A Man After God's Own Heart
A Man After God’s Own Heart
Ephesians 6:1-4
The Biblical definition of family always refers to a MOTHER, a FATHER and CHILDREN.
While roles may vary in families today the Biblical description of WHOLESOME families has not.
The greatest responsibility after loving your wife is raising your CHILDREN.
Direction on Raising up a Godly Home
Fathers do not EXASPERATE your children.
Ways Which We Exasperate our Children
By making huge demands of them that they CANNOT keep.
When you don’t AFFIRM your children, for the people they are.
When you don’t tell them often enough how much you LOVE them.
When you don’t RESPECT them.
When you don’t TUNE into their wave length.
When you don’t allow them to FAIL.
When you LIE to them.
When their ACCOMPLISHMENTS mean more to you than who they are.
When fathers try and live out their childhood DREAMS through their children.
Ways to Affirm your Child so that they will Honor and Obey You
Show them LOVE
Bring them up in the TRAINING and INSTRUCTION of the Lord.
Suggestions in Training up Your Children in the Things of the Lord
Start DEVOTIONS with your children when they are young. Make sure that the teaching is something they understand.
Read the BIBLE to them. Get a Kid friendly Bible or Bible storybook that makes the Bible come alive for them.
Engage in questions and answers that help them to THINK for themselves
Teach your children to discern right from WRONG
Establish a ROUTINE that works for your family.
Do WHATEVER it takes to get God’s word into your children.
Men of Honor and Baptism Service
Men of Honor
Ephesians 5:22-33
To be filled with the Holy Spirit is in the Greek PRESENT TENSE and that indicates that this is not a once for all experience. It is a repeated experience in which the Holy Spirit fills us for the purposes of His glory.
Col. 3:15 says “Let the PEACE of Christ rule in your hearts.”
3 Things that are Imperative for Men to
Implement to Become Husbands of Honor
To have this honor of headship in marriage is important that men be honest and truthful. Men of Honor are people of integrity.
Headship was meant for ORDER and PROTECTION of marriage and the family.
Headship was about being PRIEST, PROTECTOR, PROVIDER and LOVER, for the family.
2 Areas of Love that are Compared
to the Love that Christ had for the Church
3. The third imperative for Husbands of Honor is a love that is committed to ONENESS
Word picture is of two pieces of wood glued together that when you try and pry them apart you split the wood not the glue.
In Christian marriage oneness is to be SPIRITUAL, EMOTIONAL, and PHYSICAL. If one area is lacking the marriage is SUFFERING.
A Home that Honors God
A Home that Honors God
Ephesians 5:22-6:9
Ephesians 4:17-32 – Instruction on how to conduct yourself in the community of believers
Ephesians 5:1-21 – Instruction on how to conduct yourself in the community of unbelievers
Ephesians 5:22-6:9 – Instruction on conduct in the Christian home
God defines the family for us as one-man and one-woman married for life bearing and rearing children to the glory of God.
There are three passages in the N.T. that addresses marriage and the family.
Ephesians 5:22-6:9
Colossians 3:18-4:1
1 Peter 3:1-7
The first instruction is given to women.
Key to a God honouring home is the nurture that a woman gives to hold the family together.
A woman has a special genetic make up that is unique in all women.
The Greek word for submission is HUPTASSO which means to come under a certain order of protection.
Submission is referred to 41 times in Scripture. It involves three different areas:
With God
With Society
With other believers
There are four categories of submission
Scriptural References of Submission:
- 10. Christians submit to governing authorities ( Rom 13:11, 1 Peter 2:13)
- 11. Christians submit to the authority of Scripture (2 Tim 3:16)
God’s order for the family is:
Submission is not:
Why then the problem of submission for women?
Scripture: Gen 3:16
Eve took on responsibility that wasn’t hers, because Adam neglected his responsibility.