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AUGUST 28, 2022
STUDY NOTES
FAMILY AND CHILDREN
BIBLE TEACHER: CLIFTON JONES
INTRODUCTION
The family is the institution of God, God created the first man and woman
He then united them into the family relationship
Many reasons have been given for the present state of immorality in America
Removing prayer from our public schools and public meetings
Removing the Ten Commandments from government buildings
Allowing abortions to be promoted and legal
And now not only legal but the promotion of same sex marriage
And there are many other government actions that could be added to the list
But the one thing that has done more to downgrade the America lifestyle more than any other
That which opened the door for all-of the ungodly deeds now found in American society
That which is destroying America more than any other one thing is the downfall of the family
The average American family is far away from what the Bible presents as a Family Relationship
There is little that can be called a “Godly Family Relationship” among many families today
Families plan monthly or annual quality time and expect to have a good “Family Relationship”
Family time must be an everyday relationship, families spending time together day after day
How many families today don’t even have daily meals together?
Watch families when they come together, see how many have a cell phone in their hand
Not just the parents, but also the children, their interest is in a cell phone or I-Pad and not family
They don’t even look at each other, they certainly don’t talk to one another, they will text
It is not very smart to allow “smart phones” to divide and separate your family
Friends and neighbors don’t even communicate with one another anymore “face to face”
Face Book communication cannot fulfill the God-given eye to eye “Family Relationship”
We are fast approaching a world that will no longer be able to face one another and communicate
THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP
Satan has strongly attacked the “Family Foundation” in America
For years churches have faced the question of divorce
Which is not the number one issue of today concerning the family
The divorce rate is going to decrease because couples are not getting married today
A family begins with the “Marriage Relationship,” marriage is the beginning of a family
God ordained marriage is the uniting of a male and a female!!!
Jesus spoke to the Pharisees about the marriage relationship, Mat 19:4 And he answered and said unto
them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and
female, (God instructed the relationship between a man and a woman in the very beginning)
The human-race had its beginning with a male and a female, Gen 1:27 So God created man in his own
image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
God joins man and woman together in a one-flesh relationship, Gen 1:28 And God blessed them,
and God said unto them, Be fruitful, and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and
have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing
that moveth upon the earth.
The God given authority of family relationship over God’s created order, what has happened?
There was no change in Jesus’ day, Mat 19:5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father
and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be one flesh?
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It is still the same today, God has not changed the marriage or family relationship
Humanities relationship with God has changed, especially in America, where is the family?
CHILDREN ARE A BLESSING
We have already looked at God’s beginning of a “Family Relationship”
A man and a woman united together in a marriage relationship
From that uniting of “one flesh” children are born (only way possible)
God says to a man and woman, get married and have children
Have a family according to God’s plan of a “Family Relationship”
The family is an illustration of how God is willing to bless the earth
Illustrating how many other blessings come from God through the family
Scripture presents children as a special gift of God’s grace
In the beginning of Deuteronomy 28 we have a list of blessings promised to Israel
God would bless them in many ways if they would keep their commitment to Him
God would bless their home with children, Deu 28:4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, (children)
and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
(The blessing of children is first on the list)
Children are a heritage of the Lord, Psa 127:3 Lo, children are an heritage of the LORD: and the fruit of
the womb is his reward.
(Children are a gift from God, a reward to His people)
Children are precious and make the home a wonderful place, Godly children in a Godly home
They are to be raised to know and love the truth of life, God-given life
They are like seeds that are planted and will bring forth fruit in due time
Children who are raised according to the will of God are an investment for the future
Psalm 128 speaks of the blessings of a Godly man who walks in the way of the Lord, Psa 128:1 Blessed
is every one that feareth the LORD; that walketh in his ways.
One of those great blessings is the joy of his family sitting around the table, Psa 128:3 Thy wife shall be
as a fruitful vine by the sides of thine house: thy children like olive plants round about thy table.
A husband’s love for his wife is illustrated by the vine and the olive tree
The picture is a faithful wife who is happy caring for her children that she dearly loves
Notice “about thy table,” an ancient family would be shocked to see American tables of today
Too many families not sitting together to eat a leisure meal and enjoying a time of fellowship
Satan knows what he is doing when he disrupts the family dinner table
David praised God for children that would grow up and become what God wanted them to be,
Psa 144:12 That our sons may be as plants grown up in their youth; that our daughters may be as
corner stones, polished after the similitude of a palace:
David spoke of the nation being blessed with the fields and flocks but spoke of the family first
There is an old saying that is still good, “As goes the home, so goes the nation”
Satan is destroying our nation from within, through his destruction of the family at home
Parents are blessed when their children are blessed with children, Pro 17:6 Children's children are the
crown of old men; and the glory of children are their fathers.
Children are good, but grandchildren are properly named, they are “grand”
The question has often been asked, why didn’t God let us have the grandchildren first?
My answer is young adults cannot afford the expense of grandchildren
As you grow older it even gets better, you have grandchildren that are “great” grandchildren
If you live to be older than old, you can be blessed with “great, great” grandchildren
GOD PLANS TO BLESS HIS PEOPLE
There are many blessings found in the O.T. that will be fulfilled in the “Coming Kingdom”
God will bless His people in the “Millennial Kingdom” when Jesus returns to the earth
And many of those future blessings are identified in the God-given “Family Relationship”
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God reveals there can be a foretaste of Millennial blessings today through obedience to God
If Americans was living according to the Word and the Will of God for the family
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