Ideal Family - Part 6
Scripture
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2 Timothy 3:1-2 (NIV)
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But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.
People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
Notes
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The answer to all of this destructive over-emphasis on individual gratification is the celebration of family.
Notes
===============
We can see this answer all the way back in the Book of Genesis and God’s original plan for family.
Notes
===============
Family has always been God's idea!
Scripture
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Genesis 1:9-10 (NIV)
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And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so.
God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
Scripture
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Genesis 1:31 (NIV)
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God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
Notes
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God used a family to win you into His family!
Scripture
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Genesis 12:1-3 (NKJV)
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Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you.
I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.
I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Notes
===============
God chose you to be a part of His family!
Notes
===============
Jesus emphasized our relationship with the Heavenly Father and the importance of being a part of God’s family.
Scripture
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Matthew 5:16 (NKJV)
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Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. Christ Fulfills the Law
Scripture
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Ephesians 3:14-15 (NIV)
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For this reason I kneel before the Father,
from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
Notes
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For this reason I kneel before the Father (Greek “Pater”), from whom His whole family (Greek “Patria”) in heaven and on earth derives its name.
Notes
===============
God could have referred to Himself as Creator or God Almighty, but when He relates to us, He said call me “Dad.”
Notes
===============
Remember, God has always been about creating an environment for His family to flourish and grow.
Notes
===============
Through Jesus Christ, God has created a new environment for His families to be able to grow and flourish. This is the local Church.
Notes
===============
Because of the importance of the local church to our families, we must be where God wants us to be.
Scripture
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1 Corinthians 12:18 (NIV)
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But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.
Notes
===============
The reason that our families can flourish in the local church is because God has set it up as a healthy family environment.
Notes
===============
There is a security that people are searching for which the local church should provide.
Scripture
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Acts 20:28 (NIV)
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Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.
Notes
===============
Our families will be much better off connected to a local church than we ever could be alone.
Scripture
===============
Ephesians 4:14-15 (NKJV)
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that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,
but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—
Notes
===============
Our families will thrive as they are connected to and are involved in something bigger than themselves.
Scripture
===============
Ephesians 4:16 (NKJV)
---------------
from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. The New Man
Notes
===============
Here are three questions that we need to ask ourselves as a litmus test about our connection to our local church:
Notes
===============
Am I receiving instruction that exposes weakness in my ways of thinking and provides me with solutions so that I can become more like Christ?
Notes
===============
Am I connecting with people in relationships that enable us to encourage and hold ourselves accountable?
Notes
===============
Is my commitment to my local church so fragile that a disagreement is grounds for walking away?
Notes
===============
The amazing thing about the grace of God is that God can take a family that is far less than “ideal” and make it as ideal as it can possibly be.
Scripture
===============
Genesis 12:3 (NKJV)
---------------
I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Notes
===============
When we follow after God’s plan for our families is when we will begin to see more and more of the “ideal” and walk in God’s blessing on our families.
Preached Pastor Brad
http://springhill.cc/
===============
2 Timothy 3:1-2 (NIV)
---------------
But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days.
People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,
Notes
===============
The answer to all of this destructive over-emphasis on individual gratification is the celebration of family.
Notes
===============
We can see this answer all the way back in the Book of Genesis and God’s original plan for family.
Notes
===============
Family has always been God's idea!
Scripture
===============
Genesis 1:9-10 (NIV)
---------------
And God said, “Let the water under the sky be gathered to one place, and let dry ground appear.” And it was so.
God called the dry ground “land,” and the gathered waters he called “seas.” And God saw that it was good.
Scripture
===============
Genesis 1:31 (NIV)
---------------
God saw all that he had made, and it was very good. And there was evening, and there was morning—the sixth day.
Notes
===============
God used a family to win you into His family!
Scripture
===============
Genesis 12:1-3 (NKJV)
---------------
Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, From your family And from your father’s house, To a land that I will show you.
I will make you a great nation; I will bless you And make your name great; And you shall be a blessing.
I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Notes
===============
God chose you to be a part of His family!
Notes
===============
Jesus emphasized our relationship with the Heavenly Father and the importance of being a part of God’s family.
Scripture
===============
Matthew 5:16 (NKJV)
---------------
Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven. Christ Fulfills the Law
Scripture
===============
Ephesians 3:14-15 (NIV)
---------------
For this reason I kneel before the Father,
from whom every family in heaven and on earth derives its name.
Notes
===============
For this reason I kneel before the Father (Greek “Pater”), from whom His whole family (Greek “Patria”) in heaven and on earth derives its name.
Notes
===============
God could have referred to Himself as Creator or God Almighty, but when He relates to us, He said call me “Dad.”
Notes
===============
Remember, God has always been about creating an environment for His family to flourish and grow.
Notes
===============
Through Jesus Christ, God has created a new environment for His families to be able to grow and flourish. This is the local Church.
Notes
===============
Because of the importance of the local church to our families, we must be where God wants us to be.
Scripture
===============
1 Corinthians 12:18 (NIV)
---------------
But in fact God has placed the parts in the body, every one of them, just as he wanted them to be.
Notes
===============
The reason that our families can flourish in the local church is because God has set it up as a healthy family environment.
Notes
===============
There is a security that people are searching for which the local church should provide.
Scripture
===============
Acts 20:28 (NIV)
---------------
Keep watch over yourselves and all the flock of which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers. Be shepherds of the church of God, which he bought with his own blood.
Notes
===============
Our families will be much better off connected to a local church than we ever could be alone.
Scripture
===============
Ephesians 4:14-15 (NKJV)
---------------
that we should no longer be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the trickery of men, in the cunning craftiness of deceitful plotting,
but, speaking the truth in love, may grow up in all things into Him who is the head—Christ—
Notes
===============
Our families will thrive as they are connected to and are involved in something bigger than themselves.
Scripture
===============
Ephesians 4:16 (NKJV)
---------------
from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love. The New Man
Notes
===============
Here are three questions that we need to ask ourselves as a litmus test about our connection to our local church:
Notes
===============
Am I receiving instruction that exposes weakness in my ways of thinking and provides me with solutions so that I can become more like Christ?
Notes
===============
Am I connecting with people in relationships that enable us to encourage and hold ourselves accountable?
Notes
===============
Is my commitment to my local church so fragile that a disagreement is grounds for walking away?
Notes
===============
The amazing thing about the grace of God is that God can take a family that is far less than “ideal” and make it as ideal as it can possibly be.
Scripture
===============
Genesis 12:3 (NKJV)
---------------
I will bless those who bless you, And I will curse him who curses you; And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Notes
===============
When we follow after God’s plan for our families is when we will begin to see more and more of the “ideal” and walk in God’s blessing on our families.
Preached Pastor Brad
http://springhill.cc/
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