- Lesson 1, continued:
- It’s never too early to study the Bible truth relating to the family.
- II Chronicles 34:1-3 – Josiah was only 16 when he began to seek God.
- It’s never too late to study the family. Titus 2:3-5
- Apply God’s work to yourself!
- Who might we blame when we mess up?
- Genesis 3:12-13 – Adam blames everyone but himself.
- Proverbs 19:3 – The foolish blame the Lord.
- In Ephesians 5:22-33 …
- Find where the husband is told to make his wife submit.
- Find where the wife is told to make her husband lead.
- (This doesn’t mean we should never try to teach / encourage others to fulfill their roles.)
- Matthew 7:1-5; James 1:22
- Who might we blame when we mess up?
- Ephesians 4:22-24; II Peter 1:5-8; 3:18
- Since the 1960s, the rate of new marriages has fallen by more than 50%. Rates of divorce and single parenthood have more than doubled. The trend of cohabitation is not making families stronger.
- The importance of developing a good marriage:
- Marriage is the bedrock of a family and families are the bedrock of a society.
- Genesis 2:18-24
- Genesis 18:20 – God was not pleased with Sodom and Gomorrah.
- Malachi 2:13-16 – God cares about the family!
- Jamestown, 1607
- Oneida Community, 1848-1879
- Matthew 19:4-9 – God’s strict marriage law. From the beginning, it was to be a permanent relationship.
- Marriage is the bedrock of a family and families are the bedrock of a society.
- It’s never too early to study the Bible truth relating to the family.
DW
July 31, 2016
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