1. ROLES IN THE FAMILY

2. WHAT WE’VE STUDIED SO FAR  The Home In The Beginning  God’s Purposes in Marriage  Preparing for Marriage  Why Marriages Fail

3. THE HUSBAND  Is a male. Matthew 19:4-5  Head of the household  Ephesians 5:22-24, 1 Corinthians 11:3  Ephesians 6:1  God placed man at the head of the family

4. THE HUSBAND  The nature of his headship  Ephesians 5:25, 28-29, 33; Genesis 2:21-22; 1 Peter 3:7; 1 Corinthians 7:3  Ephesians 6:4; Proverbs 13:24, 23:13

5. THE HUSBAND  Provider  2 Thessalonians 3:10  1 Timothy 5:8  Example  Matthew 5:16, Joshua 24:15

6. THE WIFE  Is a female. Matthew 19:4-5  Subject to the husband.  Ephesians 5:22, 1 Peter 3:1  1 Timothy 2:12-14  Submission doesn’t imply inferiority, just different roles. Galatians 3:28, 1 Peter 3:7, Ephesians 6:2

7. THE WIFE  Love her husband (and set an example)  Titus 2:4, 1 Corinthians 7:3-4; 1 Peter 3:1-2  Love and teach her children.  Titus 2:4, 2 Timothy 1:5, 3:15

8. THE WIFE  Take care of the home  Titus 2:5, 1 Timothy 5:14, Proverbs 14:1  Working outside the home is not forbidden. Proverbs 31:16, 24  Proverbs 31:10-12, 28

9. THE CHILDREN  Honor and obey father and mother.  Exodus 20:12, Ephesians 6:1-3, Colossians 3:20  Matthew 15:1-6; 1 Timothy 5:4  Receive instruction  Proverbs 1:8-9, 4:1-4, 6:20-25, 13:1, 23:22

10. THE CHILDREN  Remember their Creator and cleanse their way.  Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, Before the difficult days come, And the years draw near when you say, “I have no pleasure in them”:  Psalm 119:9 How can a young man cleanse his way? By taking heed according to Your word.

11. THE CHILDREN  Bear the yoke.  Lamentations 3:27 It is good for a man to bear The yoke in his youth.  Proverbs 10:1, 29:17; Psalm 127:3-4