Union in Practice: Family Life
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Union in Practice:
family life
Colossians 3:18–20
Initial observations
Subject: household rules
Concern: “the Lord” (18, 20, 22–24, 4:1)
Application: narrow, not comprehensive
Instructions to Wives
Command: “order” + “under”
Reason: “fitting in the Lord”
Pastoral applications
Instructions to Husbands
Command 1: “love sacrificially”
Command 2: “don’t be harsh”
Pastoral applications
Instructions to Children
Command: “obey…in everything”
Reason: “please the Lord”
Pastoral applications
Instructions to Dads
Command: “do not irritate”
Reason: “lest they become discouraged”
Pastoral applications
Concluding applications
These rules follow from union mediation.
Focus on your role only.
Remember the “Lord” stands over all.
