All the people God tells of in scripture, both Old and New Testament, thought of the family in a completely different way from the way we think of it today.The Hebrew people that populate the bible were tribal people.We don’t identify with our family, we think of ourselves as individuals. They thought of themselves as members of a family. Our thoughts and goals in life are very different from those scripture tells of who illustrate God principles for us.Definitely in all the Old Testament, but also in the New Testament.Most of the people living in the lands bible speaks of are tribal people to this day.
We know that most tribal people do not follow God today.Yet, scripture often points to the family unit as the way God created us to be and live, as long as we know God comes first, before the family unit. To complicate this, we have new guidelines in today’s culture, all against the family as a basic unit.No person can so completely separate themselves from the world they live in that they are not affected by the current culture of the world and that culture does not support family.
We have post after post telling of all sorts of breaks in family today.Even marriage as God defines it is becoming quite rare.Few people think of sex as becoming one in all ways between a male and female and starting a family unit.
When we give ourselves to Christ, die to self and live for Christ, how does family fit into our way of doing this?Scripture tells us that we are to respect that God used parents to create us, and we are to respect our parents for that.We are also told that it is wrong to put the love and care for family ahead of our love and care for the Lord.What other guidelines do you think we have for family in our Christian walk?
We know that most tribal people do not follow God today.Yet, scripture often points to the family unit as the way God created us to be and live, as long as we know God comes first, before the family unit. To complicate this, we have new guidelines in today’s culture, all against the family as a basic unit.No person can so completely separate themselves from the world they live in that they are not affected by the current culture of the world and that culture does not support family.
We have post after post telling of all sorts of breaks in family today.Even marriage as God defines it is becoming quite rare.Few people think of sex as becoming one in all ways between a male and female and starting a family unit.
When we give ourselves to Christ, die to self and live for Christ, how does family fit into our way of doing this?Scripture tells us that we are to respect that God used parents to create us, and we are to respect our parents for that.We are also told that it is wrong to put the love and care for family ahead of our love and care for the Lord.What other guidelines do you think we have for family in our Christian walk?