Healthy Families

A key component to healthy families is for the husband, wife and children to know their biblical God given roles. Let us first look at the father’s role! A. As spiritual leader B. As husband C. As Father The Spiritual Leader of the home! These verses are what the Lord says, now what are we going to do about it?

In order to be the Spiritual leader, you have to practice what you preach. Your wife might forgive your hypocrisy but your children will not. Rom 12 1) I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2) And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

Eph 4:17) So I say this, and insist in the Lord, that you no longer live as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking. 20) But you did not learn about Christ like this, 21) if indeed you heard about him and were taught in him, just as the truth is in Jesus. 22) (instead) You were taught with reference to your former way of life to lay aside the old man who is being corrupted in accordance with deceitful desires,

23) to be renewed in the spirit of your mind, 24) and to put on the new man who has been created in God’s image – in righteousness and holiness that comes from truth. 25) Therefore, having laid aside falsehood, each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members of one another. 26) Be angry and do not sin; do not let the sun go down on the cause of your anger. 27) Do not give the devil an opportunity.

28) The one who steals must steal no longer; rather he must labor, doing good with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with the one who has need. 29) You must let no unwholesome word come out of your mouth, but only what is beneficial for the building up of the one in need, that it may give grace to those who hear. 30) And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, by whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. sapros (sap-ros') adj. 1.rotten, i.e. worthless sepo (say'-po) v. 1. to putrefy 2. Perish

31) You must put away every kind of bitterness, anger, wrath, quarreling, and evil, slanderous talk. 32) Instead, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave yo u. compassionate, be kind to one another,

Col 3:3) for you have died and your life is hidden with Christ in God. 4) When Christ (who is your life) appears, then you too will be revealed in glory with him. 5) So put to death whatever in your nature belongs to the earth: sexual immorality, impurity, shameful passion, evil desire, and greed which is idolatry.

A. Sexual Immorality, porneia (por-nei'-ah) n. 1. prostitution (including adultery, incest, and porn) 2. unwedded stimulation or fulfillment of sexual desire

B. impurity akatharsia (ak-ath-ar-see'-ah) n. 1. impurity (the quality) {physically or morally} uncleanness C. shameful passion pathos (path'-os) n. 1. suffering ("pathos") 2. a passion (especially sexual lust) KJV: (inordinate) affection, lust

D. Evil desire kakos (kak-os') adj. 1. worthless 2. depraved 3. Injurious KJV: bad, evil, harm, ill, wicked E. Greed pleonexia (pleh-on-ex-ee'-ah) n. 1. avaricious 2. (by implication) fraudulency, extortion

Avaricious often implies a pathological, driven greediness for money or other valuables and usually goes hand in hand with miserliness. In other words input far exceeds output!!!! Col 3:6) Because of these things the wrath of God is coming on the sons of disobedience. 7) You also lived your lives in this way at one time, when you used to live among them.

8) But now, put off all such things as anger, rage, - malice, (kak-ee'-ah) n. 1. badness 2. depravity 3. malignity 4. trouble

-slander Βλασφημ ί α blas-fay-mee'-ah) n. vilification (especially against God) KJV: blasphemy, evil speaking, railing (“Dissin”) -abusive language from your mouth. Α ἰ σχρολογ ί α (ai-skhrol-og-ee'-ah) n. 1. vile, disgraceful conversation

Col 3:9) Do not lie to one another since you have put off the old man with its practices 10) and have been clothed with the new man that is being renewed in knowledge according to the image of the one who created it. 2 Tim 2:21) Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work.

Next week The Role of Husband and Father