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Love And Family -101-

Love And Family -101-. Family Facts. Society / media influence some families more than they like to admit If marriage is not nurtured it will fail like any other relationship Most people don’t know what love is. I. Love. Love regulates every relationship. Church . Work. Government .

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Love And Family -101-

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  1. Love And Family -101-

  2. Family Facts Society / media influence some families more than they like to admit If marriage is not nurtured it will fail like any other relationship Most people don’t know what love is

  3. I. Love

  4. Love regulates every relationship Church Work Government Play Family Love • Mt.22:37-40 • Ro.13:8-10

  5. Four overlapping love words The king lovedEsther more than all the other women, and she obtained grace and favor. . . 1. Desire – our ‘erotic’: desire for a thing • Pr.7:18 . . . • Pr.4:6, feel passionately about, have a longing for, feel fervently about • Affection both pure and impure, divine and human – BDB. Est.2:17

  6. Four overlapping love words unloving, NKJV heartless, ESV inhuman, NRSV 1. Desire – ‘erotic’: desire for a thing 2. Naturalaffection – love of kindred, esp. parents for children, v. versa • Ro.1:31; 2 Tim.3:3 • Mother bear

  7. Four overlapping love words Marriage built only on affection? What happens when affection leaves? 1. Desire – ‘erotic’: desire for a thing 2. Natural affection – love of kindred, esp. parents for children, v. versa 3. Friendship – tender affection • Lk.14:12 . . . but 1 Co.16:22

  8. Four overlapping love words 1. Desire – ‘erotic’: desire for a thing 2. Natural affection – love of kindred, esp. parents for children, v. versa 3. Friendship – tender affection 4. Choice, will – not impulse of feelings • Mt.5:44 , based on feelings? • Love is goodness in action – Ro.5:8

  9. I. Love II. Relationships

  10. 1. Husband → Wife • Ep.5:25, the supreme test • Ep.5:28-29, the self test (Mt.7:12) 1.Pleasant, Col.3:19 • Not bitter, harsh, severe, irritated • Ep.4:31, no resentment, spite • Gn.16

  11. 1. Husband → Wife • Ep.5:25, the supreme test • Ep.5:28-29, the self test (Mt.7:12) 1. Pleasant, Col.3:19 2. Provide, 1 Tim.5:8 • Care for someone

  12. 1. Husband → Wife Court, lit. ‘befitting a royal court’ • Ep.5:25, the supreme test • Ep.5:28-29, the self test (Mt.7:12) 1. Pleasant, Col.3:19 2. Provide, 1 Tim.5:8 3. Prize, 1 Pt.3:7 • Understanding, honor, attention • 1 Pt.3:8, court▪eous

  13. 1. Husband → Wife2. Wife → Husband Submit: to subject, subordinate, obey. Pr.19:13; 21:9; 27:15 • Tit.2:4, her love • 1 Tim.2:15, her longing • 2 Tim.3:6, her liability • Respect, Ep.5:33 • Romance, 1 Co.7:1-5 • Restraint, Tit.2:5

  14. 1. Husband → Wife2. Wife → Husband3. Parents ↔ Children • Tit.2:4, loving one’s children • Why necessary? • Drained of all energy • Disturbed (sick? …shots? …school?) • Distracted by other things

  15. 1. Husband → Wife2. Wife → Husband3. Parents ↔ Children • Tit.2:4, loving one’s children • What included (parents and children)? • Esteem for parental authority, Pr.1:8; Ep.6:1-3 [Lk.23:21-23] • Exercise of discipline, Pr.13:24; Ep.6:4; Hb.12:5 • Emphasis on soul, Ep.6:4

  16. 1. Husband → Wife2. Wife → Husband3. Parents ↔ Children • Tit.2:4, loving one’s children • Emphasis on soul (Ep.6:4) requires . . . • Respect rights of others, 2 Sm.14 • Righteous companion, Gn.24 • Remember God, Ec.12:1 • Mt.6:33 • Ep.5:16 • Hb.10:25

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