1. Living the Christian life - at home
Colossians :
Living the Christian life - at home
“In the Lord”, v18
for wives:
for husbands:
“this pleases the Lord”, v20
for children:
for parents:
Mutual love & respect
Living at home as God made us to
- what is fitting?
submission, freely chosen
sacrificial love, freely given
“Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her...” (Ephesians 5.25)
- what does?
obey parents
build up & encourage children
“children or grandchildren... should learn first of all to put their religion into practice by caring for their own family and so repaying their parents and grandparents, for this is pleasing to God.” (1 Timothy 5.4)
“...if anyone causes one of these little ones who believe in me to sin, it would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a large millstone tied around his neck... Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” (Mark 9.42 & 10.14)