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WEEK 1 Series: Married with Children
The Biblical Model for the Family Proverbs 22:6 By Dr. David Wheeler
Introduction Think about it: if you wanted to destroy a building, would you not aim your most destructive blows at the foundation? In a very direct manner, that is exactly what Satan has been doing to the family for many years.
Faith Runs in the Family Pastors and church leaders are often guilty of overlooking the fact that God created the family before He created the church. In fact, I believe it was God’s intent all along that one’s faith should be passed along generational lines. Consider what the Bible says in Deuteronomy 6: And these words which I command you today shall be in your heart. You shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. —Deuteronomy 6:6, 7 From this passage, it is obvious that God places a high value on the family. Imagine for a moment what it would have been like to live in a home that hosted several generations of the same family. This concept of passing biblical faith to the third and the fourth generations becomes much more understandable when you consider that parents and grandparents shared meals and performed daily tasks together. From birth, children in households like this learned the stories and doctrines of faith while sitting around the dinner table each evening and by work-
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