my parents have never had advice for me, even when I was in High school, joined the Marine Corps, never any advice, a couple of do’s and don’ts in high school but that was it.

Ephesians 6:1–3 KJV

Children, obey your parents in the Lord: for this is right. Honour thy father and mother; (which is the first commandment with promise;) That it may be well with thee, and thou mayest live long on the earth.

IV. God’s plan for Relationship

Genesis 2:25 And they were both naked, the man and his wife, and were not ashamed.

There are two great truths stated in this verse:

A. Marriages should be open, clean, and pure

These two had the perfect marriage.

They were naked and not ashamed.

This is refers to more than their lack of clothing though that is involved, but the even greater teaching is that they were open before each other, souls to bear before one another.

When I look at my wife, there should not be shame in my eyes for something I’ve done against her, or spite in my heart for something I believe she has done wrong, my relationship should always try to be one where I do my best for my wife and she can’t do any wrong.

If you have two spouse having that attitude, you have a great marriage, and a godly marriage

Do you have that kind of relationship with your wives husbands, do you do your best for here so that there is no shame in your life when you look at her and are you without spite and bitterness towards her for what you have perceived has been done to you.

I’ve got half of that pastor, I love her very much she is a possessed with an evil entity in the home. That may be so, but your attitude is wrong, God told you to love your wife, not to be bitter against her.

Do you have the right relationship with your husband ladies. I submit to him pastor, I’m doing my part, but he is loser you know, worthless, I can barely depend on him really. But I submit anyway.

It is really hard to submit ladies with that attitude.

Submission is more than an outward act, it is also an inward submission.

But this also teaches us:

B. Our relationship with God should be pure, clean, holy, without shame

Christians, by God’s grace you should live a shame free life

Not to bring shame on Christ

Do you know what brings shame - SIN!

Each of us have to much sinning and shaming, may we endeavor to live a clean holy life

If we are honest we will admit that we are not pure, clean, and holy in ourselves.

The Bible says that we are sinners in Romans 3:10, 23; 5:12 and on and on.

Sin causes shame, lack of purity causes shame. But we can be clean. Not by our righteousness, but because of the forgiveness of Christ.

But if you are lost today, if you are not a Christian, you no longer have to hide in shame from Jesus Christ.

He loves you, he gave his life to save you.

Romans 10:11 KJV

For the scripture saith, Whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed.

You see, your salvation doesn’t depend on you, it depends on him

Confess to Him the fact you are a sinner – put your faith in Him alone for salvation – and he can save you and make you clean.

1 John 1:6–7 KJV

If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

To often our attitude is that we are not good enough, so why try, I’ll just be rejected, and I’ll be ashamed. Friend, if you will come to Christ humbly before him in repentance of sin, with faith in Him you will not be turned away, you will not be ashamed.

Adam and Eve show us not only Adam: God’s perfect plan for the family, but also it shows us about eternal life, because once we are saved, God sees us like he did Adam and Eve in this day, in Eden, sinless, without spot. Don’t you want that? That is God’s plan for you.