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The Home: An Important Institution. For the Good of the Individual For the Good of Other Family Members For the Good of Society For the Good of the Church. Ways The Home Can Benefit The Church. There Are Three Divine Institutions. HOME. CHURCH. GOVERNMENT. Genesis 2:18-24.
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The Home: An Important Institution • For the Good of the Individual • For the Good of Other Family Members • For the Good of Society • For the Good of the Church
Ways The Home Can Benefit The Church
There Are Three Divine Institutions HOME CHURCH GOVERNMENT Genesis 2:18-24 Ephesians 3:8-11 Romans 13:1-4
Although the Home & the Church Are Both Divine Institutions, They Are Two Distinct Institutions • They May Have Some Overlapping Responsibilities • Teaching • Benevolence Must Maintain Distinctiveness 1 Tim. 5:16
By Shouldering Its Responsibility To Teach The Bible • Family Members Spend More Time At Home Than They Do in the Assembly. • The Church Can & Should Influence the Home. • Deut. 4:5-10; Psa. 78:2-8; Eph.6:1-4 Families That Neglect Bible Study in the Home Will Soon Neglect the Church WAYSTHE HOME CAN INFLUENCE THE CHURCH
By Instilling Wholesome Attitudes Toward Authority • Children Should Learn To Respect Authority of Their Parents • Eph. 6:1-2; Prov. 1:8 • If Authority Is Not Respected in the Home, It Will Not Be Respected in the Church • Eph. 1:22; Heb. 13:17; Tit. 2:15 WAYSTHE HOME CAN INFLUENCE THE CHURCH
By Teaching & Practicing Discipline • Respect for Discipline Begins in the Home • Pro. 13:24; 19:18; 22:15; 29:15-16 • If Family Members Do Not Respect Discipline in the Home, They Will Not Respect It in the Church • Heb. 12:5-11; 1 Cor. 5; 2 Thess. 3:6-14 WAYSTHE HOME CAN INFLUENCE THE CHURCH
By Establishing & Maintaining Proper Priorities • God Demands First Place • Exod. 20:3-6; Matt. 22:37; 6:33 • Family Members Who Learn To Put God First in the Home Will Put God First in the Church. • God comes before recreation • God comes before vacation • God comes before family WAYSTHE HOME CAN INFLUENCE THE CHURCH
By Developing Love & Respect For One Another • Love & Respect Should Be Shown in the Home • Col. 3:18-21 • Learn To Express in the Church: • Fellowship (Acts 2:42-47) • Comfort (1 Thess. 4:18) • Encouragement (Heb. 3:13) WAYSTHE HOME CAN INFLUENCE THE CHURCH
By Establishing High Moral Values • What Is Learned in the Home Will Be Practiced in the Church • Why Are Some Congregations Having Problems With Smoking, Drinking, Dancing, Gambling, Immodest Dress, Sexual Immorality, Pornography, Adultery…? • The Church Is To Be Pure (Eph. 5:25-27) WAYSTHE HOME CAN INFLUENCE THE CHURCH
Is Your Home A Benefit To The Church?