Devine Order: My Place in the Family
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3 But I would have you know, that the head of every man is Christ; and the head of the woman is the man; and the head of Christ is God.
17 (As it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.
Title: Devine Order: My Place in the Family
God has the ability as the omnipresent, omniscient God to see what will be and make it a reality.
For Example: When God was making Adam he looks into the future and sees what he would look and the invisible, imageless God creates Adam in his own image…
In the same way, it is time for the family to introduced.
God would pattern the family by looking into what was not, seeing the church and creating a physical parallel called the family!
The purpose of the family is simple:
Protect and equip the future!
Parallel the spiritual family (church) to the physical family (family).
Spiritual Family
Christ
Church
Family (spiritual children)
Natural Family
Dad
Mom
Kids (Natural children)
As Christ is to the Kingdom, dad is to the home!
As the Church is to the Kingdom, mom is to the home!
As the Family is to the Kingdom, the kids are to the home!
If you want to understand your role in the family:
Dad’s go study role of Christ.
Mom’s go study the role of the church.
Kid’s go study the role of spiritual babies in the church.
Here is the flow of authority:
Christ, Church, Family, Dad, Mom, Children
Each answers to the one above!
Children answers to mom, who answers to dad, who answer to the church, who answers to Christ.
The church and the family parallel each other!
What the 5 fold ministry is the the church, mom and dad is to the family.
We draw this out linearly.
Consider the Russian Nesting Dolls.
Cup illustration:
each 8 oz cup stacks with in the other
the cup cannot be bigger than the cup it is in
But will hold the same amount!
So, the kids are in mom, in dad, making up the family, who is in the church, who is in God!
Questions: Who has the greatest authority? ME!
To stay correct I got to stay in my place!
When you criticize that which is above you, you pervert that which is below you!
Proof text: Rev 12:3-4 - Satan fell and took 1/3 of angels with him.
The most powerful person is a person with personal convictions!
A person with no convictions is a person with no relationship!
Applies to families and churches!
A child can never violate family beliefs.
A family can never violate church beliefs.
A church can never violate biblical doctrine.
Note:
Bible is very broad - who soever will…
Come to church and and receive a little more direction...
Take teaching home and apply to the family and receive a little more direction…
The individual takes family teaching and applies to themselves and receive a little more direction!
Like an upside down funnel -
Wide mouth that captures everyone that will.
But by the time it becomes individual, it’s ver specific!
Church standards are pretty low level!
But the higher you go in God, the more is required of you!
So who has the authority in the church to set standards?
Kingdom wide: 5 fold
Local church: pastor
Family: DAD
This is why Satan has tried so hard to destroy dads!
Because dad defines the family!
What has happened in the world with fatherhood is equivalent to churches thinking they don’t need a pastor or at best he is a weakling to ignore or walk over!
Men MUST know their place and walk in it!
A person with no personal convictions is a person with no relationship with God!