Family
- A husband is commanded to love his wife as Christ loves the church.
- A wife is to submit to her husband as the Church is to Christ.
- Children are to honor their parents — obeying them in the Lord.
- Humanity is to take dominion of the world.
- The Church is to make disciples of all nations.
- We are to remember that our strength comes only from the Lord.
- The first covenantal unit, by God's design, is the family — and Christ redefined the family, saying "For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother (Matthew 12:50)." God's New Testamet family is the church, but the church is still composed of biblical families.
As the church has followed the world system, she has acquired practices that are harmful to her families. One example is that most churches have nearly obliterated the scriptural role of the head of the household in church life. This has paralleled what the world has done in the broader culture. Progressively, and often unwittingly, the church has eliminated the father's role and given it to Sunday school teachers, and childcare workers. We believe that until fathers take their role back, there will be no reformation.
The problem is clearly observable. Look where the bulk of the energy of human resources are directed in the average church. Massive amounts of energy are plunged into things that secure short term attendance bumps by making low entry level slots for people to be involved, but neglect the daily, long term activity and energy investment that secures a future for many generations.
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