josh. 24:15

Josh. 24:15

[By Ron Halbrook]

• Introduction

1. Josh. 24:15 Leadership depends 1st on spiritual attitude, condition, & role

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15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

• Introduction2. If we succeed in other areas but fail in spiritual leadership, we fail in our first responsibility.3. If we fall short in temporal goals but succeed in spiritual leadership, we succeed in God’s sight!

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• Introduction4. God makes men into spiritual leaders if we are willing:

God made man responsible to lead the family Moral & spiritual leadership grows out of loving God & our fellow man How can we become moral & spiritual leaders in the home?

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III. How Can We Become Moral & Spiritual Leaders in the Home? D. How Do We Grow in Leading the Family Unit?

Phil. 4:6; Eph. 5:23; 6:4 He leads his family in united prayer

Phil. 4:6; Eph. 5:23; 6:4 He leads his family in united prayer

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6 Be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God.

4 And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

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.

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D. How Do We Grow in Leading the Family Unit? He teaches his children problem solving with God & gathers the family unit to solve its problems Matt. 7:12 We lead as we wish to be led

12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.

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He teaches his children problem solving with God & gathers the family unit to solve its problems 1 Pet. 3:10-12; 5:5-7 We lead by teaching

God hears His faithful children in times of trial

1 Pet. 3:10-12; 5:5-7 We lead by teaching God hears His faithful children in times of trial

10 For he that will love life, and see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips that they speak no guile: 11 Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it. 12 For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

1 Pet. 3:10-12; 5:5-7 We lead by teaching God hears His faithful children in times of trial 5 Likewise, ye younger,

submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble. 6 Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time: 7 Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you.

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Eph. 5:28-31; 6:4 He leads the family unit in Bible reading & study


28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. 29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: 30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 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.

EveryHusband

Needs Bible Study, Every

Wife Too!



EveryFatherNeeds Bible Study, Every

Child Too!

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Deut. 6:7 He spends quality time with the family—even separate time for each one

Deut. 6:7 He spends quality time with the family—even separate time for each one

7 And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.

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Eph. 5:28-31; 6:4 His family decisions consider his family’s needs, feelings, & input


28 So ought men to love their wives as their own bodies. He that loveth his wife loveth himself. 29 For no man ever yet hated his own flesh; but nourisheth and cherisheth it, even as the Lord the church: 30 For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones. 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.



Problems

Questions

Options

Opinions

Consequences

Faith

Prayer

Lead!

Ignore needs, feelings, & input

Temper fits

Shout orders

Impatient, abusive reactions

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1 Tim. 5:16; Ja. 1:27 He takes his family to visit & assist the elderly, sick, sad, poor, erring, etc.

1 Tim. 5:16; Ja. 1:27 He takes his family to visit & assist the elderly, sick, sad, poor, erring, etc.

16 If any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them relieve them, and let not the church be charged; that it may relieve them that are widows indeed.

27 Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

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D. How Do We Grow in Leading the Family Unit? He uses money carefully, consulting his wife, training the children, guided by divine principles 1 Cor. 16:2 Giving to God is priority not option

2 Upon the first day of the week let every one of you lay by him in store, as God hath prospered him, that there be no gatherings when I come.

D. How Do We Grow in Leading the Family Unit? He uses money carefully, consulting his wife, training the children, guided by divine principles Eph. 4:28 We must work not steal

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28 Let him that stole steal no more: but rather let him labour, working with his hands the thing which is good, that he may have to give to him that needeth.

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He uses money carefully, consulting his wife, training the children, guided by divine principles 1 Tim. 6:6-10 God teaches contentment

not covetousness

1 Tim. 6:6-10 God teaches contentment not covetousness

6 But godliness with contentment is great gain. 7 For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. 8 And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. 9 But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. 10 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.

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1 Thess. 5:21-22; Eph. 5:15-17 He guides the family to use entertainment media carefully: use moderation, avoid evil influences

1 Thess. 5:21-22; Eph. 5:15-17 He guides the family to use entertainment media carefully: use moderation, avoid evil influences

21 Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil.

15 See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, 16 Redeeming the time, because the days are evil. 17 Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

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Acts 5:29; Matt. 19:9; Rom. 1:27 He teaches his family the difference between God’s law & man’s law—we obey God first!


29 Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said, We ought to obey God rather than men.

9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.


27 And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet.

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Ja. 1:27; 1 Jn. 2:15-17 He teaches his family to keep recreation in proper limits: no compromise with sin, not forsake assembly for sports, not monopolize time, etc.

Ja. 1:27; 1 Jn. 2:15-17 He teaches his family to keep recreation in proper limits: no compromise with sin, not forsake assembly for sports, not monopolize time, etc. 27 Pure religion and undefiled before God

and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world.

Ja. 1:27; 1 Jn. 2:15-17 He teaches his family to keep recreation in proper limits: no compromise with sin, not forsake assembly for sports, not monopolize time, etc.15 Love not the world,

neither the things that are in the world. If any man love the world, the love of the Father is not in him. 16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world. 17 And the world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth for ever.

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Eph. 6:4; 2 Tim. 2:2 He teaches his family to spread the gospel in every possible way

Eph. 6:4; 2 Tim. 2:2 He teaches his family to spread the gospel in every possible way

2 And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others also.


• Invitation

1. Josh. 24:15 Leadership depends 1st on spiritual attitude, condition, & role

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15 And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.

• Invitation2. If we succeed in other areas but fail in spiritual leadership, we fail in our first responsibility.3. If we fall short in temporal goals but succeed in spiritual leadership, we succeed in God’s sight!

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• Invitation4. God makes men into spiritual leaders if we are willing:

God made man responsible to lead the family Moral & spiritual leadership grows out of loving God & our fellow man How can we become moral & spiritual leaders in the home?

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• Invitation5. All of us can be faithful children in God’s family:

Gal. 3:26-27 Enter by obedient faith

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26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 27 For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ.

• Invitation5. All of us can be faithful children in God’s family:

Acts 8:22 Restored if repent, confess, & pray

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22 Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray God, if perhaps the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

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