Family Under Attack
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· 27 viewslooking at the attacks against the family as defined by God
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Intro: It has long been recognized that the strength of any society is the family. But, we are witnessing a seismic shift in the concept of family in our culture, which is causing a breakdown of the culture itself. Why is this happening?
I) Family breakdowns
I) Family breakdowns
Divorce – between 40-50% of all marriages – ; ;
Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
And Pharisees came up to him and tested him by asking, “Is it lawful to divorce one’s wife for any cause?” He answered, “Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.” They said to him, “Why then did Moses command one to give a certificate of divorce and to send her away?” He said to them, “Because of your hardness of heart Moses allowed you to divorce your wives, but from the beginning it was not so. And I say to you: whoever divorces his wife, except for sexual immorality, and marries another, commits adultery.”
“For the man who does not love his wife but divorces her, says the Lord, the God of Israel, covers his garment with violence, says the Lord of hosts. So guard yourselves in your spirit, and do not be faithless.”
One parent children – terrible result of these divorces – ; , , ;
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
She rises while it is yet night
and provides food for her household
and portions for her maidens.
She is not afraid of snow for her household,
for all her household are clothed in scarlet.
She looks well to the ways of her household
and does not eat the bread of idleness.
Her children rise up and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praises her:
and so train the young women to love their husbands and children,
Unmarried couples – which is why the divorce rate has leveled off – ;
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality,
Homosexual marriages – also increasing – ;
Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who practice homosexuality, nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers will inherit the kingdom of God.
For this reason God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error.
II) Secular Humanism
II) Secular Humanism
A religion (as defined by the Supreme Court), which teaches there is no God, no absolute morality, to destroy the “nuclear” family, establish socialism and world government, promotes abortion, euthanasia, drug use, pornography
Media:
Television – over 7 hours/day/home – what is taught? materialism – – violence – – extramarital sex – – profanity – – why Hollywood is corrupt? They do not believe in God [Blackford bulletin in Humanism folder]
“No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and money.
“Therefore I tell you, do not be anxious about your life, what you will eat or what you will drink, nor about your body, what you will put on. Is not life more than food, and the body more than clothing? Look at the birds of the air: they neither sow nor reap nor gather into barns, and yet your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of more value than they? And which of you by being anxious can add a single hour to his span of life? And why are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow: they neither toil nor spin, yet I tell you, even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. But if God so clothes the grass of the field, which today is alive and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? Therefore do not be anxious, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the Gentiles seek after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them all. But seek first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things will be added to you.
Repay no one evil for evil, but give thought to do what is honorable in the sight of all. If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, “Vengeance is mine, I will repay, says the Lord.” To the contrary, “if your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”
Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.
Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.
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Do not eat the bread of a man who is stingy;
do not desire his delicacies,
for he is like one who is inwardly calculating.
“Eat and drink!” he says to you,
but his heart is not with you.
You will vomit up the morsels that you have eaten,
and waste your pleasant words.
Schools – [read Schlafly Report, then Humanism T-545 leaflet from Humanism folder] high schools teaching trial marriages and group marriages – Why? John Dewey, father of American education, was a humanist, also Dr. Sidney Simon (author of “values clarification”)
Judiciary – ACLU defends all humanistic values
III) Parental abandonment
III) Parental abandonment
Teaching – ; – instead depending upon schools or local churches to teach values and morality
Fathers, do not provoke your children to anger, but bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.
And these words that I command you today shall be on your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise. You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
Attention – giving way to media, day care, and babysitters to entertain and raise children
Worship – – allowing difficulties in behavior and travel to prevent attendance in worship
I am reminded of your sincere faith, a faith that dwelt first in your grandmother Lois and your mother Eunice and now, I am sure, dwells in you as well.
Concl: Families are being destroyed. Let’s stop the slaughter in our homes.