Ephesians 2:18-21(NIV)

What is a Family?

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Basis for God’s Household Rules:

Luke 15:29 The Passion Translation (TPT)

1 Timothy 3:15 (NIV)

God’s Household Rules:

I. Accountability

1. To the Father (Romans 8:15 NIV)

2. To the Son (Hebrews 3:6 TPT)

3. To Leaders (Hebrews 13:17 TPT)

II. Rights 

Ephesians 2:19 (TPT)

1. Inheritance (1 Peter 1:3-4 NIV)

2. Glory (Romans 8:17 NIV)

III. Responsibility

1. To do Good (Galatians 6:10 TPT)

2. Love your Family (1 Peter 2:17 NIV)

Conclusion: Ephesians 5:21 – 6:9 (NIV)

Instructions for Christian Households

21 Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.

22 Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord.

25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her

1 Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. 2 “Honor your father and mother”

4 Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

5 Slaves, obey your earthly masters with respect and fear, and with sincerity of heart, just as you would obey Christ.

9 And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.