h appy m other ’ s d ay m ay 12, 2014 what the family represents in the bible
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GEN 30:1 AND WHEN RACHEL SAW THAT SHE BARE JACOB NO CHILDREN, RACHEL ENVIED HER
SISTER; AND SAID UNTO JACOB, GIVE ME
CHILDREN, OR ELSE I DIE.
EPH 5:23 FOR THE HUSBAND IS
THE HEAD OF THE WIFE, EVEN AS CHRIST IS THE HEAD OF THE CHURCH: AND HE IS THE SAVIOUR
OF THE BODY.
EPH 5:24 THEREFORE AS THE CHURCH IS SUBJECT
UNTO CHRIST, SO LET THE WIVES BE TO THEIR
OWN HUSBANDS IN EVERY THING.
EPH 5:27 THAT HE MIGHT PRESENT IT
TO HIMSELF A GLORIOUS CHURCH, NOT HAVING SPOT, OR WRINKLE, OR ANY SUCH THING; BUT THAT IT SHOULD
BE HOLY AND WITHOUT BLEMISH.
EPH 5:31 FOR THIS CAUSE SHALL A MAN LEAVE HIS FATHER
AND MOTHER, AND SHALL BE JOINED UNTO
HIS WIFE, AND THEY TWO SHALL BE ONE FLESH.
EPH 5:33 NEVERTHELESS LET EVERY
ONE OF YOU IN PARTICULAR SO LOVE HIS WIFE EVEN AS
HIMSELF; AND THE WIFE SEE THAT SHE REVERENCE
HER HUSBAND.
WHAT IF WE ALL SAID, AS RACHEL … “GIVE ME
CHILDREN (SONS OF GOD) ELSE I DIE!”
WHAT IMPACT WOULD THAT MAKE ON
ETERNITY?
JOHN 1:12 BUT AS MANY AS RECEIVED HIM, TO
THEM GAVE HE POWER TO BECOME THE SONS
OF GOD, EVEN TO THEM THAT BELIEVE
ON HIS NAME:
JOHN 1:13 WHICH WERE BORN, NOT OF BLOOD, NOR OF THE WILL OF THE FLESH, NOR OF THE
WILL OF MAN, BUT OF GOD.
SO .. IN APPLICATION TO GEN 30:1 “GIVE ME
CHILDREN ELSE I DIE ..”
HOW COMMITTED ARE YOU TO GOD’S PLAN AS
PICTURED THROUGH THE MARRIAGE
RELATIONSHIP?
WILL WE, AS A CHURCH, CHOOSE TO BECOME
SPIRITUAL MOTHER’S AND FATHER’S TO INDIVIDUALS
OF STANLY COUNTY?