Pastor Reflections
"Wives,
submit to your husband as to the Lord. For the husband is the head of the wife as
Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior".
Ephesians
5:22-23.
INTRODUCTION
Our
theme for this year family month is The Honourable Family. There is no way any
family can be honourable if the home is not united, neither can home flourish
without family. The Christian Church cannot flourish without the Christian
Home.
1.
SUBMISSION.
In
Paul's days women, children, and slaves were to submit to the head of the
family (Husband / Father).
Slaves
would submit until they were freed, male children until they grew up, and
women
and girls their whole lives. Paul emphasized the equality of all believers
in
Christ “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there
is neither male nor female, for they are all one in Christ Jesus. -
Galatians 3:28”, but he did not suggest overthrowing Romans society to
achieve the submission.
2.
DIVINE COUNSELING.
In
Ephesians
6: 1- 9; Apostle Paul counseled all believers to submit to one another
by choice- wives to husbands and husband to wives; slaves to masters and also
masters to slaves; children to parents and also parents to children. This
kind of mutual submission preserves order and harmony in the family, while it
increases love and respect among the family members and also in the Church of
God.
In
conclusion, The Honouorable Family is the family where Father, Mother, Children
are friends of each other and God reigns in their affairs and people call them
Christian Home. May God make our family
His own in Jesus name.
Shalom.
--Rev. Samson Adeyiga
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