2. 4 “Have you not read that He who made them at the beginning made them male and female…?” Matthew 19:4 Genesis 2:24

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4. A TRUE DEFINITION OF THE HOME Matthew 19:4-6  Marriage is of God  The Bible condemns fornication  1 Corinthians 6:9-10  Romans 1:26-28  Galatians 5:19  Marriage is between one man and one woman  Marriage is permanent

5. A TRUE DEFINITION OF THE HOME Matthew 19:4-6  Marriage is of God  Marriage is between one man and one woman  Marriage is permanent  The importance of children in the home  Genesis 1:28  Genesis 4:1,2  Psalm 127:3-5

6. “The home is the oldest institution in the world. Before there was ever a human government, school, church or business organization, there was the home. It is the foundation unit in orderly society. The rise and fall of nations have been measured by the purity and stability of family life.” P.D. Wilmeth, The Christian Home

7. PROBLEMS IN THE HOME 2 Timothy 3:1-5  Selfishness, money, pride, undisciplined children, ingratitude, misdirected love, sexual immorality, hedonism, etc  Many marriages are struggling due to one or more of these domestic issues  Proverbs 31:11-12

8.  Children need both a loving father and mother to grow up properly  Proverbs 1:8-9  2 Timothy 1:5  2 Timothy 3:15  Jeremiah 6:15  1 Corinthians 5:1-2  Malachi 2:16  Matthew 5:32; 19:9  Hebrews 13:4  1 Peter 3:7

9. RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE HOME Ephesians 5  verse 22 “Wives, submit yourselves unto your own husbands, as unto the Lord”  verse 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”

10. RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE HOME Ephesians 5  verse 25 “Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave Himself for it”  Acts 20:28  Romans 5:8  1 Peter 1:18-19  Ephesians 5:33

11. RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE HOME Ephesians 6  verses 1-3 “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother,’ which is the first commandment with promise: that it may be well with you and you may live long on the earth.”

12. RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE HOME Ephesians 6  verses 1-3 “Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. ‘Honor your father and mother,’  Exodus 20:12  Leviticus 19:32  Proverbs 23:22-25  Matthew 15:4  Colossians 3:20

13. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE HOME Hosea 4:1-6  Deuteronomy 6:7  Deuteronomy 6:25  Ephesians 3:17  2 Timothy 3:15  Psalm 71:17  Luke 2:52  Genesis 18:19  3 John 4

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