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The Lessons
Lesson Six - How To Understand Your
Place In The Home |
Discipler's Notes |
How to Understand Your Place
In The Home
How are things at home? God intends for you to have a happy home. If you
will obey the clear teaching of Scripture in this vital area, the
relationships at home will be a blessing and not a burden. Success at home
will provide strength and confidence for daily living. This lesson will
challenge you to fulfill your God-given responsibilities in yoru family so
that you might glorify God and have a happy home. |
Review last week's memory verse,
Psalm 119:11. See if the disciple has anything to share from his daily Bible
reading. Begin the session with prayer. Pray especially for any known family
problems that your disciple has discussed with you. |
The Permanence of Marriage
1 Who created the home? (Genesis 2:22-24)
God created the home
during man's innocency.
2 Can you succeed in your home without the Lord? (Psalm 127:1)
No, all efforts without
Him are in vain.
3 God wonderfully designed your marriage to be permanent. How is this stated
in Mark 10:6-9? What
therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.
4 If your marriage is to be permanent, you must follow God's plan. Notice
God's plan for each spouse as indicated in the following passages:
Husband
- Who has the authority over him? (I Corinthians 11:3)
Christ is the head of the man
- What is his role in the home? (Ephesians 5:23)
The husband is to be the leader.
- What is he commanded to do? (Epliesians 5:25, 28-29)
The husband should love
and cherish his wife.
Wife
- Who has authority over her? (Ephesians 5:23)
The husband is the head of the
wife.
- Why did God create her? (Genesis 2:18)
The wife was created to complete
the husband.
- What is she commanded to do? (Ephesians 5:22)
The wife should submit to her
husband.
5 A happy home is one in which the Spirit of God is in control of each
individual (Ephesians 5: 18). List the evidences of a Spirit-controlled
life:
(Ephesians 5:19) Singing
and making melody in your heart to the Lord.
(Ephesians 5:20) Giving
thanks always for all things.
(Ephesians 5:21)
Submitting yourselves one to another in the fear of God |
The fact that God created the institution of
the family indicates that God has a design and purpose for its existence.
Man cannot make the family work without God or His instructions in His Word.
Genesis 2:24 Marriage is leaving, cleaving, and weaving!
Breaking the marriage relationship shatters the picture that God intended.
The marriage relationship helps us understand Christ's unbreakable love for
the church.
It is important for each partner in the marriage relationship to concentrate
on his/her own responsibilities and not try to change the spouse by pointing
out inadequacies. See Colossians 3:19 (husband's role).
The best marriage partner is a saved, obedient, surrendered spouse who is
controlled by the Spirit of God. Discuss how happy a home can be when each
person is exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit in his life (love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, and temperance). |
The Peril of Divorce
6 How does God view divorce? (Malachi 2:15-16)
God hates divorce!
7 Why is divorce never a biblical option? (Mark 10:6-9)
God commanded that
marriage be permanent.
8 What does Christ call those who remarry after a divorce? (Matthew 19:9
God calls them adulterers
and adultresses.
The Preparation of Children
9 How does the Bible describe children? (Psalm 127:3)
Children are called an
heritage of the Lord
10 What are children commanded to do? (Ephesians 6:1-3)
Children are commanded to
honor and obey their parents.
11 How can you raise godly children? (Proverbs 22:6)
I can raise godly children
by training them in the ways of the Lord.
12 What do the following verses state regarding child rearing?
Ephesians 6:4 And ye
fathers, provoke not your children to wrath
Proverbs 13:24 He that
spareth the rod hateth his son
Proverbs 23:13-14 Withhold
not correction from the child
Deuteronomy 6:6-7 And thou
shalt teach them diligently unto they children
MEMORIZE
Joshua 24:15b As for me and my house, we will
serve the LORD.
What will you do as a result
of what you have learned from God's Word?
(James 1:22-25) |
Matthew 19:9 makes allowance only for breaking
the engagement agreement due to fornication, not breaking the marriage
relationship because of adultery (cf. verse 6). Matthew 1:1820 illustrates
this truth.
If the disciple has experienced a divorce you may remind him of I John 1:9.
Encourage the disciple to confess this as a sin and understand that God
forgives him. From this point on, he can set out to live in obedience to the
Word of God. Admonish him to accept God's teaching on this subject so that
he may experience God's blessing and spare his children of the same
experience.
Children should be viewed as a sacred trust to be given back to God.
Teach children to obey immediately, cheerfully, and completely.
Discuss the importance of family devotions. Give some suggestions of how to
have them. |
ADDITIONAL
RESOURCES
Several family strengthening resources are available from Preach the Word
Ministries that may be helpful for the disciple in a specific area.
A two-tape set on divorce and remarriage by Dr. Mark Simmons is available from
Preach the Word Ministries.
Give the disciple Lesson 7. Complete a Progress Report and submit it to the
church office. Make an appointment for your next session.
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