The Importance of the Family - October 23, 2022

The family is central to God’s plan of salvation for the world. It is in the family that God wants us to learn how to relate to him and to others. It is not surprising that the family is under attack by Satan. Everywhere we look, we see the erosion of the sanctity of marriage, the normalization of sexual immorality and perversion, the sexualization of children, governments usurping the authority of parents, societal pressure on women to assert their independence from their husbands, and on children to rebel against the authority of their parents. If the family is destroyed and the past is forgotten or rewritten, society will lose its moorings and be set adrift in a sea of confusion and chaos. We need to stand up and defend the family against the devil’s attacks. Today we want to look at why the family is so important, what God wants us to learn in our physical families and what is the role of the local church as the visible expression of the family of God.

Here are the Bible passages that were used in the preparation of this message:
Genesis 1 - 2
Deuteronomy 6:4-7
Ezra 2:61-63
Nehemiah 7:63-65
Proverbs 3:12
John 13:35
Acts 16:14
Romans 5:8
Ephesians 5:22 - 6:4
Hebrews 12:6
Revelation 3:19

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