LESSON 1: FAMILY

The FAMILY
I. God’s Plan for the Family
II. The Importance of Family
III. Taking Responsibility
I. God’s Plan for the Family
“Marriage is an extension
of God's own nature.”
 GENESIS 1:27

“So God created man in His own image, in

the image of God He created him; male
and female He created them.”
I. God’s Plan for the Family
A. God Established a Foundation
 MATTHEW 7:24-27
24 “Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is
like a wise man who built his house on the rock. 25 The rain came down, the streams
rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it
had its foundation on the rock. 26 But everyone who hears these words of mine and
does not put them into practice is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. 27
The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that
house, and it fell with a great crash.”
I. God’s Plan for the Family
A. God Established a Foundation
"The foundation of a home is hearing,
keeping and doing".
I. God’s Plan for the Family
A. God Established a Foundation
B. God Created Marriage
 GENESIS 2:18

The Lord God said, “It is not good for

the man to be alone. I will make a
helper suitable for him.”
I. God’s Plan for the Family
A. God Established a Foundation
B. God Created Marriage
C. God United Them in Marriage
 GENESIS 1:28
God blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and
increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule
over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and
over every living creature that moves on the ground."
The fullness of the blessing comes, not
when people are single,
but when they married.
 IF THE COUPLE ABIDES IN FULL HARMONY,
THESE THREE BLESSINGS ABIDE WITH THEM:

A. Fruitfulness
 IF THE COUPLE ABIDES IN FULL HARMONY,
THESE THREE BLESSINGS ABIDE WITH THEM:

A. Fruitfulness
B. Multiplication
 IF THE COUPLE ABIDES IN FULL HARMONY,
THESE THREE BLESSINGS ABIDE WITH THEM:

A. Fruitfulness
B. Multiplication
C. Lordship
I. God’s Plan for the Family
A. God Established a Foundation
B. God Created Marriage
C. God United Them in Marriage
D. God Set Guidelines
D. God Set Guidelines (GENESIS 2:15-25)

v.15 ManShould Provide for his

home and protect his family
D. God Set Guidelines (GENESIS 2:15-25)

v.16-17 Man should be obedient.

D. God Set Guidelines (GENESIS 2:15-25)

v.18 Fellowship
D. God Set Guidelines (GENESIS 2:15-25)

v.19 Man determines his family's

destiny.
D. God Set Guidelines (GENESIS 2:15-25)

v.21-23 From the two He made one.

D. God Set Guidelines (GENESIS 2:15-25)

v.24 Protection of intimacy

D. God Set Guidelines (GENESIS 2:15-25)

v.25 Transparency
I. God’s Plan for the Family
II. The Importance of Family
II. THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY

A. Marital Stability
(Luke 14:27-30)
 LUKE 14:27-30
27 And whoever does not carry their cross and follow me cannot be my disciple.
28 “Suppose one of you wants to build a tower. Won’t you first sit down and estimate
the cost to see if you have enough money to complete it?
29 For if you lay the foundation and are not able to finish it, everyone who sees it will
ridicule you,
30 saying, ‘This person began to build and wasn’t able to finish.’
II. THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY

B. Offspring
(Psalm 127:3-5)
 PSALM 127:3-5
3Children are a heritage from the Lord, offspring a reward from him.

4 Like arrows in the hands of a warrior are children born in one’s youth.

5 Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them. They will not be put to shame when
they contend with their opponents in court.
II. THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY

C. A Blessed Family
(Psalm 128:3)
 PSALM 128:3
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine within
your house;
your children will be like olive around your
table.
II. THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY

D. Conjugal Love
(Ephesians 5:28)
 EPHESIANS 5:28
In this same way, husband's ought to love
their wives as their own bodies.

He who loves his wife loves himself.

II. THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY
E. The Woman’s Leadership
(Titus 2:4)
 TITUS 2:4

Then they can urge the younger women to

love their husbands and children,
I. God’s Plan for the Family
II. The Importance of Family
III. Taking Responsibility
 III. TAKING RESPONSIBILITY

A. The Use of Proper Discipline

(Proverbs 13:24)
 PROVERBS 13:24

Whoever spares the rod hates their children,

but the one who loves their children is
careful to discipline them.
THREE STEPS IN THE USE OF PROPER DISCIPLINE IN THE FAMILY

1. To edify
2. To encourage
3. To comfort
III. TAKING RESPONSIBILITY

B. The Importance of Good Instruction

(Proverbs 22:15)
 PROVERBS 22:15

Folly is bound up in the heart of a child,

but the rod of discipline will drive it far
away.
III. TAKING RESPONSIBILITY

C. Providing for Your Family

(1 Timothy 5:8)
 1 TIMOTHY 5:8
Anyone who does not provide for their
relatives, and especially for their own
household, has denied the faith and is worse
than an unbeliever.
III. TAKING RESPONSIBILITY

D. Moral Values
(Colossians 3:21)
 COLOSSIANS 3:21

Fathers, do not embitter your children, or

they will become discouraged.
III. TAKING RESPONSIBILITY

E. The Virtuous Woman

(Proverbs 31:10)
 PROVERBS 31:10

A wife of noble character who can find?

She is worth far more than rubies.
III. TAKING RESPONSIBILITY

F. The Ideal Marriage

(Mark 10:6-9)
 MARK 10:6-9
6 “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’
7 ‘For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to
his wife,
8 and the two will become one flesh.’[c] So they are no longer two, but one
flesh.
9 Therefore what God has joined together, let no one separate.”
III. TAKING RESPONSIBILITY

G. God’s Unconditional Love

(Psalm 27:10)
 PSALM 27:10

Though my father and mother

forsake me, the Lord will
receive me.
 CONCLUSION
The origin of the family goes back to the origin of mankind and
is part of God's plan for all humanity.

That is why God's plan is to restore the family with the purpose
to rebuild that which the enemy tried to destroy.
 APPLICATION

During this week, take time to thank God for the family He
gave you. Seek to reach out with loving arms to each family
member living at home. Make lists of each one of their qualities
and thank God for their lives.