A Life to the Glory of God: Family

We glorify God:

- through our obedience to the the roles he calls us to (child, parent, spouse)

through our obedience to the the roles he calls us to (child, parent, spouse)

through our obedience to the the roles he calls us to (child, parent, spouse)

through our treatment of and service to those we are in relationship with.

- through our treatment of and service to those we are in relationship with.

- through our treatment of and service to those we are in relationship with.

through our treatment of and service to those we are in relationship with.

as a witness to a broken world that often doesn’t live these roles well.

- as a witness to a broken world that often doesn’t live these roles well.

- as a witness to a broken world that often doesn’t live these roles well.

as a witness to a broken world that often doesn’t live these roles well.

English Standard Version Chapter 3

18 Wives, submit to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives, and do not be harsh with them. 20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this pleases the Lord. 21 Fathers, do not provoke your children, lest they become discouraged.

To those we are in a familial relationship with.

To those we are in a familial relationship with.

Children, glorify God by:

Obeying your parents - “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.” -

Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right.

Honoring your parents - “Honor your father and mother” ( says “cursed be anyone who dishonors...”)

Honor your father and mother”

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Respect, do what is right, do what is agreed.

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Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching, to what your parents teach you - “Hear, my son, your father's instruction, and forsake not your mother's teaching”

Caring for your parents - “Listen to your father who gave you life, and do not despise your mother when she is old.”

Listen to your father who gave you life,

and do not despise your mother when she is old.

We glorify God:

- through our obedience to the the roles he calls us to (child, parent, spouse)

- through our treatment of and service to those we are in relationship with.

- as a witness to a broken world that often doesn’t live these roles well.

Parents, glorify God by:

Cherishing your children - “Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward.”

Obey your parents.

Teaching your children - “Train up a child in the way he should go; even when he is old he will not depart from it.”

Disciplining your children - “Discipline your son, and he will give you rest; he will give delight to your heart.”

Protecting your children - “And our little ones shall live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.”

Those that do not have children, your call is still to do the best you can to help support these children (and parents if applicable) as best you can - “do not oppress....the orphan...”

And our little ones shall live in the fortified cities because of the inhabitants of the land.” Num 22:17

We glorify God:

through our obedience to the the roles he calls us to (child, parent, spouse)

through our treatment of and service to those we are in relationship with.

as a witness to a broken world that often doesn’t live these roles well.

We glorify God:

through our obedience to the the roles he calls us to (child, parent, spouse)

through our obedience to the the roles he calls us to (child, parent, spouse)

- through our obedience to the the roles he calls us to (child, parent, spouse)

- through our obedience to the the roles he calls us to (child, parent, spouse)

through our obedience to the the roles he calls us to (child, parent, spouse)

through our treatment of and service to those we are in relationship with.

through our treatment of and service to those we are in relationship with.

- through our treatment of and service to those we are in relationship with.

through our treatment of and service to those we are in relationship with.

- through our treatment of and service to those we are in relationship with.

as a witness to a broken world that often doesn’t live these roles well.

- as a witness to a broken world that often doesn’t live these roles well.

- as a witness to a broken world that often doesn’t live these roles well.

as a witness to a broken world that often doesn’t live these roles well.

as a witness to a broken world that often doesn’t live these roles well.

“husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.”

Spouses, glorify God by:

Acting as one flesh (above all but God) - “Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”

Wives, submit to your husbands.

Loving one another - “husbands love your wives....” , “...train the young women to love their husbands...”

Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.”

husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.

Honoring and respecting one another

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.

“husbands, live with your wives in an understanding way, showing honor to the woman as the weaker vessel, since they are heirs with you of the grace of life, so that your prayers may not be hindered.”

“let the wife see that she respects her husband.” also ref

let the wife see that she respects her husband.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.

Parent

Be faithful to one another - “Let marriage be held in honor among all, and let the marriage bed be undefiled, for God will judge the sexually immoral and adulterous.”

Do not provoke your children

We glorify God:

We glorify God:

- through our obedience to the the roles he calls us to (child, parent, spouse)

through our obedience to the the roles he calls us to (child, parent, spouse)

- through our obedience to the the roles he calls us to (child, parent, spouse)

- through our treatment of and service to those we are in relationship with.

through our treatment of and service to those we are in relationship with.

- through our treatment of and service to those we are in relationship with.

- as a witness to a broken world that often doesn’t live these roles well.

as a witness to a broken world that often doesn’t live these roles well.

- as a witness to a broken world that often doesn’t live these roles well.

Raise them in the ways of the Lord

Family members, glorify God by:

Supporting one another - “But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”

But if anyone does not provide for his relatives, and especially for members of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.

Forgiving one another - “Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.”

12 Put on then, as God’s chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, 13 bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive.

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Loving one another - “For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.”

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11 For this is the message that you have heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.”

“Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.”

We glorify God:

4 Love is patient and kind; love does not envy or boast; it is not arrogant or rude. It does not insist on its own way; it is not irritable or resentful; it does not rejoice at wrongdoing, but rejoices with the truth. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never ends.”

We glorify God:

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- through our obedience to the the roles he calls us to (child, parent, spouse)

through our obedience to the the roles he calls us to (child, parent, spouse)

8 Love never ends.

- through our obedience to the the roles he calls us to (child, parent, spouse)

- through our treatment of and service to those we are in relationship with.

through our treatment of and service to those we are in relationship with.

- through our treatment of and service to those we are in relationship with.

The Holy Bible: English Standard Version. (2016). (). Wheaton, IL: Crossway Bibles.

- as a witness to a broken world that often doesn’t live these roles well.

- as a witness to a broken world that often doesn’t live these roles well.

as a witness to a broken world that often doesn’t live these roles well.

2. As a spouse, love, serve, sacrifice, and submit.

3. As a

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We are ONLY able to obey, act, and witness because of the work that Christ has first done for us, in us, and through us.

When we begin to stray, it will most often be because we are attempting to work with our flesh.